MANAN- Strings of love

10.Fish Market

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  "Hansi, I will not repeat myself once again!. Pick your papers and go somewhere else. This is living room, not your study room!" I yelled and she just rolled her eyes. I want to bang my head against the wall. I have signed the contract of marrying Mr. Malhotra, but let me tell you when I say, I need to be too sweet with him in public makes me gag. To add to my misery here is the she devil with her pencil sketches through out the living room including Shikha who have changed her passion from becoming an auto rikshaw driver to painter. I just pray god she won't change her passion to a garbage collector.

  "Chill Nandu, nothing will happen." said Hansi. That's it!, I took all the sketches of extraordinary ladies and dumped it in trash can. I thought they will be crying and pleading me to not to do that, but they had the wide grins. "We wanted to throw all those things but you did it, thanks" said Shikha, collecting her supplies along with Hansi and went inside her room. I looked at the living room, other than the waste of eraser, some crayon pieces and some paint on the floor there was nothing else.

  I was picking up the supplies when Aliya started helping me. It's been a week since I got to know about me being illegitimate and many changes are taking place. Aliya and me have become best friends, Aunt Shanno is calling me to get answrs and I am gracefully lying her about me being busy. Druv bought new sim in my name so that he won't snatch my mobile from now on.

  
"I could have done that Aliya" I said picking up the bits of paper. "Please don't say that I am getting bored doing nothing. I wish I could go somewhere." Aliya said and the door bell rang. I opened the door to notice a man in his late fifties. I have seen him somewhere. "May I help you?" I asked the man who had the stotic face like Manik. He appeared old and another man who resembled the old man appeared in front my door but he was young. "Can we meet Aliya?" Oh no! Other than she-devil, Shikha, fab5, Navya and me, nobody know about Aliya staying here.

 "I think you are mistaken......." I was left hanging when young man barged inside the house. Even the old man followed and........, busted! They saw aliya and Aliya saw them. Oh god! what will I do now? At the same time my aunt dearest came and was shocked to see the old man. Who the hell is the old man? There stood my most deadliest enemy Abhimanyu. Thakkar along with my aunt Shanno. Thakkar. I gulped and prayed the lord of the time, to save me till the end of this drama.

Aunt: What are you doing here?

 asked aunt to the old man who was glaring at Aliya with his eyes. Hearing this, even Shikha and Hansi too came out of the room. Hansi had the shocked face and soon tried to slip away with Shikha, but one look from me was enough to not escape from the situation. If I am in this deadliest situation even she should be. She should hear a long lecture too.

Old man: What are you doing here?

 He asked this to Aliya ignoring Aunt's question.

Aunt: What is going on?

 now aunty is asking me the question. I tried really hard to open but didn't utter a word. Same time the young guy interrupted. Bless you Mr. young version of old man.

Young man: Let's go Aliya. We will talk in our mansion. 

 he started dragging and now the she-devil, Hansi and me stood blocking his way.

Hansi: Mr. whatever, don't even think of doing that thing you are thinking. I don't know what thing you are thinking, but don't think. She has a wonderful boyfriend whom I have a tiney winey crush and I would die if something happens to my crush. As you are dragging his girlfriend he will be upset and if he is upset I will be upset. If you want to marry her then you are welcome, at least I can have a good life with my crush.

 said Hansi going to her dream land smiling like a fool and seeing roof. I can't believe I am her cousin. Aliya freed herself from young man.

Aliya: Hansi you are too young to have my boyfriend. How dare to talk like that in front of me about my boyfriend? I will not spare you.

 Aliya started hitting Hansi and Hansi used her 15 minutes self defence training to defend and fight Aliya. Hansi had a program in her college where she attended a 30 minutes self defence class, but much to her 'soon boring skill' she left after 15 minutes.

 I tried my best to separate, but with or without my knowing, my Aunt and the Oldman started fighting. I looked for help, but guess what? even that young man and Abhi, my arch enemy are fighting. I looked at something to stop these all things, but my eyes fell on Shikha who was eating chips sitting on the sofa seeing the drama. I wanted to scold her, but I felt this is more relevant option than stopping all these fights.

 I did the only thing that came to my mind. I took the another chips packet and sat beside Shikha to watch the drama. 

Aunt: First you destroyed our lives and now came to destroy it further?

 asked aunt Shanno with accusing glare.

Oldman: I am not here to talk with you.

said old man and aunt Shanno gave the curses to that man.

Youngman: Dude you need to say sorry! you just stomped my foot!

exclaimed young man.

enemy: I agree, I stomped, but not on your foot, but on your shoes. Be a man dude.

said Abhi and they both started to argue.

I just wanted to say one thing after all this. Welcome to Nandini's fish market.