Part 10:-
"Yes."
"Tujhe kaise pata?"
"Maine un dono ki kuch baatein sun li thi."
"Kis tarah ki baatein?" And Freddy told him all the convo between Chhavi and Saba. It shocked him to the core.
"So now you can see her real motive was to create misunderstandings between you two."
"I will not spare her now. Let me call her." He was about to dial Saba's mobile number when Freddy stopped him.
"Tu kya karne jaa raha hai yeh?"
"Tu janta hai main kya karne jaa raha hoon."
"No stop that. This is totally childish."
"This is serious Freddy. She has no right to play with me and my life."
"I know dude but not like that. Think before you react to anything. She has given you something very special for your life "Ek Boond Ishq" which gave you Chhavi na?"
He nodded, "But just because of that I should not warn her?" he asked.
"Har kaam ko karne ka ek sahi waqt aur sahi tareeka hota hai. Yeh iss tareeke se nahi hoga."
"Toh kaise hoga?"
"I don't know but you have to wait."
A few days later:-
He was just checking Instagram when he found one more picture of her with Pracheen Chauhan. It irked him again. "Damn..." He threw away his phone on the sofa. "Tum kya kar rahi ho yeh Chhavi aur kya chahti ho mujh se? Mere feelings ki koi importance nahi hai. Jab maine apni feelings tum se share karni chahi thi tab to tum ne kisi ko bhi apne pass na aane dene ki kasam kha rakhi thi aur ab kya hua? Shit mujhe to samajh nahi aa raha hai ki aakhir tum chahti kya ho? How can you be so careless? Tum ko apne future ki koi chinta nahi hai. You could have chosen a better man, not this Pracheen...dude he is so...I don't know what's wrong with you and your mind now."
One month later:-
On the sets of Silsila Pyaar Ka, she was busy with her shoot when she was informed about a meeting with Rashmi Sharma. She reached there to meet her.
"Ma'am, you called."
"Oh Chhavi, yeah come and sit. I called you to discuss about the promotion of our show before it comes on air."
"Yeah sure yeh to humari duty hai. We have to promote it."
"So where do you think we should make trips to promote our show?" she asked for Chhavi's opinion.
Thinking for sometime, she said, "What about... Indore, Bhopal, Patna, Gurgaon, Ahmedabad, Delhi and Lucknow?" she suggested.
"That's fantastic... the whole Hindi belt who watch our shows. In this way, we can almost cover the whole Hindi territory."
"Yeah exactly...and if you think of more cities to visit I can do that."
Rashmi Sharma smiled, "I like the practical and professional approach of yours."
"Thanks. So should I leave? You decide and then inform me."
"Of course. Yes you can go." Chhavi got up and was about to make an exit when Rashmi called her name, "Chhavi." She stopped and looked back at her. "I think you have some special connection with Bhopal na? I mean your first daily show was based in Bhopal and now this show has the story and the shoot in Bhopal as well. Now when it came to promotion, you chose Bhopal again." Rashmi smiled saying it.
Chhavi's face had a big smile on her face, "Yes, I have a special connection with that city and you know we went to Ahmedabad as well for the promotions of EBI."
Rashmi gave a smile again, "I think you have some special connection with the old cast of the show as well na? Look two of them are here as well."
"Yeah I am happy for that. They make me more comfortable when they are around."
"True..." She stopped for some time and looked at Chhavi with questioning eyes, "Do you miss anyone among them who is not a part of our show?"
Chhavi's expressions changed and her smile vanished from her face, "I didn't get you."
Rashmi smiled and said, "You didn't get it or should I say you don't want to get it." Chhavi was busy in her thoughts and didn't know what to answer.
A few days later:-
The team of SPK was in Ahmedabad for the promotion where Chhavi had to give some interviews and a press conference was arranged. They were asked various questions about their upcoming show when a particular reporter who had last time taken her and Viraf's interview got up and asked a question which brought all the memories back to her.
"So Ms. Chhavi jab aap last time yahan apne show Ek Boond Ishq ke promotion ke liye aayi thi tab aap aur aap ke lead actor Viraf Patel ke beech me aisi chemistry thi jo hume onscreen hi nahi off-screen bhi dekhne mein bahut pasand aayi thi. Par aaj ke aap ke interview mein aap aur aap ke recent lead actor ke beech jo chemistry hai us ko dekh ke nahi lag raha hai ki aap dono ke beech show mein koi khaas chemistry dekhne ko milegi? In that case kya yeh show utna successful ho payega?"
