Chapter 24

             Part – 23

Exams are over….back to Hoshiarpur….

Maan is already there…..

He comes to pick them up from the station….

Maan is eagerly waiting for this…..

Aaise mokke pe hi ab Geet se thoda kuch baatein kar saktha….

Annie saath hai…..…par woh abhi bachi hai…..

Geet Maan se baat kar karkke thoda mature ho gayi hai…..

Ghar pe toh Maan ko ek ajnabi ki tarah dekhthi….

She is afraid her secret would come out in front of her family….

Specially her mother….

She still has a lot to study….

This interest in Maan may annoy Ranno…..

Agar aaisa kuch ho jaatha toh Ranno Geet ke padayi katam karkke ussko bhi shadhi karkke kahin dhoor bhejdegi……

On the way…..

Annie keeps on chatting….

But Geet is very quiet……

Maan: Annie, tummari friend ko aaj kya ho gaya? Woh itni chup kyun hai?

Annie: woh toh mein kehna hi bhool gayi, bhai Geet

Geet: Annie…..chup

Geet closes her mouth…..

Geet: tum kuch nahi kahogi, samji

Maan: ye kya ho raha hai?

Geet: kuch nahi, sab teek hai

Maan looks at Geet….

She tries to look outside……

Maan: Geeet

Geet: aaise koi baat nahi hai, mein teek hoon

Maan: Annie tummari friend toh hamesha joot hi bolthi

Geet: kya?

Maan: Annie, tum kaho, kya baat hai?

Annie: bhai Geet ki bracelet kho gayi

Maan: kya?

Annie: haan bhai, woh hum donno college join karne ka samay ek hi jaise khareeda thana, aap bhi aaye the, yaad haina?

Maan: haan, mujhe yaad hai, tum toh zidd karkke waise hi lekhe aayi

Annie: ye dekho, same to same, just like this

Annie shows her bracelet….

Maan: toh kya hua? Naya kareedh lena, ab toh isse bhi latest designs aagaye hai

Annie: par Ranno aunty Geet ko daantegi

Maan starts to laugh…..

Maan: hare Geet, tum abhi bachi nahi ho, tum major ban gayi ho, India ki head ko chunne ki haq bhi milgayi, abhi bhi tum apne ghar ke head se darthi?

Annie: bhai, mazak mat karo, Geet pehle hi pareshaan hai

Maan: teri friend haina, tumme hi madat karna chahiye

Annie: mein? Kaise?

Maan: dum donno ko toh akal hi kam hai, patha nahi college mein kaise sambalthe ho

Annie: bhai ye aap keh rahe ho?

Maan: chodo woh baat, Annie tum apna bracelet Geet ko dedo, mein tumme naya khareedhkke detha hoon

Geet: nahi, mujhe nahi chahiye

Annie: haan Geet, maa ko toh Maan bhai sambal sakthe, haina bhai?

Maan: haan

Geet: nahi

Maan: Geet apne friend se lenne mein kya problem hai?

Geet: aaaise kaise ? nahi, ye teek nahi hai

Maan: Geet, meinne pichle do saal se tummare b'day pe koi bhi gift nahi diya haina? samjo yahi tummari b'day gift hai

Geet: par last b'day pe toh aapne…………..Geet stops…….

Usskke aage kuch nahi keh payi…….

Maan ko bhi Geet ki first year b'day yaad aathi…….woh pappiwali….

Maan: toh woh gift tumme abhi bhi yaad hai? Meinne socha tumme pasand nahi aayi

Maan looks at her ……..

Geet: nahi

Maan: toh pasand aayi

Maan smiles……

Geet blushes…..Maan looks at her lips….

Geet bows her head…..

Annie ko kuch samaj mein nahi aaya….

Ye donno kya baat kar rahe hai?

Geet feels better now…

Now she can manage Ranno…..

Sam hothi toh wahi aaise mokke pe Geet ko bachathi….

Ab Geet ko hi sambalna haina?

Maan ke paas hone se Geet ka confidence badjaatha….

Patha nahi kyun?

Shayad Geet ko lagtha ki someone is there for her……

Maan has always been special…..haina?