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~~Khamoshiyan~~
Chapter 3
Bebo and the rest of the children took Shaurya to their classroom and Shaurya found a seat right beside Bebo. Mahek entered the room looking frustrated. "Miss sharma! Everything ok?" Howled Shaurya. "Go back to your office! You are wasting your time here!" Mahek signed. "What is she saying?" He asked Bebo. "She wants you to go back to your job instead of wasting your time here." Said Bebo. "Miss sharma,you are wasting time not me! So let's just start the class alright?" Mahek grimaced and resumed the class. Instead of learning,Shaurya was lost in her sign language. Folding his arms he leaned back on the chair and watched her move her hands,mouth,fingers and her expressions. Just then His cell phone rang breaking his trance. "Bloody hell!" He said a bit loudly when he saw his office number flashing on the screen. The children looked at him,startled. "What does bloody hell mean Shaurya bhaiya?" Asked Bebo. Shaurya looked at Mahek who was striding towards him angrily. "Mar gaya!" He swallowed. She grabbed his hand and dragged him to the supplies storage situated on the back wall of the room. Pulling him inside she closed the door but it didn't fully close. "Before my children learn your favourite language,I want you to quit the class and leave!" She signed. "See this is why I'm here! To learn what you say through your sign language miss sharma and right now I don't know what you just said!" Mahek gritted her teeth and stomped her feet in frustration. Shaurya chuckled seeing her annoyed. "I like it when you are pissed!" He said. Shaking her head unbelievably she was about to push open the door and leave when a goon name Ameer stepped in the classroom. Colour drained from her face. Terrified,she quickly closed the door and hid behind Shaurya clutching his shirt. "What's wrong miss sharma?" Asked Shaurya. Mahek gestured towards the door. Shaurya moved to the door and peeped through the key hole. "Children! Where is your teacher?" Ameer asked loudly. Nobody said anything. He then pat on a little boy's back so hard that the boy cried. Bebo quickly stood up and said. "Miss sharma didn't come today!" Ameer neared her and pulled her ears. "Why didn't you tell me before huh?" Bebo freed her ear and pushed his hand away! "Don't you dare touch me again!" She screamed. Ameer smirked with a devilish smile. "Tell your teacher to be ready because next time when I come I'll take her with me." All this was witnessed by Shaurya from the supplies room. "Bloody hell! Who is he?" He asked Mahek. By the fear on her face he understood the guy was bad news. "I'll teach him a lesson right now!" He reached for the doorknob when Mahek grabbed his hand. "Please don't! He'll hurt you and the children..." She signed. "Sorry I didn't get that either!" He reached for the door knob. Mahek moved swiftly and stood in front of the door,blocking his way. "What the hell!" Before he could utter any other word,Mahek hugged him tight clutching the thin material on his chest. Shaurya studied her a moment. She was shivering out of fear. Shaurya knew something was up and he needed to know what. His strong, muscular body pressed against her. She dug her fingers into the coiled strength of his shoulders. The hard planes of his chest crushed her breasts.Shaurya's heart begin to thrum.First time a girl had hugged him like that and his heart fluttered like a dry leaf in the wind. "Bloody hell! Why is my heart beating as if I had just finished a race?" He marvelled in his heart. He stroked and caressed her hair. "Miss sharma..it's alright ..." Just then Bebo tapped on the door. "He's gone Mahek Di! You can come out!" Hearing her voice Mahek quickly moved back from him and composed herself. As she reached out to steady herself, she stumbled. Shaurya was right there to catch her. "Easy miss sharma!" Embarrassed,she opened the door and ran out. She rushed towards the classroom door,closing it she locked it from inside and sighed. Shaurya sat down beside Bebo and whispered in her ears. "I need a favour from you Bebo." "What is it bhaiya?" She whispered back. "Who was that man and why was he asking about miss sharma?" Bebo looked at Mahek who was writing something on the board. "He's a bad guy! He wants Mahek Di to go with him and teach some mute kids in the mountains ...Mahek Di refused so he often comes here to threaten her and harass her." Bebo told him. "Bloody hell!" He said in his heart."But why the mountain...I mean why are the kids in the mountain?" Asked Shaurya. "Because that's where he lives! I heard him say he lives in the refugee camp." Shaurya looked at Mehek who was glaring at him for bringing disturbance in the class. Shaurya held his ears and said,"Sorry!" Mahek signed him to read what she wrote on the board. Shaurya read. "Next time you talk in the middle of the class or bring disturbance,I'll make you stand in the hallway for the rest of the day!" Bebo covered her mouth and giggled. "I'll keep that in mind miss sharma!"
