RagNa FF ~ A Twisted Cinderella Story (To be continued..:) - Page 2

Making his way back in the crazy crowd, Raghav was all the time staring at Kalpi and unknowingly drank Bhaang mixed thandai. On the other side of the premises, there stood, Sammy-the mischievous-Raizada, holding his digital camcorder, and a huge grin on his face, "Now starts the show!"

Well al-most everybody was under the effect of bhang. Even Kamala Maa was a little tipsy cause of bhaang, Paakhi had drank bhang, following Raghav's steps. So, the scenario was that the whole chawl clan including Raghav and Paakhi were under bhaang effect. Only Sammy, Kalpana nad kids were the ones who were sober. While Kalpana was still ignorant of the fact that Raghav is in a drunken state, Sammy was enjoying making a video, featuring Raghav-the great-Singhania, performing hilarious acts.

Suddenly, out of no-where, Raghav dragged Kalpana out of the crowd and pulled her close to himself. So close that if one of them moved a step forward, then the space between the lips could be closed.

"Raghav, yeh aap..?" wriggled Kalpana.

"Ssshhh...bohot bolti ho tum. Thak nahi jaati bolte hue? Jo baat main sunna chahta hoon, woh toh kabhi nahi kehti, kyon?" asked Raghav, romance in his tone.

"Sir..aap" Kalpana tried to break their embrace.

"Main kya tumhara cheater...I mean teacher hoon, jo tum mujhe siiirrr bula rahi ho?" Raghav slurped.

"Jee...? Aapne..aapne bhi bhang..?" Kalpana swallowed the lump in her throat.

"Yyyuuuhoo...you know, aaj maine tasty tasty milkshake piya!! It was so tasty.." Raghav twirled around and then sat on the floor, folding his legs and cradling his face in his hands.

"Milkshake.." gulped Kalpana. "Toh..uumm..aapne kitne glass milkshake piya?" she asked.

"Uuummm.." Raghav started counting on his fingers.

"One...twoo...three..four..seven..nine...five..five..Haan maine five glasses of milkshake ko drink kar liya."

"Aapne 5 glass bhang ke pe liye? Aap pagal ho gaya hain kya?" snapped Kalpana.

"Bhaang nahi, it was milkshake, woh tumhaare bhai ne bola na. And haan, main pagal ho gaya hoon...in your love!" Raghav giggled like a teenage girl, making Kalpana blush, and Sammy who was hiding in a corner, recording each and everything, chuckled!

"Aap..aap yahin rukiye, main aap ke liye nimboo paani lekar aati hoon.." Kalpana moved to go but was pulled back with a sudden force that she landed on Raghav.

"Main tumhaare paas aane ki koshish kar raha hoon, aurr tum mujhse door ja rahi ho. Abhi tak tumne apne pyaar ka izhaar nahi kiya, kyon?" as suddenly he had pulled Kalpana over him, Raghav pushed her back, and continued;

"Main koi ganda bachha hoon? Am I a bad boy, haan? Maine toh kabhi teaching..I mean cheating bhi nahi ki. I was every teachers' favourite, phhir tum kyon mujhse pyaar nahi karti?" and then added something, singing.."Mere swaalon ka jawaab dooo, do na..hhmm.hhmm"

If Kalpana wasn't worried about Raghav, she could have the throaty laugh that escaped from somewhere, well escaped from Sammy's lips, who was enjoying every bit of this new Raghav-the weird-Singhania.

As soon as Kalpana went inside, Raghav stood, and went upstairs to the terrace. And now was the moment, when Raghav Singhania, crossed all his self established boundaries, broke all the walls he created around himself and went into Basanti's Veeru mode.

"Gaon waalon...nope..Chawl waalon..Hello!" waved Raghav.

"Arre Raghav baba, yeh kya kar rahe ho?" asked a chawl resident.

"Main kood jaunga, mar jaunga..hat jaooo.." yelled Raghav.

"Arre re re..yeh kya kar rahe ho Raghav baba?" yelled Vitthal.

"Yuppp..what doings, what doings?" asked a tipsy Pakhya.

