Geet (smiled seeing his smile back) : acha chalo chalet hain ...(she walked ahead n he stopped her) ..kya hua ..??
Maan (hesitant) : umm ...wohh ..actually wohh mien tumhare liye ..i mean wohh mien yahan aaraha that u raaste mien dekha n mujhe laga tumhain pasand aayega tu ...wohh ..(geet was still trying to figure out what he is trying to say ...he is never so hesitant to say something ..n just than he said it all in bullet train speed).. mien tumhare liye gift laya tha ..
Geet (surprised) : gift ..?? mere liye ...(then excitedly).. dekhao mujhe ..
Maan (bit scared which confused geet) : actually its okie abhi chalte hain ...mien baad mien de doonga ..
Geet (confused n angry as well) : tum pagal hu kya ...karva chauth ka gift hai na ...(maan nodded like a 5 yrs old scard seeing her sherni avtar).. tu abhi do ...n don't tell me tum mera gift bhool ghr pr bhool gye ...maan I m seriously gonna kill u for this ...
Maan (confused n trying to distract her) : waoo ...abhi tk tu tumhain pata bhi nahi tha ke koi gift hai b ...n u were all so good ...n abb pata chal gaya tu ban gyi sherni ...(geet rolled her eyes as if it was completely normal for her to react like that) ... tumhainpata hai kabhi kabhi na tum bilkul girls ki tarha behave krti ho ...
Geet (made O_face n waked him hard) : what the hell do u mean khurana ...kabhi kabhi girls jaise behave krti hoon ...
Maan (smirking seeing tht old hot headed geet coming back in form after so long) : han tu yeh typical girls wali tu harkat hai ...gift bhool gya tu choro tumhara lecture ...
Geet : maan tum ...mien lecturer dekhti hoon tumhain ...
Maan (smirked) : han ..dekhlo jaakar apni shakal mirror mien abhi ...bilkul humare college ke who kharoos Mitra sir jaise lg rahi ho ..
Geet : maan tumhai tu ...(waked him n he ran in the garden).. abhi batati hoon tumhain ...(she ran after him) ...maan mien chorne wali nahi hoon tumhain ...u r so gone khurana ...
Maan (laughing while running around) : mishty pehle pakar tu lo mujhe ...(n he glanced back to see her running towards him but just then he saw the wooden log lying in the way he just jumped ovr n he knew geet won't notice it n fall so he stopped mid way n tried to stop her)... geet watch out ..roko woh ...(but it was too late geet tripped on the log n he ran forward to save her ...but couldn't n she landed on top of him) ...ouch ..
Geet (immediately looked up ...worried hearing him wince) : maan ..(caressed his face with her palm) ..tum theek hu ...??
Maan (nodded) : han geet ..mien theek hoon ..tumhain lagi tu nahi ..
They both sat up n checked each other ..geet cupped his face worried for him checking him frantically ..
Geet : maan tum theek hu ...lagi tu nahi na ..
Maan (saw her face going pale n tried to assure her) : nahi mishty ..i m fine ..(cupped her face n looked into her already teary eyes).. dekho ..theek hoon mien ...
Geet (she checked his face n hand n saw a little bruise) : yeh ...kya khaak theek hu dekho lagi hai tumhain ...
Maan saw his elbow being bruised n shook his head at this mad girl ..
Maan : kuch nahi hua hai baba ...yeh tu bs zara si zakhm hai ...mujhe dard bhi nahi huraha geet ...
Geet (it wasn't bleeding just a scratch but she wasn't convinced) : but ...mien dekhti hoon kuch bandage huga upar rooms mien ...
Maan (stopped her just as she stood up) : koi zarorat nahi hai ...tum late hu rahi hoo ..raat bhi hugayi hai buhat ...humien chalna chahiye ...
Geet : but maan yeh ..
Maan (stood up n smiled cupping her face in his palm) : shh ...I m fine ..(geet tried to say something but he moved forward pecking her forehead lightly lingering thr a bit longer n whispered on her skin) .. mien bike nikaalta hoon ..jaldi se ajao ...
