here's a small scene i wrote..for you Nargis...again..
i did not think they should yet get romantic...that is still a little far away..so yes..the inner struggle continues..and realization for Geet.dawning... enjoy... is baar..chappal ke liye..taiyyaar hoon...
The near proposal
Geet looks at the photo and is stunned. Ye to meri photo hai? she asks inanely. Maan said, tumhein to pata hoga na! pulling her closer still. Ye kya mazaak hai Geet? Tum aur Daadi kya kar rahe ho? He aksed in a mock anger. Geet flustered by the closeness says, woh mein..daadi, trying to look away but his eyes mesmerized her. She was lost at what she saw there. Sir, woh..but unable to continue. Maan inched her closer to him. She was just a breath away when he released her slowly and said, Mazak poora hua. I was playing along with you.
Go tell daadi that I am not going to marry and she can keep the album as a sovenier. Geet was devastated. She had been excited at the closeness and felt bereft at him releasing her. She turned away confused at what she was feeling. She did not know why this was happening to her. Why Maan's closeness affected her so. She wanted to drown in those intense eyes. She shook herself out of her reverie and walked with lead feet out of the office room.
Daadi had bee pacing the living room in anticipation of Geet's return. She had gone up to the door to hear them but there had been no screaming so she had thought her plan might just work. She went and sat on an armchair the minute she heard the door and started leafing through a magazine to show a nonchalance.
Geet came back with the album and silently handed it to daadi. Maan sir ko mazaak achcha nahi laga aur unhone bola ki aapko bata de ki woh kabhi shaadi nahi karenge and went to her room. Daadi was shocked. She wanted to know what transpired in there but Geet did not stay to be questioned. That left Maan. She will now directly tackle her grandson, she determinedly thought and got up to go to the study.
Kya kiya aapne maan? Aapne uss larki ko kya keh diya ki woh murjhai si aayee hai. meine uski tasveer rakkhi thi. Usse kuch nahi pata tha.
Maan puts his hands through his hair. He had been thinking about the same thing. He had lied to her. He not joked when he had asked her about her. Hell he did not know what to say to her and her nearness had short circuited her brains so he had blurted the first thing that came to his mind. Now daadi had come.
He turned to look at daadi with the sternest expression he could muster. Daadi, ye kya mazaak laga rakkha hai. Meine aapse saaf saaf keh diya hai ki mein shaadi nahi karoonga aur aapne uss pagal ki tasveer rakkh di jo apne aap kuch nahi kar sakti. Sab bigaad ti hai. hamesha mujhe sambhalna padta hai. Woh ek disaster zone hai daadi aur aap mazaak kar rahe hain ki mein usse shaadi kar loon?
Geet had just walked back to the office room to tell him sorry, but hearing this she turned and ran back to her room. Maan heard the sob and saw a disappearing dupatta and knew Geet had heard him.
Good he thought. Ab door rahegi mujhse. Daadi looked at maan and said, aap sacchi mein dusht danav ban gaye ho, Geet theek kehti hai and walked out.
Maan determined to put the episode behind him, went to the gym room and started to take his frustration out on the poor equipment. He worked out to keep the thoughts of geet at bay but her innocence, her naivety touched a chord in him and he wanted to drown in her sweetness. Frustrated even more than before he flung the towel he had draped on the treadmill and went for a shower. He now needed one to wash off Geet from his mind, but he walked out of the gym to bump into the object of his thoughts.
Edited by rushtrip - 15 years ago
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