Chapter 103

                      Part - 103

At Mumbai…

Gayathri is recovering fast…

Pari comes back from Pune and stays at the hotel…

Dev calls Pari…

Pari: hai Dev?

Dev: when did you come back?

Pari: I just came last night, thanks for the pass

Dev: you could have informed me

Dev sounds a bit disappointed…

Pari: ohh I wanted to be alone

Pari is still thinking about the past….

Dev can understand her… she needs to be with friends right now…

Dev: ok bye

Pari is staying in the room itself…

She didn’t even feel like eating lunch…

She is just lying on the bed idle not sure of what to do…

She hears the doorbell ringing… Pari opens the door and is surprised to see Dev standing there….

Dev: good noon Pari

Pari: Dev? What are you doing here?

Dev: I have got you the Mumbai special vada pav

Pari: how do you know that I haven’t eaten?

Dev: shall I answer that inside the room?

Pari is blocking the way…

She steps aside and let’s Dev in…

Dev: I know how it feels when you lose your love

Pari: oh hey, did you call Geet? What’s she doing in Delhi?

Dev: hmm, she is in Hoshiarpur

Pari: what?

Dev: it’s her hometown

Pari: did she go back to her home?

Dev: no, she has gone with Maan, they had gone to visit her Nani, they are stuck there

Pari: oh, just like me

They have the lunch together….

Pari: thanks Dev for the yummy treat

Dev: so what’s your plans?

Pari: nothing, wait for a pass back to Delhi

Dev: it’ll take a couple of days

Pari: I know

Dev: are you going to stay here until then?

Pari: I’m afraid I have to

Dev: not necessary

Pari: I don’t understand

Dev: pack your bags, we’ll go home

 Pari: but Dev, I’m fine here

Dev: it’s not safe to stay here, they can close anytime

Pari: Annie didi called, she asked me to stay at Maan’s apartment, I will go there

Dev: you need not stay alone, I mean, it’s not a good idea to stay alone given your mental condition

Pari: what do you mean? You think I’ve lost it?

Dev: no, not in that sense, you are feeling low now, you can come and stay with us

Dev looks at Pari for a while….

Dev: I think you won’t mind staying with us?

Pari: oh no, not a problem

Dev: ok then let’s go

Pari goes to the khanna house with Dev….

Gayathri is surprised to see her but she is happy as long as Dev is happy….

Pari: halo aunty, Pari

Dev: mom, ye Geet ki friend hai

Gayathri: oh, tum Geet se milne aaye ho?

Dev: haan mom, par iss pandemic mein ye yahan phass gayi aur Geet Delhi mein

Gayathri: patha nahi ye kya ho gaya hai, mein toh aaise pehle bar dekh rahi hoon

Pari: aap ki tabiyat ab kaise hai aunty?

Gayathri: babaji ki kripa se mujhe kuch nahi hua, ek sardhi ko lekar Dev toh kamakaam pareshaan ho gaya

Pari: aaj kal log sardhi se hi bahut darthe haina

Gayathri: zamaana kaise badal gaya hai

Pari: haina?

Dev: mom, Pari will stay here for a couple of days

Gayathri: bahut achche beta

Gayathri keeps looking at Pari….

Pari is little nervous for she doesn’t know how Gayathri would welcome her staying in her home….

Gayathri: Pari beta, aap Geet ke room mein reh sakte hai

Dev: haan Pari

Dev takes her to Geet’s room…

Pari looks at the pictures of Dev with Aditi….

Pari: you must be missing them

Dev: I miss Aditi a lot

Pari: what about Geet?

Dev thinks for a while….

Dev: do you still miss Karan?

Pari: very much

Pari has got her answers too…

Dev: ok then, you take rest

Dev leaves….

Pari can understand Dev’s plight…

She wonders how Dev has been such a big support for Geet without any expectations…

Dev is so understanding and has been patiently waiting for Geet to forget her past …

Geet is really struggling to come out of her past, though she seems to be upset with her former partner, unknowingly she is still somehow attached to him, how couldn’t she? Aditi is a live memory of her past, haina?

As they say, it’s impossible to forget your first love…