She turned around and I saw her smiling.
I smiled back at her.
"geet tumne nashata kyun nahi kiya abhi tak" I asked her as I
walked inside.
She turned around and looked at the table as if she didn't know
that the breakfast was kept there.
She remained silent and just kept looking at me.i had almost
reached her bed by now.
She looked at me and moved behind leaving place for me to
sit. I looked at her and sat down at the other end of the bed.
She picked up the tray and kept it in between us.
"apne bhi toh nahi kiya"
I was dumbstruck at her. When will she learn to take to
think about herself before she thought of others. I knew I could never change
her. I just smiled silently and shook my head.
"kya hua.."
"kuch nahi geet..tum nashta karo"
She opened the lid of the first plate and saw fruit there.
She made a face and opened the second one and saw porridge
there and in the last she saw bread.
She again made a face. I was staring at her with my eye full
of question . at last she looked at me and saw me staring at her.
"yeh kya hai.."
"Geet ise breakfast kehte hain.."
"isse"
I was now confused..what did she want..
"Geet.."
"aap yeh khate hain.."
"Geet..kya matlab"
"aapne kabhi paranthon ka naam suna hai.."
"kya matlab"
"mujhe yeh sab nahi khana mujhe paranthe chahiye.."
"kya.."
"haan..warna main nashta nahin karoongi.."
I looked at her and she sat there like a kid.
"theek hai chalo.."
Her eyes lighted up and she got down from the bed in a
minute.
I walked ahead and she followed me,but she stopped at the
door.
"kya hua.."
"aap.."
"kay hua geet.."
"aap toh nashta kar lijiye.."
"main baad mein kar loonga..is waqt tumhe mujhe medicines
deni hai..tum jaldi nashta kar lo baaki sab baad mein.."
She just looked at me for a minute and turned around and sat
on the bed again.
"ab kya hua.."
"kuch nahi aa jayiye nashta karte hain.."
"par abhi to tumhe.."
"ek din yeh sab kha loongi toh mar nahi jaaongi.."
"Geet"..my voice was loud and sharp.
She looked at me bewildered.
"khabar daar tumne agar tumne doobara marne ki baat ki toh.."
She smiled at me.
What was wrong with
her..first she talks about dying and then she smiles.
"aap jaante hain aap gusse mein kitne cute lagte hain.."
What..she had seriously lost her mind. I bet
the temperature had hit her brain somewhere.
I was just staring at her. She looked at me and said.."nashta
karle warna main sach mein bhook se mar jaaongi.."
"geet .." I was pleading..i couldn't even think of my life
without her and she was speaking to me of dying.
When she saw me she stopped smiling..
"who main.."
She looked down fumbling for words..
"I am sorry..mera who matlab nahi tha.. main toh bas.."
"nahin Geet galti meri hai..mujhe aise tumpe..par tumhe
khone ke khayal se.."
I just looked down.
She walked up to me and hugged me.
"main aapke paas hoon..main kahin nahi jaa rahin hoon.."
She rested her head on my chest and I wrapped her in my
arms.
Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin
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