The seventh day came like a whirlwind. Ador was all excited. Dev came in a chauffeur driven Toyota innova, along with some friends.
Both Unma and Ador wore traditional Indian dress, the salwar kameez and hopped in the car. There was no make up in their faces.
They were simple girls from the hills. They believed simplicity rules the world.
Neither had they once thought that the future of Ador was full of darkness, with abuses and domestic violence.
All the seven of them entered a restaurant and Dev ordered light appetisers. He also ordered some liquor for his friends and himself. Ador and Unma noted that he drinks. Both looked at each other and then back at him. After the refreshments were over they had some light evening snacks and entered the disco post it. There, there.... both sisters had never been to a discotheque. The loud music, non ending liquor, girls and boys dancing, it was a sight they never saw. Both the sisters liked it and also disliked it. Theirs was a mixed feeling. They wanted to leave after dancing for sometime. Dev checked on both sisters dancing. Both had good moves. They were both trained in classical dance of Kathak, so no dance was difficult.
He then took them to a corner of the disco, and told them to drink Vodka. Both girls in unison said "no". He said "at least you can try, feel the taste" Still both girls denied. He then went back to his friends and all of them laughed. "Silly Hillies" they said. Ador came up to Dev and said she wanted to go back home, cause Kir and Ita would be waiting for them at dinner. Dev was reluctant. He could not get Ador alone for some me time as Unma was always present. Neither could he kiss her.
He regretted the decision of bringing Unma along. Then all the seven hopped back in the car and went to drop the two girls back home. Dev was angry. He started disliking Unma. He took the car to fill petrol from a station and humiliated Unma by telling her, "Get down the car will you, and check the amount of petrol that is being filled. Sometimes they give less petrol" Unma said, "but you have a chauffeur, don't you, who can look into all this titbits?? " Dev then said, " when I am saying, you should go and see, then go and see. Don't you know how to respect the would be brother- in -law? "
Unma got down the car. Ador felt very bad. She opened her mouth to protest, Dev hungrily took her mouth for a kiss. Ador was stunned. She did not feel anything. No butterflies in the stomach, no light headed feeling, no erratic rhythm of her heartbeat. She thought, "is this what they call a kiss?" Once the innova's tank got full, Unma entered the car and looked at Ador. Ador too felt bad. Dev tried to make it look like a casual thing and said to Unma, a line from a famous Bollywood movie that " in big big countries, small small things, like this happen, dear. "
Both girls dropped off at home. Though Ador smiled while seeing him off, but her smile did not reach her eyes.
Unma, became more sure, that this guy was not right for her sister. She will try to stop the would be marriage in the next step itself. For Unma, Dev was a big NO for her dear sister.