Somewhere in the beautiful city of nainital, another beauty was sleeping cosily in her small, but cute bedroom...enjoying the early morning sleep of mid-october inside her fluffy blanket. A lady in her early 40's came inside the room and drew the curtains of the window apart. The scenery from the window was breath taking, where hills and valleys laced with grenery and lightened partially by mild sunlight could been.
Then she came and sat beside the girl on the bed and shook her...geet...beta, get up...!!
Umm...she moaned clutching the covers all the more. Shaking her head at her daughter's laziness, she slid the cover down and lovingly removed the hair covering geet's face...beta, its morning...uth jaa...!!
Mumma...she whinned hiding her face in her mother's waist and went back to sleep.
Hey babaji...kya karun main iss ladki ka...??...rano slapped her forehead and thought...ek toh jaldi uthegi nahi aur der ho gayi toh mujhpe gussa karegi ki maine uthaya nahi.
So, she tried again knowing what exactly will wake her daughter up...geet, thik hai tujhe sona hai toh so ja, but baad mein jab annie se jhagra hoga toh mujhe mat bolna. Uska subah se kai bar phone aa chuka hai...!!
And the very next moment, geet threw the covers and sat up in her bed at once. She looked like the cutest kitten woken up from her sleep. Big doe shaped eyes, which were still hazy due to partial sleepiness, ruffled dark long hair and a heart shaped face with childlike innocence.
She rubbed her eyes and looked at clock. It was past 7.30 and she knew she was in great trouble. Shooting a quick prayer to jer babaji, geet got up and rushed to the her cupboard...mumma, apne pehle kyun nahi uthaya, dekho main kitna late ho gayi hoon. Annie toh mujhe maar hi dalegi...!!
Rano rolled her eyes at her daughter's regular drama and went out saying...I have prepared your break fast, ready hokar neeche aa ja...!!
Geet got ready and rushed down. She greeted her father with a loving hasty hug and kissed her mother's cheeks before darting towards the door.
Arey geet...nashta...rano called out to her daughter, who seems to be in some kind of marathon, to which geet immediately rushed back in, rolled a paratha and rushed out again munching it.
College jaane wali hai, aur abhi tak bachpana gaya nahi iss ladki ka...rano shook her head at geet's childish behaviour, while mohinder simply smiled and said...woh abhi bachchi hi toh hai...!!
Bachchi...??...do mahine mein 18 ki ho jayegi...rano showed her irritation...how will she manage herself after marriage...!!
Rano, stop worrying unnecessarily. Aur yeh shadi ki baat kahan se aa gayi...??...let her enjoy life...mohinder supported her daughter being the doting father he was, while rano shook her head thinking it was useless to talk to him when it comes to geet.
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Geet ran to the girls hostel knowing her friend...oops...!!...best friend must be boiling in anger right now. Annie and geet met for the first time in the class of VI A, where both were new students and hit off right with their first meet. Later on becoming best friends. Since then they were studying together. Geet was a native of nainital, but annie's home was in delhi where her family lived. She spent her holidays with her family, but apart from that she never stay away from geet. And today after the completion of their 12th, annie finally relented to her family's continuous demand to return back, but that too on the condition that geet would join the same college as hers.
She huffed taking in deep breaths as she saw annie and gulped seeing her red angered face. Annie too notice geet and marched to her...
Geet ki bachchi, maie kitni baar tujhe phone kiya, kab se wait kar rahi hoon aur tu hai ki maharani ab aa rahi hai...she charged at her as soon as she reached geet.
Geet made a baby face at annie's comment and replied in a meek voice...woh, annie...tu...woh...
Main woh kya haan...??...kya bahana hai iss baar...??...jaroor humesha ki tarah so rahi hogi, tabhi aunty ne bhi nahi bataya...annie spoke in her own cute gussa.
Nahi annie...sach...geet immediately lied...main so nahi rahi thi, main toh woh...
Annie looked at her with narrow eyes knowing well she was lying. It was very easy to detect as geet could never lie, but will always try.
