Advik was sitting in his cabin when his phone rang indicating his father's call.
"Haan papa."
"Papa nhi mumma. Tere liye rishtha tha. Ladki ke ghar walo se milke aa rhe hai. Ladki bhut achhi hai ghar baar bhi achha hai. Web developer hai. Kal milne jaana hai aur mai tera koi bahana nhi sun rhi."
(Mumma not papa. There is an alliance for you. We have met the girl's family. She is very nice and the family too. She is a web developer. We are meeting her tomorrow and I don't want any of your excuses.)
"Arre arre! Thik hai maine mana kab kia. Lekin zabardasti nhi chahiye mujhe ki shaadi ke liye haan kr."
(When did I say no. But i don't want to be pressurized for the marriage.)
"Haan haan. Photo bhej di maine tujhe. Dekh lio. Chhaya Gupta naam hai."
(Yes. I am sending you the photo. See it. Her name is Chhaya Gupta.)
She said and disconnected the call lest he says something. He shook his head at her mother's antics.
He opened the message his mother had sent but did not download the picture.
What if he liked the picture but get disappointed in real or what if he did not like it. He let it be a surprise for him. Getting up he started off to Devesh's office.
He barged into his cabin.
"Hey handsome! How is my baby boo? I missed you baby boo!!"
"What are you doing here? And don't call me with that name."
Devesh said with a scowl.
"Ab kya mai apne dost se milne bhi nhi aa skta?"
(Now i cannot even come to meet my friend?)
Advik feigned hurt. Devesh shook his head on drama. He always did this whenever he wanted his help.
"Ab kya chahiye?"
(Now what do you want)
"Umm- wo umm- actually Mumma ne ek ladki pasand ki hai. Mausi ki friend ki beti hai. And she wants me to marry her. Hum kal jaa rahe hai uske ghar aur tu mere saath chal rha hai. I don't know what to do there."
(Mother has selected a girl for me. She is my mother's sister's friend's daughter. We are going to her place tomorrow and you are coming with me.)
"Mai kya karunga waha pr?"
(What will i do there?)
"Theek hai bhai dekh li teri dosti. Dokha de rha hai bhai ko teri zarurat hai aur tu mukar rha hai."
(Its okay this is your friendship. You are betraying me your brother needs you and you are denying.)
Devesh shook his head at his drama and said that he will go with him. They chatted for some time and then Advik left as he got a call from his office.
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The next day both Advik and Devesh took half day and now were off to her potential brides house.
On the other hand Chhaya was freaking out.
"What if I accidentally spill tea on him or trip on my dress and fall and make a joke out of myself or what if i speak something rubbish and he thinks that i am a fool, what if-"
"Chhaya relax, take deep breaths. Aisa kuch nhi hoga everything will be fine. Tu tension mat le. He will like you."
(Nothing will happen)
Bhavna held her Chhaya's shoulders who was pacing around the room and blabbering and made her sit on the bed. This has been happening since the time Bhavna had reached her home. Chhaya had taken her straight to her room and has been listing all the possible reasons through which she can mess up and they can outright reject her.
"Main sahi toh lag rhi hu na?"
(Am i looking good?)
"You look absolutely beautiful."
"Ab tu jyada soch mat, bs bhagwaan ka naam le wo log aate hi honge."
(Now don't think much just take God's name, they must be here)
Just then they a car being parked outside and a few minutes later sounds of chatting and laughter started. Chhaya started panicking and blabbering again and Bhavna was trying to calm her down. Chhaya's mother, Nalini came to her room to call them outside.
Bhavna assured Chhaya that everything will be fine and told her to take deep breaths and they went outside. Chhaya saw her parents sitting with a other couple who she assumed were the groom's parents. Then she saw Advik himself sitting there. Their was a young girl sitting on the adjacent sofa, must be the his sister and another man sitting beside her. All of them looking in their direction.
Advik saw Chhaya coming out with another girl of the same age. But his eyes were fixed on Chhaya. She was beautiful no doubt. And the light blush on her face made her look all the more appealing.
Chhaya sat between her parents and the interview started. So many questions were asked from both the sides that it was no less than an interview. And finally both the parties decided to let the children talk. Chhaya took the boy Advik to the terrace.
She sat on the swing that was there and patted the space beside her. He smiled and sat beside her maintaining a little distance.
He had liked the way she politely answered his parents questions.
"So?"
He asked breaking the silence. She looked at him and said.
"So?"
He smiled his dimpled smile and she gasped. He frowned.
"Oh my God!"
She whispered. He furrowed his eyebrows.
"Are you okay?"
"Nhi."
(No.)
She whispered still looking at him. He was confused now.
"Aapko dimple padte hai."
(You get dimples.)
"Umm haan. Nhi padne chahiye kya?"
(Umm yes. Shouldn't i get them?)
"Nhi. This is very dangerous for me."
(No.)
"Wo kyu?"
(Why?)
"Agar future mai kabhi hamari koi argument hui toh aapke toh bas hass dena hai aur meri wahi jaan nikal jaayegi. Aapka toh upper hand ho gaya na. Mujhe bhi thoda dominate krna tha."
(If we ever have any argument in future you just have to smile and i would be dead there only. You got the upper hand now. I wanted to dominate a little bit.)
She said pouting. She had a dimple fetish. Her father got dimples and she loved his smile.
Advik looked at her and blinked. Once, twice and thrice. And then burst out laughing.
"Oh my God! Mujhe sach mai laga ki pata nhi maine kya guna kar diya."
(I thought i actually did something wrong.)
He laughed so much that a tear leaked his eye that he wiped away still laughing. Chhaya bit her lip embarrassed.
"Ab bass bhi kariye."
(Stop it now.)
She whined when he did not stop. He tried to control his laughter and after some time he finally stopped but was still smiling. ************************************** Their first meet. There's more to it.
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