"Isi liye bhai sahab ko hamare saath upar nahi sona tha!" (This is why sir didn't want to sleep with us upstairs!)I groaned. Come on, are they really my brothers?

"Shut up!" I opened my eyes to glare at them. I hugged Sonny tighter, as she slept through the drama.

"We were closer to you!" Nishu mock whined.

"Ask Abhi to sleep with you people tomorrow!" I snapped.

"Oh, so you mean to say that you are married?" Abhi countered. I gave him a 'you-know-what-I-mean' look.

"Never mind, are you gonna come out or not?" Ashu asked, "We are gonna start the prayers in 10 minutes. And Abhi, I thought you were needed out." Abhi ran out of the room with a 'Oh man, I am dead!'

"I'll be out in 2 minutes." I replied.

"Wake Sonny up, too, okay?" Nishu said, as they turned to leave. I checked the time, 5:39 am. Really?

"Sonny, wake up." I whispered softly in her ear. She hid her face in my shirt and mumbled something incoherent.

"Time to get up, we are going to start the prayer soon." I said, stroking her hairs.

"What time is it?" She muttered.

"5:43 am." I said, and earned a light punch on my arm. "Sonny, really, get up. Take a bath and get dressed!" I again whispered in her ear.

"Fine. You go, I will be up soon." She said. I sighed ad got up. I picked out a pair of kurta pajama and my towel and headed to the bathroom.

I brushed my teeth and took a shower. I wore the pajama and dried my hairs.

"Are you gonna get out, or not?" Sonny knocked on the door. I didn't realize I had been in the shower for almost 15 minutes.

I opened the door and came out.

"Wear a shirt, Cooper!" She said.

"My hairs are wet." I mumbled in her ear. She shivered.

She ran to the bathroom with few clothes.

"Sonny, wear something good!" I shouted as she closed the door.

I dried my hairs and wore the kurta. Sonny came out after 5 minutes. She had worn a white jeans and a black top. The material hugged her at the right places. I smacked myself for thinking that. Nevertheless, I let out a low whistle.

She looked at me and blushed. I grinned and hugged her.

"Chad!" I heard Abhi scream and rolled my eyes. I grabbed Sonny's hand and led her outside.

The prayers had started. The fire was burning in the middle of the room and Abhi sat on a low stool clad in a light purple kurta and white pajama. All the males wore kurta pajama while the women worn saris and mum worn a suit.

"Sonny should have also worn a sari." I whispered in her ear. She blushed and shook her head.

"Don't worry, you will either wear a lehenga or a sari in the wedding tonight." She looked at me wide eyed and I shrugged.

"I don't have one." She stated and I rolled my eyes.

"Mum and bua will buy one for you." I said and sat down before she had a chance to reply.

The prayers went on for a good one and a half hour. Seriously, you should not get married in summers. Sitting in front of the fire was unbearable.

Finally, the priest stood up and distributed the sweets. The prayer was to remember all the late relatives.

The relatives sat in the lobby and talked for a while. I sat with Sonny and my siblings.

"Chad toh dikha he nahi." (I had not seen Chad.) I heard a female voice ask and mentally slapped my head as I heard mum call me.

"Coming!" I screamed and jogged to them. I touched the woman's feet and recognized her as dad's father's brother's wife, his ChaChi.

"Oh my, you have grown so much!" she said affectionately, missing the main basic point that she had also grown old.

"Where is Sonny? Call her also!" mum whispered and I waved at Sonny to come here. She nodded and gracefully walked to where I was standing and said 'Namaste' to the lady.

"Deepti, teri noo hai?" She asked mum if Sonny was her daughter-in-law in Punjabi.

"Hale takte nahi." (Not yet.) Mum replied and I blushed.

She nodded with a big smile. I shook my head and mum patted my shoulder.

"What did she say? And why were you blushing?" Sonny asked once we were alone.

"Nothing." I tried to avoid.

"Chad! Please, tell me!" she pleaded.

"You won't be very happy."

"I won't be happy if you don't tell me right now, Chad Dylan Cooper!"

"Fine! She asked mum if you were her daughter-in-law!" I told her.

"And what did she say, which made you blush?" She asked with a raised eyebrow as a light pink line streaked across her face.

"She," Now, she is gonna think my family is weird, "said 'Not yet.' Fine?"

"Fine." She replied with a crimson face.

"Good."

"Good."

"So we're good?"

"We're good." She said and turned to leave.

"I should not have asked." Was the last thing I heard her say. I grinned.

Okay, I'll try to update the next one today itself, but no promises. Sorry for not updating yesterday, I had fever. Thank you for the reviews, they made my day and made me update today :D

Sakshi