New FF: New York times with Maan and Geet - Page 5

<Geet's Monologue>

Its Friday…4.00 PM time to wrap up… I was looking forward to the weekend with Meer and Yash. I couldn't help think all that had happened in the last 5 days...My life has changed so much…

Everything is as expected and not as expected too…wait isn't that an oxymoron….I must have gone crazy…

I guess that one word captures all that is happening in my life…

3 phone calls and 2 emails from Dev….I'm not even sure if he is missing me. I guess its true…you can never be alone in NY…its keeps me on my toes….Babaji…please aap mujhe boliye ki mera saath kya ho rahaa hai…Why am I not missing Dev?

Every day something same and something different…Same bole tho…subah vutna…subway…lunch at caf lulu, phir sham ko subway…aur phir…frozen khana….aur phir…sona…

Different…Hmm let me think, Shaam ko Meer se baatein…I guess she can never bore me…Office ka gapshap…Yash ka masti..Hameshah.8.00 pm aajata hai khaane ke liye…aur who bhi frozen khaane ke liye…aur wo sadoo…how can I forget him…

Monday woh sadoo se mulaqaat…dating aur shaadi arrangement…how strange for a first meeting? Gym me bhi aa gaya tha…unka Daadi…

Tuesday….Half-caff…I didn't even know something like that existed…Numbers…peeche baagna…

Wednesday…first client meeting…vunka gussa ppt ke bare mein…aur shaam ko…grocery store mein…

Yesterday…mera us par coffee girana…phir se vunka gussa…sorry email from me…Phir se gym ke sit out mei n bhi mil gaya tha…actually mein mili thi unko phir se sorry bolne ke liye…

Itna straight face kyon maintain karta hain…sirf gussa dikta hain vus aankhon mein…does he ever smile…rude hain…sorry shabd bhi jaanta hai ke nahin…

Today..actually …I'm glad…nothing has happened so far…sirf unke saath ek meeting tha…and one more hour…I should be done.

Mujhe yeh kya hogaya hai…mein maan ke bare mein itna waqt kyun soochti hun…aur Dev ko bahuth kam waqt dey rahi hun…

Meer: "So Dreamy…kiske bare me dream kar rahe ho…chalen…."

Geet: "Itni jaldi…aur ek ganta hain na"

Meer: "Friday hain yaar…yaahan pe Friday ko sab chalta hain…"

We got going…early subway…We got into the train…I held onto the pole next to me…it was pretty crowded…guess we will have to stand through….did I just see…Him…Is that him…

Meera: " Hi MK…"

Maan: " Hi …"

Meera: " Aap Yahan…itni jaldi…aap hamesha 5.00 subway pakad the hain na…"

Maan: " Yeah…Mene socha aaj jaldi nikloonga…"

Meera: " So what are you doing tonight…"

Hamesha meera unke saath free hoti hain…she never hesitates…she is so casual with him…outside…

Maan:" Aaj to Gym…aur uske baath…I'm just going to call it a night…"

Meera: "Aah! Boring MK…common…you should hang out with us…Yash bhi hoga…"

What is wrong with you Meer…why are you inviting him…yeh to sadoo hai…aur hamesha kuch na kuch kaaran doond leta hai mujse gussa karne ke liye…aur inke saat hangout karna…babaji…waise..bhi yeh mera boss hai...woh bhi chanlega...but iska attitude…

Maan: " Just the three of us…"

Meera: "Nahin…Geet bhi hogi…"

Maan: " Actually Dadima…bhi.."

Meera: " MK common…its been a long time…you should hang out with us…"

Maan: "Ok…just for an hour…lets catch up for dinner and then I will head out…"

I was just listening…I didn't look at him…in any way…I didn't want to…and I didn't have anything to say…

Maan: " So Geet…how is NY treating you…"

Geet: " Ji …Its good…loving it…"

Maan: "Waise tum Toronto se ho na…so are you planning to visit your……family"…

He hesitated…

Geet: " No Maan…not yet…"

<Meer's monologue>

Hold on…Geet ne MK ko Maan kaha…seriously...did I just hear that?

Maan: "So Geet …Daadima…wanted to know how your leg was…"

Geet: " Its much better…its healing fine…"

Aur MK is actually inquiring about her cut…AAHH yeh mein kya sun rahi hoon…

Geet: "Actally Maan…you should give me that shirt….or atleast let me buy you a shirt"

What….what the hell is going on here….what am I missing here…Yeh Geet itni dakkan kyon hai…she wants to buy MK a shirt….does she know that he can buy all of blooming dale shirts with just one card…

Maan: " Geet just forget it….its not a big deal…"

Geet: " Maan…I know I work with you in office…but the coffee thing was in Lulu's so you have to hear me out this time…"

<Maan's Monologue>

Ziddi hain…mera baat ye kaahan se mane wali hain… teek hain maan…weekend ya Monday ko…tumhare closet me ek naaya shirt added…

Its hardly been 5 days aur I don't understand why I keep running into her…aur ab aaj raat ko bhi isse milna hai…

<Geet's monologue>

Kuch nahi bolega ab…a smile…is that all I get…now what is that supposed to mean…

<Meera's monologue>

Do these guys know I'm here…Hulllooo? Why are staring at each other….?

