PART 3
AT ONE CORNER OF THE STATION
A lady with a curly hair tied into a pony was talking animatedly and loudly on public telephone.Many passerby's indeed did stop and looked around what that was. Many people were looking at her but she was more interested in her talking that she didn't notice it but it was the person standing beside her who was feeling embarrassed at getting such attention. He had been patient enough to wait for half an hour while she talked on the phone. But now he felt it was more and so thought " ab chal rahul tujhe hi kuch karna hoga warna yeh baatein abhi katam nahi honge."and grabbed the receiver forcibly from her hand.
Man : hello,auntiji. Hum yaha theek taak pohunch gaye hai. Mere maa se bhi yeh keh dijiyega. Hum college keliye late horahe mai abhi phone rakta hoon.
Auntiji : ha rahul. Theek hai .mai ravneet(rahul's mom) se keh doonge.
Rahul : thankyou auntiji . Muskaan aapko baad mein phone karegi. Bye aunty.
Auntiji : theek hai beta. Apna aur muskaan ka kyal rakhna. Bye beta.
Rahul kept the receiver down and turned around to find muskaan looking at him furiously with her hands on her hips. He expected what was coming and so moved back but muskaan was ready to plunge on him like a tigress on a deer. She started shouting at the peak of her voice. And rahul could do nothing but , shut his eyes and ears with his hands.
This continued for nearly five min when rahul realized it was too much and he couldn't take any more.
Rahul : STOP IT MUSKAAN!
Muskaan : ( a bit shocked )
Rahul : thank god!
Muskaan : (recovered) tu kya samjhta hai, tu chillayega toh main darr jaungi. Abey kankajure tu kuch bhi karle tu mujhe dara nahi sakta.
Rahul : ye toh tumhara kaam hai.aur waise bhi maine aisa kaam kya kiya hai jho tu mujhe itna suna rahi hai.
Muskaan : mujhse poochte ho kya kiya hai. Tu bhul gaya kya tune abhi mere haath se receiver cheena aur mujhe apne mummy papa se bhi baat nahi karne di.
Rahul : oh madam,let me remind you. Tu pichle aade ghante se baat kar rahi thi .Tune toh sabse baat karle. Apne chaacha se, chaachi se, dada se dadi se bunty babli se aur yaha tak ki tune tuffy se bhi baat karli. Aur kaun bach ghaya hai baat karne keliye kya padoseyon se bhi baat karegi.
Muskaan : oye, tujhe kya lena dena,mai kisi se bhi baat karu bill toh maine pay karniai aur tune maa se kya kaha ki time ho raha hai lekin abhi toh bahut time bacha hai.
Rahul : wai guru kaha phasa diya mujhe .
Muskaan : kya bhola tu.
Rahul (trying to be serious): kuch nahi muskaan ab sunn tune dekha nahi hoga lekin iss phone keliye bichare bahut log kade hua the aur apne chance keliye wait karke kuch log chale gaye aur baaki mujhe ghoor rahe the aur oopar se tu jabb bhi hasti(trying hard to keep a straight face) hai tho thoaba thoaba yeh sab aise dekh rahe the ki station mai ghoda kaha say aagaya.
Muskaan : ghoda how dare you( and starts hitting him wherever she could reach ).
Rahul : OUCH!(holding his right hand).
Muskaan continues to beat him and this time rahul really makes a painful sound which makes muskaan to step back.
Muskaan : (soft concerned voice) are rahul kya hua.
Rahul : are ajeeb pagal hai kudh hi toh marr rahi hai aur poonch rahi hai kya hua. Maregi toh chot nahi lage ga aur mera haath fracture hote hote bach gaya.
Muskaan : sach dekha mujhe( she takes his hand into her's).
Rahul : ouch! Mujhe marne ka irada hai kya.
Muskaan : srry rahul. Chalo college chale aur wahi ilaaz karva denge.
Rahul : mera luggage kaun utayega.
Muskaan : (looks around for a coolie but doesn't find any n so with no option) main hoona.
Muskaan all the way manages to carry her n rahul's luggage while rahul for the first time has a look around the station n gets the glimpse of the beauty around him n in this trance forgot his injury that he faked only to shut muskaan's bickering.
Finally muskaan n rahul get into the taxi while muskaan was still feeling guilty n rahul literally happy as he didn't have to carry his luggage.
