Not a heavy manveer chapter but its important. I do want to give other characters stories as well and it will all tie in to Manveer in some way!
Chapter 17: pyaar... pyaar dosti hai
Being boss's friend, Isha found herself to be center of unwanted criticism/attention. To avoid any issue, she put in extra work. In office, she was talking to herself when Rohan enters.
"Kya kar rahi hai"
"Not now Rohan, so much to do"
"Ho jayega, chal lunch pe kahi bahar jate hai im craving some golgappas!
Isha busy in some documents just says "hmmm".
"Are you listening? (No response) Isha? (Yet again nothing) "ishu" he lightly yells.
"Shhhh... dont call me that here"
"Dont ignore me" says grinning Rohan
"Yaar I have so much to do, tum jao"
"Noo im not going without you chal ab." he grabs her hand and pulls her up. Hands on her shoulders, he pushes her while walking behind her. Seeing some people look, she brushes his hands off and starts walking quietly. Rohan stops the car in front of a high end restaurant., isha says "mujhe laga tumhe golgappe khane hai?"
He replies "haan"
"Idar?" She starts lauging. Rohan - "why not?"
"asli golgappe khana ka mazaa stall pe hota hai, 5 star restaurant mein nai"
"Its not 5 star and no ways. i dont want to get sick"
"Oh come on, get off your high horse. Kuch nai hoga"
She drags him to a stall, and stuff's one puri in his mouth. Breathing faster, he starts waving his hand in front of his mouth "oh god, this is spicy as hell... bhaiyya kya humhe marna chahte ho?" Vendor nods no while Isha couldn't control herself and starts laughing. Vendor gives him less spicy and he stuffs himself with 3 4 plates. After lot of convicing from Isha, he stops eating. He enjoyed so much he drags her to the next stall for some gola.
Couple of hours later in office, Isha was working when she gets a call from Rohan. "What do you want now?" Says Isha.
"Come to my cabin"
she walks over to his cabin & says "What happened?"
Groaning he says "i dont feel so good"
"Kya huya?"
"My stomach hurts yaar.... see i told you"
"Dekho mujhe kuch nai huya?"
"Tu insan nai witch hai tujhe kaise kuch hoga"
"Suffer then, bye" says Isha
"Rukh yaar. Im in pain you cant be angry at me"
She goes to get meds for him. After giving him meds, she was about to get up to go back to her desk..." just stay here.... i dont wanna be alone" pleads Rohan
"Stop being melodramatic rohan, thodi der mein theeke ho jayega"
"Kaisi dost hai, bure waqt mein akela chhodke jaa rahi hai"
"Its just minor stomach ache!, i have lot of work"
She gets up & turns to leave when he grabs her hand.... Her heart jumps with joy. She felt so alive in that one moment than she ever had. What just happened? She thinks. But ignoring her thoughts she says "okay fine, can i atleast go get my work?" He gives her cute victory smile, bringing smile to her face. She was sitting doing her work while Rohan was struggling to stay focused. He had tried bothering her but she ignored him. Isha realizes it has few minutes since Rohan had tried to bother her. She pops her heads out from behind the file, to see sleeping Rohan on the desk, with his face resting on his hands. Seeing him, she felt weird sensations in her stomach, she gets lost & slowly music overtakes the room....
Main dekhoon... jo tujhko.... toh pyaas....badhe
Tu roz,
Tu roz..... do ghunt chadhe
She is admiring him and part of her wanted to caress his face
Mujhse...... tu na mujhse......kabhi....... bichde
To roz,
Tu roz,....do ghunt chadhe
Yeh jo halka halka suroor hai
Giving in to the moment, she caresses his face
Yeh jo pehla pehla suroor hai..
Tera ishq mera fitoor hai... tera ishq hai ya....
Feeling something he wakes up, putting end to her daydream. Whereas, realizing he is waking up isha quickly picks up the file & pretends to read. "Oh man i feel asleep" says yawning rohan
"Ya i guess" replies Isha who is trying to bring her heart rate down from shock of Rohan waking up suddenly. She adds "im going, i have to finish this" sitting at her desk, she was analyzing the incident.
On the other side, Sid and Kush come to the office. It was Sid's first time. Luv, Uday and M meet them.
"Wow Uday itni sari titliya... uf(as he is checking out an employee go by) how do you get any work done"
Manyata who was busy talking to Luv peeks over at uday as if waiting for an answer.
"Nah they are not my type" says Uday
"Oh right, models only .... right!?"
Uday smiles and does not response. Sid continues "by the way did you talk to your hone wale jiju (uday says no) ... i hope he agrees"
"Talk about what" says M whose ears had been in Uday and Sid's conversation.
"About bachelor party" says Sid
"Why?" M asks
"Beacuse they are the most fun! The man is getting married he needs to let off some steam" sid adds
"he wouldnt agree to such things" says M making a disgusted face, coming across as judging them.
