Raj dropped Geet to km and left to his office..
Entering in km she can already feel the emptiness of the mansion..nakul was passing by her when she stopped him and asked..
Geet- nakul kaka..no one at home kya?
Nakul- sirf dadima aur maan sir hi hai...baki maya mam toh kissi kitty party mei gayi hai..
Geet- oh...
Nakul asked her if she want anything else, geet politely denied and left towards her room..
Geet's room
Geet was going through her semester syllabus..
Geet- there is lot of new things to study...but first I have to arrange for books..., geet was lost in her own thoughts , when dadima knocked on her door..which diverted geet's attention to her..
Dadima- may I come in geet??
Geet- dadima u don't have to ask for permission, please come inside..
Dadima- nakul told me that u r back from college..so u liked ur college?
Geet- hmm..everything looks good till now..
Dadima- aage bhi sab accha hi hoga..
Geet- hmm..
Dadima- u were lost in some thoughts..is something bothering u?
Geet- woh...I was thinking to buy books but I don't know any stationary shop..
Dadima- ye lo bas itni si baat..by the way u too is studying commerce na?
Geet- ji..
Dadima-then there is no need to buy books as..in our study u will find every book related to ur subject!
Geet- really?
Dadima- yes...come with me I will show u..
Geet- ji..excited geet followed dadima to KM's study room..
Dadima- here..
Geet was amazed to see the bookshelves..filled with so many books..whole study room looked like a mini library..
Geet(amazed)- so many books!
Dadima(chuckled a bit)- yeah..
Geet- but before it was not there...?
Dadima- ha...but then maan engrossed himself in so much work that he needed something like this..that's why..
Geet- oh.. after a pause she said...he is at home na??
Dadima- hmm...in gym right now..i myself didn't allowed him to go to office today..as I wanted him to rest..
Geet- and he agreed?
Dadima- apni kasam di..tab jaake mane...anyways leave that..u can search ur books from here..
As dadima dropped maan's topic in between only..so geet too hesitated to ask anything else and got busy in searching books..in between nakul called dadima to ask something...so she left...
Now it was only geet left in the study room..searching..in the lower shelves she only found the files nothing else..books were kept on upper shelves..geet looked here and there to search for a stool or something so that she can reach up..finally she found a wooden chair in a corner , grabbing it she pulled it towards the shelve and climbed on it..she shuffled through various books in front shelve but didn't find her desired books...
Geet- is shelve mei toh nahi hai..i should check in next shelve.., so she climbed down from chair and went to the second shelve which was behind the first shelve..to her luck she found few books related to her syllabus , it raised her hope that she can find more books now..so with new enthusiasm she started searching..suddenly her eyes landed on the top of the shelve , there a book on business studies was kept..business studies was her main subject..that means she needed that book..but as it was kept on uppermost shelve she has to again drag that heavy chair here and climb on it...as she climbed on chair she found that she was still not able to reach the book..standing on her toes she tried to grab it..she was on edge of the chair when suddenly she heard a manly voice..
Maan- yes.. mr.mehra is project file is almost complete ..yeah u can come tomorrow then we will discuss about the further developments...no need to extend the date..i will manage...hmm..
Geet(st)- maan.. he is here..., geet was thrilled with his presence and in hurry she lost her balance and fell down..taking few heavy book along with herself..
Geet - ouch..
Maan was still in his gym attire ..with black track pants and vest along with a white towel on his shoulder..
He was just going to grab a file when he heard that disturbing noise..his sharp ears told him that the noise came from backside..so he moved back only to see an unknown girl lying on floor with books around herself...(maan usually has a habit of forgetting everything which he do and say in his drunk state)
One of the heavy book had fallen right on her head and have hurt her head..geet was rubbing her head to decrease the pain..when suddenly she felt someone's presence around her..she didn't need to guess who can he be..as he is the one because of whom she fell...at the moment she was not getting to courage to face him.. her heartbeats have fastened due to the fear ..
The messy state of the study angered maan...and her silence was working as a fuel to his anger as he was going to burst on her she uttered..
Geet- woh..i'm so..so..sorry...while stammering she uttered..
Her sorry stopped maan's outburst but his anger was still intact..
Maan- who are u..and what u r doing here?, his voice was rough and rude..nothing was same in his voice like before...he haven't learnt to bear the silence of some unknown person and her silence was getting intolerable for him...
Maan- I ASKED U SOMETHING?, he shouted..his shout was enough to shake the hell out of geet..in her whole life she never faced anyone this rude...not even in hosiyarpur anyone shouted on her like this..
With scared eyes she looked at him...seeing her face he felt something familiar as if he have seen her somewhere..his angry expression were disappearing from his face as he tried to remember her...seeing the change in his expressions a hope illuminated in her heart...
Geet(st)- did he recognized me?..in morning he was drunk that's why he didn't recognize me..but now he is not drunk ..that means he did remember me...geet was getting happy after assuming things but soon her assumptions broke when he again uttered...
