Chapter 35
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Mukti paced the corridor and rolled her eyes "I've been waiting here for half an hour and he still hasn't come!!" she sighed and turned round to go to her room when she heard noises. She turned round to look into the matter.
If it weren't mid-night she wouldn't have been afraid to go see what these noises were.
"its probably prem…" she said to convince herself. She edged outside the house and followed the sound. She reached the place from where all the thuds came from, her eyes widened in surprise at what she saw. There was a fountain in the middle of the garden. She had been staying at chotima's house…Bajaj mansion since the wedding had been announced and she had never seen a fountain in the garden before. There was also a table near the fountain on which candles lay burning. She smiled and went foreword and sat on one of the chairs. "prem…where are you!…I know its you…come out!!"
"who's this prem…" a cold seething voice whispered in her ear. Mukti gasped and turned round. "s…saahil…tum??"
"yes mukti…me…remember…or have you gotten too busy with prem to think of me at all…" sahil said with an evil glint in his eye
"w…what have you done to him??" mukti got up. The thought of sahil being this close to mukti didn't frighten her, but the thought of prem being so far from her frightened her.
"prem…PREM!!!" mukti shouted.
"they are all out!" sahil grinned at mukti.
Mukti moved back a little. She cursed her self, why did she agree to stay behind while all the others went out for dinner…where was prem?" tears dropped from her eyes as sahil advanced his steps towards her.
She closed her eyes and preyed to god, preyed that prem would come and save her like he did yesterday. and almost as if god had listened to her, prem came from behind sahil and hit him on the head with a metal rod.
Mukti slowly opened her eyes and hugged prem, she felt a little awkward when he didn't respond and slowly backed off. "sorry…" she muttered
Prem wiped her tears and smiled comfortingly… "the police will be here in a few minutes…I called them when I saw sahil sneak through the gates"
Mukti looked confused "so you didn't arrange all this..this fountain and …"
Prem laughed and shook his head
"then what did you want to show me?" mukti asked questioningly
"come…" prem guided mukti to his car and both drove off.
The car stopped at what seemed like the beach. Mukti looked curious. "why have you brought me to the beach?"
"its where I go…when I'm…sad…and…lonely…"
mukti turned to look at prem, she smiled because for once, prem admitted his true feelings, she always thought of prem to be over protective of himself, hiding behind all those walls that he himself built. He would never allow anyone into those walls, the only person who had ever gone close to him, the real him was anju.
Mukti always thought he tried to lead a double life, on one side he wanted to be good, a goodson, a good brother a good friend, but on the other side he wanted to show everyone his dark side, what was he afraid of? Mukti could never find out.
"prem…why do you always hide things from others? This question caught prem completely off guard, "you do the same, don't you" he replied.
Mukti got out of the car and strolled on the beach. The feeling of warm sand under her toes soothed her. Prem walked beside her. He smiled at her "if I tell you something dear to me…would you tell me something in return…?"
Mukti looked apprehensive at first but slowly nodded
P: you know, even though anju is dad's driver's daughter, mom and dad brought her up like one of their own. I, however am not daddy cool's son.
Mukti was shocked, she looked at him.
Prem nodded and continued. "I'm mother india's and anurag basu's child." Mukti put a hand on his shoulder almost reassuring him.
P: daddy cool gave me his name, I became Prem Bajaj, my real dad didn't even think once before abandoning me and my mom.
Tears flooded down prem's eyes. Mukti had never seen anything as such. She gathered up the courage and slowly wiped them away.
Prem smiled nervously and she returned his gesture.
P: Anju was the first girl who I befriended, she was like my sister, now I have so many sisters…nisha, bhoomi, mets, anju…and they all really look after me. Sometimes I feel jealous of them, at least they all have an identity, one that they were born into, even anju, but me…I've been given one rather than being born into one.
M :but pre….have you ever thought of how lucky you are? Even if Rishab uncle is not your dad, he's loved you more than any dad could have… at least you have parents who are alive….
Her voice faded and she got lost in her thoughts. Tears formed in her eyes and she quickly wiped them off.
P: so..i told you my story…your story..??
Mukti stiffened and started telling him about sahil
"sahil and me were good friends, when I was in London I met sahil. Then, I thought he was a decent guy and I valued our friendship. Suddenly one day he told me he loved me, I told him I didn't wan't to get into all this 'love' and stuff…I told him he was a great friend but I didn't love him but we could remain friends. He didn't take it too well, one night he came to my house drunk, dad wasn't there at home at that time either…he…he tried to force himself on me and..and.." mukti burst into tears and prem gritted his teeth…
P: did he…
M: no...my neighbours called the police before he could do anything else.
