ThisWasJustTheBegining-MG-FF- Chapter10 page 19 - Page 13

Chapter 9

"Woh- Maan... Is he okay?" Geet managed to ask....

"Hmm, yes he is fine. It's nothing to worry about Miss, I'm sure evrything will turn out to be okay." the nurse smiled consolingly.

"C-can i go s-see h-him?"

"No you can't miss. He is still unconcious and we don't let people come in emergency rooms that often."

"But Maan-"

"Please. It's against the rules. You can't see him unless he gains his conciousness back"

Geet felt like she was kicked in her stomach. Kicked hard. What had she not done to duck out of his life. To not make it anymore miserable for him than it was and she failed miserably.

Pinky stood by Geet and she hugged her best friend. Geet wept noiselessly and tried to gather herself up.
"This is all my fault. If i hadn't come here, none of this would ever have happened!" Geet cried...

"It's NOT your fault Geet! It's just a minor injury, i'm sure it'll all work out!" Pinky consoled...

"Work out? HOW?... Haven't i done Enouugh damage? I have to go out of his life. I'm the only thing that's pulling him into more miseries..."

"And i thought you were the one to stand up and Face your love. " Geet heard a familiar voice...

she turned around to find dadi standing there, staring at her, with watery eyes.

"Geet, You stole the life inside my grandson when you walked out that day. And now you are saying that you will walk out again?" Dadi almost whispered, surprised at her.... "You love him don't you? Then why leave him alone?"

"Stay Geet. You have to." Adi spoke...

Geet stared at the three people who stood infront of her, demanding the same darn thing.
She looked at the glass window to see Maan lying on the hospital bed, and unconcious.

"I love you." She whispered through the glass....

"I know. And now you go back to your house and take care of muskaan, we all are here to take care of your other sweetheart." Dadi smiled...

Geet instantly better at the sound of that and tried to argue but all in vain.

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"I heard about Maan. Beta, you need sleep. It's five o clock in the morning and look at yourself!" Uncle said as he examined Geet's condition which didn't seem good.

"I cannot sleep uncle. How can i sleep peacefully when he's there..." geet responded, her voice breaking on the last word.

" Go and change beta. Take some rest please.."

Geet walked up the stairs and opened Muskaan's room...
She was surprised to see her sitting and talking to her teddybear...
"muski? Why are you up so late?" Geet spoke...

"Mommy!" muskaan came running and hugged her...

Geet went down on her knees to face her little daughter...

"tell me. Why didn't you sleep?"

"Hmm, i couldn't. You were not here.."

"how did you know?"

"granpa told me!" Muskaan answered... She always loved saying grandpa to uncle mehta. He always treated her like his own grand daughter. He loved her more than anything and that was visible by the way he took care of her.

"Oh." Geet whispered... " now i'm back so let's go to sleep okay?"

"mommy, why are your hands covered in blood?"

Geet suddenly realized that her hands were still dirtied in Maan's blood.

"woh-"

"Is daddy alright?"

The question struck Geet. Daddy?

"Daddy?" Geet asked questioningly...

"Yes, Maan is my daddy right!"

Geet chuckled and asked: "Why would you call him daddy?"

"remember when i asked you your love?"

"Hmm?"

"Well, if you love him, then i love him! So, he is my daddy!"

Geet laughed aloud at that....

"He can't be your daddy peach.."

Muskaan's expressions suddenly turned sad..

"But dadi said that he was My dadi !"

"Now go back to sleep cupcake!" to which muskaan replied as a peck on Geet's cheek and went back to bed. She hid under the heavy covers with her teddy bear as Geet switched on the night light...

"I'll go and change" Geet mumbled under her breath and left muski's room.

Geet changed into her white salwar and shirt and got back to bed with Muskaan.

The night had been restless and Geet didn't feel like sleeping. Her thoughts were dwelling around the fact that Maan was hospitalized and that too was because of her. She silently cried throughout the night and welcomed the sunny bright day with unopen arms.

Geet got up and changed quickly and headed to the hospital without having breakfast. All she needed was to see him... Now.

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She stepped into the hospital, her hands shaking and all wet. Geet walked towards the room where he was admitted and crashed open the door to see it empty...

Geet frantically looked around to see where Maan was and asked the nurse...

"Sir has been discharged." the nurse replied and Geet sighed, relieved. He's fine, she tried to tell herself and instantly drove to the Khurana's...
"Dev might be in there..." Geet whispered as she walked across the soccer-field sized lawn towards the Mansion.

It was all the same she thought. everything was. She knew dev never repented and she knew that maan must have not thrown him out. The thought kicked her hard in the stomach.

Nakul slowly led Geet into the familiar palace like mansion... where dadi sat in the middle of the hall on the couches, reading the newspaper.

"D-Dadi" Geet spoke as she walked in...

"Geet beta! Tum kesi ho? You didn't sleep? Why?"

"I tried..." Dadi felt that she was worriedd about something, well that was obvious...

"Maan's in his room and he's asleep. You can go and see him beta, it's like your own house.." dadi offered..

"But, nobody else is up there?" Geet asked, trying to signify that she was talking about dev.

"You really thought that Maan would have forgave him for what he did? Is your Maan like THAT geet? So weak?"

Geet's eyes teared up and knodded.. "I know he wouldn't have" She thought to herself... and turned around to walk back to him.

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