Dev Dixit played by Shaheer Sheikh
Raj Dev's brother in law Played by Gautam Rhode Disha Dev's sister played by Krystel De Souza
Vijay Dixit played by Mohnish Behl
Nandini Dixit Dev's mom played by Gurdeel Kohli
Pooja Bhatia played by Pooja Sharma...
1st January It has been hectic last two days for everyone. No one actually thought something like this will happen even few days back, but as they say what has to happen will happen. The party went on very late so everyone was waking up late and Dadi woke up with a hangover. Pooja brought a hot cup of coffee for Dadi and she asked Pooja if she gave coffee to Dev or not and Pooja was feeling shy and Dadi told Nandini to let Pooja take the coffee to Dev infact she should take her coffee too and drink it with Dev. Pooja knocked on the door but there was no response so she just opened the door and saw Dev wasn't there she put the coffee mug on the table. She realized he is in the bathroom so she thought of knocking on the door and letting him know that there's coffee on the table. The moment she stood in front of the door and about to knock Dev opened the door and stood in front of her in just his towels. They both screamed. Dev just covered his face with his hands and Pooja saw him covering his face and she found that so cute that instead of feeling shy or awkward she started laughing. Dev slowly opened his eyes to see why is she laughing, he was little surprised but seeing her laugh made him smile too. Pooja just turned around her back facing Dev P:: it's ok you don't have to cover your face anymore you can put your clothes on I won't look. D:: Sorry didn't mean to come in front of you like this, it's just that I like to dry myself before I wear my clothes or else your clothes starts sticking when you are wet. P:: that's ok I understand I do the same but I generally lock the door (she burst out laughing again) Dev:: Yea sorry forgot that, not used to doing it. (Dev makes a cute pout and scratches his head, but seeing Pooja laugh like that he was mesmerized) P:: Sorry I knocked the door and didn't hear anything so thought of coming in as I got you coffee, then I heard sounds from the bathroom I was about to knock and you opened the door. I'm sorry I didn't mean to laugh infact I was suppose to feel lil awkward but the way you covered your face that was so cute (she is still chuckling) I mean you are half naked but you are covering your face as if I can't see you 🤭🤭 D:: so you think I'm cute? (He smirks) Pooja stopped laughing and starts blushing right away P:: your coffee is getting cold By now Dev already got dressed in his jeans and a blue long sleeve T-shirt. He comes in front of Pooja D:: you didn't answer me? Pooja picked up the mug and gave it to him P:: come and have breakfast. D:: did you have breakfast She nodded to a no Where are you going now? P:: I'll let you get ready and I'll wait downstairs D:: if you give me two minutes then we can go downstairs together. Is it okay for you to wait in this room P:: ok I'll wait here D:: let me just dry my hair real quick coz I don't like the water dripping all over my T-shirt Dev dries his hair and quickly sprays perfume on him. Pooja just closed her eyes and inhaled the beautiful fragrance. D:: Pooja you mind passing me my ring it's next to the bed Pooja takes the ring to him and instead of taking it from her he gives his hand to her, Pooja smiled and made him wear the ring once again. Then Dev took the coffee mug and.. D:: so shall we? Dev held the door for her and then walked behind her. Most of the family was already eating breakfast some where still laying around. D:: dadi what happened, you look drained? Have you taken anything Dadi:: Yea my grand daughter in law gave me coffee... or else no one cares about me D:: Dadi then what's this plate full of food in front of you Dadi:: oh this your mom gave. Oh look so much calories she wants to feed me Nandini:: Maa no problem I'll take that plate and I'll give you less calorie food Dadi:: Nandini beta you know I love your aloo ke paranthe how can I not eat them D:: don't worry Pooja Maa and Dadi does this whole day and they can't live without each other and I think Dadi loves my Maa more than her own kids. So what do you want for breakfast? P:: I will have one aloo ke paranthe and one pancake. What about you? Should I make a plate for you? D:: sure why not!! Just give me everything you are taking but I want some eggs too. Vijay:: Pooja it seems like your food habits are same as Dev's. I'm glad he likes desi food coz I've seen kids growing up here don't like desi food all they want is pizza and burger Randeep:: you are right, most kids are forgetting our culture. But I'm glad Pooja takes pride showing off her culture Riya:: chachu it's not fair why only Pooja Randeep:: arrey not only Pooja all the kids in our family even the little ones. Bhaisaab the simplicity we have