Geet rushed out of the room. She had tears lodged in her eyes. Threatening to fall. She thought Maan would be calm by now. Her friend that she met back at hoshyapur village would be fine by now. But what he did to her today broke all limits. He was no longer a friend but a stranger, a stranger who she was scared of who despised her being. He was her husband who did not accept her as his wife. It was not her fault she had to marry him. Did he not see she was as hurt as she was with this forced relation between them.
Maan walked into the shower. He was so angry at the events. He turned the shower to cold to cool himself down. Within 2 days so many things had happened. Life had taken such a turn which way he should go is hard. He closed his eyes and he saw Geet's face with pain when he forced himself and was so rude to her
'kyun?'' He questioned himself. He felt a guilt in his heart. 'maine aisey kyun kiya? Jo bi hua is main mere galti nahi ti, Geet ki galti nahi ti, phir har bar maine Geet ko zimardar kyun tehraya. Yeh Shaadi, maine ki kyun ki main apne jaan bachana chahta ta. Agar main yeh shaadi nahi karta to phir gaow wale mere jaan le lete. Aur Geet ne ha isliye kaha kyun ke aus bechari ke pass koi aur rasta nahi ta. Maine aaj jo bi kiya Geet ke saat galat kiya. Mujhe ause maafi magni chahiye'
'waa Maan waa' A voice said. Maan looked in the mirror to see his reflection talking to him
'kis baat ki maafi, auski khushiya cheeni ki. Aus par zabarzasti karne ki. Auske saat badsulati se baat karne ki. Aus par har cheeze ka ilzaam lagane ki. Ya aus ki bhai ki maut ke waja ki'
'Main Maanta ho maine galat kiya hai. Lekin Sameera ka dil bi toota hai. Shaadi ka haq sirf auska ta'
'Toh, kya tum Geet ke saat zindagi bar rehne wale ho kya? Tumne to kaha ta, woh tumhari patni nahi hai. Yeh sirf ek zabarzasti ka rishta hai'
'Toh phir main kya karu?'
'Pati patni na sahi, dosti phir se karlo'
'Lekin sab kuch hone ke baad?'
'Geet ke pass koi nahi hai yaha. Ab tume auske saat dena hoga'
Maan walked out of the shower. He saw that his food was arranged on the table. He then saw Geet walk in with a tray of tea. He looked at her following her movement with his gaze. Geet felt his eyes on her'Jee apka khana tayyar hai. Aur kuch chahiye' Geet said putting the tea down on the table
'huh, nahi kuch nahi. Geet main woh'
'Hume kuch galat kiya hai kya' Geet said in fear
'nahi Geet' Maan said seeing her tremble
'Geet'
'Please hume maaf kardijeye. Hamara maqsat apko ruksaan ya dil dukane ka nahi ta' Geet said pleading her hands infront of Maan
'GEET MERE BAAT SUNO' Maan shouted grabbing her shoulders and shaking her. Geet closed her eyes in fear. Maan saw her fear and he took a deep breath and calm down
'Geet main tumhe maafi magna chata ta. Maine aaj jo bi kiya galat kiya' Maan said. Geet opened her eyes in disbelief
'Ha Geet maine jo bi kiya , Geet mera gussa mere sochne ke taaqat cheen leta hai.'
'Woh hamari galti bi ti na. Aapne kaha ta kuch na kehni ke liye' Geet whimpered
'Geet tumhari koi galti nahi ti. Galti meri ti. Maine nahi socha ke tum yaha akeli ho. Is duniya main akeli. Sheher ke bari main kuch nahi janti'
'Aapko apne galti ka ehsaas hogaya to tik hai' Geet said walking towards the shower
'waise kal apko nashtey main kya khana hai' Geet asked not knowing whether Maan was being genuine or not
'Geet tum yaha aao bet jao. TUmne khana khaya' Maan asked bringing her to the table and couch
'woh main baad main khalongi' Geet said looking away
'Geet mere saat khala khalo'
'aap gussa to nahi karengi na' Geet asked. Maan smiled
'bilkul nahi. Waise ab hum dost phir se hogaye hai na' Maan asked. Geet looked at him and without saying anything took a roti and some sabzi on a plate and moved away. Maan was confused she did not give answer
They both ate in silence
Maan had finished eating and so had Geet. She picked up the plates and took them to the kitchen. It was late night she finished washing them and went back to the bedroom. She saw Maan waiting there. She saw the question linger in his eyes. How much she wanted her friend back but he killed her brother her hopes.
