Ashish: Briti! Is that you? What are doing here?
Hey, number 110034. I came here to welcome you, said
Briti sarcastically.
Both the parents of Briti and Ashish were amazed
listening to their children’s talk.
Sam (Briti’s father): Hey, Rao, (Ashish’s father).
How was the journey?
Rao (Ashish’s father): It was good, how about yours?
Have you introduced your daughter to my son before?
Sam: No! I thought you have done it.
Meanwhile Briti’s mother, Jaanya and Ashish’s mother
were interacting with each other giving astonishment to the children. The
teenagers there had collected the luggage and waiting for their parents to look
for them.
Briti had called her dad and asked him to look
around and see the time. Only then, had they realised that they were talking
for a long time. They introduced their children to one another. When it was the
time to introduce Briti to Ashish, they asked how they knew each other. Briti
told them that they had met at examination centre and became friends. She added
that he was the person whom she told about before as an addition to her friends
group.
Both the families moved from there and checked in
hotel that they pre-booked. They wanted to start their site seeing after the
lunch. Meanwhile, Roshi, sister of Briti was asking about Ashish. Briti
explained her, how they met and how they became friends.
Everyone was busy in freshing up and relaxing. They all met for lunch, had a
lovely conversation over lunch and headed up to site seeing. All the children took pleasure to opt one car and
the adults in another. They were talking, chatting, laughing, making lot of
fun… enjoying their trip. Ashish was observing the laugh, the swing of the
hair, naughty and cute facial expressions of Briti while he was making fun of
his siblings and Briti’s. He couldn’t resist himself from looking at her.
He was unable to take his eyes off from Briti. He wanted to see her smile, her laugh and her cute expressions. He
was making lots of fun to see her smiling.
He never had such a feeling on Briti. He in fact
never cared how she looks or how she speaks before. But now, in the land of
someone he experienced some strange feeling.
Meanwhile, in the other car, Briti’s and Ashish’s
parents are having their fun by remembering their memories of teenage and
college days. They were all wondering, “How the days have passed. Our children
came to the same age when we meet and became friends. Life is short. Though we met after a very long time, our
friendship never faded as days did.””
Ashish’s father asked about Briti and her studies
and her future plans. Briti’s father Sam said, “It’s up her. I don’t wanna
disturb her. Let her go ahead according to her dreams. And I support her in her
endeavours.”
“O! Very nice to hear. I really appreciate your
decision” said Ashish father.
“Yes! Yes! Nice only. She is his apple of the eye
know brother”, said sarcastically Briti’s mother.
“But Sam, I am asking about her marriage. Why don’t
we become relatives and live together for long time than being friends? I think
you got what I mean”, said Ashish father to Briti’s father Sam.
“That’s really a nice proposal but you know that we
wanted to marry her off to our nephew, Sudeep who expired recently. She is
still in that shock and recovering slowly. Moreover, I have no objection if our
children like each other”, said Sam.
Ashish mother told, “Bhagwan ko laak laak shukriya
karta hoon ye dosti rishta bangayea tho!” भगवन को लॉक लॉक शुक्रिया करता हूँ ये दोस्ती रिश्ता बनगए तो
(I thank God wholeheartedly if this friendship
become relationship.)
Briti’s mother told, “They are going to complete
their graduation in next year. Let’s wait and cross our fingers. I wish we
became relatives.”
Ashish’s fun was making the children feel good. But
as we all know that too much staring at a person will let the person know about
it, Briti also felt something. She felt the eyes which are pointing towards
her. By the time, she recognise that was Ashish, they reached the beautiful
beach. So everyone got down from the two cars and elders are instructing
youngers not to go long into the water. The youngsters letting those words fly
in the air, started playing in water. And their parents sitting on Cabana beds
(sun loungers) had an eye over them.
All of a sudden out of nowhere, it started raining.
And everyone was running for shade and shelter. The youngsters are also running
towards their parents. Ashish held the hand of Briti and was trying to run. But
she broke away her hand from Ashish when she was a little far away from water
and started dancing in the rain. She was enjoying every drop of rain that was
touching her and she was playing with rain drop by waving her hands, jumping
and moving round. She totally indulged in the act of playing in rain. Ashish
who was just beside her was watching astonishingly.
Meanwhile, many people over there were capturing the
dance in their smart phones. Jaanya was calling Briti to come but she gave no ear
to anyone. Her dance was like a dance of peacock which dances before rain. But
this peacock, Briti was dancing in rain. Her smooth beautiful hands were taking
the pain of the rain drops when they touched her. Her rosy lips were hurt by
the beads of rain which she was enjoying. Seeing Briti dancing in the rain and
her stature in those wet clothes, Ashish’s ardour for her amplified. He was
speechless. He couldn’t believe what he was seeing. He was totally spellbound
by her graceful dance.
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| A Dancing Peacock |
He was fighting with himself internally. He has an
ardent feeling to propose her there and then itself. But he was conscious of
their parents and the crowd. He was afraid of what if she says no. So he suppressed his feelings and started smiling to her dance. She looked at her and
then recognised the surroundings and the smartphones which were pointing at her.
She felt shy and stopped dancing. Everyone lauded her with their claps. She hid
behind Ashish holding his hand tight in nervousness.
Ashish got goosebumps out of that sudden action. He became
standstill. He felt something strange feeling in his heart. He was indulging in
at very moment, when Briti slowly came front and thanked the crowd. She held
Ashish’s hand who was still standstill and walked towards her parents. Ashish was
still amazed and was seeing Briti who held his hand.
Meanwhile, their parents are very happy to see Ashish
and Briti together. They felt their wish would come true. Briti reached her
parents and hugged her mother, leaving Ashish’s hand. Jaanya, raised her hand to
beat Briti in a naught motion but when Briti was frightened kissed her forehead
instead.
Ashish’s parents having learnt from his face and his
expression towards Briti found out that he loves Briti.
What will Ashish do now?
Will he proposes Briti?
Will Briti accept Ashish?
What do you think?
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