Part 18:
Geet doesn't know what to say when Maan covers up for her … and says…
Maan: dadi ma, Dev Hoshiarpur main hai… ( casually)
Dadi: Hoshiarpur?
Maan: ab wo wahin rahega … kuch dino ke liye… looking at Naintara … he says … " Nainatara, tumhe bhi toh wahi hona chahiye … haina? Apne pati ke saath…
NT looks away…. " yeh sab iss geet se hua hai…."
Maan gives Naintara a dirty look…
Naina:aap mujhe aise kyun dekh rahe hai.. jawab toh aapko dadima ko dena hai… apne aur Geet ke bare main…
Both Maan and Geet are nervous, as they were the one who had been hiding the truth from dadi all this while.. they had been looking for the right time to tell dadi about themselves… things had happened in such a hurry that they hadn't found the right opportunity.. and now … things had come out at such a time when there was a chance that they could me misunderstood.. and dadi's serious look just confirmed the thought that she was really miffed and they didn't know what NT had told dadi before they had come..
Dadi doesn't look at Geet but looks at Maan while talking…
Dadi: iss ladki se hum baad main baat karenge… pehle hum aapse kuch sawaal karna chahte hai…
Geet: dadi ma, wo…
Dadi: geet! Hum apne potey se baat kar rahey hai…
NT gives out an evil smile and thinks " teer sahi nishaane pe jaa gira hai.. ab jo main itney dino se nahi kar paayi… dadi ma ek pal main kar dengi… Geet ko humare zindagi se bahar…"
Maan: dadi aap Geet se aise kyun baat kar rahi hai.. uski koi galti nahi hai…
Dadi: o toh .. ab aap sab apne oopar lena chahte hai? Kyun maan? Aisa kya jadoo kar dia hai Geet ne aap pe?
Maan: Geet ne koi jadu nahi kiya hai dadi main… main ussey pyar karta hoon…aur bahut mushkil se maine manaya hai… tab jaake wo maani…
Dadi: main toh jaanti hi thi…. Aisa hi kuch hua hoga…
Now she looks at Geet and says….
Dadi: toh Geet.. ab aap batayiye … kya yeh sach keh raha hai…
Geet looks down and nods…
Dadi: main toh humesha se jaanti thi… after all dadi jo hoon tum donon ki…!! ( dadi is smiling)
Maan and Geet is shocked at the turn of events…
Dadi: wo to accha hua .. Naintara ne aap dono ke bare main hume bata dia…warna … She holds maan's ear and turns it and says…
Dadi: aap main.. hume kabhi nahi batate…
Maan: dadi main wo.. aapse… batane hi …
Dadi: haan haan! Kab? Jab aap dono ki shaadi ho jaati tab?
Geet blushes and hugs dadi and hides her face …
Maan: phew! Dadima aap bhi na…
Dadi: kyun daraana aap ko hi aata hai kya maan? Yaad rakhiye… hum aapki dadi hai…Savithri Devi …
Maan cant hide his blush …
Dadi: (looking at geet holding her chin says ) : yeh boring sa Maan aapko pasand kaise aa gaya??
Maan: dadi ma!! ( warningly still blushing)
NT is speechless at this turn of events… she doesn't know how all of this happened… as dadi is hugging Maan and Geet from either side .. she looks at NT and says…
Dadi: Nainatara beta… aap wahan kyun khadi hai… yahan aayiye… aapko aapki jethani pasand aayi?
NT fake smiles and nods….
Dadi walks towards NT and says something in her ear and NT smiles and leaves as Maan and Geet steal glances… Both of them lost in one another… when dadi smiles looking at them….
A while later … NT returns grumbling to herself with some jewellery boxes in her hand…
Geet: dadi ma yeh sab kya hai?
Dadi: shagun hai beta…
Geet: lekin dadi ma…
Dadi: yaad hai beta uss din… humne jab aapko yeh sab pehnaaya tha… hume usi waqt lagne laga tha .. ke Maan ke liye aap hi sahi hai.. aur dekhiye… iss sab pe aap hi ka haq hai…
Geet: main yeh sab kaise le sakti hoon…
Dadi: beta… isey mana nahi karte…yeh humare khaandani zewar hai…
NT is boiling with rage at the googly… she excuses herself since she cant see all this happening in front of her.. she makes the excuse of a phone call and she walks away…
As dadi makes Geet wear the bangles… Geet looks at maan and they go back to the flashes of Maan removing the jewellery on Geet.. she blushes…as Maan looks at her lovingly….
Dadi: maan… acchi lag rahi hai na humari bahu?
Maan straigtens his face pretends to look away and says … " theek lag rahi hai…" matter of factly…
But the truth is he is so taken in by her beauty… he visualizes her as his bride… and him hugging her all real close….
Maan: dadi… mujhe na thoda kaam hai… main chalta hoon…
He leaves from there….and as he reaches outside …. " Geet sach much humesha ke liye meri hone waali hai…." He smiles to himself….
