Chapter 18

                                        PART 18

 

Hey guys finally an update! I cant explain how much I enjoyed writing this part! i hope you guys enjoy it too..I think its one of my best! Pls excuse bloopers!

 

Re-cap:- Muskaan keeps Karva Chaut - Cousins playing a game - Muskaan to tell love-story from the beginning.

 

M:- "Bachpan se hi hum ladte aaye hai..aisa ek din bhi nahin hota tha jab iske aur mere mummyji papaji hamare jhagde ko rokte
nahin the..."

 

Age of 8:-

Muskaan was pulling Rahul's hair while Rahul was pulling Muskaan's...

"Tune mere dress kharab ki..bandar..pata hai kitni mehngi hai? Paise tu bharega..?" She gave him a kick.

"To maine sorry bola na..aur tune mujhse ladaiye chalu ki.."

"Is liye tu mujhe mitti main phaikega? Kaan Khajura!"

"Muskaan dekh  tu mujhe chod..." Struggling to move away.

"Nahin chodunge main tujhe..oolu..white paint lagane waala kaua..tu ther ja.." He removed her hand & twisted it.

"Ab bol?" He tightened his grip.

"Aaa..chod Rahul!! Mummyji Papaji , Uncleji Auntyji.." She screamed. She jerked her hand away & started hitting him.

"Muskaan!! Jhalli!!"

Both their parents came rushing to them.

"Bas karo tum dono pagal ho gaye ho?" Rahul's dad screamed as he pulled Rahul away.

"Muskaan aise marte hai kya kisi ko?" Muskaan's dad said pulling her.

"Papaji isne pehle mere dress kharab ki..isse to main chodungi nahin.." Rushed 2 slap him.

"Na..Muskaan!" Her mom stopped her.

"Puttar tum dono itna ladte kyun ho?" Said Rahul's mom patiently.

Her question was almost invisble to them. "Kal holi hai na? Kal dekhta hun tujhe..jangli billi..." Saying this he went off.

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All of them started laughing..

"Baap re baap phir aagle din holi thi?" Asked Rohit?

"Haan..aur humne jo masti ki..pucho mat jiju!" Exclaimed Rahul.

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The next day was Holi..A bright morning..not to much of sun..but just a happy day..which was inturn going to be a michevious day for Rahul-Muskaan. Both of them had super plans prepared to outdo each other.

The rays hit Rahul's eyes in the morning..."Happy Holi everybody!" He streched him arms & his green-blue eyes twinkled. He dashed towards the phone.

 

"Oyye Monty maine jo bola hai woh jaldi se jaake karle.." He whispered on the phone to his friend. "Ab mazza aayega..Muskaan Chaddha!" He streched again & went into the bathroom..Humming a happy tone..He stopped in the mirror to wash his face. He screamed. His mom came running inside.

"Puttarji? Kya hua?" She saw him. "Haiyyo Rabba!" She burst out laughing.

"Mummyji ye..ye sab..kisne kiya? " Indicating his face which looked like a clown with the colours of the rain-bow perfectly designed around the eyes , cheeks making him look like circus joker.

"Ye zaroor Muskaan da kaam hoga..Subah -Subah aaye thi..Meetha lekar..hee hee..Kitna sona lag raha hai mera munda!" She pulled his cheeks.

"Mom..Chodo!! Ab to main usse nahin chodunga!!"

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Muskaan laughed her wierd laugh. "Kya joker banaya tha maine usse..Abhi tak nahin bhooli main..."

"Ya..main bhi.."

"Aur phir Rahul ne kya kiya?" Asked one of the cousins.

Rahul grinned.
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Little Muskaan sat in front of the mirror combing her curly locks.

"Kya lag raha hoga joker Rahul." She laughed. "Kash main uska chehra phirse dekh sakti."

She gazed herself at the mirror. She wore a white-salwaar suit & tied her hair up into a pony-tail.

"Wow Muskaan! Tu to badi soni lag rahe hai..." She gave a model pose before adjusting her hair & clothes. "Chal..Ab Rahul
ko aur satana hai!" She giggled to herself.

She opened the door of her room & there was loud noise.

                          SPLASH.

Muskaan was wet with dirty permanant colours all mixed over her. Some dirty water got into her mouth. She looked at her clothes. They looked horrible. She screamed.

Rahul came running..with oodles of laughter. "Ab dekha Rahul ka kamal jhalli kudi!"

She started running behind him..hitting him while he was running holding his stomach..

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Again there was laughter.

"Ye dono bhi na..kabhi nahin sudrenge.." Pooja giggled remembering all in her mind.

Rahul & Muskaan had another eye-lock. They wanted to disappear with each other..praying everybody would go away.

"Pata hai jab ye dono chote the, to saath main school jaate the.." Pooja continued. "Rahul cycle chalata tha aur Muskaan uske peeche baithe thi.."

"Aww..How sweet" One exclaimed.

"Aage batao na!" Demanded Rohit.
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Rahul & Muskaan were always in the same class. They were forced to be together..study together..

 

One fine day in 10th std:-

Rahul was talking to his friend Yash.

