"Mumbai, here we come!" Mishti whispered and looked at the window to see the airport at a near distance.
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6 YEARS LATER,
Mumbai
The Kapoor Mansion,
Mishti came down hurriedly with a hand bag and a folder in her arms, while setting the pletes of her saree. She went to the dining table and kissed Karishma's cheek and side hugged Shekhar.
"Good Morning Mumma! Good morning Shekhar Uncle!"
" Good Morning Beta! Aaj itna late kese ho gaya?" Karishma asked.
" Pata nahi Mumma. Neend nahi aa rahi thi. Upar se aapki yeh aalsi beti Pankhuri. Already mai late hoon and yeh mujhe aur late karwati hai humesha."
She quickly picked up an apple from the table and munched into it, shouting,"Pankhuriii! Aaja yaar! Tera already boyfriend hai. Itna tayaar hone ki zarurat nahi hai."
" Kisi ne mujhe yaad kiya?" A guy in his 19-20 came in wearing jeans and a yellow jacket, with a bag around slinging around.
"Lo! Vansh bhi aa gaya. Aaja beta, breakfast karle." Shekhar said.
" Nahi Dad woh Mummy-Papa kal hi Bangalore se aaye hain na to mummy ne bahut heavy breakfast banaya tha apne bachho ke liye!" Ansh replied and took Karishma and Shekhar's blessings.
"Waah Mishti di! Aap to aaj bade hot lag rahe ho!"
" Vansh, mai na teri college ki professor hu. Thoda tameez se peshaya kar!" Mishti replied and playfully smacked his head.
"Di, professor to aap college mai ho, yahan to aap single ho! And vese bhi "Main Hoon Na" main bhi Shahrukh Khan ko apni professor par crush hota hai!" He said and winked.
" Beta teri girlfriend ne sun liya na toh tera bharta bana degi. Lo aa gayi madam! Ek ghanta lagta hai inko tayyar hone mai!" Mishti pointed to Pankhuri who was coming down like your highness.
Pankhuri went and hugged her parents and her sister, "Good morning homies! And uninvited people." She said pointing to Vansh.
" Isse kya hua hai?" Mishti played out infront of Karishma and Karishma shrugged her shoulders.
"Aree I'm sorry na Pankhs, I know mujhe batana chahiye tha ki mummy-papa waapis aa gye the kal." Vansh said and held his ears.
" Mummy-papa aapko pata hai, Vansh ki wajah se meri Mom and Dad ke saamne kitni bezzati hui!" Pankhuri cribbed like baby.
" Pankhs, baby, you have peed and pooped on Sumidha aunty and Vishesh uncle since you were a baby. I don't think there's anything more embarassing than that." Mishti spoke and high fived with Shekhar.
"Diii! Not funny! Woh log mere hone wale in-laws hain."
" Oh hello! Hum dono ek doosre ko tabse jaante ho jabse hum diapers mai the. Humare parents best friends hain. Humlog jab 15 ke the tabse date kar rahe hai, usse pehle to humari families ne tere embarassing moments dekhe hai na! Chill yaar. Mummy ko bura nahi laga. Mai bhi to kitna joke karta hoon Mom-Dad ke saamne jabki wo mere in-laws hain. Unhe to kabhi boora ni laga." Vansh concluded and immediately added in," Nahi laga na aapko kabhi boora Mom-Dad?"He asked Shekhar and Karishma and the couple nodded in no.
"One second! One second! Yeh in-laws in-laws kya laga rakha hai tum dono ne? Na tum dono ki engagement hui hai, shaadi to door hi baat hai, usse bhool hi jaao abhi. " Mishti said and Vansh and Pankhuri looked at each other, conversing through their eyes.
Suddenly, Pankhuri pulled out a pendant from the neck. It was not a normal pendant, there was a diamond ring passing through it.
Shekhar, Karishma and Mishti gasped. It was a freaking engagement ring. Karishma was about to faint but Shekhar held her.
Pankhuri widened her eyes and said, "No, No, No, No. Jesa aap teeno soch rahe ho vesa nahi hai. Vansh has not proposed me. But he will, after our graduation and till then he has asked me to keep the ring. "
Mishti just smiled seeing her sister so happy. Love seriously has no age. And she had two examples infront of her. Her Mom and Shekhar uncle, who fell in love when they were almost in their thirties, and Pankhuri and Vansh, who have been in love ever since they knew what love actually meant.
Pankhuri was dangling the pendant a little and some light shined on the diamond and reflected on Mishti's eyes and she immediately remembered the mirror pendant Abir gave her. Moving her hand around her neck, Mishti reached for that particular pendant and felt at peace immediately when her hand came in contact with the cool metal.
"Di kahaan kho gaye? Chalo college ke liye late ho raha hai! And aaj aapko extra class leni hai first years ki! " Pankhuri snapped Mishti from her imagination and dragged her out.
"Mishtu, khayal rakhna apna! And tu bhi Pankhu! "Karishma caressed Mishti's head, understanding what her daughter was thinking earlier and pecked both her daughter's foreheads and hugged Vansh, bidding them goodbye.
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"Achha di mujhe na Micro Economics ke chapter - Consumer's Equilibrium mai doubt hai. To mai shaam ko idhar prakat ho jaaunga. Mujhe samjha dena. "Vansh said.
Mishti pulled his ear and said, "Last week hi tere section mai karwaya tha mene yeh lesson Vansh! Tab to aap ghode bech kar so rahe the! Mera economics ki professor hone ka achha fayda utha raha hai tu! "
" Please na di! " He made a puppy dog face and Mishti shook her head in disbelief.
" Koi samjhega ki tum dono 19 saal ke adults ho?" She said and parked the car at the college campus, and pushed them out of her car before other students could see them.
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Rajkot
Rajvansh Sadan
"Bhai! Maa! Mama! Mami! Nanu! Mom! Kahan ho aap log?" Kunal Rajvansh screamed, entering his home with his wife by his side.
"Kunal, relax! Tum itne excited hoge to kisi ko baat batane se pehele hi pata chal jaaegi." Kuhu said and calmed her hyper husband.
" Nanko! Kya hua? Kyu chilla raha hai?" Abir, the eldest Rajvansh came down from the study, his two-piece German suit covering his body like a second skin, and removed his glasses.
"Kunal beta kya hua?" Parul and Meenakshi hurriedly came down together and asked what had their son so excited.
"Aree ghadhedo ke bhai! Kyu pareshaan kar raha hai apne young nanu aur apni budhhi moms ko? " Nanu came with his stick's support.
Soon Mama and Mami too joined the scene and as Kunal was about to announce the news, a woman stood on their doorstep, balloons covering her face, "Did you miss me?" And everyone turned to the source of the voice.
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A/N
This was a small overview as to how different of an atmosphere is in Mishti's life. Who do you think the woman is? Don't forget to vote and comment.
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Misha 💜
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