26. Making Her Happy

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Disclaimer : All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. 

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Same Evening, 5 PM

Shefali wakes up to find her mother-in-law sitting next to her, her hand placed on Shefali's head. She notices that she has also dozed off. Guilt fills her heart as she realizes that she is sleeping in a very uncomfortable position. It dawns to her that she has been sleeping since almost five hours and they have missed their lunch. She gets up and gently shakes her mother-in-law.

Shefali - "Mummy please wake up."

Asha opens her one eye and looks at Shefali, then closes it again.

Asha - "I like being called Mom or Mumma."

Shefali smiles.

Shefali - "Mumma, please wake up."

Asha opens her eyes, grinning. She looks at the clock and frowns.

Asha - "It's five o' clock and no one bothered to give us our lunch. Come, let's eat them."

Shefali laughs and follows Asha to the living room.

Living Room 

The two ladies enter the room only to get surprised by the decoration. The sofa and the center table had been removed. In the center of the room, there was a round table, covered with whit cloth and decorated with balloons. The walls were covered with balloons and cartoon characters. Tom and Jerry, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and what not. The cake, kept on the table, was another shock.

There were balloons lying on he floor. Asha and Shefali look at the decorations shocked.

Asha - "I never knew we had a kid in the house."

Baldev, Ashutosh and Ayushi came from the kitchen, carrying food items and place them on the empty tables present in the corner. 

Asha - "What is happening? Who is the kid in the house?"

Baldev - "I am. A new born baby."

Asha (pointing to Shefali, Ayushi and Ashutosh) - "You are father to three babies. Behave."

Baldev - "They are no more babies."

Asha - "So what?"

Baldev - "Let's have another."

Asha blushes. Ayushi and Ashutosh sit down on the floor.

Ayushi - "Oh God! Please do something. Help us God."

Ashutosh - "Their son is married and they want to have a child. What will everyone say? Think of the society, Mom-Dad."

Baldev (pulling his wife to himself) - "Jab pyaar kiya toh darna kya." (When you have fallen in love, why to fear). He kisses his wife on the cheek, making her blush harder.

Ayushi - "We are not interested in your romance."

Ashutosh - "Yes. Go and get yourselves a room."

Baldev shakes his head no and kisses Asha's other cheek. Ashutosh and Ayushi facepalm.

Shefali bursts out laughing. She could not control. She laughed so much that her eyes started getting water. Everyone smiled seeing her laugh.

Baldev - "Come, let's cut the cake."

Everyone nods and follow him to the table. Shefali wipes her tears.

Baldev blows the candles and cuts the cake. Everyone sings the birthday song. He feeds the cake to everyone. Ashutosh and Asha cover his face with the cake. Finally, after getting scolded by Ayushi, they stopped it. 

After cleaning their hands and face, and eating ample amount of cake, the family sat down on the floor to talk and have fun.

Ayushi - "Bhabhi, when is your birthday?"

Shefali - "8th July."

Everyone stares at her. 

Ayushi - "Please repeat."

Shefali - "8th July."

Ayushi - "Wow!!"

Shefali - "What happened?"

Ayushi - "Bhai's birthday is also on 8th July. So sweet, naa?"

Shefali looks surprised. Everyone looks at the couple teasingly, then burst out laughing. 

Asha - "Let us watch Tom and Jerry. Ashu, get my collection from my room."

Ashutosh rushes and returns within few minutes. It is played and the entire evening is spent watching the famous cartoon. 

It was the first time, Shefali was watching it and she was enjoying like anything. It seemed to her as if she had become a kid again and was able to live all those moments, she yearned for. She was giggling like a school girl. She felt blessed to have a family like this. A family which understands her, supports her, takes care of her. The fact that she will have to leave them and go to Bangalore was already upsetting her. She wanted to live with them and enjoy more moments of happiness and live the life she has always dreamt of......

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So, how is it?

What do you think of Chauhan family? 

What do you think will happen next?

Do share your opinions.

~Purnima

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