Geet stood thr still feeling his breath fanning her face n trying to understand what he just said .. n smiled to her own violently beating heart realizing just how much he is affecting her senses ...then just as she was about to above she found a white paper lying down ...apparently something was wrapped in it untidily ...curiously she went ahead n picked it ...something was writing on it ..she read aloud ...
To my mishty ...
With luv
Ever Yours maan
Geet smiled n caressed his writing ...n then heard maan shouting for her ..
Maan : geet kahan reh gyi kab se wait kar raha hoon mien ...chalo abhi ..
Geet looked up to him n smiled mischievously ..n held up the white paper showing him ..n he ran towards her faster ..
Maan : geet no ...don't open ...(by then geet had ran away laughing ...mean while she opened the paper ..while maan stood beside her feeling odd) ..geet yeh ..
Geet : shush ...dekhne do mujhe ..(n she took out her present which was a beautiful anklet in silver well it wasn't of silver but artificial still looked really eye catching) ...waoo ..maan its so beautiful .. di kyun nahi mujhe ..
Maan : u really liked it ..?? (then thought geet must hv mistaken it to be expensive n of gud quality) .. actually yeh ..i mean its not silver ...
Geet (confused) : tu ..?? (maan didn't said anything n geet realized he probably was feeling ashamed giving her such a gift but she smiled n shook her head at her bhudho ram).. maan ..(he didn't looked at her n she moved forward n cupped his face in her soft palm n said looking straight at him).. maan gifts ki keemat unki price nahi huti ...bulke woh tu unke deene waloon ki feelings se hoti hai ...aur yeh ..(looking at the anklet).. yeh mere liye iss dunya ka sab se anmol tuhfaa hai ..kyun k jis insaan ne mujhe yeh diya hai woh mere liye anmol hai ...😳
Maan (saw the pain in her moist eyes n felt guilty to hv hurt her) : geet I m sorry I just ...(sighed realizing how wrong he has been thinking of her) .. mujhe aise nhi sochna chahiye tha ..i m sorry ..
Geet (looking down with her tears cascading down her cheeks) : maan dunya ka sab se keemti moti bhi beqaar hai agar who dil se na diya jai ...aur ek phool bhi zindagi bhar k liye apni khushbo ko yaadoon mien basa deta hai agar who dil se diya hu tu ... how could u even think k mujhe yeh pasand ..(maan didn't let her complete n wiped her tears n held his ears with a puppy face to which geet looked away then put his hands down n smiled ...n asked him) waise yeh kahan se li tum ne ..
Maan : wohh ..mien yahan aaraha tha tu raste mien ek admi apna stall market le jaaraha tha ...I just saw this ...n mujhe laga ...mene tumhare liye le li ...
Geet (smiled n forwarded it towards him) : abb pehna bhi do ..
geet's gift
Maan smiled n bent down to his knees n put each of her leg on his n made her wear the anklets with a kiss ...mano jaise uski muhabat ,,usski chahat ko salaam kar raha hu ..😳 geet held his shoulder for support n was glad that she did or else her legs would have surely given away with the termors running down her body with his touch ...
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Back in handa house ...
the party has been wrapped on a good note ...now having all the guests gone all the family members had sat down having dinner except mohinder n simran ..who on much insistence of simran were sitting in the studying while mohinder was telling simran how geet got into the accident n he got to know maan is the friend of his daughter who is actually a Khurana ..n the way things went onn with maan's proposal n his condition ...
Simi : so u don't trust the guy ...??
Mohinder (curtly) : not even a single bit ..
Simi (smirked) : so thts y u let geet flew away from the party with him ..??
Simi (mohinder gave her a look of shock like-u-noticed n then looked away as if he didn't listen to what she said) : oh pls don't give me tht look ...I know u from past 35 years mohinder handa ...save that for ur business meetings ...n for heaven sake let ur child be happy ...
Mohinder (snapped) : what do u mean ...mien geet ko khush nahi dekhna chahta ...?? Oh pls simran geet is the only person in this whole damn universe I care for ...n that guy is nothing but a spoilt brat .. half of the world don't even know he is the son of Yash Khurana .. its been more than year he has completed his MBA n hasn't done anything constructive ...what do u expect from a father to do when a guy like this comes up a ask for ur daughter's hand ..especially when he belongs to ur rival's family ...??
