Siddharth's POV
We dropped Shruti at her Tauji's place and went to meet dad. He was relaxing in a guest room and we pushed Maurvi in. He was so pleasantly surprised to see her. We were standing outside the door.
" Wow, my daughter is here to meet me but my duffer younger son has not bothered to come. So sweet of you Princess. But why did you come here?? I was going to come to your home to meet all of you."
" Uncle, I wanted to talk to you regarding something," she said.
" Yes beta?? But first I want to talk about one thing. I don't like being called as uncle by you. " Dad said.
" Sorry, dad !! "
" Don't be sorry sweetie, tell me !! Is everything fine?? Why are you here when my son has come to meet you all the way from Delhi? Did you fight? "
" No, dad !!! I needed to talk to you. "
" Tell me... "
" Dad, you are the coolest person, I know in the whole universe. " Maurvi said with a sheepish smile.
" I know... I am chilled out. " Dad grinned at that.
" Dad, promise me you will hear me out coolly. " She said... I know she was getting nervous.
Dad looked at her with surprise.
" I do... What happened?? " He frowned a bit.
" Dad, if you have to arrange a wedding all of a sudden, how soon can you do it?? " She asked.
" Why are you asking that?? You are getting married in less than 10 days. " He smiled.
" Please tell me!! "
" Maybe a week but it would not be that lavish... Why are you asking? " Dad said.
" Dad, can you arrange one? " she said and narrowed her eyes as she was a bit tensed.
" What?? Why? " He asked with an eyebrow raised.
" It is an emergency... " She tried.
" What is the emergency?? "
" Uncle, please try to understand. "
"I won't even try to understand if you call me that. "
Oh, God !! Be serious. Listen to her.
" Dad, please it is serious... So I forgot it. " Maurvi said.
" Ok tell me... Why do I need to arrange a wedding in a week? " Dad asked.
She gulped visibly.
" How do I explain?? Gautam !!! " she lost her courage and called Bhai.
" He is outside?? " Dad asked.
" Yes "
" Gautam come in!! " Dad called Bhai and he walked in.
" What is the matter?? " Dad asked him.
" Dad... Please do what Maurvi is saying. "
" Why ?? " Dad was serious now. He glared at him.
" Ask Sid !! Sid!! Come and explain. " Bhai said.
" He is also here?? What is going on? Sid, come here!!! " I went inside.
" What are three of you up to?? What is going on?? You sent Maurvi to talk to me, which means it is something big. Tell me !! " He said but three of us kept looking and telling each other to explain. We both were hoping Maurvi to say it. Dad kept looking at us.
" Will one of you explain??" Dad asked but none of us said anything.
" Maurvi you tell. " She looked at Bhai and me and we nodded.
" Dad, you need to arrange the wedding as soon as possible. You remember, that day when you came to my place and you came to know about us. You asked me something... And I.... "
" And you almost had a heart attack?? Yes, I do... " He grinned while Maurvi turned in a tomato.
" So dad, maybe... so... There might be a b... " She gulped and started saying.
" WHAT ?? Do you mean to say that you are having a baby?? Really?? Great!! Wow!! I don't even have to face your dad's gun now. But why do you need to get married in a week?? What difference can 4-5 days make? " Dad said and the tomato turned deep red.
" Dad !!! Hold on! No, she is not having a baby." Bhai said.
" She is not having a baby?? Then what is the problem? Are you having one? " Dad asked Bhai and laughed at his joke. But bhai rolled his eyes.
" Come on, Gautam... Why all this fuss?? It is ok with me if you are having a baby. I think we wasted money on your studies. Both of you are doctors... you should know that 4-5 days does not matter. You can get married on the usual date. Nobody would get to know that she is pregnant. It's not easy to change the date now... All the arrangements are made and the cards have already been sent. " He started blabbering. And Maurvi was shocked again at his assumption.
" Dad!! Stop it! Be serious, it is an important and serious issue. She is not pregnant. " Bhai said.
" If she is not pregnant, then what is the problem?? Why did she say that there might be a bun .... Who might be pregnant??.... Oh, God !!!! Your mom?? Shit! She will kill me. She seems to be having mood swings too... Oh no !!! "
" WHAT ??? Dad!! How?? " both Bhai and I said together.
" Don't ask dumb Questions !! I thought Maurvi will become smart like you. Here you are asking questions like her. We really wasted all the money. You don't know how does one get pregnant? Shit !!! What am I going to do now? Your mom will kill me. "
" RELAX dad !!! Mom is not pregnant."
Bhai said.
" Are you sure?? " Dad asked.
" Yes, dad !!! "
" Thank God !! We should be having grandchildren now... Your mom would have killed me. "
" Dad can we discuss your could have been children later on?? " I said.
" Who the hell might be pregnant if it is not Maurvi or your mom. Why can't you talk directly?? " Dad was getting irritated.
" Dad!! Listen carefully... We want a solution from you. I am in a situation... Someone spiked our drinks and in the morning we both were in bed. We don't remember anything. Shruti may or may not be... But we can't take risks. Her family will kill her if they get to know from anywhere that we spent the night together. " I explained everything in detail.
" Oh, ok fine... Listen... Don't panic!!! Even if try to convince her parents to get her married to you, then also they will ask me why I want the marriage to be arranged immediately. We would have to tell them. I can say that our one son is getting married so we can get Sid and Shruti married at the same time, hr may not agree to it till I tell him the reason why I want it to happen so soon. "
" They will disown her that moment only. "
" So, the best thing is to chill. We will invite them to Gautam's wedding and then try to send the marriage proposal through Mr Gupta, I mean, Maurvi's dad. He has met them and even allowed her to stay with them. Let's go and talk to her dad. " He said and we nodded as he was right.
" I am sorry, dad... "
" It was an accident, beta... And I would have beaten you if you had not found Shruti in time. But you need to get both of them punished. "
" Yes, we want to... But Shruti doesn't want her parents to know about this." I said.
" I will make sure they are punished. I will talk to Mr Gupta. He would guide us. Let's go... And take care of Shruti. And by the way, I would definitely like to have grandchildren now... "
" Yes, dad!! " Both bhai and I said with a grin. Bhai raised one eyebrow at Maurvi and as usual, she became a walking tomato.
" Sid, give me the keys to your car and you go with dad. " Bhai said and I did so.
" I am not going anywhere with you..." Maurvi said but bhai pulled her to my car while dad and I went to her place.
Dad and uncle had some discussion while I kept waiting for Bhai and his tomato.