Pavitra Bandhan

Chapter 2

Next Morning in Malhotra Mansion.

"Badima!" Jiya came running downstairs to see her mom, Anjali & badima, Nyonika making breakfast in the kitchen. "Deko na, Manik bhai mujhe mandir nahi le jaa rahe hai!"

"Tujhe mandir kyun jaana hai?" Anjali asked her daughter, "Aaj toh teri exam hai na college mein?"

"Tabhi toh! Bhagwanji se pray karungi ke mera exams ache se ho jaaye....par Manik bhai leke hi nahi jaa rahe hai." Jiya complained.

"Busy hoga na....tu rukh main driver ko bolti hoon."

"Nahi...ek minute Anjali....leke toh Manik hi jayega." Nyonika said. "Manik!"

"Yeah Mom. Kya hua?" Manik entered the kitchen.

"Kya kya hua? Tu Jiya ko mandir kyun nahi le jaa raha?" 

"Yaar Mom...main doston ke saath-"

"Kuch nahi sunna hai mujhe! Tu jayega mandir Jiya ke saath...varna bohot burra hoga." Nyonika ordered Manik. Seeing no other way, Manik agreed.

"Okay Mom..jaata hoon."  

Meanwhile Nandini was also taking Garv to the mandir.

"Yaar Di...mandir jaa ke kya hone wala hai? Lets just go to college na?" Garv complained.

"Chup kar...exams pe jaane se pehle Mandir ho ke aana bohot zaroori hai. Chotima humesha yahi bolti thi." Nandini replied. She then sat on her scooter with Garv sitting behind him and drove to the mandir. As they got to the mandir, Nandini stopped for a second too look araound for a parking spot.

"Lo...yahan park karne ke jagah hi nahi hai. Chalo college chalte hai." Garv commented.

"Garv..." 

Just as Nandini was about to drive to the side, a car came from behind and bumbed into Nandini's scooty making Nandini & Garv fall off. Luckily it wasnt too hard so they werent injured.

"Di! Are you okay?" Garv asked in concern. Nandini flinched in pain and lifted herself off the ground. 

"Haan main thik hoon...tu? Tu thik hai na?" Nandini asked.

"Im fine....par yeh stupid driver fine nahi rehne wala." Garv furiously got up and stomped over to the car. He started banging on the tinted windows hardly. "Oye! Ande....bahar nikal!"

"Garv...jaane de!" Nandini tried to go stop him but her kurti got stuck on the scooty so she turned around and started lifting the scooty up.

As Garv was banging the window, the car door opened and Garv was shocked to see who it was. "Jiya?"

"Garv?"

"Tum...yeh tumhari gadi hai?" Garv asked his classmate. "Aur chala kaun raha hai? Meri Diko kuch ho jaata toh?"

"Im so sorry Garv...woh Manik bhai-"

"Chilla kyun rahe ho?" Manik got out of the car and looked over to where Nandini was brushing dirt of her kurti with her back towards them. "Kuch hua toh nahi na? Phir tamasha kyun kar rahe ho?"

"Bhai...kya bol rahe ho aap?" Jiya whispered to her brother. Nandini who had heard him turned around.

'Kya matlab?" Nandini walked to him. "Chot nahi lagi hai toh sorry nahi bologe?"

"Sorry?" Manik laughed. "Oh pls...Manik Malhotra kabhi kisi ke samne jhukta nahi hai."

"Nandini ma'am. Im really sorry, aapko lagi toh nahi na?" Jiya interrupted.

"Ma'am?" Manik asked.

"Haan bhai. College mein dance teacher hai humare." Jiya explained. "Really ma'am....Im so sorry."

"Tumhari galati nahi hai, tumhare iss bhai ki hai." Nandini turned back to Manik. "Tum kya apne aap ko kahi ke rajkumar samajhte ho? Manik malhotra kabhi kisi ke samne jhukta nahi hai...like seriously?"

"Aur tum? Tum apne aap ko kya samajhti ho? Queen of England? Beech raaste mein apni khatare ko tumne roka aur galati kiski hai? Meri? WOW!" Manik clapped sarcastically.

