"Papa... apki aur mummy Ki love marriage hai?? ", 10 year old Taruni asked Sameer on the breakfast table... What followed was a choking sound followed by coughs..
"Aisha... are you ok???", I patted her back..
She shrugged off my hand...and glared at princess..."ye sawal kaha se aya tumhare dimag me??",she twisted her ears..
"Aaahh...papa...bachao...", Taru shouted and Sameer freed her and stopped a baffled as well as an embarrassed Aisha from giving Taru another scolding..
"Kal chachu ne bola... nai to mujhe kaise pata chalega!! (turning to Aisha) aap chachu ke kaan khicho...maine kya kia??"
"Chachu ne ye tumse kaha???",Aisha frowned..
"Mujhe nehi...wo chachu n shree chachu apas me baat kar rahe they...ke kitna unexpected pyar tha apka...to maine suna..",Taru defended herself..
"Acha fine... tumhare chachu ko aj mai dekh lunga... Taru.. ap hath dho lo...school bus aa jayegi... mummy..gussa thuko aur kam nipta lo..humey bhi office jana hai... uff tum dono na..kabhi to mujhe chain se jeene do... Taru ka to samajh ata hai..bachchi hai..tum kyu baat baat pe aag baboola hoti ho...kabhi kabhi to mujhe lagta hai ke is ghar me do bachchiyaan hai... TV ke liye ladai...PSP ke liye ladai... khane me kya banega ispe bhi ladai...jao ab"
Aisha pouted and went away taking the plates... They dropped her to the bus stand...she hopped down from the car.. Aisha kissed her cheek... Sameer too kissed her forehead when he noticed a wicked look on her face.. He raised his brows avoiding Aisha's eyes..She pulled him down to her level and whispered in Sameer's ears," batao na...ap dono ki love marriage hai? Mai kisi ko nehi bataungi...nanu nani ko bhi nehi.."
I shushed her and nodded in a yes...She pulled him down again "mujhe ap dono ki story sunni hai... aj raat ko yehi sunungi..."
"Kya???",I shouted loudly...
"Kya hua??? Tum baap beti ka aisa kaun sa secret hai?? Mujhe bhi koi batao...",Aisha alternated her eyes between us..
"Nehi... secret nehi batana chaiye... papa... maine jo bola.. wo mujhe chaiye... bye mummy...bye papa" ,she kissed him again and boarded her bus.
"Isko ab kya chaiye??"
"Umm.. kuch nehi... chocolate...bada wala..."
"Oho...kitna chocolate khayegi...ghar pe 2 bade wale hai..."
*SiGH,..BACH GAYA*
Taruni was eagerly waiting for them that evening...The maid left as they came... Taru flashed a smile to them and he knew that she has not forgotten about her STORY..." is Arjun ko chodunga nehi...kya zarurat thi bolne ki...ab apni beti ko apni love story nehi sunaya to ye jaan khayegi...aur agar bola to meri biwi mar dalegi..kya kismet hai...dono ke dono khatarnak log"
They had the dinner...and then came the auspicious moment..."Mummy...aj papa story sunayenge...ap so jao..",Taru flashed her teeth...
"Kya?? Papa... ye khatirdari achanak??? Kya hua??",Aisha looked at him suspiciously...
"Kuch nehi hua mummy... aap roz sunati ho...phir yehi so jati ho...phir adhi raat ko uthke papa ke pas sone jati ho...nind kharab hoti hai... aaj ap aram se so jao...aj papa ki nind kharab karungi...",Taru hugged her papa...
Aisha chuckled...and asked Taru not to irritate him and behave like a good girl...she turned from the door and mouthed a "jaldi aana" to him...
"haan..mummy gayi...1..2...3...start...shuru karo story"
"Taru,..kya hai...so jao na..."
"Papa...mai mummy ko bol dungi ke apne mujhe last week chupake burger khilaya tha..wo bhi 2 din..."
"TARU!!", oh god..this little girl was blackmailing him...
And here it started...
"Since she had joined ETF... I had seen the gradual changes...and some massive transformations in the Naive Aisha and the bold and beautiful Aisha now...
Beautiful... she always was...( lost state)"..(Taru poked him)
"Kya??"
"Mujhe pata hai mummy sundar hai...ap abhi bhi unke khayalon me khoye ho..beti ko zara bhav do"
He glared at her and continued...
