Chapter 76

                       Part - 76

Dev and Pari are getting to know each other more....

At the terminal there is long queues and waiting for the screening....

Dev: Pari, what's with the new friendship with Maan?

Pari: I'll tell you a secret

Dev: what?

Pari: Maan is not single, he is taken

Dev: what?

Pari: his GF is here

Dev: hmm, I knew it

Pari: Maan still loves her

Dev: is it?

Pari: Pari doesn't want to the other woman, you know

Dev: good decision Pari

Pari: so let's come to your story now

Dev: my story

Pari: yours is a love story too, haina?

Pari gets curious.....

Dev: kind of

Pari: what? what do you mean by that?

Dev: ek tarfah pyaar

Pari: what? Geet doesn't love you?

Dev: I don't think so

Pari: then what about the marriage?

Dev: I don't know

Pari feels bad for Dev.....

Pari: but Geet said yes to the marriage na?

Dev: haan but not with thw whole heart

Pari: are you happy?

Dev: I'm

Pari keeps looking at Dev....

Dev: maybe

Pari: how do you know that Geet doesn't love you?

Dev: you know that when someone is in love if you have ever fallen in love

Pari: aaisa hai kya?

Dev: have you ever fallen in love?

Pari thinks for a while: I think so

Dev: what kind of answer is that?

Pari: you know what? Karan was my mangetar and I started loving him after our marriage was fixed

Dev: there's a huge difference between falling in love with someone and starting to love someone b'coz you have to

Pari: what?

Dev: tell me how did you get to know Karan?

Pari: Karan had seen me in my friend's weddin that was held in Mumbai and then his family approached us, my parents liked the rishtha and so went ahead, I met him then at a cafe and liked him, so I too said yes

Dev: see, Karan fell in love with you but you started loving him then

Pari: maybe you are right, Karan would do anything for me

Dev: that's true, I know that, I've been there

Pari: so how did you meet Geet?

Dev: she's my mausi's padosi

Pari: so you met her very early

Dev: i knew her since high school

Pari: that's lovely

Dev: I don't know when I fell in love with her, but then I waited for too long and she got engaged

Pari: what?

Dev: yes, Aditi is her mangetar's daughter

Pari: I knew that Aditi is Geet's daughter only, have you met her mangetar?

Dev: no, I've never asked Geet about him, i was sure Geet hated him so much that she wanted to forget him soon

Pari: did she forget him?

Dev: I don't think so

Dev looks a little disappointed.....

Pari changes the topic to cheer him....

Pari: so hwz aunty now?

Dev: ohh she is good, I think she's much better now that she knows I'm on my way

Pari: yes, that's what it takes to ward off all your illness, the moment you know your family is with you

Dev: what about you? what's so important in Mumbai? 

Pari: actually I'm going to Pune

Dev:oh, who's there?

Pari: you should ask me who was there? he's gone

Pari's eyes well up.....

Dev: you cry? I can't believe it

Pari wipes her tears away.....

Dev: are you alright?

Pari: I'm good

Dev: i'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you

Pari: it's ok, I just can't get rid off that sight when I saw Karan in the ICU for the last time

Dev: ohh, it's Karan's place, you are going to visit his parents?

Pari: yes, I can't believe it's almost a year now sinve Karan left us

Dev: I'm really sorry, what happened with Karan?

Pari: He just went to get our engagement album and never returned

Dev: too bad

Pari: kash mein uss din uss album ko lene ki zidd na karthi? aaj Karan zinda hotha

Dev: don't ever think like that Pari, it's never in our hands, it never was, it never is and it never will be, so don't blame yourself for anything that happened

Pari: but i can't stop thinking like that

Dev: ok let's play a game

Pari: what game?

Dev: do you have a coin?

Pari ooks in her purse and gets one....

Dev: let's toss it

Pari: are you kidding?

Dev: no I'm serious

Pari: you want to play this game?

Dev: haan

Pari: tum pagal ho kya?

Dev: aaise hi samjho

Pari: Ok then toss it

Dev: I'm not tossing it, you are

Dev gives the coin to Pari....

Dev: Ok, I want a heads

Pari tosses and its a tail....

Pari: hiiiii I won a point

Dev: what? you lost it

Pari: how? you said heads and it's a tail, i won

Dev: I wanted heads and you didn't get me heads

Pari: what?

Dev: see, the coin is yours, the hands are yours and you are the one who tossed but still you had no control over the result

Pari: what do you want to say?

Dev: I was the one who wanted heads, can you blame me for your loss?

Pari: no

Dev. sse, that's the point, though you wanted the album, Karan was the one who controlled his ride, haina? then how could you blame youselves for that?

Pari: you are so sweet

Pari feels much better now.... she is smiling.....

Dev: you look beautiful only when you smile

Pari: i look ugly otherwise?

Dev: you caught me there, you are really beautiful

Dev keeps staring Pari......

Pari avoids looking at him...........

Suddenly she feels shy..... is this Pari?

She can't believe it herself....

Dev is one big charmer.....

Pari thinks how could Geet not fall in love with Dev even after so many years

Geet's life revolved around Aditi and so she never thought about herself.....

Moerover Geet had a comfort level with Dev as a friend and she never let him get out of that friend zone....