FF Maaneet - Tum Se Hi Chapter 6 & 7 page 6 - Page 4

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Chapter 6

The next morning Geet opened the front door to find Maan leaning against wall by the door with his arms folded and a smile on his face. She was surprised to see him but before she could speak, he gave her a cheeky grin and said, 'Hi Moti, can you come out to play today?!' Although Geet knew she should be annoyed, she couldn't help but laugh at the words which brought back memories of sunny, carefree days. After a few seconds, she narrowed her eyes at him and said sweetly, 'Nahi Maan...Dadi warned me not to play with the naughty boy from next door...' Maan frowned but Geet could still see a cheeky look in his eyes, 'That's really bad of you Geet... Dev ke baare mein aisi baat?! Bechara yahaan hai bhi nahi!' He smirked as if he'd won a point but Geet just laughed and said 'You know it wasn't Devshe was warning me about Maan!'

Maan by now had totally forgotten what he'd come for and he rolled his eyes at the complete unfairness of that comment saying 'I wasn't THAT bad! You -' before he could finish his sentence he heard someone saying 'Kaun hai Geet?' and Maan turned a little to see Dadi coming up behind Geet with a worried look on her face. She looked older and more tired than he remembered her but she was still the same Dadi with the same twinkling eyes behind her glasses. When she saw him, the worried look vanished and a big smile grew on her face, 'Tu Maan hai naa?! Daadi ne bataya tha ke tu ghar waapas aa raha hai!' Maan nodded with a smile and she came forward and touched his cheek lightly saying, 'Kitna bara ho gaya hai...chal andar, Geet ne kal gajar ka halwa banaya tha' with a knowing smile on her face. Maan laughed and said 'Dadi!' happily, before touching her feet quickly and then hugging her.

He couldn't believe she still remembered his favourite halwa, 'Aap ko abhi bhi woh sab yaad hai Dadi?!' he asked as she took his arm and walked him into the house. 'Kaise bhool jaa thi main?!' She patted his arm, 'Tu toh mera accha baccha tha...aur roz aa jata tha halwa kaane!' They both laughed as they walked into the living area and Maan looked back for a second to give Geet a smug smirk. He laughed again as Geet made a face and went into the kitchen shaking her head and muttering something under her breath.

Maan sat down next to Dadi and looked around as she asked him if he was staying in Shimla for good this time. He told her he hadn't thought about it but had no immediate plans to leave either. It was strange how at home he felt this time, almost like he'd never been away. Normally it took him a couple of days to settle in and then it was time to go but this time felt different. Dadi was just telling him that Yash was at college when a girl rushed in saying 'Dadi, Geet kaha hai? Apna phone kyu nahi uta thi?!'

The girl was a little taller than Geet and was pretty with dark brown shoulder length hair. She was looking annoyed as she walked in but smiled when she saw Maan. She walked straight over to him and held out a hand, 'Hey, Maan right?! I'm Divya.' Maan stood up and shook her hand saying, 'Haan...lekin?' thinking how did everyone in this house know who he was? Divya must have read his face because she laughed and said ' Geet told me she...errm bumped into you a couple of times yesterday...' and Maan knew she knew about the bike incident as well as everything else. She laughed again at his expression and took her hand back. As Maan sat back down he thought he heard her mutter 'She missed a few things out though...' under her breath but when he looked up, she was smiling innocently.

Divya asked how he was liking being back in Shimla and he said he hadn't been out much but was enjoying himself meeting everyone again. She seemed to be the same, friendly Divya he remembered although he had less vivid memories of her as she'd always been with Dev. They spoke a little about what they'd studied at Uni and Divya said Geet had studied Art and Design. She was just telling him about an awful interview Geet had been to the day before when he looked up to see Geet come into the room with a tray.

Chapter 7

Geet walked into the living room with Maans ' halwa to see that Divya had joined them and they were all chatting like old friends. She stood there for a few minutes and smiled at the scene and watched as Maan laughed at something Dadi said; he had a nice laugh, one of those open hearted, care free laughs that made you want to join in. She could see how happy Dadi looked and was glad because she knew she'd been worrying about him a lot lately as he worked so many long hours. She hoped that her getting a job would help things but it wasn't happening for her at the moment. She sighed, feeling a little sad at the thought and came forward with the tray when she realised they'd been talking about her interview.

Maan looked up as she came in and smiled up at her as she handed him the bowl of halwa. He said thanks and Geet felt her sad mood slip away as she looked at his smile; he looked like the happiest guy on earth with that bowl and Geet couldn't help smile back. He took a bite of the halwa and closed his eyes in appreciation saying 'Wow Dadi, aap ki halwa ko maine kitna miss kiya, pata hai?!' before he carried on eating happily. Dadi opened her mouth to say that actually Nivi had made it but Geet shook her head so she stopped and just said 'Jee bhar ke kha le beta, aur jab bhi mann kare khaane ko, yahaan aa jana.' Dadi had already told him that Geet had made the halwa at the door but Maan had either forgotten or not heard and Geet thought he looked so happy, let him think it was the same halwa he ate as a kid.

