Chapter 14

                                                                         Part - 14

As Sam tries to remember when she met Maan for the first time she couldn't recollect it...

 Sam: mein toh MK se pehle bar kahan milli thi? Ye toh mujhe yaad hi nahi, hum toh hamesha hi ek doosre ko janthe the

Geet: par pyaar hone ke badh pehle mulakaat hua hoga na?

Ye Geet bhi na? kaise kaise sawaal karthi hai?

Sam wonders when they fell in love with each other? Or you should say when she fell in love with MK?

All she could remember is MK never treated her differently even after she proposed...she has remained a friend for him ever since they knew each other and she has remained so till now...there's nothing special about their relationship even after Sam confessed her love, actually it was Dadi's proposal,and their friendship is yet to evolve...maybe now is the right time as Maan has accepted her...

Sam thinks for a while...

Aaisa koi khaas meeting usse yaad nahi aathi...

Sam ko toh abhi tak patha nahi ki Maan ne aaise achanak shadhi ke liye haan kaise kardhiya?

Ye toh bas hamesha ki tarah roz milthe hai aur batein karthe hai...

Jab se Dadi ne indonno ki shadhi ki baat shuru ki, Sam hi apne mann ki baat ko Maan se bathaya, Maan ne toh kuch react hi nahi kiya tha, kyunki woh bhi jaantha the ki Sam Maan ko bahut chahathi hai, par Maan ne toh aaise kuch nahi kaha, aur inkaar bhi nahi kiya tha...

Shayad Maan ko patha bhi nahi tha ki Pyaar kya hotha hai? Ya phir pyaar kaise hotah hai? Aur kyun hotha hai? Maan ne apne business ke alawa kissi aur baat pe dhyaan hi nahi diya tha...

As Dadi was struggling to bring KC back on track after a sudden loss of her son and Maan's father, Maan had joined her and started helping her even when he was in school...

Then Dadi made Khanna an active partner as he is one of KC's long time invester and a good friend of their family...

If not for Dadi's compulsion he would not have completed his MBA...Maan was more than happy to be with Dadi and help her in business rather than enjoying his college life...

Sam too finished her BA in psychology and did her masters in clinical pshycology...

She also wanted Maan to do his PG...

After she persuaded him to do his MBA, Maan took a couple of years break from his business letting Khanna take care of KC in his absence...

That is when Dadi decided to turn this business partnership into a family partnership

Sam had always wanted her friendship with Maan to continue...

And she liked dadi's idea...that way they could be friends for life...

Sam had already started liking Maan and looking at him as more than just a friend...

Maan too noticed it and just ignored it as mere infatuation...

He thought that it would fade away as time passes...

But there was no sign of it. Day by day it grew more and left Maan with no choice but to agree for this marriage...he thinks that it's a good choice as Dadi and Sam get along very well and are fond of each other and what's even better is that they both love Maan...

As Sam thinks about her life Geet starts telling about her love...

Geet: agar uss din woh accident nahi hotha toh shayad mujhe Khrish milthe hi nahi, aur agar Khrish nahi hothe toh shayad aaj mein zinda nahi hothi

Sam: kya? Sach mein tummara accident ho gaya tha?

Geet smiles...

Geet: haan

Sam: mujhe laga ki tum bhi bas yuhin keh rahi thi

Geet: uss din mein apne friend ke two wheeler mein kahin jaa rahi thi aur Khrish apne gadhi mein apne friends ke saath aarahe the

Sam: phir?

Sam listens to her story like a kid with a lot of enthusiasm...

Geet: raat bahut ho gayi thi, aur mein akhele chal rahi thi

Sam: haan aage sunao

Geet: socho, ek toofani raat ko Delhi ki sadak mein ek bechari ladhki akheli jaa rhi thi toh ussko kaise laga hoga?

Toofani raat? Aur Delhi mein? MSK toh Delhi mein snow la saktha, aur ye Geet toh toofan lekhe aagayi? Sam toh sunthe hi samaj gayi ki ye kahaani Geet ki exagirations hai...

Sam: kaise laga tha?

Geet: bahut dar lagtha tha, aur barish bhi shuru honewali thi, aur toh aur hawa bhi itne tez thi ki mein apni gadhi ko balance bhi nahi kar pathi thi, aur achanak

Sam keeps looking at Geet...Geet's eyes are wide open and try to scare Sam out...

Sam: achanak kya hua?

This curiosity has always landed Sam in trouble...and for Geet it turned out to be her lucky day that she met Sam...and here she is happily narrating her story to Sam...

Geet: achanak bhijli chali gayi, aur charon taraf andhera hi andhera tha, mein toh aur dar gayi

Sam: itne raat ko tum kahan jaa rahi thi?

Sam is so worried...she got involved so much in Geet's story...

Geet: woh jaanke kya karogi? Pehle ye toh suno ki phir kya hua

Sam: hmmm

Geet: mein itna dar gayi thi ki mein jaldhi wahan se jaana chahthi thi, aur meinne jaldhi jaldhi accelerator ko ghumaya tha

Sam: toh tumne hi accident karwaya tha?