"When she was new in the team... she was the simplest girl I had ever seen in my life... her hairs reached just below her shoulder in soft curls... the crisp white shirt and a pair of denims... a watch... and those specs... oh I can never forget those specs... She looked utterly cute in those..."
"Kya..mummy ko chashma hai?? Harry potter jaisa?",came the immediate comment..
"offo...interrupt kyu karti ho?? Mai chala sone..",Sameer again tried to avoid the story telling...
"sorry...bolo bolo"
"Shree and Chhotu often teased her as Padhaku...and Kaam-ka-keeda.. she used to giggle to that and hit them playfully...adjust her specs and start her work again...
The situation in the office was such that when I scolded Shree or chhotu for negligence, they would make a pout and go to HER and blame her.. She would pout too and they would say, "Sab teri wajah se...tum itna kaam karti ho ke humse ek chhoti si mistake hoti hai to daant padti hai..itna kaam mat kar na.." She would make the most innocent face then and help them in their work...
At first... she was a bit hesitant to work in an ALL-MEN team.. it was quite uncomfortable for her... For a girl like Aisha who never had a FRIEND who was a guy... she came from a small town of Lucknow...from a small locality where people created a hill out of a mole if a girl was found talking to a boy... She hated this attitude of people though... but what meant for her was her family...and her family only... their love ...their respect... So she avoided any thing which would put them into trouble..."
"Hill...out of...Mo...mo...le matlab?? Hill matlab pahad...mole matlab? Papa itne hard words bologe to kuch samajh ni ayega", Taru piped in again...snuggling close to him...
Sameer made a face at her..."Hill out of mole matlab..baat ka batangad banana...",he explained... and she nodded...He continued.."Tumhare nanu manager they bank ke... ab unko bahut ache ache aramdayak chize to nehi mili...but jahan baat padhai ki ho...usme kabhi koi kami nehi ayi... Your nanu nani loved her more than anything and fulfilled all her needs... She aspired to be a police officer(to beat up someone) right from the childhood...right from that day when a guy of her class had pushed her in the playground and she had hurt herself... Inspite of complaints the teachers did not take much action except a warning because that boy's dad was the trustee of the school... Then the guy had told her that she can't harm him or even beat him up BECAUSE SHE WAS A GIRL...and ONLY A GIRL...WHO IS A POLICE OFFICER HAS THE RIGHT TO BEAT SOMEONE..."
"Kya?? Meri mummy ko dhakka mara...chodungi nehi usko...shaitan...badmash kahi ka...",Now Taru got up and sat up straight fisting her palms and made an angry face...
"Taru... tumhe story nehi sunni na...mujhe ninni a rahi hai...ja raha hu sone",Sameer got up...
"Papa... mujhe bas gussa aa gaya...mujhe dhakka mar ke dikhaye wo..itna marungi ke apna naam bhul jayega..mumma ko usko marna chaiye tha",Taru frowned again..
"Arey...offo... but ye to socho...ke us incident ke baad mummy ne resolution lia na...ke police banna hai...aur ban bhi gayi...",Sameer explained not finding any explanation to "Mummy ko usko marna chaiye tha..."... How on earth was he supposed to explain Taruni how the old Aisha was...
Right from her 1st day on this planet, Taru had the image of the present Aisha in her mind... so it was next to impossible for her to imagine a shy ,weak and calm Aisha...Hence it was impossible for Sameer to explain why Aisha stopped that day when that boy told her all such stuff...
"Ab agey...aj puri story sunke hi soungi...kal Sunday hai na... late uthungi to bhi mumma nehi daategi"
"Although, when she grew up and realized that THE GIRL POLICE OFFICER part had no truth...and the guy had just made a fool out of her... some spark inside her pushed her to become a police officer... not for beating someone up... but just to prove what a GIRL can do... Then they shifted to Mumbai...and Aisha flew for her dreams... and no one stopped her... they were proud of her... because she dared to dream inspite of being from a small place where people laughed at her when she told that she wanted to join the police or the army... and ask her to give up such high dreams saying that she would have to get married and then serve her husband and children.
I had heard her saying this to shree and chhotu who seemed highly impressed and hugged her from both sides when the narration got over...
Unlike other girls, she never partied, never hung out that much with friends, neither went to any disco n stuff... she was a simple girl... simple..
