Geet was still in shock .. her mind was numb echoing with the sounds of bullet n she kept on gaping at maan with tear filled hazel almond eyes she placed her cold shivering hand over his face lightly caressing his features …n her tears streams welled down .. giving away her fearful plight n maan just cocooned her in his embrace .. both thr hearts throbbing violently against each others …geet clutched his shoulder tight with fear .. n she said in a trembling voice ..
Geet : aap .. aap theek hu na ..??
Maan smiled in the hug caressing her hair soothing her …or may be his violent heart beats ..
Maan : mien theek hoon …😳😳
Adi came thr clearing his throat .. n that's when both maaneet realized thr proximity n geet immediately parted with a jerk ..
but next she screamed in pain ..
Ahhh …
Maan panicked as well as adi …bending down he placed his hands over geet's shoulder n adi asked her with utmost concern ..
Adi : gudya kya huya ..tum theek hu na ..
Geet looked up on adi sideays n then maan said with a low concerned voice ..
Maan : geet kya huya hai …
Geet (tears welling down) : mera paair (leg) (maan placed his hand on his ankle to see what happened n she winced) .. ahhh .. mor gaya ..
Maan (looked down at her leg) : ek minute let me see this ..
Adi (wiping her tears) : kuch nahi theek hujayega .. rona mat gudya see abhi theek hujayega ..
Geet cried in adi's hold as maan lifted her fitted jeans up from her toes n saw her leg bit twisted in sprain .. n she cried loud in adi's hold ..
Adi : gudya relax abhi theek hujayega bacha … roo mat plzz yrr …
Maan saw this scene .. he never saw adi anywhr near any opposite sex though he loves pinky but still … his mind wasn't comprehending the fact y adi was addressing geet as gudya ..n then his clarification came ..with geet's next set of words ..
Geet : adi bhaiya dekho na mera leg twist hugaya …(sniffing making adi smile) … aap hans rahe hu …uhh ..ek tou itna late kardiya aane mien aur hass rahe hu ..
Adi : okiee I am sorry gudya ..pluueejjj maaf kardo ..
Geet (looked from the corner of her teary eyes) : chaddo aapko tou baad mien dekhti hoon mien …pehle plzz mere leg ka kuch karo na …
Maan (bit confused n irritated) : hugaya bharat milaap ..aab chalo hospital ..geet u need to get this checked ..swell hugaya hai ..
Geet (rubbed her wet cheeks from the back of her palm n stood up with the help of adi murmuring in his ears) : dekho kaise hukum jhar rahe hain ..yeh nahi ke jaan bachai tou thank u bolien ..uhh idiot bilkul nahi badle …pehle bhi thank u ki jaga dant hi pari thi aur aaj bhi ..😛 dekho bhaiya aapka idiot duffer sado dost mujhe daant raha hai aur aap kuch bolte bhi nahi ..😲
Adi (whispered) : abhi jaldi chalo agar tumhari swelling bar gayi tou hum dono ko iss delay ke liye dant paregi ..😆
Geet looked at him pouting with anger while adi chuckled seeing her cute expression n red nose ..looking just like a doll ..
As they came out maan was standing with some police official n adi made her sit in the car carefully waiting for maan .. when geet saw her car n said to adi ..
Geet : adi bhaiya look thr is my benzy ..mene last month hi purchase ki uncel ne mere liye ..😃
Adi : yeah I knw .. dad mailed me the pic gudya ..the color was superb ..
Geet : choice kis ki hai …(smiled at him) …
Adi : of course meri gudya ki hai …( n both laughed) ..
Geet (with a sad face) : but bechari ka aaj buhat boora haal hugaya …
Adi : don't worry ill fix it up ..just the way it was ..
Geet : sab aapke uss sado dost ki waja se ..
Adi (smiled) : who tumhare bhi tou dost hain ..
The angry expression of geet turned blank with his sentence ..n she saw some media persons thr coming towards maan n adi pulled the tinted window glass up making geet realize the actual situation ..