"Whats wrong in partying?" Asks Sid innocently
"my dada is not like... that, you know..He wont agree to such things" she says proudly
"Like what?" Asks uday. While M was hesitant to answer. He says walking towards her "party animal? Playboy?" When he is close whispers to her "like me?" M looks at him, as others were there it was best to avoid she thinks so she says casually "you can try i bet he wont"
"hum harte nai, you should know that by now"
Manayat knew what he was referring to & says "you are on". Uday while maintaining eye contact takes out his phone and dials a number. Manyata was curious at his actions but doesnt move also.
"Vijay banna, kaise ho aap?" After some small talk, uday says "actually hum soch rahe the Arjun banna ko bachelor party de, aapka kya khayal hai.? Uday put phone on speaker "thats a great idea, it will so much fun.. but it will take some work. Come over tonight we can convince him"
"Excellent banna see you tonight then" says Uday.
He whispers to her "ready to lose? (He is about to leave but steps back to her in style and whispers "FYI i prefer cherry lip gloss". winks as he exits with the boys. Manyata was confused at first, then realizes she was wearing cherry lipsitck during Harvard dance event. "Hawww" she says.
At night, boys come over to talk to Arjun about bachelor party. They sat in living room chatting. Next to the living room was a tv room with sectional sofas, some facing the living room. Manayta was in tv room and sat on sofa where she could spy. She could not hear anything but was slyly reading their expressions and body language. She could tell Arjun seems to refuse & was getting happy. Uday who was sitting on sofa across from tv room could see Manyata. He smiled at her antics as he could tell she was pretending to watch tv. After what seemed like forever, Manyata sees all boys laugh and hifi. She gets worried. Uday walks over to tv room & seeing him from corner of her eye she pretend to focus fully on tv. He sits very close to her, stretches his hand behind her which makes Manyata give him a "wtf" look and he says "princess should i wear blue or black? ("What" she says) "to the bachelor party?"
She scoots away from him and says "you cheated you didnt win the bet"
"What... how?"
"You used vijay banna"
"You never said i cant"
"Dont talk to me, ever. you cheated" says angry M
"Okay, drama queen chill..call it a draw! baas?"
"Such a good boy" says Manyata with a big smirk. Realizing her fake drama, Uday puts her in a gentle chokehold with one hand, pulls her close & ruffles her hair. while Manyata tried to tickle him to free herself. Their laughter draws Arjun's attention who was sitting in the living room.
"Okay I should leave we need to prep for bachelor party... i just cant wait! " says uday winking, irritating M further "Whatever, it wont be as fun as our bachelorette party" says M. "You are not having a party stop lying". While looking at uday M takes her phone and dials Unnati's call.
"Hi Manyata,"
"Hi bhabhisa, i wanted to see if you would be interested in bachelorette party"
"Oh my god manyata thats awesome i would love it" says unnti who was on speaker. "Lovely bhabhisa, ill manage eveything, get ready to have best party of your life" while, uday smirks at her and thinks "this girl" as she gave him a taste of his own medicine. After her call ends, with full attitude Manayta flirtingly blows a kiss to Uday while walking away, waves bye & heads to her room. Uday stands there smirking & thinks "hmm princess udayveer Singh ko takkar aaj tak kissi ne nai di. Maan gaye aapko"
She was about to turn in for the night but a person comes to her mind. Manyata dials their number.
"Where have you been past few days?" Inquires Manyata. "Sorry yaar, ugghhh pata nai...been going crazy".. "Isha ... is everything alright?" No response, Manyata adds "lets meet tomorrow at Coffee & More, 6pm?" Isha agrees and call ends shortly.
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The next day in office, Isha had completed her task and needed the boss's signature. She heads to Rohan's cabin. While reading the file, she knocks once and enters in. She sees rohan sitting in his chair and a coworker in small skirt sitting on the desk very close to him. "Sorry (she looks down) ill come back later"
At her desk, she slams file on the table and walks out. Tears start coming from her eyes..... God stop it isha she says to herself and quickly calls Manyata.
"Hiii madam, kya huya?"
"Can you meet now?" Asks Isha.
Manyata looking at her watch "now??? Hmm how about in 30 minutes?"
Isha goes in and notifies her supervisor, Lata. After she leaves, Rohan inquires about her, to find she went home sick. He calls her but no answer.
At the cafe, manyata and isha had been sitting for almost an half an hour now.
"Tu aise hi baithi rahegi ya bataagi kya huya?"
"I think.... i dont how to say it... promise you wont make fun?" M nods yes "Manyata panga ho gaya... i think i am in love with Rohan" manyata who was not entirely surprised says "hmmm are you sure?"
"Aur kya hoga? I like being around him, i think of him when im not with him, and today that bimbo was so close to him and i just felt like punching her."
M smiles at her craziness and what Isha says next gets her to think about someone as well. "... and when he comes close my heart gets extremely jumpy and i feel butterflies in my stomach . I have never felt that"
"That could be for many reasons ? maybe you were surprised by his presence thats why" says M
"Have you ever felt that... that rush of energy within?
