"so miss . GS of st Louis college...care to explain the presence of the dance team in GOA??" khoosboo maam was standing there in VP sir's cabin with a thoroughly confused taani...
"maam... I am sure koi misunderstanding hai... Team goa mein nahi hai... I talked to bhai yesterday.. he told me that the boys have gone for a trip to panchgini... And the girl's ka mujhe pata nahi... but I am sure they are not in india fest..." taani narrated what swayam had told her over phone when she had enquired about their absence...
"mujhe jhoot nahi bolenge bhai... Aur rey..." She ended with a faded whisper...
Vp sir forwarded her his cell phone...it was video of the team dancing on stage in INDIA FEST 2013 uploaded on youtube...
"sorry sir...i had no idea about this..." Her voice was already choked and was barely audible...
"and I don't trust you when you say your brother and HIS friends have broken the rule and gone to GOA without your knowledge..." Khoosboo shouted at her and taani flinched...
"khoosboo... let it be... I don't think taani jhoot bolegi..." vp sir told khoosboo... "taani.. tum ghar jao..." he looked at taani...
Taani came out of the cabin and dialed rey's number...his phone was unreachable... She then dialed swayam's number...
"hello... taani???" he asked as soon as he picked up the call...
"bhai??? Aap thik to hai na????" she asked him...
"haa...haaa... I am fine... tum bolo??? Daar to nahi lag raha akele ghar mein???" he could feel guilt creeping inside his body each time he talked to taani... For hiding their trip to her...
"aapko sunke lagraha hai ki aap pareshan ho... kuch kehena hai aapko????" she asked him expecting him to tell her the truth now...
"nahi...aisa kuch nahi hai... you take care haa???" he said controlling hard not to cry...
"bi..." taani cut the call...
And the call did one thing... It removed one more identity from her life...the identity of being someone's sister...
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"swayam..." it was a very known voice for him... he didn't have to look back to identify this voice...
He looked ahead into the sea and beyond that...he felt her sit beside him...
"I will never understand how you feel swayam... bhai behen ka rishta kya hoti hai I don't know... but I know you must be feeling miserable... kisi apne se jaan boochke jhoot bolna yaa kuch chupana kitna dard deti hai wo mai samjhti hoon..." And how could she not understand... she was hiding the biggest secret of her life... her asthma from the most closest person in her life...
Swayam was not in a condition to decipher what Sharon meant... he kept quiet...
"swayam... humne bohut bari galati ki hai yaar... Humein taani se ye chupana nahi chahiye tha..." rey came and stood behind the two...
"mujhe aisa kyun lag raha hai use sab pata hai..." Swayam whispered...
"ye tum kya bol rahe ho... Use kaise malum hoga????hum kal wapis ja rahe hai... and the first thing we will do is to tell taani the truth...wo humare college ki GS hone se pehele humare kuch lagte hai... hum teeno usse ek special bond share karte hai..." Sharon kept her hand on swayam's shoulder and it was enough for him to get all the strength of the world...
"I hate myself for doing this to her..." rey whispered but was loud enough for the other two to listen to him...
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Taani opened the door with a smile as swayam came inside looking nervously at her trying to gauge her expression...
"taani... rey anew ala hai... thodi der mein.. he has gone to drop neha..." Swayam kept the bag on the floor and looked at taani bringing a glass of water for him...
"okay...ye lo pani..." swayam took the glass and his doubts changed into confirmation... taani not questioning about the trip was so unlike her...
"taani... Tum thik ho????" he held her hands as she was about to go to the kitchen... she turned and looked at him...
"haa...aisa kyun poocha????" she gave an amused smile...
"tumne trip ke bare mein poocha nahi..." swayam whispered...
"kaisa tha???" she asked almost mechanically...
Swayam was about to wait for rey and Sharon to come and then tell her the truth... but looking at her face took away his patience...
"taani hum panchgini nahi... goa gaye the... India fest ke liye..." Swayam told her in one breath... he didn't know how taani would react.. either she would creak into tears or she will blast him off...
" bohut aacha tha dance..." she smiled at him...
Swayam struggled to find his voice... reading his face taani cleared...
"VP sir showed me your dance video... Kisine youtube pe upload liya tha... bohut accha tha..." she freed her hands from his grip and walked towards her room...
"ek second taani... let me explain..." Swayam quickely made his way to her and held her hands again...
"mai... in fact mai aur rey tumhe batana chahte the taani..." Before he could complete taani completed him...
"mai GS hoon to batana mushkil tha... I know... I understand..." her smile was intact on her face abut swayam lost his cool...
"nahi ... you don't need to understand... har baar you don't need to know everything... tum beri behen ho taani... baachi ho... so you don't need to know everything... Maine galat kiya to tum chillao...maro mujhe... yaad hai bachpan mein jab bhi mai kuch garbar karta that um kitna scene create karti thi... waisa karo... I want you to shout and scream..." swayam almost shouted at her...
"bachpan jaisa kuch nahi hai bhai...kuch nahi..." her eyes finally began to water...
"maa... matlab????" swayam asked fearing for the worst...
"bachpan mein mai kisiki behen thi... ab mai unke liye sirf ek GS hoon..." swayam felt blood drain out of his body...
"taani...plss aise mat bolo... Mai tumhe ba..."
"choro bhai... pata hai VP sir ne jab mujhe bataya ap log goa mein hai... maine yakin nahi mana... unko mujhe saboot dena para... I was so sure my bhai and rey won't lie to me..."
Swayam hung his head low...
"bhai wo mujhe apko kuch batana tha...maine ghar pe bhi baat kiya... Iss year final deke mai jodhpur return karungi..."
"ye kya bol rahi ho tum??? Nahi taani... I am not letting you go anywhere...humhari ek galati k liye tum apna future kyun kharab karoge???" he desperately held onto her...
"nahi bhai...ye mai bohut dino se soch rahi thi... its nothing to do with india fest...mujhe Mumbai pasand nahi hai...jodhpur mein mere bohut friends hai... mujhe waha is tarah claustrophobic feel nahi hota... N most importantly waha mai kisike liye sirf responsibility nahi hoon..." She didn't want say the last line but she couldn't stop her self either...
"please taani... aisa maat bolo... how can you even think tum mere liye sirf responsibility ho???meri ek galati ka itni bari punishment????" he was almost into tears... for te first time she didn't make any attempt to wipe his tears...
"aapko kyun laga maine wo apke liye bola???" with that she went inside her room...
Swayam looked at the closing the door and heard a sniff... he looked back to see Sharon crying and rey standing with tears...
The three had a war to fight... A war to give a girl an identity more than a girl... may be of someone's sister... someone's love and someone's best friend...
I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT MADE ME WRITE THIS...SERIOUSLY...HOPE ITS NOT THAT HORRIBLE LIKE I AM THINKING NOW... SO PLSS FEEDBACKS TO CHOR KE JAO... LIKES AUR COMMENT KAR DO...
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