After a few moments, Dadi got up and moved around the room and Geet could see she was putting a pooja thaali together. Geet went and sat by Divya who elbowed her and looked over to make sure Maan was still busy eating before she motioned with her eyes that she wanted to have a word with her. When Geet looked confused, Divya mouthed 'Baad mein' and then went back to looking innocent as Dadi came back. 'Mujhe ab mandir jaana hai, tum log bet ke baatein karo.' Dadi touched Maan on the shoulder saying 'Chal thi hoon beta, aaj bohth accha laga, phir zaroor aana' and he said he would with a smile, setting down his empty bowl on the table. She looked at Geet and said ' Geet, Maan ko chai bana ke bhi dena' and then left.

After Dadi had gone, Maan looked at Geet and said 'You make tea?!' in a disbelieving tone and when Geet frowned he quickly said 'No I just meant, I can't imagine little Geet making tea for real!' He looked at Divya for support, who started laughing and said, 'That was years ago Maan, remember whenever we used to play house, Geet used to always make 'tea'...' Maan gave a little laugh and finished off Divya's sentence, '...and then she used to force us to say it tasted nice and if we didn't she used to get mad and throw the whole tea set at us with the water and everything!!'

They both laughed hard and Geet felt annoyed but at the same time she wanted to laugh at the image their words brought up. Instead she shook her head at them and said, 'My water-tea was the best tea ever, you all just have really bad taste!' Maan just carried on laughing and Geet rolled her eyes when they finally stopped and asked Maan if he really did want tea or not. He smiled and said 'I better not risk it, kya pata, I might not like it and get real tea thrown over me!' He winked at Geet as Divya started laughing again but then he stood up quickly holding up his hands in a gesture of surrender as she started to argue.

'Sorry Geet, actually I didn't even mean to stay this long! I came to ask you for a favour, not to fight...' Maan smiled his best smile hopefully at both Divya and Geet and when Geet still looked annoyed he sighed and said 'Fine! Your water-tea was the best tea ever...and also the halwa you made was delicious, can I have some to take home?!' He smiled again and watched as Geet first looked surprised that he'd known all along and then blushed a little at the compliment. She looked so sweet and innocent when she blushed that it made Maan forget what he had come for again when she asked him what favor he wanted exactly.

After recovering from his blank moment, Maan told them about the pooja that they were having at home that evening and how he had somehow ended up having to sort out the flowers but really had no clue where to get anything and could they help?! He must have sounded desperate enough because Geet finally took pity on him and said they were all invited to the pooja anyway and she knew where they sold nice flowers so would help. Divya had sat and watched Geet and Maan quietly for a bit with a small smile on her face but now she stood up and said she could maybe help a little later but had to go out for a bit so would meet them later if she could and left after saying bye to them and telling Maan it had been nice catching up.

'Ok chal Moti, let's go now to get the flowers!' Maan looked at Geet impatiently and Geet held up a finger, 'Ek minute, I have a few things to do first and then we can go, but only on one condition...stop calling me Moti!!' Maan tried not to laugh at her stubborn expression and said 'Teek hai... Geet!' He tilted his head to one side and stretched out the syllables of her name softly and was expecting some sort of response so was surprised when she just stared for a few seconds and then looked down.

Geet listened to Maan say her name and felt an odd flutter in her chest as he said it... It was just her name and she was sure he'd said it before so she didn't know why she felt strange. Maybe she should just let him keep calling her Moti... she looked down and told herself to get a grip before taking a deep breath and telling Maan she had a few chores to do so he could pick her up in an hour to go and get the flowers.

Maan watched Geet and thought she was much harder to figure out now; as she looked down, he suddenly wished he could see into her mind... She was definitely different to the Geet he remembered but not in a bad way. She told him to pick her up in an hour so he said ok and thanked her for agreeing to help. He turned to leave and was just going out of the front doors when he heard Geet call out. ' Maan! Tum kuch bhool nahi gaye?!' He turned around and gave her a questioning look and she motioned for him to wait and disappeared.

Geet came out a couple of minutes later with a little tub of halwa in her hand and she watched Maan's face light up as he took it and realised what it was. 'Thanks Mo... Geet!' He gave her a big smile and said 'See you in a bit, bye!' cheerfully and jumped down the few stairs before heading home. Geet watched him go with a smile thinking he looked like a kid when he was excited. As she went back into the house, she suddenly remembered she'd forgotten to give him his flute back.