hi everyone---100 sorries for the late update ...blame it on the world where we need to do routine stuff and cant dream...but well this is the first part of a long update , next part or part B coming up tomorrow ..hope it is okay.
recap- rey came to taani s college for her presentation
part 49
Taani s college - Taani stared at rey almost immobilised , rey moved to her , took the stole off her shoulder, his fingers brushing against her the skin of her neck kind of waking her up to the fact that he was really with her and turning to Natasha held it out," happy?" Natasha smiled and was about to take it when taani snatched it back , both looked at her,she looked silly , Natasha looked at rey and said," make sure she doesn't wear it again" he grinned and said," tumhara bhi presentation hain?" to Natasha
"yes and mujhe bhagane ke liye hint dene ki zaroorat nahin. Im going" she grinned at him and walked off waving as he said," all the best"
Rey grinning turned to face taani , she was still staring at him , her eyes with tears that hadn't fallen off , looking like she had forgotten where she was and what she was supposed to be doing. she didnt even know rey coming to be with her would have mattered so much. rey understood most of what was running in her mind, her eyes clearly mirroring her inner confusions- rey yahaan! she was too shocked to be happy. The realisation struck him again- itna unexpected hain mera yahaan aana?! Taani ke presentation ke liye! I guess dad was right...atleast iske baare mein
He smiled and said," hi! " no response," aur kitni dher stare karne ka iraada hain? matlab main conscious nahin honewaala hoon- i know ki main itna smart hoon but lots of people around..." he attempted to lighten the mood and pointed around . she looked around and shook her head saying in a small voice to herself its ok taani ab sab teek hain... she looked so lost as she muttered that rey felt his heart tug- mere har choti si baat ka itna asar hota hian ispar ! every single gesture of his touched her so much! and he was such a fool!such a fool ki hamesha fight kartha rehtha hoon iski attention ke liye .. He moved to pull her into a hug when someone s voice came "TAANI"
followed by the XXX who came in hurriedly and standing in front of her not noticing rey said," TAANI, tumne apna ppt upload karne diya?" she looked at him for a sec blankly , he looked at her blank face, confused and then caught sight of rey- his face went from surprised to happy to frown- and " hi! Tum kab.. ??? " and turning to taani again with a oh shit..look on his face shook her holding her arm, " no wonder! Now wake up, presentation kahaan hain? pendrive main hain tho mujhe do, atleast main upload..." rey looked at XXX s hand holding her arm
taani looked at him and shaking her head " nahin..." looking like she was back in her senses, she wiped her eyes off the unshed tears , smiled at XXX and then at rey, " sorry...pata nahin ...mere paas...matlab main karloongi. Thanks , kahaan??" XXX pointed to some place. Rey watching them.
she stuffed the stole inside her bag clumsily , started moving to the place, tripped , fell- rey held her from falling down and made her stand up straight , she muttered sorry sorry... to no one in particular and started walking , went a few steps forwards in a daze , came back and gave rey a hug- a quick hug that said thanks,hug that told him what his coming meant to her, hug that accepted his care and love for what it was, hug that even told him what she herself had no logic to realise then- that everything and everyone could go to hell as long as he was around ...and the hug made him feel special again for the stuff he did for her even when it was the normalest of stuff that he did - she left him before he could hug her back and meeting his eye said," sorry rey, main kal nahin aapaayi..." his face showed the surprise he felt - she still thought of his dance!-" aap ka meeting kuch tha na aaj aashi... "
" its okay sweetheart go now" and patted her cheek
she caught sight of his bandaged hand as he patted her cheek and worried picked it up " yeh kya hua aapko?"
"kuch nahin, kal dance ke waqt ...minor chot hain bas..its not a ..."
"aap drive karke aaye?" she demanded her voice suddenly higher,her eyes becoming moist He nodded and she got angry," rey , aap apne aap ko hero samajna ...?"his hand still in hers
Placing his other hand on her mouth, he said," taani ..later, ab jao" she resisted , he smiled indicating her to go ," relax, im fine " and removed his hand ... wiping her eyes once more she left to upload her ppt into the main system. Rey watched her , his heart full when one irritated voice interrupted his watching
"god knows ab iska presentation ka kya hoga!" XXX ... rey looked at him questioningly, " no i mean , now her focus is you- abh uske dimakh mein sirf yeh chaltha rahega ki you came to see her .." his voice unusually sarcastic .." even when your hand is hurt u came ...ki u came when she didnt come for your event and phir bhi you came... " he shook his head grumbling," and blah blah ...ki u r such a hero ... girls! and itni mehnat ki hain usne...all to this end"
rey looked at him and wondered if he was right, did i mess up again? Will taani s focus be disturbed just bcoz i came in now? And why s this guy complaining? all the time worried about her ? Slightly jealous, he looked towards taani - she was smiling talking to some guy sitting in front of a system at a distance, explaining something to him perhaps, someone else came in and she continued to talk, he watched - as if she sensed him looking at her , she looked at him... even at a distance he could feel her smile get brighter and broader , she bent her head back at the laptop again her face with a faint blush. Rey smile widened and he turned to suddenly catch XXX chap staring at him..