Muskaan : rahul ab tumhara haath ..
Rahul :(massaging his left hand) haan theek hai bus thoda dard ho raha hai.
Muskaan : ( looking suspiciously at him massaging his left hand) lekin rahul tumhari toh right hand par chot laga than a.
Rahul :woh, woh actually hum jab station se bahar aa rahe the tho right hand ka pain through my chest passed onto my left hand.
Muskaan : ( with moist eyes)oh! Toh tune mujhe ullu banaya ok,fine (n she turns towards the window n gazes through the window with silence). tune mujhse jhoot bhola. I didn't know tu itna idiot hai
Rahul : (rahul feels guilty now n he can't see her in silence) I'm srry muskaan mujhe kuch aur sooja nahi tu itna chilla rahi thi toh maine bas aise hi bol diya. I'm really srry.
Mukaan with still silence continues to gaze.
Rahul : are muskaan srry bol tho diya ab kya maatha teku ya phir kuch aur.lekin isse yeh toh pata chala ki u care for me.
Muskaan : care for u my foot. Main toh ye soch kar darr gayi thi ki aunty aur uncle mere bare me kya sochenge agar tu sahi salaamat wapas chandigarh nahi pahuncha tho.
Rahul : ( happy to see his plan work n to see real muskaan back) oh! Really well jho bhi ho lekin aaj teri ek quality dekhne ko mili I must say u are a good coolie.part time job karlena.
Muskaan : bhagwan kaha aake phass gayi mai. Iss ghade ke saath paanch saal bithane padenge. mummy toh acchi kaasi keh rehi thi ki shaadi karle lekin nahi mujhe toh doctor banna tha plzz bhagwan bacha lena mujhe.
Rahul : accha, agar socha jaye toh woh ladka lucky hai aur uncle aunty bhi aaram se reh paayenge lekin mai phas gaya.
Muskaan : how mean!
Meanwhile the taxi driver who's been patient enough to listen to their bickering couldn't take it any longer addressed to them in a typical madrasi accent.
Driver : arre appa kai ko lad rahe ho.mai toh pagal ho jaunga aur tumne band nahi kiya toh yahi chod dunga aur phir yaha par tumhe koi taxi bhi nahi milegi soch lo.
Rahul n muskaan were left with no choice but to maintain complete silence. Muskaan put her finger on her lips trying her level best not to talk which was quite difficult for her.when rahul had a look of this it reminded him of the days when she had to do the same in school to escape the teachers canings.n how she used to burst soon after the teacher left.n with this flashback he couldn't stop himself frm laughing.
Muskaan(surprised look):paagal ke daure pad rahe hai kya,agar ha tho badi kushi ki bath hai.
Rahul:itni kush math hoja,bcz mujhe tuje dekh kar hasi aayi,tu aise baiti hai jaise ki koi lkg ki student ho,tujhe tho akal bhi nahi hai pathanahi exam pass kaise ho gayi,bhaiyya ji ne kaha tha ki jagda math karna bath karne ki izajat hai.
Muskaan:tujse aur baath ,shakal dekha hai apna,languor hai languor.
Rahul:accha lekin isi chehre petho bahuth ladkiya marthi hai.dekha nahi train may kiss tarah se ladkiya mujhe dekh kar smile deh rahi thi.
Muskaan:abhay pehli baar sach bola,tera chehra dekenge tho marenge hi,aur jo marenge nahi woh atleast hasengehi kyunki languor ko dekh kisko hasi nahi ayengi hmm.
Rahul n muskaan agn started to fight n this time the taxi driver rlly got frustrated n dropped them out of the taxi (ofcourse paise lekhar hi) n left rahul n muskaan all alone on the isolated road with luggage.
Muskaan:dekh tune kya kar diya,ab hum college kaise pahunchehge,sub tere wajese hua idiot duffer.
Rahul:excuse me tune bhi tho ladayi kiya,so jitna meri galthi hai utna tera bhi hai,lekin may ladkiyo ko aise gaaliya nahi detha isliye bachgayi tu warna
Muskaan:warna kya karlega thu languor.
Rahul : dnt call me that
Muskaan : acha jab tu mujhe ghoda bula saktha hai toh mai kyu nahi.waise bhi ab yeh bakwaas bandh kar aur soch ki ab coll kaise jayenge.
