Next morning came. The sun raise fell on a sleeping couple in their room. Ahana and Neil were sound asleep in each other's arms. The raise hit Ahana's face breaking her sleep. She felt breathing on her neck and opened her eyes to see Neil's face buried in her neck. His arms wrapped around her waist as half of his body layed on her.
Ahana ran her hands through Neil's hair as he snuggled more into her. This closeness had become a normal routine for them. Ahana reached and took her phone. As she looked at the time her eyes wide. 10:30! Dead! She was literally dead! Bus ji will kill her with all her taunts. Ahana was surprised bua ji hadn't started to knock at her door to wake her up.
Ahana:(Trying to get up)"Neil leave me I am dead. How can I forget to change the alarm last night. Shit shit shit. I am sooo dead. Neil moveeeee"(Neil groaned as he turned to the other side.)
Neil:"sleep na Shona. Yesterday also everyone was up due to karwa chauth"
Ahana:"Neil I am already late. You sleep, but leave me"(Neil rubbed his eyes as he looked at Ahana. For a second Ahana would have been lost in his messy look and husky voice but buaji's fear was more.)
Neil:"What time is it?"
Ahana:"10:30"(She said as she got up and started to tie her long hair in a bun)
Neil:"what!"
Ahana:"I forgot to change my alarm. I changed it yesterday night to 4 for karwa chauth but forgot to change it back. Neil bua ji will literally kill me. And the kids. Omg "
Neil:"Ahana calm down I am here na. You go get fresh I'll look at the kids."
Ahana nodded as she rushed in while Neil just washed his face real quick before heading down to check on the kids. He went to the kids room to see if was empty. Then He proceeded into the play room to see Ansh Aryan and Naira playing with their new lodo set, Neil brought them 1 week ago.
Aryan:"Papaa"(He hugged Neil)
Neil:"Hi kids. You all had your breakfast "
Ansh:"Yes papa. Shruti Taiji made Pancakes today"
Neil:"Ohhh okay"
Naira:(in a slowly voice)"But today's breakfast was not good papa"
Neil:"What happened sweetheart?"
Naira:"Dadi bua scolded everyone. Preeti chachi and Sid chachu came late to breakfast and you and mumma were also not there. She yelled at dadi"
Ansh:"She said my mumma is bad. Mumma is not bad na papa. Mumma is the world best mumma then why did she say that?"
Aryan:"When we tried to tell her mumma is the best sh...she...she said that m..mumma is not my mumma and Aarti ma is also not a good mumma. She said that Ahana maa will also leave me like Aarti maa did"(He said the last part really softly as if it might come true)
Naira:(Crying now)"Papa mumma is the best. She won't go na. mu..ma"
Neil:(Who was now burning in anger calmed down seeing Naira tears)"Hey hey shhhhh princess"(He said picking her up in his arms. He sat on the bed with Naira in his arms while he called Ansh and Aryan to sit next to him)"What ever your Dadi bua said to you is false. Aryan both your Mumma's are the best And Naira no one. I repeat No one will take your mumma away from you. I promise you that we will always stay together. All 5 of us. "
Aryan/Ansh/ Naira:"Pinky promise "(They said taking their Pinky finger out while Neil chuckled at their cuteness )
Neil:"Yes pinky promise. Now you play I'll just get freshen up then go down okay"(All the kids nodded as Neil kissed their foreheads and headed to his room. While he showered his mind roamed on Bua ji's words. He had to do something. His limited of control was exceeding. As he got dressed he headed down to see Ahana standing I'm the hall with her head down as bua ji scolded her while everyone looked around worried.)
Bua ji:"This is why I said multiple times let me get you a decent girl for Neil and all the 3 boys but no. Shameless seriously. It's not even late now. Let's get them divorced and I'll get Neil married to one of m.."(She was cut of by Neil who went and side hugged Ahana)
Neil:(In a stern and cold voice. That remined everyone was the Neil before Ahana came in his life)"That's enough Bua ji"
Bua ji:"Neil"
Neil:(More louder then before which made everyone jump even Ahana)"I said enough bua ji"(Turning to Papa)"Dad can u please book train ticket for bua ji. "
Bauji:"What? Why? I still have 3 days left. Neil"
Neil:"Dad. Please "
Rahul:"But beta?"
Neil:"Dad I know this sounds rude and weird but trust me after what she has done this time I am done dealing with it. She won't be staying near my kids ever"
Ahana:(becoming tensed hearing kids)"Kids.. Neil what happened?They are fina na?"
Neil:(softening his voice)"Don't worry Ahana. I talked to them they are fine"
Ahana:"Neil what happened ?"
Neil explained all the questions asked by the kids to him. Everyone's started to tense up at these revelations. Yes they were there at the moment and tried their best to not get the kids involved into all this but situation just got out of hand.
