Saturday, August 25, 2012

Chapter 14




Gupta House:
Khushi reaches home and shares the news with the family.
Everyone was very happy to hear that... Especially Payal as now she will be able to work with her little sister...
She decided to take Khushi out for shopping as a treat... She will need clothes for her job...
The weekend flew like a dream.
Khushi was really looking forward to working with her jiji and very excited to meet the hottie again...

Monday morning:
Khushi wakes up early and runs to washroom to take a shower. She runs around the house all excited and screaming waking everyone up.
Buaji wakes up muttering: Hai re Nandkishore... Sanka Devi phir se shuru ho gayee subah subah...
(Sanka devi started so early today)
Payal gets up and smiles at her sister's excitement.
She gets ready and then goes to Khushi's room. Khushi was wearing a multi-coloured kurti with matching sea-green jeans...

Khushi's Kurti:




Payal gets shocked at Khushi's outfit...
She says: Tu yeh pehenegi? (You are going to wear this?)
Khushi smiles happily: Haan... (Yes)
Payal says: Why don't you wear something else?
Khushi confused: Kyun? (Why?)
Payal: You know, pehla din hain naa... Is liye... Why don't you wear the dress we bought yesterday?
(You know, it's your first day naa, that's why... Why don't you wear the dress we bought yesterday?)
She takes out the dress from one of the shopping bags piled in a corner of Khushi's room...

The dress:





Khushi whines: But I was going to wear it tonight when I go out with my friends...
Payal gives her a stern glance...
Khushi pouts: Fine...
She changes to the dress and they go out for work...
Khushi decides to take Daisy and they decide that Khushi will pick Payal up after her class in the evening...

ASR Designs:
Khushi and Payal arrive at ASR Designs.
Khushi: Jiji, tum andar jao. Hum Daisy ko park karke aate hain...
(Jiji, you go in. I will come after I park Daisy)...
Payal nods: Achcha. Thik hain... Lekin jaldi aana...
(Okay fine. But come soon)...
Khushi nods and then she looks around for parking spot.
Suddenly she sees a big spot right next to the front door under a mosaic glass shade. She checks to see if there is any "Reserved" sign. But there was no sign...
Khushi (happy): Arre wah... Aaj lagta hain bahut achcha din hain. Itna achcha parking spot mila hain aur woh bhi unreserved. (She pats Daisy)... Daisy darling, lagta hain is parking spot mein sirf tera hi naam likhha hain...
(Arre wah, looks like today is a very good day. What a lovely parking spot and unreserved too. Daisy darling, looks like your name is written on this spot)
Khushi slides Daisy in the spot, locks it, blows her a kiss and goes in...

As Khushi walks into ASR Designs, ASR and Aakash arrive.
ASR drives to his usual parking spot and sees another car already parked there. It was bright pink in colour with white and baby pink seats and the license plate had "DAISY KG" written on it...
ASR explodes: What the? Who the hell dared to park that flower bucket in my parking spot?
Aakash was surprised too: Bhai, is that a car?
ASR sneered: Looks like bar-freaking-bie puke, but since has four wheels; I am assuming it's a car...
ASR shouts at his gateman: Bahadur...
Bahadur comes running: Ji shaabji... (Yes, sirji)

Bahadur:




ASR: Kisne yahan apne flower shop park kiya hain?
(Who parked this flower shop here?)
Bahadur looks at the said flower shop wide-eyed...
Then blinks at ASR: Pata nehin saabji... (I don't know Shaabji...)
ASR sneers: To pata lagao. (Throws his keys at him) Yeh jo bhi hain, usse yahan se nikalo, aur meri car yahan park karo. I want it done in 10 minutes. Samjhe?
(Then find out. Whoever he is, get him out from here and park my car. I want it done in 10 minutes. Understood?)
Bahadur nods vigorously and thinks, for the umpteenth time, he should have stayed put in his village in Nepal...
ASR strides in to the office still boiling in anger with Aakash right behind.

ASR and Aakash slide past the reception without glancing at it while Khushi was busy discussing her latest shopping experience with Sarah right on the same reception...
As the elevator door closes with ASR and Aakash in it, Khushi turns and sees a Nepali guy is running towards the reception all hot and bothered.

Bahadur (worried): Sarah memshaab, sarah memshaab... kishine ASR ki parking shpot pe phoolon ki dukan lagaya hain... aapko pata hain ki kaun hain?
(Sarah ma'm, Sarah ma'm... Someone put flower shop in ASR's parking shpot... Do you know who it is?)
Sarah surprised: Phoolon ki dukan? You mean Flower shop?
Bahadur nods vigorously up and down first, then thinks for a moment and nods side to side: Hamara matlab car jo phoolon ki dukan dikhta hain...
(I mean a car which looks like a flower shop)
Khushi's head went up: Kya woh gadi hot pink colour ki hain?
(Is that car hot pink in colour?)
Bahadur lights up: Haan memshaab. (Yes ma'm)
Khushi (happily): Tab to woh hamari Daisy hain...
(Then that's my Daisy)...
Bahadur even happier: Thik hain. Memshaab aap aao aur Daisy hatao...
(Okay. You come with me ma'm and remove Daisy)...
Khushi folds her hands: Kyun? (Why?)
Bahadur worried: Kyunki woh ASR ka shpot hain... (Because it's ASR's spot)...
Khushi (sarcastic): Achcha? Phir likhha kyun nehin? (Really? Then why did not you write it down?)
Bahadur tensed: Likhha hain naa... (It's written)
Khushi adament: Nope. Humne check kiya. Koi reserved board nehin tha... (Nope, I checked. There was no reserved board...)
Bahadur (worried): Memshaab, aake dekho naa...
(Ma'm, come and see)
Khushi confident: Thik hain. Chalo... (Okay, let's go...)
Khushi and Bahadur comes out to the parking spot.
Khushi smug: Board kidhar hain?
(Where is the board?)
Bahadur takes worried glances left and right to see if anyone is coming... 
Then he drops to his feet, hands folded in front of Khushi startling her: Memshaab, hamare chote chote bachhe hain... ASR ki car agar yahan 10 minute mein park nehin kiya to humari biwi hamare bachhon ko bolegi, tumhare Ba'aa mar gaya... Tab hamare bachhon ka kya hoga memshaab?
(Ma'm, I have little kids. If I don't park ASR's car in 10 minutes, then my wife will tell my kids that your dad passed away... Then what will happen to my kids, ma'm)...
Khushi irritated: Achcha achcha thik hain. Hum hatate hain apni Daisy ko. Lekin agar yahan pe tumne kal tak Reserved ka board nehin lagaya, to hum yehin park karenge aur koi kuch bhi kahe hum nehin hatenge... Samjhe?
(Okay okay, fine. I'm moving my Daisy. But if you don't put reserved board by today... then I will park right here and won't move no matter what anyone says... understood?)
Bahadur nods up and down: Hum board leke aayenge aur aaj hi lagayenge...
(I will bring board and put it here today)...
Khushi nods: Good.
Khushi gets into Daisy and removes it to another spot and Bahadur smiling his toothy smile moves in ASR's car in his usual spot.
But none of them realizes that a pair of angry eyes saw the entire exchange from the top floor.
ASR (exploding in anger): So it's you Khushi Kumari Gupta, who dared to take my spot... I should have known... Now you will see what you have got into... No one dares to take ASR's possession and lives to tell the tale...

Devi Maiyya suddenly startled out of her early-morning after-worship daze: Ummm... excuse me? Your possession? Oh... you mean the parking spot... I thought you meant something else or rather someone else...  (Turns back and goes back to her dozing) Never mind... Carry on...

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