chapter nineteen
kesar looked around frantically, he moved up and down the carpark, he tried calling her number but gulaal was no where to be found.
shayad chalte chalte road par chali gayee hoh and he started walking down the long road, suddenly he came across gulaal sitting on a bench, next to some unknown man, she was eating a icecream and looking extremly happy.
kesar ran over to her and hugged her, sqeezing her tightly 'kaha chali gayee thi tu, meri toh jaan hi nikal di' he then looked at the man who was looking away.
gulaal gently unnatatched herself from him and said 'yeh dushyant jee hai, mere callcentre ke manger'.
dushyant immidiately got up and held his hand out, which kesar held and shook.
'gulaal jee ki tabiyat bilkool theek nahi thi, inho ne subha se kuch nahi kaya tha, isiliye chakkar aa rahe the, shukar hai ke mein yaha se guzar raha tha, toh maine inko samal liya' he said smiling at kesar.
he then looked at gulaal ' abhi main chalta hoon, aap se office ke bahir mil kar bohot accha laga aur please jab aap behter feel kare phir office aana, aur kal toh bilkool mat aana, warna phir se office mein hi chakkar na aajaye'
gulaal smiled at him 'theek hai dushyant jee' and dushyant left.
kesar who was quietly observing this conversation started to also walk away 'kaha jaa raha hai', gulaal said running after him,
'tujhe toh meri koi chinta hi nahi hai, itni der se mujhe teri fikkar thi aur tu hai ke, yaha' and he looked away,
'im sorry kesar, sach mein meri tabiyat theek nahi thi aur phir achank dushyant jee aagaye the, aur talli kaha hai'
'chali gayee' he said stilll walking away at a fast pace, he then suddenly stopped and turned towards her, she was running after him, her hair all over her face, she was breathing quite fast and looked tired,
'im sorry' she said looking at him with tears in her eyes,
he pulled her close 'nahi im sorry, main tere saath aise hi gussa kar gaya, waise ek baat bata, tune subha se kyun nahi kuch khaya', she looked away from him,
'aise hi bhook nahi thi', he looked at her and shook his head 'apna please kahayl rakha kar, tujhe kuch hogaya toh main kya karoonga'.
and they both walked to the car hand in hand
'ab jaldi ghar chal ghar wale soch rahe honge ke pata nahi kaha reh gaye'.
he smiled at her mischiviously and started driving, after a few minutes gulaal realised they were not going home
'yeh tu kaha jaa raha hai kesar, yeh ghar ka raasta toh nahi hai'
he quitely went on driving, she questioned him a few times and then stopped, for he was not saying anything.
they suddenly stopped and it was dark all around, he went around to her side of the car and pulled her out,
'kesar yeh hum kaha aagaye hai' she asked him concerned
'chal main tujhe khuch dekhana chata hoon' and he held her hand and she followed him in the dark,
he suddenly stopped and gulaal looked around, they were in a sort of garden, it had very dim lights but was very beautiful, with lots of flowers planted around it, gulaal gently started walking around looking at it when she felt two hands hold her 'kesar tu'...
'kaisi lagi yeh jaga'
'bohot beautiful hai,' she whispered, 'par yeh kaunsi jaga hai'
'voh mera ek dost hai na, uske paapa ko gardening ka bohot shohk hai, yeh unki ek zameen ka hissa hai, jab mujhe koi pareshani hoh toh main yaha aata hoon'
'toh hum aaj kyun aaye, tu pareshan kisliye hai',
'main nahi gulaal, pareshan tu hai, bol na kya pareshani hai, koi ghar mein problem toh nahi hai na', he said softly in her ear
'nahi kesar sach mein koi pareshani nahi hai, tu aisa kyun soch raha hai', she said
''tu meri gulaal nahi lag rahi, voh gulaal joh hamesha hasti rehti thi aur doosron ko bhi hasati rehti thi, jab hum ganto baatein karte the aur tu khool ke hasti thi toh mujhe pata chalta tha ke mujhe puri duniya mil gayi hai, lekin pichle kuch dino se tu thodi se badal gayi hai',
gulaal looked down, he was right , recently all she had been getting was pain from all over. she thought about him and decided to try harder, he wanted to see her laugh did he, well that's not a problem.
