Rab Rakha

Chapter 64

"Meri biwi pregnant hai for god's sake Sana!" Gurjot argued with Shehnaaz over a bachelorette party.

"Ha toh, uske liye hi bol rahi hu. Party Mickey ko accordingly plan karne de na! Kyu beech me aa raha hai!?" Shehnaaz argued back.

"Arey?! Woh 5 mahine ka bump leke bolegi ke usko ghumne jana hai, weekend pe trekking karni hai, how's that possible?!" He retorted.

"Listen- karne de na plan. By the time we'll actually have to leave, she'll back off. I know her." She replied.

"Arey? Josh josh me chad jayegi ! Tu pagal, teri dost pagal!" Gurjot was losing his mind, he shook his head and paced around thinking of a way out of this situation.

Shehnaaz rolled her eyes at him, recalling the days when she had planned a bachelorette party for her best friend. Now that it was time for her wedding, she was still arguing with Gurjot about it. Felt like deja vu. Something never really changes, do they?

"Chal, Montu Paji se bolta hu mai. Meri toh tum dono sunogi nahi!" She shook his head.

"Tu ja, meko kaam hai yaha." She replied.

"Keda kamm? Chal chup karke!" He announced, compelling her to join him.

They made their way to Sidharth's apartment to discuss this with Sheena. She was staying over at his place for the weekend, waiting for her mother to arrive soon so that they could get started with the shopping. It was a long weekend, a got to go opportunity. Everybody tried to come over to begin with the wedding preparations.

"Mummy aur Papa tere ghar rukenge, mai aur Guru, Sana ke ghar." Mickey aka Sheena suggested as she got the guest room ready with the help of his maid.

"Hm. Thik." He replied, busy working on his laptop.

"Kitna kaam kar raha hai? Chalna kuch order kar. Hum sab movie dekhe raat ko?" She asked him.

"Nahi." He shook his head.

"Montu, teri shaadi ki shopping karne jayenge hum kal se. Thodi excitement dikha de!" She sarcastically asked him.

"Mujhe aage leaves leni hai. Isliye pending kaam khatam kar raha hu." He replied, continuing with the constant clicking of the keyboard.

"Sana, se lad liya kya? Aaj tum dono shaant shaant lage mujhe?" She asked, noticing something for a while now.

He stopped typing and gave her a short glance before resuming his work. Mickey understood something must have happened because she had been staying with them for a week and did notice how Shehnaaz and Sidharth would seem distant every time she was around them. Be it breakfast, lunch or dinner or even during a few long drives they went to.

A couple of days ago when they decided to go and have some ice cream late at night, Sidharth didn't really talk.

"Bolna Montu!" She insisted.

"Tu kaam karna apna!" He replied, shutting her out.

"Hey guys! All set hai ji?" Gurjot entered, asking around.

"Hanji!" His wife smiled.

"Acha paji, mere ko aap batao ik baat. Aap- busy ho kya?" Gurjot began to talk to Sidharth but found him working.

"Ha, nahi. Bol." Sidharth shook his head, gesturing to him to continue.

"Inlog bachelorette ke naam se day out plan kar rahe hain. Samjhao na inko, kuch raat ko movie shovie dekhle!" Gurjot mentioned.

"Karne de jo karna hai." Sidharth shrugged.

Gurjot looked at his wife, surprised. They both turned to look at Shehnaaz and she scoffed at Sidharth, facing another way and crossing her arms against her chest.