Half of the day went by but Shaurya had not learnt a single sign. Every time he tried to focus,her beauty distracted him. He was scolded by Mahek several times. It was lunch time and the weather was nice so Mahek brought the children out in the sun. "Sit down and have lunch,I'll be right back!" Mahek signed and left towards the classroom to get her lunch bag. Shaurya wasn't in the room. "Now where's he gone?" She looked in the staff room but no sign of shaurya. "I think he left! Accha huwa at least he will not miss work." Mahek said in her heart and left to eat with the children.
Meanwhile,Shaurya was having a serious conversation with the heads of the school. "At any cost I want security guards or policeman at the school gates from the time school opens till it closes! No thugs should enter the premises at any time! Whatever happened in miss sharma's classroom today ,if it repeats I will shut the school down forever!" He warned them. The heads of the department nodded in agreement. He wrote a cheque and tossed it in front of them and walked away. Mahek saw him walking towards his car. "Oh He's still here..I wonder where he was?" She left her lunch and stood up. "I should go and ask." She headed in his direction but then she stopped. "wait a minute! He won't understand my signs ..May be I should text him." Shaurya was getting in the car when his phone beeped. "Is everything ok? Are you going home? Won't you have lunch? Or are you tired of me already and decided to quit?" Shaurya read the message and chuckled. He looked in the direction of Mahek who was desperately waiting for his reply. Instead of texting back he walked towards her. "Oh god! Why is he coming towards me?" She swallowed. He came and stood in front of her and folded his arms. "Don't you think you ask too many questions miss sharma?" Embarrassed,she looked down at the ground. "Not to worry! I'll answer all your questions!" Mahek looked at him with a frown. "So here I go! Answer to your first question,nothing is ok but very soon I'll make everything ok! Answer to question two,no I'm not going home I'm heading straight to my office! Answer to question number three,l would love to have lunch if you are willing to share it with me! And the final answer to your final question,no miss sharma! I'll never get tired of you! And Shaurya khanna never quits!" Mahek stood there dumbstruck. He snapped his fingers in front of her eyes. "Stop daydreaming miss sharma!" Mahek came out of her reverie with a jerk. "I'm starving! Won't you feed me?!" She nodded and left towards the bench under the tree. Shaurya followed her with his signature smirk. Both sat down on the bench and Mahek served him. "I can't eat with my hands as I have important text messages to send." He lied while playing with his phone. "Dramebaaz!" She said in her heart. "Hurry miss sharma I don't have whole day to eat!" Mahek fed him with her hands. "Hmm this so good! Must say you have magic in your hands! Leave this teaching why not start a restaurant of your own?" He said. "Why not you leave your real-estate business and start a restaurant,I'll work for you!" She said in her heart. "Kuch kaha tumne?"(Did you say something?) he asked looking at her changed expression. Mehek nodded in no. He took another bite from her hand. "You have the rest I'm done...just a second!" He grabbed her hand and licked her fingers nicely. She tried to pull her hands away but he didn't let her. She closed her eyes as he licked all her fingers one by one. Her whole body tickled and sweet sensations ran up and down her body. She opened her eyes and found him looking down at her. His dark brown eyes were deep and fathomless, but she detected a hint of some emotion... Sympathy? did he care about her or was it something else? "Now I'm done!" His deep voice broke her trance. she bit her lip in embarrassment. "I'll see you later and thanks for the lunch!" He tousled her hair and left with a smile playing on his lips. Mahek watched him leave from behind the tree. "Don't do this Shaurya ...your heart will be broken if you fall in love with me." "What if you fall for him?" Her inner being questioned her. "I will not..." Lone tear escaped the corner of her eyes. "He deserves someone better then me...someone who can speak and talk to him ..." Wiping her tears she ran towards her classroom.
That evening in khanna house.