in our culture you can't find it anywhere. Vijay:: totally agree, the warmth you see in our culture you won't find it anywhere D:: but dad, how come Dadi is so western, look at her eating aloo parantha with knife and fork (Everyone laughed and the day passed, the youngsters went out to the woods for a walk, it snowed few days back so there were still some snow left. While walking Dev came closer to Pooja and slowly entwined his pinky finger with hers. They just walked watching nature appreciating Mother Nature. Raj and Disha was taking pictures they were as usual the crazy happy couple. Disha being the oldest in the family making sure everyone was fine and Raj making sure his pregnant wife was doing okay. Mark, Jazz and Riya seems to have gelled well it looks like they have become best friends and they started playing tag and Jazz was trying to get Riya but she hid behind Pooja and when Jazz tried to tag her she pushed Pooja and ran but Pooja bumped on to Dev and quickly he caught Pooja wrapping his arms around her. When she looked up her hair was all over her face, Dev gently moved the hair from her face tucking it behind her ear and they have an eye lock. Dev still had one of his arm around her waist and she had both her hands on his chest. Pooja looked beautiful as her cheeks were Pink due to the chilly weather but her red nose just made her look so cute. In few seconds Dev and Pooja could hear ppl coughing and going awwwww and they just stepped back feeling lil embarrassed as the scene looked very Bollywood. Dev always wondered if such things really happen what they show in Bollywood movies and today it happened in his life and he didn't regret it a bit infact he loved it. Dev:: are you okay? You didn't get hurt right? Riya:: Jiju how can she get hurt you were there to save her (she laughed and Pooja gave her an angry look Dev couldn't help but blush, he thanked the weather people couldn't see him turn red as his cheeks were already red because of cold) Everyone came back they all had dinner Pooja has already started doing things for Dev like taking the plate from Dev after dinner. He was amazed with these small things she was doing and in return Dev was trying to do things for her too. After dinner when they were sitting and talking she said her feet were so cold and she doesn't feel like walking upstairs to get her socks. After few minutes we see Dev coming down with a pair of his socks and handing it to Pooja. Both the Dixits and Bhatia's were happy to notice these small things. Anyway it was time to get ready to leave and everyone retire to their room to pack up, the plan was to leave after lunch so everyone will reach home by 10pm that was the plan, as schools and offices were reopening from Monday. Before going to sleep Dev:: Pooja do you think it will be possible for you to come with me in the car? P:: hmmm May be Dadi heard their conversation Dadi:: ok everyone decided who is sitting where in the car Vijay:: Maa don't worry almost everyone has their own car. Vimi (Bua) will come with me and Nandini and you always like to go with Dev Dadi:: what I don't like to go with Dev it's you and Nandini who doesn't want me in your car. Dev drives so slow I don't enjoy it at all. Nandini:: ok Maa you also come with us Dadi:: bechara Dev will drive alone for 5/6 hours Arrey Pooja why do you have to go with the love birds let your mommy papa have some romantic ride alone and you go with Dev. Randeep beta that's okay right? Randeep:: ofcourse Aunty ji then me and my wife can have some romantic drive after ages. Pooja can go with Dev. Dadi:: Pooja you are okay going with Dev right? P:: ji Dadi Dadi:: just giving you heads up he listens to old songs and drives very slow. Not my type of ride!! Dev:: ofcourse Dadi wants all rap songs and she wants me to drive like a maniac exceeding the speed limit. Dadi:: chal jhuta!!! Bore kahi ka!! So they all call it a night and they all go to their rooms. As Pooja is approaching towards her room suddenly someone just pulled her as she was about to scream but when she saw P:: Dev!! You!! Everything okay? You scared me!! D:: I'm sorry I didn't mean to scare you but I just wanted to say, I had a great time today and thanks P:: thanks? D:: for coming with me tomorrow.. Good night!! Dev with his trademark wink and a flying kiss and walks towards his room. Pooja stood there for almost a min smiling till Riya comes and snaps in front of her and the girls go back to their room. Next day in the morning Nandini started calling the kids she was excited to see the pics that the photographer emailed. Pooja was still in her jammies and her reindeer slippers she came down all excited and Poonam telling Pooja that why did she come down in her jammies and Dev came to her rescue D:: it's ok she is fine, most of us are still in our pj's and it's family. Poonam:: ooooo look who is defending now