~ABHI NAHIN AANA~ THREAD 6 - Page 35

She didn't even reply and just kept looking down. He caressed head and tucked in a strand of hair behind her ear, "Geet...its okay. It will be alright. Come on... lets go..."

She knew her legs wouldn't move..so there was no point in actually planning anything. It was her fate... she was totally heartbroken... but she was surprised when he lifted her up in his arms and walked out. She had never thought something like this... and probably her heart realized the extent to which he cared for her. he looked straight as he carried her towards the door...and she just couldn't tear her gaze away from this man who had held her enchanted like this!!!

He made her sit in his car ever so gently and all she could do was just be awed by him. he seemed to take care of her like a baby...with so much love and dedication! He pulled the seat belt across her and his breath just brushed her cheeks, making her shiver. She had goose bumps on her skin. She just held her breath and wait for him to finish with the seat belt. His every gesture seemed to evoke something in her and she didn't even know what was it.

She just watched him take the driver's seat and start the car. He made sure the windows were all closed and the ac was on. the windows and windshield were mirror glasses so it was safe for Geet. he couldn't have seen her cry this badly. He had never seen the Geet handa cry for anything..not even after her father's death but here this girl was someone who was more than the word innocent' itself...a fragile heart it seemed.

On the other hand, Geet was quite disturbed all the while. she still felt her legs stiff... she was in one way happy that he was with her but then her health was making her upset because she knew she had been under treatment for so long. She snapped out of her thoughts when they came to a halt in front of an ice-cream parlour.

He turned to look at her and smiled softly, "Geet...wait here. I will get the ice cream."

"umm...", she just nodded weakly.

He kinda guessed she was still upset about the fall. He got off and came to her side and opened the door. He held her hands and pressed it, "Geet... I know you are upset but please jaan... smile! it will improve with time. You have to be patient throughout."

She nodded and looked down. He leaned closer and pressed a soft kiss on her forehead. The moment seemed so beautiful for both of them... for him it was like breathing air after ages and for Geet, it was like a tender touch of love coming her way... all she needed to do was embrace it tightly. He closed the door and left while she just kept looking at him till h disappeared into the shop. she sighed and looked around. The evening was bright and there were children and people all around...laughing, playing, eating ice creams and chocolates sitting in the shop and outside... running..oh ya! She can't even walk by herself! How pathetic! She got that sudden weird feel"she can't even walk properly! It pinched her deep within...she saw girls of her age walking and laughing so openly and here she can't even go out of her house. she felt the corners of her eyes burn realizing how poor she was.. she could have cried had it not been maan who was back with their ice creams. She quickly blinked her lashes to get away with those tears and smile at him. he got inside his car and passed her ice cream. She opened the packet and found a chocolate flavour.

"what are you thinking?", maan asked her seeing her so lost.

She looked outside at a bunch of girls enjoying the evening and then at maan and then looked down. What was she even thinking? Sasha had asked her never to go outside or even show her face.

"umm..nothing."

"lets get back home..."

He was about to start his car when his phone buzzed. It was someone from office and he just couldn't avoid. He smiled at Geet who was watching him and then stretched his hand to the back seat, pulling out his laptop. he collected some info and opened his laptop, checking something out. He was busy checking his mails when he felt her gaze right on him. he looked at her to see what she was doing and almost smiled seeing her look at his laptop so curiously.

"what are you looking at hmm jaan?", he spoke without even taking his eyes off his laptop.

She put a spoonful of ice cream into her mouth and gulped hard, "ye aapka laptop hain?"

[is this your laptop?]

"yep...mera hain.."

[yep..its mine..]

"its so beautiful... Sasha ke paas bhi hain but she never lets me touch it. bolti hain office ke documents hain..."

[its so beautiful...sasha also has one but she never lets me touch it... she says it has impt office documents.]

He laughed at her cuteness, "you too had one..."

Her eyes lit up that moment hearing about her past life..wow she also owned a laptop!!

