Chapter 40

               Part – 40

At the Handa home….

Preetho gets Geet ready for the suhaag raat…

Maan wants to go back to the Khurana home….

He thought they will be going to their home eventually…

He was looking forward to the vidaai so patiently…

Dadima has left after the wedding itself as she wanted to take rest….

Now what these people are upto keeping him waiting here till now….

After dinner Maan loses his patience…

Geet is playing hide and seek with him right after the wedding… so she has now forgot about him totally because her wish is fulfilled, she got married as she wished…

Geet is avoiding any chance of being with him alone… she is scared that he is really angry with her…

Maan has seen Geet using Preetho as her shield, she was with Geet all day…. .

Maan finds Preetho coming down finally…. .he quickly goes to her and stops her ..

Preetho is all the more scared…

Maan: Geet kahan hai?

Preetho is not happy with his tone, he sounds irritated…

Preetho remains silent…

She remembers Ranno telling her that the auspicious time is after 9 pm only…

Maan is tired of waiting.. he can’t hold himself anymore??

Poor Preetho thinks that Maan is waiting for the next and final ritual which completes the wedding ceremonies actually…

Maan: mujhe aur kitna wait karna padega? Mujhe jaana hai

Preetho is embarrassed…

Preetho: abhi 9 baje nahi hui

She says as she moves towards the kitchen…

Maan thinks that the time of the vidaai must be 9 pm…

Just 15 minutes left…

Maan keeps looking at the time…

Rajji comes at 9….

Rajji: didi upar hai

Maan is confused… why is she waiting? They are already late… ab kya naya tamasha hone wala hai?

Maan would be happy if she wants to stay here for some more time… Hope she understands him once… she knows very well that Maan is not ready for this…

Maan stands there not realizing what is happening around him…

Rajji giggles… Geet didi kab se appka intezar kar rahi hai

Maan clearly understands what’s waiting for him upstairs looking at Rajji blushing….

Maan didn’t realize that there is the SR… it’s just not the usual wedding and he was certainly not prepared for this…

Maan goes up and knocks…

Geet expects Preetho with more advice… she has lost her patience… she is already worried about confronting Maan and her family is madly after her, unaware of her problem, trying her patience…

Geet: chale jao babhi, mera mood bahut karab hai

Maan is surprised that she is still upset after her wishes are fulfilled….

Maan only has the sole right to be upset about the wedding… haina?

Maan gets angry, what else does she want?

Maan slams open the door and gets in angrier…

He expected Geet to be waiting for him on the bed…

But Geet is not there, what is going on here? Only Geet knows…

Maan: Geeeeet

Geet panics hearing Maan’s angry tone…

Geet: Maaaan?

Geet is sitting on the floor and packing her things…

She gets up in a hurry hearing Maan’s voice….

She hits her head on the open drawer….

Maan turns to towards Geet and finds Geet in pain… she tires to move away from the cupboards and is about to fall when Maan catches hold of her…

Maan holds her in his arms…

Geet is scared of his anger, she knows that she has betrayed him and he won’t be so happy with the sudden wedding….

Geet tries not to look at him directly for fear of facing his wrath…

Maan is worried that she is hurt… he looks into her eyes and knows that she is in real pain…

Maan gets angry for her to be so careless…

Maan: what’s wrong with you Geet? Have you gone blind because of all this drama?

Maan hints at the decoration of the room..

Geet can only see that his concern is bigger than his anger…

Geet keeps looking into his eyes and is trying to find what is really troubling him, why is he not happy with the marriage? she can see his love and care hiding behind his anger….

He is not unhappy because of their marriage….

But he is only happy to marry Geet….

After that conversation, Maan too is not ready to wait to marry Geet and make her his forever….

Maan’s problem is not Geet, actually he is his own enemy….

He has entered this mess from which he is trying hard to get out, but it’s taking forever for him to get out of his problem, he can’t keep Geet waiting for that….

Geet on the other hand is desperate to help him somehow, she had to first become his wife so that she gets every right to fight alongside with him…

That’s why she agreed for this marriage….

Geet does know that Maan has got some problem…

She is aware of his plight, but she is helpless….

Maan is upset because of some strange reason which is bothering him… he is not ready to share it with her… she is ready to wait until he trusts her and shares his problems with her…

But she is not ready to let him suffer alone, she wants to be there for him anytime, when he feels alone and needs someone to hold his back badly… she wants to assure him that she is here to share his responsibility, as a friend, as a wife and most importantly as a parent…

Maan makes her sit on the bed and looks at her head…

Maan: bahut dard ho raha hai kya?

Geet is overwhelmed by his concern and how has forgotten about everything as soon as he realized that she is hurt….

Geet keeps staring him lovingly…

Maan: tum sach mein pagal ho Geet, tum neeche kya kar rahi thi?

Geet: woh mein

Maan looks at her things lying there…

Maan understands that she is getting ready to go with him…

Maan wanted to tell her that he wants her to stay back for a while until they can happily start their life together….

But now it seems pretty difficult to stop her…

Maan: ye tumne kya kiya hai Geet?

Geet remains silent…

Maan: meine tumme Kitna samjhaya ki abhi mein ye shadi nahi kar sakta? Phir tumne aaisa kyun kiya Geet, jawab do Geet

Maan looks at her in disbelief…

Geet doesn’t know how to make him understand her plight, how she has done this for she wants to share not only his joy but also his sorrows, that’s what they promise during the wedding vows… haina?

Maan: tumme itna bhi kya jaldi tha Geet? Agar tum thoda sa intezar bhi nahi kar pathi toh kissi aur se shadi karthi

Maan vents off his frustrations on the decorative flowers… he pulls them down and throws them away…

Geet is disappointed that Maan still doesn’t trust her to be a good friend or companion who could share his burdens, but thinks that she is an added burden…

Geet is very upset that Maan thinks that she married for her pleasure….

Geet gets angry and she too joins him in pulling down the flowers….

Geet: aapko jo bhi sochna hai toh sochlo, jaise aap mujhe uss waqt musibat mein chodke nahi jaa sakte the, waise hi mein bhi ab aapko aaise haal mein akhela nahi chod sakti, samjhe aap?

Geet goes back to her packing…

Maan sits on the bed dejected, angry with himself for being so mean to her, he himself is hurting her by trying to protect her from any pain…

If this is where her happiness is, then Maan is not going to snatch her happiness from her, he doesn’t have any right to curb her wishes owing to his own problems, it’s for him to deal with, as far as Geet is concerned, she is now his wife, and she has every right to take part in his life….

Maan keeps watching her do the packing and she is not worried about whatever just happened… she is determined…

For any other normal girl this is the wedding night and it’s supposed to be one of her memorable moments that she had dreamt about… but for Geet, it is nothing less than a nightmare just because she is married to the one and only unfortunate MSK…

Maan knows that everything is not ok with this wedding but he is helpless, that’s why he wanted to postpone the marriage…

He can’t pretend to be happy for the sake of it, he can’t fake anything with Geet, he wants to be able to give himself as a whole, she deserves his unconditional love and he is not ready to compromise with that, either he should be able to be honest with her and tell her the whole truth or he could not take this relationship to the next level until he can solve the problems….

It’s not that he wants to hide anything from Geet or he doesn’t have the courage to tell the truth, it’s only that he wants to keep her away from his problems and is scared of Geet being unnecessarily entangled in this mess… he wants to protect her from his past and give her the life she deserves… not the one where he himself is not happy…