MG SS : Salaam e Ishq
PART 7
Geet was actually so glad maan got this call at the right moment ..or knowing herself she probably would have cried buckets in front of him again …this solitary time gave her enough space to regain her balance again …tonight was actually a very eventful one …n
after years not that she hasn’t faced so much in one day before but its been years n this one today was so un-expected that it took her all self control ..first maan’s offer to dance ..n then her over-whelming emotions ..n then again his oblivious behavior …n bam …!!
This accident …but she did well ..at least she didn’t ran away from the party or something ..maan still wouldn’t ever get know the reason behind her tears .. n then that bas***d ..she did slapped him off her …he couldn’t even harm her an inch ..it was all good ..the thoughts were calming enough to make her feel a bit better ..if not than at least it was enough for her to hold her tears n pretend to be normal till she is alone ..
The journey till geet’s house was seems to be so long …n her scared posture holding herself with her hands crossed in front didn’t helped maan either ..in any other time he would have wished for this time to stay forever but tonight ..with her silence it was suffocating him ..surely she was still thinking about the words of that varun but what possibly he can say to her …till now she was in much of a shock to understand what he said but now with all the time she have she will surely understand what he meant …what will be her reaction ..?? will she be upset ..surely she will be …but then will she come office tomorrow ?? …what if …what if she left the job ..?? the thoughts were innumerable …and terrifying as well …the thought of her leaving had him stop the car with a jerk …
Maan (turned to her cupping her face he said with a urgent plead in his voice) :geet please mat socho uske baare mien ..
Geet looked at him with a blank look.. she couldn’t understand the edge of plead in her boss’s voice n words came from her mouth but it was clear from the look on her face that she wasn’t really in this moment ..may be she wasn’t even talking to him as well …
Geet (looking past maan in oblivion) : uss ne jo kaha …//
Maan (shook her holding her shoulder) : bakwaas kar raha tha woh … samjhi tum …aur tumhien koi zarorat nahi hai usske baare mien sochne ki …nashe mien tha woh ..bina soche usne kuch boldiya …bhool jao abb geet …please jitna sochogi utni ziada takleef hugi ..
Geet (looked at his grip n then at him ..a question in her eyes …his authority ..the liberty he was taking was questioned for the first time ever ..he wasn’t use to it n it made him retreat n geet to voice out her question for the first time) : kitna asaan hai hai na aapke liye ..kisi ki kahi huyi baat ko bas yun hi bhool jana ..
Maan looked at her taken aback with her accusation …but she looked down
Geet (composed herself): I am sorry ..aaj phir aapko meri waja se itni problem hugayi ..
Maan : geet tum jaanti ho aisa kuch nahi hai ..
Geet (looked up n smiled faintly at him) : thanks ..aaj jo kuch aapne kiya usske liye ..
Maan (looked away clearly knowing it’s a fake smile she is wearing) : its ok geet ..tumhain thanks kehne ki koi zarorat nahi hai ..mene jo bhi kiya ..
Geet (interrupted him) : insaaniyat ke naate kiya ..
maan looked upto her ..she never interupted him ..n thr was edge of acusation in her voice he could not miss but yet could not understand y was it so ..he could not stand this side of her ..this our cold behaviour of hers ..he couldn’t stand n answered just to get over with it ..
Maan : han insaaniyat ke naate hi …tumhari jaga koi bhi huta ..mien wohi karta jo mene aaj jiya ..
Geet (maan looked oposite to her n she smiled unknown to the tear trail that dropped from the corner of her eyes) : jaanti hoon ..meri jaga koi aur huta aap tab bhi yeh hi karte ..5 saaloon mien kuch aur samjhi hoon ya nahi ..aapke andar ki insaaniyat ko samajh hi gayi hoon …after all kitni baar iss hi insaaniyat ne tu mujhe bachaya hai ..
Maan (turned back to her almost at the edge of loosing but then griped the steering wheell n said) : aaj k liye itna thank u kafi hai geet ..tumhien ghar chor deta hoon ..