Maan- r u deaf ?That u r not answering me...see girl u r testing my patience...and that's it geet lost the hope...
Geet(st)- he still doesn't remember me..she was hurt but she haven't learnt to show her hurt in front of others..its my mistake only..that I hoped that he will be the first one to recognize me..galti meri hi hai...if he didn't remember than why should I bother him..huh! averting her gaze from him and she got, dusted her clothes and one by one picked all books and again climbed on chair to keep them on their suitable places..
Maan was shocked to see her this behavior , first she didn't answered him and now she ignored him too..
Moving towards her, he said..
Maan- now I'm sure ur deaf! In anger he blurted out.. and turned back to leave the place when her voice stopped him..
Geet- I'm not deaf!
Without turning back he asked- then why are u not answering my question?
Geet- which question?
Maan- who are u?
Geet- why should I answer u?
Maan- for ur kind information its my house and..but geet cut him in between..
Geet- its not..its raj's uncle house...and I'm here with his permission only!, geet answered back!
Maan looked at her curiously trying to read her...but geet was busy in arranging the books ..
Geet- and what's the guarantee that after telling u my identity u will remember me forever...she spoke this while looking directly his eyes..for a second maan felt something familiar with her eyes but soon she averted her gaze from him ..she was done with arranging the extra books..grabbing the books of her use ..she left..leaving maan behind who was still trying to remember her..forgetting the work for which he was here...
Maan- who is she?
Geet's room..
In frustration she angrily kept the books on the table and with a thud sat on the bed..
Geet(st)- he forget..this soon...its only 5 years..how can he...usne accha toh dev hai..he remembered me at once and he..huh! I hate him...she dropped her body on bed..for few seconds she looked at ceiling then suddenly she got up and grabbed the photo frame from her side table..(it was photo of maan, geet and reet together) and moved towards the mirror..she looked at herself in photo and then she looked at herself in mirror and started her comparison..
Geet- jada changes kaha hai..my height has increased..my hair has become long...eyes toh same hi hai..nose..she touched her nose and then looked at her pic..nose thodi choti hogayi hai shayad...she again looked at the pic ..nahi same hi hai..then why didn't he recognized me then?? Her eyes moved to his pic..he changed a lot ..body- shody baana liye hai plus now he has a stubble on his face phele nahi tha..still I recognized him then why he didn't...
After that her whole concentration was shifted on that question only...until dadima called her to have her lunch...
She was going towards dinning area when she saw maan sitting in living area busy in some work, his full attention was on his laptop..he didn't even noticed geet at that time..stomping her foot she left and with grumpy face she sat on her chair..but her eyes were again and again moving towards maan...but he was full ignorant about his surrounding...
At the same moment , dadima came there and sat on her chair...nakul came there to serve dadima when she slowly asked him..
Dadima- maan??
Nakul- sir se kaha tha..but he said he is busy issiliye..
Dadima- hmm...
Hearing their soft talks geet attention shifted on them..., after a pause dadima continued and called maan...hearing her voice maan turned back and looked at his dadima, as he turned geet immediately bowed her head down showing him that she is busy in having her lunch..
Dadima- maan come here and have lunch with us..
Maan- I'm busy dadima..later...
Dadima- maan after ages u are at home at this time at least have lunch with us..
Maan- dadima I need to complete some impor..but dadima cut him in between..
Dadima- u can continue ur important work later too...now come'on and have lunch, or else I have other ways too..sternly she said..finally leaving his laptop he moved to dinning table and sat opposite to geet...
Dadima(in stern voice)- good!..nakul start serving...
Geet gave a glance to him and again looked down..
Geet(st)- tch tch babaji maan toh bikul badal gaye hai..itna bhao khate hai.. in between maan too looked at geet trying to recognize her..it was noticed by dadima..
Dadima- maan aap mile ge...but geet stopped her immediately...
Geet- no dadima.!!.she almost shouted which left dadima and maan shocked..
Dadima- kya hua??
Geet- don't tell him my name...he didn't recognize me yet!, glaring at him she said..
Dadima- seriously maan???
Maan eyed geet her pouting face was making him remember someone from past...the past which also makes him remember her(reet)...he doesn't want to forget her but her absence always makes him crave for her..how much he wants her back in his life but he also know that its not possible..and this helplessness makes him feel weak which he don't want to feel...that's why he always make sure to indulge his brain in work...nor his brain will be free to think anything else apart from work neither he will get time to think about his past and her...
Dadima- maan..where are u lost?, dadima's concern voice brought him back to the real world...
Maan- u r no one to me..that's why I don't remember u!, rudely he spoke...and this time his words hurts her a lot..soon her eyes were filled with tears...the bond what they(maaneet) shared in childhood always gave hope to geet that maan will remember her..he will remember their friendship even after such a long time but today he proved her..that she was wrong...she didn't have or had any place in his life that's why he don't remember her...
Geet- hmm..u r right!, looking directly in his eyes she spoke...and ran to her room..
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