Simi (stood up pointing at him) : thr u go ...rival's family ...thts what ur problem is ..let just keep this Khurana tag aside for a moment ...now tell me ..ek burai ..a single problem with that guy valid enough to reject him ..
Mohinder (irritated) : y the hell r u supporting him so much ...??
Simi (smiled) : coz my dear friend ...u r mixing ur personal n professional fronts ..
Mohinder : simi I ...// (but was interrupted by her)
Simi : no u listen to me first ... Mohinder I know u .. n I knw geet is ur most closest or even the only relation in ur life ..but that does not mean that u can have her for urself all ur life time ...some day some one will marry her ...n honestly ..khurana or no khurana ...ur reaction to any guy geet would have come up with would have been just the same ..😆😛
Mohinder : rubbish ...now u r talking rubbish ...aisa kuch nahi hai ...I just don't trust that guy with my daughter ...aur jahan tk aaj ki baat hai ...I couldn't refuse geet ...she was fasting n she looked really happy ...
Simi : exactly ...she is happy being with him ...(mohinder tried to interrupt but simi interrupted).. okie fine ..think about what I said .. I don't want to argue over this ...but u need to think about it .. n han ek aur baat ...aur yeh tumhari friend nahi geet ki maasi tum se keh rahi hai ... just don't make her choose b/w the two of u ...coz ur daughter loves u a bit too much to choose her happiness ...
mohinder never argued further n even simi realized his state so kept quite n By the time they reached down stairs ..they saw a furious brij walking out the door smashing the flower vase in his rage n simi asked worriedly ..
Simi : yeh brij ko kya hua ...?? Itne ghusse mien kahan gaya hai ...??
Palavi (worried n scared) : wohh auntiji ..innko pata chal gaya ke geet ghar par nahi hai ..
thaiji, brij's mom) : wohh tu guard ne aakar bataya k geet uss maan k saath bhaagi hai ..warna humien tu pata hi nahi chalta ...
Simi (snapped at her) : geet bhaagi nahi hai ...wohh mohinder ko bata kar maan ke saath gyi hai ..
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Maan n geet were just a few minutes away from the Handa Haveli when brij stopped his car in front of thr bike n maan managed o stop his bike in time .. while brij was furiously trying to open his seat belt maan n geet stepped down the bike n maan checked geet ..
Maan : tum theek hu geet ..
Geet : mien theek ...//
before she could complete maan was pulled back with a great force n fell on the ground ..n geet saw brij standing thr literally shaking with rage ...shouting at maan ..
Brij : kamine teri himmat kaise huyi meri behen ko bhagane ki .. (maan stood up getting over the intial impact of his furious pull)... aaj tujhe chorunga nahi ...
Brij was about to punch him when geet came in b/w n held his hand in mid air ...brij eyes were red in anger but geet stared back with equal fury ..😛 n jerked his hand back ..
Geet (clipped tone with eyes splitting fire) : apne haath apne paas rakhiye brij veerji ... meri shaddi mien baratiyoon ka welcome larne mien kaam aane wale hain yeh ...😳😆 after all ek hi tu bhai hai mera ..😛
Brij : geet hat jaa mere saamne se ..warna aaj mien tujhe bhi nahi chorne wala hoon ...tune jo aaj kiya ...//
Maan (interrupted moving ahead of geet grabbing his colar) : galti bhi mat karna brij ... tum jis se baat kar rahe hu maan singh khurana ki hone wali biwi hai wohh ...n trust me khuranas apne ghar ki auratoon ki izaat ke liye jaan de bhi sakte hain ...aur (moving close towering him n said in a deadly whisper).. jaan le bhi sakte hain ...(then jerked him back n circled geet in his embrace)... aaj tu apni zubaan par le aaye hu brij handa agli baar geet ko chune ka khayaal bhi apne dimaag mien mat laana warna mujh se bura aur koi nahi huga ..(turned around with geet still in the circle of his embrace but then stopped n turned back to him n with a smirk said).. waise agar tumhari behen ko bhagana huta na ..tu kab ka bhaga leta ...n trust me brij tum ...aur tumhari handa haveli ki poori fauj mil kar bhi Maan Singh Khurana ko ruk nahi paati ...👏 (geet looked down smiling at the red face of brij turning redder n maan's hold expressing his confidence ..maan turned around n walked back to thr bike n she just couldn't stop but to glance at his face for once n he smiled).. what I am serious ..(get smiled n shook her head didn't knew what she would have done ..