D:: common!! I'm not defending I'm just saying it holiday and it's ok (Dev softly whispers to Pooja) I like you in PJ's too Then everyone gets busy with the photographs, they laughed at some funny pics and the dance pics. Nandini loved the picture where Dev kissed Pooja's forehead and everyone agreed and Vijay even suggested to frame that pic. After lunch everyone got ready to leave they all said bye to each other and thanked each other even though they all were going to follow each other and even stop at the same place to take a break but as usual brown people takes forever to say bye. Everyone settled down. Bua:: oye Jaspal you better drive slow and take care of my boys Jazz:: Bua it's Jazz I don't know why you keep calling me Jaspal? P:: what? His name is Jaspal? Jazz:: look Bua now Pooja Bhabi is laughing Dadi:: ufff Vimi leave that poor guy alone don't worry your kids will be fine they always go with them it's not the first time. Randeep was very impressed with the Dixit family, he loved their simplicity, their modesty even though the Dixit's were multi millionaire but behaved like simple normal people and he felt relieved that his daughter will go into a family much like his own. He was happy to see the close knit family that he always wanted as he is very close to his brother Riya's dad. Atlast after all the crazy commotion everyone started driving. Dev put on some nice soothing music and started driving. P:: so I'm guessing you like cars D::(smiles) yes I love cars but do you know my dad didn't buy my first car and when I was in my high school my dad said if I want to own a car to go to college then I'll have to buy it myself and not only that I had to use public transport till I buy my own car. So I actually got myself a part time job in a local Diner as a waiter it was $5/hr but I got a lot of tip so that whole year I saved all my money only sometimes I used to get so tired that instead of taking the train I would catch a cab. Ok that's a secret my parents have no clue about it and then after one full year I saved enough to buy a second hand Honda Accord for $9000 and boi!!! My parents were so proud of me I can never forget that day. But then you know what happened? (Pooja was listening to Dev attentively she found his story very interesting and she asked what happened?) I drove the car to our house and my whole family were waiting for me outside the house, I went to my dad and gave him the key and that was the last time I got that key back P:: what? He took your car? D:: hahahahah don't worry he took my car and in return he handed me a brand new BMW sports 2011 that too black color. I never drove my Honda after that but my dad often takes it out and both my parents go on drives in that car. I have no clue what fun they get in that car. I guess I'll find out once I have my own kids P:: that's true sometimes parents do things which we as kids can't understand. So your sister also had to do the same D:: oh no not at all, my sister got everything easy, she started driving when she was 16 where as my dad didn't allow me to drive till I turned 18. Some how in our family the girls get everything and the boys have to work hard to get everything. It seems my dada was like that too. Even though I got scholarship for college but not full scholarship so I had to pay my dad all that tuition fees where as my sister got everything the way she wanted. In my house it's the girls they rule P:: same in my house me and Riya get everything but Riya's brother poor guy has to work for everything. My dad says that's how they grew up. D:: wow that's nice seems like our families kinda follow same values. But do you think they will make their son in law work hard too? P:: hmmm that depends D:: hey that's not fair, my Jiju gets treated better than me. My dad loves my Jiju sometimes even I get jealous of all the love they shower on him (he laughs) but Jiju is my favorite too, he is such a wonderful guy P:: you are so lucky you have a sister and I don't have anyone. Thank God Chachu had a love marriage as his wife ran away and came to our house so my Dada got him married to chachi. Chachu was only 22 and chachi 21 I was only a year old and then chachi had Riya. So we grew up together as my mom would take care of Riya as both Chachu and chachi was finishing their graduation. My dada ji was very strict about education and made sure chachi finished her school. Dev and Pooja didn't realize when three hours passed as they were talking about their families and everything else and everyone stopped to relax and freshen up. Dev made sure to get coffee and some snacks for everyone Jazz and Marc were the official Nanny as they always took care of the little ones and Dadi. Pooja realized that Dev's friends were not only friends they were family more like brothers. Dev was a caring person and very responsible too but the best part about him