The story goes on - FF..UPDATED Part 57 ~*~ - Page 12

Cut to: Excel College - Classroom
Deodhar Sir's class has just got over and everyone has escaped. What a nerve wracking lecture it had
been! Nupur bid a hurried goodbye to Mayank and was almost out of the door, when Mayank gets hold of
her bag and pulls her back.

Mayank: oh madam! Project modules ki discussion kab karenge? Kal teesri report deni hai, yaad aaya
kuch?
Nupur: off oh Mayank! Ek to ye Deodhar Sir na jaane kaunsi chakki ka aata khaate hai..jab dekho report,
report! Waise tumhe toh pata hoga na?
Mayank: (sarcastically) aur wo kaise?
Nupur: arey tum bhi toh usi chakki ka khaate ho na! Hahah...acha tha na chutkula? (She starts giggling
hysterically but when she sees Mayank stern look, she stops.) Acha baba chalo, 'discussion' karte hai.

(They go off to sit again at a bench in the now empty classroom and Mayank opens his notes on the table.)

Mayank: haan ab dekho..yeh hai hamare project ka teesra module. Isme hum bata rahe hai ke 80s me
kaunse shows sabse zyada kaamyaab the aur unki social significance kya thi. Iske liye humne yeh bar
diagram plot kiya hai jo..

He glances at Nupur who is sitting beside him. But Nupur's mind is not in the shows of the 80s as she is on her own personal dream brigade.

Nupur. Nupur! (She comes back from her dream land.)

Nupur: haan Mayank? Main sun rahi hu..yeh project module ka..(looks at the notes with a bitter expression
as if if given a dagger, she could slice through them completely.)

Mayank: yeh project module tumhare sir ke upar se ja raha hai. Dhyan kaha hai tumhara?
Nupur: arey pata hai Mayank. Aaj na ek nayi movie release hui hai.."jaane tu ya jaane na.." Maine suna hai
bahut hi romantic hai. Shahrukh ki filmo ki tarah! Chalo na Mayank, movie dekhne chalte hai.
Mayank: kya??
Nupur: Movie? Kabhi suna nahi hai kya?
Mayank: dekho Nupur..mere paas itna bekaar time nahi hai k main movie dekhne jau. Wo bhi tumhare
saath! Hall se bhaga denge hum dono ko hi.
Nupur: acha! Aur aisa kyun hoga?
Mayank: arey tum itna bologi ki movie ke dialogues koi sun hi nahi paayega! (He starts laughing too.)
Nupur: haan haan tum mere saath kyun jaaoge. Tumhe to apni ek moti si book ke saath bhejna chahiye.

(Mayank has realized that there would be no project discussion that day and he starts putting aside his
notes while Nupur blabbers on.)

Book ko apni saath wali seat par bithana, interval me uske liye popcorn ka packet le ke aana aur uske hi
kandhe pe haath rakhkar baithna! Huh.
Mayank: acha.. (Makes a thinking expression, comes closer to her and puts an arm around her shoulder.)
Kuch is tarah se?

Nupur is taken aback by his sudden closeness and looks down. She wants to avoid disclosing the fact that his closeness makes her feel like she never has before. So she doesnt let go from his embrace and instead speaks on.

Nupur: haan..uh, aise hi. Aur phir uska haath pakadke baithna. Waise book ka haath kis taraf hoga?

Nupur's palm is resting on the table and Mayank slowly moves his hand to touch hers. He gradually
tighntens his grasp until Nupur's palm involuntarily moves too..and their fingers intertwine. At that
moment, they both turn to look at each other. Their faces are so close they are almost touching. Neither
can judge what they are feeling at that moment. Suddenly CJ, who is back to take a pen she left on the
table, sees them from the door.

CJ: (loudly) hey guys! What's happening?
(The moment comes to an abrupt end as Mayank lets go of Nupur.)
Mayank: wo CJ..wo actually Nupur ka..
CJ: chill yar..dont bother to explain. (She winks at him and leaves.)

Mayank: (looking at Nupur awkwardly) I am sorry. Main bas mazaak kar raha tha.
(Nupur is unable to phrase a suitable response and just nods.)

Cut to: Sanjeevani Hospital - Mayank
Sitting on a bench outside the operating room where Nupur is being seen to by doctors, Mayank snaps out of his thoughts. Gunjan, Samrat, Uday and Benji are there too. Nobody could find Dia and she is
conspicuous by her absence. The LED outside the operating room changes colour and Mayank stands up. Oh how he hoped Nupur was completely fine. Oh God please!

Coming up tomorrow:

The operation is done. Will Nupur be fine? Does Mayank realize that Nupur isn't just his project and dance partner, but possibly more? Or does he wave off his feelings as mere sympathy for a classmate?
Answers to all that and more in the next update! 😛

@bubbly@12

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Actually I liked that part too.. 😛

Aw, so sweet the memory.. I hope everything is okay.. Debby, you write so well!

hope Nupur gets well,waiting for next part b/w its v.v.v.v.v.v.nice👏👏👏
keep it up

awesome part cont soon plz!!!!!!!👏

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@Radz
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@lrl_01
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@iqbals4ever
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Cut to: Sanjeevani - ICU
Dr Shashank comes out of the operating room wearing an expression impossible to decipher. Gunjan runs upto him and frantically enquires about Nupur. He cautiously looks at everyone present there and his face breaks into a slow but sure smile.

