Part 19:
Geet is sitting in the outhouse and her tutor is explaining her the basics of architecture. She is actually enjoying her class. Since she has already worked with Maan, somethings come naturally to her. She doesn't have to start from scratch. The tutor is impressed with her. She tells Geet, she see's the makings of a good architect in Geet..
Geet: aur … issi liye, jab, ghar itna bada ho, toh, har kamra main hall ko link hote hue ….
As they are talking Nakul comes to call Geet… on seeing her study he hesitates to come and talk to her... He keeps peeping every now and then... Geet calls out to him…
Geet: haan Nakul bolo…
Nakul: ji wo dadi ma ne bulaya hai…
Geet looks at her instructor…. And says … "Nakul lekin … abhi toh main class main hoon na?
Then she says …. " Maam main abhi aati hoon… dadi ma bula rahi hai…"
As Geet goes to the haveli, she see's a line of designers sitting there and dadi ma introduces them to Geet…
Dadi: yeh rahi dulhan… humari hone waali bahu.. Geet!
Geet smiles… and does a serious namaste look at them…
Dadi: aap kharche ki fikar mat kee jiye.. humare Maan ki dulhan ke liye hum sabse accha aur sabse shaandar trousseau chahte hai…
Geet: wo kya hota hai dadi ma….
The designers give Geet a dirty look… dadi smiles and says … " shaadi ke kapde beta…"
Geet smiles.. she doesn't like the idea of so many designers, trying to get various measurements right… by the end of it all.. she gets thoroughly bored as well.. and then she remembers she had told the teacher she would come back…. She cant even excuse herself… dadi wants to know what happened… Geet tells her…
Dadi: koi baat nahi.. hume pata tha.. issi liye humne nakul se pehle hi keh diya tha .. ke unhe jaane ke liye bol de…
Geet is a little relieved…
But this is just the starting… As days pass, Geet realizes, she isn't able to give time to her studies at all… If it is the jeweler one day, another day it is some spa treatment… and another day, there is someone who comes to give her a "how to impress your inlaws with 10 best recipes" course… while she enjoys it to some extent, something inside Geet starts to bother her…
On one such tired evening, after having sent away her angry teacher … for the third or fourth time under some pretext .. Geet sits to think… as Maan comes in…. he see's her all flustered…
Maan: Geet … yeh humare bed room ka color scheme hai.. maine dadi se bola tha .. ke change ki koi zaroorat nahi hai.. par…
He notices that geet aint paying attention…and is looking lost…
Maan: Geet tumhari tabiyat kaisi hai? Tum theek toh ho na? fir se kahin tumhare pet main problem toh nahi hai?
Geet: nahi sir.. main bilkul theek hoon…
Maan: to fir tumne mere sawaal ka jawaab kyun nahi dia…
Geet: huh?: kounsa sawaal…
Maan: (annoyed) iska matlab tum meri baat nahi sun rahi thi…
Geet: sorry sir… ab batayiye…
Maan: yeh colors … shaadi ke baad … humare room ke liye…
Geet: koi bhi lelo sir.. aapko jo pasand ho..
Maan: black lele?
Geet: haan ( not paying attention)
Maan holds Geet's hands makes her look at him and says…. " kya problem hai Geet…. Har baar itna kyun manvaati ho… batado … "
Geet: sir wo… aaj meri padhayi nahi ho paayi ..
Maan: itni si baat… aur tum itni pareshaan ho rahi ho Geet… hum saath main padhenge theek hai?
Geet nods …she is still wondering if she should tell him whats been playing on her mind… when Maan gets a call.. he excuses himself and goes out…
Maan: haan! Dev Khurana… papers ready ho gayi hai? Thank you very much… thanks…
When he comes back geet asks him… "kiska phone tha…
Maan: koi nahi tha… wrong number tha…
Maan: tum kuch keh rahi thi…
Geet: ji kuch nahi… ye waala color accha hai…
Maan: main dadi se keh deta hoon… daadi ko itna khush maine pehle kabhi nahi dekha… thank you Geet… yeh sab tumhari wajah se….