Chhavi was at loss of words for some reason as she hadn't expected this question. Sensing her being quiet, Abhay replied, "Woh to aap ko show dekhne ke baad hi pata chalega ki humari chemistry kaisi hai?"
The reporter smiled, "Par yeh to aap manenge ki show ke promos mein aap dono ko dekh kar nahi lagta ki kuch khaas bonding hai aap dono ke beech?"
Now Chhavi was ready with an answer, "Toh aap ka kehna hai ki woh show hum dono ki chemistry ki wajah se chala tha?"
"I am not saying ki show kis wajah se chala tha. Main bus yeh kehna chahta hoon ki aap dono ki chemistry kamal ki thi. But yahan abhi tak woh feel kyun nahi aa raha hai?"
"It depends upon each and every person. Kuch log kaafi open hote hain aur kuch reserved. It varies person to person and Abhay is a bit reserved toh aap ko aisa lag raha hoga. He speaks less."
"It means he was better?"
Chhavi was again in defensive mode, "I am no one to compare any individual with another. Both are the best but he was Mrityunjay Singh Shekhawat, a man of his own making and he is Raunak who was made by his mom and you know iss mein ek aur actor hai Sehban Azim. I think aap ko unke bare mein bhi pooch lena chahiye."
"Woh to hum pooch hi lenge baad mein but filhal Raunak Baba ke baare mein poochte hain."
Someone from the crowd said, "It means he was a man and this is a baby." And everyone laughed at it. The press conference got over making her restless as she wanted it to end ASAP as all the past memories were coming to her mind from when she had entered this city. She was not ready to accept it but she was missing him this time. The time which she had spent with him was making her restless and she was lost in her memories.
Flash back:-
Finally they were here to shoot for some of the early episodes of EBI. It was Chhavi's birthday the next day and they were busy the whole day in shooting some outdoor scenes of the show. Viraf was reading his scenes for the next day when he heard someone.
"Nahi maa kal ka koi programme nahi hai."
Her mother must have said, "Kyun, kyun nahi hai? Kal ka to koi na koi programme zaroor hona chahiye."
"Maa yahan kisi ko pata hi nahi hai aur sab busy hai shoot mein. Toh kaise kisi ko pata chalega ki kal mera birthday hai? Fir main nayi hoon in sab cheezon mein. Let it be na kya karna hai. Let it be a working day." He moved his head to see who this person was and he saw Chhavi talking on the phone.
'Oh to madam ka birthday hai kal. Tab kuch to karna hi padega.' he thought. That day the whole unit was busy shooting for the outdoor scenes of Tara and of Tara and Jairaj. In the evening, everyone was damn tired and they reached their rooms by nine and then went to have their dinner. Everyone was happy and was enjoying this outdoor shoot. They retired to their rooms.
At almost 11:45, Chhavi was sleeping peacefully when someone smartly unlocked the door and entered in her room. The room was not dark as Chhavi had slept without closing the lights.
'She must have been tired so maybe she forgot to switch off the lights.' That person thought. Soon he signaled his friends to enter inside and now all four were in Chhavi's room. They were ready...ready to do something big. It was 11:55 pm and he took his mobile and switched it off so that no one could disturb them.
11:59:-
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"Happy birthday Chhavi...happy birthday to you...happy birthday to you...happy birthday to dear Chhavi..." All sang in union.
She was in deep sleep and was shocked to hear so many voices all of a sudden and she quickly got up rubbing her eyes and looked at them with awe.
"Happy birthday sleeping beauty. Now get up and see what we have for you." Viraf said pulling her up and putting a cake on her lap.
She smiled as she was sweetly surprised. She didn't expect them to know about her birthday and wish her like that. She took a few more minutes to adjust herself to this moment, and she was finally back on track to start asking questions.
"Aap sab ko kaise pata chala ki aaj mera birthday hai?" she asked but saying this she paused and remembered that she forgot to thank them all. "Thank you guys...a big thank you for making my day so special."
Everyone smiled. "Arre...abhi yeh sab questions mat poocho. First come here and cut the cake." Jaladh, the director of EBI called her.
