Day two. Preeti got breakfast ready for everyone, she was setting up the table along with the cook when Shehnaaz and Sheena stepped up to help them.

"Didi, aap mujhe dedo. Mai serve karti jati hu." Shehnaaz asked Preeti.

"Arey, tum humari guest ho. Baitho na. Hum kar lenge." Preeti replied.

"Auntiyo ke beech kya akeli baithungi didi? Kuch toh karne do." Shehnaaz requested and took the casserole from her, Preeti smiled at her and gave in.

Since there were so many people, everybody couldn't fit into the 6 seater dining table. So the gents decided to take the table and the ladies suggested that they'd manage it in the living room. Sheena began to serve people on the dining table whereas Shehnaaz served the others.

"Tumlog bhi baith jao ab, everybody is almost done." Sidharth asked them.

"Hi Adi!" Shehnaaz greeted Advait, taking a seat next to him.

"Hey di. I was just joking yesterday." Advait spoke, not wanting her to feel indifferent.

"It's okay! Chill." She chuckled, served herself and began to eat.

"Tumhare Mama ne kuch bola kya?" She curiously asked then.

"Nahi, um, aise toh kuch nahi bole." He shook his head.

"Toh vaise kya bole?" She suspiciously asked. Sidharth was sitting far away at the corner of the table so she was sure he wouldn't hear them.

Advait looked at his uncle as well, making sure that he was busy having a conversation with Rajiv and Sheena. He turned to Shehnaaz again.

"Actually, it was a misunderstanding on my part. You know, so I just, I thought there was something." He said.

"As in?" She asked him, confused.

"Something going on in between you two?" He weakly answered.

"What? Why would you think that?" She asked, completely surprised.

"I'm sorry. I thought, just the way he was looking at your picture, I just assumed it. Maine unko chidhane ke liye aisa bola tha." He mentioned, feeling pretty stupid. The day he went to receive Sidharth at the airport and asked about the new girl in their group selfie, Advait felt like his uncle smiled a little looking at someone's picture.

"Oh." Shehnaaz didn't know what to say now. It made her heart pick up a beat. Why would Sidharth look at her picture? Did he- No! Stop! He's Sheena's brother! She answered the unasked question.

"Not that he was looking at your picture. Wo actually, aap logo ki group selfie thi. I asked who you were and he simply answered." Advait further explained and it burst her bubble. His uncle just asked him to be careful about his jokes around new people because it might make them uncomfortable. Not everybody he would come across was going to be as cool as Shehnaaz had been.

"Unhone bas bola ke aap Mickey di ke best friend ho." He added and she simply nodded. And the two had a few conversation about their streams.

She tried to shake things off her mind because Sidharth would not stare at her picture in any way! That man was so handsome, the girl he would date was definitely going to be a model! Or an equivalent. And she should definitely stop thinking about the kind of girl he would date, this was so inappropriate. He's like Sheena's big brother.

"Shehnaaz?!" Sidharth called out loud for her.

"Ha?" She looked at him.

"Aur parathe chahiye?" He asked, pointing at her empty plate.

"Nahi." She shook her head, grabbing a glass of water.

Soon, everybody left for their shopping spree. They were at the Deen dayal market again, that place was known for the amazing clothing stock it had.

"Mummy mujhe kuch khas nahi lag raha. Wohi pink, red aur maroon hai sab." Sheena complained. She didn't really like any of the bridal lehengas, she wanted something new, something not very heavy and yet something traditionally aesthetic for her wedding day but none of the dresses she saw lived up to her expectations. She tried over 4-5 dresses but didn't choose any of them.

"Subha se dukaano ke chakkar kaat rahe hain! Yeh dusri dukaan hai! Tujhe iss baar bhi kuch pasand nahi aaya?" Her bua asked, she was starting to get tired and fed up with the walking now.

"Bua, please isko boutique kehte hai. Boutique ko dukan kehna is just-" Sheena replied but then didn't complete what she was going to say.

"So middle class!" Shehnaaz silently imitated like Maya Sarabhai and the best friends shared a silent laugh.