Ever since she started talking with maan in the shop she actually forgot about thr past … forgot that maan no longer remembers her as his best friend but just geet ..forgot that she was suppose to be indifferent with him .. forgot that she wasn't suppose to let him enter in her life ..
forgot every thing she had been reminding herself every second from last 2 years of her life ..the reason y she didn't wanted to be near him … she knew how easy it is for maan to break each n every wall around her see through her soul … but she didn't wanted it ..she can't let this happen or else everything she has been doing since last 2 years will go in waist … n with the way maan has changed she wasn't sure what will be the consequences of him getting to know the truth …
lost in her thought she sat thr looking at maan talking with the police in utmost rage .. n than the media irking him … he was looking tired she knew it looking at him .. no matter how much she tries she can't get over the concern she has for him ever ..
Geet : wohh umm ..adi bhaiya aap maan ko bologe jaldi aane ko ..
Adi (smiled seeing her concerned) : abb geet media hai itni asaani se nhi chorenge ..
Geet (angry) : what rubbish can't they see he is hurt n looking so worn-out n they won't leave …pagal hain kya …mujhe kuch nahi pata aap abhi jao aur maan ko lekar aao …ABHI ..
Adi (smiling) : okiee okiee tu chill kar mien jata hoon ..
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Excusing from the media now Standing beside maan adi said ..
Adi : umm ..maan sir u should leave aapko bhi choot lagi hai .. media ko mien dekh longa aap jaiye ..
Maan : nahi adi first I wanna sort this damn issue once n for all with police ..if they can't arrest those bas**** then ill take care of them with my gun ..
Adi sighed looking at him going to talk with the police officer …he knew maan is least bothered about his wounds n won't go be4 sorting it …but than geet …she will any moment come n shout on top of her lungs if maan continued to roam around with his still fresh wound ..
Running towards maan be4 he reach to the police adi said in a low voice ..
Adi : wohh geet .. I mean uske leg mien pain huraha hai ..so we ..
But be4 he cld say further maan shot him a deadly glare n was about to shout but stopped seeing all the people around n said in a stern tone ..
Maan : y the hell is she still here ..tum usko hospital kyun nhi lekar gaye ..r u out of ur mind adi ..uski swelling barh gayi tu ..
Adi looked down not actually getting words to say his mind …n murmered
Adi (st) : as if she will leave u here ..😳
Maan : what the hell ..apne aap se baat karna band karo ..n leave with her ..
Adi : but sir aap ko bhi medical attention ki zarorat hai n this media will not leave this easily with all this fiasco aap plss jaye commessioner se mien baat kar kr kal meeting arrange karta hoon ..
Be4 maan cld say further police men came thr
Police man : sir I think u should leave media has gathered already n its no more required for u to be here ..iss sab ki poori investigation kar k we will let u know
Maan (shot a killing look to the inspecter n said) : if this time u failed to arrest the real culprit ill make sure that u won't be able to wear this uniform ever again ..got that ..
Without waiting for another word he zoomed out of the place to his car n sat beside geet .. who gave him a murderous glare ..
Maan (frustrated) : What ..
Geet : thora aur time lagate ..kis ne kaha tha itna jaldi aane ko ..😛
Maan (greeted his teeth in anger) : U.. (after a pause) .. mene nhi bola tha wait karne ko ..adi ke saath gayi kyun nhi ..
Geet (sighed leaving a heavy breth controlling herself n said after a long pause) : police waloon ka ghussa mujh par nikalne ki koi zarorat nhi hai ..yeh lo (passed him a hanki) .. tie it on ur forehead ..head ache thora kam hujayega ..
Maan looked at her in shock she know him too well .. no body in this world ever has read him so easily n so deeply ..if anyone else would have been thr in her place that person would be possibly angry at his best but here she knew he wasn't angry but just frustrated over the police's negligence .. n than wondering how on earth she knew he was having head ache …?? Geet looked away with a slight tint of pain on her face probably her leg .. she was trying her best not to show but he could see the crinkles on her forehead due to pain .. he bend forward n looked at her leg it was swelled ..n than moving back he asked her concerned ..
Maan : buhat dard huraha hai ..??
Geet looked at him with a blank look for a second than looked away ..
Geet : nhi its fine ziada nhi lagi ..aap mujhe handa haveli drop kar dejeye ..ill be fine
Maan looked at her still not getting y she is so adamant to hide her pain from everyone like she is some saint or robot even ..driver asked exactly whr they should go entering in new delhi n geet raised her hand to give direction n that's when maan noticed her sleeves drenched in blood ..he immediately took hold of her hand ..while geet flinched in pain ..
