Aahatein...
Queen's Place Shopping mall,10.45 pm
A girl in mid twenties,clad in red and white shaded salwar,with lots of shopping bags walked with quick steps,muttering to herself.
'Aj to mar gayi sakshi...dad to maar hi dalenge.Meine bhi aj hi promise kiya tha jaldi pohuchungi,but kitna late ho gaya,uss rahul ko to mein chorungi nehi,mujhe akela chor ke bhag gaya kamina,ab pata nehi mein ghar kaise jau,God ek auto mil jaye bas,'she continued her rant all the while to the elevator.
She reached the elevator and pressed the button.It glowed red and the arrow indicated its coming up.She waited all the while checking her phone and watch,alternatively,every few seconds. The elevator reached the floor and the door opened for her.There were few people inside.Two staffs, a middle aged couple with a small boy and a man.She stepped inside and stood beside the lady,who looked at her with a doubtful look,as if sakshi had been hired to kill her or she might have been caught with her husband.
She stepped aside and looked at the man standing at the corner,tall,pretty handsome in a pair of demins and a simple white shirt,hands folded across his chest,forehead frowned and eyes glaring at the door.She chuckled at him and that made him look at her for a brief moment,before glaring back at the door again .
The elevator stopped at a floor down.The couple and the staff people got out.She pushed close button on the wall a hundred times to close the door as fast as possible.But the door remained open.It was annoying her,when a voice from behind stopped her,
'galat button daba rahi ho,darwaza band karne ke liye pass wala dabao,'
She looked back angrily,then looked at the button again.Indeed he was right.She felt embarrased and pressed the right one.
The door closed and the lift started moving.It was almost the closing time so not much people were around or using the lift.The lift moved smoothly down.
Sakshi was still restless.She was looking around with a scared face,checking her watch,pressing the ground floor button continuously,banging on the sides,muttering to herself and reapeating all these actions repeatedly.One such occasion when she pressed the ground floor button,suddenly the lift got stuck in the middle of the 5th and the 6th floor.
The ligths switched off and it very well showed due to electric failure the lift has stopped on its track.Sakshi's face lost color and she started jumping and shouting at the top of her voice,banging the door for help.It continued for some time when a strong hand held her mouth and another strong hand held her waist,stopping her from jumping on the already hanging lift.
'kudna band karo,aur chillana bhi,aise lift nehi chalegi,'the voice scolded her,
It was dark and except his hand and the feel of his presence near her,there wasnt anything visible around.She stopped jumping.She felt the hand slowly leave her waist and uncover her mouth.The moment he removed the hand she started shouting at him,
'tum,tumhari himmat kaise hui mujhe chune ki?tum jante nehi ho mein kaun hu,agar mere pass bhi aye na to,'he words stopped there,he had again come close to her and she could see his intense eyes looking at hers through the darkness.
'kya karogi tum?waise bhi tumhe kudna,chillana aur apne ap se batein karne ke alawa ata kya hai?'he asked her,
'dekho,tum hadh se zyada agge baar rahe ho,agar mujhe kuch kiya na to mein police mein complain kar dungi,aur kal morning paper pe news headlines mein parlena,ek investigative journalist ke saath kuch bhi karne ka natija kiya hota hai,'
Surprising her,he left her and moved away a few steps.Now she could see him properly,the darkness had faded a lot.He sat down on the floor and crossed his legs.She looked at him with wide eyes and a shocked expression.He realised that and voiced out,
'agar tumhare itne chillane par bhi koi nehi aya to samaj to sab chale gaye hai,ab to light ane ka wait karna hoga,bait jao,pyer dard karege,fir kud nehi paogi,'he said looking at his phone and then at her,
Sakshi remained standing at a corner looking away from him.She was actually feeling proud that her warning has done its effect on him.He didnt probe her further with anything.Time passed,her legs started paining.She looked at him and found him leaning on the metal wall with closed eyes.She sat down on the floor slowly,where she was standing.
'pehele bait jati to,pyer nehi dukta,chalo tumhe samaj to aya,'he said still eyes closed,
'dekho tum chup baitho warna..'
