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RAJ's head was hurting,, he was feeling restless,he opened his eyes up,,and stared at the ceiling then looked around,, he was in a hospital room,and shalini was sitting on the sofa reading a magazine……
Raj looked towards her
Shalini==so finally aapko hosh aa gaya
Raj==where r the others??(shalini was checking his pulse)
Shalini==ah naina is fine,I think we told u that in the truck too
Raj==?(flushing deeply) I mean rest of them I didn't only refer to naina,how's abu and amin and aalekh and
Shalini==everyone's fine ,now if u don't mind will u pls stay quiet while I complete ur examination
Raj==how long was I asleep
Shalini==I think I asked u to be quite 4 few minutes mr chatterbox
Raj flushed again and didn't speak anything else
Then after abt five minutes shalini broke the silence
"raj what happened during the fire with u??"
Raj==what
Shalini==I mean?(bt she stopped she thought it was better if raj answered this question in front of everyone) …nothing, I'll call jai now he was anxious abt u and angry too..
Raj==why was he angry??
shalini==I don't know abt that..i'll call him up,, then he can take u to umm to others,, and then I can return to the base..
raj==ok.bt tell me
(bt shalini had already gone out of the room)
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Jai had returned after two hrs in the evening to the hospital,,he looked quiet exhausted,,and was unusually quiet
Raj remembered shalini telling him that jai was angry with him..he wanted to ask bt b4 he could say anything jai gestured him to follow him
rAj got out of the bed with difficulty,,jai didn't even came 4ward to help him,,he limped after jai
"what was the matter with him??" raj thought.
Then they came out of the hospital
Jai==sit in the jeep if u don't have any problem!!
Raj==(while sitting in the jeep) whats the matter with u??what have I done??
Jai==nothing ,tum to kuch galat kar hi nahin sakte,to kya hua agar tum kabhi kisi ki sunte nahin ho,,capt rajveer kabhi galat ho sakte hain kya??(and he turned the steering wheel with such a force and expression that sugeested very clearly that the steering wheel had done him a great personnel wrong)
Raj==hey hey hey hey what r u doing.will u pls tell me whats the matter with u??
Jai==no(he answered sarcastically)
And then jai didn't speak..
They reached a tall building after abt 20 minutes
The building was
SWARAJ ORPHANAGE
Raj==is this where
Jai== this is my orphanage.now pls follow me,
and he started walking in front,, raj limped besides him,,they have to climb the stairs,, this was proving to be difficult 4 raj because of his leg ,, bt he didn't ask jai 4 his help.
He winced. Jai stopped in front returned to him and then helped him to climb up the stairs.and said
"incidentily capt rajveer ko jab help ki zarurat hoti hai to vo kisi se help thode hi mang sakte hain,,
Koi unki madad karne mein kabhi inttersted to hota nahin hai"
Raj just stared at jai quiet perplexed.
They climbed up and up
Raj==how long we have to go
Jai== this is the last staircase
(raj noticed that their was much tenderness in his viose this time)may b jai was feelin sory 4 his behaviour towards raj
They reached the end of the staircase
There was a wooden door ,,
Jai knocked at it
An elderly women opened it,,and they entered a big hall
Small children were playing there,, raj was wondering what they were doing here.. the elderly women took them to end of the hall ,, there was another door ,,bt u won't have been able to distinguish it from the walls..
So raj was quiet surprised when the lady opened the door
And led them inside another room with walls covered with paintings of nursery rhymes. And having 4 poster beds and two sofas,, bt raj didn't have enough time to register other features of the room,as a girl suddenly came and hugged him,,
She was a slim girl ,who should have only been of abt 14- 15 years,
She was smiling at him when she released him,
Raj stood there quiete perplexed and then he looked towards jai,, who himself was looking towards the girl in full surprise.
Raj looked sideways,, saw amin asleep in one of the beds ,abu and aalekh and naina standing a few paces from him
If raj hoped to get some explanation from these people then he was fairly dissapionted, as all of them like him looked quiete surprised
Then raj looked back at the girl ,,who was smillimg at him,,
She was holding a toy ,,a stuff toy in her hand which raj recoganised instantly,,it was his teddybear that his bauji has given him on his tenth birthday,, more prisicely on the day when his bauji had died,,,
The teddybear was half burned ,,the girl held the teddybear b4 him,,raj took it from her hands,, and then looked at jai ,who had tear filled eyes,,
Then the girl spoke,,in an unnaturally soft viose,,
"raju b mele ko pata tha aap aaoge, meine aapka teddybear sambhal k rakha ,mujhe thanku bhi nahin kahoge"
Raj just stared towards her,,unable to speak any thing and then he muttered "thanks thanks sona" and looked towards jai who still stood their petrified ..
tHen naina came 4 ward..
Her hand was covered in bandages ,and she was limping too..
Naina==very good sona chalo ab tumne promise kiya tha,, chalo lets go to sleep ,,chalo apna promise pura nahin karogi??
Sona==ok chalo (then she turned towards raj and said)
Mein jab sleep se uthungi tab hum bauji k paas jayenge ,,ok raju b, gunny to mele ko kabhi unke paas nahin leke jaata"
Then she went with naina,,
Naina made her lie in the bed and gave her her blanket .and then she returned too raj,, who was still standing on the door..
Jai finally llittle bit more normal helped raj to a bed.. and went to sit on the sofa,,jai buried his hands in his head..