He watched her cute expressions and felt like pulling her cheeks so hard but resisted himself.

"...and it was way better than mine..", he added.

He swore he'd do anything to get that smile on her face that he saw now. she smiled for the first time post the incident this afternoon and it was so like her--- so like the Geet handa!!

"really? I did?", she scooped another spoon of ice cream and shoved it into her mouth.

He typed something and pressed something and finished with his work, "yep... You always had the latest gadget that came to the market... you were a gadget freak!"

She kept her ice cream bowl away and took his black sleep laptop on her lap, running her hands over that flat smooth surface. He wasn't sure what he saw on her face... the happiness of finding something new or the happiness of realizing how she had been in the past.

He shook his head and drove back. He watched her from time to time and she seemed to investigate that laptop...probably trying to remember things...or how it worked or how she worked. A few minutes went in silence except the occasional honking of the car and she just broke the silence, "tell me more about myself... "

He looked at her for a moment and found her looking at him so earnestly... with hopes in her eyes that he might help her...and he so wanted her to know everything but the images of her condition a week back flashed in front of his eyes...she has so restless...unable to even recognize herself...he didn't want that to happen to her. she was quite broken after what happened in the afternoon.

"maan...boliye na... kaisi thi mein? Kaun thi mein? Aapko kaise janti hun? Hum kahan rehte the?...sabkuch..."

[maan tell na.. how was i? Who was i? How do I know you? Where did we stayed?...everything...]

As much as he wanted to tell her everything, he was equally scared of putting her in pain because he knew if something happens to her she wont be able to take it and neither would he.

"maan... please boliye na...", she spoke like a kid.

He knew he just can't escape it...he knew avoiding the question might stress her as well..and telling everything was a problem too but he was sharp. He took the route in between. He flashed a faint smile and nodded, "araam se Geet... first breathe.."

She pouted ever so cutely, "I want to know..."

"and am telling! You were one stubborn kid... always got what she wanted..."

She listened to him attentively but her hands seem to caress the laptop on her lap. She really had that tinge of Geet handa in her..there was no second thoughts.

"...and your entire life revolved around...", he stopped watching her so engrossed in that laptop. he sighed...she was really in there...hiding somewhere.

They halted right in front of her house and he just carried her back in, just as lovingly as he had done earlier. she felt tickled in the pit of her stomach... actually kinda cute. They had just entered the house when they were greeted by Sasha.

"ohh thank god you are back Geet...where had you been? I was so worried and you didn;t even take your ph...", and she just stopped seeing Geet in maan's arms!!

She was quite stunned seeing them like this and stood there, watching them...actually gaping at them. Geet looked at maan and then back at Sasha and she knew she'd be getting scolded for good.

"sir...you here? Is she alright?"

Maan nodded and walked in and gently put her on the couch, "yeah...we had just been out for an ice cream treat..."

Sasha seemed worried, "but sir...you can't take her like this... its..."

Maan cut in between, "its okay Sasha... she was a little upset and you know I couldn't have seen her like that. and don't you worry...i wouldn't do something that exposes her identity...trust me.."

Sasha sighed...she really can't argue with this man, now can she! But she was happy seeing Geet getting so well with maan. She had known Geet breaking maan's heart during their engagement...and Geet had been so wrong. But maan was probably too good to be true it seemed. Maan bid them a good night and left.

she saw herself in front of a small cottage right in the middle of a small garden. She looked around and found a lake right in front of the house. it was a beautiful sight to behold. The place breathed serenity. She looked around and moved closer to the lake. The place her a certain warmth surrounding it and she just loved the whole feel about it. as she neared the lake, she saw a girl..sitting right on the grass and looking to oblivion. She seemed of her age...and she held something in her hands. She walked nearer and took a closer look. She was surprised to see her holding a cute but an old dirty doll in her hands.

