Part 6
As Prem is about to get into the car, after leaving the rehersal hall, Raj comes and confronts him. Prem, upon seeing Raj, gets all apologetic, and starts getting tears in his eyes.
"Raj...! Woh, main... Mujhe tumse... I'm sorry Raj..!"
"Kis liye?"
"Tumhein doubt karne ke liye. Mujhe pehle hi samajh jaana chahiye tha ki tumhare aur Heer ke beech agar kuch hai toh sirf dosti hai."
"Actually, Prem... Humare beech pyaar ka rishta bhi hai."
"What...!" says Prem shocked.
"Haan. Actually, hum dono ek doosre se pyar karte hain..." Raj says, and Prem begins to cry harder, thinking that he is too late, but Raj is actually just teasing Prem. Raj goes on "Haan... Pyaar toh karte hain... Woh bhao-behen waala pyar."
And Prem looks shocked at Raj, but Raj just laughs out loud, and tells Prem that he was just joking.
"Daro mat Prem. Main sirf mazaak kar raha tha. Kya hai na, kuch dinon mein raksha bandhan aane waali hai, toh Heer ne plan kiya tha ki woh mujhe raakhi baandh degi. Is umeed mein, ki shayad us par se tumhara shak uth jaaye."
"Haan, Raj. Maine Heer par shak karke ek bohot badi galti ki. Heer mujhe deserve nahin karti. Agar ab woh mujhe nafrat karein na, toh shayad meri hi galti hogi."
"Nahin Prem. Heer bilkul tumhein deserve karti hai. Aur tumse pyar bhi karti hai. Bohot pyaar."
"Really Raj? Tumhein kaise pata?"
"Heer ne mujhe bataya. Jab se woh ghar chodkar gayi hai na, use raat ko theek se neend nahin aati. Aur aksar woh theek tarah se khaana bhi nahin khaati, lekin mujhe use force karna padhta hai. Bohot kamzor ho gayi hai bechaari."
"Sab meri hi galati hai. Mujhe sazaa milni chahiye."
"Prem, tumhari galati nahin hai. Tum sirf haalaat ka shikaar ho gaye the. Agar tumhari jagah main hota na, toh shayad tumhare jaisa bartaav hi karta... Vaise, yeh sab baatein chodo. Heer ko tumhari zaroorat hai. Uske paas jaao, aur use manaao."
"Haan. I'm going... Lekin, ek minute... Mujhe pata hi nahin ki Heer kahaan hai."
"Prem, Heer pichle dinon se mere ghar mein reh rahi hai. Aaraam kar rahi hai. Kaafi kamzor hai, is sab stress ki wajah se. Jaao, uske paas. Tumhare uske paas rehne se woh bilkul theek ho jaayegi."
"Pata nahin main tumhara shukriyada kaise karoon, Raj."
"Toh mat karo. Waise bhi, dosti mein no thanks, aur no sorry. Toh friends?" asks Raj, extending his hand out to Prem, to shake.
"Friends. Pakka. Aur aage se no doubting." says Prem, taking Raj's hand and shaking it.
"Ab jaao, Heer ke paas, woh shayad tumhara intezaar bhi kar rahi hogi."
Raj hands Prem the keys to his house, and Prem sits in his car and drives off. Soon, he reaches Raj's home, and after parking the car, enters the house. Prem sees that some lights in house are on, and soft music is heard from that direction. Prem follows the direction of the music, and the light, and soon reaches the kitchen, where he sees Heer cooking. Heer has her back turned to Prem, and she is making paratha's on the stove. So, she doesn't see that it is actually Prem, she still thinks it's Raj.
"Aa gaye Raj? Main bohot bore ho rahi thi, isiliye maine khaana banana chaha. Pata hai ki tumne mujhe rest karne ke liye kaha, lekin mujhse har waqt baithe rehne ki aadat nahin hai, na... Toh bas, maine kitchen enter kiya. Phir socha ki tumhare liye aloo ke parathe banaao" says Heer, who still has her back turned.
All this while, Prem has been silent, just watching Heer. He did get a glimpse of her face when she turned slightly, and smiled as she saw some flour on her forehead. But then, he decides to finally talk to Heer.
"Lekin Heer. Mujhe aloo ke parathe pasand nahin hai. I like gobi ke parathe's" says Prem.
Heer has just switched off the gas, and then she turns around, startled at the sound of Prem's voice, and when she does see to her surprise, that it is indeed Prem, she starts crying. Prem tries to go near her, and touch her shoulder to make her understand, but Heer shrugs him off, and Prem knows why. So he tries to apologize.
"Itna sab honey ke baad tumhara yahaan kya kaam hai? Mujh par phir se shak karne aaye ho?" asks Heer, and though she still is miffed out at Prem, she does love him.
"Nahin Heer. Main toh tumse maafi maangne aaya hoon..." starts of Prem, and then he begins the whole story of how he came to know the whole truth, and even apologizes to Heer for all that he has done. And he ends of with saying "...Aur isiliye Heer, main tumhein deserve nahin karta."
"Theek keh rahe ho Prem, tum mujhe bilkul deserve nahin karte." by this time, Heer is also crying, though her anger seems to have subsided. But when Heer tells Prem that he does not deserve her, Prem gets totally shocked, and feels that he is too late, and now Heer won't even forgive him.
So, Prem leaves from the kitchen, and Heer just stands there shocked at Prem's sudden departure from there. As Prem walks through the living room to the door, he doesn't see him way, and trips over the carpet, pulling a cloth on a nearby shelf, that also drops a heavy paperweight on the floor. Heer, hearing all the noise, rushes out to the living room too, to see what just happened.