'jo bi hua hum aapko maaf kar saktey hai. Liken aapne humse Hamara bhai cheen liya. Hum auske liye zindagi baar apko maaf nahi karengi. Aur ha dosti ki baat aap na hi kijiye to acha hoga. Aur ha yeh lijiye' Geet said giving him the papers. Maan looked at the papers and was shocked. It was the land papers already in his name. Maan wanted to ask Geet about this when Nakul knocked the door and told Geet the guest room was ready.
Maan was confused and then remembered his meeting with Tej
Flashback
'Aap yaha' asked Tej. Tej looked at him with suspicion. Maan was alone at night with his sister alone in this house. Maan was a city lad. Tej had met Maan in the city in the process of selling the Land. Maan had shown a lot of interest in it. Tej had agreed to show him the land the following week. Maan had arrived one day early.
'Jee main aaj hi aya hu. Kal hum zameen dekne jayenge na' asked Maan.
'Jee, lekin Maan ji ek baat main aapse kehna chahta hu, mere behen se door rehna' Tej said seriously.
'kya' asked Maan confused.
'Main aap jaise sheher walo ko janta hu. Aur main nahi chahta meri bachi ke saat kuch bi bura ho. Waise bi mere sivai auska koi nahin hai'
'Tej ji, app hume galat samaj rahe ho. Woh meri gari garab hogayi ti aur...'
'Tik hai tik hai kal miltey hai'
Maan walked out and left. Tej was really over protective of his sister. He had promised his mother and father to protect Geet always and bea mother and father to her. He walked into Geet's room who was sleeping soundly. He kissed her forehead and sat next to her.
'Geet main tumhara masoom chehre pe ko aach nahi ani donga'
He still remembered that earthquake which took the death of his parents. He was only 17 and Geet was only 8. There was a 9 year difference between them. He had promised his mother to be there always for Geet.
'bhaiya' Geet murmered waking up and seeing tears in his eyes. She wiped his tears. Tej smiled.
'Aap ke aakhon meh aason kyun hai' asked Geet innocently. He smiled and shook his head and put her back to sleep.
Following day Maan and Tej saw the land. Tej gave him the papers to sign which he did and Maan did. The only thing which was left was for Maan to register it. Tej had promised to give the papers as soon as Maan has deposited the money.
However before that happened Tej life had been taken away the following week when Maan returned to collect the papers.
BACK TO PRESENT
Following morning, Maan walked to the breakfast table and saw his dadima sitting there. He looked around for Geet and saw she wasn't there
'Dadima Geet kaha hai' asked Maan
'oh woh ladki, woh kitchen main hai. Nashta banarahi hai hamari liye' Dadima smirked
'lekin dadima itni nokhar hai phir Geet kyun?' asked Maan
'Aap ke dil main Geet ke liye daya kyun hai?, aur waise bi maine nahi kaha ta. Ausne khud khana banaya' faceGeet walked in with the breakfast and served it. She stood there on the side as Dadima and Maan ate the breakfast. He looked at Geet. Geet was praying in her mind hoping they liked it and wil not get mad at her. She was no longer the strong Geet as the only person who gave her strenght was gone.
'nashta acha bana hai Geet' Maan said looking at her smiling. Geet opened her eyes and was shocked. Dadima fake smiled at her.
'ha bahurani khana acha hai' Geet smiled and touched her feet. Dadima schoffed and reluctanly blessed her.
Geet was clearing the dishes away when Maan asked her to come into the study. She reluctantly went she did not want him to shout at her.
'Geet yeh papers land papers' asked Maan.
'woh bhaiya ne kaha ta, ke mujhe aap ko dena hoga.' she replied.
'Lekin Geet tumhe kaise pata ke...' Maan asked when he saw Pari at the door. Pari ran to Maan and Maan picked her up and gave her a big hug.
'Mamooo Maannooo' She said. Maan smiled and Pari gave him a kiss on the cheek. Anjali came in as well. She smiled and hugged Maan.
'Di aap yaha?' asked Maan.
