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PART 38D
FLASHBACK IX
Knock on the door........ B almost jumps out of her skin, JW lets go of the book, his expression changes vividly to irritation. She turns away facing the huge windows
noticing the strong storm brewing far away.The skies have turned almost black despite it being just after 3 in the afternoon He goes to get it.......... Its Tony
JW: Haan? (snaps)
T: Sir Maasi aapse baat karna chahti hai?
JW: Hmm kaho main abhi 5 min mein aata hoon
B starts browsing the book shelves again............... this time paper backs. No romance novels here she thinks, lips twitching into a smile. Espionage, wars, political
thrillers, none remotely touching the romance arena, She opens a few to read teh first few pages notice, each one has "his" signature and a date and an airport name on it
scrawled characteristically. Its the first time she has seen his writing, its as masculine as he is she thinks..........
He is behind her again.......... "Baneeee will u be OK, main abhi aata hoon?"
B: Hmmm (not turning to face him)
JW: Iam sorry!!!!
B she turns around NOW......... with a "For what?" look
JW: I still owe you the kiss (smiles and walks away)
B looks outside towards the window again "I have to go Mr Walia, baarish honey waali hai, meri room mate mujhe dhoondti hogi"
JW: Baneee plz give me five minutes. I will take you hone
B: I dont wnat to go with you
JW: Baneeee! (runs his hand thru his hair)
B: U go see what Maasi wants, Iam sorry.... (guilty)
JW: thanks
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Back in a few mins, she is checking the movies out now...........
JW: Baneee bad news
B: Kya hua?
JW: Maasi ka driver beemar hai he is not here. Aditya left after lunch for work. Maine Darshan ko bhej diya Maasi ek saath to the Ahujas......... so u will have ot wait now
B is NOT happy. She thinks for a minute if it is some scheme of his to act dirty. She is terrified as that thot crosses her mind. She actually doesnt know him! She has met
him 4 days ago, here she is at his house spending the day, having lunch, all are gone from his house, leaving him and her. How is she to know what kind of a guy he is?
Her face pales "main taxi le loongi" she picks up her bag from the desk and starts walking........
JW: Baneeee (he is blocking her exit, laening against teh shut door)It will just be AN HOUR
B: Mujhe jaana hai
JW Why dont u watch a movie?
B: No!
JW: I said bus ek ghante ki baat hai!
B: I am scared (trembling voice)
JW Good God!! (swears under his breath) OMG! U think I planned THIS?
B: I dont do this Mr Walia......... this...... friendship, dating........ this meeting a man............. this I dont do..........maine......... pehle ........ I am scared (it all comes hurtling
out in bits and pieces)
JW: Shut up Baneee!
B: (furious) Why shud I. U invited me to ur house, now u want me to stay. Main taxi le loongi
JW: I dont care for rape Baneee (jaw tight, eyes like steel)
B feels like someone flung her into a blast furnace hearing the word............
B: I am sorry! (a lil calm but still fidgeting with her purse handle)
JW: Thanks (warningly)I will leave the room, if u like, I will play ur movie and go. Khush?
B turns around and walks back to the DVDs, picks one she had always been wanting to see, called Serendipity (John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale) and hands it to him
quietly He picks up the intercom and spits a few instructions into it. Within minutes Tony is at the door with a boatload of throw pillow and blankets.............
It has started to pour outside, noisy and heavy the droplets pelt the window.
He punches a few buttons and the projection screen slides down, he shoves the DVD, into the player on the console by the bookshelf, punches a few more keys, sorround
spound speakers drop down from the ceiling all around the room, she tries not to stare,the previews start playing, she picks two comfy pillows nad a nice soft peach colored
blanket........ "it smells like him" she thinks................ she wants the AC turned down coz its freezing, in her aptt only the living room has an AC that too an old beat up
one, Anjali and her sleep on the living room rug on muggy summer nites.
This house is too quiet for her, she can only hear the rain and the movie......... she doenst want to be in the room alone, at the same time she fears he wud accuse her of
mistrusting his servants.............