They reached handa haveli ..n maan parked by the gates ..just as geet stepped down n was about to wish him gud nite be4 leaving maan asked her worried ..
Maan : geet u want me to come in with u ...I mean I don't ..i don't want u explaining it to them all n facing all thr stupid questions alone ..
Geet (smiled) : well Mr. khurana thrs nothing to explain n nobody is gonna question me coz mien dad ko bata kar aayi thi ...which actually leave u with no worries ...
Maan (smiled bit confused) : really but tum ne mere father-in-law ko kb pataya (geet glared up wide eyed n he changed his words smiling at her) i mean bataya kb ..??
Geet (smiled proudly) : well apparently my dad is smarter than u ..he had his eyes on us every min of this evening ...n when u were dragging me out of my own house he was watching us ..n thts when he gave us permission by not stopping us ..
Maan (happy bit contended geet won't have to face any problems which he really didn't thought about before taking her out of the party like that) : waoo ...that's great to know ...but this means our time today ends here ..
Geet (smiled at his puppy dog face n said with smile bit strcit tone faking anger) : gee han ..now u Mr. khurana better head off to ur home ..n sleep well coz u have a meeting tomorrow at 9 ..
Maan (sighed sadly bit dramatically) : okie then ..
Geet (shook her head smiling at his drama) : bye then ...n left hurriedly while maan sat thr on his bike dejectly sighing at his stupid heart which never have enough of her presense ..then just as he was about to start his bike geet like an angle flying back came n called him).. maan (he turned n didn't knew when but she ran pecking his cheeks wishing him) ..gud night ...
if it wasn't for her running back in he had never believed this moment wasn't his imagination ..he came back from his trance hearing her laughing ..n shook his head smiling touching his cheeks in surprise then started his bike smiling once she was in from the main door of haveli) ..
maan : pagal larki ..(then smiled touching his cheeks).. but cute hai ..
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When geet walked in ..the tension in the air itself was enough to say what just happened in her house ..but she was too happy to control her smile n the warm welcoming arms of simi aunty awaiting for her hug didn't help it either ...she straight went ahead n hugged her tight ...kissed her on his cheeks ..
Geet : oh I sooo love u simi aunty ...( hugged her even tighter)..
Just then mohinder walked down .. n asked bit J seeing his daughter with simran ..
Mohinder : saare pyaar maasi k liye ..aur papa k liye kuch nahi ...
Simi (similed n parted with geet) : oh my god ...I can't believe mohinder poora saal tum apni beeti ki complete attention enjoy karte hu aur kuch dino k liye agar who mujhe thora attention de de tu chote bache ki tarha Jealous feel karte hu ...geet bete ur dad is the no.1 J person u'll ever see ...
Geet (geet stepped back from her n said looking at her father) : maasi mere dad ko koi kuch nahi kahega ...my dad is the best father in the world ... (they both smiled to each other n geet walked ahead n hugged her dad tight n whispered to him) : thanks dad ..
Mohinder caressed her head with utmost affection ...he never saw his daughter this much happily so full of life ...its llike he is seeing a completely different person in her now-a-days ...but he is happy seeing her happy ...
Mohinder : khana khaya ..??
Geet : gee dad mene kha ...//
But before she could continue ..brij entered roaring ..
Brij : chacha ji ..aap jaante nahi hain aaj geet ne kiya kara hai ...poore khandaan ki izaat mitti mien mila di ...aur aap isse ...//
Mohinder (pointed out his hand out towards brij) : ek min brij ..hum baat karenge ...but pehle (turned to geet).. geet bete aap upar jayee n change kar k rest kijeye ...kal subha office bhi hai ...
Geet (nodded n hugged him) : gud nite dad ...luv u .. (n she left giving brij a cold stare ...)
