I was literally excited plus scared too. Because I'm only 18 but I'm getting married. And that too to a pardesi. I know he is pakistani but still.
I woke up late, so here I was hearing lecture from nisha appi and nouma appi. Habiba was standing there silently laughing on my situation.
"...kam se kam aaj to jaldi uth ti...lekin nahi madam ko to apne hone wale shohar ji ke khwab me hi duba rehna tha" nisha appi said or more like scolded me.
"Kya appi...aap bhi kya..." I was embarrassed because she mentioned HIM in front of me.
"Aaye haaye gaal kyu laal ho rahe hai...dekho to zara" nouma appi came closer and took hold of my face. She moved my face like searching something.
"Aahaaa....milgaya....sirf aankhen laal nahi hai...baaki sab tamatar ki tarah laal hai" she teased me while moving her eyebrows.
"Hahaahaa" habiba was laughing on my situation.
"Accha ye sab chodo or jaldi jaldi sab karo. Haroon ki family wale aane hi wale honge. Kya sochenge wo sab" with that we all started doing our work. Or more like they treated me like a princess and I was just sitting there and getting the treatment they are showering on me.
ओह! यह छवि हमारे सामग्री दिशानिर्देशों का पालन नहीं करती है। प्रकाशन जारी रखने के लिए, कृपया इसे हटा दें या कोई भिन्न छवि अपलोड करें।
After getting ready, they all took me down to start the rasm. The rituals were mixture of indian and pakistani wedding.
My MIL came and applied some mehendi on the leaves that were kept on mt hand. One by one, all came did the rasm.
After the rituals were done, Zainab, nisha appi and nouma appi applied mehendi on my hands and legs.
"Dekhna bhabhi ki mehendi ka rang bohot gehra chadhega. Pakka bhai to fida hojayenge kal" zainab teased me.
"Dekho kaise sharma rahi hai. Ha waise bhi yahi hai sharmane ka time. Kuch mahino baad to bold hojayegi ye. Or shayad pregnant bhi" nouma appi said.
*gasps* "ye kya keh rahi hai appi aap. Aapko sharm haya hai ki nahi" I slapped her with my elbow.
"Accha bas bas. Ab aaram karo or zari chalo mai khana khila deti hu. Waqt bohot hogaya hai phir kal zohar ki namaz se pehle nikah hai tumhara" nisha appi said.
We all agreed to her and kept silence. Nisha appi made me eat as ammi was busy with my in laws.
"Are...beta tumne kha liya" ammi came to make me eat when she saw me eating the last bite nisha appi was making.
"Ji ammi, wo aap logo je saath busy thi to appi ne khila diya." I said as ammi sat next to me.
"Dekho beta ye nikah ka rishta bohot hi strong hota hai. Mujhe pata hai abhi tum dono anjaan ho, but jaan loge aik dusre ko. And ye yaad rakhna ke zindagi me ups and downs bhi bohot aate hai but iska ye matlab nahi ke aap haar man jao. Or tum to beta janti hi ho apne abbu ka haal." Ammi said as she saw no one there so she can teach me some basic rules of married life.
