Tanya was ready to leave for home; Arnav came to her 'Tanya how was the class? Is it all fine?'

Tanya smiled at him 'she will be ASR......knowing alphabets is not big matter....she had learnt it from her school....knows quite well to read English too but she needs improvement in grammar and vocabulary......and we will be there soon....she will learn all....will be all well prepared when she joins her dimploma.'

Arnav looking over at Khushi who is giggling with his sister....both had formed a well formed team.....smiling he looked back at Tanya 'ASR I had asked her to say what her goal is and dream'

Arnav 'what she said?'

Tanya 'she has no idea on her goal.....she don't know what she wants from her life.....looks like all her life she lived in dictation of her family as you said earlier'

Arnav nodded at her.....Tanya laughing 'and you know when I asked her to think she said can I ask Arnavji and tell'

Arnav chuckled 'see there I need her to groom........some thing's she needs to know herself, should learn to find....there is lot Tanya....there is lot more for us to groom in her....she need to be prepared well before facing the world outside....I don't want her to become a scared soul between the midst of the evil people'

Tanya 'don't worry ASR.....we are here for her...we will prepare her...'

Night, ArShi's room.......Arnav 'Khushi tution kaisa thaa' (Khushi how was your tution)

Khushi chirped 'achha thaa Arnavji......Tanya bhabi bahut acchi hain' (very nice Arnav ji...........Tanya bhabi is so good)

Arnav 'haan voh toh hai.....toh kya kya seekha tumne aaj' (that she is........then what did you learn today)

Khushi 'hum?....unhone aaj humse bahut baathein ki....unhone poocha mujhe kya pasand hain aur kya nahiin....aur unhone poocha ki humara laksya kya hai.....*looking up at him* par Arnavji aaj tak toh humara koi laksya nahiin hai.....humne toh keh diya hum aapse pooch kar batayenge...' (me?........She talked to me a lot today.......she asked me about my likes and she even asked me to tell what is my goal.....*looking up at him* par Arnavji I never had any goal in my life.........and I had said to her I'll ask you and tell her)

Arnav laughed 'Khushi yeh toh tumhein hi doondna hoga.....tumhein yeh sochna hoga ki tum apni zindagi mein kya banna chahthi ho' (Khushi you have to search for your goal.......you need to know what you wish to become in your life)

Khushi 'par Arnavji hum toh ban gaye na aapki patni' (but Arnav ji I've become na.....your wife)

Arnav smiled before patting her cheek 'voh toh main bhi ban gaya tumhara pathi.....main toh yeh keh raha tha ki tum kya banna chathi ho jaise ki doctor, engineer.....mujhe hi dekhlo main ek businessman hoon....tumhari Tanya bhabi ek fashion designer hain joh kapde tum pehenthi ho usko design karthi hain....aur main unhe bechtha hoon.....tumhare Aman bhai Manager hain....vaise tum kya banna chathi ho....' (then I too have become your husband.......but I'm trying to tell you about the wish of one to become doctor, engineer..........now see me I'm a businessman........your Tanya bhabi is a fashion designer, the one who designs the clothes like you are wearing now......and I sell them......your Aman bhai is a Manager........like us what you want to be)

Khushi thought 'hum....humne toh kabhi iske bare mein socha hi nahiin....humein toh sirf inta patha tha ki humein aage bahut padna hai......toh ab hum kya karein Arnavji' ({me...........I never thought of this before.....I had known only one thing that is to study more......but now what should I do?)

Arnav 'koi baat nahiin Khushi....humein dheere dheere pata chal jayega ki humein kya chahiye aur tumhari interest kismein hain' (it is alright Khushi......we will get to know your interest slowly with time)

Khushi 'aisa hoga?' (will it happen?)

Arnav 'hoga na....aur main hoon naa' (it will.....I'm there na)

Khushi smiled widely at him 'haan aap toh ho humare saat toh phikar ki kya baath hain' (yes, if you are there with me then no need to worry)

Arnav kissed her foreahead and cheek before pulling her in his arms; she looked up at him, her innocent wide eyes looking at him 'kya huwa Khushi' (what happen Khushi?)

She moved closer to him....bringing her lips closer to his face she kissed his forehead and then cheek like he done with her.....he looked at her shocked and surprised....she looked at him shyly.....Arnav smiled at her a seconds later 'good night Khushi'

Khushi 'good night Arnavji' she drowsed off while he looked at her sleeping face fondly.

Arnav was working on his laptop when Khushi looked over his shoulder to see what he is doing. Arnav grinned and pulled her on his laps who squealed....he chuckled 'kya kar rahi thi tum' (what were you doing?)

Khushi 'hum voh...hum yeh dhekne ki koshish kar rahe the ki aap kya kar rahe ho' (I..I......I was trying to see what you are doing) poiting at his laptop

Arnav 'hmmm *pointing the screen* main design kar raha tha' (I'm designing)

Khushi looked at the screen in awe 'achha....yeh bahut accha hai......*in awe* aap kaise kar lethe ho yeh sab' (really......it is so good......*in awe* how do you do this)

Arnav looked at her amazed face 'Business man se phele Main ek designer hoon Khushi....pehle ek private company mein main ek designer tha' (Even before a businessman I was a designer first.........in a private company I was as a designer.)