When Heer sees Prem on the floor, she gets shocked, and starts crying more, as she rushes over to him and hugs him.
"Yeh kya hua Prem? Tumhein kahin chot toh nahin lagi na?" Heer asks Prem, as she holds Prem's face in her hands, and both cry together.
Prem and Heer look into each other's eyes, and after some moments, Heer leans towards Prem and kisses him lightly on the lips.
"Tumne mujhe kiss kiya?.. Lekin abhi toh thodi der pehle tumne kaha ki main tumhein bilkul deserve nahin karta. Iska matlab hai ki abhi tak tumne mujhe maaf nahin kiya."
"Theek kaha hai Prem, you don't deserve me", says Heer, but before Prem can begins to cry over what Heer said, all over again, Heer goes on "Haan Prem. Theek sunaa. You don't deserve me. Because you own me."
"What?" says Prem shocked.
And Heer says "I love you" to Prem, and hugs him, and he also says those three words back. Prem and Heer spend the next five minutes hugging, and finally part when they hear Prem's stomach grumbling. Both look at each other and laugh.
"Chalo Heer, candle-light dinner karein? Mujhe toh bohot bhookh lagi hai." asks Prem.
"Candle-light dinner, aur woh bhi aloo parathe ke saath?"
"Nahin. With pasta. Is Raj ke ghar mein toh pasta hai na?"
"Haan."
"Good. Main abhi banata hoon, tum sirf baitho."
"Prem?"
"Kya hai?"
"Tum banaaoge pasta?"
"Haan, kyun?"
"Prem, darling... Yaad nahin, ki pichli baar tumne khaana banane ka socha toh kitchen ki kya haalat hui thi?"
Prem and Heer go into flashback mode, thinking back to the time when Prem made a total mess of the kitchen, trying to make some food for the both of them. Prem and Heer both laugh, again.
"Yaad aaya Prem?"
"Haan, yaad aaya."
"Toh pasta main bana deti hoon, tum chaho toh table set kar sakte ho."
"Ok. Lekin jaldi. Mujhe zor ki bhookh lagi hai."
In less than ten minutes, Heer makes the pasts and brings it out to the table. Prem and Heer start eating, and Heer soon finishes all her pasta, while Prem does some, but spends most of his time looking at Heer. After finishing her pasta, Heer looks at Prem, and sees that he has hardly touched his food.
"Kya hua? Pasta toh theek se banaya hai. Tum khaa kyun nahin rahe? Thodi der pehle toh tumne kaha ki tumhein zor se bhookh lagi hai." Heer asks, confused at Prem.
"Haan. Lekin tumhein smile karte dekhkar mera pet bhar gaya." Prem tells Heer, while looking at her, lovingly still.
"Really?"
"Haan, really."
"Toh main khaaoon? Mujhe toh abhi bohot bhookh hai." says Heer.
As Prem pushes the plate towards her, she hurriedly eats, still very hungry.
On the other hand, Prem is thinking what is wrong with Heer, and her apetite. "Woh kabhi itna zyaada nahin khaati. Aur achaanak se... Kahin woh bimaar toh kahin?" Prem thinks this to himself.
Heer soon finishes, after which she and Prem together carry the dishes and everything else back to the kitchen, and place them down in the sink. Heer then turns around the kitchen, searching for somethings. She suddenly sighs when she sees the fridge.
"Prem, tumhein ice-cream chahiye? I'm sure Raj ne kahin fridge mein rakha hoga." says Heer, as she searches the freezer section fo the fridge for a carton of ice-cream, which she soon finds.
Prem and Heer share the ice-cream, eating it while they sit in the living room, watching a movie on the TV. Prem does eat, but slowly. After about five minutes, he digs his spoon into the ice-cream bowl, but comes up with nothing. He turns and sees that there is nothing in the bowl at all - Heer has finished bit of the ice-cream.
Now, Prem gets really worried, especially when after a minute or two or more confusion on his part, Heer asks Prem to get something for her to drink, as she is feeling thirsty.
While Heer remains seated down, Prem goes to the kitchen to search for something for them to drink. He finally spots a bottle of wine.
"Heer, wine chalegi?" shouts Prem to Heer, from the kitchen.
"Paagal ho kya Prem? Main wine kaise pi sakti hoon" Heer shouts back.
"Wine nahin pi sakti?" says Prem to himself, confused. He continues, but out loud, "Toh kya chahiye peene ke liye tumhein, Heer?"
"Fridge mein dekho. Kahin orange juice hoga."
Prem searches in the fridge, and does find the orange juice carton. He squeezes out some for both himself and Heer, in two glasses, and carries them back to where she is sitting, waiting for him.
"Thanks" says Heer, taking one of the two glasses from Prem, and drinking some of the juice.
Prem starts drinking his juice, but is unable to concentrate, as Heer and her suddenly wierd appetite has scared him. He decides to ask Heer if there is anything wrong. He does, and Heer replies in return that she does have a wierd, but for her, it is normal. Heer then tells Prem that she has something to tell him. When Heer knows she has Prem's full attention by saying this, she looks him in the eye, as she takes her hand, and puts it over her stomach. Prem gets confused again, as to why Heer is doing that - it does seem wierd. But then, Prem finally gets what Heer is trying to tell, him. Prem looks at Heer with a questioning look in his eyes, and understands. So, when Heer nods her head to tell him that whatever he is thinking is true, he immediately hugs Heer.
"Aaj main sach mein bohot khush ho gaya hoon. Tumne meri zindagi ki sabse achchi khabar di hai. Main papa banne waala hoon. Aur tum maa. I love you Heer."
"I love you too Prem." says Heer in return, as she also hugs him, and gives a small sigh of content...
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