Maan : yeh kya huya ..??
Geet (reluctant removing her hand back) : nhi kuch nahi ..woh shayad girti waqt lag gaya huga ... kaka (driver) plss aap handa haveli chaleye ..
Maan (man held her hand tightly in his hold n shot her a fuming glare stopping her every protest n asked the driver) : Dr. sharma ke clinic chalo ..
Geet (with widened eye) : nhi mujhe Dr. uncel ki clinic nhi jana ..no ways I am fine plss aap
Maan (placed his finger on her lips) : chup bilkul chup
Geet for a second froze in her place with his finger on her lips sending million shudders down her spine ..maan looked at her with a firm authoritative look ceasing her protest while she lost herself in his captivating ocean brown eyes ..heart pacing high.. for a moment maan looked at her eyes he could see some strange emotions running in them like the fake blankness was gone n he could see the real self of this Geet Handa …the innocent barbie doll turning red ..wincing at the hurt still fluttering her long lashes .. his fingers still kept on her rosy lips shutting her mouth .. but he he was busy reading her eyes ..the innocence that oozes out of her deep hazel almond eyes while she was fluttering them accepting his command .. making him smile faintly ..than looking down surrendering herself … he backed away looking at her …the only thought played in his … indeed she is a gudya …beautiful … innocent .. fragile .. a complete doll whom he can command so effortlessly ever since caught up in this situation …she was a like doll following him ..he could feel a sudden urge to protect her over powering him ..
Geet backed away in her seat creating even more distance b/w them .. she could feel her heart still thudding loudly ..she feared if maan could hear her irregular heart beats ..conscious she placed her hand on heart clutching the cloth above ..trying to ease her self . the thought of her hand being injured long gone ..the pain of her leg forgotten already .. the feel of his long finger pressing her lips making her feel butterflies in her stomach dancing..
Lost in her world she didn't realized when the car entered the clinic from back side n maan was standing thr opening the car's door for her .. she looked up confused n he forwarded his hand for her …n that's when she realized whr she is ..n gave him her puppy looks ..
Geet (murmuring) : babji yeh bilkul nhi badle ..i doubt inki memory sach mien wapis nhi aayi kya ..??
Maan : geet hugaya hu tumhara tou bahar aaogi tum …
Geet (looked up n twisted her lips) : uhh ..i can handle myself very well Mr.Khurana ..i don't need ur support .. step away ..
Maan shook his head at her stubbornness n stepped back frustrated ..while geet put her first fine leg out to stand put the moment she put her injured leg on the ground to stand she tripped n was about to fall when maan grabbed her shoulder n supported her waist from back ..while geet closed her eyes in pain …
Maan (made her stand straight) : shook hai ..stunts practice karne ka ..?? abhi gir jati tou ..
Geet (looked at him straight) : tou ..?? tou aapko kya ..waise bhi na tou yeh pehli baar hota jab mien girti …aur na hi aapko koi farq parna chahiye …its no more ur duty to save me .. 13 saaloon mien kayi baar giri hoon aur har baar khud hi uthi hoon .. mujhe aapki madat ki koi zarorat nahi hai ..
Geet went away still limping ..struggling while maan followed her a step back just to make sure she won't hit down the ground ..
After entering in the clinic from emergency exit .. maan maintained distance from her pretending as if he don't know her a few nurses passed by with patients with them n asked her to go towards OPD while maan looked away pretending to be bothered .. they entered in the other section which was un-usually isolated with no one around maan tried to support her limping form to walk but she adamant to walk on her own though in severe pain …n a second later was about to trip when a senior staff member the most senior nurse of the clinic Ms.Mathur in her late 40s held her firmly n made her sit on the chair side by ..
Sister mathur : what is this gudya ..y r u roaming around in this condition ..
Geet (almost at the verge of crying) : nhi aunty mien tou dr. uncel ke cabin mien jaa rahi thi ..
Sis : like this ..?? god u stubborn girl ..kab chorogi apna bachpana ..
Maan : I don't think ever aunty ..
Sis : oh maan ..u r also here ..i expected to see u after hearing the news on t.v ..so only was evacuating the corridors for u ..(she said smilingly) else like last time girls would have stick-ed to u like honey bees …but I am worried now 2 attacks in 1 month ..u should be careful ..