She came there and cut the cake and everyone clapped hard for her and sang the birthday song for her again. She took the first bite and was about to feed Jaladh when he stopped her and said, "I think yeh first piece tum ko apne hero Mrityunjay I mean Viraf ko hi khilana chahiye." She was confused but reading her expression very well, Jaladh smiled and said, "Kyunki tumhare hero ne hi hume bataya tha ki aaj tumhara birthday hai." Chhavi looked at Viraf who just gave a big smile pulling his imaginary collar up in way to praise himself.
"Oho to yeh sab aap ka hard work hai."
"Haan jee bilkul..." and he gave a typical laugh (which MJ used to give in scenes where he was playing Bablu Chaurasiya later).
Chhavi laughed and said, "Tab to only you deserve this cake but not like this." She applied the cake on his face and soon this started a game where Chhavi was applying cake on his face and in return he did the same. Everyone laughed at their childish act.
"Accha ab bus bhi karo bechare ko cake khila bhi do." Saba said.
"Khilaya to..poore face ko khila diya na." And both laughed. Later the cake cutting session was over and everyone was chit chatting. "Yeh bataiye aap log andar kaise aaye? Door to locked tha na?" she asked in confusion.
"To kya hua? Tumhare room ki extra keys le li na hum ne hotel staff se."
"Very smart. Ab to aap logon se bach ke rehna padega."
"Yeah bilkul tum thoda alert rehna. Hum bahut dangerous hain kabhi bhi kuch bhi kar sakte hain." Viraf winked. "Par itne raat mein itna thakne ke baad tum ne brain bhi kharch kiya room mein entry lene ke plan ke liye."
"Haan yeh bhi hai. Bahut brain use karna pada hoga na?"
"Obviously, ab itne energy loss hone ke baad bhook to lagni hi hai. So Chhavi madam hum logon ko birthday treat kab milega?"
"Aap log jab kaho." She said.
"To kal after the shoot hum aap se treat lenge."
"Ok," she said smiling.
It was 1:30 a.m. in night when Jaladh reminded them that today was going to be a morning shoot and they have to get ready by 7:00 a.m. and everyone retired to their room, only Chhavi and Viraf were alone in her room and he was about to leave when Chhavi said, "Viraf..."
"Yes."
"Thank you so much..."
"For what?"
"For arranging all this."
"It's really fine, no need to thank me. We are family now after all aur humari family mein kisi ka bhi birthday padega to hum aise hi celebrate karenge na?" he said with a big genuine smile on his face.
"You are really a sweetheart." She said with excitement.
Viraf just smiled in return and blushed a little. He was happy that Chhavi was happy with the idea. "Woh toh main hoon hi but you know your smile is really very beautiful."
"Thanks." She blushed a bit and started to look away when her eyes fell on the clock. She said, "I think you should leave now."
"Sure.. waise bhi agar hum morning mein jaldi nahi uth paye to shoot mein late hoga aur tab hum ko bahut saare logo ke gusse ko face karna padega."
"Yeah sure. Good night sleep tight sweet dreams." She wished him.
"With whom?" he said teasing her. Chhavi just smiled back at him and he was about to leave when she was suddenly reminded of that question which she wanted to ask Viraf. "Waise I forgot to ask you one thing."
"What?"
"How did you come to know that today is my birthday?" she asked with a confused look.
Viraf smiled again and said, "For that I want to say sorry to you first."
"Sorry woh kyun?"
"Because I overheard your convo with your mom, I think. She must have been asking about your birthday plans and you said no plans. At that time I came to know that today is your birthday."
Chhavi gave him an unbelievable look, "You overheard my convo? Bad manners na?"
"That's why I said sorry to you na?" he said making a puppy face.
Chhavi smiled looking at his face. "It's really fine. Agar aap aisa nahi karte to aap ko pata bhi nahi chalta na aur na hi aap itne saari preparations karte mere liye."
"Yeah exclusively for you." He said looking into her eyes. For a moment for the first time both were lost in each other's eyes. A message beeped bringing them out of that moment. She felt awkward and was about to move out. "Good night Chhavi, sleep tight with sweet dreams." She blushed without even knowing why and he left.
Flashback over
Edited by Mahak Sinha - 9 years ago
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