Geet (chuckled n wiped her wet cheeks) : aur kitna chorenge mujhe aap
Maan looked stunned with her words thr was so many things that one sentenced said that she never will …it wasn’t her to voice out her feeling but today he got know how much he has hurt him ..till now he knew she loves him …but never actually understood the level of hurt his ignorance gave her n now that he know ..every word of her gave it a new meaning .. geet must have noticed the torned look he have had weared thts why she never turned back to look at him
Geet (turned to open the door n said without looking him) : mera ghar aagaya hai sir …good night
She left just as she said n he was left seeing her walk away …in that moment telling her his feeling was more important than taking the next breath …
Maan (looked as she walked paas another house to reach hers n said in a barely audible voice) : mien tumhain kabhi nahi choronga geet …kabhi nahi …
an urge so strong that over powered every other thought made him come out of the car n walk towards her
Maan ( a few steps behind her he called her name like some whispers soft n full of emotions that had her stoped in her track in the middle of the road) : geet ..
She turned n it looked as if the whole world stopped with her ..she was wearing a bottle green patyala ..probably she had changed in the hotel room that had been given to office staff …but was every bit as beautiful in the dark night …dangerously sensual in the light drizzle that he walked towards her like a moth attracted to fire …n she kept looking at him as if she heard the unsaid words …her eyes full of confusion ..her face glowing …a few pearls wetting her eye lashes making her look angelic …he approached her with slow steps ..the words were at the tip of her tongue n just as he 2 or 3 steps away from her a sharp horn spoiled it all n from the dark corner thr was suddenly a jeep coming in full force …he eyes widened in horror while geet turned to the source of sound naturally when maan pulled her to himself n like a jet plan the jeep zoomed past them ..
Geet was paralyzed for a second when maan was checking her …cupping her face with utmost fear ..
Maan : geet tum theek hu ..tumhain lagi tu nahi …kuch bolo damit …
Geet jerked out of her nightmare with his high pitch voice n nodded
Geet (sighed in relief) : mien theek hoon …theek hoon mien sir ..aap …aap theek hain na ..??
Maan (left the breath he was holding till now in relief) : geet andar jao ..
Geet (stood thr confused) : gi ..
then looked around to see she was just in front of her own house ..before she could register anything completely in her head she saw maan going back to his car ..and just like that he zoomed away .. as always …
bas ek lamhe mien who itne paas aagaya
ke usski garm saansoon ne
meri rooh tk ko mehka diya
phir bas yoonhi sard raat ki thandak mien
who mujhe tanha chor gaya …
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Just as geet rung the bell ..her Maami opened the door as if she was on her toes waiting for her …indeed she was ..but before she or even geet could say anything her Maama ji came from behind n in a worried voice inquired her ..
Tanmay : geet beta kahan reh gayi thi tu …(geet stood thr paralyzed remembering all the event of the evening n went numb)… kab se tujhe call kar raha hoon …kitne time pehle teri call aayi thi ke tu party se nikal rahi hai tu phir itni dair kahan reh gayi …aur yeh …yeh kya haal hai …bhegi huyi kyun hai tu …bol bacha sab theek hai na …
Gayatri (seeing geet’s state) : kya aap bhi ji …bachi abhi aayi hai andar tu aane do usko …dehleez par hi choro hugaye hu aap tu …chal geet tu andar aaja …bacha mera aaja ..(held her from her shoulder n made her step inside breaking geet’s trance) … kitni bhegi huyi hai ..jaa pehle upar ja change karle ..phir hum baat karte hain ..
Tanmay (sighed realizing he over reacted n asked geet to go up n freshnup herself n turned to gayatri) : tum usske liye khana garam kardo phir mujhe uss se baat karni hai … raat hugayi hai par …koi baat nahi khana ..//
Gayatri : hugaya aapka …party se aarahi hai woh ..office se nahi ..khana kha liya huga ussne …aur kya baat karni hai aapko …mujhe pata hai …shaddi ki hi baat karni hai na aapko ..subha kar lijeyega …waise bhi mujhe ache se andaza hai phir apne kisi kangaal dost ke bte ka rishta laaye hunge aap geet k liye… pehle hii bachi itni thaki huyi hai aur aapko iss waqt yeh sab baat yaad aati hai …
Tanmay : gayatri tum par choro na tu iss dunya ke har larke mien tumhain koi na koi burai zaror dekh jayegi geet k liye …iss liye iss baar geet se mien baat karoonga ..
Gayatri (angry) : karni hai na aapko baat karlijeyega ..but subha abhi bilkul nahi …pata nahi kya huya huga jo itni ghabrai huyi hai woh ..
