Friends Part - 4

(Sanket at his home packing up his stuff, anamika looking at me, she is feeling happy because they were about to get married, but she was sad because she didn’t get her holidays, she was about to leave for India 15 days after)

Sanket: Kuch or leke jana hai ya fir bas hogaya tumhara ?

Anamika : are abhi masi ke ladke ke toys reh gaye hain, Nagpur wali nani ne apni beti ke liye chocolates mangwai hain..

Sanket: (Ajeeb Shauk hain en logo ke ) waah.. Nani log chocolate , Gajab ka modernization hai.

Anamika: (in low voice) are kabhi to bhool jaya karo, hamesha majak udate rehte ho.

Sanket: acha meri ma jaldi packing karo, Arjun aane wala hoga, I gotta go with him.

Anamika : Shall I make something for him ?

Sanket : Haan haan jake brownie banao, cake bake karlo, main to kal bhi flight pakadlunga, mere sasur ji ki airlines hain..

Anamika : kitni chhoti batein karte ho.. poora airport tumhara hai..(sarcastically)

Sanket: Hey bhagwaan.. es ladki ko sudhar do..

At the door, aniket arrived, still thinking about the way to tell his wife that they gotta go to sanket’s wedding.

His wife just changed the job and it was only at the time for extreme emergency that she could take a leave from the job, also his kids couldn’t take holidays from the school just to attend marriage of father’s friend in India, because that was 15 days affair (when you go to India, you meet your relatives, I mean each one of them, otherwise you are not true Indian)

Arjun: Bhai..i don’t have much of the time, jaldi karne ka hai , ghar pe Guest aarahe hain, I need to make chicken for them.

Sanket : (Giggling) you still cooking the same old stuff ? You still master chef of home ??

Arjun :  Legend are born, not made. My Cooking Is Legendary.

Sanket : Okay sir, aab jaldi jaldi uthwao saman, I have flight in 3 hours.

Arjun: (still the same old One) tune kya chinta ki tujhe Bhai India chorhke aayega.

Sanket was expecting something like this from Arjun , afterall this is what has been able to make sanket laugh in these 10 years.

Sanket: abhi tere guest aane wale the ??

Arjun : Bhavnao ko samajh..

Sanket smiling, Arjun laughing hard..

Arjun : Hey anamika kaise ho ?

Sanket : bhai bahen jake baat karlo , main saman utha leta hun.

Anamika : hello bhaiya, kaise ho ? bade dino baad darshan diye.

Arjun: chal be sanket, 5 min mein yeh sab load hojana chahiye..

Sanket : sale kabhi to kaam aajaya kar mote..

Arjun : Anamika esko bolde mujhe mota nahi kahe., I have lost 2 kgs in 185 days.

Everyone laughing..

Anamika :  aap enko chodo, jaldi se aao ek cup juice ya shake lelo , thoda thik lagega, buffalo is too hot.

Arjun: teri wajah se esko uthake leke jaraha hun..warna to kabhi nahi aata..

Sanket : (while lifting the heaviest bag).. abe chup kar han chup.. 5 min mein bahar aa..

Finally they left the home, Sanket was tensed about anamika and her family, but he couldn’t just share it with Arjun, Arjun was still thinking about his wife and kids and how to tell her that they need to go to India.

There was deep silence, the car was just moving on the road, both of them looking ahead on the road, and they really have nothing to share, because both of them were lost in their own world.

Kehte hain ki khud mein sambhal jaya karte hain aandhi or tufaan, ki samne wale ko to main tehra he lagta hun.

At the Airport

Arjun : looking at all the food shops and Sanket looking at his cellphone.

Suddenly a girl passes by, Arjun stopped, while sanket was still walking.

Arjun : sanket, did you see that girl ? you…

Sanket : Please yaar..you are married, I am about to get married.. what the fuck is that ?

Arjun : But you..

Sanket : Bhai I am getting late, abhi nahi baad mein batadena..

Arjun Stopped and Smile, the girl he saw was Sanket’s Friend, whom he used to Love, like a lot, things didn’t worked out because he was too scared to admit that he had feelings, while everyone of his friends knew about it.

Arjun : okay, to fir tu aram se jana, do call me up in case you need anything.

Sanket : Haan please anamika ka dhyan rakhna..

Arjun : ofcourse yar..chal seeya..

Sanket and Arjun  looking at each other, Hugged, Sanket wanted to tell that he wont come back, he will settle in India, but he just couldn’t, Sanket and Arjun had been friends for years, you just cant declare something when someone expect you to come back.

Arjun : Chal be, senti na ho..

Sanket : Tu shadi mein aayega na..

Arjun : (nervous smile).. Haan yaar kaisi baat karta hai…ofcourse I will come..