Mangalyam thantuna nena..-2

"Hmmmm..patti u make the best sweets in the world" Vishali crooned, patti smiled proudly at her and just then sudha walked in to the room and Vishali jumped up and hugged her " congrats sudha...this dumbo here is not telling me anything other than UIUC " Vishali said pointing to shankar " now u have to tell me all the details.." Sudha Blushed...and Vishali could not believe it sudha always seemed so cool, collected and serene all the time. " I think we should talk in private too.." Vishali said
"that is so unfair..girls always do this" Shankar whined but the girls have already walked in to sudha's room and locked the door.
"So Sudha tell me all the interesting details.." Vishali asked
"Well he is working in Denver..." sudha started
"Ungaloda avarukku peru unda..(Does your fiancé have a name..??)" vishali teased and sudha blushed again and said " Divakar" in a shy voice
"God..i would not have believed sudha would blush"Vishali thought "She was always so mature in school.." Sudha was three years elder to shankar and all three of them have done all the schooling together.
Vishali had been a bit of free spirit and always was up for a prank or two..usually dragging a passive shankar along for the ride..but sudha being the eldest had always kept them inline..Vishali initially was annoyed by her interference but over the time as they grew they have gotten closer to each other and now vishali saw her as her sister too.
"So do u like Divakar??" Vishali asked
"well..."Sudha dragged
"gosh i asked u a simple question..and sudha its me..u can tell me.." Vishali said
" Well he is very nice.." sudha said
" That still does not answer the question.." Vishali insisted
"i think with time i will like him..amma and appa think he is a good match for me and his family seems very nice too..did shankar tell u she is gonna join your college this summer.." sudha trailed off
"Hey Sudha..i can see that your family is happy and this decision that you are taking is something that will affect your entire life..i just wanted to be sure that you are 100% convinced that this is the guy for you...after all from what i heard u guys have talked once on phone and u saw his photo and u have said yes.." vishali said seriously..
Sudha looked up at her..her eyes suddenly seemed brimming with tears
"vishali when u are gonna get married u will realise that it is not like in movies..where u absolutely fall in love with the person who u meet. the reality for us is different here ..iam almost 24 now and amma and appa have been searching for a groom for almost a year and they have been getting really worried too becos guys with the reliable jobs and good background are very difficult to find and even among those the guys have so much expectations as to what they want in the girl ..u know they want to know if she has done computer engg and all.. but more than the guys his family has more expectations...u would understand this when u go through the process.." sudha sighed looking at Vishali's expression
"Hey watever happened to u marry some one becos u like them ..." vishali quipped
" this guy is not that bad yaar..he talks to me well and is well settled in US ..so u know no mamiyar and nathanar thollai's ( mother-in-law and sister -in-law troubles)" sudha laughed trying to lighten the mood.
"that i have to agree is def a plus to marrying a guy in US no in-law quibbles " vishali smiled " i can see u r brother trying to listen to us through the window....hey wanna go and get some icecream" vishali asked
"ok" said sudha
"then u can fill me in on the details..." vishali said " shankar do u want to..."
"Always open to ice creams....."shankar pronounced
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"God why should i have signed up for that calculus course" vishali groaned to swapna
"well i did the same..cant believe it has been just three weeks since the college had reopened and we are already having an exam.." Swapna cribbed with her " well do u want to do a joint study tommorow night"
Vishali yawned " well do we have anyother option.. the exam is on monday ..so this weekend is shot.."
She saw shankar walking towards her..it had been three weeks since she saw him and he was smiling
Vishali smiled up at him “ coming over to gloat..” she asked
“About wat ..???” shankar asked
“well I have an exam on Monday in calculus and I know u told me not to take that course..yadda yadda.” Vishali said
“oh welli never say I told u so..” Shankar winked “ Hey choppu..”
Swapna grimaced “ iam not choppu ( plaything) my name is swapna..”
“Anyways came over to invite you girls to my sister’s Nichayathatham( engagement)..” shankar said
“Oh” both swapna and Vishali said
“Thanks for the invitation..” swapna said “ I have to go to library will catch u tonite ok..bye” and she left.
“things to seem to be happenening pretty fast for your sister I think..” vishali said hesitantly..
“well when everything seems to fit so well my parents seem to think there is no point in delaying things” shankar replied
“ hey sudha has not even seen the guy..” vishali protested
“they saw the photographs..and she is ok with him..wat is the problem in that” shankar said in a serious tone
“ well nothing..its just that I can marry some one I have not seen or known for a little while atleast..” Vishali said
“ may be you don’t have to ..” shankar said nonchalantly
“ and how do u know that..” vishali asked raising her eyebrow
“well lets just say madam I have a hunch..” he laughed
“whatever..” vishali replied
“ iam going to canteen for tea want to come”shankar asked
“ that is where I was thinking of going too..” vishali said
“Well see I do know everything..” shankar said and raised the collar of his shirt and ducked when vishali tried to hit him with her folder.