Chapter 8

                            Part – 7

Once Geet apne naani ke paas chale jaathi during holidays….

Maan misses her very much….Geet hothi toh usska mazak udakke timepass kartha tha aur usske adaoon kein Maan fida hojaatha tha…..

Ye Geet ko bhi abhi apne naani ke yahan jaan hai kya?

Mere school jaane ke badh jaathi….

Lekhin tab toh Geet ka bhi school shuru ho jaatha, haina?

Sam ko bhi akhele ghar mein beitkke bore ho jaatha….

She wants to get out of the house…..

Ranno asked her to go with Geet, but Sam is not used to it……

She just likes it here, she doesn't want to go there…..

Aanie kehthi hai ki Amritsar mein koi circus chal raha hai…..

Sam wants to see it…..

Mr.Handa aur Ranno Sam aur Annie ko circus lekhe jaathe….

Maan ko ye bachon ka show mein interest nahi hai….

He stays back…….

Ranno kehrahi thi ki aaj Geet wapas aa rahi hai….

Toh Maan kaise bahar jaa saktha…..

He is waiting for his mishty…..

Geet comes back ……

When she finds everyone missing she is disappointed….

Dadi kehthi hai ki woh log circus dekhne chale gaye….

Geet Annie ko doondhke Maan ke ghar aathi…..

Patha chaltha ki Annie bhi gayi hai toh Geet aur upset hojaathji….

Sab mujhe chodke chale gaye?

She starts crying….

Rajinder tries to console her….

Maan comes…..Maan is very happy to see her…

Par ye toh rorahi hai….kya baat hai?

Maan didn't expect this….

He was waiting to make her cry…but she is already crying…..

Maan has to console her now……

Ye toh shuru hi hai Maan, aage jaakke tujhe hi har modh pe Geet ko sambalna hoga, toh aaj se hi apne practice shuru karlo……

Maan: maa, ye kyun ro rahi hai?

Rajinder: ussko bhi circus jaana tha

Maan: haan haan ye bhi bachi haina?

Maan teases her…..

Geet aur zor se rothi hai…..

Rajinder: hare hum kal jaayenge, Maan ke papa humme lekhe jayenge

Geet ek corner mein bietkke rothi hi rehthi….

Maan: kyun ro rahi ho?

Geet looks at him….

Maan tries to scare her….

Maan: chup…bikul chup

Geet chup ho jaanewali nahi hai…

Maan ka damki kaam nahi kartha, Maan ko kuch aur rastha doondhna padega….

Maan thinks for a while, MSK hain, kaise bhi Geet ko samblega, haina babaji?

Maan: mujhe magic karna aatha hai, dekhoge?

Geet: joot

Maan: sach mein

Geet: magic wagic kuch nahi hotha, sab cheating hai

Maan: tumme yakheen nahi hotha?

Geet: nahi

Maan: toh teek hai, ab mujhe iss kamre ke andar lock kardho, 5 minute mein mein bahar aajaoonga

Geet: aaise nahi ho saktha

Maan: aaise hi hoga

Geet: woh kaise?

Maan: dekhna chahogi?

Geet: haan

Maan: mein 5 minute mein wahan se nikhal jaatha toh tu kya karogi?

Geet: mein kya karoongi?

Maan: har gayi toh tumme mujhe ek pappi dena padega, teek hai

Geet: kya?

Geet ko lagtha hai ki ye isska koi naya chaal hai….

Geet looks at Maan in confusion…..

She knows that he is kidding, how can anyone come out of a locked room?

Aur ye KC bhi nahi jo Maan babu ek laat markke darwaze ko thodein…

Yahan aaisa kuch kartha toh Khuranaji se mar khane padega….

Aur ye modern lock nahi jo andar se khukega jab Maan ke pass dusre chabhi hotho

Ye toh purane zamanne ki wooden door hai kisske aage ek bahut bada iron latch hotha….

Ussko toh bahar se hi khol sakthe haina?

Maan: toh tum dargayi? Haina?

Geet thode dher sochthi, ye zaroor joot bhol raha hai, aaise koi bahar aasaktha hai kya?

Geet ko apne hoshiari mein bahut barosa hai, woh toh school topper haina?

Ye uss din ka mazbhur thala hai, bahar se lock karthe aur bahar se hi khol bhi sakthe…..andar se kuch nahi kar sakthe, aur ye ek hi rastha hai, aur koi rastha bhi nahi hai….kidkki bhi bahut strong hai……….

She knows very well that it's impossible……

Geet: nahi, mein tayaar hoon

Maan: achcha aao mere saath

Maan gets inside the store room….

Maan: kya dekh rahi ho, bahar se thala lagao

Geet locks the door…..

Maan: ab dekho, time kya hai?

Geet looks at the clock…….Maan starts shouting…….

Maan: maaa….maaa

Maan zor zor se chilatha…..

Rajinder aathi hai….

Rajinder: kya baat hai? Kyun chilathe ho?

Maan: maa, ye Geet ko dekho kaise mujhe andar rakhkke darwaza band kardhi, kholo jaldhi

Rajinder ko lagtha Geet gusse mein ye sab karthi hai…..

She opens the door….

Maan comes out….

He has a big smile on his face…..

Maan: toh mein jeet gaya

Geet: ye toh cheating hai

So saying she runs…..

Maan chases her….

He cathches her……

Maan: kahan bhaagthi ho?

Geet: par door toh buaji ne kola, aapne nahi

Maan: meinne kab kaha mein door kholoonga, meinne kaha 5 minute mein mein bahar nikhalkke dikhaoonga, aur meinne kardhiya, ab teri bari

Geet: kya?

Maan: haan, mein tayaar hoon

He gets closer….

Geet gets back…..

Maan: hare kade kade kya dekh rahi ho? jaldhi karo

Geet blinks…..

Geet: mein nahi kar sakthi

Maan: nahi kar sakthi?

Geet: nahi

Maan: toh teek hai mein hi detha hoon

So saying he kisses her on her cheeks….

Geet wahan se bhaag jaathi….

She rubs off her cheeks as she runs…..

Maan looks at her & smiles…..

Kahan jaayegi?

Wapas yahi aana padega, haina?

Geet ko ye sab pasand nahi hai……

This is very bad in her dictionary…..

Ek ladhka ladhki ko kiss nahi kar saktha, haina babaji?

Geet toh aaise sochkke pareshaan ho jaathi hai……

Par Maan is not at all worried, ye toh usska haq hai, haina?

Geet ko kiss karna koi galthi toh nahi ho saktha,

Waise ye meri hai, toh mein kuch bhi kar saktha…..

Donno ke soch mein thoda farak hai, lekhin pyaar toh same haina?

Maybe as a boy Maan has decided what's next in his life, shadhi toh ek na ek din karna hi padega, jab itne pyaari dulhan paas hai toh kissi aur ko kyun dhoonde?

Geet can't decide on her own, it's always been the parents who decide for the girl, kaun hoga usska jeevan saathi? Haina?

That thought keeps her in check whenever she thinks of Maan…