~*~ENTWINED DESTINES~*~ MG SS - Chapter 15 Page 76 - 23.04.17 - Page 15

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Maan is different in your story... and I like it... Interesting ...

Calm , composed.. let's see what happens next...

Maaneet conversation was nice ...

All the friends are really close no keeping secrets..

Everything is open ... I liked that...

CHAPTER 5

"So!!! What will you have???" Maan asked Geet as they settled themselves around a table at Coffee Express.

"The usual," she said out of reflex and then realising he may not still remember, she corrected herself. "Woh... I mean...," but she was stopped midway.

"Don't take the trouble, I got you," Maan said with a wink which was returned by a smile.

So he remembers, she smiled inwardly.

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"Let's have Espresso today," Maan proposed as they took their seat.

Maan and Sam were out on lunch when the weather started deteriorating. Not wanting Gest to take the bus home, he expressed his view of going to pick her up for the school was on their way to the Sen Household anyways.

"As you wish," an indifferent Sam had replied.

And then Maan suggested for coffee. Baarish mein kuch garam peene ka mazaa hi kuch aur hai, he had said excitedly.

So here they were, with Sam and Maan on one side and Geet on the other, figuring what they would be having.

And knowing how Sam loves Espresso just like him, he suggested for that for the 3 of them assuming that Geet would be sharing her sister's tastes. Sisters usually have the same taste, don't they!!! At least this is what he thought.

"3 Espresso and some cookies," he had told the waiter failing to notice Geet scrunching her nose as he mentioned that. Now that was Greek to her. Express suna tha lekin yeh Espresso Kya cheez hai, she thought to herself without voicing it out. She didn't want to make a fool out of herself now... Definitely not in front of him.

"Aaj school kaisi rahi Chaashni???" Maan asked her while they waited for their order, with Sam busy on her phone. She had a photo shoot the following day so she was talking to the photograph on that matter.

And then she went on to tell him about the quiz she had won during their activity period that day.

"Yaar!!! Yeh order kab laaega???" Sam asked irritatingly as she finished her phone call. She had to prepare herself for her photoshoot and she definitely didn't want to waste time.

"Chill Sam... Aajaaega..." Maan said calmly, "lo... Aah bhi gaya," he said pointing to the waiter. "Thanks," he told him as he settled their respective drinks for them.

"You know Sam, this is my favourite Coffee Spot," Maan said, turning towards her as both took a sip of their drink.

"Yea... It's really good," Sam agreed on that point.

Geet, on the other hand, kept looking at the drink. It did smell bizarrely. And Maan noticed her as he briefly looked at her.

"What happened Chaashni??? Tum kyun nahi pee rahi ho???" He inquired. "Piyo... Bahut achi hai... Kyun Sam???"

"Yea," she replied amusingly. Of course she knew what the problem was. As if it mattered to her, she thought with a shrug.

"Hmmm," Geet let out and slowly took a sip which she immediately spat out.

"Yuckkk!!!" She exclaimed making a face. "Kitni k...oh no!!! I'm sorry Maan!!!" She apologised as she realised she had stained Maan's T-shirt as she spat. "I... I'm I'm sorry... I didn..." She tried explaining.

"It's ok Chashni," Maan said as he tried wiping his Tshirt. "Kya huwa??? Tumhe pasand nahi????" He asked her.

She nodded negatively. "Bahut karwi hai," she confessed.

"It's ok. Pehle batadena chahiye tha. Let's get you something else now. Bolo, Kya loge???" His time he preferred asking her to be sure.

"Errr..." She hesitated.

"Now what???" He inquired.

"Jisne hamasha sirf chai pee hai woh aur kya pee sakti hai," San replied as she laughed.

"Kyun???" Maan asked.

Koyi pilaae tab na, she wanted to say but Sam beat her at that.

"Areh, woh Geet ummm she doesn't like going out for dinners, coffees and all, bataaya na tumhe. Har baar bolte hai usse lekin she never comes. Ab bahar aaegi nahi toh kaise jaanegi? Aur nayi cheezein try karne ko kaho, tab bhi mana karti hai," Sam immediately clarified. "Bahar aaya karo Geet... Tabhi you'll be able to try new things, haina Maan?" She added in a sugar-coated voice.

Kitni safaayi se jhoot bolti hai... Joothi kahi ki, Geet wanted to scream as she gave a disbelieving look to her *sister*. Khood nahi lejaate hai mujhe... Toh kaise jaaoongi!!!

"Koyi baat nahi... I'll make sure she comes out of her anti-social animal skin soon," Maan joked. "Oh well, let's see!!! How about we get you a nice Hot Chocolate???!!! There's no way disliking that," he said. "Except your sister," he whispered to her as he bent over the table.

I caught that Maan," Sam said giving him a glare.

"Oooppsss!!! I guess I was a bit too loud," he told a chuckling Geet in a low voice.

"Mmm!!! This one is yummy Maan," Geet said few minutes later as she relished the taste of the hot chocolate to which Maan gave his I-told-you-so look.

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"Tumhe aaj tak yehi pasand hai?" Maan asked in disbelief as they sipped their respective drink.

"Kya karoon... Aap joh nahi rahe mujhe nayi cheezein try karaane ke liye," she immediately replied. "Errr... Woh I mean... I... I like drinking this," she covered up but Maan did get that.

"Hmmm."

"By the way, aap ne Vicky se kyun nahi kaha ke aap hamare university join karenge??? Woh toh aapke saath hi rehta hai, haina," Geet inquired as she had a cookie.

"So, he already told you people. Big-mouthed!!! Uske peth mein ek baat bhi nahi rehta," Maan said with annoyance.

"Matlab!!!"

"I didn't want anyone to know we're related. Ab poori class ko pata chal jaaega," he said.

