Aa Bi Jaa - Kareena

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Haseena, unable to shake her thoughts, turned towards Karishma and asked, "Ab tu kya karegi?"

Karishma, still focused on driving, replied, "Pata nahi."

"Matlab haan kar degi?" Urmila pressed further.

"Humne aisa toh nahi kaha."

"Matlab na kar degi?" Urmila quickly followed up.

"Yeh toh bilkul bhi nahi kaha humne." Karishma shot back at her.

"Toh kya karegi? Saaf saaf bata na." Frustrated, Urmila exclaimed.

Karishma sighed, "Arre, kaha na, pata nahi hai kya karenge."

Urmila took a deep breath and said, "Tu itni tension free kaise hai? Soch, wo apne maa baap ke saath tere ghar par aaya hai."

Karishma chuckled lightly. "Tum itni tension mein kyun ho? Lagta hai wo apne maa baap ke saath tumhare liye aaya hai."

"Arre, saari ladkiyan hoti hain jab aisa hota hai." Urmila, with hesitation, responded.

Karishma, slightly amused, asked, "Achha, kaun hain yeh ladkiyan?"

Irritated, Urmila said, "Chhod, tu rehne de," and leaned back on her seat, staring out the window, lost in her thoughts.

Haseena looked at Karishma and thought, "Inko zara bhi fikar nahi ho rahi,?" She looked outside the window, "Inko koi fikar nahi hai, par hum kiyun itna tension le rahe hain, Is mamle mein yeh Haseena aur hum Karishma singh bante ja rahe hain, yeh itni calm aur hum itny impatient." she thought.

She closed her eyes and leaned back in her seat, trying to calm her racing thoughts. Suddenly, a thought crossed her mind, "Kahin yeh isliye toh tension free nahi hain kyunki yeh haan karne wali hain?" She immediately opened her eyes, and Karishma glanced at her.

"Kya hua?" Karishma asked.

Haseena just nodded her head, "Kuch nahi."

Another thought crossed her mind, "Agar kar bhi leti hain toh acchi baat hai na? Wo accha toh theek hai." Then a voice from her unconscious mind chimed in, "Toh phir pehle bhi toh accha hi tha. Pehle kyun tumhein itni takleef ho rahi thi?"

"Pehle tou mission wali baat thi na." Haseena tried to justify.

"Accha toh mission par tha toh accha nahi tha? Tum khud bhi toh mission par hi ho." The voice retorted.

She tried to convince herself, though she knew the voice was right, "Yeh do alag situations hain."

"Situations alag hain, tum aur Rohan alag ho, par tumhare samne jo insaan hai wo ek hi hai, uske jazbaat wohi hain, unka kya?" The voice persisted.

She tired to gave answer, but she couldn't form words to justify this and meanwhile her chain of thoughts and the battle in her mind were broken by Karishma's voice, "Kahan khoi ho? Utro, ghar aa gaya hai."

Haseena blinked, bringing herself back to the present. She glanced at Karishma and gave a small nod, trying to mask her inner turmoil as they both stepped out of the jeep.

Karishma and Haseena entered the house, and Haseena saw her Ami talking with Malaika, looking visibly happy. "Bas Ami, ek baar yeh sab khatm ho jaye, aapko marriage bureau khulwa kar denge. Yehi ek kaam mein aapko sab say zaida khushi milti hai," Haseena thought.

Ami's gaze fell on Haseena and Karishma. She got up and said, "Aagaye tum log!" Ami moved forward, her face was beaming with happiness. "Aaj hum bohot khush hain!"

"Haan, woh toh nazar aa raha hai, Ami." haseena responded to which she got a glare from ami.

"Karishma, aaj wo log ay tay, humen woh log bohot achhe lage. Jaise Rohan hai, uske parents bhi bohot achhe log hain." Ami explained.