Chalo Bhag chalte hain

Epilogue

Four years later..

Shiva returned home from work Friday afternoon early to pick up his children from playschool. Raavi had conceived shortly after their adventure little over four years ago.

They had hired more employees over the years because Raavi's inheritance and ideas had brought Pandya store to new heights. Rishita now handled PR, Dev handled the business office with Goumbi. Krish had matured and decided to help Shiva with imports and exports sides of things. Raavi, Dhara Bhabhi handled the boutique when they were not home attending to each other's children.

Shiva approached the playschool and his two munchkins rushed over to his arms. They had been blessed with twins, Amrita and Shantanu.

They were laughing as Shiva took them by their little hands and they entered the newly renovated Panday Niwas.

Raavi emerged from the kitchen to embrace her little ones.

"Mumma bauth bhook lagari hai," they chirped just recently perfecting a few sentences here and there.

Raavi ushered them in past Shiva to get them cleaned up for their late afternoon snack. She had already cooked for dinner . Dhara Bhabhi would be home in an hour and they would complete the preparations. Today was their nephew Dhruv's fifth birthday. Dhara had conceived before they ran off but waited to tell them due to the past misfortunes that had entailed their family.

It was later that night as the kids had fallen asleep, Raavi brought up the last two slices of cake and some coffee for her and Shiva to enjoy.

" Hey Chipakli thanks, " he said lifting the tray from her hands.

She was quiet as she remembered the beginning of the rest of their lives. When they had met Armita Auntie and how they finally realized their true feelings for each other.

She felt his hand on her shoulder.

He hinted at the remaining piece of cake and her coffee mug.

She snapped out of her reverie.

" Kuch huya hai kya?"

She nodded shly.

" I am pregnant again Shiva," she whispered.

He was delighted to hear this and started to feed the rest of the cake.

He noticed she was thinking hard about something.

" Bol na, kya hua Raavi," he said concerned now.

" Isse bar bhag nahin para," she said jokingly.

He laughed in relief.

" What if it's twins again? How will we manage with the store's expansion?"

He held her hand.

" Jaise pelhi kiya tha, isse barr bhi karlenge," he assured her.

She jumped into his arms and he embraced her back with all his might.

He was so grateful for everything, especially the woman in his arms right now.

Six years later..

Shiva in the midst of the last several years had gone through a correspondence course and finally had his degree. Since they had even larger family now, yes they had twins again just like his wife Raavi had predicted, Radha and Sameer.

They were celebrating his graduation with a grand party tonight. Although it had been almost eight years of marriage, his wife never ceased to amaze him with everything that came their way.

He had a blast with his four children along with his niece and nephews. Krish's wedding was going to be next month. They were going to be near the town where they met Harish Uncle and Amrita Ma, they decided to donate to the old aged home years before. Harish Uncle was waiting to join his beloved, but in the mean time he continued her legacy by helping others in need.

Raavi and Shiva were able to get some alone time again after several months.

It was like déjà vu again, as she approached with their share of the cake and coffee.

"Don't tell me chipkali we are pregnant again!"

She laughed.

"Nahin Shiva, everytime I bring you cake doesn't mean I am expecting. I think four kids is enough," she declared.

He pulled her to himself.

" How can I ever thank God enough for bringing you into my life?"

" We used to dislike each other as kids. Now look we have four kids, two set of twins," she replied.

" You are so brave and beautiful," he said with pride.

She squeezed his hand back.

" I couldn't have ever done it without my ek lauta pati," she whispered.