Geet: nahi re, tum pehle suno

Sam: haan haan, bolo, tum ek taraf bahut tez aarahi thi aur wahan se Khrish bahut tez aaraha tha

Geet: aur meinne dekha samne ek gadhi, meinne socha thoda left chaloon aur dar mein patha nahi meinne kya kiya, mein gadhi ke samne thi

Sam: tumne right le liye tha?

Geet: ye toh mein nahi jaanthi

Sam: gadhi toh tum hi chala rahi thi na?

Geet: par meinne toh dar mein aankein band kar liya tha na?

Geet imitates that scene closing her eyes tight...

Seeing her expressions Sam is shocked...

Sam: kya?

Geet: aur accident ho gaya, aur mein hawa mein udkke sadak ke beech mein ghir gayi

Sam: aur Khrish udthe udthe tummare paas aaya tha aur tumme utaya tha?

Geet: nahi, woh bahar nikhalkke mere taraf aarahe the

Sam: tummare Khrish udtha nahi?

Geet is upset that Sam is also teasing her like others...

Geet stops her story...

Sam: woh Geet, phir kya hua?

Geet doesn't reply...

Sam: I'm sorry Geet, mein mazak kar rahi thi, tum bathao, kya hua?

Geet is still mum...

Sam: chalo mein bathathi hoon ki aage kya hua tha? filmy style...

Geet isn't interested at all...she looks the other way...

Sam: aur tum utkke unke taraf gayi thi? Ek taraf hero aur ek taraf heroine...

Aur slow motion mein donno aage badthe...haina Geet?

Sam looks at Geet and tries to continue her story...

Geet can't hear that anymore...

Geet: achcha suno, mein hi bathathi hoon

Sam: ye hui na baat?

Geet: mein hil nahi payi, mein bahut dar gayi thi, mein waise ki waise padhi thi

Sam: aur usko laga ki tum mar gayi?

Geet: kahaani mein suna rahi hoon, tum kyun beech beech mein direct karthi ho?

Sam: teek hai, mein chup ho jaathi, you continue

Geet: peeche se ek truck aarahi thi, uska driver police se bhaagthe aaraha tha, aur uska gadhi pe koi control hi nahi thi, bas jitna tej chala saktha utna tej chala raha tha

Sam: hmmm

Geet: aur mein samne thi, Khrish ne truck ko dekha aur mujhe bhi dekha

Sam: ankhon se ankhon milli toh pyaar ho gaya?

Ye Sam toh Geet se bhi badi buddu hai...yahan Geet ki jaan katre mein hai aur pyaar kahan se hotha?

Geet: uss waqt toh mujhe laga ki meri life katam ho gaya aur meinne babaji se dua karne ki shuru karliya

Sam: toh babaji answered your prayers?

Geet: nahi

Sam: babaji ne tumme bachaliya haina?

Geet: par meinne toh agle janam mein bhi mujhe aaise hi Geet Handa peitha karne ki dua ki thi

Sam: tum bhi na Geet! phir kya hua?

Geet: mein ankein band ek second mein mujhe bachaliya, tabhi toh mujhe patha chala ki ye toh sach mein Khrish hai, asli Khrish, mein toh pehle hi Khrish ki bahut badi fan thi toh aaise kissiko ko mujhe hi bachathe hue dekhi toh mein fida ho gayi

Sam: apne naam ki tarah sach mein super hero nikhla

Geet: haan, mere jagah tu bhi hothi toh tumme bhi pyaar ho jaatha

Sam: mujhe toh aaise pyaar mein viswas hi nahi hai

Geet: haan haan, hamesha apna pyaar apne paas ho toh kissi aur pe pyaar kaise hoga?

Geet winks...

Geet: waise tumne unse mulakaat nahi karwayi?

Sam: tumme thoda intrezaar karna hoga

Geet: kya?

Sam: haan, pehle tummare pyaaar ko dhoodhthe hai phir donno ko ek saath milathe hai

Geet: ye bhi teek hai

Sam: tumne bathaya ki Khrish Mumbai ka business man haina?

Geet: haan

Sam: aaisa hai toh MK ko zaroor patha hoga ki woh kaun hai, mein MK se baat karthi hoon

Geet: thanks Sam, tum toh bahut achchi ho

Sam: lekhin tumme mujhse ek wada karna padega

Geet: what?

Sam: jab tak tummara Khrish ka kuch patha nahi chaltha tum mere saath hi rahoge aur kahin nahin jaoge, teek hai?

Geet: teek hai, aur yahan toh mein kissi aur ko jaanthi bhi nahi seva Pinky ke

Sam: Geet, kahin bhaag toh nahi jaoge?

Geet: kyun? Tumme mere baton pe yakheen nahi hotha?

Sam: aaisa nahi hai

Geet: tumne mere liye itna kuch kiya aur mujhpe itna viawas kiya toh mein tummara viswas ko kaise thod sakthi?

Sam: pacca

Geet: haan,pacca

Sam: toh chal mein MK se baat karke aathi hoon