I could see her gradually opening up to everyone in the team... specially to shree and chhotu... they had become her close friends and she could confide in them... they shared some secrets too.. Secrets like Arjun sir being extremely khadoos...and samjhofying everyone...and Rathod sir being in love with his "DAMMIT"
"Hehehehe... chi chi... apke pith piche sab abhi bhi apke Dammit ke bare me bolte hai..hehehe...apko Dammit se hi shadi karni chaiye thi",Taru giggled loud... and Sameer hit her playfully.. She smiled and cuddled on his lap..
"Jab wo ayi thi... I had a hard time putting the dos n don'ts into her head...not because she was inefficient, but because she was way to innocent to understand the hardships of field work... and I was impressed by my team...who helped her out in every possible way...She had been in the intelligence department earlier...so field work gave her a zero experience...
I adored her...respected her... par wo humesha se hi mere liye ek paheli si thi...kyuki wo bahut reserved type ki thi..she never spoke to me like she did with shree and chhotu...was I this scary? I wondered... I tried my best not to shout a DAMMIT or scare her... but she was still the same... she talked to me and Arjun only as much was required...
One day, as I was dropping her home, I chuckled and asked her about this... she felt embarrassed and said that it wasn't such... it was only that she took time to open up to people... being with shree n chhotu the whole day, she felt comfortable with them now... I smiled and dropped her home...
A year had passed since that day... although we didn't have THAT BIG GAP between us anymore, yet she was the quiet shy girl to me... Once I joked too saying that officers in the field need to be bold confident...not shy... She made a weird face and nodded to that... some days passed...I could see her getting accustomed to our style of working...she was confident now... confident enough to handle things on her own... confident to beat someone up... confident to save her mates when danger was around...
We talked informally only when I dropped her home and by now those big ice walls had melted... those 24 mins 10 seconds in the day seemed to be the best moments of the day... I liked the carefree smile she gave when I cracked a joke... I liked the shy blush when I teased her... the content face and heart when I asked about her family...the devilish look when at any moment I asked about her younger sister...Ananya.."
"Arey ye Ananya masi aur mummy to ab bhi jhagda karte hai...pata nehi kab bade honge dono...Ananya maasi to bas thodi masti karti hai mere sath..aur phir us din galti se pillow fight karte hue unka phone kya gir gaya... kitna daanta hum dono ko unhone...mera to thik hai...kabhi kabhi lagta hai ke mummy ananya masi ki bhi mummy hai..",Taru recalled that day and the expression on her face made Sameer chuckle..
He continued... "Slowly I realized that I waited for these 24 mins 10 sec the whole day... I tried to shrug my thoughts away...sirf sochta tha ke tumhare mummy kya sochegi agar unko ye pata chala...mai khud pe control rakhne ki koshish karta tha.. but things seemed to disobey me... at 1st only this Rawte disobeyed me... but now my own mind disobeyed me... I never let my or her work get affected by this...I tried to keep everything normal...
But Rawte's eyes never missed anything... he had noticed my futile attempts to keep a hold on myself... at 1st he asked me straight is something was wrong with me to which I said a NO...
"Are you sure Rathod? Tum kafi badle badle lag rahe ho..aur tumhara chal chalan bhi"
"Tum apna kaam karo na...kyu mere piche pade ho...?? Bola na koi problem nehi hai...chain se jeene kyu nehi deta koi mujhe...(pauses) ab khade kya ho...?? Jao!!",Sameer screamed at him..
He chuckled "PKSE...ye disease ka naam hai.. doctor ki zarurat ho to mai available hu",he winked and turned to go...
"PKSE?? Rawte..ye kya bimari hai?? Pehli baar sun raha hu"
"Pyar Ke Side Effects",he burst out laughing and went away dodging the pencil Rathod threw at him..
"Koi pyar vyar nehi hai..." ,he muttered convincing himself...
Taru too burst out laughing at Sameer who seemed visibly annoyed...at his princess who was nearly mocking him and making fun of him...
"Beta..ek kam karta hu...mummy ko bhejta hu...tum to mujhse bilkul pyar nehi karti...has rahi ho merepe"
"Papa... iska matlab Arjun chachu sahi they... wo bol rahe they ke jabtak apke muh me ungli daal ke koi kuch bulwata nehi..ap nehi bolte..aap mumma se bol bhi nehi paye...chi chi...",Taru shook her head to her sides.."acha koi nehi..agey,..."