Maan : yup police is investigating but a lighter one though not much of injury this time ..n for me now over the years it has become usual ..don't worry I am perfectly fine ..
Geet (snapped in b/w) : yeah right lighter one ..aunty we were dodging the bullets till one hour n this idiot was almost dead if hadn't pushed him in time ..
Sis : well my dear keep all ur stories for later first let me dress u both .. u are furiously bleeding with ur hand …it must be paining a lot na ..
Geet nodded like an innocent child making both maan n sister smile at her cute facial expression ..sister mathur left maan to be attended by another docter while in other room Dr. Vishesh Sharma (family doctor of khurana's) met with geet ..
Dr. : 2 years han …my barbie doll didn't met me at all ..
Geet face fell down all the more remembering the time he maid his last visit to her 2 years back a day be4 she left to mumbai with Tej ..the day when this endless struggle started .. n the thought came to her mind ..what if he told maan about her condition .. she definitely didn't wanted maan to know the details of her wounds …she has requested pleaded dr. sharma not to tell about her wounds n the seriousness of them to dadi maa but now what will happen ..
Dr. : geet what happened dear ..??
Geet (came out of her dreading thoughts n looked up blank scared) : wohh wohh uncel ..han my leg who sprain …mor gaya ..dard huraha hai ..
Dr.sharma checked her leg sprain ..n smiled looking up to her
Dr. : don't worry ziada severe nhi hai ..u shouldn't have walked much warna itna bhi pain nhi hota .. chalo koi baat nhi ill do the needful kal tak bilkul theek hujayega ..
Geet : uncel wohh aapne …(hesitant scared) .. aapne dadi ko tou kuch nhi bataya tha na about my injuries 2 yrs back ..
Dr (smiled doing his work on her leg injury) : don't worry she only knows that u were having injuring how severe n exactly what happened she still doesn't know ..mujhe pata hai kitna pareshaan hujate sab .. don't worry i won't tell her ..
Geet sighed in relief ..thanking her babaji for once ..n than smiled at dr. sharma
Geet : waise what about ur kabhi na huyi girlfriend wala mission …dadi maa ne kuch ghaas dali ya abb bhi bas ainvayi ..
Dr. : arre yrr barbie doll ..abb tum tou chali gayi tou kahan se hoti meri setting …tumhain tou pata hai savitri devi mujh se kitna chirti hair
Geet (giggled) : han tou aap bhi tou unko kaisi kaisi gandi gandi medicine dete hu ..
Dr. (said childishly) : but wohh tou mien usske bhae ke liye deta hoon na
Geet : chalo koi baat nhi iss baar jane se pehle mien aapki kabhi na huyi girlfriend ko aapki girlfriend bana hi dungi …
Bith gave a high five to each other laughing when sister mathur came in with injection tray in her hand making geet gulp her saliva down in fear ..
Dr. : sister aapne maan ko injection laga diya na ..
Sis : ji doctor n unhoon ne medicine bhi lee li hai hopefully kal subha tak fever bhi kam hujayega ..but he needs at least a day's rest which I really don't think he will take ..
Dr. (smiled looking at geet dressing her hand) : don't worry gudya hai na iss kaam ke liye .. kyun barbie doll
Geet smiled faintly with her eyes still fixed on the injections ..
Sis : yeh lejeye doctor tetnus vaccination
Even be4 doctor could take hold of the injection geet screamed on top of her lungs
Geet : NOo0ooOOOooOOOOooo0o
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Maan was then talking with dadi n aniee who were on thr way to clinic getting all panic …aniee was crying like hell on the call after seeing the accident clip getting a glimpse of limping geet with adi she was worried sick to talk with her only repeating one sentence every second " gudya theek hai na bhai" while maan was trying his best to calm her ..but amidst of all maan heard geet's scream ..not knowing anything he ran towards the room geet was in n was tongue tied looking at her sitting in the corner of bed with her legs folded pressed to her front ..n eyes mist almost at the crying while drive.sharma n sister mathur was consoling her to let them inject her the vaccination ..
Maan : whats going onn here ..
Dr : thank god u came …see this girl hasn't changed an inch ..yet again not allowing me to give her the injection ..
Maan : but y ..?? its necessary na when u get wounded on soil ..