Geet smiles vaguely …
Elsewhere … in the Haveli…
Naintara is walking restlessly in her room…
NT: wo Geet … humare ghar tak aa gayi…. Aur … ab wo ab humari jethani banengi.. Dev humesha ke liye toh jail main nahi rahenge… aur agar wo waapis aa gaye.. aur ye dono … ek hi ghar main… aur fir Geet toh pregnant hai na… hum un dono ko ek ghar main bardhast nahi kar sakte …
She looks at a picture of Dev smiling at her on the wall… She remembers the first time she had met him…. He was a known playboy … and every girl was after him… but ever since he has seen her… he had stopped paying attention to others… everyone knew … how madly he loved her…How he had chased her, and she had ignored him… he had waited for her, outside her PG for days just to talk to her.. and then… one day… she finally decided she would become friends with him… she enjoyed the attention she got from him… Dev would do all these romantic things to impress her.. he would invite her for dinners, he would arrange for boat rides… buy her expensive stuff… and then she had gotten to know who he is… and then when he had proposed to her, she could have asked for better.. she had immediately said yes…. And then… when she came into the house, after their engagement, she realized, he had no say in the family, it was his older brother Maan who had called the shots… she had tried to befriend Maan but Maan never paid any attention to her…then she had thought she would get married to Dev and train Dev… But had messed it all up… it was her wrong guidance, that had made him gamble.. make easy money lose all of it.. finally they were thrown out of the house as one day Maan had realized Dev's gambling had almost made them lose the Khurana Mansion.. Maan had thrown Dev out of the house …he had said, till the time, he would repay atleast half of the money he had lost he wouldn't be allowed in the house…and then Dev had to marry Geet to get money…and repay the loans…..
NT: agar hum apne papa ke marzi ke ladke se shaadi karte… to yeh sab kabhi nahi hota.. lekin hum Dev ko itni aasani se nahi jaane denge…humara naam NT Rathod hai… NT Rathod!
As she is thinking all this.. she feels uneasy.. she runs into the washroom.. and she throws up… she faints there…
A while later the doctor informs the family that Naintara is pregnant. Dadi is super happy…
Dadi: hume toh ek saath do do khushiyan mil rahi hai…kya baat hai… she looks at Geet and says… ab thode din main aapki bhi shaadi ho jayegi… and aur jaldi se …aap bhi hume pota de deejiye…
Naintara gives Geet a dirty look and thinks … "hum aapko iss khaandaan ke waaris ko janam nahi dene denge Geet….aap already hum se bahut kuch cheen chuki hai… hum aapko yeh khushi bhi cheenne nahi denge….
She smiles ….dadi kisses Naintara…. But NT has tears in her eyes…
Dadi: beta aap roh kyun rahi hai… aise haal main toh aapko poora aaram karna chahiye… aur stress toh aap bilkul hi mat lo…
NT: nahi dadi … wo hume Dev ki bahut yaad aa rahi thi…
Dadi: (looking at Maan) arey… bacche ke papa ko yeh khush khabri nahin sunani kya? Maan zara Dev ko phone lagao zara …
Maan has no answer….
Maan: dadi… abhi?
Dadi: haan bhai… after all wo pehli baar Dev papa banne waaley hai… hume unhe batana hai… hum jaante hai wo yeh sunke kitne khush honge.. jahan kahin bhi honge daude waapis chale ayenge…
Geet starts feeling uncomfortable at the mention of all this.. she slowly slips out of her room.. those words that dadi said ringing in her ears….
She recollects words that dadi said and what happened to her….hum jaante hai wo yeh baat sunke kitne khush honge…
Geets visuals of her calling Dev and telling him… Devji main aap ke bacche ki maa banne waali hoon…
Dadi saying… "jahan kahin bhi honge daude waapis ayenge…
Geet meeting NT and her telling her… "unhone hume yahan bheja hai.. apka abortion karvaane…
Dadi saying… Dev pehli baar papa bane hai…
The words pehli baar papa banne waaley hai.. and dev saying… main abortion ke paise de doonga…
This feeling makes her totally uneasy and her heart starts beating fast…
She is sitting on the stairs of the outhouse … in the dark… when Maan comes and turns on the light… he comes to her… and sits next to her.. her constant mood swings had lately irked him a little but he had been told by the doctor that this was common during pregnancy and he didn't want to offend her….
He comes and sits next to her and says ….. " kya baat hai Geet…
Geet hugs maan and starts crying… Maan consoles her.. wipes her tears and asks her… what happened….
Geet: Maan sir… mujhe kuch accha nahi lag raha hai….
