Liar Liar

11.

"Pregnant?" Raavi was crestfallen. "Main kaise... Maasi aapka dimaag kharab ho gaya hai?"

Prafulla glared at Shiva. "Yeh sab iss raakshash ki wajah se hua hai. Meri bholi bhali bachhi ko fusla ke isne..." She started crying.

"Maami aap shaant ho jaiye, main baat karti hu." Dhara said.

"Ab baat karne reh kya gaya hai? Inn dono ko jo karna tha woh kar diya inhone." Anita said. "Pammi aunty se pata chala hume inke rishte ke baare mein. Tum dono nahi bata sakte the hume?"

"Ek minute Anita." Dhara stood in front of Raavi. "Pehle bata woh pregnancy test ka result kya nikla?"

Raavi was absolutely confused at what was happening. She looked at Shiva for support but he was glaring at her. Why was Shiva mad at her? Their families had gone crazy. It wasn't her fault.

"Maine kaha tha protection use karne." Dev said, shocking everyone. "Tab toh bada bola sab pata hai mujhe."

"Tujhe pata tha?" Dhara asked.

Dev just blushed and looked elsewhere. Shiva was ready to kill Dev but he reigned himself in. This was all his chipkali's fault. Her lie put them in this mess. She should deal with this. He knew he would burst if he said anything right now.

"Main pregnant nahi hu Dhara di." Raavi said. "Maine apni zindagi mein kabhi pregnancy test dekhi bhi nahi hai, kharidna toh durr ki baat hai."

Dhara sighed in relief. "Thank God!"

"Pregnant nahi hui toh bhi kya? Sabko pata hai yeh pregnancy test kharidi thi. Aur Shiva aur iske affair ke baare mein bhi pata hai." Anita said.

"Tum dono ne yeh thik nahi kiya." Dhara said. "Agar ek dusre se pyaar karte hi the toh hume bata dete. Hum jald se jald tum dono ki shaadi kara dete. Shaadi tak toh ruk jaate. Log ab kaisi kaisi baatein banayenge tum dono ko leke."

Raavi finally realised what was going on here. They thought Shiva and she had sex. But she only told that to her friends so how did everyone in Somnath know? And how did her pregnancy rumour start? She never even mentioned it.

"Aap sab log galat samajh rahe hai." Raavi said. She knew it was time to come clean before matters escalated. "Maine jhooth bola tha. Mere aur Shiva ke beech aisa kuch kabhi nahi hua."

Dhara rolled her eyes. "Dekh Raavi, jo ho gaya so ho gaya. Ab jhooth bolne ki zaroorat nahi."

"Main jhooth nahi bol rahe. Mere aur Shiva ke beech kabhi aisa kuch nahi hua." Raavi said.

"Haa haa, tabhi toh Shiva ke collar mein lipstick ka nishaan hai." Anita said.

Raavi turned to see Shiva did indeed have lipstick mark on his collar. She rubbed it to clean it up, but only managed to smudge it more. So she turned it upwards. Shiva looked at if he was ready to kill her.

"Raavi darne ki koi baat nahi hai. Par tumhe uss raat sabko batana nahi chahiye tha." Dev said. "Ab sabko pata chal gayi yeh baat."

"Maine bas kiss kiya ise. Aur kuch nahi." Raavi said in her defence.

Shiva had had enough of this now. Raavi had completely ruined everything with her stupidity. He didn't care what other people thought of him, but his own family was thinking the worst about him. He knew she was going to make it worse. It was her track record. He took her hand, and dragged her inside to the storeroom and closed the door.

"Shiva yeh sab kya ho raha hai? Mujhe kuch samajh nahi aa raha." Raavi said. "Main pregnant kaise? Aur maine toh humari sex waali baat sirf apne friends group ko batayi. Toh sabko kaise pata chala? Aur yeh pregnancy test kaha se aaya?"

Shiva couldn't believe her. She was still being dumb and naive. He wanted to shake her like the TV remote which never works till you hit it, until her brain started working again. Raavi kept looking at him with her huge puppy eyes.