she gently got her hand and ran it up the side of his face, she could hear him sighing as he stood behind her
she continued for a while and then suddenly, moved his hands from around her and ran,
'pakar le, agar pakar sakta hai toh',
'arrey gulaal not fair'and he started to search for her in the dim lights.
she ran and hid behind one of the trees, breathing heavily she looked around the corner and could not see him anywhere, she craned her neck,wondering why he was not coming looking for her.
she suddenly felt something moving her hair to one side
'kesar tu...'
'shhh chup kar jaa'
and he moved the rest of her hair to one side and gently started placing soft butterfly kisses on her neck,
she just stood there, feeling intoxicated, he moved lower and lower down her back, until she turned and hugged him tightly
they just stood there hugging each other tightly, he soflty breathed in her lovely smell and she gripped on to hs strong arms.
suddenly a man came out of no where, gulaal and kesar left each other and moved away immidately,
'arrey uncle aap yaha kya kar rahe hai aur kunal kaisa hai'
'voh theek hai beta, lekin tum yaha kya kar rahe hoh, maine garden ki bahir car dekhi, toh main dekhne chala aaya ke kaun hai'
kesar looked down embarrased, 'voh yeh meri patni hai, gulaal'
and gulaal in turn looked down.
the old man did not question any further and instead turned to kesar 'bohot dher tak bahir hoh, kal subha uth kar jaana nahi hai kya, college ke reunion mein, kunal toh bohot hi besabri se intezaar kar raha tha, kal ke liye'.
kesar grinned thinking about kunal, 'jee hum bas chalte hai'
and they both greeted the old man and left.
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in the car kesar turned to gulaal 'kunal tumse mil kar bohot khush hoga'
gulaal looked at him questioningly 'mujse mil kar, main toh nahi jaoongi'
'arrey, kyun nahi'
'tumhare college ka reunion hai, main vaha pe kya karoongi'
'pagal ladki, agar hamara koi better half hoh, toh invite pe likha tha, ke uss ko bhi le aana'
'kesar main tere doston ke saamne, mera matlab hai, unko thoda ajeeb nahi lagey ga, humari age difference'
he gently pulled her near him and said 'nahi sab jealous honge, ke meri itni beautiful wife hai' and he kissed her forehead.
kesar then started driving and gulaal thought about home, she had enjoyed being whizzed away to another world with kesar but now it was time to face reality. kal, she thought to herself, kal main sabka dil jeet ke hi rahongi and then she thought about her own mother, maa aap kab vapis aogi, mujhe aapki bohot yaad aa rahi hai.
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as they reached home, the lights were off.
they quitely crept inside and went to there room, the whole house was quite.
as they reached there bedroom, kesar closed the door and said 'phew finally pohonch gaye'
and he went and layed back on the bed 'kesar kapre jaa kar change kar le', she went to the wardrobe and took some clothes out
'yeh loh' and she handed them to him.
he smiled at her greatfully and was about to change go and change, when suddenly there door knocked 'pata nahi kaun hoga, iss vakt' and he went and opened it.
talli stood there smiling 'tum log aagaye, kab se rah dekh rahi thi, gulaal tu theek hai, kaha chali gayee thi, main aur kesar doond the pareshan hogaye the'.
gulaal smiled at her 'haan main theek hoon, voh aise hi, thodi se tabiyat kharab hoagyi thi'.
without questioning about her health talli turned to kesar, and grabbed his hand 'chal mere sath kal ke liye kapre decide karne meh madat kar'.
kesar stared at her stunned, did she really not understand that he was married now and couldn't just go into another lady's room at night. he turned to look at gulaal who in turn said 'haan tu jaa'.
talli pulled him out.
Edited by rimjhim1 - 13 years ago
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