In the big luxurious house, two families sat together to talk about their children’s alliance with each other. ‘Does she knows to cook?’, asked the soon to be groom’s mother to the soon to be bride’s mother. ‘Yes, she cooks really well, she’s a very good cook, chef I say,’ said her mother and just then a girl came downstairs in a beautiful pink saree that complimented her beauty perfectly. ‘Di, I m nervous,’ she said to the girl beside her. She assured her. Her eyes met the young man’s eyes sitting with his parents on the couch facing her parents. She smiled and blushed looking down. ‘Is she her?’, he said pointing at her.

(Anika and Mallika’s mother)

(Mallika)

(Anika)
Her mother turned to the direction and nodded smilingly. ‘Come my child, sit, Mallika you too sit beside her,’ said her mother and they came and sat. ‘Anika, he is the one about who we were talking, Daksh Agarwal,’ said her mother. ‘Yes chhoti, he’s the one, so do you like him?’, Mallika asked in a whisper. ‘Di, how come he is here? First he dances with me in a marriage and I realize a little late that he’s standing behind me, suddenly he pull me then that embarrassing dance and now marriage,’ Anika whispered in one go.

‘Chhoti, he loves you, infact its love at first sight.’ Anika sighed. ‘Di, no one gets so much love in one meeting, this is a trap.’ Mallika opened her mouth to say something. ‘Stop whispering,’ their father said in a low voice. ‘Manindar jee, only Mallika can take away Anika’s nervousness, so let her calm her,’ said their mother. ‘Nimmi you only take their side, boy’s family is sitting in front of us, they should’ve done all this before they came,’ Maninder replied in his same low voice.

‘Anika, I m sorry for that day when I danced with you forcefully in front of everyone, but trust me, I love you, I really love you after we first met,’ Daksh said looking at Anika whose gaze was down the whole time but as he said this, her eyes shifted towards him. He nodded in assurance and she turned to Mallika in nervousness as if asking what to do. Mallika too turned to Manindar. ‘Papa, I think they should talk in loneliness and decide,’ she suggested and they were sent to Anika’s room. A huge silence engulfed the room.
‘So? What do you think?’, he asked her and she kept looking at the door hoping for anyone to come and encourage her to talk, she sighed and turned her back towards him. ‘First you tell, what’s this marriage drama? Like seriously, who gets so much love in one meeting?’, she broke the silence. ‘I don’t know when, where, how, but I know I love you,’ he replied. She sighed again and looked down. ‘This can only be lust, this can’t be love,’ she said creasing her eyebrows. ‘If I was full of lust, I would’ve slept with you for one day day after that marriage,’ he said.
‘OK I m ready, but I want something from you, as we’re going to marry, don’t break my trust as its important in couples, anyways lets go and tell everyone our decision,’ Anika said and went outside the room followed by Daksh. As they reached down, their parents immediately stood up. ‘We’re ready,’ she said and Nimmi smiled and hugged her. Manindar too hugged her and Mallika too hugged her. ‘I m so happy for u chhoti,’ she said and kissed her forehead. ‘I wanted a husband just like yours.’

Mallika blushed at her comment. Anika Chauhan, eighteen years old, the cute innocent girl, Mallika’s younger sister, always had dreams of marrying a person who love her more than she loves herself, she is more attached to Mallika than her parents. Mallika Chauhan, twenty four years old, married to Karan Singh Grover, Anika is the most important person in her life. No matter what, Mallika is always there for her, both are loved equally by their parents. Mallika’s phone rang. ‘Hallo…yes the alliance is fixed….am coming soon,’ she said over the phone and call got disconnected. She hugged Anika.
‘Ok now I am going, Karan had called me, he’s waiting for me, bye mummy, bye papa, bye chhoti,’ she said and Manindar went behind her as he wanted to drop her there. ‘Ok so we will call pandit ji and he’ll see the best date for marriage,’ said Nimmi and the families greeted each other and left. Anika ran to her room blushingly. So the date was fixed soon and they got close as time passed by. All were busy in preparations. Mallika did shopping with her for her and herself. They even chose jewelry for themselves.
As they were done with shopping, they went to restaurant. ‘By the way chhoti, how did you agreed too early? I m shocked,’ Mallika said while having chaat. ‘What to do? Mom and dad’s happiness is everything to me and if they chose for me, it may be the best for me,’ Anika replied while eating. ‘They want your happiness before theirs, so please don’t just say like that, you have to spend life with Daksh and not them,’ Mallika said. ‘Di, you see, even you and jeeju were like us, then you both started loving each other, we will also become like you both,’ she said while smiling make Mallika blush.
‘Chhoti,’ she said blushing. ‘OK di I won’t tease you,’ Anika smiled naughtily while eating. As they finished eating, they stopped an auto and rode off to their house. After they reached, Anika convinced Mallika to stay with them for one hour and so she agreed after informing Karan. ‘Di, this marriage is a burden, how will I do all this?’ Anika rolled her eyes. ‘What happened? Don’t want to become like me and Karan?’ Mallika teased. ‘Di, I m serious, I agreed for family’s happiness but he is surely a flirt,’ Anika sighed. ‘Chhoti, it feels so, ok now let’s rest for sometime together like old times,’ Mallika said yawning and they escorted to their room.
(OK so it wasn’t so good but what to do? Starting will be like this only)