Y:- "Rahul..woh aa rahe hai..ja jaldi jaa.."

He almost pushed Rahul on Sonia..The most beautiful girl in thier class.

S:- "Oh! Rahul." She blushed.

R:- "Hi..So--Sonia.." He stammerd.

She gave a bright smile. "Tumhe mujhse kuch baat karni thi? " She softly said.

R:-  "Haan. Woh kya baat hai na..."

S:- "Bolo na.."

R:- "Sonia..Tum..mujhe bahut..bahut jyada achi lagti ho..."

She glared at him.

"I..I..Love you." He said suddenly.

S:- She gave him a confused look. "Par mujhe to laga tum aur Muskaan..ek saath.."

R:- (Shocked) "What? No ..no ways..me n & Muskaan..hum to sirf dost hai..dost bhi nahin waise to.."

S:- "Oh." She gave a relieved smile.

Meanwhile Muskaan was walking in the corridor with her friend Tanu.

M:- "Yeah Rahul uss kamini se kyun baat kar raha hai?"

T:- "What? Muskaan havent you heard the latest? Woh usse propose karne waala hai." She whispered.

M:- "Acha bachu!" She gave a wicked smile. "Tu rukh main abhi aati hoon."

She rushed towards Rahul & Sonia.

R:- "So will you be my girl-friend?" He gave her a sweet smile.

S:- "Oh! Rahul..Ye..."

M:- "Hi Raahuuul...." Muskaan jumped in. Sonia shrieked. "Tum yahan kya kar rahe ho? Class nahin jaana?" Putting her arm around his saying in a seductive tone. "Oh! Hi Sonia..sorry maine tumhe dekha hi nahin.." Turning to Rahul. "Chalen Rahul?"

R:- "What the hell are you doing?"

Sonia didnt know how to react.

M:- "Woh kya hai na..iski mummyji ne kaha hai..jahan jao saath main jao..aage jake to hume saath main hi rehna hai? Hai na Rahuuuuuuul...?? Tumne Sonia ko bataya nahin ki humare bachpan main shaadi ter ho gaye thi?"

R:- "What???????????"

S:- "What??? Rahul how could you..I hate you.."

R:- "Arre Sonia suno..please..yeh jhoot.." She was gone. "Im gonna kill you!!"

M:- "So kill me Rahuuulll!" She burst out laughing & ran away with Rahul following her.
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"Muskaan tum ne ye kiya!!" Said Rohit nearly upset.

"Arre jiju relax..waise bhi woh ladki Rahul ke liye theek nahin thi.." Said Muskaan.

"Oh. Please. I really loved her." Said Rahul.

"What?" said Muskaan, her eyes glaring towards him.

"I LOVED her..past tense..pata hai ussne mujhse phir kabhi nahin baat ki.." He replied sadly..

"Oh..so sad.." Pooja stroked his hair.

"Phir kya hua?"

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10th was nearly ending for them. Rahul & Muskaan were really happy that they finally were going to get rid of each other.
11th allowed them to choose various subjects. They were glad that they wouldn't be in the same class anymore. But what did they know?

Muskaan entered high school. The life which she always dreamed of. She had chosen medical. She was not intrested in science but she took it up for two reasons.
1] She was sure Rahul would never take the following.

2] She would get a chance to leave home for higher studies.

 

She entered her class the first day of school. They were many new admissions. She went & spoke to them. Making them comfortable. She was all smily-smily the following day..coz there was no RAHUL anywhere. But her smile disappeared within 15 minutes. Rahul entered with his extremely good looks & green-blue sexy eyes, which made all the girls swoon over him.

 

"Ye yahan kya kar raha hai?"

"Hey girls..." Rahul spoke in his usual flirty voice.

"Oye Rahul tu yahan kya kar raha hai?"

"OMG! Not you! Main khush ho raha tha tumse peecha chutega.."

"Mujhse! You idiot mujhe tumse!Babaji apne aisa kyun kiya?"

This was not yet, They were Lab partners meaning spending every practical class with each other. Usually their Physcis practicals ended in fights..Chemistry was turning out to be dangerous & Bio was funny.
One day after a talk with teachers, they promised not to fight. Just because they pitied the teachers who had to face them.

Then there was the Annual Cultural Show in their school. At the end the seniors were to be presenting a couple dance.
Muskaan wanted to be with Samrat , a cute guy whom she had a super crush on , While Rahul wanted to be with Mahima one of the new addmissions. During the day of the selections..All very pretty excited on whom they would be paired with. The list was to be annouced the following day. The teachers had made up a list after trying to make good- looking couples.
There were 5 couples.

Ritika-Harsh
Priya-Kartik
Mahima-Samrat

 

Both Rahul-Muskaan's heart broke.

Lovley-Manak &
Rahul-Muskaan.

     "What?????"

"No way!" Scremed Rahul running behind the teacher.

Muskaan was too shocked to say anything. She looked at Samrat. He & Mahima were already dancing , giggling & enjoying. She
wanted to cry..but then she realised she was paired with RAHUL. "Uggh!" She shouted.

