Baa was the first one to arrive and sit into the jagran/jagraata. Sahil and Ganga came all ready with Pruvi and Purvish. Raunak and Arpita came and joined the rest with Ritvik running behind them. Prem and Laksh went to Baa and took the red head band(you know what they wear when there is a jagran: a red piece of cloth tied around your head that says "JAI MATA DI."....The first page has a picture of the red band tied around Prem's head.) Baa gives them all of those scared bands/cloths in a silver plate and tells them to stand near the door way and to give it to all the guests that arrive for the jagran. They both head towards the door and as the people/guest arrive they gave them the scared cloth to put on around their head. While Prem and Laksh were doing this, Sargam and Krishna were collecting flowers from the garden the Viranis had in their bankyard. When they go inside, they find a lots of people singing bhajans to Mata Rani. Laksh and Prem spot them coming inside. Laksh couldn't get his sight off of Krishna who was looking soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo beautiful. He had never noticed her looking so smashing. He kept starring at her until Ganga call him.(BTW, Pem was in the same position at the sight of Sargam. He couldn't get his eyes off of her)Laksh sees Ganga in front of him. Prem and Laksh get up.
L: Ji Mom....
G: Beta yeh lee....Tum dono ne mata ka dhaga(red band) nahi bandha......
Ganga gives them both the dhaga and the both tie it around their head. But while tying, they have difficulty tying a knot as they couldn't tie it tight enough. Krishna and Sargam both see this and walk towards him. They both stand behind them, Sargam behind Prem and Krishna behind Laksh. They both put the flowers the had in the hand(in a sliver tray) aside and tie the dhaga on both of them. Laksh feels a sensation inside him that he had never felt before. After she tied it, Laksh turned around to face her. He finds Krishna smiling at his and her eyes twinkling. Prem also turns around. They both look at the girls who were glittering with beauty.
L: (gives his cute smile)Thanks.....
K: (politely) Your welcome.....
P: (shocked) Arre whaa......
S: (smiling) Kaisi lag rahi hu....?...
P: (with a huge smile on his face) Tum toh ekdum..........
S: (eager to know how she was looking) Ekdum......kya?...
P: (eyes wide) EKDUM BHOOT JAISI LAG RAHI HO( laughs with the company of Laksh)......
K: (a little annoyed) Bhaiya!......
Sargam looks away with her hands folded across her chest.
P: (still laughing) Accha sorry......Tum dono bahot acchi lag rahi ho....Bilcul angel ki tarah.....HAPPY!
K: (smiling) YES....
All four of them have a nice laugh. Then Purvi call the girls.
Pvi: Krishna....Sargam.....beta yaha toh aana zara....
Krishna and sargam take their tray that contained all the flowers they had collected. They both head towards Purvi and hand her the flowers that were for making a mala(necklace) for Mata Rani. Purvi gives them the scared dhaga to tie. They both go back and join Laksh and Prem and sit next to them, Krishna next to Prem and Sargam next to Laksh. Both brothers tie the dhaga for their sis. Ritvik finds the four sitting together and runs towards them and sits in Laksh's lap. Laksh gives him a hug, kisses his forehead and finds him trying to sleep in his lap. He gently patted his cheek as he dosed off into deep sleep. Laksh looked at his watch and saw that it was 12:00 am.
L: (whispers) Mai isse sulakar atta hu....
S: (whispers back) Theek hai....
Laksh gets up with Ritvik in his hands and goes into his room to put him to sleep. He notices that he had been coughing a lot. Laksh gets him changed into his nightdress. He lays him down on his little bed. Ritvik had his eyes open but the minute he way put onto the bed, he curled up into a little bundle and went into deep sleep. Laksh smiled at his cuteness and covered him with a blanket. He sat besides him and patted him. He runs his fingers through his hair gently. Then he touched his forehead and was shocked to find it burning hot. He looked at Ritvik and figured out that he had a high fever and his temperature was quiet high.
L: (worried) Isse toh tez bukhar hai.....
He gets up goes outside to tell Arpita but he he finds everyone busy and the jagran. The elders were sitting all the way in the front of the living room in front of the Mata Rani's Murti while Prem, Sargam, Arpita, and Raunak were helping Baa arrange flowers to make the mala. While Laksh is looking around, he spots Krishna arranging a plate with prasad sweets. Krishna notices him and is confused to see a worried expression on his face. Krishna puts the plate she was arranging on a side table and walks towards Laksh who couldn't stop staring at her and controlled himself and lowered his eyes. Krishna stand in front of him and asks him.