"Wahi kar raha hoon, jo Majnu ne Laila ke liye, Ranjha ne Heer ke liye aurr Romeo ne Juliet ke liye kiya thha...suicide..suicide..SUICIDE!!!" replied Raghav, flowing here and there cause of his drunken state.

"Arre Kamla Tai, yeh suicide kya hota hai?" asked Manda.

Kamla Tai giggled like a school girl and replied, "Arre Manda, jab ameer log marte hain na, toh usse suicide kehte hain."

"Arre par baat kya hai, tum kyon suicide karna chahte ho?" asked Paakhi, who was equally drunk.

"Arre mat pooch, Misss...Irritating Kapoor, tumhaari Chinese jaise badi badi aankhon (Sarcastic idiot!) mein teardrops aa jayenge...Yeh badi dukh bhari kahaani hai, my sad isshtory (story). Iss story mein emotion hai, drama hai, tragedy hai. Yeh Basanti hai na..yeh Basanti mujhse pyaar nahi karti!" replied Raghav.

Kalpana who was looking for Raghav, all the way around and finally found him up, at the terrace, now gulped hard. This is a more dangerous version of Raghav-the-scary-Singhania. At-least the best part was that he wasn't using her name. Thanks a lot Basanti!

"Pyaar karti hai par iqraar nahi karti. Main pareshaan ho gaya hoon, chawl waalon. Tum sab ko good bye..good bye.." twirled Raghav.

"Arre bhaiya yeh good bye kya hota hai?" asked a chawl resident.

"Bhai, jab ameer log jaate hain toh good bye bolte hain." answered Vitthal.

"Arre par tum kahan jaa rahe ho?" asked Sammy, recording it all. He was in a funny mode today and who the heck not wants to enjoy such a Raghav. Filmy is my middle name.

"Chawl waalon me outgoing, God me incoming.." yelled back Raghav, making everybody except Kalpana, laugh.

"Arre Sammy Sir, app kuch karte kyon nahi. Dekhiye na Raghav..Sir kaise harkatein kar rahe hai, rokiye unhe!" pleaded Kalpana, but Sammy was in no mood to help Raghav today.

"Don't worry Kalpana, just enjoy. Raghav Singhania ka aisa roop sadiyon mein ek hi baar dekhne ko milta hai! Enjoy." And by this, he again concentrated on his video making.

Kalpana cursed her brother for making Raghav drink bhang. Can this day get any better? "Yeh toh khadoos he achhe the, pata nahi yeh sholay ke Veeru ki aatma inme kahan se aa gayi? Ab lagta hai ki mujhe hi kuch karna padega." thought Kalpana.

With the thought of saving Raghav, in her mind, Kalpana literally ran upstairs to the terrace, looking for Raghav. The second she stepped on the terrace, she heard a loud splashing sound. And she again ran but this time downwards.

The sound was caused because Raghav had fallen in the rubber tub, which was filled with colourful water. This made everybody laugh but Kalpana looked as if she was about to cry. She helped Raghav in coming out of the tub, made him sit on the bench and started examining Raghav's arms, face, hands, chest etc. For any injury and she found one, on his hand.

Shedding a few tears, Kalpana said, "Ab aap yahaan se hilenge bhi nahi, samjhe aap? Chup-chap yahin baithe rahiye, main first aid box lekar aati hoon." She tried to move but was held by Raghav, yet again.

Tilting his head a little, Raghav, in the most innocent way possible, asked, "Tussi jaa rahe ho? Tussi na jao.." and hugged her. His arms around her waist, his head against her stomach and Kalpana's fingers caressing his hair.

And this was another of the amazing moments, when Raghav-the-strong-Singhania, actually cried.

Arre Re Arre Ye Kya Hua Maine Na Ye Jaana, Arre Re Arre Ban Jaaye Na Kahin Koi Afsaana! Pyaar ka nasha jab chadta hai, tab bas, sab kuch badal jaata hai. Pyaar ka rang itna gehra hota hai ki baaki sabhi rang uske saamne pheeke pad jaate hain. Ab kya hoga aage?