B: Thanks............ Ummmm.........
JW: lifts his head up from the remote he is trying to program to adjust clarity..... Haan Baneee (all the anger is GONE, he is back to being the charmer)
B: Kuch nahi ......... Thanks
JW: i thot u said that! Mujhe laga tum kuch aur kehne waali thi
B: Ummm....... mm Mujhe akele is kamre mein dar la(stops)
His hand stops tormenting he remote, he has his back to her, his eyes are shut, he is holding his breath ...................silence!!!!
B: I am sorry I can ....... (she thinks "bolt the door" maybe?)
JW is done he brings the remote to where she is leaning on the huge couch facing the screen, curled up pillow on her lap, pillow by her sides and back............. drops it on
her lap pillow...........
She doesnt look up, she knows he is waiting and watching her, she tries to figure out the remote
JW: Baneeee?
B:Thanks.................
B: Aap shoes pehankar khade hai blanket par? (incredulous) Cant u take your shoes off? (what are u? George Bush? tone)
JW laughs aloud "I am sorry" sits down takes it off......... back to where she is"Baneeee?"
B: thanks for the movie, jab gaadi aa jaayegi to main ghar jaaoongi.
JW: I thot that was the plan? (mock-confused)
The movie begins, he gets up to go.............his phone rings, he answers and after quick talk hangs up.........
B: ............. main akele, mujhe akele...........
JW comes back sits down on the rug beside her stretching his legs straight...........ignoring her studious attempt to get away so that his shoulders dont touch hers, he does
anyway, annoyed leans on her a lil........... "U have to bloody ask me!! (husky)
B: U are SWEARING!
JW:Thanks! I know
B:I ummm.......I
JW: Say it!
B: Iam scared aapka ghar bahut khaali hai, main kabhi akele nahi rahi.................Main Mumbai mein rahi hoon akele but not in a house like this I am not scared of anything
but mujhe dar lag raha hai (round and round she goes touches and misses the point)
JW: Maine doosre kamre mein hoon..........
B: OK (sad)
JW: U still wont say it Huh?
B: Agar maasi hoti to main unke saath baithke dekh leti..........
JW:Anyone but ME?
Silence!
JW:And I thought accountants are not supposed to lie!
B spontaneoulsy just deals a punch on his waist on hearing that!
JW:Ouch!
B:I am sorry I am sorry! (totally embarrassed, never before had she done that with a guy..... she was ashamed)
JW: Atleast u touched me!
B:I want to watch my movie........ Aapne dekh liya? (offering the DVD jacket, with the back cover up)
JW: No.......... (taking it from her to reading it on the way)
B starts concentrating,
JW:Baneee its a LOVE story
B: I know (smug)
JW: Lets watch Star Wars........
B: I hate Star Wars
JW:I hate love stories
B: Phir aap jaayiye (sulks)
Knock on the door, its Tony again with popcorn and candy and soda................. he wheels the cart in and leaves
JW: Tumne dessert bhi nahi khaaya,........ after lunch
B: I want chocolate cake (not taking her eyes off the movie)
JW: Too bad isme sirf popcorn aur candy hai
B: Phir mujhe nahi chahiye (makes a face)
JW rolls his eyes, gets up again this time from the couch and punches a number in the intercom and asks for chocolate cake...........
JW: Woh dessert cart mein white cake tha with chocolate icing, will that do? (call on hold, receiver on his shoulder)
B: Mmmmm mmmm (makes a face again,) chocolate nahi hai to chalega. I dont want any
JW:(into the receiver) Tony, kisi ko bhejkar chocolate cake mangwa lo....... (thinks for a second) OK forget it. Main hotel call karke pastry shop se deliver karwa loonga
B is drooling over John C doesnt care a real flesh and blood guy is arranging for saffron from Mt Everest ;-) in the middle of a raging thunderstorm
Hangs up, sits on his desk, swinging his legs, dials his cell phone, talks hangs up........ jumps off the desk with a flourish............... Nope!! she still wont bless him with a
glance............is still drooling over JC. His phone rings he answers, talks and hangs up............