Rahul: aur kaise koi gaadi yaha ayegi tho lift magenge,tabthak pairo ko kaam dena hoga.
Muskaan:oh god chalna hoga,teehke chalo.
N she starts walking leaving her luggage.
Rahul:madamji aap ka luggage kon utayega.
Muskaan:aur kon tum,lets see ki tum ek achha coolie ban sakthe ho aur parttime job keliye layak ho chalo chalo utavo bags.
Rahul just had a rewind of all the morning incidents n don't know why but didn't want to retaliate n so carried the luggage without ny further exchanges.
Muskaan was shocked to see him carry the luggage without ny bickering n unknowingly wished to get a lift soon,n as if her wish granted vry soon she found a taxi heading towards them n so kept a thumbup gesture for lift. The car stopped n the person in the passenger seat opened the door. Rahul approached him n asked him for a lift which the person granted
Rahul:hii,im rahul aur yeh muskaan hai ,hum medico may aaj join hone jaa rahe hai.
Person:oh,hii im angad nice to meet u aur grt may bhi medico may hi join ho raha hu.
Muskaan:nice name,hum chandigarh say hai aur tum.
Angad:I'm frm delhi.
Muskaan:oh capital of India badiya,accha medico aur kitni door hai.
Rahul:are duffer ise kaise patha hoga yeh bhi tho pehle baar ja raha hai.
Muskaan:tu chup re,mai tusse bath nahi karrahi na,agar isse patanahi to yeh driver se poochkar mujhe batayega,haina angad.
Angad(dnt know wat to say):hha,bhaiyya ji aur kitni door hai medico yaha say.
Driver:aur 20 min ka raatha hai saab.
Muskaan:accha good,iss duffer kai saath ek subah 10saal barabar tha patanahi 5saal kaise rahungi.
Rahul:thankgod 20min ke baad iss musibhat se chotkaara milega.miss muskaan 20 min ke baad aap apne hostle mai aur mai apne,so dnt worry.
Angad was moving his head frm each of them as they had hot verbal exchanges, but he found it funny bcz he couldn't understand how two people who cant have a cool talk for even a minute managed to travel all the way frm chandigarh to ooty n then be together frm this morning he found it quiet strange.
Angad witnessed there bickering for the next 20 minutes,n finally they reached there destination. They got down the car with their luggage.
Muskaan : ok, bye angad. Thanks a lot for the lift tum mil gaye nahi to hume pura rasta chalke aana padta. Accha see you at weekends.
Muskaan turned around to leave when
Rahul : are madamji, mei bhi hoon yaha aur subah se mai tumhe jhel raha tha aur tum thanx sirf angad ko dhe rahi ho.
Muskaan : oh just shut up rahul subah se mai bhi toh jhel rahi thi tumhe.
Angad (intervenes) : ab phir se shuru mat hojao tum dono. Ok bye muskaan. See u at weekends. Yaha paas mei ek caf hai hum wahe milenge.ok bye.
Muskaan : tujhe kaise pata.
Angad : woh actually mere bhai bhi yahi pada tha toh mai unse jabbhi milne aata tha woh mujhe wahi le jaate the.
Muskaan : oh really theek hai.hum wahi milenge.ok bye. Tujhe bhi bye languor.
Rahul : oh god meherbani kiya hai ghodi ne. toh ehsaan toh utaarna padega tumhe bhi bye.
Muskaan enters the big grounds of MEDICO FOR GIRLS and heads to the hostel building. While rahul n angad were still at the gate watching her enter the hostel building.
N then they start walking into their domain having a chat.
Angad : ajeeb hai lekin acchi hai muskaan.
Rahul : ha.
Angad : lekin tu usse hamesha ladtha kyu hai.
Rahul : are angad woh bas aise hi, aadat ho gaya hai.bachpan se ladte the lekin u will be shocked to know ki mere parents aur uske parents bahut acche friends hai right from their childhood.
Angad : accha.
N they finally reach the hostel.
So this was the part. I felt it as a long part but I really enjoyed writing it n hope u liked it n didnt feel bored. Srry for the late update bcz my coll started n was little busy with it.
n thanx a ton for the comments n plz do leave comments n im all ready to accept any kind of critism as well.
Cricket
Anupamaa
