Manan: KISMAT & CONNECTIONS

Part Nine

Manik(pov)-ise kehte h jumping into hell..aaj to sabko pata chalke rahega sach..n nandini will take undue advantage of my suffering

Alya (breaking manik's trance)-bhai..u kno her since before???

Manik (reluctantly)-umm..ya..actually she is my frnd frm school..rather I wud say she is my best frnd frm school

Everyone-whaaaatt??

Nandini-no..I don't kno u.. I met u fr d first tym manik

Manik(pleading)-nandu..yaar dont take undue advantage...plz agli baar se I will listen to u na..kahi ka gussa kahi mat nikalo..

Dhruv-matlab kya h...n vo gussa kyu h tere se??

Nandini-ill tell u guys..vo kya h na aapke mr shy manik n me v r school frnds...n two yrs back v got connected through social media..he asked fr my pic so dat he can recognise me wen we meet bt khud ka pic nhi bheja..aaj b he invited me here bt pic nhi bheja..bt thank god k my dad knew Mr Malhotra warna imagine main jis party main aai hu us party k ek b host ko nahi janti..it would have looked so gross..well back to d point wen his dad introduced him to me dat tym I saw him fr d first tym after school days..n m angry on him fr teasing me regarding d same..

Abhi-acha to ye h teri school ki bestie jiske bare main I heard a lot during ur school days..finally I get to meet u nandini

Manik(embarrassed)-ya she is d one n only girl who became my frnd in my entire education lyf..

Alya(excitedly)-hey by d way nandini do u like pranking? ?

Nandini-no...I love pranking

Manik-love wud b a small word to express nandini's craziness fr pranks..n trust me no one knows dis fact better than me

All were having gala tym gelling up when all elders came n sent Abhimanyu away to check food area so dat he can arrange a table for both d families n navya to hve dinner..as soon as abhi went nyonika excitedly turned towards youngsters

Nyonika-ok listen everyone. .I hve a very important announcement to make..

Manik-mom wait na let bhai come

Rajeev-are bhai k ladle..agar hume tere bhai ko batana hota to usko bhagate kyu idhar se

Nyonika-rajeev can I come to d point? ?(rajeev nodes)..ok so I hope aap sab nandini se mil liye??

Everyone nodes...

Nyonika-great. .coz nandini ki elder sister jo ki aaj funtion main aai nhi h usko humne Abhimanyu k liye pasand kiya h

Swara-n nandini as we kno mukti filhal dad ko business main help karne main busy h so she wont agree to meet Abhimanyu..

Nyonika-same is d case wid abhi..so now v all hve to plan a small get together whereby both of dem can meet n decide fr der lyf n lyf partner...so r u guys in for it??

All jump in excitement eccept for manik...

Nyonika-manik tuje kya problem h ab?

Manik-mom bhai k lyf k liye how can we decide. .I mean he should b d one deciding rite??

Rajeev-u r rite manik...we r just planning to make dem meet..rest they will decide afterall its his lyf he has d rite to decide for himself..

Swara-we r planning bcoz if we directly told dem shadi k liye ladka ya ladki dekhna h to they both will make excuses n avoid meeting each other which we dont want..

Nandini-wow its so exciting (looking at manik's unconvinced face)n manik dekh agar tune aur questions puche na to ill tell ur secret..do u want dat??

Manik(scared)-no no no..no questions...bt tu apna muh band rakh plzz...

Cabir-wat secret? ?

Nandini-cabir..some things r just between frnds n de r not to bt publicised...

Manik-really den y r u blackmailing me always? ?

Nandini-manik quite warna main sach main boldungi...(turning to elders)ok mom wats d plan...

Nyonika-wow nandini...u kno very well how to handle manik

Cabir-Ofcourse mom..afterall vo bhai ki school "best frnd" jo h..

Rajeev-kya...manik n best frnd vo bhi with a girl??kab kaha kaise??

Dhruv-dad vo sab baad main research karenge..Abhimanyu k aane se pehle plan batayenge kya??

Nyonika-actually plan bana nhi h...banana baki h...

Nandini-I have an idea...suno..we will go on a hill station fr picnic where they will meet just as family frnds..fir pata karte h der views n opinion about each other

Nyonika-plan mast h bt execute kab kare??

Swara-is month k end main??

Rajeev-sounds good...bt vacation pe kaun kaun jayega

Swara-we all four will come varna mukti ko doubt hoga

Nyonika-humare yaha se rajeev main n cabir...

Alya-mom manik ko b le lo..vo bhai k jyada close h

Nyonika-bt manik k exams h na..to how will he come

Nandini-to manik k exam k baad jate h...n after knowing k me n manik r frnds they wont doubt on our plan

Rajeev-sounds perfect...

Vishnu-ok den manik k exams k baad chalte h...

Cabir-ok den its decided...ab dinner k liye chale m starving...

They went for dinner where Abhimanyu joined them for dinner..post dinner session nandini n her family returned back to their home