I woke up today quite enthusiastically (since I had to update) only to find out that the book within which I drafted my chapter ideas, got lost somewhere!

*looks around with embarrassment* 

I got so crazy that I literally ran after my little man all around the place! Poor thing got too terrified. He had never seen me in this *durga* avatar ;-) 

*can't blame him*

My breath came back to me only when I found it casually sandwiched between piles of clothes! 

*Ah!*

Now that calls for a celebration :D

*throws caps*

~~ Dedication Ceremony ~~

In Fond Memory of

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[Arjun's P.O.V]

*yas*

I was shell shocked at my own reaction. I mean there's always a reason behind everything we do.

Aisa hi kuch tha, right ?

Okay, now don't stare at me like that kiddos!

I could have quite easily hit her back with the pillow and thus it could have led to a rather memorable gang fight. Imagine the fun.

Alas!

Here's what the conflict within me was all about :

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My mind screamed  :  ' Hit her back boy '

My heart adviced  : ' Put the pillow back right this instant!

My mind smirked :  ' She did that on purpose. Let me have some chill, man! '

My heart disagreed :  ' Remember you can't hurt her even if it's for mere amusement ? '

My mind argued :  '  Now who made that rule ? My dear it was solely meant for diverting our attention. So why don't we take advantage of that ? '

My heart did  facepalm :  ' But its Alia at the other end! I simply can't hurt her! '

My mind bothered to ask :  ' Why ?  Why is it so ? You fought with Pari too. She is your bestie, still! But why this sudden melt of heart in case of Alia ? '

My heart answered with a final tone : ' Because damn it, I LOVE HER !!!

I love her with all my heart and soul. I simply can't even think to hurt a single strand of her hair. She means so much to me. More than I could ever imagine or comprehend ! '

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My head blast off with a terrible headache. Just then we heard the squeak of the door being open. We looked at the direction and saw Soni maa standing at the foot head of alia's room.

' Arey wah! All of you are here ? I thought you might be tired. Sorry we came late. Got stuck with many guests. They all were congratulating your dad and me for your win. Since you left so early, we had to stay until late to grab as many wishes as possible. You made us proud bacha.' Maa got choked up with tears and profound happiness welling within her heart. After all her dear sunshine had made her so proud. We watched the endearing mother-daughter duo hug each other, sharing a light moment.

And when her eyes landed on us fools smiling so wide at the 'aww-occasion', she had a questioning glare directed at dearest alia. " Aloo, bataya kyun nahi ? Why didn't you informed me earlier that you kids had plan to land here ? I could have prepared something special na ?" She was so cute with that pout. Her nakhras were starkingly similar to alia. Like mother like daughter.

We are so tight knit that our parents are pretty much fond of everyone in our team. We treat each other's parents as our own. So Alia's parents are Mahesh paa and Soni maa for us. I lost my backbone, my happiness, my dearest mother to the battle of cancer, back in 2012. Therefore I knew the value of a mother. Soni maa cared for me a bit more than the others and I likewise had the most affectionate bond with her.  She is so much like my own maa in all possible ways.

"Its ok hamari prettiest maa. Your there for us na, that's all what we need!" gleamed Sid and came from her back to hug her lovingly. She smiled at him and stroked his head. We all then rushed to give her a big gang bear hug. She absolutely loved us.

[Alia's p.o.v]

No wonder I loved them all with heart. My mum bonded with them so well just like any other mother would do with their child. So natural and pure. When Sid hugged mumma, it reflected lot of respect and genuine love. They looked like a real mom and son jodi! I simply stood adoring their sweet relation.

Minutes later  all of them except me, went near and gave her a big happy bear hug. Since I couldn't possibly accommodate place for myself, I smiled at all of them and stood rooted at my place.

"Now do you need special invitation to hug your own mom? Apni maa samajh kar gale lagaa le...hum kuch nahi bolenge!"  Ayu the naughty one winked at me. Big bad boys laughed at me while I smiled and went ahead to hug my mom.

"What is the commotion all about ?"  asked a sleepy groggy voice. We turned upon to see my darling sister Shaheen in her late night PJ's and messy hair bun, rubbing her eyes, looking all tired and offcourse sleepy.

"Aayie madam! Aap hi ka intezaar tha" spoke Rannu and he earned a playful smack from her on his arm. Right choice.

"Tum sab phir tapak pade ? Kya haal everyone?"  she asked while hugging Pari and Shredz and they shared an evil grin unknown to the rest of us.

"We dropped in to ask whether our 'Kanyakumari' is gonna get married or not"  announced Adi with a mischievious glint.

" Why not ? Apna sasural samjho! Drop in whenever you want and irritate the heck out of me and I won't even care a damn" her sarcasm was much popular than mine. A 'whatever' slipped from her breath.

"Really didi ? Who is that unlucky fellow and our jeeju ?" shraddha either acted dumb or cared less. 

"Is it that MojoRojo fella?"  asked Sid with a drop of hint that could possibly shake everything.

"Woah, hold on. Now whom did you just spelled ? "  I tried to clear the confusion rising up.

"Arey he is part of AIB stand up comedy. Remember you guys had a great time being roasted alive by him and his gang of comedians along with kjo ?" asked Shaheen while pointing at rannu and fubu. She clearly was on high.

"Ah, Joshi ? Voila! He is your boyfrined .... haina Shahuuu ?"  I loved eve-teasing her.

"Ok kids now stop the game. Let me go back to my bed and all of you better not create a racket. Whatever you wanna do, make sure you consider us worthy enough to be forgiven. I seriously don't wanna wake up to disasters. Goodnight doston!" With that she left us rather quickly. It was too odd for her to leave a question hanging in mid air. She was a solver. And owing to her insomniac disorder, her going to sleep at midnight seemed too good to be true.

"Okay gentlemen. Now listen carefully. Better leave for your room and change into something more comfortable cause it's bloody sure that we aren't going to sleep anyway. Not this soon. So meanwhile we girls would arrange our room to facilitate our midnight drama. Stop cranking and start moving"  ordered Shredz like mothers in general across the globe.

"Okay maa" nodded Fubu and the boys rushed to their room.

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