chapter 4

Saturday5:00 pmLiving RoomLaptop was set properly on the center table. Mita and Jay sat on the sofa. Nitin and Prachi also sat on the other side. Mita logged into her skype account and called 'Papa'. The ringing sound made Jay's heart beat faster. "All the best Jay!!!", Nitin and Prachi wished him luck.Call got connected. Mom was sitting with Papa and Pihu,"Hiiiieeeee Di...", Pihu literally screamed."Hi my dear siso ....HI mom, Hi Papa...", Mita."We have been waiting for you since long...Where is Jay Veeru???", Papa was excited to see Jay.Mom gave him an angry look. "Ohh sorry....where is Jay??", Papa ."Yes, papa he is here only.... taddaaa...... Jay...meet my family..", Mita turned the camera towards Jay.So much stress, pressure inside  yet a smile on face, calm and composed Jay folded his hands and greeted everyone,"Namaste Papa, Namaste Mummy. Hi Pihu.""Namaste Beta...", Mumma , papa already impressed when Jay addressed them as Mummy and Papa."Hiiiii Jiiiiiiiiiii" Pihu screamed but then looked at her mom and lowered her voice..."Juuuuuuu".Mita smiled."So Jay, how is it going there. Hope Mita is not troubling you!!", Papa."Paaapaaaa,", Mita blushed and then looked at Jay.Jay looked at the camera and a little more smile on face, "No Papa, not at all.. in fact she is very caring and takes good care of everyone.""So, you are troubling her...then ??""Paaaappaaaa..", Mita again exclaimed."Just kidding beta. So Jay, Mita has already spoken a lot about you. She has chosen you as her life partner and we believe in her choice. Tell us about your family,""Papa, I am from a very simple middle class family. Appa is in Government job, Amma is a housewife. Like Mita, I am also a computer Engineer, working in this company for 5 years now. I have a younger sister, Simi. She has just completed her college and is looking for a job now.""Ok... Chota parivar sukhi parivar.." He smiled and looked at Mummy. She frowned at him. He cleared his throat and said, "I mean good good. We have one extra family member than yours. Mita's elder brother is in Delhi with his wife, which means our daughter in law. and our grand son.hehehe", Papa clarified."Ohh yeah, Mita has told me about Bhaiyya Bhabhi and golu.", Jay."Good good...""Beta, have you told your parents about Mita?", Mom asked.Ahem ahem, Jay coughed. Prachi started laughing but then immediately kept quiet. Mita was waiting for Jay to answer this question because she also wanted to know that."Very soon mummy," he replied ."So Pihu, how is your study going? Next week is your exam right? Wish you all the best!!", Jay turned to Pihu."Yes Jiiiiju .. It's going well as of now. Thanks for the wishes.", Pihu was happy to hear wishes from Jay."Ok then beta, it's getting late now. We will sleep. You guys also carry on your weekend routing. We will keep talking on video call now whenever possible, Take care both of you, I mean all of you, Nitin and Prachi also.. " "Thank you Auntie. Sure. You too take care", Prachi and Nitin .Mom was about to disconnect the call."Wait.. Jay, share your horoscope with me," suddenly papa said."horoscope??", everybody was shocked. Mummy looked at papa but this time he ignored her."mmmm... Papa, Janm Kundali.. I don't have it now," Jay was shocked but somehow managed to reply."Of course you won't be having it with you now. You share your birthdate, Time and Birth place with me, I will get your  horoscope and show it to my friend. He is a very good astrologer.""Papa, why kundali now?? Is it really necessary? I mean in arranged marriage it is ok but why now? I don't want to check that?" , Mita tried her best to convince papa."I know beta, Don't worry. I just want to have an overview. No horoscope  matching and all. See beta, you know him, and we trust your choice but as a parent I wanted to just cross check. After all it is a question of your life, " Papa explained."But Papa...", Mita was disappointed. She did not expect this."But why are you worrying? Just share the details, rest I will take care, what do you think Jay?", Papa asked Jay."mmm... ok Papa. I understand your concern. But right now I can tell you my birth date and place but exact time I don't remember. I need to ask Amma Appa," Jay."No problem. You ask your parents and then message me. Ok?? Bye ..GN", Papa.Mita was really upset."Sorry Jay. I never thought Papa would ask something like this. You don't have to give those details if you are not comfortable. I will talk to him again.""It's ok Mita. Don't stress yourself. He is your father and cares for you, I completely understand that. Now it is too late to call my parents. Tomorrow I will talk to amma and ask about my birth time. ""Are you sure??", Mita."Absolutely," Jay."Thank you Jay!!", She hugged him.Jay pacified her but he was worried too!!To be continued.....