'police mein complain karogi,pata hai,kar dena, waise tumhe lagta hai police tumhari complain sunegi aur action bhi legi?'he asked again but this time eyes open and looking towards her,
'kyu nehi?aur waise bhi mera boy friend police wala hai,usse pata chala to wo tumhe nehi chorega,'
'acha?kya naam hai uska?'
'kiyu daar gaye?'
'haan police walo se kaun nehi darta?'
'pata tha,tum jaise kamino ka police ke naam se yahi haal hota hai,ab jab FIR hoga to dekhna kya
hota hai,waise tumhara naam kya hai?mein bas information ke liye puch rahi hu,kuch galat maat samajhna..'
'Arjun,'
'hmm dikhne mein bhi waisa hi hai,kafi handsome hai,kash arrogance thora kam hota,'she thought to herself.
'mein..'she started but was cut by Arjun,
'Sakshi Anand,crime investigative journalist.India times,'
'right,tum mujhe jante ho?'she asked surprised and happy with the discovery that she is famous,
'haan sare bakwas news tumhi likhti ho na,'
'bakwass?hello,India ke zyada tar crimes ki investigative reports maine diya hai,warna police
investigate hi kaha karti hai?sare corrupted hai,'she replied completely offended,
'fir bhi tum meri complain police ko hi karti..aur pyar bhi unhi me se ek se karti ho?'he asked again,
'uff bappa,ye kaisa aadmi hai,'she thought again but remained quite,
'waise tum kya karte ho?'she asked him,
'sarkari naukri karta hu,'he replied again back to his sleeping form,
'naukri,per kaha..'her words trailled of with a sudden song playing around,
'bheege hoth tere,pyasa dil mera,
lage ab fiza.mujhe taan tera,'
both looked at each other and felt embarrased at the sudden lusty song.Arjun was thinking about the source when sakshi remembered something and opened her bag.She put her hand in and searched the bag like a maniac.Arjun too realised the music was coming from somewhere inside the bag.Finally she poured the contents on the floor and picked out her phone,looking at it and then at arjun,who was giving her a disgust look.
'jamke barsa de,mujh per ghataye,
tuhi meri pyar,tuhi mera...'
she picked it up.
'hello,dad'
The network was fluctuating and the call was getting disturbed.
(giving only her replies to the call,the questions,you can imagine yourself,)'hello dad,dad ap sun sakte ho?'
'kya?wo kamina rahul bhag gaya,darpok wo kya shadi karega mujhse?'
'haan..aur mein yaha Arjun ke sath fass gayi hu,'
'arre mein nehi janti usse,lift mein mila mujhe,'
'haan wahi hu,pata nehi,ap aake churao na dad,..dad..dad..daddd..'
the network died taking away the call with it.She dropped her phone on the floor cursing her luck.She looked up at Arjun and found him smirking at her.
'kya hua?has kyu rahe ho?'
'tum journalist hi ho,ya fir sales girl?'
'matlab?'
'ye makeup ki dukaan leke jo ghumti ho,itna sab kuch lagake bhi aisi dikhti ho?'he asked her in a
doubtful tone,
Sakshi gathered the scattered things and started putting them back in her bag.Arjun chuckled and looked away.He took out his phone and checked,it also didnt have network.He signed and closed his eyes again.It was sometime,when he felt a tug at his arm,someone is shaking him.
'oye hero,pichle 3ghante se hum yaha band hai,kuch to karo,aise yaha kitni der rahe?'sakshi called him,
'kya karu?tumne aise akele itni late tak yaha nehi rukna chahiye tha,waise tum ek kam kar sakti hu,police station phone karke apne boyfriend ko bula lo,wo bacha lega tumhe,'
'mera koi boy friend nehi hai,mein to yaha dad ke dost ke bete rahul se milne ayi thi,bewakuff,gadha,mujhe dekh ke bhag gaya.mujhe gussa aya aur mein shopping karne lagi,aur late ho gaya,'she said helplessly,
Sakshi sat down beside Arjun with her things.She had pouted lips and a frustrated face.She turned to Arjun and found him shaking.No he wasnt scared,but he was trying to control his laugh.Finally he failed and broke into pleas of laughter.
'tumhe dekh ke bhag gaya?kitna samajhdar bacha hai,'he said laughing holding his stomach.
Sakshi glared at him in the beginning but she too smiled at the thought and then burst into laughter.