Tanmay : tum …tum upar jaakar uss se baat karo ..dekho kya huya hai …
Gayatri : abb aapko mujhe batane ki zarorat nahi ke mujhe kya karna hai kya nahi …dhundh garam karoongi phir jaongi usske paas ..
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While on the other hand geet just came out after changing her dress n stood in front of the window looking at her best friend’s house just opposite to theirs’ …a tear slipped eyes remembering those beautiful days of her life …n just then gayatri entered in the room with a glass of milk in her hand n geet turned to her wipping her tears with a smile ..
Gayatri (came beside her n a smile caressed her face lovingly) : mien teri maa nahi hoon but 10 saal ki thi tu jab se tujhe jaanti hoon …abb bhi lagta hai tujhe k tu mujh se apne aansoo chupa sakti hai ..??
Geet eyes filled with tears n she hugged her tightly while gayatri gathered her in a motherly embrace sooking all her fears n pains n geet kept on crying hugging her close ..n parted when she felt a bit composed n gayatri made her sit on the bed n sat beside her ..
Gayatri (held her hands) : abb bolegi kya huya …
Geet (wiped her tears) : kuch nahi ..bas wohh …(sighed when despite her full efforts another tear trail slipped from her eyes)… preetie ki buhat yaad aarahi thi …
Gayatri (sighed knowing her dear child’s pain) : bacha jo chale jaate hain unko wapis tu nahi laaya jaa sakta na ..aur ..kitni baar samjhaya hai mene tumhain preetie ko iss tarha roo kar yaad karogi tu tumhain hi nahi ussko bhi takleef hugi …
Geet (sighed wipping her tears standing up close to the window gazing preetie’s house again) : jaanti hoon maami ji ..sab jaanti hoon …phir bhi its …its so difficult to except it even after 5 years ke ..ke my best friend is dead …(and new tears made thr way out of her almond hazels)… har baat share ki hum ne …harm or par saath thay …aur bas yoon hi chali gayi wohh ujhe chor kar …aur sirf wohh nahi sab chale gaye …sab maami ji ..sab
Gayatri (sighed not knowing what to say) : beta zindagi aisi hi hoti hai …kisi ke jaane se nahi rukti .. kuch bhi hujaye yeh tu behte pani ki tarha hai kisi haal mien ruk nahi sakti ..jahan raasta milta hai chal deti hai …
Geet (nodded in oblivion) : hmm ..mujh se behtar yeh kuan jaan sakta hai maami ji ..
Gayatri (stood up n caressed her head going out of words she decided to leave her alone than to make it worse for her) : dhundh rakha hai pee kar soona bheeg gayi thi na …
Geet smiled continued to look out for sometime …while gayatri left defeated n disheartened ..n saw tanmay eagerly waiting for her down stairs ..
Tanmay (worried) : kya huya kuch bataya uss ne ..??
Gayatri (sighed n sat on the sofa) : preetie ..
The name was enough for tanmay to understand why geet’s mood was so off …no matter how much she pretends to be all cheerful ..full of life …deep down they know how much pain the poor girl is burying in her heart …wasn’t it enough on her part to loose her father at the age of 10 n then to be shifted here so far away from her mother as well that god decided to snatch her friends away from her as well … there was a time when her day started with preetie rushing in the house waking her up n then the whole group of girls will go to hr school together …not only this geet was lucky enough to have all her friends in her college as well .. her life was one that who ever saw her smile envied her …envied her for how she could have such amazing friends ..envied her for how they all girls use to protect geet …envied her because she was a thr precious princess whom they all kept safe from all the world’s problems …n then all of a sudden preetie’s death n then thr group being shattered was too much for geet to bear but she drowned herself in her new internship in KC then …and KC never left her afterwards …but still the pain is their always will be just surfing in moments like this when she has none to share her thought with ..
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On the other hand geet sat in her room with all her pictures from school till college life scattered all around …her best friends
Aroohi …the masti-chor
Suhaana …the phrankstar
Ridhima …the Einstein
N Preetie … the dearest companion for all of them ..
The memories she surrounded herself with to get over the pain maan left her with … but who was she kidding she can never get away from him ..his memories …her feelings for him …everything will remain as it is …
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pheww its done …hopefully didn’t bored u all …n one thing how did preetie died it will be revealed later in the story plss don’t take stress for that one ..
n now lemme know how is it …
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luv ya all
sobia
nice
geet ka rishta aya hai