K: (curiously but silently) Kya hua Laksh?....
L: (looks into her eyes) Tum chalo mere saath......
He grabs her hand and takes her to Ritvik's room. Krishna is taken by suprised by his sudden action. They reach the room. Laksh takes her near Ritvik and makes her sit right next to him.
L: (embarrassed for his improper action) I'm sorry......
K: (politely) Koi baat nahi.....
She looks at Ritvik sleeping with a smile on his face. She then looks back at Laksh.
K: (in a lower tuned voice) Par tum mujhe yaha kyu layee?.....
L: (same tone) Isse bahot hi tez bukhar hai.....mai bhabhi ko nahi bataa saka.......
K: (smiles to him as to how much he cares for everyone).
K: Mai abhi atti hu.....tum iske saath betho.....(smiles and leaves to go towards the kitchen)
She comes to Ritvik's room in 2 minutes carrying a medium sized bowl that was full of cold water and a clean, fresh, white cloth. She went and sat on the other side of Ritvik's bed. She placed the bowl on the side table. She dipped the clean cloth into the cold water, squeezed the extra water out, spread the cloth into a thick long, rectangle layer, and then placed it on Ritvik's head. She gently pressed in on his forehead and let it stay there for a few seconds. Laksh looks at her care for Ritvik and is impressed by her. Laksh had thousands of thoughts that were going throught his mind.
L: (in his mind) Why do I keep getting attracted to her? I have met her before but I never had this unusual feeling inside me. Why can't I stop looking at her? Do I like her? ........Am I......am I falling for her?......SH**.....What am I thinking?
He comes out of his thoughts as Krishna snaps her fingers in front of his face. Laksh looks at her with an amazed expression.
K: ( laughs a little) Kaha kho gaye?.....
L: (lowers his eyes and then looks at Ritvik) Woh mai.....mai iske bare se soch raha tha.....
K: (positively explains) Chinta mata karo.....woh kya hai naa, bahot sardi hai....issi liye bukhar hai.....theek ho jayega....
L: (smiles) Thanks...
K: Arre tumne hi toh kaha tha....dosti mai no sorry no thank you.....
L: (laugh a little) Sorry...
K: Phir se?.....
L: I mean I am not thankful and I am not sorry....( both laugh)...
K: Mai yaha hu....aggar tumhe jaana ho toh jao....
L: (whispers) Mai kya pagal hu joh wapas jao.....bal bal bacha hu....Yeh log inte bhajan gayenge toh bhagwan bhi bore hojayega.....aur mai toh insaan hu....
K: (smiles) Bhajan bhagwan ko yaad kar ke gaye jaate hai...woh hamari bhakti sun ke bore nahi hote hai.....woh khush hote hai......mai maanti hu ke woh kuch zyada hi boring hote hai hamare liye....par unke aalwa humara hai hi kaun.....woh hume dard dete hai par ussi dard se wohi nikalte hai......aur jab woh hamare liye inta kast(trouble) utha sakte hai toh phir hum unhe khush karne ke liye inta bhi nahi kar sakte.......(she explains while putting the wet cloth on Ritvik's head after soaking it in the water).
Laksh totally got owned by what she had just told him. He had never imagined a girl to be so well cultured, so traditional as well as modern. Her thoughts were so positive. He could see in her eyes that she had a lot of wishes which were little things and something inside him told him to fulfill her each wish, each hope, and each desire of hers.
He cuts off his thoughts.
L: ( curiously asks) You mean I have to sit there?.....(hoping she would say no)...
K: (looks at him nicely) No....you don't have to.....bhagwan tumse already khush hai.....
L: (curious once again) woh kaise...?....aur tumhe kaise pata?...??.??
K: (explains) Bhagwan jisse pasand karte hai unko accha banaate hai....aur tum toh ho hi bahot acche aur pyare......
L: (suprised) Mai itna bhi accha nahi hu....par haa....tum zaroor acchi ho...(smiles)
K: (smiles) I know......aur tum apne aap ko jinta bhi accha samjho, mere liye bahot hai......
Laksh smiled at her with respect for her increasing in his eyes. She was truly sweet and really cute.
L: (in his mind) WOW!.....I think......I....I......I love you!.....
Well Hope you like this part. A little boring but PROMISE to give you better in the next part. PLEASE PLEASE DO COMMENT AND TELL ME HOW IT WAS! THANKS FOR READING. Sorry but didn't have time to update. Love you all!!!!!
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