Karuna ma and Simmi were in the kitchen preparing dinner. Shaurya went there to fetch some water. "Mom,there are servants in the house then why do you have to cook?" He asked. Karuna ma stirred the curry. "I will cook until you get married and bring me a bahu!" Simmi hugged her mom from behind. "I have reserved your bahu ma,I'm waiting for bhai to show us the green light then we can proceed with the rituals." Shaurya choked on the water he was drinking. "You know both know I'm not ready for marriage yet and I love my single life so let me enjoy !" He said and left towards his room. "You are not ready now but soon you will be! my sweet bhaiya!" Said Simmi,Karuna smiled and said. "I hope your soon will come fast Simmi." Shaurya came out on his balcony. He had not seen Mahek since lunch that day and really wanted to get a glimpse of her. "Bloody hell! Why doesn't she come outside?" In frustration he sent her a message. "Can you come out in your balcony?" "What is it? I'm busy right now." Replied Mahek. "I want to see you miss sharma!" "Why would you want to see me?... I'm cooking dinner for my family." Replied Mahek. "Fine then I'm coming over! We'll have dinner together! Lunch wasn't enough for me!" Maheks eyes widened reading his message. "Mr khanna,Karuna Aunty has already made dinner for the family so please eat with your family,no need to come here when my parents didn't invite you for dinner and what will our neighbours think! You know how our neighbours are these days." Mahek wasn't liking what she was saying to him but she had no choice. She had to say what she said to keep the distance. "You know what? You are a bloody mean!" He replied back. Mahek said "sorry" and got busy in the kitchen. Another message flashed on the screen. "I'll never marry a middle class girl like you miss sharma!" Tears formed in her eyes. "I know why...I'm a mute that's why right?...don't worry I'll never agree for the marriage even if you have to propose me in the near future." Tears rolled down her cheeks,she ran to her room and closed the door. His words were arrows that pierced her heart. "Shit! What did I just say to her? How can I...she must be hurt...bloody hell! What is wrong with me??" He threw the phone away and turned the table upside down and kicked the chairs in frustration and anger. "This is what happens to me when I don't see you miss sharma!" He ruffled his hair and paced the balcony. Picking up his phone he sent her several messages apologizing but she never replied. That night Shaurya couldn't sleep. He was guilty like a criminal.
Next morning he freshened up and got ready. Mahek had not replied to any of his messages. Giving orders to vicky on his projects and bidding good bye to his mom and Simmi ,he left towards Maheks school. "Shaurya! Have your breakfast beta!" Howled Karuna ma. But Shaurya was gone. He was happy to see security guards at the school gates. He rushed to Maheks classroom but she wasn't there. The children looked sad. "What happened Bebo? Where's miss sharma?" He asked worriedly. "Miss sharma quit her job,I'm replacing her from today." Someone said from the doorway. "Bloody hell!" He stormed out of there fuming in anger. "She quit because of me! Yeh mujhse Kya hogaya? How can I be so rude and selfish? I have to bring her back somehow warna Mera Kya hoga? (Otherwise what will happen to me?). He called Rahil on his cell phone. Rahil took the call. "Hey friend! What's up?" "Hey buddy! Nothing much...I went to your Di's school but I was told she quit her job! I'm trying her cellphone but she's not answering or replying to my messages...where's is she I mean is she okay?" Asked Shaurya. "Oh! You are really concerned about her. Good to know you care about my sister but Di is unwell and this morning she announced she will not go out anymore,she prefers to stay home for now." Said Rahil. Shaurya thanked him and hung up. Shaurya thought to send her another message. He got inside his car and sent her a text message. "Mahek,I'm really sorry for hurting you with my words...I didn't do it deliberately ..it just slipped out of my mouth ...trust me...Words I say don't always come out right ..it won't happen again I promise...The last thing I want to see is you being sad...please forgive me..I'm not myself without you miss sharma...please don't stop talking to me ...I miss you Mahek!" Mahek read the message with tears in her eyes. "I forgive you Shaurya but we can never be friends..from today we are strangers and I don't talk to strangers." She replied and tossed the phone away! Shaurya wasn't satisfied with the message he received. "This is not done miss sharma!" His eyes reddened with anger. "Bloody hell!" He spent half day in his office and came home. He was restless,he missed seeing her. "Until I see her I cannot rest in peace!" He told himself. Mahek was watching him from behind the drapes. She had tears in her eyes. No doubt She was missing him too.
