Dream Into Reality

Wedding - pt 1

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Mom came to my room and saw the mehendi stain. She smiled at me and I blushed and smiled. I said "Ma, see how dark my mehendi is. I love it" Mom said, "It's very dark almost like dark burgundy " I nodded, and mom said "Come down, I will keep your nalangu ready. We have to get ready for the mandap (wedding hall). You've packed everything right?" I nodded and said "Yeah. Everything is ready. I will check again after taking shower". After the nalangu, I showered and wore another saree and went to recheck if I had packed everything, I would need for the mandap. Turns out, I forgot to pack some essentials and I quickly added them too. Then I checked the other bag where I packed clothes and other essentials I would need when I am at Harsh's place post marriage. Everything seemed fine to me and I called Vishnu to help me with the bags. He brought my bags down and mom made me sit on the couch and brought my breakfast.

She said "I will feed you the breakfast. From now until the day you leave with Harsh, I will feed my baby." I got teary eyed and kept my head on moms' stomach and said, "I don't want to go" She gave me a small smile and joked, "Harsh will be sad" and fed me my breakfast. Chithi came and tried to take the plate from mom by saying "She is my daughter too. I should feed her" and mom didn't want to give her the plate. Paati came in defence of Chithi when I said "I want my Amma - Mrs. Devaki to feed me. Paati and Chithi please, I will not have this chance again. I want to cherish each and every moment with my parents and with you all. And at the same time, I don't want my mom to feel left out when you all take away her wishes. I want my mom's wishes to be granted. Please" 

Chithi said "It's ok. Her mother is more important to her" and walked out. I frowned and Paati said "She's your mother too" I said "Paati, you are right but she's my mom because I consider her like my own mom. But she can't take my mom's place in my life. Please understand" She left too, and I told mom "You should be the first person who will start all the rituals for me. It's my wish that I want you to fulfill during my marriage" Mom hugged me and said, "And I will be the first one for my doll."

One by one, everyone brought their bags and dad hired two minivans so that people who were staying with us in the mandap can join in. It wasn't a mandap actually. We hired some cottages and rooms for people to stay during the weekend as the wedding was taking place in a hotel.

I got settled in the small cottage that was given for me and soon my cousins joined me in my room along with my friends. It was around 4 pm in the evening when mom came with the makeup artist. I got ready for the pre-wedding engagement and went to the hall. I was welcomed by an Aarti done by Harsh's aunt. The jaanavasam (Baarat in Hindi/ arrival of the groom) had commenced by then too. We were supposed to have two separate engagements - the groom's family on one side and the bride's family on one side. I saw Harsh and he gave me a wink and I winked back. He laughed and I focused on the engagement. After the engagement, we sat with some of our relatives when Sudha came. Srimathi gave me a warning look and I nodded at her.

Sudha pulled a chair and sat right behind me and Harsh. She said "Wow Sam. You got a very good-looking guy." She looked at Harsh and said "By the way I am Sudha - I am not related to Sam. I am her related to one of her cousins." and Harsh gave her a nod. She said "Sam. I must say. You manage to make men roam around you. You've managed to wrap him around your finger. We all should learn from you" I frowned and said "I am sorry. What do you mean?" She smirked and said "Oh you know. You girls from abroad manage to wrap men around you. Very impressive I must say" I felt short of breath and took a deep breath and said 

"What are you talking about?" She replied "Well, you know I am just stating the facts about you girls. It's good to tell your fiancé otherwise who knows which man you will wrap around you next" Harsh excused himself and walked away. I was shocked and I felt everything collapsing in front of me. I went behind Harsh and followed him to the lawn between both our cottages. I kept calling him and he didn't turn to look at me once. I pulled his wrist and took him to my cottage. He slammed the door shut and went near to the window in my room. I flinched at his sudden outburst.

I slowly walked up to him and he turned to look at me. I gasped when he suddenly turned making me look down. I didn't know how to initiate the conversation and for the first time since knowing each other, I felt uncomfortable. I decided that I will have to initiate the conversation somehow. Harsh pulled me close to him, making me gasp at his actions once again. 

He told "Look at me Sam. I want you to look at me in my eyes. This is important." I looked at him and he said "I don't care. I don't care about what that girl said.  All I care about is you. I care about you. I am possessive when it comes to you. I don't care if men look at you because I am your present and future. You belong to me and only me. So it doesn't matter to me if a man looks at you because the end of the day, you are mine and I am yours. I get mad when you can't defend yourself at times. I get mad when you think it's acceptable to take shit from everyone. My wife is above all this. You get that." 

I sobbed and lightly hit his chest. I said, "Then why did you storm off from there?" He said "Because, if I stayed there for a minute more, I would've said something really ugly and you would've been upset." I cried more and Harsh kissed each of my cheeks, it felt more like he was drinking my tears away. He said "Shh. Now don't cry. I don't want you to cry anymore. Shhh" I wiped my tears. I looked at Harsh and kissed him.

He kissed me back and pulled me more closer to him, deepening the kiss. We pulled back feeling short of breath. I hugged him and said, "I love you more than ever." Harsh said "I love you too. I love you more than you can think. I want you to stand up for yourself. " I nodded and said "Ok purusha (husband)" He smiled, and I said "You finally smiled. Ok let's go now." He held my hands and said "I didn't get a chance to look at your mehendi. He sat on the couch and made me sit on his lap. He looked at my mehendi and slowly traced it, making me feel ticklish. I giggled a bit and he said "Niti. Is the worst secret keeper. She told me you made the artist draw my name and I am trying to find it." I said, "It's hard to find." He smirked and said, "Challenge accepted". After 5 minutes, he found his name in a corner and said, "I won" He leaned closer and kissed my cheek. I got up and said "We should go. Come on". He held my hands in his hands when we walked out. Vishnu saw us both leaving, and he noticed my nose were red. 

My friends noticed too. They all came and asked me. I told Vishnu it was nothing serious and I asked him to take care of the final preparations. I turned to my friends and said "I will tell you guys in a bit. Nothing serious" and sat with them and everyone. Harsh pulled me closer to him when we sat. He looked at Sudha and said "Hey. I must thank you. My pondatti(wife) knows ways to make me smile because of you. So, thank you for that" I was confused when he said that to her. I asked "Harsh, what are you talking about? I don't understand." He whispered "That kiss in your room. I didn't want to say anything there but damn that put me in good mood." I blushed and hit him playfully. Advay and Vishnu came to call us all for dinner.

After dinner, we placed some chair outside in the lawn – that separates mine and Harsh's cottage. Niti said "I am going to bed. It's almost 1 am. Sam, you should sleep too. And you too Harsh. You both should be fresh the entire day tomorrow." I nodded and said "Yeah, I will go to bed in a few minutes" She smiled and left for bed. Mom came and said "Sam, you need to sleep. You barely have 4 hours of sleep left. Come on" and dragged me with her. She made me lay my head on her lap, while dad was caressing my hair lovingly. I felt teary eyed and I cried. I covered my face in my mom's stomach and said, "I am going to miss all this." Mom caressed my hair too and I didn't know when I fell asleep.

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