She has leaned over not taking her eyes off the guy to grab the popcorn bowl, ends up being a candy bowl, lindt truffles, picks up and almost shoves it in her mouth only to
realize its not popcorn
B:Popcorn kahan hai? (irritated)
JW totally amused to see this childish side of her
JW: Look at the cart Bani, John Cusack can wait. He is not even handsome........... do u really like HIM?
B: YOU are not handsome........ I love John Cusack.......... (furious, actually looks at him)
He locks hers with his, his smile disappears............ he walks towards her...............
B: No! (she knows what he is thinking)
She forgets she is watching a movie, and forgets she is supp to be drooling over John C, her heart starts its 100 meter dashes, and she quickly bends down starts counting
the truffles in the bowl on her lap.................
He sits down by her........... takes the bowl away from her, she still wont look at him............
She reaches for the popcorn bowl, and starts nibbling, trying to watch the movie, he takes that away as well despite her deathly grip on it............
B: No! (hoping thats all she will need to chase him away)
JW: Baneeee (he is just looking at her)
She is staring at the screen but thinkig abt him)
B: Mujhe movie dekhna hai pleeeeeeez
JW: So watch........ what did I do?
B: Stop looking at me. (she points her left hand index finger towrds the screen, nervously wiping off sweat from above her upper lip with her right hand)
JW iam watching mine..............
B: Fineeeeeee
She quickly reaches over him and grans her popcorn back in a flash and hold tight, he doesnt fight, she starts munching and reaches for orange soda drinks............
She oooohs and aaaaahs over the lines and the scenes........ he just stares at her................
She leans back some and rests her head on the couch and brings her blanket up
B: Mujhe thand lag rahi hai..............(whiny)
JW: I am not getting up......... (he points to the rectangular console on the wall that controls the central AC) tum jaakar turn off karo..........
B: main movie dekh rahi hoon
JW: U are cold, not me!
B: Theek hai........ main ek aur blanket le loongi..........(yanks one from under him)
JW: OK fine....... (smug, chuckles under his breath, he really wants to distract her, he doesnt care for the attention John C is gettin)
B: plz Mr Walia can u turn off the AC?
JW: No Baneee I will not (blandly, arms behind his head, stretching out, eyes closed)
B: Main phir aapke ghar kabhi movie dekhne nahi aaongi, u dont let me watch in comfort..........
JW: What abt ME?
B: iam the guest............
JW: No!! (short and sweet)
She reluctantly pauses the movie, and tries to get up not before plonking the popcorn bowl on his lap with a thud, causing some of it to spill on the strewn blankets...... he
opens his eyes startled "Kya kar rahi ho?"
B punches the keys randomly to turn it off coz he never told her how
JW: Usme fire alarm bhi hai, hope u didnt set it.....(JW is laughing at her now.)
B:KYA?............... Achha hai let it go off (angry)
JW: Tumhari movie ruin ho jaayegi. (shrugs)
B walks back to the couch to her adda, picks up a cushion and slams it on his shoulder " this is for not getting up to turn it off" another one "Yeh fire alarm kehkar mujhe
daraane ke liye".
He grasps her wrist and pulls her down almost on him.........
B:No!!!! (realizes that she is interacting with him as she wud with Pia or Anjali! That shocks the wits out of her, the sudden realization that all this is slowly turning into an
attraction? )
JW: U drive me INSANE, do u know that? (in all seriousness)
B:I dont!
He has his knees drawn up she is between his knees and his chest, holding herself off with her hands on his chest his left hand still around her right wrist....................
JW: If I get my kiss I can let u watch in peace........ mujhe kaam karna hai Baneeee
B: Wait until he movie is over (FLIRTS!!!)
JW: I'll have a second helping then...........
B: No!!
