A look into the future of our beloved Oberoi family, focusing on Gauri and Omkara, through the eyes of someone from Omkara's past. Will she succeed in making a rift between Gauri and Om? Or will their relationship withstand this test too like it has...
Author's Note : Thank you to everyone who read, commented and voted on the first chapter!
Here's the second... enjoy and don't forget to comment your thoughts and ideas :)
Also, most dialogues in the first chapter were in English... I think that writing Gauri's dialogues in English would take away from the character so I'm going to start writing Hindi dialogues from this chapter on. All hindi dialogues will be in English transliteration. Anything that is spoken in English is written in English.
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Whatever Jhanvi had been about to say, was forever lost as she got interrupted by a feminine shriek from upstairs. Ishaana jerked in her seat in shock, trying to figure out what was going on and found her confusion only deepening when she saw the other women grinning at each other and shaking their heads in resignation as if random womanly shrieks were a run-of-the-mill thing in OM.
Before she could form another thought, the shriek was followed by some giggles and another little yell before she heard and then saw a petite girl run down the stairs, looking back intermittently to check for pursuit. The girl... no young woman was fair, with sharp features dominated by a pair of almond eyes which were at the moment glittering in excitement. Clad in a simple purple salwar kurta with an intricately embroidered dupatta flowing out behind her, she made a beeline for the ladies with a wide mischievous smile.
Dadi smiled back at her benevolently as she bent to take the old lady's blessing, her hand resting on the bent head of the young lady, caressing her silky, waist-length hair for a moment before sliding down to cup her chin
"Ab kya kiya hai tune puttar? Aaj na, tum mere peeche nahin chupne waali..."
Ishaana watched, distracted from searching for Omkara, as the young woman's face screwed up in a dramatic fake pout and beseeching puppy eyes made their appearance
"Kya dadi... aap bhi aaj unki side le rahe ho. Aap to hamesha meri side pe hote ho na?"
"Magar aaj aisa nahin ho sakta Gauri puttar... Aaj subhe subhe hi mere pyaare pote ne mujhse wada le liya tha ki aaj ke din jo bhi ho, mein uski hi side loon. Aur waise bhi tujhe to pata hai, mein hamesha tum dono ki side pe hoon... Waise bata to sahi, aaj tune kiya hi kya hai?"
Without a word the young woman, Gauri, brought her clenched fist up and opened it with a triumphant expression, letting everyone see what he hand held... It was a bunch of plain black hair ties.
Ishaana couldn't make head or tail of what was happening in front of her and she turned bewildered eyes to everyone else who seemed to either be shaking their heads smiling fondly at Gauri once more or were outright laughing in shared glee with her.
Anika and Priyanka high-fived her laughingly, while Dadi and Jhanvi were fondly smiling at the sight.
"Wah Bhabhi! Aap ne to kamal kar diya aaj. Mujhe nahin laga ki aap ye aaj kar paoge magar aap to ekdum amazing nikli!"