Ahana:"This is bad Neil. The..they shouldn't be thinking this. "
Neil:"Don't worry Ahana I explained to them and they might have forgotten about this by now but to make sure this doesn't happen again bua ji has to go"
Bua ji:"What rubbish. I said correctly only. This girl doesn't deserve to be your wife. Infact she doesn't deserve to be even married second time. One top of that she brought her kid along with her. "
Neil:"Bua ji stop. You have already crossed the limits. Now stop or else I won't be able to hold my angry"
Bua ji:"Why are you angry if I say something to Ahana. Who is she to you Neil. I heard that you married her only to take care of your kids. Which from what I see she has failed. A girl who can't even wake up on time will take care of your family. I telling you Neil she doesn't deserve this. She is a widow. She..."
Neil:"ENOUGH bua ji. I don't get why you hate her but let me clear one thing, I won't hear a word Against her now. You want to know why I care for her. You want to know what she deserves. Well she deserves the world bua ji. I am happy I married her. That was the best decision of my life. Not just for the kids but for me also. Because that day I got the reason to live. I got the reason to love. Ahana is my wife. She is my life. To be honest I want to thank you bua ji because you just made me realize something. (He looked at Ahana and Intertwined his hands with her)" You made me realize that I was a fool to not notice till now that Ahana had already became my life. You made me realize that I wasn't falling for Ahana. I have already fallen for her. You made me realize that I...I love Ahana. I...I love you"(Tears beamed down Ahana face hearing his confession while a smile came upon everyone face. If it was a normal moment they would have for sure teased the couple. But that moment was too bliss to be interrupted.)
Bua ji:(Breaking the eye lock between Ahana and Neil)"Oh god. see what this girl has done to your son Angali. It's all her fault. He was fine with that Aarti girl also but now. That's why I am saying divorce them now"
Angali:"enough jiji enough. Why don't you see that it's not Ahana but your own behavior that made him behave in such way with you. Bua ji Ahana and Neil both are right in there place. If it was about them they would have stayed quite but no. This is about their kids"
Bua ji:"Kids. what kids. Only Aryan is Neil kid. That Ansh is not even Neil kid. God knows whose blood runs in his veins and for Naira. She is a girl. She should know what a girl is expected to be."
Ruhal:"Jiji!"
Ahana:" I feel sorry bua ji. I feel sorry for your mentality. They are small kids bua ji. KIDS! How could you treat Naira as such just because she is a girl. Bua ji girls are known as a shadow of goddess Lakshmi and you... people like you treat them as if they are slaves. As for Ansh and me. I think I finally understand why you are this way with us."
Preeti:"What?"
Ahana:"Yes Preeti, No one hates a person just because they want to. They need a reason and that reason is jealousy."
Bua ji:"Huh? Jealousy. Me jealous of you"
Ahana:"No bua ji. You aren't jealous of me but of my bond with everyone. You are jealous of the fact that Ansh and I got second chance which you never did. You husband also died young But you were forced to stay alone and fight for your son. You gave him all tha happiness he deserves just to be abandoned by him for what. A modern girl who wanted to live alone in aboard. Am I right?"(Bua ji looked stunned so did others)"This is why you hate modern thoughts. Even your in laws left you after all the events took place leaving you alone in this world. And I am sure when you tried to live your life the way you want, society would bring you down. slowly you started to hate modern thought and started believing in old religious traditions because that is what you say as your way of proving all the wrong that happened with you"
Everyone started at Ahana stunned. Bua ji just started at Ahana with tears in her eyes. Ahama had read Bua ji like a open book. No one had seen or tried to understand bua ji's reasons for being the way she is but for Ahana, it took seconds to expose her past.
Ahana:"I know bua ji. I know how it feels. I myself had to stay like that for 4 years. I had to raise Ansh all alone while listen to the society's comments. I was lucky I had Prabha Maa and Sanjeev Papa with me. Bua ji you also had you family. You had Papa Maa. You had Dadi Dadu. They would have and Actually they always have stayed by your side no matter how wrong you were at points. But bua ji they are also human. Maa, Maa has always respected you even after all the taunts and disrespect you have given her. Shruti bhabhi still respects you even after what you did with her one her sangeet night. Doesn't that make her a good person. Why can't you see tha good in people instead of the bad. I know life is filled with negativity and maybe your has more then our but with all the negative comes the positive as well. We just need to find it and hold on to it. Bua ji there is still time. Try and change not for me or anyone else but for your self. I promise you, you will be happy and Free. We all are with you bua ji. You just have to take the first step."
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Precap:" Will bua ji change? Neil finally realized his love for Ahana so how will there relationship progress from now onwards? "
Translations:
Mumma/ Maa - Mom
Mummiji - Mother in law
Papa - dad
Beta - kid
Taiji - Dad's big brother's wife
Tauji - Dad's big brother
Chacha -Dad's younger brother
Chachi - Dad's younger Brother's wife
Bhabhi - Big brother's wife
Dadi - grandma
Dadu - grandpa
Ji - a word which shows respect towards the other person.
Bhaiya - Brother
Rasam - Ritual
Jaan/ Shona - An endearment which mean my life or my love.
Mami -Â mother's brother's wife
Jiji - Sister
Bua - Father's Sister
Dadi bua -Â Father's bua