He bends down and she moves her face and he ends up kissing her jaw/neck by her ear sensual, moist, heady, arousing............... both use every ounce of control they
each have, him trying his best not to crush the life out of her, her trying hard not to melt like the truffles lying next to them in the bowl........... his right arm around her waist,
careful not to touch her bare back.......... his coarse jeans causing enuf havoc anyway on her, so he cudnt have done too much more, but "gentlemanly behavior" thy name
is JW, ............
Both love the first physical contact at such close confines, she is completely swept away by his masculinity.............. her eyes are closed she is breathing hard, she is sure
she is going to smell like him for the rest of her life................AND WANTS TO!!!
A slow bubble of joy erupts from inisde her, unreasonably, untimely, unexpectedly, "A man as handsome/wealthy/stylish as JW wants HER!!!!"Like a silly teenager she
feels feminine and all thrilled abt it................
JW: thanks (softly, lets go.......)
She leans back a lil shaky at first against the couch, fumbles with the remote and he gallantly re-starts the movie, she has lost intrest....... she just stares at the screen, her
face on fire..........
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"I saw her and my eyes grew wide. Never would I let her leave my side"
"I am out of my fr------ MIND! She must be barely 20, I turned 33 a few months ago what the hell is wrong with ME? I am old enuf to be............ to be............... to be
WHAT?" he swears in his mind castigating himself, cant bring himself to say any word that will turn his harmones OFF, runs his fingers thru his hair, in frustration...... here
she is, leaning against his shoulder, her arms encircling his right arm holding on to it....... tight............Her teeka from Mahalakshmi had smudged off on his shoulder.........
"He had NEVER felt like this all his life. He was NOT the proverbial rich playboy, all the affairs he'd had could be counted on the fingers of ONE hand, unlike his
buddies......... NEVER was he ever drawn to someone who did not know the scores. Never before had he been drawn to someone who was so totally out of his league like
Bani Dixit. There was something different about her. He wanted to borrow her favorite line "I hardly know you". He knew a few of her favorities, her fave dessert was chocolate
cake, her favorite word was NO!, her favorite Hollywood actor was John Cusack! her favorite spot to watch movies was to curl on the rug"...................
"All that doesnt wipe away the huge age difference", the demon lounging in the corner of his heart raised its devilish head. "She is possessive, she demands attention, she
sulks, she pitches a fit when she doesnt get her way, she's very emotional, she acuqiesces when he least expects" ....... "Though he knew her for barely a week now
something told him that her interaction with him was genuine, a side of her so private even her family was probably not aware of"..... That made him special! Doesnt that
count? he counter argued............
Maasi and Aditya were right, he cudnt recall a time when he had taken a whole Sunday off. He had been so wrapped up in his work the past 12 or so years of his life since
his Dad had died it had left very little time for him to date. Sure he visited bars and hung out with his buddies occasionally, fielded glances and overtures from many eligible,
socialite types, but never was he drawn to any of them. Conversations over a drink were not the most cerebral or appealing to him anyway........It had ended in a drink or in a
ride home........ NOW.......He genuinely didnt feel any urge to attend to business, like a child, he felt, every moment spent doing home work was time away from the
TV................. homework had been his passion, it gave him a high that nothing else had in his adult life.......... until that morning in the elevator and the chance meeting with
this woman.......... a woman was wrapped around his arm now............... It was not a slow burning fire it was a raging volcano!
He wanted to know everything about her, he wanted to see when she laughed, smiled or cried, he wanted to know her fave sleep positions, he wanted to know how long she
took in the shower............ her fave color, her fave expressions, her fave book, when she favored her left hand over her right"................ a warm intoxicated feeling spread
thru him when the realization hit, his heart responded with a clamouring, crashing, raucous affirmative, just like it did every time he saw her.
"Maasi would be elated to hear that I have finally decided to "settle down" in life!!" Its HER then? Yes, it is............ He had'nt in his wildest dreams ever imagined meeting
someone in the elevator, breathtakingly beautiful, hard nosed, brilliant accountant much younger than him, who held her own, totally unperturbed by his wealth and its
trappings, fiesty, knowledgable, confident and someone who could put him in his place every time and think of tying the knot but here he was......... for the first time in life
thinking of taking a plunge into holy matrimony. What ever it takes! I want marriage! I want my kids to look like her. I want them to be as brilliant as she is,,sharp-witted,
articulate and charming...........................
