He returned with the coffee...he sat by her side...and they silently sipped the coffee..
Drashti wore a t-shirt of his..and her hair was still wet..
Mayank-Umm Drashti...woh..i am sorry...
Drashti-Jaaney doon mayank.....just forget it..
Mayank was silent..
Drashti-Kuch waqt ke liye laga that i was transported back by 5 years....yaad hain woh sareey din tumhe..
She stood up and went to the window..
Drashti-I really loved those days..
He went up and stood with her..
Mayank-I loved them too..
She looked at him...into his eyes...did he mean that..
Mayank-I did ...
She gave a wry smile..
A silence filled the air..
Mayank--We were such good friends...we spent so much time together...just that formality of officially being together was left.....it was valentines and i thought i'l propose to you coz i had heard a lot from everyone that you liked me...and somewhere deep down i felt the same then....and you were my best bud.....i was so sure of you....but then everything had to change.....had to go to chicago.....
Mayank paused...he was finally opening up....Drashti remained silent..
Mayank-Dad got involved in a lot of scandals back in chicago.......he was in the prison.......mom was all alone...she suffered for 6 god damn months....all alone....fighting alone...to prove her husband inocent!....even though she had a son she fought alone...never let me know anything......she fought in the court for him......then when they failed and dad was given punishment to be hanged to death ....she called me...and i had to rush to see my dad one last time....to see a criminal in the eyes of law....
Mayank was in tears...
Mayank-My dad was inoocent..he was framed.....i lost my dad .....i had to go like that drashti....i had to rush to see my father...and i had no clue what reason to make....i cant lie you know that....and i couldnt tell anyone that my dad was being hanged....so i decided to go away quietly....
He wiped his tears....
Mayank-Thats the story of my life......
Drashti also was in tears...
He wiped her tears..
Drashti-Why dint you tell me all this when you got back..
Mayank-Dint have the courage to.....
Drashti-And what about that whole friends natak...when you got back you behaved as if nothing ever was there between us...just any other friend...thats what you said na.....
Mayank-Drashti..all those moments we shared were out stage plays if you go to see...just that since both of us had secret feelings for each other we felt that way.....
Drashti-Dint you ever feel that there was something more than friendship between us..
Mayank-I did.....but i thought you thought of me just as a friend.....but then one day your group of girls told me that you liked me and stuff...before i could react respond and take action i had to go...
He looked at her in the eye..
A tear rolled out of her eyes..
She looked down...
Drashti-I am sorry...
Mayank gave a sad smile..
Mayank-I guess i should be saying that...i just left you like that when you were expecting me to propose and all..i mean..i dunno..
Drashti turned around......she dint want to burst out in front of him because he was right...she had expected him to propose that valentines.....they were only friends but they both knew that somewhere deep down they were soulmates.....just the formality of excepting openly was left.....
Mayank-Do you still have feelings for me Drashti ??
Drashti froze.....she dint want to answer that question...when he left her and went away she began hating him.....when he got back they both were pretty awkward with each other...and slowly he started behaving as though they were only friends...you know just any other friend types...and after DMG they resolved their issues....they decided to give up the bitterneess and start afresh as friends!!
Mayank-Tell me Drashti..
She dint know what to say...she wasnt ready to face this ...
Drashti turned around ...she had to speak up....when he had said so much....and this was the right chance....to make or break !! .....
________
So i guess the confusion is over.....i made this stry up since noone else was..now i guess the flow can go on...pretty smooth...so go on .......sum1 put up the nxt part...
Geet - Hui Sabse Parayee
Advocate Anjali Awasthi
Members Lounge
