Chapter 8

                  Part - 8

Maan had come back earlier...

Or maybe Geet didn't know that it's so late...

It's almost 6 pm and even Maan has returned from his trip...

He was surprised to hear that Geet is still here, at the terrace...

Normally she leaves by 4 pm...

Geet is shocked to see Maan...

She turns her back to him and gets busy tring to eat her gol gappe...

But she is too full...

She just tries to ignore him so that he would leave in anger...

But that's not going to happen...

Maan is in a way happy to find her still there...

Maan stares Geet and she knows very well that he is not going to leave without causing her trouble...

She then tries to manage the situation...

She pretends to be unaware of his early arrival...

Maan: Geeet

She turns and looks surprised as if she had not seen him...

Geet: aap? Yahan kaise?

Maan: Geet, ye sawaal toh mujhe karna chahiye tha, shayad tum bhool gayi ho ki ye mera ghar hai

Geet: woh...mein chalthi hoon, mujhe jaana hai

Geet runs and her duppatta flies in the wind and Maan catches it...

Geet stands there feeling shy...

Maan takes it to her and covers her...

Geet tries to leave but Maan still holds her duppatta slowly pulling her towards him...

Geet is a little scared...

Maan looks at her, he is not able to let her go...

He wants to have her with him forever...

He wants to feel her, to merge with her, his body aches for her...

His heart says that she is his Geet...his life, his love...

But his mind reminds him about the reality and warns him that this is impossible...

Maan: tum aaise nahi jaasakthi

Geet turns back and looks at him...

Maan: aaise kya dekh rahi ho? pehle mere sawaal ko jawab do, ye sab kya hai?

Geet: woh...mein apne iss gahr ko ek farewell party dena chahathi thi, aap issko demolish karnewale haina?

She looks very upset...

Maan: kya? tum ghar ko farewell dena chahthi thi?

Geet: haan, ye mere zindagi ka bahut khaas tukda haina?

Maan wonders who would treat a lifeless building so dearly...like a living person...

Geet: ab mein jaoon

Maan: nahiii

Geet is puzzled...

Maan wants her to stay with him some time longer...

Maan: iss jagah ko dekha, kitna ganda hai

Geet: woh, Cahndu haina, Chandu, Geet shouts

Cahndu comes running...

Geet: zara issko saaf kardo

Chandu starts cleaning...

Maan: Chanduuu, rukh jao

Chandu looks at Maan confused...

Maan: tumme aur koi kaam nahi hai kya?

Chandu: haina sir

Maan: tum jao, apna kaam karo

He still waits looking at poor Geet...

Maan: tumne suna nahi meinne kya kaha, jao, apna kaam karo

Chandu leaves...

Geet: ab isse kaun saaf karega?

Maan: aur kaun? tum

            Geet: kya?

Maan: haan, mujhse bina poochkke itna sab kar sakthi haina? Toh isse saaf bhi tum hi karo

Maan stands there staring at her...

Geet stares back...

Maan: mujhe gurkke koi faida nahi, chalo, shuru hojao

Geet: mein akhele kaise kar sakthi?

Maan: mein kuch nahi jaantha

Geet starts cleaning...

She struggles to lift the table...

Maan helps her...

She is already tired...

Maan feels pity for her...

But he is liking this...

Maan: Geet, tumme kaise patha ki mein iss gahr ko demolish karnewala hoon?

Geet: mein sab jaanthi hoon, yahi aapka kaam haina? Aap bhi real estate ke business mein hi ho

Maan: achcha, toh tum mere barein mein itna sab kuch jaanthi ho? aur kuch jaanna hai toh mujhse hi pooch sakthi ho

Maan smiles...

Geet looks at her rose garden...

Maan: kya soch rahi ho?

Geet: aap issko toh kuch nahi karenge, haina?

She looks worried...

Maan: Geet, tumme toh patha haina ki mera kaam hi kuch aaisa hai, mein kya karoon?

Geet: par aapka naya project mein bhi garden hona chahiye haina? Issko bas aaise hi rehne do, pls

Maan: tumme ye jagah itna pasand hai

Geet: mujhe pasand ho ya na ho, kya farak padtha? Waise ye ab mera nahi hai

Maan: farak padtha hai Geet, tum bathao, tum chahathi haina ki ye sab aaise hi rahe?