<Geet's monologue>

Its 8.00 PM already…I'm ready…Meer looked great…and Yash…woh! Bhi smart hi lag raha hai…Yash and meera are chatting away in the living room…

Meera: "Geet tu jaldi…kar…I think MK is here…"

Meera: "Hi MK…looking good…."

I could hear the dry laugh in her voice…

Yash: "Yo MK…after a long time…whazzup…"

Maan: "Hey! Chalo…lets catch dinner fast…I need to get back after dinner…"

I was still inside…trying to put my earrings…alright I'm done…and decent…

Geet: "Lets go people…"

He was there…a black satin sheen shirt perfectly tucked in…fitted such that I could see his muscles framing his shirt…neatly set hair…well trimmed stubble…He had left the first three buttons open…his chest was that of Adonis…he had rolled up his sleeves too until just about his arms bend..I couldn't take my eyes off of him…in the meanwhile…Meer interrupted…

Meera: " Chalo Geet"…

We all walk to the restaurant and it was only a couple of blocks away…I have gotten used to it…Yash and Maan were walking behind me and Meer…thank you babaji…nahi tho…I'm sure Maan would be able to feel my eyes on him all the time…

<Maan's monologue>

I never do these kind of things…me coming out with Meera and Yash…I have known them for over a year and this was the first time, I'm meeting them outside casually… we only hang out in office parties…

And Geet….She has to come out too right…she has to wear this and only this white dress…it stuck to her figurine so perfectly that I could perfectly trace her out with my eyes…who does she think she is…Aphrodite…wait…is that lady wearing the same dress as Geet's….but then …why does geet look so different….may be its her eyes…jet black, deep like the deep dark oceans ...or her hair…that played around the corner of her forehead everytime the wind blew by her ears….or is it her nape…that was playing hide and seek with my eyes…there was something so fine and different about her that I was not able to make out….to add fuel to the fire…she was seated opposite to me….I hope I don't fumble too much during our dinner…

Meera: Common Geet you can have some sangria with us…tum talli nahin hoye gi…

Geet: OK…alright I will try some…

One hour later…

Meera: Geet tum…ab bas bhi karogi…you cant have this anymore…

Geet: Just this one….

Yash: Wow…I didn't know hosiyarpur express itni fast hain….

Meera: Yash…stop it…I don't think she can hang out with us anymore…she is gotta get back home…lets get back after this…

Yash: Hey! Hold on…I'm not going back home on Friday night…ok…Huh…Maan…if you don't mind…can you take geet home…

Geet: Yash…tum bhi na…I can walk…and I can perfectly walk….

and she fell back into her chair

<Maan's monologue>

I should have stopped her…but I couldn't…I was selfish I guess….she loosened up so much…her cute..I mean…did I just say…cute…Maan sign Khurana ke moo se cute shabd achna nahin lagta hain..

Maan: I think I will take her home…

We parted outside the restaurant…geet was with me…completely unaware that she was with me…

She slipped and she caught hold of my hand….I had to keep her close to me, I didn't want her to slip again…her perfume was driving me crazy…her eyes was closed and she was pretty silent…she couldn't see the bright lights on the street…she couldn't keep up with the intoxication…her head slowly leaned on my shoulder…her right hand came all the way across from her body and held my right bicep and her left hand tangled with my left. This just didn't seem right…any other day…I would have been a different guy…but today….I'm not her guy...

We reached the apartment…I had to shake her by her hand to ask her to get me the keys…

We walked in…she was a little clear in the head …or atleast that is what I thought…

She sat and just wanted to sleep on the couch….as she lay down…she caught my hand and smiled the sweetest smile I had ever seen….

Geet: "Maan…thank you….."

Maan: " Its ok Geet…tu apna kayal rak…."

I turned around to leave and that's when I realized that her fingers were still tugging on to my arms…she pulled me close to her…

Geet: " Main aapse kuch puchoon…aap hamesha…itna gussa kyon karte ho mujse….thoda has bhi lo…na...."

She didn't even know what she was telling me…and that made me wonder how deep my anger and frustration had hurt her…I took her hand off my arm …I wanted to hold on to her fingers just one second longer before I could let it go on the couch…BUT…..

I left her to sleep on the couch…took the elevator home…

I was lying down and had a run of the last 5 days in my mind that had gone by….What can I say….she came in like the whirl wind that had disturbed everything in my life….