The next day brought about more work for Prem.
Maa was worried about preparations for him to leave, while work sat waiting to claim him for the day and all he wanted to do was plan to sneak away with Preeti for some quality time.
"Maa, aap kapde dekh lo, baaki wahan fully furnished ghar mil raha hai house keeper ke saath.
"Prem.... par tu dekh tho le..."
"Maa, mujhe der ho rahi hai, aap dekhlo, main nikalta hoon..."
"Yeh ladka bhi na.." Maa sighed in exasperation to Sadhna as Prem left fr work.
His friends now partners were to arrive today for the official 3 days inaugaration and welcome party in mumbai starting tomorrow.
He still had to ask Pritam uncle if he could take Preeti as his date on his invite.
Prem decided to finish up the work at office and then look through other work when Maa called him.
"Prem..."
"Jii maa...."
"Aaj jaldi aa jaana, maine Vivek aur Vinod se bhi kaha hai. Kal se teri meetings shuru ho rahin hai, aaj shaam teri shaadi ki tayyari ki baat ho jaaye aur munne ki naam karan ki tayyari bhi. sab saath kaam ho jaaye ga aur sab baithenge saath mein."
"Jee Maa, main koshish karoonga, par raat ko bahar jaana padega, woh aaj shaam Akshay, Rahul aur Rohan aa rahe hain."
"Tho unhe bhi bula le, iss bahane sab se mulaqat bhi ho jaayegi."
"Jee maaaa, aur kuch..."
"Nahi, Bas aa jaana time par..."
"Haan maa..."
He wrapped up his regular stuff when Papa and Pritam Uncle walked in.
"Prem 3 days ke invites aa gaye hain," Papa told him as they sat down.
"Kal inaugatation hai, sirf members ke liye with cocktails n dinner."
"Parso agenda discussions and presentations hain."
"Phir final day, press conference hai, followed by dinner and celebration," said Pritam Uncle reading out his invites. Prem wondered should he ask them now. He was lost and just smiled nodding while thinking how should he get about asking.
"Aur Prem yeh rahi Lonavala mein kaam ki schedule reports..."
"Thank you Papa, main inhe raat thak dekh longa, kal ke liye."
Prem sighed, as he said, "Aaj Akshay, Rahul aur Rohan aa rahe hain. Maa ne kaha ghar bula loon."
"Haan beta, mil lenge sab se," Papa nodded.
"Woh main... poochna chah raha tha ke..."
"Kya baat hai Prem..." Pritam uncle asked him and he looked down.
"Uncle..." he said looking up n down again, "kya main Preeti ko saath le jaa sakta hoon inn invites par, woh actually Akshay aur sab milna chahte... matlab woh.."
"Arre iss mein tu ghabra kyun raha hai..." Pritam uncle asked him with a smile.
Prem looked up and they smiled, "haan le jaa.."
"Par khayal rakhna uska, kaam aur doston mein bhool nahi jaana usse," Papa added and they smiled.
"Yaar, ek Vinod hai jo har baat par mazaak aur bahano mein maahir aur ek yeh hai... kya hoga dono ka?" Papa wondered and Pritam Uncle laughed.
"Arre tu fiqr na kar, dekhna sab theek ho jaaye ga."
Prem sat watching both old friends laughing. How close he had become to both in this period of trial. The bond had become even more special than it was.
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A Chance At Love - Prem Preeti
RomansaI have read a few fan fictions on this one time pair, but there isn't much if you want to see more of them. So I thought I'd bring up my ideas n write something on this pair. Its just for those crazy fans who still think of them when they come acros...