Khushi 'Oh....aap mujhe bhi seekhayenge yeh sab....' (Oh......will you teach me all this)

Arnav 'tum seekhna chahthi ho yeh sab' (you want to learn this)

Khushi 'haan...yeh bahut accha hai' gazing at the design. (Yes, this is so good)

Arnav 'toh tumhein Fashion designing padni padegi' (then you have to study fashion designing)

Khushi 'phir....phir hum voh kya kaha aapne...fash...fashion designing padenge' (if then......then I'll study......what you said.....fash....fashion designing....'

Arnav 'very good....toh see tumhare paas aaj laksya hai....tum fashion designer banna chahthi ho' (very good......now see you have a goal today.......to become a fashion designer)

Khushi 'humein....humein aapke jaisa banna hain....aapke jaise yeh sab kapde humein bhi design karni hain' (I.....I want to become like you.......I too want to design clothes like you)

Arnav 'karogi Khushi.....sab kuch karogi....pehle Tanya joh training derahi hai usse seekho phir hum tumhein ek acche se college mein dhakil kardengen' (you will Khushi..........you will do all these things........first learn what ever Tanya is teaching you in training then we will enrol you in a best college)

Khushi grinned 'hum bhi aapki tarah ek din accha achha kapde banayenge' (I will to one day make such nice clothes like you)

Arnav noded at her, she hugged him. Arnav 'aur apni Tanya bhabi se kehna ki tumhe laksya mil gaya hai' (and tell you Tanya bhabi you have got a goal)

Khushi 'hum zaroor batayenge unhe' (I'll tell her for sure) she giggled. She is so happy, firstly the classes which Tanya bhabi is giving her from past one week and now today she got her goal....she too wants to become like her Arnavji....a designer. On the other hand, Arnav know the interest she is showing now may change, and a new goal may take root. There is still time for her to decide what she wants in her life.

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Part 16

Tanya 'arey waah yeh toh bahut acchi baath hai Khushi, tum designer banna chahthi ho' (arey waah this is good, you wish to be a designer)

Khushi proudly 'haan humein bhi Arnav ji ke tarah banna hain'(yes, I too want to become a designer like my Arnav ji)

Tanya raised her eye brows 'bahut khoob, chalo ab hum aaj ki training shuru karthe hain....Khushi maine tumse kya kaha tha kal' (very good, come let us start today's training.....Khushi what did I said yesterday?)

Khushi 'haan bhees angrez shabd shabdkosh se ratne ke liye kaha tha' (learn twenty words from English dictionary)

Tanya 'sirf ratne ke liye?' (only to learn?)

Khushi 'nahiin na, aapne toh yeh bhi kaha ki hum un shabdon ki arth bhi samjhe' (no, you asked me to understand the meaning of those words along with learning them)

Tanya 'good, ab batao kaunse naye shabd tumne seekhe hain' (good, now tell me what are the new words you learned) Khushi like a parrot said all the twently new words she learnt taking her own sweet time, struggling to remember, to pronounce.

Tanya 'hmmm, aise hi humesha dictionary se har roz naye shabd seekhna, kal dus tha toh aaj beez phir kal tees.....aise ek din tumhein aadhe English words achi tarah se aajayenge' (hmmmm, everyday study new words from dictionary, if it was ten words yesterday then today twenty tomorrow thirty and so on...in this way you will know half of the English words.)

Khushi nodded her head, Tanya 'chalo hum log agli paatt par jaane se phele phirse kal joh padaya tha use dekhethe' (and now before going to next lesson let us revise what I taught you yesterday) both of them set on to the grammar classes where one is teaching with patience and second one is learning with all the enthusiasm and concentration. She has to make her Arnav ji proud. Period.

Aman sitting in front of Arnav sipping his coffee sighed 'man that girl is so annoying' Arnav raised his eyes at him; they are sitting in his cabin for coffee break. Arnav 'who?'

Aman 'arghh That Sheethal, always calls either to me or office number pestering about her job'

Arnav smirking 'don't take her call, simple and ask the receptionist to let her know that when she is needed, we will call her'

Aman 'do you think we did not try that? She just wants to get inside AR anyhow, as if it is her sole aim'

Arnav 'unitl Tanya is back to office Sheethal is not going to enter'

Aman 'what is your plan?'

Arnav 'nothing much, will hand over Sheethal to Tanya rest she will handle. We will give inputs every now and then'

Aman nodding 'Tanya will take care of her very well. Sheethal is thinking once she got into AR her life will be settled but she does not know she is walking into Lions den and she is going to face the true hell'

Arnav 'let her dream for now Aman, feed her numerous dream occasionally. Tanya will come in few days to office'

Aman 'what about Khushi's training then?'

