Originally posted by: Susegad
CH 31
You know this chapter made me think a lot and I wrote and re wrote the comment many times. My first reaction was that I was mad at Geet.
I was thinking to myself, look what she did to our TJ.
I wrote a complete comment about that and deleted it. Then after a lot of thinking I reassessed my opinion. I went back to IOYSM to get a look at the old Geet and Maan and suddenly I had a whole different outlook.
Standing here as readers outside the story and looking at the whole picture it is very easy for us to judge Geet and dislike her for her rejection of Maan. We had a clear insight into the mind and thought process of Maan in IOYSM. We as readers tend to put ourselves into the shoes of the characters and judge them accordingly. We forget that with each character, what they see is the only part that hey know or understand.
"The next morning, I pace around in my room, looking at my watch every few minutes and wondering why time is passing so slowly. After some time, I calm myself down and think for a moment. I know I am going to say it today but how? Making sure the door to my room is tightly shut, I walk to stand in front of the mirror and begin practising. Pasting a smile on my face, I use a happy voice. 'Geet, I love you.' My smile turns to a grimace. Maan, you aren't telling her a good news or something! Make it a little more natural! I take a deep breath and begin again, schooling my features in a serene expression. 'Geet, I really love you. I always have.' Shaking my head, I decide this isn't right too. A few more attempts make me feel like I'm going to make a fool of myself in front of her. Looking into the mirror one final time, I close my eyes and imagine Geet is in front of me as I begin again. 'Geet... I don't know what you will think about me after this but I do want you to know what I think about you, what I have been thinking about you for the past three years. I love you, Geet! I have loved you from the moment I saw you...' The sharp raps on the door breaks the moment making the image of Geet disappear from in front of me and I am left to stare at my own reflection in the mirror. I grin and give myself a thumbs up before going to answer the door."
You see, we were privy to this thought process of Maan, whereas Geet is absolutely clueless about this. We are mad at her for rejecting the whole Maan that we have in front of our eyes. The shy, adorable Maan, who gathered all his courage to confess to her. But to her he is a boy she knows fairly well, but not completely like we do.
Am I making sense here?
Yes Maan confessed to her and she rejected him. She was confused, unsure of herself and I feel that perhaps if they had still been in college together that they might have been that Geet might have been able to come to terms with her actual feelings and fears.
Also, if we had not known Maan's POV from IOYSM and if you had written WH first, I do believe all of us would have considered Maan a major ass.
Yes Maan has changed. Yes Geet has been a major catalyst for that change. It was a part of his growing up though. Adversity brings out the best in people who have an inherent strength.
I do believe that was the case with Maan. He has grown into a confident and successful person. If she was the catalyst for his turning into a flirt then likewise, she was the person who brought out the confident side in him.
The catalyst is back in his life and he is reacting.
Now just waiting to see how she is going to change.
For this time around, I do believe that he is as much a catalyst for her.
Now just waiting for this chemical reaction to explode.
I love where this story is headed Mayyo.😳
Thanks again for this superb piece of story telling and sorry for the delay in replying.
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