"She seems like some one who guards her privacy ferociously, do u think she must be thinking very highly of you of the way youve been pursuing her?' the devil
asked......."she accepted my invitation to spend the day with me, I didnt force her to, she wanted it too,she seems to be having a good time, in fact an awfully good time in
my opinion, taking a nap curled up against me like this...... (lifting his head to look down at her) and Oh she said "NOT HERE!" at the hotel when I went to kiss her, so she
was just worried about the setting not the kiss!"
Demons inside are much harder to kill.......... " Its all PHYSICAL my friend" it said........"No it is not!" he argued, eyes open, lifting his head from the resting position, jolted
out of his day dreaming. "OK........... a lot of it is"......... he confessed....something stirred inside yet again........ "I agree I do WANT HER. I want her like I have not wanted
any woman before" There! are you satisfied now?" he asked the demon.
"I want her so much that its a bloody ache inside" " I also dont want to scare her off completely, so Iam willing to take self-control lessons, I shall be in my best behavior all
the time......... well....... ok most of the time................ I want to woo her with roses and chocolates, I want to show up at her door and whisk her away on a romantic date. I
want to stand in her tiny kitchen and watch her cook, I want to watch her tune her radio with just her thumb, in between dicing and mixing.................I want to see her bite
her lower lip to stop the trembling when I near her........... I am not denying that the ultimate goal of it is to get her in bed with me, I wont corece her, I will make her want me
as much as I want her.......... and then OK........... may be........... make love to her all night every night the rest of my life" he admitted wryly "her hair fanned out on my
pillow......... hear her moans, hear her whispers............... all for him, only for him.........., while he wud tease torment and torture her in sensual abandon...................... and
so its not ONLY all physical so will U SHUT UP?"........... " he closed his eyes again and rested his head back on the sofa.
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Her warm lethargic body shook a little in sleep, she tried to turn her head holding on to his arm, when she cudnt she muttered something in sleep and slowly opened her
eyes, there was a flickering light on the right bottom corner of the projection screen, reflecting on the walls floating all over the room when the screen swayed...... the
windows were open, it smelled like it had rained somewhere, the dull trickle of the left over storm created a noise like a leaky faucet left open all nite, a distant honk from a
car, crickets........
Did she fall asleep in the theatre? Why is she on the floor? where are the seats? the screen is swaying? Am I sick? It smells like cologne................ not my perfume, who
ever sat in this seat before me must have worn a lot of it.................. where is my other arm?
Pins and needles......... stiff neck, tangled hair, frozen toes.......... OMG!
She had taken a nap leaning on THE JW! He slept too?
OMG! A guilty flush spreads all over her. I better get up and leave before he wakes up. I dont wnat him to know I used him as a pillow. What was the ending of the movie? I
wish I cud borrow the DVD, may be not...... She slowly but gently extricates her left arm, her fingers are linked into his, hers small and slender, his dark and thicker,
blushes when he doesnt let go for a second, she uses her right hand to pry it apart, the pins and needles spread all over to the tip of her fingers, she flexes them, checks
time, its past 8 PM!!!!
Her saree is all crushed and folded all around her...................... her hair is a mess she is sure.... she slowly gets up places a cushion where she was, lest he falls off, and
goes over to the rest room.Her eyes look sleepy there is a warm glow on her face, she goes to slap water on her face when she bends down she notices the red teeka from
the temple has smudged and spread into her hair parting, her cupped hands holding the water paralyze......... she stares at her reflection water overflowing from her palms,
unblinkingly...............she lets the water escape from between her fingers and with a trembling hand goes to wipe it off her parting............
JW:Werent you taught to conserve natural resources? Baneeee (amused taunt)
She hurriedly brings her wet hand down, turns toward the inside of the bathroom, so that he cant see her face...........spraying her face with a few droplets in the
process........ prays he shudnt notice her predicament............
