Part 5
"It is at the edge of the petal, that love waits"
Geet and Maan returned only to be welcomed by Maan's friends , "Oh great so you both are happy now", Yash said. "Let's celebrate", one of the friends said . "Shes such a cute little girl, aww I wish my sister was that cute , no wonder you hid her", They jested. "Why are you guys here", Maan said . "To celebrate , you both are happy right", Yash said. "Yash bhai , that is enough I have my test tomorrow and if you all want to celebrate then keep it down", Geet said irritated . "I'm going to my room", She said leaving everyone. "Listen you guys if she got angry because of all of you remember I will personally kick you all", Maan said . "Aww the big brother is really possessive , but what will you do if someone takes her away , a person who will love her comes , then what will you do", Yash said. "What are you talking about shes still very young for that", Maan said . Yash looked at his best friend and diverted his thoughts, "Forget about that, lets celebrate"."Yup".
Next morning Geet ran around the house gathering her stuff. Maan got up hearing the noise,"What's wrong ,"He asked . "I can't find my watch", She said rummaging through her stuff , "I'm getting late"."Hold on , here take mine", He said. "It looks expensive, I can't take something like that what if I break it", She said looking at the piece.

"Don't worry its an automatic watch , it works according to your pulse rate, if you stop wearing it , it will stop", Maan said looking fondly at it . "Umm...don't you think I'm too young to carry something that costly and why did you buy such a strange watch". "I loved this one , it's like it can't live without its owner , like if you are not here I will stop . Don't that sound romantic ", He said. "Whatever , you are really weird anyway, don't blame me if I break it . I will be leaving then bye", She said rushing out forgetting her lunch box. Maan rushed after her , "Hey , you forgot your lunch box". But she was gone. "How am I going to look after her if she does not even eat properly", He said getting ready to go to her school . "Maan you sure are pampering her too much , wasn't that your favorite watch , the one you won't give to anyone even over your dead body , how easily you gave it to her", Yash spoke gaining his attention."Hey its just a watch anyway,"Maan said. "Really you use to fight with Sameera when she touched it once . I think you should maintain your distance with her before its too late and anyway she will get a boyfriend soon and in a few months may be you will have to marry her".

This caught Maan's attention, a strange emotion crossed his features for a moment before he composed himself . "She is too young for that , I want her to study just like dad wanted ". Yash noticed that but did not say anything further but just watched his friend silently.
At school, Geet's watch was noticed by other girls too . "How did she get such an expensive watch", One of them whispered. Geet heard all that but ignored until one of them purposely tried to break it . This made Geet to lose her temper and she pushed the girl carefully lifting the watch to see if its alright. "How dare you push me", the girl argued . "I will do it again , if you try anything like that", Geet spoke up for the first time startling many. "So now you are showing off just because you own that expensive watch , did you buy it or may be you stole it", The girl said . "It belongs to my guardian". "Naina , apologize to Geet right now", Dev interrupted. "I saw what you did to her and if you don't want me going to the Principal, apologize right now". "I'm sorry", Naina said reluctantly to which Geet just nodded. After that she left to the garden , she was really sad about the whole thing, why can't they let her live in peace was all she could think of. Once in the garden, the gardener asked about the watch too ."It belongs to my brother ,uncle . I was getting late and could not find mine so he let me borrow his", Geet said. "So are you two getting along now", the gardener asked. "You can say so uncle , though his cooking is horrible and there are many inconsistencies with him but I'm happy I got someone whom I call a family back", She smiled. "I'm happy for you dear". Naina watched all this from the classroom and smiled, "I will make you pay Geet , I will destroy something which you like".
At the evening , they found the entire garden destroyed, Naina smiled at her victory , she knew that Geet loved those roses so she destroyed them. Geet was in tears, "Uncle, how can anyone be so cruel ". She looked at boulevard which was destroyed. "Don't worry dear , go home we will do something about this tomorrow . Its getting late your brother will get worried". Dev watched as Geet and the gardener left the boulevard . He went there and fixed the boulevard without anyone noticing. "If you smile then the roses will smile too", He smiled touching the petals.

Geet went home and was gloomy making Maan worried. "Geet did anyone say something to you"."No, the boulevard I worked so hard upon was destroyed by someone", she said sadly. "You love roses, right", He asked . "Yes , I do and you know I planted them myself ,but now its destroyed ", She cried . "Okay , okay calm down now , we have a garden here at the mansion too . May be you will like that ", He said trying to cheer her up . Geet saw the efforts he was making and nodded . They went outside and sat there . "Are you feeling better now", Maan asked . "If you want you can take care of the flowers here", He said . "I have been with those flowers for a long time now . I felt they were my only friends", She said. "You are not alone now Geet , we are like a family", He said. "Thank you, I feel better now", She smiled.
"Good then, always remember if you smile the world will smile with you, even the roses will they are your friends right. So always smile for your friends , you will make more", He smiled and patted her head lovingly. Geet felt happy sharing her sorrows with someone now, may be someday she will smile just like he said.
Next day, she was astonished to see the flowers fixed. "Uncle did you do this", She asked the gardener who himself was surprised. "No Geet , I did not do anything , I thought may be you did". They were very happy and Dev watched all this through the window facing the garden. "Dev , what happened to your hands , why are there so many bandages", His friend asked once they were in the class. "Ah, its nothing , I was trying to help Mom in the kitchen and instead of chopping the veggies I chopped my fingers", He lied , but Geet noticed that and thought to thank him later. After the class she went to him and thanked him. "I know you have fixed the garden , thank you", She smiled."I...It's nothing really", He stammered. "How did you know", He asked curiously.

"It's because no matter how clumsy anyone is they won't manage to get all their fingers chopped", She laughed making him embarrassed.Dev mustered the courage to ask her out, he wanted to make her smile. "Umm...Geet ...I...I really like you a lot , please will you go out with me", He said making Geet stunned .
So here are the double updates for today, I would be occasionally or regularly giving double updates of this as it will be probably my last story before I leave due to personal issues 😃
Thank you for all your support for this story, I really very grateful😃😃😃
Precap- Maan's advise to Geet and may be Sameera enters 😆
I would like your opinions for Sameera, she is not a completely negative character though here and there shades of gray might be there in her character😃 So please suggest a nice face for her not a vamp😆
Edited by pixelflower620 - 8 years ago
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