The Perfect Match

Ganesh Puja ( part 2 )

"We have reached," Arjun's voice brought me back into present and I realised I was right as well as wrong. Arjun and Amaya were tied together but destiny outshined our bond and it broke us apart!

Doesn't matter...we weren't meant to be a perfect match and now this fact doesn't even bother me like it used to.

He gave the keys to one of the drivers of my house and he took the charge of parking his car. Meanwhile, I checked myself twice from top to bottom in one of the black opaque glass window not realising that I maybe visible completely from inside.

I didn't want them to give another opportunity to comment on my dressing sense, which they have done a million times before. Okay, that's a little exaggerated but yes, they have commented on my dress a lot of times.

"Done checking yourself out?" I saw Arjun throwing glares at me...not the deadly ones but 'are you really doing this?' kind of looks.

I didn't respond to him but followed him into the house and oh my god...the house was filled with all the familiar faces I swear I never wanted to see in my entire life.

I stood at the threshold of my house and saw the 'busy' people, stopping all their work in midway and look at me as if they had just had an alien invasion by the most dangerous alien of the universe.

Lol! Look at their expressions. I so wish Kabir and Meera and all my friends out there in Paris were here.

I gave a half, nervous smile to them only to get back a few 'hello beta' and 'when did you come back' from all the aunties who once dreamed to get their sons of no use hitched with me.

My eyes roamed all over the room and trust me, I didn't really know who I was actually wanting to see. Anyways, my eyes landed on a little girl who was wearing specs and a little A-line yellow frock with frills on the top. She looked like four or five because even my children are of the same height and are six years old. She was sitting on the couch laced just below the family photograph. She passed a small smile to me while I returned a full fledged one but then a lady came and picked her up in her arms and took her inside. I couldn't see her face but yes, she had long hair and was wearing an ochre coloured suit.

"Amaya," came the voice of my mother from nowhere. I turned around with a jerk and soon it hit me that everyone was here and I had to touch her feet. I quickly did that, knowing she wouldn't ever care to bless me but still...I did my job!

In a dramatic tone, she pulled me up by taking to my arms and gave me a bone crushing hug. I felt suffocated but I had to act and I did that...I smiled and showed how close we were and shit. While hugging me she whispered into my ears, "Amaya, everyone is here. From your dad's side and Disha's mother's side. Behave..."

Though my blood had started boiling at 100ºC, I tried to act as cool as possible. The moment our hugging was done, I realised everyone was now busy in their own chores and I felt a little better after seeing this. I hoped to see Arjun when I turn around and please don't ask anything because I don't know why I thought he would be staying by my side but he wasn't there. Ofcourse, it's his day...his special day and I can't help it.

I walked towards the main living room and started touching the feet of all my relatives, close or far, some of whom I hardly know. I then moved towards the couch area where all the buas ( father's sisters), badi maa ( father's brother's wife) and a Disha's mausi (mother's sisters) and mamas (mother's brother) were seated. Disha's mother i.e my badi maa gave me a nasty look, eyeing me from top to bottom in utmost disgust whereas my buas seemed to have just noticed a big difference in me as their eyes were wide open and they didn't seem to look much affected with my arrival. They were neither happy nor upset. Disha's aunts and uncles were again a little rude in greeting me and I don't give a shit to them.