Bends down and just splashes cold water on her flaming face, praying the oily teeka wud get washed away.
JW: Iam sending u the bill from the dry cleaners, agar yeh nahi gaya to.......
She turns around to see him leaning against the door jamb, pointing to the dark green crocodile on his right sleeve now all a mixture of red and green seeming almost
black....
Oh God!!! so he knows!
B: Hmmmmm
JW:Did u get a good nap?
B:Hmmmm
Turns around, picks a huge white towel, with navy border, hides her face.
JW: Baneee I am going to go see if my car is here.
B: Hmmmm (into the towel)
JW: Wont you talk?
B: I was trying to conserve my resources! (husky sleep drugged voice)
Set BD!
Laughs........ "U are never lost for answers! Are you?"
B: No!
Laughs again....... she doesnt know why..........
He starts walking towards the door, turns the knob, as an afterthot stops turns around "Ur chocolate cake came, tum so rahi thi......... do u want to take it home?"
B:Iska matlab main ghar ja sakti hoon?
JW: U dont have to unless u want to Baneeee (serious, soft)
B:I want to.......
JW: Stay or go? (challenging)
B: Mujhe chai chahiye (evasive)
Silence!
Turns around again and lets himself out
She wipes off some of the smudged red stain from her forehead with trembling fingers..............
Touches up her lipstick.... walks down the stairs, Maasi has returned she is chatting tith JW, sees her step down, in fact both do........... pausing their conversation for a
while......... B feels embarrassed.............
M: Movie kaisi lagi beta?
B: Jee achhi Maasi (her voice is still a little deep)
M is curious but doesnt ask anything
JW:Baneee chai
B: Hmmmm (again! but this time inadvertently)
Both realize it, look at each other eyes lock........ she looks away hurriedly before Maasi becomes suspicious
M:Tumhe bahut ayad kar rahe the, Mr Ahuja
JW: I will see, mere paas time hoga to jaaoonga shaadi mein
M:Abhi to kahin nahi jaana tumhe?
B drinks her tea quietly, trying not to listen too deeply to their convo
JW: Haan........ (he hesitates)
M Kahan.......
JW pauses.......(looks at B, she thinks he is saying "excuse me can u plz give me a moment here with my Maasi?")
B realizes they may not want to have that convo when she is listening, she gets up with a verbal "excuse me" cup in hand, walks towards the huge glass covered curio
display cabinet..............
She can hear JW swear under his breath his eyes follow her
Looks back at Maasi again and goes"Agle hafte Hong Kong ja raha hoon Maasi"
M: Jigyasa Aditya bhi jaayenge?
JW: May be Aditya, not Jigyasa, (transalates sheepishly for jumping to English) Jigyasa nahi jaayegi Maasi
His eyes still following her around the room............
Their convo is faint almost inaudible to her now "I better leave soon" she thinks a lil hurt........ "why shud some middle class girl know about abt a biz tycoon's weekly intl
trips?"
She has no place in this setting"
She turns around and bumps into him, Maasi is gone......
JW: Why did u get up so suddenly? (accusing, steadying her without touching)
B: Bus yeh sab dekhne........(lies and waves her hand at the curios)
JW: Maasi gets upset that I travel a lot (conciliatory)
BW(sad) Dont worry. Mujeh ab tak chaley jaana chahiye tha.......... aapke personal baaten I shud nt be listening...
JW: Baneeee I didnt.........I meant........ I wanted to tell you......... (runs his fingers thru his hair, noting a change in expression on her face, as it has almost taken on a
devasatated look)
B: Oh!.............. Oh! ??(hiding her disappointment)
JW: What....... no sarcastic rejoinders? ( curious)
B: Ummmmmm........ abhi....... ummmm No!(bends down, rubs her temple with the fingers of her right hand, mops sweat off her upper lip area..)
JW: Give up? (intrigued, not sure what had upset her so suddenly)
B I want to go home!!!