She woke up with a start hearing the clock tick 7am. gosh...she had been dreaming again but this dream was so different that other dreams. She was feeling so lonely all of a sudden..so out of place and so helpless. She closed her eyes and tried to visualize the girl she saw in her dreams again but she couldn't. Everything was hazy...very faint except that doll in her hands. A sudden pain hit her chest...she didn't know why but it hurt.

It took her sometime to realize that it was just a dream and she was fine but it was hard to ignore it. just then she heard Sasha walk in with a wide smile on her lips.

"good morning Geet...how are you feeling?"

Geet yawned lazily and stretched, "good morning... am better I guess..."

Sasha walked to her and started folding her duvet, "lets get you ready for the physiotherapist...and yes you've got a gift darling..", she winked.

"yawn...gift?? what is it?", Geet was curious...who would send her a gift?

Sasha passed a toothy grin, "dunno... but it seems to have been sent with lots of love..."

"bolo na kya hain...aur kisne bheja?"

[tell na what is it and who sent it?]

Sasha smiled, "first get ready then we'll see. Its a big thing..."

Sasha helped a curious Geet take her bath and get ready in her pink and gray track suit. She held her hands and walked her to the couch where a huge packet lay waiting for her. she was excited to know who sent it. Sasha made sure she was sitting properly and not stressing her legs and went to the kitchen to get her breakfast, leaving her all alone with her gift.

And as shasha had told her, the gift was indeed big and a little heavy. It was neatly packed in a blue wrapper with a ribbon tied to it. she looked around it and found a card attached to it.

Sasha had just come with her bowl of cerals when she saw the card in Geet's hands and the look on Geet's face just said it all. She sat beside her, took the card and read it aloud.

"Geet,

...Just a small present for a crazy yet a very special person.

Hope you liked it.

-Maan"

Ohh this man would probably make sure she fell hard for him...real hard. She felt her cheeks warming up just by hearing his name. Sasha looked at her from the corner of her eyes and saw her lost in her thoughts.

"oyee open the gift...", she nudged making her conscious.

Sasha just couldn't stop smiling as Geet slowly opened her gift. Anyone in place of Sasha would have gotten jealous for the attention Geet was getting but then she knew what it meant to see the person you love smile,...even for the tiniest of the reasons.

The two sat dumbstruck seeing that sleek sexy Apple Macbook Pro right in front of them, sitting proudly on the table, flaunting itself. It took both of them sometime to understand that It was as real as it could get. When they were able to get a grip on the reality, they stared at each other and the next moment burst out squealing in happiness!! The black and silver colour shined like diamond...making their day. their happiness was put to half with a call on Geet's cell. It was maan. She looked at her phone and then at Sasha.

"go on...pick the call..", Sasha nudged. She was probably seeing the real thing between them now.

"and yes...don't forget to thank him..."

"umm..", Geet nodded and pressed the receive button, "hello..."

"did you like it?", his deep voice almost made her swoon in anxiety.

"umm.. ahh...yes thank you so much but iski kya zarurat thi maan?", she was still pondering whether to just accept it as it was.

[what was the need maan?]

"Geet...its not for you honey... its for that gadget freak within you.. acha suno.. I will send Adi in the evening to you. He will do all the installation and stuff. Is it okay with you?"

"yes that will be fine...I guess".

She was actually at loss of words...what more to say now? he was just like someone right out of her dreams... fulfilling every wish of hers.

"Geet...", she heard him speak, "listen... theres another small packet inside the box. I want you to open it when you are alone okay?"

"umm...", was all she could say. She had never been this enchanted by anyone ever in her life.

"good... then I must hang up. Time to work. Bye..and take care..."

"bye..."

She looked at Sasha gaping at her, giving her naughty looks, "what did he say hmm? Tell me...tell me.. "

Sasha watched Geet quite lost and almost laughed seeing her condition..the Geet handa was actually at loss of words in front of someone... and that someone had to be maan, sooner or later.

"Geet...bolo na..."

[Geet tell na...]