Dr : yup it is but the thing is our fragile doll is hell scared of injections ..not from now but from the very first day ..in every of her vaccination in infant time as well she use to tear off my ear drums with her crying ..
Maan (looked bit out of words) : now what to do ..
Dr. (too much out of idea n said casually) : that u should know ..but we can't let her gp without injection ..she has a sensitive nerves system n can catch infection soon otherwise ..
Maan stood thr watching the show .. while dr ran back to geet whr sister mathur was stil trying to unfold her hand buttering her pleading her ..
Sis ; acha chalo iss bar ill give u ur fav Sunday delight …or u want dark chocolate
Geet : no ways aunty u can give me all of them if u want but I won't take this injection 😛..dr. uncel give me as many medicines capsules as u want but no injections plss ..
Dr. : but gudya ..///
Be4 he could say further .. maan came thr clearing his throat gaining the attention of the otherwise busy people ..
Maan : kya problem hai ..??
Sis : see she isn't letting us give her the injection ..
Geet (mking a baby pouting face) : plss aunty no injections ….plsss
Maan (came forwards n said mockingly) : ohh tou u r scared of injections ..(smiled teasingly) .. gosh geet u are such a scared cat …mien be-waja impress huraha tha seeing u
Fight with those goons ..
Geet (came to her sherni avatar n un folded her leg sat back defending) : oh hello .. mien 12 saal se martial arts practice kar rahi hoon ..don't u dare challenge me …(while she was busy defending herself maan eyed dr.sharma to give her the injection to which he wonked at him) .. n anyways who told u I am scared of injections mien tou ….(as docter injected the syringe) …Ahhh …(n sister held her hand in place not to hurt her) ..
Geet looked at maan with flooding eyes accusingly while he placed a hand on her shoulder soothing her supporting her ..as sister naina binned the injection ..geet wiped off
Her tears n jerked away maan's hand to which he just shook his head .. n docter sharma handed geet a Big bar of chocolate ..which she refused to take ..n looked away ..
Geet : u cheated .. I won't talk to u both ..aur dadi ko bhi bol dungi ke aapko kabhi ghass na dale aap mujhe bhi injections dete hu …
Maan stood thr amazed to see all this …he never witnessed any of such scene ever in his life ..a part of him was rejoicing this .. feeling happy …. Yet a part of him complaining questioning …HOW COULD HE NOT KNOW OF A PERSON SO CLOSE TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON OF HER LIFE …?? SIMPLY HOW …?? He stood thr admiring them three with a slight smile while Dr extended his hand with bar towards her smiling listening to the ultimate drama queen from all his patients while sister naina came from another side taking another big bar with her placing in front of geet …
Geet looked at both from the corner of her eye ..n than grabbed both the bars ..making them sigh in relief ..not for long as she announced ..
Geet : mien abhi bhi naraaz hoon ..
All three snapped thr head up at her like she had 2 horns over her head .. n than geet demanded ..
Geet : mujhe ek aur bar chahiye ..
They all laughed at her demand n sister mathur gladly handed over her another .. she took it grinning ear to ear like a 6 years old child .. n doctor sharma came ahead ..
Dr. : now take good care of ur self n no roaming around till morning okie ..waise mene apna kaam kar diya hai ..probably u won't feel the pain in next 1 hour but be careful warna injury severe hujayegi …
Maan : don't worry uncel ill take care of it ...😳
Geet looked at him confused ..not understanding what exactly was running in his mind .. n than sister mathur said to maan handing over him some packet ..
Sis : here is ur medicine for 2 days ..make sure u take them on time n take rest ur fever doesn't seem to come down without ample rest ..
Be4 The discussion could continue further aniee came crashing the door n hugged geet tight sobbing hard .. while dadi checked maan up n down .. if he was ok ..
PRECAP :-
maan : geet ke liye koi bhi faisla lene se pehle mujhe tumhari ya kisi bhi aur ki permission ki zarorat nahi hai Mr. Tej Handa ... geet mere saath KM jaa rahi hai ...(be4 geet could say another word) .. aur iss baat par bolne ka haq geet ko bhi nahi hai ...clear enough abb jao aur apni duty sambhalo ..aur geet ki fiqar karne ki aap mien se kisi ko bhi koi bhi zarorat nahi hai ..
aniee geet ko leakar jao car mien betho ..
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