Chapter 62

                Part – 62

Geet: you are the driver

Maan won’t believe it…

If chandhu is on leave, Maan can arrange someone else…

But he is not going with Geet at any cost….

Maan calls dadi on the mobile…

Maan: Dadi, chandhu nahi aaya kya?

Dadi: did you ask him to drive? I thought you will like to drive

Maan: but Dadi, itne drivers haina?

Dadi: Rohini doesn’t invite Geet alone Maan, you know it’s an invitation for the Khuranas

Maan: par, mein nahi jaaoonga

Dadi: Maan, you are married now, people expect your wife to come with you and not the driver

Dadi strictly orders him to be ready soon….

Maan has no other go but to get ready….

Geet meanwhile tries to pack his things…

Maan is off the shower and comes to take his dress from the cupboards thinking that Geet must have left…

Geet is busy packing and doesn’t notice him coming… .

She turns back only to hit his bare torso as Maan is drying his hair with the towel and didn’t see her standing in front of the cupboards already…

Geet tries to move back when she trips and Maan had to catch her to stop her from falling….

Maan knows the effects already and he starts shouting angrily to avoid another embarrassment…

Maan: what are doing here? Get out, now

Geet runs down…

Maan is impressed to see that she has packed his stuff carefully just as he does… she has even packed his perfume which he is very particular never to miss…

Geet has seen him have one in the car too… so she has been observing him.. that gives him a little happiness…. He smiles to himself and gets ready quickly…

He is actually happy to be going on this long drive with her…

Though there won’t be much conversation like before, he is happy to be just driving alongside with her….

Geet falls asleep soon…

Maan gets to admire her wholeheartedly only when she is sleeping… or else his always conscious about her getting to know about his feelings for her… that is the last thing he wants… his plate is already full and there is no place for another complication..

It’s easier to part ways like this, he is trying hard to put the breaks on but this weird relationship is blooming with different colors with every passing day…

Sometimes it’s friendship, sometimes boss and employee, sometimes frenemy, sometimes roomies, sometimes family (like any other relationship but strictly not husband and wife), and not to forget the occasional more than friends moments( at least from Maan’s side)…

But the romeo in him never misses any opportunity to keep fueling poor Maan’s desires…. What a transformation from celibacy to full on romantic? This is possible only for Geet, that’s the irony… the only woman who could Kindle his desires is out of his league…

Maan wonders how to fit her, as a woman who is daring enough to take a stance for herself not worried about anything else, or a child woman still immature, not bothered about the consequences of her actions, or this beautiful beast turning him crazy with whatever she does, even if it’s hurting him badly… only she can make the otherwise rational thinking Maan, yearn for the silly lie that Dadima told him, to turn into reality like magic…

It’s a hot summer day and the sun is showing its intensity even as early as 9 am…

Maan notices that the bright rays of the sun is directly hitting her face disturbing her peaceful nap…

Maan pulls off at a shade to help her sleep on.. he pulls down the sunshade for extra protection…

He is just happy watching her sleeping with a huge smile.. though he may not be the prince charming in her current dream he doesn’t want her to miss her beautiful dream whatever that is making her smile….

Geet is smiling because she is happy that the slight irritation has disappeared, and she is able to continue her sleep comfortably….

Maan falls asleep for a moment as he is too tired from the long boring drive without Geet’s entertainment..

Geet wakes up and finds him sleeping, she thinks maybe he pulled over to get some sleep himself…. She has heard somewhere that it’s not safe to drive when you are feeling sleepy…

She is happy that Maan has decided to get some rest without taking any risk…

Geet takes her mobile and starts texting as usual….

It’s almost past 10 when Maan wakes up and finds Geet busy on her mobile… he didn’t know how he fell asleep…

If they move in this pace they will reach only in the late evening…

Maan: why didn’t you wake me Geet?

Geet: then you will fall asleep while driving

Maan can’t argue with that…

Maan: we are getting late

Geet doesn’t care about anything…

Geet is still busy on her mobile.. . This always annoys Maan for it only reminds him of that fool… he always doubts that she is only chatting with him…

Maan starts the car and shows his anger on the accelerator..

Geet has to keep her mobile aside and keep a watch on the road… she is always scared about over speeding and accidents…

Geet: what’s the hurry? I am still young to go to heaven

So that means he is at the age of going to heaven? His mind is always conscious of his age whenever he is with her, that too after seeing that Dev who is much younger…

Maan slows down a bit….

Geet gets bored as he is silent and looks unnecessarily annoyed…

Geet looks at him every now and then…

Maan looks at her…. : Now what?

Geet shows her single finger…

Maan can’t believe it.. is he travelling with a school kid? Most probably yes…

Maan stops at a petrol pump…

Maan asks her to wait in the car and goes to inquire…

There only one restroom alongside the bathrooms for the truckers…

There is no ladies toilet as such… .

Maan looks at that direction and finds a few truckers standing there… .

Maan goes back to the car…

He is about to start when Geet stops him…

Geet: halo, I have to go to the restroom

Maan: you can, at the next stop

Geet: but, I can’t hold anymore

Maan: I said you can’t go there, look

Geet looks at the direction he shows and has to agree…

But she is really struggling to hold…

Maan feels bad for her…

He then gets out, comes around and opens the door for her…

Geet looks at him puzzled…

Maan: come with me

Maan catches hold of her hands and takes her with him to show his ownership so that no one dares to have a look at her…

Maan walks all the way to the restroom and waits outside until she comes back…

Geet feels very proud to be walking with him holding his hand and clings to him looking at the man twisting the moustache looking at her...

Maan turns to stare him, but he is an uncle just trying to scare her looking at her child like antics…

Maan doesn’t know what to do with this child woman that he has married (?)…

A few ladies from that tourist bus look at her and envy her sticking to her man like that…

Geet tightens her hold seeing them staring Maan… he is taken, look elsewhere ladies…