"Jaha se Neetu didi ne lehenga liya tha. Waha chalein?" Sheena turned to ask her father about it. Rajiv nodded, she was his only daughter and he wanted to do everything that was in his hands for her big day.

"Beta, hum sab jaldi thak jate hain. Thoda tu bhi samajh." Anju intervened, the fact that everybody was investing their time and energy in their shopping mattered to her. She didn't want anybody to feel forced into it.

"Mummy, acha nahi hai yaha. Dekho maine sangeet wali dress toh pehli boutique se hi leli thi na. Ab nahi pasand aa raha aur kuch." Sheena tried to justify.

"Yeh last hai. Uss store me jo milega, hum le lenge." Shehnaaz supported her friend in it, requesting Anju.

"Thik hai. Chalo." Anju agreed, making apologetic faces towards her sister in laws so that they would cooperate. Her Jethani was a quiet and helpful woman, it was only her nanad who had a few complaints every now and then.

"Bichara Montu." Anju commented as they walked out of the store to find Sidharth on a call from work. The guy had taken the weekend off for them.

"Aunty.." Sheena spoke, looping an arm around Rita Ma and pulling her closer.

"Are you sure, wo aapka beta hai? Aap se zyada toh meri mummy Montu-Montu karti rehti hai!" She joked and earned a glare from her own mother.

"Maine Montu ko chhuti lene nahi ke liye nahi bola tha, khud weekend off liya hai usne tere liye. Abhi time lag raha hai, toh usey wait toh karna hi padega." Rita Ma said.

"Kitne ache se, patiently humare liye itna kar raha hai! Kadar karle uske time ki!?" Anju told her daughter.

"Adopt karlo na, itna acha hai toh!" Sheena replied and hid behind Rita Ma when Anju turned back to her daughter sharply.

"Chup kar!" Anju scolded her daughter, all of them settled into the car and waited for Sidharth to join them.

"Jaldi aa gaye aap log? Ho gaya?" He asked them when he returned.

"Nahi, abhi Shree Rupam jayenge." Sheena replied and his face fell. He shook his head, driving them to the store she was talking about.

The boutique they walked into was a fine and elegant place, every mannequin was dolled up in classy lehengas. Sheena and Shehnaaz, both of them couldn't hold back their hands as they ran down their fingers over the intricate designs and detailed work on the dresses.

A salesgirl walked and asked for the bride, she handed them different catalogues for different shades of dresses. The girls got engrossed in those booklets, their eyes shined as they turned over each page. This place was heaven!

"Kuch bologi?" Sidharth asked the girls.

"Ha! Yaar, ye kitni achi.. kitni zyada sundar dresses hain isme! Excuse me, I'd like to try this one." Sheena replied, calling the salesgirl back.

"Sure mam, please come with me." The salesgirl took her along.

"Aunty, ye wali kaisi lagegi?" Shehnaaz asked Anju, walking towards her with the particular picture of the dress she liked. Her catalogue wasn't a bridal one, it just had a few designer lehengas in it.

"Choice badhiya hai teri. Dekhiye." Anju looked at the picture and showed it to the ladies beside her.

"Ha, achi dress hai. Try karo beta." Rita Ma also encouraged her. Shehnaaz nodded and excitedly called another salesgirl for trial.

"Bacchi pyari hai." She commented, she had seen her serving food in her house. She liked how humble the girl was.

"Ha, didi. Samajhdaar hai, smart hai! Office me 9-5 kaam karke, ghar me meri help bhi karti hai. Iske Papa mana karte hai, fir bhi har mahine paise bhejti hai. Savings karti hai." Anju told them, praising Shehnaaz all the more.

"Hm." Sheena's bua smiled, that girl she didn't like was turning out to be a nice one. She wondered if she would make a good wife for her son.

In the trial room, Shehnaaz dressed up quickly into a pink simple and sleek lehenga, it had zari work and intricate gold designs. She looked so beautiful just in it, she walked out of her room to find Sidharth looking for someone, probably Sheena.

"Um. Wo Mickey andar hai abhi bhi." She said and he turned back.

He saw her and he was left speechless. He kept staring at her for a moment before he realised she was feeling uncomfortable with that way.