"umm..nothing.. unhone kaha wo shaam ko kisi ko bhej rahe hain kuch installation ke liye..."

[umm nothing..he said he will be sending someone in the evening for some installation stuff...]

"okay... chalo lets move. We are getting late.."

Geet carefully put her Macbook in the packet and Sasha kept it in her room ad headed off to the physiotherapist.

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Maan's day was quite bright. Heow he wished he could see her face when she opened the gift but then she was happy perhaps. He walked into his office greeting everyone. He settled in his cabin when adi came to inform him of the meeting to be held later on.

"adi..you know what you have to do right! make sure no one knows about her..."

"right sir...and it will be a pleasure to see her after so long..and yes Mr. Arjun had called the previous day asking for you..."

His blood boiled hearing his name...its been a year since he had heard of him..but his name was enough to make him seethe in anger. He clenched his fists...getting reminded of so many things at once... and his Geet!!!

"...I avoided him saying you are busy and cannot speak to him.."

"umm...don't forward me any calls or anyone for the next half an hour."

Adi left making him restless. That bas***d was back...and he could never forget till date what he had tried to do with Geet.. and when he thought things would be better, he just pops up from somewhere. He stood by the window, looking out, trying to calm himself. He must not let anyone know a thing about Geet...especially arjun. And unfortunately, he can't even speak about him to Geet. he recalled nisha telling him that Geet was sexually harassed before she met with that fatal accident...how he wished it was all so easy to kill whoever tried to lay his hands on his jaan. But he just cant go and ask her out rightly! As much as he was happy finding her back...he felt equally helpless.

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Dr Richard looked at the reports and smiled, "you have improved so much Geet... it won't take time to get you out of this completely..."

Geet and Sasha looked at each other and smiled but then something struck Geet.

"umm..doctor, I keep on losing my balance..."

"that is going to take time dear...but your reports are welcoming..."

"umm...doctor.. "

"yes dear..tell me..anything you'd like to tell me...how has it been with your dreams?"

"yes I wanted to tell you that...i saw it again... the car! I was driving..it was hazy but I knew it was me...i was crying.. and I felt...i... I felt so lonely...and so hurt... but then there was light in front of me...and thats it. I don't see what happened next..."

Richard heard her carefully and looked at her reports again. her brain was slowly trying to unblock her memories.

"listen carefully Geet...if you want to remember things...you have to make yourself think about it..."

"think about it?", Sasha was worried if Geet might just get another prosopagnosia attack.

"yes...you see yourself in the car and crying right... then think more about it... think of the moments when you felt you are most hurt...more in pain...and try to think what triggered it... it might be a little tough...but try to remember those things first because its human psychology to remember the pain more than the lighter moments..."

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She woke up with a start, panting. She dreamt it again. the car...the hurt..but why was she hurt so much? she looked around and saw the gift packet still lying untouched. The person maan was speaking about was yet to come. She was reminded of maan talking about another packet. She searched box again and found a small packet neatly wrapped. She looked around for Sasha and realized she was in the kitchen, preparing dinner.

She very carefully tore open the packet and a sleek platinum chain slipped out and fell on her lap. She picked it up and looked at it carefully. It was thin chain with a G' pendant hanging from it. ohh it was too beautiful for her... she just couldn't take her eyes off it. she didn't know how to thank him...should she call him or should she not he has been doing so much for her! she thought of calling him and kept that pendant back into the packet when she found another card inside it...a small one. She pulled it out and tried to read as much as she could..well her skills have been improving these days.

"..I got this for you long time back but never got a chance to give you.

-Maan..."

Long time back...she wondered how long was his "long time back...". he was undoubtedly making his own space in her life and she was just not able to deny. The more she tries to reason it to herself...the more she feels pulled towards him. how she wished she could get to know more about him...actually everything about them'...when they met? How they met...what did they do...what all did they speak...but her brain just didn't seem to help her when she wanted it the most.

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