Arnav 'Aman for Khushi's training we cannot overlook our company and its deal. Tanya is important member in our company, she is needed here and doesn't worry about Khushi's training, Khushi too will accompany me to office then. Her training will be going on from here'

Aman wriggling his eye brows 'is it only for training you will be getting her here or indirectly hinting me that you now a days miss your wife so much in office'

Arnav flushed 'Aman get back to your work'

Aman standing 'jaa raha hoon...but.....I'll say only this......someone has fallen in love haan....whistling he went away *Pehla Pehla Pyaar hai, Pehli Pehli baar hai*'

Arnav grinned at Aman's word and song; he looked at the photo at the side of his table; his and Khushi's photo taken together. Caressing Khushi's face he sighed, it is only 11 am and still more than seven hours to go to leave for home, back to his wife who as soon seeing him rushes in his arm smiling widely.

Days passed, Arnav was very much impressed with Khushi, and she is a very good and fast learner. Tanya has given him positive feedback about her. Arnav 'Khushi yahan aao' (Khushi come here)

Khushi keeping the book aside which she was reading given by Tanya, walked towards Arnav. He was standing before her with tapes in his hand.

Khushi 'Arnav ji yeh kisliye' (Arnav ji what is this for?)

Arnav 'shhh tum bas yahan par chup chap khadi ho jao' (shhh stand straightly and keep quiet)

Khushi giggled at him 'Arnav ji aap toh voh tailor chachi ki tarah humari naap le rahe ho, par kyun?' (Arnav ji you are taking my measurement like the tailor chachi, but why?)

Arnav amused at her smiling face 'bas aise hi, tumhare liye ek surprise hai' (just like that....there is a surprise for you)

Khushi 'sacchi? Kya hai?' (Really? What is it?)

Arnav 'suprise, surprise hota hai Khushi, abhi todi na bataounga, tode din mein tumhein khud pata chal jayega' (surprise is surprise......I'll not tell you now, in few days you will come to know) he took her measurement with the measuring tape and made her sit beside him on the recliner.

He tucked her hair behind her ears, Khushi 'tode din kab ayega' (when will this few days come?)

Arnav 'jaldi hi'(soon) Khushi pouting at him kept her head on his lap, he caressed her hair 'Arnav ji humein amma babuji, buaji ki bahut yaad aathi hai' (Arnav ji I'm missing amma, babuji and buaji)

Arnav 'chintha mat karo Khushi, jaldhi hi mein tumhein unse milaunga' (don't worry Khushi, soon you will meet with them)

Khushi 'sach mein' (really?)

Arnav hmmmed, Khushi hugged his wiast 'aap bahut acche ho. Arnav ji kya hum ice cream khane chalein....please' (You are so good......Arnav ji shall we go to eat ice cream? please)

Looking at her puppy face he could not refuse, he nodded at her 'come let's get you your icecream' Both of them left their room changing themself into their proper dress from their night suits.

Arnav parked his car before the ice cream parlor, both getting down walked inside with Khushi hodling his arms tight in her hands looking around the shop with lit ice.

He took her towards the counter and showed her varieties of icecream flavour 'kaunsa logi' (what you will have?)

Khushi looked at all of them wide eye.....she looked at him and then at all the mouth watering ice cream 'humein.....*pointing a finger at counter top one of the ice cream* yeh vala.....nahiin yeh vala....nahiin yeh vala *she started pointing all the icecreams confused*.....nahhin....humein...humein sab kuch chahiye' (I... pointing a finger at counter top one of the ice cream*..this one.....no this one.....no this one.... *she started pointing all the icecreams confused*..no I...I want everything)

Arnav looked at her surprised 'sab?' (All?)

Khushi smiling at him sheepishly 'haan' (Yes)

Arnav 'par Khushi, tum kha paogi? Aur tabhiyat bhi bhigad jayegi' (but Khushi will you be able to eat? And you will fall sick?)

Khushi looked back at all the icecreams 'par hum sab khana chathe hain, dhikne mein sab bahut ache hain' (but I want to eat every flavour, these are looking so delicious)

Arnav smiled 'toh tikka hai aisa karo abhi ke liye tum sirf do flavour khalo, hum bhaki sab pack karne ke liye keh denge, family pack wala, tum jab chaho ghar mein kha lena fridge se nikhal ke, tikka hai' (then okay, let us do one thing we will get you two flavour for now and buy the rest of them, family wala pack.....we can keep them in fridge and you can eat whenever you wish to)

Khushi liked his idea; she nodded at him smiling 'tikka hai Arnav ji'

He ordered two icreams for her in different flavour, taking a seat on a corner table they both waited for their order to arrive.

Khushi eyes lit up in happiness seeing her ordered ice cream in front of her, she smiled broadly at Arnav before diving a spoon in her mouth. Khushi 'hmmmm'

Arnav smiled, Khushi looked at him 'aap lenge? Bahut accha hai' (Will you have it? It is so good.)

Arnav took a little from the spoon she is having in her hand ready to be eaten 'nice'

Khushi beamed at him, her eyes gleaming. Arnav looked at her glowing face all lost, how he got so lucky to get in his life?

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