Chapter-9
The Love letter
Days were passing and each passed day was giving me pain of separation as I knew I had only few days to spend with Mayank sir...
Those days were like autumn...I used to enter in school premises looking at each and every thing with some strange affection...thinking that...bas kuch din aur,phir shayad ye mausam yun na rahe...deeware wahi hongi,classes wahi hogi,classmates wahi hoge...wahi mai aur wahi gunjan bas nahi honge toh Mayank sir...nahi hogi toh meri woh unko dekhne ki khwahish ya phir shayad khwahish bhi wahi hogi par puri na ho payegi...waise hi faculty room but wahan jinhey chup kar dekhti thi woh nahi honge...
Tears formed in my eyes but I gulped them as saw khush coming to me...
"Hey nupur!what happened?did u write the letter?"asked she with a wink.
"No!"I gasped.
Her excitement vanished,and face faded "Why?"
"I don't know what to write...how to write..."I said sadly.
She made faces..."Jaana...no worry..when khush is here...I'll tell you.."said she and pulled my hand "Come on!! Lets write a love letter in 'Khush Style' ".
She dragged me in an empty classroom,opened her bag and took a beautiful diary,colorful glitter pens and other decorative stuffs...I was confused seeing all that...
"What are these for?"
"Wait jaana...you are going to write world's most beautiful love letter..."she said and opened diary.It was very beautiful and the page having colorful corners with some artistic designs...then she asked me my favorite color and I replied Pink so she took pink glitter pen and handed it to me...
"Chalo start ho jaao.."
"But mai likhu kya?"I asked confusedly.
"Whatever I am going to say.."she said and started...
"Dear,..." and I started like an obedient student..."hmmm..."
"hey whats his name?"she asked and my face faded...now what to say...should I tell her that it is Mayank sir whom I am going to give this letter..NOO!! bahut problem ho jayegi...NO I can't tell her...so I quickly told some imaginative name...
"M..MMM..Moon..."I ended up stammering.
She laughed out loudly,"MOOON!!!! ye kaisa naam hai Nupur.."she was laughing loudly and her voice was loud almost shouting.
I stopped her by gestures,"Shh..!! yahi naam hai unka..aur dheeme bolo..koi aa gaya toh..."
She controlled herself,"yeahh..okay.. write.. dear Moon,I..."
I penned down each and every word exactly she said and about to write last line...my name...
your's_____
when suddenly heard gunjan's voice.I looked up and found her coming towards me angrily...
"NUPUR!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?I AM SEARCHING YOU SINCE MORNING!!!"
I said nothing but she saw everything there and understood what we were up to...
"What's this?"she took the paper from my hand and expressions on her face clearly showing that she was angry...and disappointed with me...
"What is this nupur?what are you doing?why are you making things complicated...its wrong totally wrong..." and she started twisting the paper,seeing that I snatched it quickly..
"DON'T.YOU.TRY.TO TEAR.IT!!!"I glared.
She got scared,hurted and baffled on my that reaction,paper fell down from her hand and tears formed in her eyes...Seeing her like that I realized my mistake and took a deep breath.."I am sorry gunjan...but I have to do it...this feeling is killing me...please let me do this.."
"I won't..!"said she yet weakly this time as she was very much hurt inside.
Khush who was quiet yet,tried to convice her,"O'come on gunjan what's so wrong in this?"
"You stay out of it..its between me and nupur...you don't know anything..." snapped she showing her index finger to khush which she took as her insult and left the room in anger.She turned towards me,
"Nupur its wrong...plz don do this"she again said almost pleading.
I lost my temper,"WRONG WRONG WRONG!!! WHAT'S WRONG IN THAT..TELL ME WHAT'S WRONG???" I shook her shoulders.
she shouted in return shrugging off my hand with a jolt,"EVERYTHING IS WRONG...LOVING A TEACHER IS WRONG,WRITING LOVE LETTER TO HIM IS WRONG,THINKING ABOUT HIM DAY AND NIGHT IS WRONG...EVERYTHING IS WRONG...WRONG...WRONG..!!!"he voice was trembling and face was full of sweat.
But I was totally mad that time and could'nt understand what is right or wrong...
"YOU ARE MAD GUNJAN..THERE IS NOTHING WRONG IN THAT...I'LL DO IT AND DON'T TRY TO STOP ME..AS I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOUR FACE AGAIN!!!!"
That was the end...she slumped on seat weakly,crying and numb minded...tears were flowing from her eyes...I looked at her...taking my bag,letter and other stuffs left classroom... left her crying,left her...
Now when I ever think about her,I see the same face crying,numb and full of grief as urging to me.."plz don't leave me...I am your frnd..ur well wisher...not ur enemy..."
But I was not in my senses that time and lost my best friend forever.
I placed the letter in a notebook of Mayank sir...hoping that he will read it.
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Next day Mayank sir have to leave school...he was doing formalities,packing his belongings and taking his classes for the last time.
I decided to meet him and so went to faculty room.It was empty except Mayank sir because all other faculties were busy in organizing farewell party for him.I was very nervous and eagerly missing gunjan at that time...but somehow went inside.
"Hello..ss..Sirr.."my voice was trembling.
He looked up to me,"O hello Nupur.."he said normally and I was confused,"did'nt he read the letter yet...ofcourse not..that's y he is normal...I felt a disappointment...but hopes were their as he had my contact no...so whenever he will read it,he can contact...if he want...a shiver ran through my body..but what if he does'nt want...??? what will I do...?no he have to tell me right now...what is his decision...but I can't ask him...just can't..I was helpless..too helpless..I wanna cry because he was going but I can't...I wanna say how much I like him..but I can't...helpless...too helpless...I was crying inside but have to pretend normal...
"Nupur..where are you lost?"asked he.
I came back in reality,"Nothing sir...!I will miss you..."and my throat chocked.
He was looking at me deeply...First time I realized that his eyes were too intense else I could'nt see anything except his smile yet...he was looking..perhaps gazing me...his eyes were piercing directly my heart...I was feeling nervous...shivering and trembling...
After a moment he closed his eyes and gasped...I was confused as to what happened to him so gathering all my courage I asked ,"Sir are you okay?"
He looked at me with faded smile and and then looking in vaccum he said,
"I don't want to leave this job...I like teaching..."he was murmuring
His face was showing his agony...it was clear that there is something behind the scene...may be a big problem he was facing at that time...I still don't know...
"Sir..then why are you leaving?"I asked.
He strangly looked at me...there was a pain of helpness or pain of being a looser probably both I could'nt figure out...
"One day..I'll tell you..."he said.
I looked at him questionably...He completed,"When you will be mature enough to understand!"
Iski Sab Ko Pehchaan Nahin...Yeh Do Din Ka Mehmaan Nahin...
Mushkil Hai Bahut Aasaan Nahin... Yeh Pyar Bhulaana Bachpan Ka...
Aaya Hai Mujhe Phir Yaad Woh ...Guzara Zamaana Bachpan Ka...
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Edited by --Ruchi-- - 13 years ago
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