JW: Thats more like it! (husky) run away when it gets too hot to handle"
Silence!!!
JW: U wont miss me right? so why did I bother abt telling you abt my trip when we were alone?............ (challenging taunting)
B: No! (barely escapes from her throat)
JW: Good! Main do hafte nahi rahoonga.............(silken, emotionless)
B's eyes fly to his............. "DO HAFTE?", bites her lower lip and bends down, taps her cup on her left hand ring finger.....("This is all so wrong! is he misleading me becoz
he thinks I am misleading him?" she worries)
JW: I thot u didnt care? (not letting go of her eyes)
B: Ummmm Mr Ranade wanted a meeting........ We were getting ready to present the prelim....... Mr Ranade ko maloom hai?........ I am sure he knows (rambles on
pointlessly)
"He thinks I am not good enough for him, which I am obviously not... why worry abt what I feel?" she thinks bitterly
Silence!
JW: Let me know Baneee when u want to stop running away............(grimly)
She senses that he knows that she is fighting the intense attraction she feels for him............... cannot bring herself to say anything to counter argue to clarify his
misunderstanding
JW We are just wasting our time. I shud take you home..............(cold)
M:Bani beta yeh tumhare liye (Maasi sneaks up on them)
Both are jolted out of their trance..............
M is standing there now with a box in her hand..........
B: Maasi mere liye? Maasi main yeh nahi le sakti. I dont....... I mean I cant (she looks up at him while she speaks with Maasi)
He has a "dont even try to decline the gift" look, our fight is offline now" Dont u dare"
M: Le lo beta pehli baar ghar aayi ho. Maine tumhe saree ya jewelry to dee nahi, aajkal ki ladkiyan un sab cheezo ka bura maan jaati hain.............
B: Ummmm No! (looks at him again)
JW's turns and looks away rearranging one of the crystal curios on the glass shelf
She nervously accepts it... wants to know whats in it, is holding her tea cup in her left hand.........
He offers to hold her cup in another one of those unspoked ESP thing......
she blushes, hands it to him, Maasi is watching both........
B opens the box and find a beautifully carved silver Ganesha in it, around 6 or 7 inches tall, solid silver........
B: Its too expensive I cant aceept (at him again)
M: Bete Bhagwan ji ki keemat thodi dekhte hain, le lo
JW: Baneeeee
B:(softly) Thanks!
B: We.. I have to go!
M: Munna chhodkar aao isko
JW: Jee Maasi (not giving her one glance)
He walks away with her cup in hand..........
She walks toward the door with Maasi, pauses at the door for him to join, he does
M: Apna khayaal rakhna aur aati rehna beta.
B: Jeee zaroor. (folds her hands in a namaste, despite the box hindering that attempt)
M: Beta namaste nahi...... tumhe dobaara aana hai...........Agle Sunday ko aaogi? (Maasi wants a date and time!!)
B: Jee, main call karoon?
M: Koi baat nahi tum bus aa jao.......main ghar par hee hoon, mujhe kahin nahi jaana agle hafte, tumhaare saath baithoongi main
B looks at JW........ he has a bland almost expressionless look on his face.........
B thinks "He prolly doesnt want me socializing with his family too much! Why wud he? I am way out of his league!"
B:(confidently) Maasi mujhe kayi baar Sunday ko kaam karna hota hai, I will try
M: Mere munna ke liye apni jaisi sundar ladki mile to fatafat phone karna.(cheerful, gives B a hug)
B is stupefied in shock....... manages a "Ummmm jeee"
JW: Maasi mujhe office jaana hai ab chalen? (business like..............doesnt touch B but almost shoves her out the door)
M: Munna dukhi ho jaata hai agar main emotional hoti hoon to (her voice quivers)
JW: Maasi main late ho raha hoon, Bani ko ghar chhodna hai pehle (exasperated)
B: Bye!
