6/3 - Epi 202 ... And The Challenge is On :)

6 Mar Tues

*Dia eating her words about her predictions of yesterday ... much like the burnt kheer*
So Bitwa Junior grew a spine overnight - how was I to expect that one? *sulking at prediction gone sour*

And Khushi became sherni ... now that was not unexpected at all ... :) :">  Arnav very confident, because he thinks she is guilty, throws down the gauntlet ... she picks it up equally confidently ... challenge accepted, because she knows she is innocent, besides she has nothing to lose ... she has already lost everything ...

Ooops moment - when Shyam offers to drop her home ... she has to accept, and then gets off halfway ... well done, girl! LOVED the way she threw off his hand from her shoulder so fiercely ...

And Zu's and our collective shiddat realised - smirk wiped off Bitwa's face :)))

At the end of the episode, all I could say was - what a girl!!! =D>

oh, one more shiddat done ... Arnie got new clothes! Night wear - but it's a start! :)

Will be back with much more soon ... dinner calling ... but lots to discuss tonight ...

*Edited - episode post*
Moaning Myrtle and Menacing Mami get ready to taste kheer, announced by an exuberant NK - khadoos mehman mami ;)  ... and as predicted, kheer is burnt ... as predicted, Mami creates chaos and Moaning M cries ...

Khushi still hell-bent on finding out the reason behind Arnav's words ... "bahut ho gaya natak" =)) ... does she mean she doesn't want any of the fake lovey dovey scenes, she wants the real thing? :">
Damn cute, the way she sneaks in, Bitwa busy with gardening ... actually, it looks as though again he's relieving his frustration on his poor plants, snipping off everything and anything with those dangerous looking shears ... Bitwa isn't so lost though, that he doesn't sense wifey creeping into the room ;)
And Khushi is a little scared when she sees those oversized shears ... 'he has a weapon' =)) ... but she summons all her strength again, no, she's going to find out the reason ... again her thoughts veer towards Shyam, because that is the only thing she has knowingly kept from him ... and biting the bullet, she steps out to face him ...
I have to talk to you ... nervous, but determined ...

He goes still ... then a vicious snip with those shears ... turns to face her, angry look ... 
Gulp, gather courage together ... folding hands, looking away, but still determined ... tell me ...
What?
How did I hurt you? What did I do that pained you?
No answer, grim-faced he turns back to his plants ...
Did he think that would shut her up?
Either you tell me, or you take your words back ...
He turns around again and those shears look even more dangerous ...
Are you threatening me?
Y ... yes ... you can take it that way ... a very trembly, unconvincing threat ... then she recovers slightly ...  tell me or withdraw your words ...
I have a third way ... I don't need to answer your questions ...
He moves away, she follows him ... tenacious as a little terrier ...
No way, buster ... you have to tell me ... did you do all this because you think that ...
Silence ... she stops suddenly ... and he goes still ... very still ...
He turns to look at her, and she's looking away, visibly uncomfortable, nervous ... is she going to admit that she ...
What? What do I think?
Barun's voice and expression was spot on here ... waiting almost hopefully ... expectantly ...
But she changes what she was going to say ... because you think I'm scared of you? I'm not scared ... you can't do anything to me or my sister ... she's married now 
(Okay, this went the way we thought it would ... Khushi realises that his hold on her has lessened with the completion of the Payash marriage).
But Arnav doesn't think so ... I can still get your sister thrown out by Mami ...
And then the kheer drama starts and Khushi rushes to check ... Arnav gives victorious smirk ...

Downstairs Mami holding forth, Moaning M crying, Akash slowly getting more and more annoyed with his mom drivelling nonsense ... Khushi tries to take the blame, but Mami won't have any ... till Akash speaks up ...
Leaving me in shock ... Devi maiyya, when did he grow his backbone?! He always had a brain, though, and he uses it - why on earth would Payal want to give you burnt kheer? True, that ... better to poison the woman, burnt kheer isn't going to do her much harm ... Mami runs away, rest of the family ditto, and Khushi apologises ...Payal says 'no problem' .. hello, making kheer was Payal's task, Khushi was helping her, not vice versa ... Akash again reaffirms his commitment to Payal ...

And that's all Khushi needs to hear ... =)) Arnav bitwa, you don't know what's going to hit you now !