'kyun main yaha nahi aasakti.' Anjali faked pouted. Maan smiled and hugged her.
'Nahi di yeh aap kaise baatein kar rahi ho. Waise jijaji kaha hai' asked Maan.
'Maan poch ye mat. Woh Tour par chale gaye hai 3 hafte ke liye' Anjali said annoyed. Geet smiled looking at the brother and sister relation. Tears were in her eyes as she missed her brother. Anjali saw Geet and walked to her.
'Kaise hai aap Geet' She asked hugging her. Geet smiled through her tears.
'Hum bilkul tik hai' Geet smiled. 'aur aap'
'hum bi tik hai. Waise Maan app ko office nahi jana kya?'
'Jee main chalta hu'
Maan entered the office and was wondering how did Geet know what the papers were. She must have had many papers. How could she read?. He remembered her packing all her brothers's papers and books. He was confused. He was in his own world when Sameera came in and hugged him from the back.
'Hi Maan baby' Maan came out of his thoughts. He turned around and hugged Sameera. He was confused. For once he did not miss Sameera. The whole of last night until now he thought only about Geet.
'Kya hua Maan' asked Sameera coming out of the hug.
'kuch nahi Sameera. Anyways suno, Geet ne aaj hame zameen ke papers de diye hai' Maan smiled. Sameera was ecstatic. Maan's mission is over already and she can get back her place in Maan's life as his wife.
'yeh bohot ache baat hai Maan' She said kissing him. Maan smirked and kissed her back throughly.
A knock broke them apart.
'come in'
'Sir the Lawyer is here' said Adi the most trusted employee.
'Send him in' said Maan. Sameera sat next to Maan. As the lawyer went through the papers.
'Yeh papers sahi hai. Lekin Mr Khurana, aapko Geet ke signatures ki zarorat hai.'
'Kyun?..' asked Maan seeing that Tej had already signed it.
'kyun ki Tej Singh Handa ki death hochuke hai. Lekin in papers ko kisi ne register nahi kiya. To as per the law, sab kuch ab Geet ka hai'
'Tik hai main signatures kara longa. Aur Mr Sinha, maine divorce ke bari main'
'Divorce ke liye aap ko 6 mahine tak nahi mil sakta. As per the law you have to be married atleast 6 months'
'Matlab jab tak yeh che mahine katam nahi hota main Geet ko talaaq nahi desakta'
'nahi bilkul nahi' Maan was annoyed. The lawyer left.
'koi baat nahi, Maan, main tumhari liye 6 months to kya puri zindagi wait kar sakti ho' Sameera said hugging him around his chair. He pulled her onto his lap and kissed her like there was no tomorrow.
'I Love you Sam'
'I Love You too Maan'
'Anywyas I'll take you to dinner tonight be ready around 7.'
Anjali asked Geet to look after Pari for while as she made Pari food. Dadima had left for London as she had an important event to organise. Anjali then came back and saw Geet reading a book to Pari. Anjali was shocked.
'Geet' Geet got up hurridly.
'Ji didi'
'beto Geet. Geet tumhe parna ata hai?' asked Anjali. Geet nervously looked down.
'Geet tum humse kehsakti ho'
'Jee Didi. Maine school katam kiya ta. Aur aage ki parai bhaiya ne parai ti. Aur main college join karne wali ti aur yeh sab kuch hogaya'
Anjali smiled. 'kya hua di?'
'kuch nahi Geet. Tum kya college jana chahti ho' asked Anjali.
'Jana chahti to ti. Lekin aab ?' Geet said dejectedtly
'Tumahra certificates wagara kaha hai?' asked Anjali.
'woh room main hai'
'lekar aao aur jaldi se tayyar hojao' said Anjali.
Anjali and Geet left for Delhi college. Maan arrived home as soon as they left. He looked for Geet and could not see her anywhere nor Anjali. He was worried. He rang Anjali
'Di aap kaha ho'
'hello chote hum bahar hai.. Pari aur...Geet mere saat hai'
'Di awaaz nahi arahi..' Maan said.'Geet aapke pass hai kya'
'Maan hello.. Geet hamari pass...Tum chinta mat karna'
But due to the phone connection Maan didnt hear it and assumed Geet was not with Anjali.