They both started bickering.
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"OMG! Dont temme tum dono phirse ek saath! Bhagwan kuch jyada ishare kar raha tha." Replied Ritu.

"Ab to kuch realise karte?" Said another.

"Nahin yaar..abhi tak ladaiye khatam nahin huye thi." Chuckled Rahul.
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"One-two-right & turn."The teacher said.

Rahul & Muskaan were doing in a total dull way with no intrest. He was holding her waist with one finger & she put her arm around him.

"Rahul! Theek se pakdo." The teacher screamed.

"Oh.Um sorry sir." He pulled Muskaan with her waist with a tight grip.

"Muskaan apko bhi batana padega." The teacher replied patiently.

"Yes sir..n..no sir.." She put her arms around him properly.

"Good..Ab next step. Turn-fall-hold."

Rahul & Muskaan tried to the dance properly but they were in no mood. They were so depressed. For the first time they were not angry but they wished , they could be with the one's they wished too. They looked at Mahima & Samrat & their faces dropped.

 

Both of them walked home in silence. They did not say anything. When they reached home.

"Okay bye Muskaan."

"Nahin..woh aaj lunch tumhare ghar par hai."

"Oh. Okay. Chalo."

"Ya..lets go." While she was walking , she was about to trip on a stone. She caught Rahul's arm. "I..Im sorry."

"Its ok."

For a moment, they were trying to understand each other. Trying to understand how they felt.

They entered the house when they heard voices.

"Leken hum unse kuch kahenge nahin."

"Aise kaise?"

"Shaadi thodi jo abhi karne hai?"

Rahul-Muskaan gave shocked looks to each other.

"Sagai kar dete hai is saal...phir baad ka sochenge."

"Changa."

 

RM:-

"Humare jo mummyji hai na..woh..to.."

"Hamare shaadi kare bina chain nahin milega." Muskaan completed for him.

"Arre dekho dono aa gaye..main khaana lagati hun."

RM sat at the table.

R:- "Mujhe tujhse bahut seriously baat karni hai."

M:- "Mujhe bhi."

R:- "Agar hum ek saath rahe..."

M:- "To hume kabhi koi aur nahin milega. Leken hum kya karen?"

R:- "Muskaan..main apne chacha ke paas U.S chala jaata hoon."

M:- "Kya? Leken?"

R:- "Main yahan raha to agle saal shaadi bbhi kardenge hamare."

M:- "haan..woh to.."

R:- "Main papaji ko mana lunga."

M:- "Acha Rahul..leken woh programme ke baad jaana please. Tu mera partner hai..to phir..main akeli.."

R:- "Ya..main progarmme ke baad chala jaunga."

She smiled.

The dance practices went smoothly. Rahul-Muskaan didnt fight anymore. Instead they were sweet & always tried to be at the best behaviour with each other. They worked hard to be the center couple. In a few days there was news that Mahima & Samrat were going out.

 

"Muskaan hum unhe dikha denge! Tu chinta na kar!"

"Haan Rahul!"

For the first time they agreed with each other.

 

They started to do even more hard-work & concentrated on their practice.

They were actually chosen to be the center couple & they were delighted. Their moms were more than them. They sighed, thinking all would be over soon.

At the end of the show they were awarded the best dance couple award. They were so happy! They exchanged smiles & hugs.
Rahul had convinced his dad to send him to the U.S. He was to be leaving after 2 weeks. Rahul's mom was in tears. So was Muskaan's. But Muskaan was happy..but also felt a little sad, that coz of her Rahul had to go.

All was decided , he would be joining his cousins school in America..from the 2nd term which would begin after a month.

 

At the airport:-

R:- "So..um..Bye!"

M:- "Bye..Rahul. Thanks."

R:- (Chuckled.) "Oh..yeah..N.P..ye main apne liye bhi kiya hai."

M:- "Ill..miss you."

R:- "Bahut ajeeb lag raha hai par ill miss you too."

She went to hug him , but stopped. "Umm..woh." But he did not hesitate. He gave her a big hug.

"You enjoy your life. Pata nahin ab phir kab milenge."

"Tum bhi...phone karna..kabhi-kabhi."

"Ofcourse!"

"Aur please apne liye koi dhang ki ladki dhundna." She giggled.

"Oh. Please."

She smiled. "Bye."

 

Days passed..Muskaan was engrossed in her work. She got a new lab partner. Preeti..another new admission. Rahul was erased from her life. She had become jovial..fun-loving & a total punjabi kudi.

 

Rahul loved his new school & new friends. He had developed an "accent". He started loving to study & became a nerd.  Muskaan was erased from his life too.

 

Both of them forgot each other.

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"Wow..to tumne atleast jhagda to khatam kiya.."

"Haan yaar..its a relief.."

"Par phir tum dono mile kaise..?"

"Hah! Now that's another story.." Said Rahul..

"Ab bas hoga gaya..main thak gaye.yaar.." Muskaan said.

"Nahin Muskaan..love-stories ko adhura nahin chodte..khatam karo..please.." Pleaded Rohit.

They smiled. "Ok..to hum phirse mile..Bahut saalon baad!"

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To be continued....