Chapter 2
Gulaal walked over to the male's toilets briskly, she stood outside waiting...suddenly a man came out, she looked at him he seemed to be in his early 30's.
'jee main um kisi ko dhoond rahi hoon'..
The man grinned at him, 'agar aap jaisi beautiful girl dhoond rahi hai, toh zaroor mujhe hi dhoond rahi hogi'..
Gulaal looked at the man disgusted..'shut up, tum kesar nahi hoh'..
kesar ko dhoond rahi hoh toh apne peeche bhi dekh lo'..suddenly a voice came form behind her, Gulaal turned and came face to face with a young man, he had a exciting and a mysterious looking face...and floppy black hair..
'K..Kesar main Gulaal' and she cursed herself for staring at his face intently..
'jaanta hoon' he said nodding, his face softened as he looked at her and then he looked at the person standing behind her,
'chale'..
'haan chalo'...
As they walked over to the car, the atmosphere was quite..Gulaal felt uncomfortable and felt the need to say something..
'toh london kaisa laga..' she said smiling at him..
'abhi dekha hi kitna hai' he said rudely, 'waise agar london mein admi aurat ki izzat waise karta hai' he said nodding his head over at where they had come from, 'phir toh london bohot hi ghatiya jagah hai'...
Gulaal looked over at him stunned, 'dekho i understand ke tumhe time lage ga, lekin bohot jald tumhe sab accha lagne lagega, jaga uss jaise ghatiya aadhmiyon se nahi banti, jagah toh yaha ki khoobsoorti aur hum jaise asli hindustaniyon se banti hai, jinke dil mein abhi bhi india hi bada hua hai and phir bohot jald tumahri maa bhi aa jayegi'..
'oh please bashan mat dho' he said..'aur maa ki toh baat hi na karna, tumahre papa aur tumhari wajah se paanba wahah akeli hai, aur hum..hum yaha dil lagane ke liye aaye hai' he said angered..
Gulaal shook her head and said nothing...he was angry but his harsh words didnt make her angry... on the contrary she felt extremely sorry for him..
'Kesar...dil toh tumhara lagne hi wala hai, whether you like it or not', she said grinning at him and he looked up at her surprised, she smiled and ran over to the car where rewa, her father and the driver was waiting..
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Kesar looked out of the car in anger, how he had left his mother only he knew, all alone without any help...why couldn't he have stayed with her, he glanced over at Gulaal and her father in anger...'kyun mujhe itna dard deh rahe hoh aap, mere ghar se cheen kar mujhe yaha iss anjaane des mein le aye'...he looked at out of the car window, it was raining heavily, it seemed like even the weather agreed with him.
'Kya soch raha hai kesar'...he looked at his sister, she was smiling and chatting away with gulaal, as though she had known her forever..
'kuch nahi rewa, mujhe akela chod de' and he went back to looking out of the window...rewa looked apologetically at gulaal and her father...they smiled back at her knowingly...
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kesar looked at the big house infront of him, he slowly walked in behind the rest of them, glancing feverishly at gulaal, who was infront of him...she was different from what he had imagined, very different...
As they knocked the frotn door and waited, rewa came and stood beside him, he looked at her and felt sorry, she was going through exact same thing he was going through, he slowly pushed his hand into hers and squeezed it..she glanced up at him greatfully..
Poonam opened the door and saw her husband and daughter, she smiled and then rushed past them...
'kab se aap ki rah dekh rahi thi main, kitni dher hoh gayi hai' and with that she enveloped, Kesra and rewa into her arms...she squeezed them close to her, 'kaise hoh aap dono, kitna lamba safar tha na, thak toh nahi gaye,' she said it all in one breath... tears slowly welling up in her eyes...
Kesar smiled, he liked her, she reminded him of his mother, the same worried face, the same motherly love...'hum theek hai' he said to her softly...
'Maa, chalo andhar chale, baaki batein baad mein kar lena,' Gulaal said smiling at her mother.
'h...haan andar chalo' she said not taking her eyes of kesar and rewa.
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as kesar sat in the room he was assigned to, he looked around, rewa's room was getting work done to it, so she was also sharing with him but she was still not back. Talking to gulaal he thought disgusted, how could someone become so friendly with someone in just a few hours. and then he thought about gulaal and her cheeky smile and what she had said, a small smile crept on his face.
suddenly the door opened and rewa and gulaal barged in...
'kesar tum abhi tak jaag rahe hoh, maine socha ki main gulaal ko apne kapre dikhati hoon, yaha london mein iske paas bohot thode hai'.
kesar nodded and looked the other way...
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As they looked at the different clothes, Gulaal stared in awe, rewa had beautiful salwar suits that she had not worn in years, she smiled and caressed them softly her eyes lighting up seeing all the different colours. rewa grinned at her, 'tumhe acche lage gulaal'...
'haan bohot sundar hai' gulaal said smiling..
'toh tum ek rak loh na'..
'nahi nahi yeh kya keh rahi hoh yeh tumhare kapre hai, main kaise'..
'arrey humare size toh thakreeban ek hi hoga, jao' and she picked up one of the several clothes on the bed and threw it at Gulaal' tum yeh try kar lo'.
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Kesar looked up from where he was sitting, she came out of the bathroom shyly smiling and looking at rewa,
'kaisi lag rahi hoon'...
kesar looked at her in awe and stayed looking.
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