Maan ran to his car and started looking for Geet.
'kaha jasakti hai. Ausi is sheher ke bari main kuch nahi pata' Maan thought. It was past 7. Maan was still looking for Geet. He saw his phone ring and it was Sameera.
'Sameera ke liye time nahi hai' Maan said. He ignored her calls. As he looked all over Delhi for Geet.
Meanwhile Anjali and Geet came home after enrolling her in college. Geet hugged Anjali and was really happy. It was almost 8. They ordered food from outside. Both were laughing and eating talking about the film they watched in the cinema. They watched ready.
Sameera came home and saw Geet and Anjali.
'Sameera tum yaha aao khana kalo'
'Je nahi di. Maan kaha hai. Hamara aaj dinner plan ta' Sameera said.
'Maan ne humhe phone kuch gante pehle liya ta. Ek minute main phone karti ho'
'Hello Di, please main bohot pareshan ho badh main baat karta ho' MAan said putting the phone down.
'Lagraha hai ke shayad tum dinner pe nahi jasako gi. Yaha beto aur khana kalo. Waise maine khaliya aur main Pari ko sulane jarahi ho' Anjali said getting up.
'Tum dono baat karo'
Geet and Sameera stood there in silence not knowing what to say.
'Jee woh main Maan aap' Geet fumbled. Sameera smiled at her knowing what a dilemma all 3 lives are in now.
'Geet jo bi hua aus main tumhari galti nahi hai. Lekin yeh to tum janti ho na ke Maan mujse pyar karta hai'
'Jee Sameera ji.. Main aap dono ke beech nahi ana chahti ti'
'janti hu Geet. Suno, kya tum mujhe ek wada karsakti ho'
'je kahiye'
'Tum Maan ko talaaq de sakti ho. Is shaadi se koi kush nahi hai. Na tum na main na Maan'
Geet was shocked but Sameera made sense.
'Lekin, main.tik hai mai wada karti ho. Lekin Maan'
'Maan bi yahi chahta hai. Yeh shaadi samjota ti. Aur waise Wakeel se baat hogayi hai. 6 months ke baad tum dono talaaq ho sakte ho'
'Tik hai Sameera ji. Main wada karti ho Maan sirf aapka hai'
At that moment Maan came in and saw Geet on the table smiling as Sameera promised to help her settle down after the divorce. Maan walked up to Geet angrily and grabbed her arm and pulled her up and said
'Kaha ti tum. Tum janti bi ho main kitna pareshan ta tumhari liye. Main kabse tumhe dhoondraha ta' He held her arm tight. 'Kitna daar gaya ta main tumhari liye.' Maan said. Geet was shocked as was Sameera.
'Maan' Anjali said walking in. 'Geet mere saat ti. Hum dono bahar gaye te. Humne tumhe bataya to ta phone pe' Maan let go of Geet's hand and turned to see Sameera who was in tears. He cared about Geet more than her.
'Tumhe mujse zyada Geet ke chinta hai' Sameera whispered. Maan noticed that his fingers had caused a mark on Geet's shouders. Tears were in her eyes.
'Geet' Maan whispered. He felt pain because she was in pain. He then saw Sameera who ran out. Geet ran to her room. Maan ran after Geet ignoring the pain in Sameera heart because he had to apologise for hurting her and screaming at her.
'Geet please darwaza kholo I'm sorry'
'go away Maan.'
'Geet please'
Geet opened the door which Maan was leaning on and He lost his balance and fell on her onto the bed. Both were shocked and store into eachother's eyes.
MAHIII MAHIII
They both got up and adjusted themselves.
'I'm Sorry' They both said. And laughed.
'bohot dard horaha hai?' asked Maan looking at her arm.
'Tik hojaye ga'
Maan smiled and Geet smiled.
'Waise Maan, mujhe aap se baat karni ti. Woh main kya college?'
'Collge?' asked Maan confused.
Geet explained that she had got accepted in college and was not illererate. Maan smiled and agreed at her to go.
MEANWHILE
Sameera thought like before when Maan made a mistake or hurt her, he used to run after her and pacify her. He would ring her countless time and do so many things such as flowers violins. Chocolates. Sameera waited al night for one phonecal but Maan did not even ring her once. She cried herself to sleep.
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