'balki mujhe to lagta hai,mujhe dekh ke hi wo daar gaya tha,mein itni buri dikhti hu kya?'
'nehi uthni nehi,thori si kam,waise tumhe ye boy friend wali kahani kiyu banaya?'
'wo mujhe laga tum rapist ho,isliye darane ki koshish ki,per tum nehi dare na,kaise ghanchakkar ho,'
Arjun shook his head in complete disbelief.A silence prevailed for sometime after this,when suddenly sakshi again started shaking her legs,rubbing her arms and looking around.Arjun was confused at her behaiviour and asked her,
'kya hua?'
'mujhe bhook lagi hai,rahul se gussa hoke kuch khaya bhi nehi,'she replied to him with a visible pout,
'to yaha kya dhoond rahi ho?yaha kuch nehi milega khane ko,'arjun replied her,looking away,closing his eyes again,
'per mujhe to bhook lagi hai kya karu?'she said aloud,but there wasnt any reply from arjun,so she started looking around again.
'idea,'suddenly sakshi shouted.Arjun jerked from his sleep and looked at her irritated.She smiled at him and picked up her shopping bags.
Looking into two she finally gave a winning smile at him.He was still confused at her behaiviour. She pulled out a bottle of jam from one of her bags and showed him.He looked at the bottle and then at her with wide eyes.But she was busy trying to open the sealed cap but it was stuck.
'mein khol du?'arjun asked her with a raised brow and a sarcastic smirk,
But the cap opened and she gave a proud look.She opened the bottle and dipped her index finger into the set jam.Collecting some amount on the tip of her finger she pulled out some jam and took to her mouth,but stopped at her lips.She looked at his side and found arjun looking at her amused.She offered her index finger with the jam on it and he rejected it.
She shrug her shoulder and started licking her finger,relishing the taste with closed eyes and eating almost quarter amount of the jam in the bottle.Arjun looked at her antics and closed his eyes again.
Sakshi closed the bottle and kept it inside the bag.She looked her hand,still licking her fingers,it was sticky.
'mazaa aa gaya,per ab mujhe hath dhona hai,pani kaha milega?'
'apne bag mein dhoondo shayad pani bhi mil jaye,'arjun spoke up aloud.
'akdu kahika,samajhta kya hai apne aap ko?'she muttered under her breath,she looked into her bag and took out a tissue to wipe her hands.Suddenly her phone started ringing again,disturbing Arjun's sleep,who glared at her irritated,
'bheege hoth tere,pyasa dil mera,
lage ab fiza.mujhe taan tera,'
(again the conversation is from sakshi's end only)
'haan dad,dad ap sun sakte ho?haan mein lift mein hi hu,nehi koi nehi hai,ap aaoge?kya?nehi?ap fir suru ho gaye?mein kaha janti hu usse?dad mein yaha fasi hu aur ap mazak kar rahe ho?dad..'
again network failure.She had a disappointed face.Arjun didnt want to probe but couldnt help,
'kya hua?'
'dad,chahte hai,mein wapas chali jau,aur uss gadhe rahul se shadi karke US settle ho jau,'
'aur tum kya chahti ho?'he asked her,
'mujhe abhi insab shadi ke jhanjhat mein nehi parna,pehele career ko to set karlu,fir sochungi shadi ke bare mein,'
'to yahi baat dad ko samjha do,'
'wo nehi samjhte,aur meri baat to bilkul nehi samjhenge,unhe lagta hai mein bachi hu,apne decisions nehi le sakti,'
'to iss bar lo,apni life hai,dhyan se socho aur decision lo,per itna yaad rakhna,tumhara decision sirf tumhara hai,agar wo sahi ho to bhi tumhara,aur galat ho to bhi tumhari,tum kisiko blame nehi kar sakti kisi bhi reason ke liye nehi,samjhi ya firse samjhau?'he replied to her in a very simple natural tone,
'tum to aise kehe raho ho,jaise tumne apne decision leke galti ki hai?kya mamla hai,bata bhi do,'
'nehi galti nehi ki,per regret zaroor karta hu.Meine baba ke against jake decision liya,aur baba ne mere sath rishta tor diya.Realise tab hua,jab meine unhe kho diya hamesha ke liye,aur chaha kar bhi maafi nehi mang paya.tum ye galti maat karna.'