"That was the first time I started doubting myself...and decided to keep this matter aside and take some time... Arjun would just glare at me... I would glare back at him and avoid any eye contact with him... Bloody Dog!! He started threatening me that is I don't say my heart out to her...he himself would say to her...finally bahut dino baad I decided to talk to her...maine socha jo hoga dekha jayega... aur mujhe ye bhi pata tha ke chahe jo ho jaye... I won't let our relationship spoil...even if it was a professional one only... Only the next day, I decided to talk to her...but us din kuch aisa hua ke maine apne steps piche le liye... mujhe ye pata chala ke wo already engaged thi...I mean... wo ladka..kya naam tha...Avinash...iske naam se Shree n Chhotu usko pareshan karte they..iska phone ata tha to yelog phone le lete the... yesab mujhe sahi nehi laga... isliye maine use is bare me kuch nehi bola... I did not want to form a wrong image about myself in her eyes...maine Arjun ko bhi bola ke wo Aisha ko kuch nehi bole... n situation samajhne ke baad...wo bhi maan gaya... uske baad hum normally ek dusre se baat karte they... just like colleagues... maine usko kabhi kuch samajhne hi nehi dia...ek do baar maine usko Avinash ke bare pucha bhi... she told me about him... ke abhi bas baat chali hai...engagement me der hai... the families wanted to give them time..isliye dono sath me kabhi kabhi dinner ya coffee pe jate they..."
Taru made a confused face "Avinash?? Ek min..mujhe ye naam tboda suna suna lag raha hai...arey wohi uncle jo us din mall me miley they? Mummy ne unse baat nehi kia..aur mujhe leke ghar a gayi...maine pucha to boli ke koi Avinash uncle they...isse zyada janne ke liye mai chhoti hu...sab mujhe chhota chhota kehte rhte hai...itni bhi chhoti nehi hu..haina papa?"
"Kya?? Kab ki baat hai ye? Tumne pehle kyu nehi bataya?", Sameer asked baffled..
"Arey...mujhe kya pata tha ke ye baat batane wali hai...mai bhul gayi...aur shayad mumma bhi..",Taru made a puppy face at her father..
"Kya keh raha tha???" , Sameer asked..
"Pata nehi...sorry keh raha tha...aur mujhe chocolate bhi de raha tha...but mummy ne lene nehi dia...mummy ne usko bola ke uski galti maafi ke layak nehi hai...aur usko warn kia ke wo agey se kabhi mujhse ya mumma se baat karne ki try na kare...phir bahar a gayi mujhe leke...aur mujhe bada wala Cadbury kharid dia..",Taruni explained innocently...and then asked,"us uncle ki aur mumma ki katti hai???? Kya kia unhone?"
Sameer frowned and seemed highly annoyed... he made a mental note to ask about this to Aisha later...
"Papa ... agey batao na..."
"Wo Avinash uncle mumma ko kabhi kabhi pick karne bhi atey they...aur wo unke sath ghar chali jati thi...everything seemed fine...until that day...Wo mumma ko dinner pe le gaya...aur wahan unhe us uncle ke asli chehre ke barey pata chala...he was not a nice man...un dono ka jhagda hua aur wo ghar aa gayi...she was very upset...kafi parshan bhi thi aise unexpected shock se..."
"Hum ye kahan aye hai?"
"Mere friend ka ghar hai... wo bahar gaya hai...socha yaha le au... thoda time sath me mil jayega...',Avinash replied holding her hands and taking her in...
Aisha smiled and went in with him...but somewhere her instincts told her to go back that day...Never she felt this sort of discomfort with him...She quickly sent a message to Ananya "Dinner with Avi...may get a bit late.."
She was relieved when the dinner got over without any problem...They decided to take a stroll around the place...Casual chats continued for a while until he tried to hold her by the waist.. She felt uncomfortable and removed his hands off..and nodded in a no...
"Avi...mujhe ghar jana chaiye...its getting late...thanks for the dinner",She said with a smile taking two steps away from him..
"Aisha..kya hua?? Thodi der aur ruko na...aur thanks ...iski zarurat nehi hai...u know.. hum jald hi shaadi karne wale hai...so agar hum thoda late tak sath me ruk bhi jaate hai...koi kuch nehi bolega...waise bhi kal subah hote hi I will drop you...don't worry.."