Geet: haan

Maan: toh aaisa hi hoga Geet, mein tumme niraas nahi kar saktha

Geet: kya?

Maan: haan, ab ye mera ghar hi rahega, hamesha

Geet: aap mere liye joot bol rahe haina?

Maan: tumme yakheen nahi hotha?

Geet: nahi, aapko kya zaroorat hai ki issko aaise hi rakhne ki?

Maan: sach mein Geet, mein toh issko renovate karne ka bhi soch raha tha, tum chaho toh, ye kaam tum hi kar skathi ho, iss ghar ko tumse zyada koi nahi jaantha, haina?

Geet: sachiii?

she starts dancing in joy...

            Geet goes and hugs him...

Maan just can't control himself...

He too hugs her...they get lost in each other...

            Geet hosh mein aathi...she steps back immediately...

Maan: chalo, mein tumme drop kartha hoon

Geet: mein chali jaoongi

Maan: Geet, bahut dher ho chukli hai, tum ab akhele kaise jaogi?

Geet: mein manage karloongi

Maan: tumne suna nahi meinne kya kaha?

Maan drops her at her hostel...

Geet looks very happy ...

Geet: Good Night sir

Maan: what? Tumne mujhe sir kyun bhulaya?

Geet: aaj se mein aapke liye kaam kar rahi hoona? toh aap mere boss ban gaye haina?

Maan: tum kya keh rahai ho? mujhe kuch samaj mein nahi aaya, meinne kab tumme kaam pe rakha?

Geet: kya? toh aap joot bol rahe the? Mein jaanthi thi, tum log na, aaise hi hothe ho, aapko sirf paison ki padi

Maan: Geet, ab meinne kya kiya? Meinne toh tummare liye kitna bada offer ko tukhraya hai, tumme maloom bhi hai ya nahi? Uss ghar ki keemat tum kya jaanthi ho?

Geet: dekha? meinne sahi kaha na? aap aur aapke paise

Geet tries to walk away without even looking back at Maan...

Maan runs and stops her...

Maan: tummare problem kya hai?

Maan is very angry...he holds her wrist so hard that it hurts her a lot...

Geet: chodo, chodo mere haath

Maan just then realizes what he is doing and controls himself...

But still he can't let her go...

He looks into her eyes...

They look so innocent...

She is still not able to understand his concern and his feelings...

She is too nave for all that...

Her love is only for his so called Mansion...

But why Geet? tumme mere pareshaani nazar nahi aathi?

Kya tum mere ankhon mein apne aap ko dkeh nahi apyi?

Kya tum inn aankhon mein apne liye itna bhi pyaar nahi dekhi?

Kya mein itna bhura hoon? Kya mujhe pyaar karne ki haq nahi hai?

Kya mein insaan nahi hoon? Kya mere paas dil nahi hai?

Kya mein kissi ko kush nahi rakh skatha?

Kya mein kssi ko pyaar nahi de saktha?

Kya mein kssi ke pyaar ke layak nahi hoon?

Maan ke dimag mein sawaal pe sawaal utke ussko pareshaan karthe...

Aur ye sare pareshaani Geet ke upar Maan ke gusse ko badathe...

Tumme bhi uss lifeless makhaan ki padi, meri itna bhi kadhar nahi hai?

Maan is very disappointed...he wants her to respond to his feelings...

Somehow he feels that she too likes him...

Maan keeps looking at her innocent yet bold eyes...

They tell him that she is also feeling the same...

They always mislead him and torture him...

But when the time comes to accept the truth they always back off...

Try to hide form him...

Maan hates this hide and seek...

He needs to know the truth immediately...

He needs to know that Geet loves him too...

But he has forgot to realize that Geet is too young and it must be even more difficult for her to handle this...Maan has to give her some time...

Yes, he has to let her realize that he loves her...and it's not a one-sided affair...

Geet may not know what's happenng to her, but Maan knows that she is also in love...

She has to accept it...sooner the better...

Maan won't wait for her a lifetime...