Storm up, bang shut laptop, almost taking off his nose ... Whoopieee!!! Go girl!!!
What the ...
 A couple more what the's ... then listen up!
How dare you shut my laptop?
I'm not scared of you, Mr Raizada ... and this time she actually looks as though she means it ;)
Everything that's happening is because of you, and I'm not going to put up with it any more! Had it with this shaadi drama, being insulted, I'm going ...
We just discussed this ... you're not going anywhere ... for the next six months you stay right here ...
Then tell me what I did to hurt you, what is the pain I gave you ... 
Silence again ... he looks down, away ... and he actually looks hurt ...
At least tell your family, if not me ... 
He swallows again, even less can he tell them all ...
Tell them you forced me, tell them the reason you forced me ...
He can't ... she waits ... hoping against hope ... but no. He keeps his silence ... he can't tell her, he can't tell anyone ...
Fine ... determined again ... so be it ... I'm going.
He looks back at her at that ... you're not going anywhere ... that much he's clear about ... he still can't let her go ...
And when I'm gone, you give them all the answers to their questions, not me, ... you left me to face them when I didn't have the answers, not any more ... face them yourself ...
He pulls her back ... Payal ...
She calls that bluff ... and he listens ... his brother grew a spine overnight? Good for Akash! And then his smirk grows ... was it because his fiesty girl was back? The one who would accept every challenge he threw at her and make it her win?Okay, so this levels the playing field.
You won't go. You don't have the guts.
Direct challenge ... how he loves challenging his girl ... has she ever refused a challenge?
We'll see.
And she stalks out, the effect spoiled slightly by bumping into the door ... but oh well ... ;)
Leaving him still smiling, watching her as she leaves ...

Next morning, bitwa wakes up to find ... Khushi has gone.

Khushi asks permission from Nani and Anjali ... he told me to go home. And adds that they should in fact, they must ask him the reason he's sending her ... but only after she has gone.
Setting up Bitwa good and proper. =)) Only Khushi can do it ... :) He really shouldn't have challenged her ... he never learns, does he?

An 'Oh Crap" moment, when Shyam offers to drop her home ... she has to accept in front of Nani and Anjali ... but her guard is very much up.

Shyam annoyed with Arnav ... don't worry about Arnav, I'm glad he sent you back home ... if he does anything to you, tell me ... I won't leave him ...
Shyam knows Khushi married Arnav under some kind of duress, she was forced ... he underestimates the feelings involved ...
and like we said, every time Shyam steps into the picture, ArHi get closer ... will the same thing happen again?

Khushi is not ready to hear a word about her husband or her marriage ... not from Creepwa ...
Stop the car ... right now ...
And don't you dare touch me ... in that fierce shaking off his hand from her shoulder ...
Your marriage may not mean anything to you, but mine means a lot to me ...
And off in an auto ... leaving him fuming again ...

And leaving Arnav to face the music ... from the three Raizada women ... boy, is the guy in a soup!
What the ... she said I sent her home??? Khushi Kumari Gupta, you are so dead!

Khushi is sure he will come after her. Is this one time that he won't?



*first edit*
Edited episode post after I wrote this ... I obviously suck at predictions ... but here I go again ...
So obviously there will be some misunderstanding about Shyam going to drop Khushi in Arnav's mind initially. What I'm banking on is that Shyam, when he is upset about Khushi, starts blabbing ... like he did about the jalebi-making ... and what I'm hoping is that Arnav, since he appears to have cooled down slightly, will keep quiet and listen to him.
Also was that smirk on Arnav's face his confidence that Khushi will not have the guts to leave because she has a guilty secret aka Shyam? Which she doesn't ... or at least, not in the way he thinks ...
Or was it just the thrill of the challenge - the game is on between them ... and Bitwa is always confident he will win ... till he loses ;) 

So my prediction ... Arnav cornered by the Raizada women about Khushi leaving, getting all hot and bothered that she left the blame on him and scarpered ... and the fact that she left with Shyam will add flames to the fire. So he refuses to go bring her back.

Untill Shyam returns - in my mind, there has to be an Arnav-Sham showdown, where Shyam blasts Arnav for throwing Khushi out so heartlessly, maybe adds a bit about he will always be there for Khushi in her troubled times, however cruel Arnav is to her ... Arnav stops to LISTEN for once, and his brain returns from Siberia and it clicks that although Khushi had all the time in the world to have a cozy heart to heart chat with RRR, RRR still has no clue as to what actually happened between them (Arnav and Khushi) ... and also doesn't know that Khushi has not been thrown out, but has walked out and is at perfect liberty to come back whenever she wants to.

And if we're really lucky, Bitwa has a mentos moment and wonders why Khushi didn't tell Shyam that she is the one who walked out on Arnav and not vice versa, especially if she is now secure about Payash marriage, and has nothing to fear from Arnav any more. If what Shyam said is true, Khushi should have promptly told Shyam that she has walked out and her marriage is over, she is free again and intends to stay that way, waiting for her supposed lover.

Now will Arnav go to get Khushi after that mentos moment? My guess is yes. If for no other reason except that he starts doubting Shyam's story for the first time and he decides, much like Khushi, that he needs to investigate further. First step of that being to bring her back. Will he tell the Guptas everything? My guess is no. He might tell them enough for them to forgive Khushi ... and he might get some insight into the Shyam story ... but I doubt the latter ... too soon. Maybe he will say just enough for Guptas to forgive Khushi and for Khushi to agree to come back somehow. Okay, my brain stopped working here ... or rather, it's working overtime ... am thinking of too many possibilities here! Will update the episode after watching again and then get back to discussing.

One more possibility - Buaji throws Khushi out again before Arnav reaches, he blows up because he has started getting an inkling of the truth, and Buaji and Garima tell him something about Khushi's engagement ... they may or may not mention that it was Shyam involved. But then he will have have to go nuts looking for her again ... that they've done too many times already.