"So???"

"You know favouritism and all. Many students complain about that," he explained.

"But aap mujhe bhi toh jaante hain," she stated.

"Well I'm sure you won't tell anyone," he replied and seeing her nervous smile he added, "I guess you did too," he shook his head. "Great!!!" he said sarcastically.

"But it's all your fault," she defended herself.

"Excuse me!!!!" He narrowed his eyebrows at her.

"Errr wooohhh I mean haan neither would you have mentioned my name nor would have anyone doubted," she clarified.

"Ok fine!!! I agree," he admitted his mistake. "Actually to be honest, I couldn't resist when you told me your name," he confessed to which Geet nearly choked on her drink. He couldn't resist me???

"Matlab???"

"Woh I mean I was quite impatient to talk to you sooo thatsy I sort of you know punished you," he stated, "but I apologise for that. I really am sorry," he admitted.

"It's oh ok," she replied meekly. So he wanted to talk to her. Nice!!!

"Ek baat boloon Geet???" He said after a while.

"Kya???"

"Woh... Rehne do," he said as it dawned unto him that it was possible she didn't have any idea about that after all.

"What rehne do... Ab bataao bhi," Geet said, as her curiousness awakened.

"Bola na kuch nahi," he replied coolly.

"Maaan!!!" She said with a frown.

"Ok fine!!! Ummm You're a pretty girl," he said, diverting the topic. That was definitely not what he wanted to say. Although he had to admit, she is one pretty girl. She was no longer the clumsy little Geet he had known. In some ways, she reminded him of her. They had the same eyes; almond shaped and of hazelnut color, although he couldn't understand the connection. After all, weren't they... His trail of thoughts were broken as she spoke.

"Yea right!!! You want me to believe this is what you wanted to say!!! Try it on someone else Maan," she said annoyingly.

"That someone else might not be pretty as you Geet," he replied immediately, looking at her lovingly, which sent a knot to her throat. "Tumhari toh baat hi alag hai Chaashni. You're different," he added, in the gentlest yet firmest possible voice.

That sounded familiar.

You're different Geet!!!

Your qualities set you apart.

You're as pretty...

You're different!!!

He always found her pretty, she suddenly realised... Unlike them. Didn't he always tell her that??? Boy!!! Not again!!! She, suddenly, found herself being all smitten by him... Yet again. Such was his aura, his charisma, his personality. Just two words from him and she was falling for him... Again!!! Could she... Could they... Was there??? Ahhh yeh Kya sochne lagi Geet, she mentally chided herself. But that didn't stop her. She WAS once again, falling for him... She realised. Seeing him after 8 long years did evoke those feelings... Yet again. The feelings she had once buried were surfacing again. But she couldn't tell him that. She wouldn't, she decided as images of him and Sam came to her mind. She knew he still loves her, no matter what he says. But she couldn't help herself, she thought miserably as she tried engaging into a conversation with him.

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That night, after she got into her nightdress, Geet searched her drawers, thoroughly.

"Kya dhoond rahi ho Geet," Jiya asked seeing the lights still on at 1 o'clock when she woke up to have some water.

"Errr woh, kuch nahi, meri birth certificate nahi mil rahi thi...," she lied.

"Locker mein hogi Geet. You keep all important papers there itself," she reminded her.

Locker!!! Why didn't she think of that earlier??? She mentally chided herself.

"Oh yea, bhool gayi... Thanks Jiya... Abhi tum jaao sone, we have class early morning," she thanked her before closing her door, sending her to her room.

There it was!!! Her diary!!! Something she fancied keeping as a teenager. Something she started keeping after knowing him... Something which held her emotions, her feelings for him.

She had started keeping a diary to pour out her inner feelings. This was her companion in the lonely room of the hostel. But gradually she put it away. He wasn't for her, she had come to realise when they were still together after 6 months!!! And with that realisation, both her feelings and diary were put away... In a corner.

But today, she felt a need for that!!! She was once again experiencing those feelings!!! The ones she had once put aside and she knew she needed her diary, her companion in solitude.

As she opened the diary, she was taken to that one page. She remembered that day. The day she saw them kissing outside from her window. How hurt she was that day. How angry she felt. But she couldn't voice it out. Penning them down was the best solution. She lightly touched the words as she read them.

I Know That I Don't Own You;

And Perhaps I Never Will...

So My Anger When You're With Her;

I've No Right To Feel...

She, suddenly, wanted to add something to that. Taking her pen, she sat around her table and scribbled.

What I Feel; I Shouldn't Show You,

So When You're Around I Won't...

I Know I've No Right To Feel It;

But It Doesn't Mean I Won't...

She loves him!!! Still does, she thought to herself. Tab bhi aur ab bhi. But maybe he'll never know, she realised as it dawned onto her that her feelings are one-sided... shayad mera pehla pyar adhoora hi rahega, she sadly thought as silent tears trailed along her cheeks.

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NOTE: I Updated ED Today So Update For Turning Tables Might Come Tomorrow. Reason Why I Didn't Update It Today Was Because I Am Still Thinking Whether To End It In The Next Update Or Not😆😆😆 And Yea, After Updating TT, I Won't Be Updating Soon... As In Not Before The Weekends, Because I Have On-Work Training As From Tuesday Till Friday And Then After Work, I Have My Usual MBA Lectures, So I Will Be Kinda Held Up This Week!!!

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P.S Sara, I Wonder Whether You'll Be The First One To Comment Today😆😆😆

But omg are Sam and Geet not real sisters? maybe that's why her dad always treated her so badly. But I'm excited to see Geet's one sided love feelings come back again. Hopefully Maan sees her in a different way in the future rather then a friend a lover😉😉😉

Excited till the next update😳😆

awesome

cant wait to see what's going in maan's mind

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