he commented ," u r just as bad as her ...or worse" and shook his head again looking irritable..
rey ignored the comment , said," dont worry she ll be fine, uska focus wocus kuch shift nahin hoga"
"just hope so.. formally tho competition nahin but we have about 8 colleges giving presentations together ..so informally each college tries to beat the other...and some students get picked for grants ya scholarship... blah blah blah..." he explained as both reached some office kind of place ..Rey- no wonder taani ne kahaan bada event hain ," here.." handing him a pass," waise tumhaara dance event kaisa rahaan? Taani ko bura lag rahaan tha ki wo nahin aapaayi" he said casually making rey go in is mind - taani iske saath baat karthi hain mere baare mein? itna close? And answered," went well " normally mentally telling himself he didnt like this chap at all inspite of the pass he gave or the extra info or the support
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Some presentations going on blah blah ...rey like us getting bored ...hes not been able to talk to taani as she s gone off for something or the other..taani s started ...rey stared at her enthusiastically tried to listen- he caught the first few introductory sentences , she turned and pushed her hair behind her ear while she spoke and his eyes fell on the earrings ---it was the same that he had given her, his glance immediately went to her neck and his chain was there too. He smiled , smiled broader he suddenly knew that they were all wrong ...His dad s voice echoed in his ear-u guys r different ..she has no sense of adventure .his friends looks -never understanding why he was with her ...
He got a glimpse of her bright eyes as she had jumped from the window for him -no, none of them realised that her sense of adventure or passion or love for dance was all combined into her love for him - she had made it her strength..this XXX chap was wrong too - uski focus ko kuch nahin honewaala hain ..she was talking in full spring
none of what she was speaking made sense to him but he didnt care- he laughed softly... he knew she would do well...extremely well...with or without him, she didnt need him for all this just like he didnt remember her when he danced -he had taught her that and learnt that himself too- dance tho seekha nahin mujhse par yeh seekh hum dono ko mili hain she needed him for their own world --for her Taarey world, he grinned thinking of the word and he was happy that way
He stared at her as if he was seeing her for the first time...admiring her , kitni cute lagthi hain day by day.. how on earth can she wear the earring with that dress ! her craziness was all hidden and he was smugly happy only he knew it... not even swayam ---taani had a tattoo , she wasn't scared of needles or atleast swayam didnt know her scare for needles was much less than her love for him- hah ! he knew more about her than swayam.
It was a comforting thought , he felt light- all the uneasiness, all the guilt, all the mistakes all difference- everything seemed silly ...all that mattered was that she was with him and all that he had to do was to be with her.
his mind trip was broken when all of a sudden he heard some huge laughter...he looked around and saw ppl laughing...was it at her? and then saw XXX grinning as well- no it wasn't at her..yeh kar kya rahin hain ? and gave up trying to understand , jo bhi hain teek hi hoga- warna us GS ke baccha has nahin rahaan hota
after taani spresentation - behind stage - ppl laughing and congrajulating taani, rey stood a little away waiting as her college mates kept talking..she was smiling happily and met his eye, finally moved to him
she moved to rey where stood smiling said without looking at him directly ," mera yahaan kuch dher aur kaam hain,aap bore hojaaoge.. so u go and rest " and gave him her keys ," aapki performance thi kal, haat bhi toota hain and aapne drive bhi..."
" i ll wait.."
when XXX chap came in from somewhere grinning and gave her a hug- reys eyebrows went up- XXX laughed- "that was wonderful mujhe pata nahin tha ki tumhaare undher itni sense of humour hain! aur wo bhi itne serious topic ko itna light aur different banadiya! And now you apply for this blah blah blah..." he took off
Rey folded his hands across his chest and stood , taani stopped XXX and said," Wo sab baad mein..abhi cmon, aapka presentation bhi hain"
He nodded and turned , caught sight of rey and pushed a paper into his hand saying,"rey, u get her to sign this form , wo apne aap se nahin karegi"and went away
Taani frowned ," arre.. mujhe nahin karna..." and turning to rey repeated,"rey aap jao, main aajaaoongi" and pushed the keys into his hands. He held her hands tight , she looked at him and somehow not able to meet his eye pulled her hand away and without looking at him again moved back , her eyes bright. Rey smiled and left.
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