Maneet FF...NOT A FAIRY TALE pt39-pg86(Mar 31) - Page 24

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NOT A FAIRY TALE

As the night progressed, the storm outside passed away giving way to a beautiful morning. The streak of sunlight and chirping of birds outside woke him up. Waking up to such a beautiful morning, in the middle of nature, filled Maan with an implicit sense of happiness. He took in a deep breath and slowly opened his eyes, a small smile decorating his face. He was feeling something different, there was peace and contentment effusing from his body. He suddenly remembered the events of the last night and immediately got up. He looked around to not find Geet anywhere. Her clothes were also not there, only his shirt was lying at the place, where Geet was sleeping. He picked up his shirt "Geet kahan chali gayi, kahi woh unn gundo ke hath to.. nhi.. main Geet ko kuch bhi nahi hone de sakta" He quickly got up to search for her.

Geet was running through the jungle furtively, trying to avoid confrontation with those men, if they were still on her look out. She had to get to the main road, where she could find someone to help her reach Delhi.

**

This morning was a big shock for her. She had got up and found her self in Maan's strong embrace. Being so close to him had instant effect on her heart. It was drumming against her chest, and she was already breathing heavily. She struggled to get out of his embrace, but his hold was tight. She looked up to see his face, and saw him in deep sleep. She stopped struggling that very instant. His face was so peaceful, so serene. It was glowing in the morning light, as if he was having a beautiful dream. She was in a trance and her hand started raising from his back towards his cheek, on its own accord. She wanted to touch him, to feel if he was there for real. The whole night, his face kept appearing in her dreams. Her hands just touched his cheek very lightly, a feathery touch, and started moving down, towards his lips. His lips automatically curled into a smile, in response to her touch. She withdrew her hand immediately, thinking he might have woken. But he sighed in his sleep and moved a little, loosening his grip on her.

Geet was horrified at her actions. She got up immediately, but carefully as to not wake him up. Her hands went to her mouth "Yeh main kya karne jar hi thi. Main Maan sir ke liyia aisa mehasoos nahi kar sakti, main kisi ke lia bhi aisa mehasoos nhi kar sakti hun. Maine kaise itni badi bhool kardi. Mujhe yahan se jana hoga, mujhe abhi yahan se jana hoga, isse phale ki yeh jag jayein"

**

She was running, along side the river's stream, hopping to find a way out of the jungle. She came to a sudden halt. There was a pond in front of her with a small waterfall, it was the same as the one which had been repeatedly appearing in her dreams from past so many days. There was a man standing at the edge of the pool, just like in her dreams, whose face she was never able to see. Her dream man, the man she was so desperately searching for, in her dreams. She started walking towards him as if she was still in her dream, her hand extended in front of her. She came behind him and touched his shoulder and he turned around.

Geet was shocked too see that it was Maan. She kept on looking at him with wide eyes, shock evident in them.

"Geeet" Maan grabbed her shoulders and he looked around to see if anybody else was following her.

He took her away from there and went behind a tree. Geet just moved like a puppet, letting him drag her.

"Geet.. Tum muhe bina bataye vahan se kyun chali gayi, tum pagal ho gayi ho kya. Woh log abhi bhi ho sakta hai ki tumhe dhoond rhe hon. Tume pata bhi hai ki agar tum unhe mil jati to kya ho sakta tha. Tumhe kuch ho jata to, to, main.."

Geet just kept on looking at him, his eyes seemed to be filling in with those last words, but then he gathered himself and shrugged her.

"Javab do Geet..." anger was now clearly effusing out from his eyes.

Tears started dropping down her face. But before he could say anything, there heard some disturbance in the nearby bushes. It could have been just a wild animal, but Maan, not wanted to take any risk, decided to get out of the jungle as soon as possible. He turned around, grabbed one of Geet's hand firmly and started finding the way out from the forest.

They reached the road, Maan being good at finding way out of jungles, thanks to his experience with camping. They took a lift and he called Adi, as soon as he got the signals, and arranged for a car to take them back to Delhi. All this time, Geet was totally lost in her thoughts and didn't speak out a single word. She was struggling with her inner turmoil. The constant fight going on between her heart and her mind.

For the whole of the journey, Maan didn't left her hand even for once. He was worried at seeing her so quite, but concluded that it might be due to the previous day's events. He left her hand reluctantly when they reached her home.

She walked away, still lost in her own world.

**

The second she entered her home, she realized something was different there. She saw that there were some guests in the house, but before she went there to see who they were, Rano saw her, while coming out from the kitchen, and rushed to her, stoping her by standing in front of her.

"Aa gayi Geet putta tu. Tu itni jaldi kaise aa gayi. Teri flight to deer se aane vali thi na. Aur yeh kya haal bana rakha hai tune, tera saaman kaha hai" she started getting worried seeing Geet's disheveled state.

