The Compromise I Don't Regret

chapter 4. ACCEPTING THE UNEXPECTED

Sameera's pov

After a lot of twisting and turning I finally woke up to find myself surrounded by people, a lot of them, some on the floor,some on the table and some even on my bed. All my cousins, bhabhis, jijus are here, either talking or going through their phones. Wait am i dead or something!? Are they attending my funeral?. "Oh so finally the sleeping beauty awakes"...Aziya babhi said. Oh so I'm not dead.... "How are you feeling now chotti (pet name for sameera)?" Ali bhayya asked. I just nodded my heavy head because I couldn't say anything. "Here take this now and freshen up fast , we are having lunch together" my mom said as she came into my room with some tablets. Wait what lunch? How long was I passed out for? It's as if she could read my mind, Aisha di said "It's already 12:30 choti". I watched as everyone left and then I noticed that a certain someone wasn't present which is not new. But considering the fact that we didn't tear each other's heads off till now and that we spoke a lot yesterday he could have come. I soon joined everyone at the dining table and a minute or two later Amaan too joined us. He looked a bit tired. "Finally...now let's start" Dada ji said and everyone began to serve themselves and others. We have a 26 seater dining table and a small one too where the kids and some of their mother- my bhabhis and didis were seated. Rest of us sat on the long one on our usual spots. The rest of the lunch was as usual but special and everyone would occasionally ask if I'm alright. "So are you kids planning something?You're gonna hangout here or the farm house or are you guys going out" Dadi asked. Everybody looked at me since I've always been the coordinator. Well.... it's either that or because I'm sick. "Um...Farmhouse?" I suggested and everybody cheered. "So farmhouse it is" Dadi declared. "But just us...the cousins" Anas said "aaaaaaand the wives and husbands......" Ameen whined seeing the married one's face and everyone burst into laughter. " okay then leave the small ones here we'll get sometime with them too. Zara do you wanna stay back ?" Sulekha mami asked. " I'll take care of her. She wants to go there so badly" Anfas jiju said smiling at his wife. " okay then,its settled. You guys better leave now and if it gets too dark stay there and come back tomorrow before noon itsef. And sameer, aliya and ali are in charge. Now I don't want any complaints from Ramu kaka. And kids behave". We all gave a wide smile and shouted together " OoooooKAY...". Oh I missed doing this. " that always signals awaiting trouble" hameed chachu said and we all burst out laughing.

its been almost half an hour since we've been standing here. "where are these idiots" ameen asked frustrated. " come on yaar they just have to pack a pair of dress" thamanna joined. " why dont you guys go watch tv or something, i'll call you when we are ready to go" i told them cause they have been waiting for a long time and must probably be bored. " i dont wanna watch stupid princess movies with her, i'll rather wait for those dumbos. Oh finally" Mohamed sighed in relief as we saw the rest of the crew except Amaan the great coming towards the hall, quite worried must i add. " uh... guys we have a problem, actually two " samar bhai cautiously said. And i already knew what was coming.

"why did you guys even get married. You have just lost it all, all six of you, no offence bhabhis and jijus but things did change.... A lot." Mohamed complained. It turns out Akhila bhabi has an urgent work to be done and adil jiju is gonna meet his folks since they dont live with him and its been a long time. " why don't you guys take a day or two and celebrate a'only cousins 'day" adil jiju suggested. "yeah and we can all enjoys, chill and relax here while the elders look after the kids. I can't believe I'll be free for a day" arman jiju said excitedly earning a smack from aliya di. " sounds fun to me. Farmhouse looks like the right place" aziya bhabhi said. " but I thought we were going to spend some time together. Arent we ali?" asna bhabi asked ali bhayya, anger clear in her voice. " yeah darling but.. um its just two days... and then we'll do anything you want.. pro..mise" ali bhai stuttered. But asna babhi gave him a pointed look and fumed away followed by a pleading bhayya trying hard to convince her. " so I suppose its me who have to present the request to the committee" Sameer bhayya asked. A chuckle escaped my mouth. It was always ali bhayya, sameer bhai and aliya di's responsibility to convince the elders. " I guess so" I said. " why did these people get married again? It was so much fun and less complicated when it was just the fourteen of us. Now the rest of you will get married soon and only the four of us will be left and then thamanna will also get married when she turns 21 then the three of us will be married too when we are 25 and by that time these grandpas and grandmas wont even remember the word fun" anwar said letting out an exasperated sigh. " okay so does that mean Sameera di is gonna get married because as far as I can remember she did turn 21 few months back" thamanna said thoughtfully probably checking if the information she delivered are correct. A squeek escaped my mouth as I rushed towards her and stood in front of her. " of course im not, there is no need to talk about it do you understand me" I was already towering her as I warned her. The last thing I want is the elders to be reminded of this and hook me up with some idiot. " of course , we are in complete need of that discussion"Dadi said as the very party approached us all with wide open smile. The smile we are way too familiar with, the one that always signal trouble.it is a smile that clearly reads'one of you is getting married'." Well as per Sameers request we give you the permission to have your..what was it haan your cousins day but before that I want to make an important announcement . is everyone present here?" Dada ji asked and I could sense the trap and reason behind this assembly and so I decided to stay put in my current position. Within a minute or two everyone gathered in the hall all were seated except a few of us. " now I want you all to listen carefully and patiently" Dadi said . wow now that's a different start normally they just jump into the point. Zara youre getting married , Samar you're getting married but this sounds so different." Look kids" she continued " its been always a tradition in our family that you know brother- sisiter's kids gets married..... umm...you know cousin marriage and i believe you know that some of your's parents were also cousins. We have followed that tradition until now and is oblidged to not break it. In your generation it was not quite possible because of the ages ....until now. So we are happily declaring that Sameera and Amaan are gonna get married" there goes the shit... i knew i was gonna get married off to god knows who........ wait what the....... " now kids we all know that we are not really great fans of each other but its time to grow up. Bachpana abh nahi chalega. And before you start protesting and trying to change our minds let me tell you kids this is a firm decision that wont be changed at any cost. We know what we are doing and you might hate us now but you'll thank us one day" dada ji said even before i could protest. I just comprehended whatever the hell he just said and there he even gave the final verdict that im yet to understand. " par dada dadi aap ye keyse kar saktha hain. I dont want to get married now and that to..." i trailed off as tears rolled down my cheecks. I couldnt even mouth amaan and marriage in one sentence and here they are expecting me to marry him? " now sameera i dont want any arguments. We have given all of you full freedom except for this. Just dont try to go against us and i believe you dont want to stress your dadi too much" dada ji said. I can't believe this dada ji is using dadi's health to get me married. And he's right she's alredy had an attack but im not gonna stop trying. I was standing there so shocked that i didn't notice how the elders were happy . They were telling how they don't have to worry whether the my groom would turn out to be a bad guy since it is their own child. I just wanna be alone. I have no idea how im gonna get out of this mess.

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