Haan...geet jumped as a perfect excuse struck her mind...woh toh main tera bye bye gift ready kar rahi thi na, toh mujhe late hogaya...and gave a beautiful smile thinking she has finally managed to lie properly only to be disappointed by annie's words...
Achcha...then what were doing last night when I had called you...??...geet pouted knowing she was caught as she herself has proudly informed annie about how wonderful her gift looked.
Hmm, woh toh main bhul hi gayi thi...geet sighed defeatedly, while a smile broke on annie's face at her baby friend. Yes, she is truly a baby...!!
Annie chuckled at geet's disheartened look on not being able to lie properly and asked to distract her...achcha leave it, now where is my gift...??...woh toh de mujhe...she forwarded her and geet's mood instantly litted up. She fished out a lovely card from her big jhola and handed over to annie. And to say that annie loved it would be an understatement. It was a beautiful collage work of all their childhood memories, their school time naughtiness and their carefree times. Those unforgettable days...!!
She hugged geet tight feeling emotion and overwhelm...oh geetu, its awesome...!!
Kash tu bhi mere saath chalti...hum kitni masti karte...annie pouted at the thought separation from her darling best friend. Geet also was no less...I know yaar, but aisa achanak se mumma-papa ko nahi chor ke aa sakti na. But don't worry I'll be there next month and then we will be together again...she gave her a dazzling smile making annie smile in return.
But geet, agar tu thodi der pehle aati toh bhai se mil leti na...annie spoke again...pata hai main kabse wait kar rahi hoon ki tum dono ko milwa sakoon.
Uff annie, jab main wahan aaongi toh mil lungi na. Itni restless kyun hai...??
Haan par bhai yahan aaye hain dad ke saath mujhe lene, par tu thi nahi aur phir woh apne friends se milne chale gaye.acha koi nahi shaam ko mil lena...!!
Soon, annie's father came and took both the girls on an outing as annie wanted to spend her last day here in nainital with her best friend.
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It was evening and being a hilly area nainital was lit up for the convenience of the tourist. Geet was running over the bridge. She wanted to give the prasad to annie before she left. But she was late as evening aarti was going on and she couldn't leave in mid.
She was half way through the bridge, muttering curses to the long distance and her heavy legs...babaji, kyun humesha mere saath hi aisa karte ho. Annie ki car nikal gaye toh...??...please thori der ke liye mere pairon me P.T Usha wali strength de do...and then *BANG*
Ouch...geet yelped as her left feet got tangled due to uneven bridge and was about to fall, when someone pulled her backwards with a force and she felt like she hit some kind of buldoser and straightaway got parceled to heaven due to the stars that were encircling her head now. Slowly, she looked up to find a pair of deep chocolate coloured eyes staring down at her with a mischievious glint. For a few moment she kept staring at the strange pairs of eyes analysing why he was looking at her in that weird way and then as if some kind of reality dawned on her and she started squirming muttering a low leave me feeling scared.
The stranger however was totally amused seeing her wriggling like a little kitten...easy there, cutie-pie...he spoke huskily causing goosebumps on her body which even the cold winds were not able to do. He bend down on her making her stretch herself further in vein...le..lea...ve...me...she somehow sqeaked out clearly showing her inner state to the handsome stranger. He felt bad for scaring her and straightened up...there, are you okay...??...he asked softly not wanting to scare her any further.
Geet looked up at him hearing his question and simply nodded. Her innocent mind was totally clueless on how to behave in front of this weirdly weird stranger. She thought just to leave muttering a quick thanks, but to her utter dismay he caught her before she could move further and pulled her towards him caging her in his arms.
Geet's eyes popped out at his audacity, while he smirked and leaned to her ears whispering...tumhare seher(city) mein itna sukha thanks bolte hain, huh...??
Totally confused at his words she furrowed her brows and pouted her lips and the man felt like taking her lips into his mouth right then and there and knocking the breath out of her lungs by a fierce kiss. But he knew better than to do that. But, he just couldn't resist those sinfully tempting rose petals. So, he leaned and pecked her ever so lightly on her lips and geet felt a rapid current of electricity passed through her body.