Few days went by. Still there was no sign of Mehek. Bebo and few other kids came to the sharma house. Simmi had told Shaurya that Mahek was teaching the kids in her backyard. No matter how hard Shaurya tried to see her,he ends up seeing the kids only. He had hired private teachers for himself to learn sign language just for Mahek. And he had learnt quite a few signs. "You'll be surprised miss sharma!" He said with a smile. One evening,Mahek was watering her flower garden at the back of the house. Her perfume reached his nostrils. "I will see you today miss sharma! By hook or by crook!" Shaurya climbed the fence but only thing he could see was her back. "Bloody hell! Why can't you just turn!" Being desperate He climbed a tree in his backyard to get a glimpse of her but he fell with a loud cry and hurt his back. "Bloody hell! Koi hai?? Awaara! Vicky!!" No one came to attend him as nobody was home. Shaurya forgot The khannas had gone out of Delhi to attend a wedding. On the other side Mahek heard his cry. She ran to her terrace to get a clear view. Her eyes widened in shock when she saw Shaurya lying on the ground screaming for help. "Shaurya!" Her heart cried out. Without wasting anymore time she ran towards khanna house. Shaurya heard her anklet and smiled even in pain. "Didn't I say by hook or by crook?" He chuckled and then cried in pain just to get her attention. He saw her running towards him,he pretended to get up and fell with a cry. Mahek reached him and forwarded her hand towards him. Shaurya was stilled for a moment,he was seeing her after so many days. She gestured him to take her hand and get up. Keeping his gaze intact on her face,he took her hand. She helped him to stand up but he stumbled deliberately. Mahek caught him and steadied him. He felt really good with her soft hands around his hips. "Thank you for coming to my rescue miss sharma." Mahek was quite. "Tum abh bhi gussa ho Kya?(are you still mad on me?) Still she didn't sign or nod. "I promise I'll fix the damage I have incurred." Shaurya said in his heart. She brought him to his room and lowered him on the bed. Before she could ask where the pain was,he told he had hurt his back and cannot move." "Oh god what should I do? I can't even talk to call a doctor!" She knew the khannas were away. "I hate doctors if you are planning to call one! Apply moov,I'll be fine." He indicated her to the drawer. "You can find the ointments over there." Mahek found the ointment and sent a text message to her mom telling her what had happened. "He's doing so much for your dad's business,take care of him beta." Her mother told her. Mahek didn't know he was working behind the scene to help her family. When she turned to face him,she found him lying there bare from the waist up. Covering her face with her palm,she swiftly turned her back on him. "Kya huwa? Ointment Lagao na I'm waiting!" She grabbed her cellphone and text him. "Chi! Tumey sharm nai aata? besharam Kahi ka! Aren't you ashamed to get naked in front of a girl? Put your shirt back on otherwise I won't apply the ointment!" Shaurya read the message and chuckled. "You can't apply ointment through the shirt miss sharma! Do it like this or leave it!" He said and hissed in pain. Mahek forgot everything when he hissed in pain and she ran to him. He shook his head and softly laughed at her. A soft, indulgent laugh that had her brows drawing together and her brown eyes dimming with a hint of vulnerability. He lay on his side. She swallowed at his bare body and squeezed her eyes shut. She spread the ointment on his lower back and gently massaged it. His skin was So hot it made her ush, made her breathe in nervously as she gathered her courage and continued rubbing. "That's feels so good!" He said. "I'm embarrassed please Don't say anything otherwise I won't be able to continue." She wished she could say that to him. She stopped when he turned and lay flat on his back. She was awed when he spoke to her using his Sign language! "I missed you so much! Can we be friends again?" He took a white rose from the vase on his nightstand and gave it to her. "I promise I won't hurt you with my words again." He signed. "Wow! You can speak using sign language! You have learnt a lot in my absence! Congratulations!" She signed excitedly. "I did it for you! Now will you forgive me and accept the rose? And become my one and only girl ... friend?" Mahek smiled and took the flower. A smile crept on Shaurya's face. He was finally relieved. "Are you feeling any better?" She signed. "Oh I won't be any better for two weeks!" He said. Mahek gave him a questionable look. He bit his lip. "I mean it will take two weeks for the back pain to heal."
Days went by. Mahek took really good care of shaurya even though he pretended to be badly injured. No matter how much Mahek tried to maintain her distance,she couldn't. For Mahek They had become very good friends but for shaurya it was more than just friendship. He had fallen head over heels in love with her. And there was no turning back whatsoever. He had learnt each and every sign language that she used and most of the time he would speak in signs and Mahek would just watch him,his gestures and expressions. Shaurya had given her a cute name "cupcakes". Mahek would smile and blush when he called her that. And Shaurya would lose himself in her beauty Devine. The khannas were really happy seeing them together. And Simmi was on seventh heaven. sharma's had grown fond of shaurya. They were comfortable sending Mahek with him at night for office parties or just to chill with his other friends. "I'm bringing some friends over with me tomorrow so be home." Shaurya told her one day. Next day Shaurya and few of his doctor friends went to sharma house. "Hey Aunty,is Mahek home?" "Yeah she's in the kitchen,come sit." Said Meera. Shaurya did the intro. "These are doctors from London,I called them here to examine Mahek and do her voice test." Meera was surprised. Mahek had heard them from the doorway and she froze. She was scared of doctors and hospitals since she had the accident. Shaurya saw her standing there terrified. "Mahek,doctors would like to examine you...can you.." She didn't let him finish and ran from there to her room. "Mahek listen to me!" Howled Shaurya. "She's afraid Shaurya." Meera told him. "Don't worry Aunty ill handle her!" He followed her to her room. "Mahek listen to me for a minute please!" "I don't want to!" She hit him with pillows and teddies and whatever came in her grasp. "I hate hospitals and the doctors ...I told you before didn't I? please don't send me with them!" She signed with tears. Shaurya enveloped her with his powerful arms. "I'm not gonna send you anywhere cupcakes! I'll take you with me! Trust me on this! I'll be with you when they examine you alright?" Mahek just hugged him tight and sobbed.
To be continued ...
Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai
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