A while later…. A few hours have passed…
Geet is in her room looking at the bangles and the earrings that dadi ma had given her … she is about to remove them as she remembers what Dadi had told her…
Dadi: Geet beta… thank you very much… hume Maan ke liye jaisi ladki chahiye thi… hume ussey bhi acchi ladki mili… lekin… Maan ko sambhaalna aasaan nahi hai.. wo dil ke bahut sensitive hai… aur hum ummeed karte hai.. ke humare baad bhi aap unka aise hi khayaal rakhenge jaise hum unka rakhte hai…
Geet promises dadi … and now she makes up her mind that she will do everything to make this marriage and this relationship work…. Thinking of it, Maan had disappeared for a while , neither had he called her nor had he said anything great about her jewellery.. she suddenly wondered…. Was all of this happening in a hurry! And after all it was his brother who had gone to jail… may be she should talk to him…
She goes into the Khurana house looking for Maan… he is no where to be seen.. she tries his phone which is ringing, but there is no response.. as she goes looking for him… but she can hear the ring tone from somewhere.. she follows it and realizes to her shock that it is coming from the attic…
The same attic where he generally went in when he was not happy about something… she had vividly remembered him saying to her once… " jaanti ho Geet main yahan kyun aata hoon? Yeh jagah mujhe mere har uss galti ki ehsaas dilaati hai … jo maine ki hai…"
Geet's heart starts beating real fast… she starts sweating…
Geet: maan sir… fir se yahan? Issi liye bina bataye aise chale gaye… maine toh yeh pata bhi nahi laganeki koshish ki ke wo aise kyun chale gaye… shayad unhe itni jaldi shaadi nahi karni….
Hesitating she, slowly opens the door of the old, gloomy, depressing attic room … with a million questions in her mind about why he was in there… but she is amazed at what she see's…
The room has totally changed… there are lights on… there are loads of toys in one corner.. there is a toy house.. the same cycle that Maan rode that he had told her, he had fallen from… are beautiful tinking sounds from the toys… Right from the age for 1 day's old baby til the time he turns around 10 there are arrangements… Barbie dolls, toy guns, books… cartoons, stuffed toys.. and amidst all.. a beautiful picture of Geet on one side and the picture of a beautiful cute baby on the opposite side…
Geet has tears in her eyes… as she looks around.. there is another corner of the room, where she turns to look and Mann is painting the wall… He has paint smeared here and there…on his face… On seeing Geet he gets off the ladder and walks up to her… Geet takes the edge of her dupatta and wipes the paint softly off his face… in the process bringing the two of them real close… he pushes a strand of her hair back and touches her face.. in the procesc putting some paint on her face…and then he starts laughing at her… geet makes a baby face… then she turns away and says…
Geet: yeh sab kya hai sir?
Maan: Geet main tumse kuch poochu? Tum bura toh nahi manogi na?
Geet: poochiye?
Maan: tum sach much hoshiarpur se ho na?
Geet: haan kyun? ( confused)
Maan: toh fir itni bewakoof kaise paida hui?
Geet makes faces and turns away….
Maan: ab zaahir si baat hai… main yeh kar raha hoon iska yehi matlab hai.. ke main yeh humare bacche ke liye kar raha hoon…
The words "humara baccha really touch Geet"… her eyes go all moist… she wipes her tears off…
Maan: aur tum yahan kya kar rahi ho… tumhe bhi yeh sab nahi dekhna tha.. yeh to tumhara surprise tha…
Geet: lekin… iss kamre main kyun?
Maan: kyunki abse main yahan acchi yaadien banana chahta hoon… ye dekh rahi ho, yeh jhoola, yeh khaandani hai… aur yeh bike, main chahta hoon, humari beti issi pe cycle chalaana seekhey… aur yeh gudiya… apni maa ki taraf se.. aur…
Geet: (closing her ears and eyes….) and saying…aapne toh abhi se itni planning karli hai.. pata nahi…ladka hoga ki ladki aur…usey ye sab….( as she says this she opens her ears to see Maan Singh Khurana on his knees….looking into her eyes… saying….
Maan: Geet … mujhse shaadi karogi na!!
Geet is all dreamy and lost… she has no words.. she had never even in her wildest of dreams imagined all of this would happen… She nods… with tears still streaming out of her eyes…
Maan wipes her tears off and says… " Maan Singh Khurana ke saamne aaj ke baad tum kabhi nahi rogi… otherwise I shall consider that a personal insult…." Agar tumhe koi problem ho to mujhe batao.. main solve karoonga na.. yeh tum roti kyun ho baat baat pe…
Geet: (crying comically like a child) wo.. actually.. main na bahut khush hoon.. lekin.. sniff… sniff… wo kya hai na… aaj tak mere liye kisi ne itna nahi kiya… par… (sniff… sniff… ) … mujhe… iss paint ki wajah se… ulti aa rahi hai…. Par main….
Before she says that Maan carries her in his arms and brings her out… rushes her into the loo and waits outside as she throws up….
As she comes out.. he says… " ek baat toh pucci hai… tum Hoshiarpur se bilkul nahi ho sakti"
She hits him... he smiles..and envelops her in a warm hug…
Precap: else where… Naintara is also throwing up! Is she pregnant too???
love,
niha :)
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