"Subah??? Hum..yaha...sath me rukenge?? Avi ...i am sorry... mai nehi ruk sakti... ye sahi nehi hai...mujhe ghar jana chaiye"
Saying so she started walking out and he held her back furiously.."Cummon aisha... ye moral science mat padhao ab... itni sidhi to tum ho nehi jitni bholi dikhti ho...problem kya hai...ek ALL MEN team ke sath kaam karti ho...tab kaha jati hai tumhare comfort? Aur mai to tumhara hone wala mangetar hu..itna kya sharmana..its cool yar"
"Tum kya kehna chahte ho huh?? Hath chodo mera... and tumhare liye cool hoga...mere liye nehi hai...just let me go...mujhe baat nehi karni is bare me...maine socha bhi nehi tha ke tum aisa sochte ho mere bare me...mai is type ki ladki nehi hu...samjhe?", She freed herself...and started walking off only to find herself being grabbed again...
"Tumhe samajh me nehi ata?? N what do you think??? Tumhare jaisi ladki se mai koi pyar vyar karta hu...isliye shadi karunga?? Cummon Aisha...you must be kidding right?? Tumhare jaisi moral n principles type ki ladkiyan bas humari aish ke liye bani hoti hai...Abhi tumne jitni badtameezi ki...sab bhul jaunga mai...sab maaf...bas...mai jaisa chahu...waisa karo...and mai tumhe kaun sa chod ke jaa raha hu..shadi to karenge na...",he said coolly.. But what followed was a hard push and a tight slap...
"Shadi...tumse?? Just go to hell!! Aish karne ke liye kisi aur ko dhund lo...main na to tumhare sath aish karungi.,..aur na hi shadi!! Aur ainda se agar aise behave kia...to don't dare to forget ke mai ek ETF officer hu... molestation ka charge dalke andar karwa dungi...phir zindagi bhar jail me sadna...",she shouted and headed outside...
"Pachtaogi tum!!",he shouted but she left without paying any heed to his threats...
Meanwhile at this time, there were continuous calls from her home to the office... because after the time she left, there was absolutely no contact with her...her phone was unreachable...At once shree started tracking her phone without even waiting for his boss's orders... They had almost reached her following the GPS...when she herself emerged out from nowhere and somehow managed to save herself from colliding with the ETF vehicle... All were taken aback at 1st... but soon all hopped down from the vehicle concerned...
"Aisha kaha thi tum?? Hum kitna pareshan ho gaye they..are you ok?? Tum...ro kyu rahi ho??" ,Sameer asked her forgetting almost everything around...
"Avinash kaha hai?? Tum uske sath thi na??", Shree piped in...
"Mujhe ghar drop kardenge..please,...mujhe abhi koi baat nehi karni..i just wanna go home...please"
They dropped her home somehow that night...and left for their respective places all the way discussing about the sudden turn of events...
"Papa..kya hua?? Kaha kho gaye?? Phir kya hua?? Aur aisa kya hua usdin?",Taru asked curiously...
"Taru..as mumma says...ye janne ke liye ap chhoti ho...bas ye samjho ke wo ache nehi hai...bure hai..",Sameer explained..
"Daaku mangal singh jaisa??",She smiled and he made a confused face.."Daku mangal singh kaun hai??",he asked..
"Daku mangal singh..chhota bheem me jo daaku hai na..wo..mumma ne bola tha wo bura hai.."
"Ooh.. cartoon...ok..."
"Acha papa... wo bura tha...to nanu nani ne unko punish nehi kia? Jaise ap aur mumma mujhe karte ho jab mai bura wala kam karti hu?", She asked innocently again..
"Nanu nani ke punishment ki naubat hi nehi ayi... usko tumhari mummy ne hi punish kardia... unhone use shadi karne se mana kardia... han..sabke liye thoda shocking tha..but mai bolta hu na..nanu nani mummy aur masi se bahut pyar karte hai...jaisa humlog apse karte hai... so unka full support mila...they were with her..."
"Yeah...acha hua us magal singh se shadi nehi ki... agar ki bhi hoti..to bhi mai god se katti karti..tabtak..jabtak mujhe ap nehi milte..papa banke"
"Aww mera bacha... ab so jao na...please...baki baad me sunna"
"Papa..ap shayad bhul gye...burger wali baat...",she blackmailed again...and Sameer surrendered😆
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Dats all for now😃
Edited by IshitaRocks015 - 11 years ago
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