Chapter 16

                  Part - 16

Past days.... Geet is lost in the past after the shopping with Pari...

It's Annie's wedding time....

Dadi takes Annie to Hoshiarpur to perform a Pooja at the famous mata Rani temple at Hoshiarpur...

They also invite the ladies of the Handa pariwar...

Geet is still very unhappy with all the drama... Every other day they talk about some proposal and keep scaring Geet... Luckily for her no serious matches came by....

Geet is in some kind of hartal... She has stopped talking with everyone...

Handaji and Ranno are worried about Geet... They are afraid she might take some drastic steps if they compel her.... Maybe she is scared of marriage itself.... They have asked darji to give her some time before Ranno could prepare her for any kind of a relationship....

Ranno thinks that Geet might get rid of her fears if she sees Annie so happy to be getting married....

She forcefully takes Geet to the pooja as dadi also insisted that Geet must come....

Geet still looks dull at the Pooja and dadi is also worried.....

Dadi: Ranno, aaj Geet Ko kya hua? Is she alright?

Ranno: dadiji, it's time for Geet also to get married and settle just like Annie and her friends, but she has this aversion for marriage and that's why she is like this

Dadi: don't worry ranno, she is still young and will be ready once she gets to know more about marriage

Ranno: I hope so, I pray to babaji to help Geet

Dadi: why don't you send Geet to Delhi, it's wedding time and even Annie misses a good friend for all the shopping and all

Ranno: but dadi, how could we send Geet?

Ranno also thinks that it would be a good idea for Geet would change her mind once she gets to know the fun and excitement of getting married, but who could convince darji?

Dadi is there na? She easily convinces Darji and takes Geet along to Delhi.... Annie is so happy to get a company... She missed a little sister like Annie to share everything with... The boys are of no help in this matter, haina?

Geet is also happy to be going out of Hoshiarpur.... She needed this break...

Geet reaches KM and she would be staying with Annie....

Annie shows Geet whatever she has already got for the wedding...

Geet loves Annie's choices but she is not much interested in all the glamour and looks.... She is naturally beautiful and she prefers to be simple... She believes that there is much more about your personality than good looks... what she admires more about Annie is that she has completed her graduation and she would have a say in the family in every aspect including business for she has the knowledge.... 

Geet wants to be like that... moreover she knows that if only she is educated she could marry someone well educated... she believes education makes a man better.... he knows how to respect his wife and treat her equal.... Her only wish is to be the first graduate of her family... She is not going to waste her life in someone's kitchen...

Maan comes back from office and he doesn't know about the new guest....

He is in the OH as usual when Annie calls him for an early dinner... Annie says that there is a special guest... Maan thinks it would be some relative who has arrived for the wedding.....

Maan goes to the mansion and is surprised to see Geet.... Geet is helping In setting the table...

As Geet arrives with a dish she runs into Maan accidentally... She is shocked to see him there... She didn't realise that Maan is after all Annie's big brother and she would meet him here....

Maan is also equally surprised to see Geet here.... What's she doing in Delhi? Has she run away from her home as usual?

As Geet is off the balance trying to avoid hitting Maan he grabs her and stops her from falling.... He gets the dish from her and puts it on the table safely....

Maan can't wait to ask her how she got to Delhi.... He didn't give a ride this time....

Maan: tum yahan kaise aayi?

Geet blinks.... What does that mean? She is so scared looking at his suspicions....

Maan: tum phir se bhaag gayi?

Maan is little worried.... 

Geet immediately nods her head... Nooooo....

Maan: tum yahan kya kar rahi ho? Ghar mein sabko bathakke aayi ya nahi?

Geet is angry how he has such bad views on her.... She is not so stupid to run away every day....

Geet doesn't answer.... She stares him as if he has done some crime and leaves that place... Then she doesn't even look at his side through out the dinner.... she is scared that Maan would tell everyone how she ran away from her home, that time when she tried to go to Amritsar and would create a bad image of her among the family.... But luckily for her Maan doesn't even show that he knew Geet already....

Only Annie keeps talking about Geet and how she has come to help Annie in the wedding preparations.... 

Maan now gets his answers and is happy that Geet would be staying here for a while....

And whenever Geet sees Maan she hides from him... She thinks Maan has a very bad opinion about her and would damage her reputation anytime.... 

One day Annie is so frustrated as the driver is on leave without notice and Naina would not let her drive till the wedding nor would she let her take a taxi.... Annie doesn't know why such a hype as it's just a wedding... But the parents are always concerned about their children,  specially if it's their daughters in such pre-wedding times....

Dadi asks Maan to take the girls and so Maan has to accompany them reluctantly.... 

Geet is not so happy with this arrangement... She is always scared about his questions... 

At the mall Maan gets company as Arjun arrives too....

Annie has asked Arjun to come help her choose the wedding dresses... But Arjun has no clue about clothing and he just goes with whatever Annie likes....

Annie is so confused as she liked one for the color, one for the design and one for the uniqueness....

She asks Geet's suggestions and Geet too thinks all are good...

Maan finally comes to her help....

He tells Annie that she looked perfect in the third one and that is just made for her....

Annie is proud of her bhai and she asks Arjun to learn something from her bhai for he would have to do it for her in the future....

Arjun is little worried but says that he is more than happy to leave it to the siblings in the future too....

Maan is unknowingly pulled towards Geet and her innocence....

He can't stop staring her once in a while and Geet feels embarrassed...

Maan's mind keeps thinking about Geet in those attires and he feels the first one would suit her the best...

He doesn't know why he is thinking unnecessarily about Geet when he has come for his sister's wedding shopping....

There is something about Geet's restricted life and her determination to break free interests him....

Geet on the other hand likes his love and concern for his sister and how he is willing to go with her for shopping... How he is genuinely involved in selecting the best suit for Annie.... And the way he takes interest in what the men in her family shy away saying that it's women's matter.... As if their masculinity would decrease if they accompanied their wife for shopping.... Maybe they don't want their women to look pretty because of their insecurities.....

But men in the city, particularly educated men like Arjun and Maan don't think that it's below their dignity to go with the girls for shopping... it's a bit of a surprise for Geet to see a man choosing a woman's dress... she would love to have her partner accompany her and make the choice for her if he has a great taste like Maan.... Geet has no expertise in all this....

Maan would love to see Geet dressed up in his choices... But Geet fascinates him more with her expressions and the lingering mystery about her... He is captivated by her ever so talkative eyes that keep delivering her messages which sometimes confuse him and sometimes amuse him...

Whatever it is both of them have started giving attention to the other with or without their knowledge....