Brij : chacha ji aapne ...//
Mohinder : brij ..kitni baar kaha hai mene tum se ..apne ghusse ko kaabo karna seekho ...geet mujhe bata kar gayi thi ...
Brij : magar aap kaise ...//
Mohinder : brij sachai ko kabool karna seekho ...jo halaat hain ..sab jaante hain k geet ne maan k liye vrat rakha tha ...poori society k saamne agar geet apna vrat k haathoon se khulvaati tou kya izat reh jaati humari ...iss hi liye mene jaane diye ussko ..
Simi (added with a taunt) : brij apne dil ki karvaahat ko nikaal kar ek taraf karoge tu hi sahi aur galat ka farq samajh paoge ..sirf baara hona kafi nahi huta ...bara banna bhi parta hai ..
Brij : par geet ko iss tarha uss larke k saath itni raat gaye jaana nahi chahiye tha ...
Mohinder : baat ko khatam karo brij ...function khatam hugaya ...geet wapis aagayi hai ...maan geet ko sahi salamat wapis laaya hai ...humare paas abb koi reason nahi hai usske khilaaf kuch kehne ka ...let it be ..
Brij's eyes snapped up at this ...does it mean mohinder handa is accepting that khurana ...?? He looked at simran standing thr smiling at the hidden softness of those words ...n he left from thr knowing thr isn't anything left he can say to poison mohinder against maan ..
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Brij stood in his room smashing n trashing every little object in front of him in anger ...
Brij : Noo ...No this can't be ...mien uss maan khurana ko iss ghar ka damaad nahi banne dunga ...never ..kuch tu karna huga ...kuch tu karna hi huga ..(he stood looking himself in the mirror ...n maan's face came in front of his eyes ...n his intimidating words ran in his ears ..)
khuranas apne ghar ki auratoon ki izaat ke liye jaan de bhi sakte hain ...aur jaan le bhi sakte hain ...
a sinister smile appeared on his face n he looked up at his reflection ...smirking
brij : thank u maan singh khurana ...apni barbaadi ka raasta dekhane k liye ..
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On the other hand ...in geet's room simi was drilling geet on todays event n geet told her the whole story of her n maan ever since he came in her life ...thr fights ...how they became friends ...his care ..concern ...his protectiveness even when he was just a friend ...everything ...n then how things changed after that accident ...thr relation ...the way she accused him n then he came to handa haveli mohinder's condition ...though simi knew it all but she wanted geet to say it all ...she knew thr is so much geet is holding in her ...n that geet's isn't a person to open up easily ...ever since she lost her mother ..simi is a only person geet shres her every thought ..though she come for a few days but these few days are enough for geet to feel all the love of a mother from her simran maasi ...
Simi : I still can't believe tujh jaisi larki ..maan jaise larke pyaar kaise kar paayi ..i mean I know u ..the-real-u ..but I am amazed how he was able to reach thr ...😳
Geet (shighed wth a smile) : pata nahi maasi ..yeh tu aaj tk mien bhi nahi jaan payi ..
Simi (smiled all the more excited) : acha chalo say something about maan ...
Geet (surprised n confused) : kya ...maasi sab kuch tu bata diya ..
Simi : nahi bhuddhu ...tune story batayi ...kaise mille ..kb pyaar hua kb izhaar hua ...abb maan k baare mien bol ...who kaisa hai ...tere saath kaisa hai ...romantic hai ..ya tere dad jaisa ..kharoos types serious lover ..
Geet (giggled) : kharoos aur maan ...hmm actually kuch kuch ..i mean I don't know ..uff its complicated ...mujh se nahi huga ...
Simi (nudged her) : chal bhav mat kha abhi ...jaldi bolo ...kaise hain tere who ..
Geet (blushed hard with her teasing) : maasii ..
Simi (smiled seeing her child turning red) : bolna ..
Geet (sighed n closed her eyes then smiled n said his name so softly) : Maan ... (then opened her eyes n looked in oblivion) ..kya kahoon uske baare mien ...wohh humari dunya se nahi hai ...he ...he is so different from us ...kabhi kabhi tu lagta hai wohh kisi aur hi planet se aaya hai ...
maasi he is ...
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