SCENE 18
Ekta gets ready for the meeting and calls up Nidhi.
On the Phone :::
Eks : Hello Nidhi..
Nidhi : jee Didi...
Eks : tumne saara arrangement kar diya hai naa??
Nidhi : jee Didi...sab kuch ho gaya hai...
Eks : aur uss Sumit ko bhi inform kiya hai naa??
Nidhi : haan Didi...usse bataa diya hai...Don't woory...He'll reach on time..
Eks : He better reach on time...uske liye main apne Dinesh ko chhod ke aayi hoon...
Nidhi heaved a sigh and continued.
Nidhi : Don't worry Di...he'll definitely reach on time...
Eks : achha kaun se restaurant mein milna hai hume??
Nidhi : Silver Spoon Restaurant....
Eks : haan I got it...voh jo naya khula hai naa???
Nidhi : haan...
Eks : theek hai...toh main fir nikalti hoon abhi...
Nidhi : haan....main bhi..
Eks : tu kyun??
Nidhi : arre aapke saath jo aana hai mujhe...
Eks : tujhe kisne bulaya??
Nidhi : bulane ki kya zaroorat hai Di...main aapke saath chalungi, ye koi kehne ki baat thodi naa hai....
Eks : jee nahi...aap mere saath nahi chalengi...
Nidhi : kya??....magar kyun??
Eks : maine keh diya na...nahi matlab nahi...
Nidhi : toh fir aap kiske saath jaayengi??
Eks : apne aap ke saath...
Nidhi : matlab??
Eks : matlab mere saath koi nahi jaayega....main Sumit se akele mein baat karna chahti hoon...aur vaise bhi main koi chhoti bachhi nahi hoon ki mujhe kisi ke saath ki zaroorat padhe....aur vaise bhi, aaj subah ke episode mein hi Dinesh ne kaha tha ki apni zimmedaariyaan khud nibhaani chahiye....jahan tak ho sake, unke liye kisi aur madad nahi leni chahiye...
At Eks mentioning Dinesh again, Nidhi got irritated, but controlled her anger and forced herself to speak as much normally as possible.
Nidhi : magar aap akeli kaise jaa sakti hain??
Eks : kaise bevkufi bhare sawaal poochh rahi hai....akeli ya no akeli....main jaaungi toh taxi se hi naa...ab pareshan mat kar...mujhe late ho raha hai...
Nidhi : arre....mera matlab tha ki aap vahan jaake Sumit ko pehchaanengi kaise...
Eks : tu pehchaan karwaayegi meri uss se...
Nidhi was totally confused.
Nidhi : toh matlab aap mujhe saath mein lekar jaa rahi hain??
Eks : aisa maine kab kaha...
Nidhi : toh main kaise milwaaungi aapko Sumit se??
Eks : phone se...
Nidhi : phone se??.....aap kya keh rahi hain, meri kuch samajh nahi aa raha...
Eks : samajh toh tab aayega naa jab apne dimaag ka istemaal karegi....arre baba tu usse phone kar ke poochh ki voh kya pehen ke aa raha hai....aur haan mujhe uska cell no. bhi de de....
Nidhi : ohh achha....ab samjhii....theek hai....main uss se poochh ke aapko SMS karti hoon....no. bhi tabhi bhej dungi...
Eks : theek hai....ab phone rakh...
And they both hung up the phone.
Eks (to herself) : uff....ye ladki bhi naa....har baat isse detail mein samjhaani padhti hai....itna late karaa diya isne mujhe...
Speaking to herself, she turned around, ready to go, but stopped at the sight of Kumkum standing at the door. She was completely taken aback.
Meanwhile at Sumit's house, Sumit was literally pleading with his friends to go with him, but none of them was agreeing to his wonderful proposal.
Sumit : come on yaar....tum log mere dost ho...
Rach '&' Ash (together) : toh humne kab manaa kiya...
Sumit : manaa nahi kiya toh fir dosti ka farz kyun nahi nibha rahe ho??
Rach : kaisa farz??
Sumit : tum dono mere dost ho toh mere saath chal kyun nahi rahe??
Rach : tum vajah jaante ho...
Sumit : nahi...main nahi jaanta...
Rach : Ash isse vajah bataa do...
Ash pretended as if not listening.
Rach : achha....toh tum kuch nahi bologi...iske peeth peechhe toh badha uchhal rahi thi ki main Sumit se ye kahungi, voh kahungi...aur ab ye saamne khadhaa hokar jawaab maang raha hai toh tum chup chaap baithi ho...
Ash cleared her throat and started to speak very carefully, as if weighing everything she said.
Ash : dekho Sumit.....baat bahut simple hai...voh kya hai naa ki pehle waala idea humi ne tumhe diya tha...
At this sentence Rach glared at her, and catching her eye, Ash corrected herself.
Ash : achha baba....pehle waala idea "MAINE" diya tha....(asking Rach) khush??
Rach nodded her head in agreement, Ash continued.
Ash : haan toh....pehle waala idea maine diya tha....voh ermm.....voh toh...ermm....voh....
Ash stumbled, Sumit completed her sentence angrily.
Sumit : voh buri tarah se na sirf fail hua....balki mere liye aur musibatein bhi khadi kar gaya...not to mention, kisi ki nazron mein mujhe gira gaya...
Ash : haan vohi toh...main yehi kehna chahti thi...ki ye jo kuch bhi ho raha hai, hamari...(Rach again glared at her)....I mean meri vajah se hua...toh main nahi chahti ki meri vajah se aur koi problem create ho, isliye main tumhare saath nahi aaungi...
Sumit (looking at Rach) : aur tum???.....tumhare paas kya bahaana hai??
Rach : voh Sumit....voh kya hai naa...(she fumbles)....dekho tum toh jaante hi ho...ki in sab cheezon mein mera dimaag vaise bhi nahi chalta....main vahan jaake baat bigaad hi dungi...plz mujhe mat force karo chalne ke liye...
Sumit feels v.angry at both of them, but then realises that there's too much truth in their excuses to be ignored. So he decides to go alone.
Sumit : ab lagta hai akele hi jaana padhega....i just hope ki uss chhipkali ki behen uske jaisi naa ho...
(P.S. Sorry cudn't write much 😳 )