Little Snippets

Bickering and Blessings

A Regular day in Ram Priya's married life as they complete over a year living together.

Ram was frantically pacing in his office when Adi entered and informed him that the investors were on the way. Ram had never felt this nervous for a business meeting. But this deal was so important for his company. They would finally be able to enter the European market if everything went well in this meeting.

He decided to go through the file once again so as to not forget anything at the last moment. He searched on his work table but he could not find it.

"Adi file kahan hai" Ram asked as his nervousness increased.

"Mukhe kaise pta hoga, kal tu ghar lekar gaya tha kyunki tujhe kuch last minute changes krne the" Adi replied and realization hit Ram at that moment.

"Shit!! I FORGOT THE FILE. Ab kya kren? Ram asked as he got more and more anxious. "Investors aate he honge aadhe ghante mein. Do we have a rough draft?"

Adi chipped in " Draft ke baad we made tons of changes for the final version. We cannot use it." "Main aisa krta hun driver ko bhejta hun jaldi se. But aane jaane ka time ni hai apne pass aur clients ko kaise mna kr den." Adi worried.

Brinda entered the office to find the two best friends in complete panic mode as if the world was coming to an end. She interrupted their conversation, " Kya hua hai, subah subah cupcakes nahi mile kya khaane ko jo aise chehra latkaya hua hai"

"Bri yaar, shut up" Ram muttered as he tried his level best to think of a reason to stall the investors. Adi told Brinda the whole story to which Brinda started laughing. "isme hasne wali kya baat hai" Ram seemed annoyed

"Aree ye to itna simple hai. Tum dono kitne budhu ho. Priya ko bolo na laane ko, waise bhi wo apni classes ke liye nikalne he wali hogi. Jitne mein driver wahan pahunche ga utne mein priya yahan aa jayegi."

"Brilliant, seekh adi, apni wife se kuch seekh. Jaan, you are the best" Ram said while he dialed his wife's number. But she did not pick his call. "Ye sab log aaj he kyun meri life mein villain bne hue hain" he said as he tried repeatedly.

Meanwhile at the kapoor mansion, Priya had already seen the file on Ram's bed side table and decided to drop it off at his office before going for her classes. 10 minutes later as she opened the door of his cabin, she saw the mighty "Ram Kapoor" munching chocolates.

"Mr kapoor, not done, aapne promise kiya tha ki aap junk food nhi khaenge" Ram was stunned to see her in his office. Not giving him a chance to speak, she continued her speech, " Aapko doctor ne mana kiya hai na"

"And here we go again" Ram thought to himself as Priya continued. "Aur ye kya hai, aapne dawai bhi li hai." She said as her eyes landed on the open medicine bottle on Ram's table.

"Aree chup ho jao Rajdhani Express!! Mujhe bolne to do. Aur sabse pehle mujhe ye btao ki tumne mera phone kyun ni uthaya" Ram tried to ask in a calm voice even though anger was building up.

"Woh actually traffic itna tha aaj, auto mein sunayi ni diya hoga" Priya answered as she looked at the 20 missed calls on her phone.

"Tumhe na doctor ko dikhana chahiye. Waise to har baat sunti hai, kaam ke time pe phone ki ghanti ni suni. Aur subah subah alarm to itni zor se bajta hai ki pura mohalla uth jaye to ab phone ki ring nhi suni"

"Mere phone mein koi problem nhi hai, apni problems ka gussa mere phone pr mat utariye" 1 year into the marriage and they were still bickering like little kids.

"Damn" muttered Ram as he saw his receptionist welcome the clients and take them to the meeting room.

Priya saw Ram as his face lost all colour. "Kuch problem hai kya Mr Kapoor? Aap itne tensed kyun hain. Tension se kya hoga..."

But before she could complete her line, Ram cut her "Tension na lun to kya krun, meri file ghar reh gayi. Hassunga to kya aa jayegi ud ke"

At this moment Priya understood the situation but she could not help but taunt him "Shayad hass lete to bhagwan kuch aur bhi de deta" She said as she took the file out form her bag.

Ram could not believe his eyes. He immediately grabbed the file from Priya's hand as if it was a candy and somebody else would steal it. With the file in his hand, he ran towards the door but rushed back in to say thank you. "Waise all the best to bol do atleast" he goaded his wife and added " Meera maa hoti to dahi cheeni khilati" to which Priya replied snarkly " Acha! To file bhi unhi se mangwa lete na"

"Haan haan, theek hai, ek bar help kya kardi zyada uchalne ki zrurat nahi hai" He said as he decided to leave for his meeting.

"Rukiye, ek minute" Priya said as she turned him. She adjusted his collar and fixed his tie as she lectured him "Bilkul bache ban jaate hain aap Mr Kapoor. Its ok, ek meeting he to hai. Don't take stress, agar nahi bhi hui to koi aur zyada badi deal mil jayegi"

"Seriously" Ram looked at her with a dead pan look. "Tum aise motivate krti ho logon ko" Priya sighed as she ran her hand through his curls and straightened them

He immediately relaxed as her fingers moved smoothly through his locks. There was something in her touch that eased his tension in a single second. Something his medicines failed to do in all these years. As she did the final look check, she calmly whispered, "main sirf ye keh rahi hun ki you are meant for the best, to jo best hoga wo aapko mil he jaega. Now go grab that deal, Best of luck!!"

He wanted to hug her but his secretary called him for the meeting. As he left the room, Priya smiled slightly and looked up and mentally prayed, "God please, i am already raising one kid. Please jo ye aane wala hai isko atleast thoda mature banana" she said as she cradled her 3 month pregnant belly. Suddenly her phone buzzed. "Don't forget to drink water and eat your nuts. I want full report of what you ate during the day" It was Ram's text. "Ugh, fine" she texted back.

He smiled to himself as he saw her text. "God, yeh pregnancy hormones biwi ko thoda romantic nahi bna skte? He chuckled. He decided to concentrate on his work and end this meeting as soon as possible. He could not wait to go home to his babies, "yup, one 33 year old stubborn woman and a pea-sized nugget whose birth he was waiting for with baited breath." He sighed. Life had indeed blessed him.