Second Chance

Part 9

Next day in the office, everyone greeted Ram for his sagai, ab staff ko to roke par invite nahi kiya tha par sab ko pata toh chalna hi tha, aakhir sagai Ram Kapoor ki jo thi, anyways Ram  sab ko thanks keh kar apne cabin me aa gaya. On the other hand Priya was in her college staff room where she was been congratulated by everyone, akhir sab ko pata chal hi gaya, uski aur Ram ki toh page 3 me pic bhi ayi hain, toh sabhi wahi discuss kar rahe the. Ab yeh sab Priya ko pasand nahi, woh iss tarah se apni personal life media ke samne ane dena nahi chahti thi, par kuch kar bhi nahi payi, khair dono apne apne kamon me involve ho jate hain.

Beech ke kuch din apne hisaab se guzar gaye, kuch khaas nahi hua inn dino me, atleast apne RaYa ke zindagi me toh kuch bhi nahi. Kal Sharma house me puja hain aur uske saath saath tilak ki rasm bhi, toh sab usike taiyyari me jute huye the. Priya jo aaj college se jaldi wapas aa gayi hain was helping her mother in the kitchen, actually she was preparing the Prasad for tomorrow and also was checking the menu. Though there will be only family member still they don't want any thing to be left out.

Sudhirji who was sitting in the drawing room and checking the list asked Priya is everything done or not, beta kuch chhut toh nahi gaya.

Priya ' papa kuch cheezen bazaar se lani paregi, kal subah nahi hoga, toh main ek kaam karti hoon main jake leke aati hoon.

Sudhirji ' tu ruk main jata hoon

Shipraji ' arre aap kahan jaa rahe hain, yeh list ke saath cheezen tally karni hain aur phir tilak ke rasm ka bhi toh dekhna hain, Priya beta tu ja aur jaldi ana.

Priya ' theek hain ma, main aati hoon thodi der me.

Priya bazaar ati hain aur list ke hisaab se cheezen kharid ti hain ab uske haathon me kuch zyada hi packets ho gaye the, toh woh usko leke bus stand ki taraf badti hain tabhi achank barish shuru ho jati hain, ab samne koi tree bhi nahi hain jiske neeche woh khari ho sake toh woh bheeg jati hain, woh jaldi jaldi me bus stop ati hain aur shed ke neeche khari hoti hain, tabhi achanak samne se awaaz ati hain PRIYA.

Priya samne ke taraf dekhti hain Ram apne car ki backseat kholke usse bula raha hain, pehle toh Priya chauk jati hain kyun ki usne Ram ko bilkul bhi expect nahi kiya tha, tabhi Ram ne kahan invitation card chhapne me thoda waqt lagega agar tab tak bheegna chahti ho toh bheeg sakti ho, yeh sunn ke Priya ko bohot ajeeb laga, socha yeh kaisa tareeka hain baat karne ka, woh kuch bolti nahi aake seat pe beyth jati hain. Ab itna sara saaman leke beythi hain toh jagah thoda kam par gaya hain toh yeh dono thoda close me beythe huye the. Tabhi Ram ne poocha itna sara samaan leke tum bus se janewali thi?

Priya ' mujhe adaat hain, waise main bus ka wait nahi kar rahi thi, barish se bachne ke liye khari thi, yeh bin mausam barish, hamesha achha sandes lata hain.

Ram ' tumhe barish pasand hain

Priya ' bohot, kyun aap ko nahi pasand?

Ram ' I hate rains.

Priya ' qaynat ki sab se khoobsurat cheez hain yeh, I love it.

Ab iske baad koi baat ki gunjaish hi nahi bachi, Ram was thinking we are so different from each other on the other Priya was not thinking anything but was enjoying the way water droplets which were falling on the windows use mann ho raha tha ki woh barish ki boondon ke saath khele par aisa ho nahi sakta. Yehi sochte sochte woh log Sharma House aa gaye, Priya got down and asked Ram to come in, Ram was not in mood to come but Priya insist aur usne kahan ki woh baqaida invitation de rahi hain toh ana toh parega hi, yeh sunn ke Ram ne smile kar di aur he came in.

Next day all were busy with last minute preparations for puja, in the meantime Neha came there and offered for help, she has become another member of this family, both Shipraji and Sudhirji love Vikram and Neha from the core of their heart. Lag bhag sab taiyyari ho chuki thi, ab bas Panditji ka ana baki tha. In the mean time Kapoors also come and with them Vikram with his children. Ghar pura bhar gaya tha, bachhon ne toh ate hi masti karna shuru kar diya, toh Priya unn logon ke saath milkar unhe company de rahi thi aur baki sab ke saath mil bhi rahi thi. Toh tabhi Panditji aye aur puja shuru kar di. Puja khatam hui tab Panditji bole ki tilak ki rasm shuru karne ko. Sabse pehle Ram ne Karthik ko tilak kiya aur shagun bhi diya, uske baad Karthik ne Ram ko tilak kiya, jab yeh sab ho raha tha sab bohot khush the aur Natasha muskura rahi thi par Priya ke aankh me aansoo aa gaye lekin saath saath hothon pe muskaan bhi tha, yeh aansoo khushi ke the, usse lag raha tha Karthik kitna bada ho gaya hain, hamesha se Priya badi behen nahi balki ek ma banke apne dono bhai behen ko usne protect kiya hain aur aaj Karthik ek bada bhai hone ka farz nibha raha hain, usse bohot garv bhi ho raha tha Karthik par. Yeh sab sochte sochte use achanak Ram ki taraf dekha toh dekhti hain ki Ram usiko dekh raha tha ek halka sa smile hothon pe liye mano jaise keh raha hain don't worry, tumhara family ab meri hui. Yeh kaisa bandhan hain jo inn logon ke beech me hain, itne alag hain phir bhi ek dusre ko kitni achhi tareeke se samhalte hain bina kuch bole, shayad isse hi companionship kehte hain.