Raj thought jai was sobbing,,
Raj staggered towards him and sat besides him.
He put a hand over his shoulder
Raj==jai,,how she recoganized me I mean we last met when she was of two yrs and I of ten yrs..
Jai didn't answere nor did he looked up
Raj rubbed his back
Jai hugged raj and sobbed over his shoulder,
Raj==hey its ok !!
U should b happy abt this ,,
Jai== (finally controlling himself) ,, ya I am happy I am happy a lot
Raj==she still calls me raju b then
Jai==yep
Raj==bt how she recoganised that I was rajveer ,,I mean she..
Jai==that really strange raj I mean she has not seen u 4 about 16 yrs
Raj==so she is 18 bt she looks smaller 4 her age
Jai==ya she looks smaller
(and then jai returned to his cold vioce behavior)
Well capt rajveer if u don't mind telling us howw did u recoganize her as sona??
Raj==(finally loosing his temper ) I'll answere that just in a minute bt will u pls first clearfy why r u being an overswollen prat
Jai==I am not –a – prat its u who always
Naina==hey hey cut in guys whats the matter with u both
(naina interferes)
Raj==ask that to him
Naina==sir and sir this is
(alekh cuts in)
Allekh==apun ko aur confuse mat karo.
Thodi der pehle ap dono galle mil kar ro rahe the ,, jaise saddiyon baad milen ho ,aur ab ek dusre ko khanne k peeche pade ho
Meanwhile raj and jai glared at each other
Amin==beta inki ladai ka karan mein batati hun
Jai and raj both looked towards her quiet surprised
Naina==amin aap kab jagi
Amin==haan actually yahan itni shanti thi ,mein to kai dino tak soyi rehti
Both jai and raj looked embaraced
Amin==jai raj se isliye gusa hai kyunki raj jai ki baat nahin manta
Raj==what bt ab meine kaunsi baat nahin mani,,ya I was bit upset abt not being able to help u people bt I never actually was adamant abt that
Amin==uske baare mein to baat nahin kar rahe hum
Naina==haan sir ,lekin sir aap russe huye bade sweet lag rahe the
(naina suddenly realizes what she has just said..she looked towards raj who was clearly embarrased and othere were grinning)
She gets up saying
"mein pani pike aayi"
Raj stares after her,,bt comes out of his trance when allekh clicks his fingers b4 raj's face
"sir vo gayi"
Raj had gone a shade of deep pink
Amin speaks again after reluctantly hiding her smile
Amin==yes to han jai tumse isliye naraz hai kyunki us almira vale hadse k baad jab usne tumse kaha k humne abhi base ko chod dena chahiye to tumne uski baat nahin mani,,par apni story sunnane lag gaye,,
Jai==aa aap ko kaise pata
Amin==experiench
Alekh==amin experiench nahin experience
Amin==haan haan vahi,, tu to baat aise karta hai jaise tujhe badi angrazy aati ho
Raj looks towards jai,who was looking towards other side,,
Raj=="umm umm well tumhara gussa jaiz hai,,, I am sory
(naina returns and sits on the last bunk bed quite away from raj )
Jai still does not speak
Raj==I am sory ,,pls look here ,ok I promise aaj k baad mein vahi karunga jo tum kahoge,,mein zyada bhag dor nahin karunga ,or jaldi se theek ho jaunga,Ok!!.. oh pls common now
Jai==(looks towards raj and gives a lil smile)
Allekh==are are aise kaam nahin chalega, apun ko to jadu ki jhapi dekhni hai,aur rajveer sir kya pata ,,aap jai sir ko jadu ki jhapi dete huye naina ko aur bhi zyaada sweet lagein.
Jai and abu and amin and allekh all laughed aloud at this and both raj and naina had gone a clear shade of marroon now
Then after jai and raj exchanged their jhappi
Jai asked==raj tell me now how u recoganised sona
Raj==it was the teddybear
Jai understud at once and didn'tt force raj to say more
Bt allekh ko kuch samajh nahin aaya tha,he gave a quizical look to raj
Raj== actully jis din bauji ki death huyi thi us din mera birthday tha,bauji ne mujhe yeh teddybear diya tha,mein bahar apna teddybear hi sabko dikhanne gaya tha,, usi time ghar mein vo aag ,,,(he couldn't speak further)
Allekh was feeling sory on asking raj abt it
Bt jai continued it 4 raj
Jai=="jab humne sona ko humare ghar se bahar nikala to vo bahut ro rahi thi ,,raj ne use chup karvanne k liye usko yeh teddybear de diya tha,,teddybear thoda jal chuka tha,,lekin sona teddybear lekar chup ho gayi ,,tab se yeh tedybear sona k paas hai,,when lala took raj away he came to meet sona and said to her ,k vo teddybear uske bauji ne use diya hai,aur sona usko sambhal kar rakhe.
Raj sona ne vo teddybear hummeshan apne paas hi rakha hai after that and u know what! aaj pehli baar usne itni achichi tarhan kisi se baat ki varna normally to vo sirf gestures aur do teen words hi use karti hai,,
Raj smiled to him
Aalekh==sir huda ud aur shalini mam kab tak aayenge??
Jai=="at night,and huda ud won't be coming only shalini will come..and raj I want to talk to u abt this u know what made u faint after the fire
U were piosoned raj!!
End of part
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Love:
dolly