Maan: kya hua Geet… kya accha nahi lag raha hai?
Geet: dadi ma… unko Dev ke bare main kuch nahi pata .. aur agar unhe iss bacche ke bare main pata chala toh wo mere bare main kya sochengi?
Maan: Par Geet… tab tak to humari shaadi ho chuki hogi na?
Geet:lekin agar dadi ma ko sach pata lag gaya toh?
Maan: koun batayega dadi ma ko?
Geet: sir .. sach chupana bhi toh jhoot hota hai na?
Maan: Lekin Geet… hum yeh sach dadi ma ko nahi bata sakte … baat bahut complicate ho jayegi…. Aur fir main hoon na…maine tumse pehle hi keh diya hai na… iss bacche ko naam main doonga…
Geet: sir … baat naam ki nahi hai…
Maan: fir… baat kya hai geet ( irked)
Geet: (in a fit on anger, that comes into her unknown to her) : kya aap mujhse shaadi mere bacche ki wajah se kar rahe hai….
Maan: geet main tumhe kahin baar keh chukka hoon…. ke wo reason nahi hai…
Geet: to fir itni jaldi kya hai?
Maan: (a little hurt) tum mujhse shaadi nahi karna chahti?
Geet: maine aise kab kaha…
Maan: tumhare kehne ka matlab toh wahi tha ….
Geet: sir …!
Maan: Haan Geet bolo… Bolo… mujhse shaadi karne main kya problem hai
Geet: problem aapse shaadi karne se nahi … itni jaldi karne se hai…
Maan: hum log shaadi kal thodi kar rahe hai…
Geet: haan… lekin do mahine bahut kam hote hai sir… aur tab….
Maan: tab tak tum mujsh se bore ho chuki hogib kya?
Geet: please sir .. aap mazaak band karo.. aur samjhiye na…
Maan: samjhao na Geet…
Geet: shayad aap nahi samajh rahe.. sir main pregnant hoon aur do mahino main….
It suddenly strikes Maan….
Maan: iske liye mere paas ek solution hai Geet.. kal se tum khaana shuru karo… meri taraf se koi paabandi nahi hogi .. aur fir.. shaadi tak tum waise bhi moti ho jaogi.. aur fir…
Geet: maan sir … (seriously) main mazaak nahi kar rahi hoon.. main aapse itni jaldi shaadi nahi kar sakti… iss bacche ke aane tak toh bilkul bhi nahi….
Maan: yeh tum kaisi baatein kar rahi ho Geet…
Geet: haan sir… iss waqt sirf is bacche ko aur apni padhayi ko ehmiyat dena chahti hoon…
Maan: aur mera kya Geet ( really hurt)
Geet: ( realizing what she just said) Maan sir.. please.. aap yahan mere paas baithiye ….aur ek baar meri baat suniye….
Maan is cross… but he still sits .. he isn't looking at Geet… Geet holds his chin and makes him turn towards her…
Geet: huh… sir.. main jaanti hoon.. iss shaadi ko leke aapko bahut saari ummeede hai .. aur … pichle kuch dino se … ghar main … iss shaadi ko leke itni hulchul machi hui hai… main na apne bacche pe dhyan de paa rahi hoon.. aur na apni padhayi pe… aur iss liye…
Maan: tum mujhse shaadi nahi karna chahti ho ( he snaps his hand out of hers and stands up) … agar tumhe mujse shaadi nahi karni thi toh bol deti na geet.. aise bahane banane ki kya zaroorat hai…
Geet: maan sir … please …. Meri baat suniye… mere kehne ka …..
But Maan has walked away… but he by mistake leaves his phone behind… and it rings after he has left… it rings once … it rings for the second time.. the third time it rings … she picks up the phone … before she can speak she hears a voice she recognizes really well…
Voice: Bro! main Dev bol raha hoon… thanks bro.. main jaanta tha … ke aap mujhse zyada der naaraz nahi reh sakte … aapne mujhse chudwa diya…. Main …iss baar aapko shikayat ka koi mauka nahi doonga….
Geet is shocked as she sits down tears flowing down from her eyes….
Geet: (in her mind) maan sir ne Dev ki jail se chudwa diya? ( she has too many thoughts running through her head.
Precap: Will Maan realize Geet perhaps isn't ready for marriage? Now that dev is back, how will he face Geet?
love,
niha
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2
