Kuchh Ankahi Baatein

Vrat

Next day they all met in college. After attending two lectures, they sit in canteen.

Preeti, "yaar kal ki dandiya party ke baad aaj toh bilkul man nahin kar raha tha padne ka.. dil kar raha tha phir se jaakar dance karun... sach kitna maja aaya na.. mein toh poori raat naach sakti thi..."

Rohan dramatically hold her hand, "Preeti, meri jaan, kabhi toh kuchh aur bola karo na.. padai na karne ka saare bahane taiyar hote hai na tumhare paas"... in turn he gets a deadly glare from her and a smack on his arm... "bakwaas mat karo varna pit jaaoge..." he rubbed his arm making face, "maar toh diya..." murmured to himself, "aur kar lady bheem se pyaar.. kitn ajor se maarti hai.."

Munna : arey yaar inko chhodo aur yeh socho ki kuchh dinon baad Diwali breaks hone wale hai toh kya karenge... kaise milenge.. yaar ab mein toh itane din tak Swati se mile bina nahin rah sakta...

Swati too agreed, "haan yaar, mein bhi nahin rah sakti... kaash Holi ki tarah college mein Diwali bhi celebrate hoti aur ek hi din ki chhutti hoti toh hum log kam se kam mil toh paate.. uppar se itne lambe dinon ki chhuttiyaan de di college walon ne..."

Samaina looked at each other and realize that they also cannot stay without meeting each other for so long... their eyes pooled with tears but smiled looking at each other... Sameer silently hold her hand under the table, unnoticed by others, squeezed her hand to assure their togetherness...

Preeti said : yaar koshish karenge agar Law garden mein mil paaye kisi bahaane se, vaise toh pakka Mummy kahin nikalne nahin dene wali..

Priya, "haan yeh idea theek rahega... tu chinta mat kar koi na koi bahana toh soch hi lenge... meri mummy ne toh abhi se kaam ki itni lambi si list bana rakhi hai mere liye"

Mundit, "hamare yahaan bhi yahi haal hai... saare ghar ki safai, kabhi pankhe saaf karo, kabhi chhat... yaar yeh chhuttiyan hoti hi kyun hai... isse achchha toh roj subah uth kar college aana hi hai"

They all decided all possible options to meet during this break, but nothing finalize ...

Naina asked him, "Sameer tumhara kya plan hai in chhuttiyon mein"

Sameer, "yaar mein aur Rohan toh bahut busy rahne wale hai... hum ne Nanu ko promise kiya hai ki hum unki factory mein help karenge.. actually, Diwali se pehle kaafi orders poore karne hai delivery ke liye aur Diwali bonus, gift distribution, staff aur relatives ko tohfe dena, toh kaafi jyada workload hai Nanu par.. socha free hai toh unki help hi kar de... isi bahane business circle mein logon se milna bhi ho jayega hamara..." Rohan too nodded and they all plan and give ideas to them to segregate the work properly and complete all tasks before time which helps them a lot...

College holidays starts after three days and they all planned to meet if possible once in a week ... Naina Preeti reached home and saw Bela coming from market with filled of shopping bags.

Preeti, "arey mummy yeh kya saara market hi le aayi... humein bhi toh jaana tha Diwali ki shopping par.. aap akele hi ho aaye..."

Bela, "beta yeh Diwali ki nahin kal karwa Chauth hai na usaki taiyari ke liye hai sab samaan, ab bhabhiji ka bhi toh sab mujhe hi laana padta hai.... voh khud toh apne liye samaan laati nahin, saari list mujhe hi pakda deti hai..."she showed them all stuff she brought for pooja and other rituals... she turned to Naina, "beta tu mere mehndi laga dena raat mein jab sab kaam khatam ho jaaye, yeh nalaayak toh badbu badbu kar ke bhaag jayegi"... Naina nodded in yes and went to her room thinking, "kal karwachauth hai' she smiles getting shy...

After dinner firstly Chachiji made design with mehndi on Taiji's hand and then Naina put beautiful mehndi design on Chachiji's hand.. when they all went for sleep she took the mehndi cone and made a small dot on her both hands so that no one can see it but can't escape from her better half, "behen lagani hai toh poore haath mein hi laga le na, ek bindi se kya hoga... aakhir tera pehla karwa chauth jo hai, mere pyaare Jijaji ke liye...." Preeti said mischievously covering her face under blanket pretending she is sleeping...