B allows herself to be led, turns around looks at Maasi one last time........ she wants to reach out again and hug the lady......... doesnt want JW to think she is "impressing
his Maasi to get closer to HIM!" Thats what he thinks, the lunch the convo. was all farcical, it didnt mean a thing
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In the car on the way to her aptt, almost there, both havent said a word to the other.............. all thru the ride. He is suddenly very cool and aloof almost uncaring
B: Mujhe Maasi bahut achhi lagi
JW (sulking) Oh? Great!!!...........
B: I am not saying that to impress YOU. I really like her.
JW: Shut up Baneee (trying to keep it low and out of Darshan's earshot, angry, hissing)
B has no idea abt his temper, never heard of it...... hasnt seen it, so is a lil nonchalant abt it at first........
B: Itna naraaz honey ki zaroorat nahi hai aapko.
She was getting a hint of how angry he was on hearing his indrawn breath, the tautness of his not so lean cheeks and the raspy voice......
JW:Bani hold it, just dont say anything till we get home".
For some reason she follows the orders. They get off, he ignores her protest coldly, follows her to the elevator, get off at her floor, unlocks her apartment, enters flips the light
switch, still dark..... thinks its the fuse then realizes reading the note in the morning by the elevator abt a burnt transformer........ gets some candles, forgetting that he had
followed her in and was leaning against the shut door, watching her trying to fight the breeze from the open balcony door to light the candle, he goes and shuts it comes
back cups his hand around the flame while she lights....... she has to hold it longer for the wick to warm up....... singes her hand throws it with a "Ouch"!
He reaches for her hand, she is angry, sad, upset her first what wud be called as a "date" was afterall a sham....... hides her hand behind her back... and lashes out..
decides to throw a lit match on the oil well next to the glacier........ "Thanks Mr Walia. for a lovely day...............Also dont worry I wont inconvenience you, aapke ghar ab
kabhi nahi aaoongi"
JW: (roars) is it too heavy Bani?
B: (confused just stares)
JW: That bloody inferiority complex that you carry around with you, its it too heavy?
B: I dont have an inferiority complex Mr Walia. Why should I? (a lil guilty but trying not to show it)
In the candle lit room he seems really menacing approaching her like a panther....... she backs off, until she hits the door....
JW:I havent said a thing abt Maasi inviting you. Mujhe kyon keh rahi ho?. What the hell is wrong? (shouts)
B: Chillayie mat, yeh mera ghar hai. Aur apna cheap psycho analysis kahin aur jaakar keejiye (snaps)
JW: Who the hell are you taunting Baneee? (roars)
B: I had no desire na aapke ghar jaana chahti thi na khaana khaana chahti thi. I am happy where I am in doing what i do.
JW: Shut up (index finger on hsi lips, eyes molten orange, accentuated by the glow from the candle light)
She is terrified!!
B: I dont care Mr Walia if you live in Hong Kong. i dont want to know. I am sorry I went to your house. (trying to put a brave face)
JW: Are you? (clipped, looks like he cud almost shake the life out of her)
B: this was a bad idea. Atleast ab aapko pata chal gaya hum dono bilkul hi alag duniya ko belong karte hain................ NOW u can leave me alone
JW: What the hell.............
JW: I told Maasi I am going to Hkg tum itni upset kyon ho?
B: Aaap nahi chahte mere saamne baat karna, aap chahte the ki main wahan se chali jaaon (lump in her throat disrupts speech). I dont belong to your world, so its OK.
Knock on the door, he dares her to open it. she reaches calmly and does open it, he is ready to explode but the old guy at the other end totally clueless just barges in. Its
the building secretary wnating to talk abt the power situation.............
JW wont leave. He just stands there and lets the guy talk doesnt say a word.......
B listens and nods he wants signatures. on some petition thing to the utility company, she signs it in the almost pitch black apartment.......... with JW blocking what ever lil
light there is............
The Secy goes on and on abt the problem but phone rings he gets the call, JW gives her a nasty look walks up to her "We are not over yet Ms Dixit!" realizes its not a good
time to fight
Walks out SLAMMING the door, almost blowing the candle out
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