Part 30
M- Tum naraaz ho? Abhi toh tum thik thi
Geet is surprised hearing him
G- Maain? Naraaz? Nahi toh. Main kyun naraaz houngi?
M- Tumne mujhe ‘Aap’ kaha. Tum jab naraaz hoyo ho toh mujhe ‘Aap’ kehti ho aur khush hoti ho toh ‘Tum’
He says matter of factly
Geet is stunned for a moment; she never realized Maan noticed these tiny details about her too; that she even ignored
G- Aap…Tum bhi toh mujhe ‘Aap’ kehte ho
M- Jo tum kehti ho wohi main kehta hoon
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As Geet was not used to wearing Saree and heels; she suddenly trips and is about to fall
Geet ko laga ki sabke samne beizatti hone wali hai bas
Achnak se pata nahi kahan se Maan appears and grabs on to her arm to steady her
He lets it go with a small "careful" into her ear…acting like ki nothing happened
Maan ko laga Geet shouldn't get embarrassed by people finding ki she was about to fall
Geet to laga ki haath pakad kar aage tak hi chod deta wo kaunsa current maar rai hai!
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A bit later still in the party in the gossip corner; some of female colleagues pull Geet and start teasing her
‘Yaar tumhara husband to bahut shy hai’
Geet is like what? When where? Isn't he the belle of the ball? Everyone wants to talk with him
‘Exactly!! Sabse baat kar leta hai…bas tumse sharmata rehta hai…’
‘And secretly check out bhi karta rehta hai? Kya razj hai? ‘
‘Is it coz you guys don't live together so often ki husband wife ki jagah bf gf wali vibe aati hai?’
‘Tum hi batao maajra kya hai?’
Waise toh unko bf gf kya...bass crush wali vibe aati hai like it’s the high school guy deliberately ignoring his crush thing
They don't wanna say that... wiase bhi Geet kuch nahi kehti zyada married life ke baare mei agar... zyada ched diya toh ekdum shut off naa kar de
Geet tries to act casual and deny
G- Pata nahi tum log kya bola rahe ho…kya chemistry? Kya check out? It's more like stale old married…doesn't wanna spend time with me at all
‘Kuch bhi! These hot looks you guys keep giving each other stale kehlaate hain? ‘
‘Sach batao; he is like this outside only, right? Tum log ki private life toh kaafi... Ahem .. I mean... 4-5 mahine mein kuch din ke liye milte ho toh... ‘
‘Yeah, matlab bahar party mei kaun aana chahega fir ‘
‘Abhi hum log samajh gaye why he never had the "time" to meet us before’
The colleagues start giggling
Geet turns a bit red ki ye log kya bol rahe hain... kahan ki sachchai kahan pauhauncha di hai
‘Par tum naa who Sheena par thodi nazrein rakhna. Seems ki last time ki party se she has set target on Maan’
The girls warn Geet
Geet sarr pakadne wali hai ki …Kya??? Stop! Too much is going on at once
Ye girls toh alag hi interpretation de rahi hain; Geet ka toh alag hi interpretation tha Maan ke behavior ka
These women are the 35 something married ones with kids or on way to having kids. They don't have much taboo in their talks….but haan thoda aunty wali gossip and ghar grahasti wali baatein zyada karte hain ye log…that group
Sheena is one of those girls in the office jo har office ke group ya floor par hoti hai . She is buddy-buddy…friend zoned all guys properly. Lekin... She has to be the most liked girl by all the guys too. Kisi ke saath chakar ni chalaati but kisi zyada handsome ladke ka kisi aur ke saath chalne bhi nahi deti. She has to be the queen bee The most popular girl
Abhi tak Sheena would sometimes mildly throw taunts and jabs at Geet ki
‘Tum bas kahaani bana rai ho…tumhara husband exist karta bhi hai yaa nahi kya pata’
Geet ka husband imaginary hai sabke dimag mein usne hi daala tha
She always tries to show that she is prettier and more single and alone than Geet
Geet ne bhi kabhi load nahi liya
Ye job uski zarurat thi. She doesn't really care about this Sheena
Ab bhi her first reaction is same
G-Ignore Sheena.. woh bass bakwas karti rehti hai.. kya hi kar legi
Geet responds to her concerned colleagues
‘Ohooo!!! itna bharosa apne ‘baasi’ husband par huh? ‘
‘Hum samajh gaye hain tum dono ka alag hi office romance chal raha hai party mein. But seriously, aaj apni giddh wali nazar gadaa rakhi hai Sheena ne Maan par. At least warn him’
Geet turns to try and spot Maan
But doesn't find him and then shrugs and thinks…
Mujhe kya woh Leena Meena Sheena Bina.. jiske saath jana hai jaaye
G- Kya hi karegi Sheena Maan par nazar gaddha kar? he is not gonna stay here or change his job for her. Huh..!
Geet tells the girls
Girls all quite down
Oops this felt like a landmine…so Geet does mind him leaving her alone for months... she wants him to stay all the time. Awww!
The girls think to themselves
Suddenly one of them points secretly
Udhar dekho!
All covertly turn their eyes to watch
Maan kisi se to baat kar raha hai
His ears are a bit red cos the first girl caught him secretly staring at Geet and gave him a cheeky wink
What they all see is Maan talking to someone looking a bit flushed and Sheena walking towards them her hand raised in 'Hi'
Just as she is about to reach, she trips and falls towards Maan
Maan leaps two steps back out of range so that even when Sheena flails her extended arm, she is not able to touch Maan at all and eventually falls down face first
Now everyone is looking there ki ye kya hua
Maan looks properly flustered
Jisse baat kar raha tha granbs that guys drink glass
Ab Maan ke dono haath mei drink hai.. and he gestures to the other guy ki quickly help her
Abhi jisne baad mein dekha unn logo ko laga ki; ohh uske haath mei glass tha to he couldn't stop her fall
Immediately bheed mein 2-4 guys come to Sheena's rescue
Maan katt leta hai
Idhar sab girl gang ki hassi chooth rahi hai
Girls -Haan Sai baat hai. Kya hi kar legi Sheena. Maan toh bas tumhara hai. Baaki log to achoot h hain uske liye
All of them are giggling while teasing Geet
Geet lekin digest nahi kar pa rahi ki kya hua
Jab woh girne wali thi tab Maan kahan se teleport hokar usko help kiya.. Aur abhi yeh....
Is it.... ?
She actually thinks back ki actually mein Maan apna personal space kisi se share nahi karta.
He always stands at least on an arm’s distance away from everyone... except herself?
Huh?
Is Maan close to her?
HUH???
What? Isn't Sheena every guy’s fantasy? Maan rejected her so brutally?
Geet is at loss of words even in her thoughts
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