Soul Sisters

20. Mr Ayaan Raval

  It was 2 am by now, and elders had decided to take a nap and get up again to check the mehendi arrangements in the morning but the youngsters, including all the cousins, siblings, friends and their respective partners had planned a small event. Sangeet. Though it wasn't pre-planned, Farah and Farhan agreed to it and everyone found it exciting. Thus, here we all are, in the party hall with voilet, yellow, turquoise and pink theme, A typical Sangeet surrounding, with cushions put around a small area for the audience and an empty space for performances.

"So, everybody's here no?" Farhan called out, "Yessssss." Yelled the rest.

"Ayaan's missing!" Adnan pointed out.

"Oh yes, Meerab just call him and enquire." Farah said casually but Meerab looked at her with a gasp. She however reluctantly called Ayaan.

"Hello? Where are you? Everyone's waiting for you." Meerab asked quickly.

"Are you missing me?" Ayaan spoke on the other side mischievously. "I know you are, coz, Mujhe khone ke baad ek din tum mujhe yaad karoge, phir dekhna Milne ki mujhse tum faryaad karoge."

"Shut up! And tell me where are you?" Meerab cut him off, smiling a bit.

"Just turn around and, 'Saaf dikhunga Mai tumko wahin, jo na dikhun to bata dena.'"
And Meerab turned, surprised to see him.

Soon everyone settled down. The first performance was of Farhan bro's brother who performed a rap on brotherhood and then it was Madiha and Aliza's performance who acted a few steps on 'Ek hazaaron mein meri behna Hain ' and Farah happily admired both of them. Then the lights went off, and the screen in the background had started displaying Farah-Sarah pictures with a background voice,

Chanda mere Chanda tujhe kaise mai ye samjhaun, mujhe lagti hai tu kitni pyaari re...

There were so many pictures of the sisters together, some laughing, some crying, some fighting and some sleeping.

Khushiyan jitni hai saari dhund dhund kar laaun, teri doli ke sang kardu saari re....

Sarah then came in the front with a mic and looked at Farah emotionally .

"Chanda mere Chanda tujhe kaise mai ye samjhaun, mujhe lagti hai tu kitni pyaaariii-" Sarah continued with tears blooming in her eyes. And then, the sisters had an emotional moment which converted into a cousin group hug soon.

"Okay, we're now going to play dumb charades." Farhan announced.

"Wow, but teams?" Ayaan asked.

" It will be a partners face-off. Team of two persons. Everyone will choose their partners and there will be a bowl of chits, on which the movie or the song name would be written and one from each team will be acting it and the other will be guessing. The time limit would be 30 seconds and the more a team would guess, the more chances of their win. And my partner is Farah."

"We'll be partners then" I and Khaani decided, we have an amazing compatibility.

"No, I want Ms Khan in my team."

"And why do you think so you want me in your team only?" Meerab asked.

"Cause, Menu rab mileya, sab mileya, Jab tu mileya menu." Ayaan said smirking and Meerab just shrugged off joining me.

Ayaan and Adnan were partners at last and Sarah and Arhan were being neutral.

First turn was of the Bride and Groom, and they could guess 2 in 30secs, followed by Adnan and Ayaan who could guess 0 and it was our turn now.

"Best of luck, Ms Khan, You're going to win cause you've my wishes with you" Ayaan said.

"So, If I would've wished you, would you have won?" Meerab replied

"No, I would lose still coz, Tere liye jeeti baazi, har jaun tu je raazi." Ayaan said smiling and Meerab looked at him raising a brow.

Meerab had to act and I was to guess, she took the first chit, and looked at me taking a huge breathe. She began the act by pointing at herself first, then at me, then made a sign of calling and showed her mobile.
"Kya? Phone? Calling?"

She shook her head in no and then again pointed at us and joined her hands, then swayed her hand in the air doing the sign of flowing water. And again joined her hands.

"Tum, mai? Ek saath? Paani milgaya? Oohhh, judgaya! Teri meri aisi judgayi kahani, Shubh Mangal." I exclaimed.

She showed a thumbs up and grabbed am another chit.

"Come on, 20secs left"

Meerab smiled wide after seeing the second chit, she quickly started acting like she's fanning herself with two hands in opposite directions, something we do to get rid of flies. That was so Easy!

"Pasoori" I screamed and we laughed. It was my choreographed step for the song.

"12secs left, Come on, Meerabs'."

Meerab grabbed an another chit quickly and started thinking.

"Come on Meerab, we don't have time, we've to win this."

"Come on, 8 secs left, guys!" Farah said

Meerab immediately pointed Farah and signed speaking.

"What? What did Farah say?, 8 seconds left? I know Meerab, Hurry up now."

Meerab again pointed out me worried and I thought of what I said, "Farah?, No? Okay, 8? No, Seconds? What? Yes? What seconds? In Hindi? Do-Second? No? What does second mean then Meerab? It's called two no?" I pondered again.

"2 seconds left come on, 1 second -"

"Pal" I screamed and Meerab yelled a yesss.

The Dumb charades was so Wholesome.

"So, You won, Congrats." Ayaan stood beside Meerab and smiled.

Suddenly Ayaan recieved a call and he immediately answered it saying he was busy and not to call him again. He frustratingly cut the call.

"Thank you, but why are you so happy at my victory, look at your loss." Meerab replied after a while.

"Nah, Is Qadar tumse Hume pyaar hogaya, Had se zyada had se paar hogaya."
It was enough for Meerab now, "Why are you singing songs? Can't you talk like a normal human?" Meerab folded her hands.

"Uhmm, Someone told me You like Darshan, so I thought to listen him and he's so amazing that I literally memorized every single lyric."

"Seriously? Think of a better lie, Mr Ayaan."

"How do you get to know I'm lying?"

"Sixth sense" Meerab flipped her hair.

"Sixth sense or something else" Ayaan asked calmy and both stared at each other.

"Teri aankhon mein dikhta Jo pyaar mujhe, meri aankhon mein bhi tujhe dikhta hai kya"

A very interesting and unexpected chapter coming ahead!

Thank you!