Mukti cried and cried, prem couldn't take it anymore and pulled her into his arms. He wanted to comfort her, for her to be happy. Without thinking much, he kissed her head. She didn't look up at him but only tightened her grasp round him
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The next mourning mukti woke up in her room, all she could remember was the hug, then getting into the car. She scratched her head "I must have fallen asleep in the car" she yawned and stretched. She got up and went to have a shower.
She ran downstairs to the breakfast table. She seemed a lot more lively since she told prem everything. She was better than normal. She sat down to have breakfast. Chotimaa was there, rishab uncle was there, anju was there, maithili was there too and so was adi, but where was prem. Prerna noticed mukti's fidgeting, she smiled to herself… "mukti beta..go wake up prem…he's still sleeping!" Mukti beamed and ran upstairs.
She paced round prem's room. It had been 10 minutes since she came up here and prem wouldn't budge! She tried so many things to wake him up but he wouldn't even respond to her.
She decided to go rough on him. She filled a bucket of cold water and sniggered. "3…2…1…" she poured the water on prem and watched him jolt up screaming.
She fell to the floor laughing. Prem however didn't seem amused. "BASANTI!!!!!!!!!!" he roared and mukti ran for it
Prme ran after mukti and grabbed her by her waist. He swung her round while falling to the floor. Mukti was on top of him, his raven black eyes met hers and both stared at each other. Prem forgot everything about feeling cold and 'revenge' he only saw her heavenly face in fron of his eyes.
He shifted her hair behind her ears. she slightly parted her lips ot speak but words didn't come out. She lowered her eyes and he turned away.
"uh..." both said simultaniously.
they smiled at each other.
"ooooohhhhh toh yaha hai VEERU AUR BASANTI!!!!"
both prem and mukti looked shocked, they turned round to look at adi and maithili standing beside them.
"bhaiya...you never told me this is why you call mukti basanti..."
maithili said teasingly
"its because he thinks of himself as veeru!!" adi chimed in.
"VEERU AUR BASANTI KI PREM KAHANI!!! hai hai!!!"
both adi and maihtili said.
mukti blushed but go tup quickly..."it...it was nothing like that..." she stuttered and prem joined her..."really..adi..just..just shut up!!or else.."
"or else what??? UD!!!" adi mocked...
prem glared at adi and stared running after himtsamhita 39321.2529050926
If it weren't mid-night she wouldn't have been afraid to go see what these noises were.
"its probably prem…" she said to convince herself. She edged outside the house and followed the sound. She reached the place from where all the thuds came from, her eyes widened in surprise at what she saw. There was a fountain in the middle of the garden. She had been staying at chotima's house…Bajaj mansion since the wedding had been announced and she had never seen a fountain in the garden before. There was also a table near the fountain on which candles lay burning. She smiled and went foreword and sat on one of the chairs. "prem…where are you!…I know its you…come out!!"
"who's this prem…" a cold seething voice whispered in her ear. Mukti gasped and turned round. "s…saahil…tum??"
"yes mukti…me…remember…or have you gotten too busy with prem to think of me at all…" sahil said with an evil glint in his eye
"w…what have you done to him??" mukti got up. The thought of sahil being this close to mukti didn't frighten her, but the thought of prem being so far from her frightened her.
"prem…PREM!!!" mukti shouted.
"they are all out!" sahil grinned at mukti.
Mukti moved back a little. She cursed her self, why did she agree to stay behind while all the others went out for dinner…where was prem?" tears dropped from her eyes as sahil advanced his steps towards her.
She closed her eyes and preyed to god, preyed that prem would come and save her like he did yesterday. and almost as if god had listened to her, prem came from behind sahil and hit him on the head with a metal rod.
Mukti slowly opened her eyes and hugged prem, she felt a little awkward when he didn't respond and slowly backed off. "sorry…" she muttered
Prem wiped her tears and smiled comfortingly… "the police will be here in a few minutes…I called them when I saw sahil sneak through the gates"
Mukti looked confused "so you didn't arrange all this..this fountain and …"
Prem laughed and shook his head
"then what did you want to show me?" mukti asked questioningly
"come…" prem guided mukti to his car and both drove off.
The car stopped at what seemed like the beach. Mukti looked curious. "why have you brought me to the beach?"
"its where I go…when I'm…sad…and…lonely…"
mukti turned to look at prem, she smiled because for once, prem admitted his true feelings, she always thought of prem to be over protective of himself, hiding behind all those walls that he himself built. He would never allow anyone into those walls, the only person who had ever gone close to him, the real him was anju.