Her already wide eyes became wider, while a loud gasp of shock and horror escaped her lips. The man then again went to her ears and whispered again...now, thats what I call a proper thanks...!!
With that he left her and turned around to go away. Moving a few steps ahead, he stopped, turn and winked at her saying in a loud vocie...by the way, you are welcome, cutie-pie...!!...and walked away chuckling.
Geet stood there shocked, rooted at her spot for some moment and then as another thought came across her superly naive brain, her shock hightened and her right hand grasp her stomach with a lightening speed and a lone tear drop rolled down her huge doe eye.
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It was a month now after annie came back from nainital. Her family was overjoyed to have her back. She is thoroughly pampered since then, perks of being single sister among three brothers and only daughter of the family. But today, her joy seemed no bound coz finally her best friend was going to join her in her own city.
She was rushing down the stairs in a hurry, when her foot slipped, but her elder brother was right there at the base of the stairs to balance her...
Hey princess, slowly...you will hurt yourself...maan, her elder brother chided her lovingly not wanting to see a single scratch on his only baby sister.
Uff, bhai...I am fine. Aur phir aap hona mujhe sambhalne ke liye...she gave her cute puppy face knowing how to melt her otherwise rough and tough bhai.
Hmm, waise where are you going so early...??...he enquired knowing her sister's antics.
Bhai, my sweetest besty is here and I am going to meet her. You know bhai, she'll join us in the same college from tomorrow. I am so damn excited. Pata hai bhai, my geetu is the...
Yeah, yeah...I know...you and your geet raag. Please annie, spare me. I have some important work...maan cut her off knowing if she started about this so-called 'bestest' friend of hers, he would definitely break something. God, his sister had done nothing, but talked about this faceless girl throughout the last month and he just don't have any patience left to bear it anymore.
Annie twisted her lips hearing her brother's disinterested tone and shot back...of course, I know your so-called 'important works'. But mind you bhai, my geetu is way more important and special than any of those barely clad bimbos you date.
Whatever...maan muttered and left to his study as he really had some important assingment to finish.
As he sit down with his books and journels and tried to concentrate, a hazy image flashed in his mind where the owner of world's most innocent eyes and utmost delicious lips gaped at him making a bubble in the pits of his stomach. He sighed and kept the book he was holding back on the table and relaxed on his chair. He knew he won't be able to concentrate now. This has been happening to him from the moment, he came back from nainital.
That little kitten has been infilterating his thoughts ever since and for the first time Maan Singh Khurana felt helpless. It was something beyond his control and that was something unacceptable to him for the control freak he was. He has been with, though, not many, but enough girls to categories them. In short he thought he had a taste of every category and knew what suited him and what not. But that little nymph has overpowered his senses and proved him out right wrong.
Just a little taste of her lips and he has been entraped. He never felt this kind of thirst that he felt for that unknown angel. Yes, she was definitely some kind of angel coz calling her an ordinary earthly being would be total unjust and MSK was anything, but unjust, in his own way ofcourse.
He wondered if he would ever get to meet her again. As much as he liked being in control, his heart craved for her unrealistically. He could only wish to be freed from this misery soon.
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GEETU...!!...an obviously excited annie grabbed geet in a bone crushing hug as soon as she came down from her hostel room.
Mohinder and rano were still there settling things for their dear daughter, when they heard annie's usual loud voice. They smiled and relaxed knowing she will take care of their daughter and that she was not alone in this big city. Especially rano, coz she knew how naive and innocent her geet was. Her geet was still an innocent kid at heart and she was apprehensive of sending geet to delhi to live all alone. But, annie and mohinder convinced her, though not fully.
They came down and saw the two friends happily chatting and were glad to see their daughter finally smiling and laughing heartily after a long time. Both girls were truly inseparable as a slight separation of a month had totally shown its effect on both.
Aur bata aane mein koi problem toh nahi hui na...??...annie asked as they strolled through the small garden in front.
Nahi annie, sab thik se ho gaya. Infact yahan sab bahut helpful hain...geet replied with a cute smile.