"Yaar...tumhare bhai ko manna parega. Meri Di kabhi itni gussa nahi karti....woh humesha mujhe samjhati hai par tumhare bhai ne itna zyada gussa dila diya unko. Thats talent." Garv whispered.

"Even Nandini ma'am is impressive. Manik bhai ki haar baat ka kya muh tod jawab de rahi hai. Its pretty entertaining." Jiya giggled.

"Actually...yeah." Garv laughed too.

"Main toh record karne wali hoon. Ghar mein sabko dikhaungi." Jiya took out her phone and started recording.

"Mujhe bhi bhej dena."

"Do second ke liye rukhi thi main...parking dhundne ke liye. Tum itni tez gadi chala bhi kyun rahe they? Kitne saare log hai yahan...itni bheer hai aur tum yahan racing kar rahe ho. Aur vaise galati sabse ho sakti hai...uske liye main maaf kar bhi deti par tum-"

"Listen!" Manik pointed a finger at Nandini.

"You listen!" Nandini took her finger and pushed his finger down. "Bohot handle kiye hai maine tumhare jaise akru, badtameez, begrail ladkon ko toh apne attitude ko na apne paas rakhna!"

Manik just stood there speechless as nobody had ever dared talk to him like that before.

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That same evening.

"No way....seriously?" Sameer asked his sister. After coming back from college, Jiya told her family what had happened between Manik & Nandini. Of course everyone was shocked. "Phir Manik ne kya bola?"

"Kya bolte? Nandini ma'am galat toh nahi bol rahi thi...woh bolti chali gayi aur Manik bhai chup chap khade they...like uke paas kuch nahi tha bolne ko! It was hilarious!"

"Wow...kya kamaal ki ladki hai." Deep, Khushi's husband said. "Impressive."

"Jiya...yeh Nandini wahi hai na. College mein jo 3 saal se dance teacher hai...wahi?" Nyonika asked.

"Haan badima. Aur unke chota bhai, Garv mere class mein hai." Jiya replied.

"Hmmm."Nyonika smiled to herself.

"Bhabhi...kya soch rahe ho aap?" Vikram asked.

"Jis ladki ne Manik ko chup kara diya uss ladki ko milna toh banta hai na?" Nyonika replied.

"Nyonika...mujeh aisa kyun lag raha hai ki tum Manik ke liye iss ladki ko pasand kar rahe ho?" Raj asked.

"Kyunki bilkul aisi hi hai." 

"Par Badima...Manik bhai aur Nandini ma'am mein itna larayi hua. He will never agree aur I dont think ma'am will either." Jiya said.

"Woh sab mujhepe chod do." 

"Lekin hum bhi toh nahi mile na uss ladki se?" Raj said.

"Main mil chukki hoon ek do baar college mein. Aur main kahan keh rahi hoon ke abhi ke abhi shaadi karwana hai. Pehle sab milenge usse phir decide karenge. Par jahan tak Jiya ne batayi hai Nandini ke baare mein aur jitna main jaanti hoon...I think humare Manik ke liye yeh perfect hai. Usko seedhe raaste pe wahi ladki laa sakti hai jo usse darti na ho...jo usse muh tod jawab de sake, jo uske takkar ka ho."

"BadePapa mujeh lagta hai Badima sahi bol rahi hai. At least mil toh lete hai na Nandini se." Payal agreed.

"Hmmm...thik hai phir. Jiya teri kal dance performance hai na?" Raj asked. Jiya nodded. "Hum sab college jayenge aur Nandini se bhi mil lenge."

Unfortunately, nobody noticed that Manik heard everything.

"What the hell? Mere family ka dimaag pura kharab hai kya? Matlab jaante bhi nahi hai uss ladki ko aur mere shaadi uske saath karwaenge? No way...Mujhe vaise bhi shaadi nahi karna aur uss ladki ke saath toh bilkul hi nahi." Manik thought to himself. 

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Note: So Manik & Nandini meet. How was it?

Do you think Manik will agree to marry her? 

If not, how will he get out of this?