Dr Shashank: There's nothing to worry. She will be fine.

His words bring with them magic as all the down and out faces light up at once. As Gunjan cant get enough of thanking Dr Shashank, Samrat looks at her lovingly. He is glad his chashmish has been rid of her anxiety. As for Mayank, his joy knows no bounds.

Mayank: Doctor, kya main..kya hum Nupur se mil sakte hai?
Dr Shashank: yes of course. Par abhi use hosh nahi aaya hai..24 ghante observation me rakhna padega.
(As worry seems to cloud Mayank's face again, Dr Shashank is quick to put him at ease.)
Don't worry, yeh bas routine hai. She'll be fit to go home in a couple of days.

He pats Mayank on the back, smiles and leaves. Uday gets a call on his cellphone and for a while he cant understand where the music is coming from. Its only when a nurse comes up to him and asks him to stop the ringing that he gets a wake up call. As he walks a bit ahead to attend to the call, the rest of them go inside to see Nupur. She is lying on the bed, unconscious while medical equipments monitor her condition. Gunjan and Mayank mutter a silent thank you prayer to the Lord for saving Nupur's life. What would have happened if they had found her even minutes later than they had, they shudder to even imagine. Everyone is silent as the situation is a weird amalgamation - relief which is still strangely grim.

Cut to: Outside ICU - Uday
It is Dia's call and he is busy with a conversation, which is more on the lines of a monologue.

Uday: deedz suno toh sahi!
Dia: Main kuch nahi sunna chahti Dodo. Bas agar Sammy tumhare saath hai toh use bata do jo bhi maine kaha.
Uday: deedz yaha Nupur ko..
Dia: Nupur, Gunjan..main kisi ke baare me baat nahi karna chahti, samjhe tum? Bas jaao aur Sammy ko bata do.
Uday: deedz! deedz ruko toh..

(Dia cuts the phone connection and Uday is left stunned. He rushes inside the ICU and asks Samrat to comes out for a second. Samrat doesn't want to and tries to get rid of Uday but to no avail. He comes out really irritated.)

Samrat: ab kya hai Uday?
Uday: Samrat bahut problem ho gayi hai!
Samrat: tu khud hi ek problem hai.
Uday: nahi is baar problem deedz hai.
Samrat: Dia? kaha hai woh? Wo to Nupur ko dekhne bhi nahi aayi.
Uday: arey deedz ko Nupur ke baare me pata hi nahi hai. Usne mujhe abhi phone pe kaha ke tu usse adhe ghante me nahi mila toh woh kuch aisa karegi jo tu soch bhi nahi sakta.
Samrat: tu soch nahi sakta? Tu waise bhi soch nahi sakta dude.
Uday: mazaak mat kar Sammy. Mil le ne deedz ko!
Samrat: acha? Aur yaha Nupur ke paas Gunjan akeli hai.
Uday: akeli kaha hai? Mayank bhi toh hai na.
Samrat: thik hai. Ye Dia bhi na..mera attention paane ke liye kar rahi hai ye sab. Chalo use thoda attention de hi dete hai.

He goes inside the ICU where Gunjan and Mayank are sitting on either sides of the bed. Mayank is silently trying to justify the whole plethora of emotions he has gone through in the past couple pf days. He had felt intense anger when he had got to know about the project. What had he been angry about? About how Nupur had stolen credit and been non serious or about how she had not told him the truth? He thought also about the guilt he had encountered when he first got to know of the blast. Why had he been guilty? Even if he had been there, the blast would have happened. On top of that, he too would probably have been in the ICU, struggling for life. But he should have been there for Nupur, with Nupur. What was it about her that made his own life seem less important than hers? What did he feel exactly for this girl and why did she occupy so much of his thoughts - this girl who was so different from him? These were questions to which our intellectual debating champ still had no answers.

Samrat: Gunjan chalo tumhe ghar chod deta hu.
Gunjan: nahi..main di ke paas rukungi.
Samrat: maine kaha na chalo, toh chalo chashmish. Thodi der aaram kar lo.

(Mayank, who has so far been looking at Nupur and trying to detect any movement, now looks up.)
Mayank: haan Gunjan, tum bahut thak gayi hogi. Main Nupur ke paas hu, tum log ghar jaayo.
Samrat: ab toh thik hai chashmish? (He nods appreciatively at Mayank and gets hold of Gunjan's hand.)
Gunjan: (smiles) thik hai Mayank..thank u. Main kal subah aati hu.

(As everyone else leaves, Mayank again takes his place by Nupur's bed and thoughtfully sits down.)