Of course, that is why I insisted you stay here, if not in my house...and with that came annie's angry pout.
Please na annie, don't be gussa yaar, you know I can't stay at your home...geet tried to make her understand for the bilionth time.
Why not...??...didn't I stay at your house every weakened in nainital...??...annie said in a grumpy tone.
Toh...even I agreed for weakeneds didn't I...??...geet replied exasperated...you know na, agar ek-do din ya week ki baat hoti toh phir bhi main agree karti, but I am here for whole four years...geet added softly knowing her friend was being unreasonably angry.
Hmm...whatever...annie muttered.
Please na annie...geet herself pouted seeing her closest pal sad and annie could never see geet sad, so she instantly changed the topic...
Achcha leave all this, yeh bata do you still think you are pregnant...??...and with that annie burst out laughing.
ANNIE...geet whinned hopelessly as annie made fun of her stupid misconception umpteenth time. After that incident, geet had somehow reached on a conclusion that she was impregnated by that weird stranger as he had KISSED her. Yes, geet was one of those rarest naive girls, who literally believe in some stupidest concepts films impart. And thus as a result she started bawling like anything. After crying for some time, she remembered annie and rushed from there to meet her friend for nothing could discourage her meet with annie.
When she reached the hostel, annie had been once again furious, but one look at geet's face and she knew something was wrong. Geet never hide anything from annie and on enquiring, geet had blurted out everything. First annie was totally enraged at that stranger for misbehaving with her innocent friend as she thought the cause of her friend's misery, but when geet had announced crying that she won't be able to face parents anymore coz she was pregnant, annie had burst into fits of laughter.
Seeing annie laughing like mad, geet's cry had lowered and sniffing like a cute baby geet had ask for reason of annie laughter to which she had calmly explained her friend some 'important facts' regarding the subject, which she could digest. Though geet was a bright student with a score of 90+ in biology, she hardly knew anything coz it was all mugged up as most of the girls of her age do, but she had strongly believed in the movies knowledge.
Though annie's assurance has calmed her down, yet she was not completely convinced and had been troubled for almost three weeks until she got her cycle. From then this topic had become annie's weapon to tease geet.
After spending more than half day with geet and showing her and mohinder and rano some near by places, bidding geet's parents goodbye with geet, annie returned back home to prepare for the next and much awaited day in all freshers life.
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Maan got ready for college and came down to join the family for breakfast. Everyone was present there. Dev and Vicky were as usual fighting for over their favourite tennis players, while annie messaging on phone. Maan shook his head at his siblings and finished his food quietly. After his father left, maan got up and asked annie to eat quickly otherwise they would be late and got the same annoying name once again in answer...bhai aplog jao, I will come with geet. She is new here na...she replied and got back to her phone, while maan muttered under his breath...like she would have come with me, if geet was a delhite...!!
Dev and Vicky snickered hearing maan as they knew how this name gets on their brother's nerve. Annie's continuous geet raag had all of them well acquainted with this geet, in fact the fact that red was geet's favourite colour was also known to them. They thoroughly enjoyed maan's irritation at the mention of geet's name as he would always boss over them and they couldn't do anything about it. So, it was their own sweet revenge and most of the time they purposely instigate annie to start up with her geet raag.
Their parent, however, were quiet interested to know about geet from their daughter. Both of them had met her in nainital few times and had taken an instant liking to the girl. She was cute, bubbly, chirpy as a fresh wave of spring. They were very fond of her and were glad that their annie has such wonderful friend.
Maan sighed knowing annie's answer and left in his stylish sports car. While Vicky and dev left on their bikes. Annie too left after sometime and reached hostel where geet was already waiting. They sat in her car and left for the college with the feeling of excitement as well as slight anxiety, especially geet, she was actually a bit apprehensive, but annie's presence was enough to keep her calm.
They entered the college and geet saw how huge and majestic it was. It was her dream to study here and finally she was living it. She couldn't be more happy.
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okay, so here is the first part...I know I still have two ffs to complete, but I'll be posting this one alternately and finish it by next week...so the part would be posted on sunday ,i.e day after tomorrowđ
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