was he was observant. Dev got coffee for Pooja and he remembered how she likes to have croissant 🥐 with a cup of coffee. After the break again they all started to drive. Dev noticed Pooja trying to blow her hair away from her face as she had croissant in one hand and coffee in the other but she failed miserably as he silky hair kept falling on her face which kept on going in her mouth everytime she tried to eat or drink. Dev found that very cute but thought of helping Pooja so he just moved her hair from her face and pushed it behind her ear keeping his eyes on the road. P:: thanks !! Do you want some croissant? He took a bite from Pooja's hand and she didn't mind feeding the rest of the croissant to Dev. After driving another 2 and half hours Dev's family said good bye and took a turn as they were going to their place and Dev was following the Bhatia's as he had to drop Pooja. That's when it hit Dev that time just flew and they have only 15 max and He will have to drop Pooja. Dev didn't want to think of anything else he just wanted some more time with her and he slowed down so that the He can loose the Bhatia's in the traffic and he took a wrong turn purposely so that he could get another ten minutes. P:: Dev you took the wrong turn D:: I know!! I just didn't want this drive to be over, I don't know when 6 hours flew away and I didn't even get a chance to look at you or even hold your hand. When he said that Pooja put her hand on top of his hand which was on his arm rest. He didn't wait to entwine his fingers with hers and a small smile crept up his face. Suddenly Pooja's phone rang, she answered the phone as her dad asked what happened where are they as they reached home already. So Pooja told him that Dev took a wrong turn and She didn't notice when he did but they'll be home in few minutes. Dev quickly kissed Pooja's hand which came as a surprise and soon in five minutes they reached home, they both got out of the car P:: why don't you come in D:: I think I'll go home tonight I'll come back later P:: my parents will be so mad at me if you don't come in. They will say I didn't invite you properly D:: ok I'll just drop you inside and show my face coz I don't want your parents to feel I kidnapped their daughter (hahahahaha) Pooja I'll be leaving for my conference on 6th are you going to meet me before I leave. I know everything will be crazy now coz of all the preparations and you will have to go for dress rehearsal and everything. But do you think you can make some time to see me before that Dev walked close to Pooja he held her hands they had an eye lock as Dev almost came very close to Pooja he heard Riya scream Chachu Pooja's back and both her parents came running out side and Dev just stood there in attention.. they insisted Dev to come in and atleast have tea with them as this is the first time he was coming to their home and Dev didn't want to insult them so he went in and had a cup of tea with the family and he thought he would get a min with Pooja and say Bye to her properly but the whole family stood there saying bye to Dev they were giving him so much love and everything just the way his Jiju was treated when he came to their house. So Dev left from their and came home, like any typical brown family both the families made them sit and asked what did they talk about and everything. Pooja proudly told the story of his first car and ofcourse her parents felt very happy with their choice and Dev told his parents how caring she is and how she fed the whole croissant to him which he bought for her and Dev's family couldn't wait to have Pooja in their house. They missed having their daughter and Pooja was going to fill that place. Pooja's parents were happy that they will have a son now in Dev. Next day first day back to work and everyone else got busy with the wedding preparations, clothes, invitations and everything. Pooja's parents invited the Dixit's for dinner to discuss everything about the wedding and rituals. Dixits came to Pooja's place and she was all excited but Dev wasn't there. She was very upset but then Vijay said Dev got stuck with some work as he needs to get ready for the conference he will be attending so he said he will be here soon. He just texted me that he left office and he will be here soon, you know how the traffic is from Manhattan. So the family started discussing about the wedding. They were going to have a grand wedding but ofcourse the guest list won't be that long because of the time so they decided to have another big reception after two months so that they could invite all their business associates and everyone else. Atlast Dev came in and everything felt lil weird for Dev, people were treating him like some VIP it felt awkward but then I guess he will have to get used to it. People tried feeding him almost every dish and more that he couldn't breathe anymore. The theme