'I am sorry Arjun.'she said pressing his palm softly,
Arjun nodded at her.
'per tumhe lagta hai kisi bhi anjaan larke se aisehi pyar aur fir shadi kar sakte hai?'
'tum hamesha se har kisiko ache se janti thi?acha 5 ghante pehele tum mujhe bhi to nehi janti thi,aur ab pass bait ke baat kar rahi ho,fir kisi aise anjaan insaan se pyar kyu nehi kar sakti?'
'tumne kabhi pyar kiya hai?'
'haan aur apni galti se kho bhi diya hai,pyar ek alag jasba hai sakshi,tab samaj ayega,jab pyar hoga,I hope ye jaldi ho,'arjun replied with a smile,
She looked at him.She had expected him to make fun of her after knowing all this but he wasnt,he was serious.She looked at his eyes.They held honesty and sincerity and a special strange genuinity.They were calm but they had a lost and lonely feel.The eyes depicted a special dedication.She realised she had actually trusted this stranger,unknowlingly.
Arjun too was looking at her,trying to interpret her thoughts.Her cheerpy,happy,jovial texture hid a matured and lonesome dreamer.Who was still actually waiting of her man.
They were lost in their own thoughts,when suddenly the lift jerked and went down a few floors and got stuck again.Sakshi got scared at the sudden movement and held onto his arm tightly,closing her eyes.
Arjun too was shocked at the sudden jerk but controlled himself and wrapped his arm around her.One of the light came up and now they could see each other clearly.Sakshi had hid her face on his shoulder.Arjun looked down at her,smelling her hair,which had a sweet fruity smell.Sakshi too gathered herself and looked up at him.He had already looked away but his rough stubble and the smell of his cologne,madden her senses.
She jerked herself away from him.She stood up again and started banging on the door,shouting for help.Arjun sat there quitely looking at her,smiling.
Finally after a long 20 minutes the guard came running to them.Sakshi again shouted,making their presence felt.The guard consoled them and went to check with the lift controls.Sakshi looked back at Arjun,she had a winning smile on her face,which brought a smirk on his lips.
She came back and picked up the bags.She smiled at Arjun who too got up now,straightening his shirt and running his fingers in his hair.Again the lift jerked and started moving up.Sakshi lost her balance and was about to fall,but Arjun held her in his arms.
The lift moved straight up to the top floor.Arjun kept holding Sakshi in his arms.Their eyes met each others.They didnt spoke a word,but their eyes and the racing heartbeats did all the conversation.It was a beginning of a new strange relation.The lift stopped at the top floor and started moving down.Sakshi bend her back with the force.Arjun held her by her firmly and bend towards her.Within next few minutes they reached the ground floor and the guard opened the gate,just to find two people lost in each other.
He called them and they felt embarrased and left the lift quickly,thanking and cursing the guard.Arjun gave a lift to sakshi in his bike and left her at her place.It was 4.00 in the morning when sakshi reached her room and looked down at the road from the window.Arjun was still standing down with his bike,looking at his phone.He looked up for a small moment and drove away,after earning a smile with a slight blush from his so called strange aquaintance.
5 hours and it gave a new meaning to the existence of two lost souls.They were similar but differnt.They still didnt know anything about each other,neither they shared any relation..but they trusted each other and kept each others trust..giving the initial start to a new undefined relation.
Aahatein, ho rahin teri,
Dil ke dar pe mere,
Tu yahin hai kahin na kahin.
Aahatein, ho rahin teri,
Dil ke dar pe mere,
Tu yahin hai kahin.
Kabhi mere khwab sa,
Kabhi uljhe jawaab sa,
Ke chanda mein bhi daag sa,
Mere jaisa tu.
Ke dariya ka ho ik sira,
Ke armaano ka silsila,
Ke sehra mein bhi aab sa,
Mere jaisa tu, mere jaisa tu.
Aahatein, ho rahin teri,
Dil ke dar pe mere,
Tu yahin hai kahin na kahin.
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those who havnt heard the song..its the theme song of spitsvilla...sung by agnee..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-6QDv5_7Hw
done..ab batao kaisa tha...bilkul bakwas ya thik thakk??? feedbacks plz... Edited by rimi_invisible - 11 years ago
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