"No" says M
"Then you dont know, trust me its love"
M thinks do I love...? Nai nai she said she sees Rohan everyhwere & thinks of him. I dont do that... cant be. Anyways how does she know? heart can act weird for many scientific reasons! Yeh faltu bollywood logic...." Her stubborn self brushes off her thoughts and focuses back on Isha. "So now what"
"I dont know" says Isha as she puts her head down on the table. Caressing her head, M says "you have to tell him (isha groans). If you dont then eventually it will ruin your friendship. You dont want that, do you" isha nods at her advice. After Manyata helps her with what to say, they decide to head out. Before M leaves, she gives Isha her brother's wedding card invite. "Main Rohan ka card bhi layi thi,... do you mind?" Huffing Isha takes it as M adds "well you will have to see him at work anyways" "ugh i know i know" says Isha.
Isha was heading from cafe and see missed calls from Rohan. She calls him back
"Kidher hai tu? Kabse phone kar raha hun! Kya huya?"
"Nothing just a little fever"
"Have you gone to the doctor?"
"Itna bhi kuch nai huya..." rohan cuts her off to say "chup kar im coming ill take you"
"Rohan relax, ill go right now"
" good"
"Actually can you meet today?."
"Umm okay, ill come over around 7?"
"Sure... bye"
It was 6pm and in DI office, Arjun was hard at work when a call comes. "Finally humari yaad aa gayi aapko" "Sorry sorry I was shopping for wedding all day" says unnati. They chat for a while & unnati reveals to Arjun about bachelorette party. "Actually guys wants to do bachelor party as well"
"Acha" says Unnati sadly
"Aap khush nai lag rahi Maharani" teases Arjun
"Humhe party karni hai but i also want to spend time with you before...." she pauses and arjun says
"Before we are not allowed to meet" "hmmmm" says Unnati. "Hum kuch karte hai aap fikar mat karo, ab yeh batao aaj humhe aapka beautiful chehra kab dekhne milega?" Adds Arjun "kitna flirt karte ho" says blushing Unnati. Their chat continues....
On the other hand, evening could not have come fast enough. Isha was pacing in her house, scaring her roommates. Finally when he comes, she takes him up to the roof. "So kya huya" asks curious Rohan. Isha was mustering up the courage to tell him "woh ... (fear creeps in and she says) tumhare liye (gives card) Arjun's wedding card from Manyata"
" thanks....you called me for this?" Asks Rohan
"Nai..... (taking in deep breath) i think i have fallen (her voice gets really low) in love with you"
"Fallen what? I didnt hear" no response from Isha again Rohan "bata na.... kya huya hai tujhe?"
"I love you" she says it quickly, loud, & in one breath.
Rohan is shocked. There was silence for a while and then Rohan says "you know you are one of my closest friend (Isha's heart drop, she knew what comes next will not be happy) i care for you so much Isha but we are not meant to be. You are not my type.... in that way. (He grabs her hand) i dont want to lose you, im sorry if I gave you any wrong..."
I - "You will not lose me we will always be friends"
He hugs her and she soaks in the moment while holding back her tears with all her might. "I have to head out... thanks for the card" says Rohan
"Ya no problem" says Isha almost choking on her tears. As soon as he drives off, she runs upstairs back to the terrace, screeching her heart out. After controlling herself, she calls Manyata.
"Hey bata kya huya?" Asks Manyata. She doesnt get any response, after few second she hears her cry. "Isha? ... wait im coming" she rushes out. Manyata reaches Isha's place and tries to pacify her after hearing the story. Manyata convinces isha to come stay with her for few days.
At the mahal, Isha was welcomed by the family. Isha and Manyata were sitting in guest room and talking. Manyata gets a text which brings a smile to her face "hi princess, where have you been today?"
M replies "been busy all day, now home resting.
"You are not in your room?"
"You are here?" Types excited M
"Yes, arjun banna called us here"
"You mean jijusa? :p"
Couple mins later "kidher ho princess hum aapko terrace pe dhundne aaye, u r not here as well"
"Haha keep searching"
Uday sends a sad face text
"Ill see you in living room"
Uday, other boys, jai and unnati were there when she comes. Jai asks Manyata "jiji aapki dost is not going to join?" Manyata nods no and says "she isnt feeling well" when uday whispers to her "who?" "Isha" says M. Arjun announces unnati and him wanted to say something. He lightly nudges unnati to talk who refuses and signals him to do it. Jai - "aap doni ki flirting ho gayi toh humhe bataenge kya huya?
Arjun - hum dono soch rahe the k agar bachelor and bachelorette party kar rahe hai toh kyu na unko combine kar de?"
All the boys protest to the idea and sid says "no ways if they are there we wont be able to party party"
To sound cool M adds "we also dont want them around" arjun further adds "first listen to the whole plan... we can go to our beachhouse for 2 days. First day we can enjoy at beach. Then at night we can have party you can invite whoever you want!! Next day we can relax and after dinner we can come back . and girls can do their own seperate things. Property is big enough that girls wont run into us" arjun and unnati thought it would perfect as they could sneak out and hangout with each other while others are busy. But boys were not convinced. "I dont know banna" says Uday which makes Manyata angry "we are not interested being around you all either, in fact you will be crashing our plans"
"Ya" adds Jai while Vijay comes to Uday's defense.
Unnati says "stop it .. its either this or no party!"
"Fine" says others.
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