"Mummy woh actually hamari flight cancel ho gayi thi, to hume car se aana pada, aur raste me hamara chota sa accident ho gaya tha. Par aap chinta nahi keejia, main bilkul theek hun. Woh Maan sir ne hume lene ke liyia doosari gadi bula lit hi, par hum mera saaman nahi laa paye.."Geet didn't want her parents to worry unnecessarily about her by telling them about the attack on her.

"Babaji ka lakh lakh shukar hai ki tujhe kuch nahi hua. Main to pehale hi tujhe iss trip pe bhejna nahi chah rhi thi, par meri to koi sunta hi nahi hai na"

"Maa aap chinta mat kejia main bilkul theek hun. Maa yeh drawing room me kaun aye hue hain. Mujhe koi jaane pechane loog lag rhe hain, par theek se yaad nahi aa rha ki yeh kaun hain"

"Geet tu chal mere sath. Main tujhe sab batati hun"

Rano dragged a confused Geet to Geet's room, signaling Mohindar also to come, who was sitting with the guests. When he came, she closed the door. Geet looked at both of them with suspicion. "Maa, Papaji, yeh sab kya hai?"

Mohindar.."Geet mujhe tumse bhut zaroori baat kari hai. Please beta hume galat mat sajhna, hume khud bhi iss baat ki phale se koi khabar nhi thi"

Now Geet's suspicions were getting stronger. This had been going on in the family for a while, especially from Darjee and all. They wanted her to marry, but she had intended to first do an MBA, after getting some experience and then think about marriage. Her parents were supporting her fully, but today something seemed to be different.

Mohindar.."Geet puttar, yeh log Meera (Geet's elder sister) ke in-laws hain. Kunalji (Meera's husband) ke mamaji lagte hain. Tu to mili bhi hai innse, Rohan (Meera's 4 yr old son) ke mundan me(it is a ceremony in which a new born child's hair is cut off and offered to God). Inka ekk beta hai Rahul, computer engineering kiyia hai aur phir MBA, aur Noida ki ekk bhot badi software ware company me kaam karta hai. Inhe to tu phale hi pasand aa gayi thi. Woh to bas Rahul ka MBA pura hone, aura achi job lagne ka intezar kar rhe the. Beta bhut ache log hain"

"Kya Meera di ko isske bare me pata hai?" Geet asked.

"Haan, voh darsal un logo aaj subah hi Kunal ji se hamara number liyia tha. Phir Meera ka phone aaya tha, woh tujhse baat karna chati thi, par tera mobile bhi nahi lag rha tha. Beta, hum tujhe kisi bhi baat ke liyia zoor nahi denge, aur hum tere har faisale me tere saath hain, phirbhi ekk bar hamare khatir tu lakde se mil to le. Yeh kafi acche log hain aur aise riste baar baar nahi milte. Log bhi jaane pechane hain, aur lakda bhi bada layak hai.." said Rano

"Beta, hume neeche mehamano ke paar jana chayia, itni deer se woh vahan akale baithe hain. Pata nhi kya soch rhe honge. Beta tera jo bhi faisala ho, hum manenge, par phir bhi, bas aapne maa- babuji ka maan rakhne ke liyia bas ekk baar neeche zaroor aa jana. Rahul se bas mil lena" said Mohindar

"Maine tere pehanne kapade nikal diyia hain puttar" Rano said and they left from there, closing the door behind them.

Geet dropped to her knees, tears falling from her eyes. Why had destiny to play this cruel game with her. At a time, when she was till trying to deny her feelings towards Maan, trying to push love away from it, her parents were wanting her to marry. "Babaji yeh kaisi pariksha le rhe aap meri. Ekk taraf yeh mera dil hai, jo Maan ko aapne khayalo se nikal hi nahi paa rha hai, aur dusari taraf mere maa-papaji, jo ki mere liyia sab kuch hain. Meri puri duniyia. Woh pehali baar mujhse kuch mang rhe hain. Main kaise unhe mana karu"

"Nahi Geet, Babaji teri pariksha nahi le rhe hain. Woh to tujhe rasta dikha rhe hain. Tujhe pata hai na ki tujhe iss pyaar vyaar ke chakkar me nhi padna hai, issi liyia woh iss samay yeh rista tere liyia leke aaye hain. Haan karde Geet iss rishte ko, isse phale ki bhut deer ho jaye, aur tu phir iss pyaar ke jaal me phas jaye. Haan karde Geet, haan karde. Maa, Papaji, Meera di, sab kitne khush ho jayenge tere ekk haan se. Yeh hi to log hain jinki khushi tere liyia sabse mayane rakhti hai. Teri khushi inki khushi me hi hai. Yeh log tere liyia accha ladka hi chunenge. Tu Maan pe kaise bharosa kar sakti, kahi ussne bhi tujhe Dev ke jaise dhoka de diyia to. Kya tu phirse woh sadma jhel payegi, kyat u phirse aapne dil ke sath khiwad hone degi" her conscious was poking her to say yes.