Mukti always thought he tried to lead a double life, on one side he wanted to be good, a goodson, a good brother a good friend, but on the other side he wanted to show everyone his dark side, what was he afraid of? Mukti could never find out.
"prem…why do you always hide things from others? This question caught prem completely off guard, "you do the same, don't you" he replied.
Mukti got out of the car and strolled on the beach. The feeling of warm sand under her toes soothed her. Prem walked beside her. He smiled at her "if I tell you something dear to me…would you tell me something in return…?"
Mukti looked apprehensive at first but slowly nodded
P: you know, even though anju is dad's driver's daughter, mom and dad brought her up like one of their own. I, however am not daddy cool's son.
Mukti was shocked, she looked at him.
Prem nodded and continued. "I'm mother india's and anurag basu's child." Mukti put a hand on his shoulder almost reassuring him.
P: daddy cool gave me his name, I became Prem Bajaj, my real dad didn't even think once before abandoning me and my mom.
Tears flooded down prem's eyes. Mukti had never seen anything as such. She gathered up the courage and slowly wiped them away.
Prem smiled nervously and she returned his gesture.
P: Anju was the first girl who I befriended, she was like my sister, now I have so many sisters…nisha, bhoomi, mets, anju…and they all really look after me. Sometimes I feel jealous of them, at least they all have an identity, one that they were born into, even anju, but me…I've been given one rather than being born into one.
M :but pre….have you ever thought of how lucky you are? Even if Rishab uncle is not your dad, he's loved you more than any dad could have… at least you have parents who are alive….
Her voice faded and she got lost in her thoughts. Tears formed in her eyes and she quickly wiped them off.
P: so..i told you my story…your story..??
Mukti stiffened and started telling him about sahil
"sahil and me were good friends, when I was in London I met sahil. Then, I thought he was a decent guy and I valued our friendship. Suddenly one day he told me he loved me, I told him I didn't wan't to get into all this 'love' and stuff…I told him he was a great friend but I didn't love him but we could remain friends. He didn't take it too well, one night he came to my house drunk, dad wasn't there at home at that time either…he…he tried to force himself on me and..and.." mukti burst into tears and prem gritted his teeth…
P: did he…
M: no...my neighbours called the police before he could do anything else.
Mukti cried and cried, prem couldn't take it anymore and pulled her into his arms. He wanted to comfort her, for her to be happy. Without thinking much, he kissed her head. She didn't look up at him but only tightened her grasp round him
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The next mourning mukti woke up in her room, all she could remember was the hug, then getting into the car. She scratched her head "I must have fallen asleep in the car" she yawned and stretched. She got up and went to have a shower.
She ran downstairs to the breakfast table. She seemed a lot more lively since she told prem everything. She was better than normal. She sat down to have breakfast. Chotimaa was there, rishab uncle was there, anju was there, maithili was there too and so was adi, but where was prem. Prerna noticed mukti's fidgeting, she smiled to herself… "mukti beta..go wake up prem…he's still sleeping!" Mukti beamed and ran upstairs.
She paced round prem's room. It had been 10 minutes since she came up here and prem wouldn't budge! She tried so many things to wake him up but he wouldn't even respond to her.
She decided to go rough on him. She filled a bucket of cold water and sniggered. "3…2…1…" she poured the water on prem and watched him jolt up screaming.
She fell to the floor laughing. Prem however didn't seem amused. "BASANTI!!!!!!!!!!" he roared and mukti ran for it
Prme ran after mukti and grabbed her by her waist. He swung her round while falling to the floor. Mukti was on top of him, his raven black eyes met hers and both stared at each other. Prem forgot everything about feeling cold and 'revenge' he only saw her heavenly face in fron of his eyes.
He shifted her hair behind her ears. she slightly parted her lips ot speak but words didn't come out. She lowered her eyes and he turned away.
"uh..." both said simultaniously.
they smiled at each other.
"ooooohhhhh toh yaha hai VEERU AUR BASANTI!!!!"
both prem and mukti looked shocked, they turned round to look at adi and maithili standing beside them.
"bhaiya...you never told me this is why you call mukti basanti..."
maithili said teasingly
"its because he thinks of himself as veeru!!" adi chimed in.
"VEERU AUR BASANTI KI PREM KAHANI!!! hai hai!!!"
both adi and maihtili said.
mukti blushed but go tup quickly..."it...it was nothing like that..." she stuttered and prem joined her..."really..adi..just..just shut up!!or else.."
"or else what??? UD!!!" adi mocked...
prem glared at adi and stared running after him
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