A LOVE STORY OR NOT PART 2

#46

The next morning Shehnaaz woke up lazily only to find no Sidharth next to her. She looked here and there, but he wasn't around.

And then she remembered that today is her mehndi and neetu di will come in no time to get her and probably that's why Sidharth left early.

She was about to get up from the bed when she noticed a note lying under the jug of water.

She took it with a confused smile because she recognised the writing that was scribbled on the paper.

"Good morning baby! Jaldi ready hona, 11 bje se mehndi hai!", the note read.

Shehnaaz smiled and then looked at the clock which showed 10:15. She smacked herself and hurriedly made her way towards the washroom.

Shehnaaz came out in a robe and quickly rubbed a body lotion on her arms and legs. She slid into a pair of beautifully embroidered shorts.

She wore an off shoulder white coloured crop top above it and slid into a pair of furry slides.

She would probably wear the main outfit, the lehenga, in the evening after her hands and feet are done with the mehndi and it's dried.

Applying mehndi on arms was easy but applying it on her feet and legs, when she wore lehenga, was totally impossible and hence the embroidered shorts came.

Shehnaaz greeted everybody as she took a seat in front of Sidharth and beside Ahana on the table laid with breakfast.

"Sanu kabse phone kar re hain tujhe, par tu utha hi ni rahi. Dekh bass 10 minute bache hain!", preeti di said.

Shehnaaz looked at everybody apologetically, with a puppy face and how could anybody not melt looking at her.

Preeti di chuckled and shook her head as she kept several pieces of apple, orange, kiwi and banana in her plate.

"Khaa fruits, fir bread Nutella!", Neetu di said when she saw Shehnaaz scrunching her nose at the fruits and eyeing Nutella instead.

Shehnaaz, with a frown started munching fruits and then her eyes fell on Sidharth, who was busy in his phone.

She kept on looking at him, hoping that he would look at her, but he paid no attention towards and this made her angry.

She shoved down all the fruits into her mouth and when her little mouth couldn't take all of it, she coughed terribly.

Everybody was all around her in just a second and it overwhelmed her seeing that just a mere cough and her family got so worried.

Maa held the glass of water in front of her mouth, as neetu di gently patted her back.

Maa and papa noticed everything from the farthest end of the table, admiring their daughter who was so loved even in her in-laws home.

They felt content and happy with life, seeing their one and only daughter being so pampered. She was their daughter and she deserved all of it.

Sidharth looked up from his phone as well and ran towards where she was sitting, worriedly. He caressed her head and kept on looking at her with concerned eyes.

The family noticed him getting so worried and they pressed their lips as a smile made its way on all of their faces.

It was already 11 as Shehnaaz was made to sit on the cot. The cots were laid in the lawn area, near the water.

It was breathtakingly beautiful. It was all decorated with flowers and curtains pulled aside through ribbons.

There were several other cots, obviously for other members for the mehndi function.