DIL SE DIL TAK

Chapter - 36

Rita Maa's POV -

"4900!" I replied to Preeti who had asked me the price of the kurti that I was currently holding in my hand for shehnaaz .

"This will look good on her !!!! Haina Preeti? " I asked my daughter while I just kept looking at the piece of cloth that I was holding .

"On her ? Aap yeh mere liye nahi le rahe ? " Asked Preeti .
I looked over at her and her expressions showed that she was dumbfounded .

"I m buying this for SHEHNAAZ ! beta " I said .

"Acha .. toh phir aap usse le he aate ...aapne usko ek baar bhi ni kaha tu chal saath mein ...kya pata uss bechari ko bura laga ho! " Spoke Preeti .

"Toh maine jaanbujh ke nahi bola " I said .

"This means ki aapne unn dono Ghar pr akela islea shodha so that THEY COULD GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER ?! " Preeti spoke as her eyes widened in SHOCK .

Well ; the same was with me . I felt asif my eyes will bulge out but the reason was otherwise .

The reason was that I never knew that my daughter was so intelligent !

"You have got brains!!! Huhh! I guess that's the only thing you have got from your mother !!" I spoke as I removed the baby hairs that had fell on her forehead tugging them behind her ears .

"YOU SEEM LIKE . YOU HAVE ACTUALLY ACCEPTED HER AS YOUR DAUGHTER IN LAW !!!!!!" She spoke trailing behind as I head towards the billing counter to pay for the dress that I had got for shehnaaz .

"You should too accept her as your sister in law ! " I said .

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Sidharth's Pov -
(It's been a while that I have written sidharth's Pov and I M SO EXCITED !!! )

Her voice echoed through the walls of my 'secrate' room as she laughed profusely looking effortlessly beautiful.

It feels like kind of kiddish to call it as a 'SECRATE ROOM ' as if I had buried some missiles in here but still I couldn't help but say the otherwise because that was what shehnaaz has called it as .

So maybe it's a secrate room . Well until yesterday I had called it as a place I used to spend my free time or the time's when I actually wanted to cut all the strings with the world .

I had drift in here . Either going through the numerous pictures that I had clicked whenever I have gotten the chance to or just forgetting everything and wrapping myself in the duvets getting lost in the dream land .

But it has never been the way it was today.
There's hardly someone who had come here because I have never let anyone enter in here.
It's not like my family members don't know about this place .
Offcourse they do . This house was built much before that I was born by my grandfather .
The room was earlier of my grandfather's but during my teenage days I had actually started calling it as 'MY' room because this one was huge and the biggest room of the entire household except for the one that we always keep for rent .
So at the end my grandfather actually let me move in and he shifted downstairs to one of his room .

I was really very happy and overwhelmed until one fine day I realised that he did it because it was difficult for him to climb stairs .

But still ; this room is the place which have all of the memories of me with my grandfather and I am gonna cherish this forever .

"Yaaahhhh!!! R uh even listening !!???????" Shehnaaz said snapping her fingers infront of my eyes .

I never realised that I actually zoned out somewhere else.
"Huhhh? What ? " I asked .

"I m hungry !!!!" She spoke as she muted the volume .
The movie that we both were watching ended as I looked at the screen and now the last song was playing .
Well actually I shouldnt say 'that we were watching ' because it was just her that was actually watching it while I had found myself zoning out .

It's not like the movie was not intresting but because it was in Punjabi and at times I couldn't really understand what they were saying and I had always found myself asking her the meanings of the dialogues that it actually frustrated her so lastly she told me to shut my mouth .

Left with no other option . I zipped my mouth .

"Sidhaaarthhhhhhh!" She groaned making me return back to reality .

I should stop zoning out from time to time .

"Ha ?! .let me order something online" I said grabbing my phone from the stand but she snatched it away from my hand .

I looked at her shock evident in my eyes . Before I could ask her the reason of why she did what she did ; she spoke up

"Let's prepare something ourselves .
Follow me ! " Shehnaaz spoke standing up from the couch . She yawned and stretched her muscles while I looked at her.
I reluctantly followed her downstairs to the kitchen .

"So I guess you don't know anything to cook ? ! " She said in a duh tone tying her dupatta which she couldn't due to her one fractured arm .

I moved a step closer to her and held the hem of her dupatta tying the knots .
I didn't realise our proximity until my eyes met with her's who was looking at me probably for the whole time .
I smiled at her . The genuine smile that came from within .
She clapped her both hands as she looked on the other side trying to swipe away all the awkwardness.

"So let's make Pakora ! " Spoke shehnaaz .

I nodded my head positively .
She asked me the ingredients but I didn't know where they were kept so we just ended up finding it all over the kitchen and at last we got all that we wanted .

She told me the recipe and I helped her . At first she poured some besan in the boul and I on the other side sliced a few onions ; Potatoes along with some cheese that to our luck was a little bit left out in the refrigerator .

At last we poured everything in the besan along with some water and a few spices and our mixture was ready .

Now the only thing that was left was to fry them .

"Now I m going to fry it . So will you prepare some coffee for us ? " Shehnaaz .

"Sure .I can do that ! " I replied .

After about an hour later ; we both were done .
Our snacks were ready and the only thing that was left was to eat them all .

"Wowww! It's so tasty ! " I Said as soon as I took the first bite .

"The coffee ☕ is as well ! " She said .

I couldn't help but grin

She likes the coffee that I prepared .

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XOXOXO
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