"Wow, you look good." He told her and then watched her cheeks turn pink. He smiled when she blushed, she did that often.

"Thanks." She mumbled, walking out to look for Anju.

"Actually- wo- uh- Mickey ke liye calls aa rahe hai kafi der se. Wohi dene aaya tha mai." He mentioned.

"Okay." She nodded, forwarding her hand for the phone.

"Yeh Guru ka baccha kyu call kar raha hai? Iske pass kuch kaam nahi hai kya?" She sighed and moved towards another trial room to pass it.

"Hii baby! Tune meri dress dekhi? Konsi wali achi lagi?" They heard Sheena talk.

"Mickey yaar, sab bahar wait kar rahe hai tera. Aur tu usko trial kar kar ke dikha rahi hai!? Aunty uncle ko toh dikha de pehle!" Shehnaaz scolded her friend.

"Arey usne hi bola tha call karne." Sheena replied.

"Aye Sana! Tu ja yaha se! Hum dono mil ke decide kar rahe hai." Gurjot who was on the speaker phone, replied.

"Oye, tu kyu decide karega? Tujhe pehenni hai?" Shehnaaz snapped at him, it made Sidharth laugh. She looked at him and couldn't help but chuckle herself.

"I'm helping her finalize it." He replied.

"The one who is financing it should finalize it!" She retorted.

"Acha mai aa rahi hu! Chup Karo." Sheena replied, hanging up the call after promising her fiance that she'd send him pictures.

"Tada!" She walked out, twirling a little like a princess and posed. Shehnaaz had the brightest smiled on her face whereas Sidharth's reaction was no less. The red colour wedding lehenga set was inspired by Sabyasachi Collection. Lehenga set was in raw silk fabric with zardozi, marodi and arri hand embroidery. This lehenga set came with 2 dupattas with heavy embroidery again.

"Lovely!" He complimented her with an impressed smile.

"Kitni badi ho gayi humari bacchi?!" Anju emotionally mentioned, watching her daughter in her wedding dress. It was a wonderful moment realizing just how fast time flies. Her child was going to get married and she just felt like crying.

"Aw aunty!" Sidharth hugged her.

Then and there they finalized the dresses, bought them and made their way back to the hotel. Sidharth was getting all the bags out of his car boot when Shehnaaz went forward to help him, she didn't know why she didn't want to look at him today. Maybe it was because of Adi's words, she thought, trying her best to act normal.

"Here." He said, handing her the set she bought today.

"You okay?" He asked, she didn't speak much to him today.

"Yeah." She nodded, walking straight towards the elevator, deciding to call her parents it had been a while since she had talked to them. It might help her take a few things off mind.

"Sari shopping toh ho gayi, ab kal ke kya plans hai?" He asked her.

"Kuch socha nahi hai." She replied.

"We can go out." He wondered if he could show them around the city. Tomorrow was Sunday anyway.

"We-? Ha matlab, chalte hai sab. Aap dikhao, aapko yaha kya acha lagta hai? Mumbai me?" She asked, a little taken aback in the beginning but then she sobered up and replied.

"Hm. Filhal toh aap aayi hai, Mumbai aur bhi achi lagne lagi hai." He replied as his eyes went wide with her esteemed presence.

She laughed out, she wasn't expecting this now. She felt better, realizing that she had been unnecessarily feeling awkward around him. He was such a nice person, it was as if he knew what to say and when.

"Jabse mai yaha aayi hu, garmi badh gayi hai." She mentioned, fanning herself with her hands dramatically and holding back her urge to laugh.

"Bohot!" He agreed like he couldn't agree more and laughed out loud. He liked how crazy she was.

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Hello there! Yeh lo naya chapter!

Tell us how it was!? Why and how was it better than the last one?

Shukla ji intentions kaise lag rahe hai? Advait ne kuch toh notice kiya tha..

How about Shehnaaz blushing around him?!

Bua ko Sana jaisi bahu chahiye 😭😭 aab aaya oont pahad ke neeche?

Rita Ma did interact with Shehnaaz! So did Preeti !