"Gadheri, tere friends group mein se kisine yeh baat leak kar di hain aur baat badhte badhte pregnancy pe aa gayi."

"Par unhone promise kiya tha woh kisiko nahi batayenge."

Shiva hit himself on the head. "Obviously Raavi unhone teri promise nahi rakhi. Mujhe toh yeh samajh nahi aata main tere saath kya karu? Tera murder karne ka na bohot dil kar raha hai."

"Shiva... maine abhi sach bola. Par koi maana nahi. Isme meri kya galti?"

Shiva pinned her against the wall. "Nahi na, galti toh meri hai. Mujhe hi chahiye tha gadheri se commitment. Ab toh bhugatna parega."

Shiva stopped when he saw tears in her eyes. His anger vanished and he pulled her into his arms.

"Sorry Shiva... mujhe nahi pata tha baat itni aage bar jayegi."

"Raavi kya hi bolu tujhe... Agar koi sex karta bhi hai na toh bahar jaake logo ko saamne dhindhora nahi pithta. Par tujhe toh yeh baat samajh nahi aati."

"Main toh bas prove karna chahti thi ki main behenji nahi hu." Raavi said.

"Uske chakkar mein Virgin Mary ban gayi. Uska kya?"

"Shiva tu bakwaas mat kar." Raavi said. "Mujhe bas koi solution de."

"Darwaza khol. Meri bachhi ke saath andar kya kar raha hai?" Prafulla started banging on the door.

Shiva sighed and opened the door. Prafulla came in and dragged Raavi outside with her. Shiva came out and went to the aangan where they were standing. He had no idea how to solve this now. Raavi was too stressed and he couldn't leave her in this situation. There was no use denying. Everyone seemed to have made up their minds that they had sex.

"Ab bata Dhara, tere iss devar na meri phool si bachhi ki izzat uchhal di. Ab kya karegi tu?" Prafulla shouted.

"Ae maami, jo bolna hai direct mujhe bol. Bhabhi ko beech mein lane ki koi zarurat nahi." Shiva said.

"Tujhe main nahi chorungi. Meri beti ke saath tune jo kiya uske baad main teri jaan le lungi."

"Shiva, tune galti toh ki hai." Dhara said. "Pure Somnath mein bechari Raavi ki badnami ho gayi."

"Dhara di, Maasi, Shiva ki koi galti nahi hai. Iss case mein ulta hua hai. Meri wajah se iski badnami ho gayi." Raavi said.

Dhara and Prafulla both looked confused at her statement.

"Khair chodo ab yeh sab." Gaumbi finally spoke up. "Ab hume jaldi inn dono ki shaadi kara deni chahiye."

"Par itni jaldi kyu?" Raavi asked. "Meri college khatam hone mein bhi 4 mahine baaki hai."

"Yeh ko tum dono ne kaand kiya hai uski wajah se." Gaumbi said. "Tum pregnant nahi ho, yeh maan bhi le toh phir bhi yeh baat toh hai ki tum dono... Abhi bhalai isi mein hogi ki tum dono shaadi kar lo."

"Main apni bachhi ki shaadi iss Shiva se nahi hone dungi." Maami said.

"Phui yeh kya keh rahe ho aap? Iss situation mein toh apna gussa bhul jao."

"Par main itni jaldi shaadi nahi karna chahti. Atleast 6 mahina toh ruk jao. Waise bhi mujhe shaadi se pehle 5kg kam karna hai aur Manish Malhotra jaisa lehenga banana hai. Usme time lagega."

Everyone looked at Raavi incredulously. This girl was worried about her lehenga and weight when so much was happening. Shiva suddenly burst out laughing at Raavi's antics.

"Tu has raha hai?" Dev asked.

"Main hasu nahi toh aur kya karu?" Shiva asked. "Achha aap log ek baar meri baat sun lo. Phir jo kahoge woh hum karne ko ready hai."