When Love Is In Air

chapter 13

' Hey people! Now its time for us to go and get ourselves ready.The hall has been decorated nearly perfectly.' Mahi calls out to us.

' Yeah.The guests might start arriving.Its 5.15 already.' Abha says as she goes to collect her things and put them in her bag.

It is 29th.The day when Netra and Sam are going to exchange rings.Tomorrow is their wedding.The days have passed too quickly.

Initially, I got engaged with my routine in which meeting Akash has been added.He now comes on his bike to drop me at my insti before going to his.The idea is that we should meet and talk to each other everyday.While returning home, I find him waiting for me at my insti.I have told him that he need not work up himself so much but the man is really adamant.My poor scooty is suffering a lot in all this.It rusts itself in the parking lot.

Shantanu tries to stay away from me as much as possible.He has made himself busy with either work or his friends.I noticed that it was always me who started a conversation with him.There were no more of night talks that we used to have.Our friendship was suffering and to be true, I didn't like it.Things were awkward at home but the outside world seemed to be a dream.

Everything was excellent with Adi and Mahi and even with Shourya and Abha.Their relationships were growing as well.

There was no chance of sorrow.It felt so good to be happy!

' You little girls, ' I turn to Raksha and Sakhi,  Netra's cousins who eagerly helped us decorate the community hall where Sam and Netra were getting engaged.

' You helped us a lot with this decoration.Thanks a lot.Lets go get changed.Its time.' I say with a smile and tell them to get in Mahi's car.

' There is nothing left to be done?You sure?' I ask my friends who have already packed the leftover material and are descending the tiny steps of the stage.

A while ago, orchids and gladiolas had covered the stage completely.It was such a mess.But we had managed to put everything in order.That too in time.

' Nope.' Abha answers me after taking a look at the arrangement.

We had gone with the white and purple colour theme and so we had only used gladiolas and orchids.The bunches of beautiful flowers were tied together at the top in a circle and as the thick flower ropes flew down, the other ends were tugged to the cylindrical pillars making the arrangement look like a big chandeliar.  

We had called a local florist to help us with things that seemed difficult for us to do.

' Its looking beautiful.Congrats to us!' I exclaim.All of us share a laugh at this.

' Lets go!We need to come back here in like thirty minutes.Netra too will be waiting for us.She was so pissed when we left her alone at home with her little nieces and nephews!' Mahi helps us remind.

' Yeah.Lets go.' Abha says moving towards the exit.I and Mahi follow her.After dumping our bags in the dicky, Mahi speeds to Netra's home.

It takes only 10 minutes to reach the awesomely decorated building.Small coloured bulbs run down thr whole length of the structure and the entrance has been decorated with colourful zarberas.It looks like the whole building is celebrating some big festival.

We hurry upstairs along with the sisters, Raksha and Sakhi.

' Didis, see you at the hall.' They call out and we wave them bye.They are lodging in Netra's second flat which is in the same building.

Raksha and Sakhi are the only sisters of Netra who are unmarried.Rest all of them are already married and they are so elder to Netra that they have their own babies.Netra doesn't have any brother except for Nikhil who too is old, married and is a daddy of a cute little baby girl,Shama.