and everything was decided and Nandini suggested one of the top most event organizers name and they were all happy with the decision. Poonam:: Dev Beta have you thought of any specific color for the wedding and your clothes Dev:: honestly I didn't think about anything I mean till last week I had no clue I was getting married and now thinking about colors and everything... Raj:: Poonam aunty he means he didn't get a chance to think about all that as he was thinking about Pooja. Right bro? (Dev smiled) D:: Di you guys can decide and whatever is okay with Pooja Disha:: Dev it's your wedding I don't want you to blame me for anything so you better decide (After thinking for a minute ) D:: as it's my wedding and I will be marrying Pooja and she will have to bare with my fashion sense rest of her life then whatever she picks for me I'll happily wear it... Raj:: awwww!! Bro that's really sweet!! So Pooja now it's your duty to make my brother in law look good. Are you ready for the responsibility (That made Pooja blush) So everything was decided and next day again things got so busy that Pooja and Dev couldn't meet but they spend some time on video call and Dev planned on meeting Pooja for lunch as he is leaving for 8 days. Obviously pharmaceutical company is pretty different than having hotels things don't always work the same way. Next day Pooja was all excited to meet Dev then around 12:30 Dev sent a msg cancelling their plan as he has to attend a meeting with his dad which was an emergency. That kinda broke Pooja's heart but she understands she has seen her father missing out on a lot of things because of business. Everything has its own perks. Next morning was Dev's flight he has to wake up early morning so He spoke to Pooja for sometime and she asked him to get some sleep as he will be busy next few days and also the jet lag and everything so it's better he catches some sleep. Dev was feeling restless he wasn't very happy, he felt bad canceling his date with Pooja. He just went out around 11pm and called Pooja Dev::hi Pooja!! P:: hi Dev! What happened I thought you were going to sleep and where are you i hear cars D:: I'm actually in front of your house and I don't want to come in then everyone will get to know. P:: what? You are here? Ok Dev give me few min I'll be there.
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Bhatia Mansion It actually takes few minutes to come out of the mansion and Pooja grabbed her jacket real quick and ran out. She saw him parked in front of her house and when he saw Pooja he came out of his car. P:: what's wrong Dev? Are you ok? D:: now I'm fine. I'm sorry about today. I know you were all ready and everything but I was in an awkward situation and I couldn't say no to my dad P:: hey don't worry, I understand D:: do you wanna grab a cup of coffee with me? P:: sure! They went on a drive grabbed some coffee and after an hour they came back. Now it's time to say good bye. It was still little awkward for both of them they didn't know how to say bye should they kiss each other good bye, but that would be a bit too much for now and ofcourse they still don't love each other or just shake hand, but that's way too formal. Dev didn't want to do anything that would upset Pooja or make her feel uncomfortable. So they didn't do anything and they just said bye to each other as Dev was leaving P:: Dev!! He turned around D:: yes Pooja? Pooja just walked close to Dev and slowly wrapped her arms around Dev's waist and hugged him. It came as a pleasant surprise for Dev He didn't know how to react but he just knew he should hug her back and his chin was resting on her head he kissed her head few times. D:: you know next two weeks will be the longest days of my life P:: mine too. I'm going to miss you I think!! D:: you think? But I'm definitely going to miss you for sure. Okay get inside before you catch cold. P:: Dev, come soon!! She kissed him gently on his cheek and said bye. Dev came back home with this beautiful memory and his first cheek kiss. Dev had relationships before and he is not even a virgin but somehow the kiss on his cheek felt like the first kiss and may be more. It felt different, it screamed love that's what he guessed. Then in the morning he left for his flight and he got a text from his brother in law Raj Text:: Bro I know you will be busy but I also know you are missing Pooja. So sending you all the pics I took of you two. Thought I'll cheer you up and you don't feel too bad so these pics will make you happy. Take care and have a safe flight Dev opened the WhatsApp and found pics of them walking, looking at each other even when Pooja bumped on to him and he caught her from falling. Dev kept looking at those pics and he didn't even realize that 9 hours flight was already gone. When he landed he texted Pooja Dev text:: I hope you miss me😭❤️ Pooja Text:: I already miss you 🥰