**

She entered the living room, were the guests were seated.

"Yeh lejia, Geet bhi aa gayi" Mohindar said proudly looking towards Geet. He was happy that she agreed to come down. Everybody turned to look towards her.

She had worn the salwar suit her mother had laid out for her and kept her hair open. She didn't like wearing make up but was looking beautiful with her natural beauty. She came and sat near Rano, her eyes on the floor all the time, she didn't even glance once towards Rahul.

Everybody started talking to her, and she was answering to all their questions calmly and as politely as she could manage. They asked her and Rahul to go to a different room to talk to each other openly and spend some time alone. She obliged and took him to her room. Rahul was trying to talk to her, she was responding to him in minimal syllables. Rahul liked her the first time he saw her bubbly self in his cousin's function. Even though he was finding her behavior a little different today, but thought that she might be surprised at the sudden proposal and hence acting so reserved. Actually she was ideal to be his wife, she was from a good, reputed family, looked good, so much that he could boast about her among his friends, had a degree from a good college and would make a good housewife. He had no intentions to let her continue her job. He came from a conservative family. But right now he was just trying to impress her and agreed when she asked him about continuing her job after marriage and then her desire to do an MBA in future, the only questions Geet had asked him.

By evening Meera and Rohan also came with Kunal to join them. Geet excused herself giving the reason of being tired due to the journey and went to her room. After the guests took their leave, all four of them, Rano, Mohindar, Meera and Kunal came to Geet's room. They all were apprehensive. Geet was working on her project files. She stopped working, on sensing their presence, but didn't look up from her work.

"Agar aap mera javab jaanne aye hain ,to.."

Everybody clutched their hands in tension. Geet had a straight face.

"Mera javab haan hai. Main Rahul se shaadi karne ke liyia taiyaar hun"

Meera let out a cry of joy and she and Rano ran to hug her.

Rano.."Main abhi un logo ko abhi phone karke yeh khush khabari deti hun"

Meera.."I am so happy for you Geet. Hum dono ekk hi parivar me honge. Kitna accha hoga"

Mohindar came, tears of joy in his eyes, and patted her head.."Beta tune hamari baat mankar kar aapne papaji ka maan aur bada diyia. Thank you beta. Main yeh khush khabari Daarji ko bhi batata hun, woh to bhut khush ho jayenge. Kabse teri shaadi ki raat lagaye baithe the woh to"

Kunal.."Congrats Geet.. Rahul bhut acha ladka hai, woh tumhara acche se dhayan rakhega aur hamesha khush rakhega"

Meera.."Main abhi methai lati hun, aur sabka muh meetha karati hun"

Everybody was very happy and were celebrating during the dinner. Geet was just a mute spectator to all that which was happening around her.

After dinner..

Meera, Kunal and Rohan left.

Rano.."Geet beta, wo teri dost haina Pari, uska abhi phone aaya tha. Maine usse bhi yeh khushkhabari suna de hai. Woh boli ki woh abhi hi tujhse milne aane wali hai. Aane hi wali hogi aabto"

Geet's head shot up at the mention of Pari's name. She knew why Pari is coming, even though it was so late. Pari knew everything about her. Geet was in a way happy that Pari was coming, she had to let out her feelings in front of someone.

Rano continued.."Beta tu usse khana khiladena. Aur raat bhut ho chuki hai, to usse yahi rok lena aaj. Mane aur tere papaji to bhut thak gaye hain, aur soone jar he hain"

"Ji mumma" she managed to speak out.

Rano came near her and kissed her forehead. "Geet main bhut khush hun tere liyia" and then went from there to her room.

Precap

geet's past coming up.

Next Part : Part 25

HIII friends.

So much thanks for your beautiful comments and likes. Please don't kill me for spoiling your hopes from the 'surprise'. Well it was more of a 'shock' than 'surprise, but then I hope you all like it. May put up one more update today. PMs together.

Special thanks to Stuti (icy_magma)...for your lovely PM and appreciation 😊

@ love2_soma...their feelings are growing with each passing moment 😊

@namita25... Dear sorry for giving you a shock instead of surprise, but I hope you will like the new turn of evens. And for the the confessions...will have to wait a little bit. 😊

@shristi1... Maan ki lagagi but first let this news (of Geet's rishta) reach him 😉

@tushti-kiran...will be revealing what Maan does to save the kids, in the next update 😊

Originally posted by: singh24

Beautiful update dear...

oops.. Geet is getting engaged.. hope Maan doesnt do something rash..

part 24
poor Geet...
now how is Maan gonna react?
this Rahul gave her false promises...
cont soon...