My Love is Forever

Chapter Nine - Shaadi Baat

After the engagement party was over, everyone was exhausted. Nikhil and Naina went to bed first. The whole family cleaned up and then went to bed. The day after we were going back to Mumbai with Naina's relatives for the wedding. The next morning, I woke up at 6am. I have no idea why. I turned around to get my phone from my bedside table when I crash into someone. There was someone on the bed with me! And not just anyone, it was a guy! Out of shock, I screamed and leapt out of bed. The guy turned around and it turned out to be Rahul.

"What's wrong?" He said in his sleepy voice which was deep and made me melt.

"You scared me." I sighed and sat down on the bed with my back to him trying to get my breath back. I seriously couldn't breathe, his voice sounded so good and don't get me started on how awesome he looked after waking up. A few seconds later, I heard Rahul snoring and so I decided to get up and take a shower. When I came back, Rahul was gone. Uff, yeh ladka! (This guy!)

~Back in Mumbai~

After a 2 hour nap, I went downstairs but before I could enter the living room, I heard Deepa aunty talking to my mom. I stood outside the door, hidden, listening to what they were saying. Don't blame me! The only reason I eavesdropped was because I heard my name.

"..Ishika and Nikhil have all been brought up well." Deepa aunty was saying.

"Yes, of course. Many Desi kids in New York have boyfriends and girlfriends but dekho mere beta, he came to India and agreed to the marriage straight away." Mom said.

"How about Ishika? She is not much younger than Nikhil. When are you thinking of her marriage?" Deepa aunty asked seriously. Mom chuckled.

"Arey Deepa, let this one get married first. Let me rest for a bit then we'll start preparing for another. We still have two more to go. But what about Preeti and Rahul?" She laughed. Deepa aunty smiled.

"I already have someone in mind for both Rahul and Preeti." Deepa aunty smirked. What?!

"Acha? Kon?" Mom asked.

"For Preeti, there is a very nice boy who is from a good family. I think Preeti will agree because they are good friends." Deepa aunty said sweetly. Just then, I felt two strong arms hug me from behind. I turn to see Rahul, who puts his chin on my shoulder.

"Kitni achi ladki. Eavsdropping on her own mother." Rahul whispered in my ear. I elbowed him lightly and he put both his hands over his heart in mock hurt. I giggled.

"Tum dono yahan? Naina and Nikhil are calling you both." Suddenly Mom and Deepa aunty was behind us. Did they see anything?!

"Okay. Chalo, Ishika." Rahul said casually, as if nothing had happend. I nodded and followed Rahul to the dining room. I knew my cheeks were red as tomatoes. As soon as we were out of their sight, I hit Rahul's back lightly.

"What was that? 'Chalo Ishika.' Casually." I mocked his voice, making it sound like Mickie Mouse. Rahul chuckled.

"Ha, to kya?" He asked me.

"Mom aur Deepa aunty kuch suna to? Nahi to dekha?" I asked stressfully. How could he be so calm?

"Koi baat nahi. Then that would mean our marriage is done. Ab yeh baat rakhlo. Let's see what Naina and Nikhil want." Rahul said, taking my hand in his own and walking to the upstairs living room. I quickly let go of his hand when we got there and lucky I did, as there were more than 2 people sitting in the room. I looked around to see Naina, Nikhil, Preeti, Radha, Rohan and Adi all sitting together with one other man who I couldn't recognise. He looked about Radha's age. I sat down next to Radha while Rahul sat next to Rohan.

"Mr. Sarin, this is my other sister, Ishika and my cousin, Rahul. Guys, Mr. Sarin will be our wedding planner." Nikhil introduced us to the man. Rahul and I shook hands with him.

"Please don't be so formal. Just call me Abhinav. Abhi is even better." Abhi smiled at us.

"Okay, Abhi, so how are we going to do this?" Rahul asked. Abhi shook his head.

"First I need to see when the wedding is. We'll plan accordingly to that but we might need to wait for a bit. My partner isn't here yet." Abhi said.

"Okay then. Abhi, do you want anything to drink or eat?" Naina asked.

"No thank you. I'm okay." Abhi started to say before his phone started to ring.

"Hello? Kya? Why? Yeh koi baat nahi. You're my partner. We always work together, you know that. Acha theek hai, but you have to come next time. Hmm, bye." Abhi finished.

"Sorry about that. It was my partner. She said she's not going to come, she has some other work to do." Abhi said sadly.

"Oh. Do you want to start anyway?" Nikhil asked. Abhi nodded and we started to plan.
Really sorry for the late and short update. Have been very busy so yeah. Hopefully I'll get the next update done quickly! The picture on this chapter is of Farhan uncle, Deepa aunty, Preeti, Rahul and Rohan! Please comment to tell me which picture you would like for next chapter! Vote, comment, share and I'll update quickly! Bye :)