Star Commenter Awards
(Part 19)
We are again starting our Star commenter Awards with this story. As i say, your comments are my fuel. More the comments utni hi jaldi energy I get to post the next update.
Congratulations to the following winners!
Early Bird Award- Gold.Abrol
Star Commenter Winner- Alamelu
Special Mention- Babelicious
Part 20
For dinner she prepares food for him as usual.
Then goes to call him down to eat.
Once they were seated, Maan as usual opens the casserole and starts to serve the food.
Suddenly, Geet woman places her hand on his and stops him.
G- No. Don't eat this.
M -Why?
G- There is something…I...
Everyone is looking at them waiting for the drama to begin.
G- I think I put powdered sugar instead of salt.
He can't believe her making such a silly mistake.
Maan looks at her and sees her shaking her head at him, her eyes pointing to the dish.
Her grip on his hand tightening.
He let's go off the spoon and brings his hand back.
M - No worries. Let's just order some junk food tonight.
Maan towards all the kids in general
M- Who wants pizza??!!
All the kids shout and raise their hands.
Maan gets up and says he will place the order.
Geet looks at the casserole with a slight frown and firmly closes the lid.
Maan's strange eating habit inside the house started to make a little sense to her.
He would only eat packaged food or portions from the communal dishes which no one can mess with, or he ate the food she prepared personally.
But somebody had messed with her dish tonight.
In time she had gone up to call the Maan for dinner. Someone had touched the food and given it a stir.
She had put few garnishes on top which looked disturbed and scattered around now.
She isn't sure if she was being paranoid but in this strange house, she can only rely on Maan and she doesn't want to take any risks and cause him harm.
She suspects ki kisi ne khaane mein kuch mila diya hai.
They don't know what is mixed- poison, aphrodisiacs, hallucinogenic...And they don't want to know either.
He has suffered from headaches and upset stomach in the past after having the food.
The suspects are too many and may be work of multiple parties acting parallelly so he couldn’t figure out who all are behind this.
So, he had left the matter alone and started taking precautions instead.
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Bahar se pizza aata hai.
Sab bachche log and Maan and Geet have pizza and go off to sleep.
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What Geet had thought was a simple and straight forward visit had turned into a game of subtle plots and conspiracies.
In this house in matter of food, yes, he has faith in Geet.
They are on same team here. And he knows, she is not stupid to harm her only teammate.
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Next day is the main festival event.
There will be a grand Pooja in the early evening followed by festivities, crackers, music, feast.
On the day of grand Pooja,
Geet knocks on Maan's door and offers him the traditional clothes she bought for him.
G- I bought these for you for today's festival.
M - Oh...
He feels very surprised.
For the first time in a long while; anyone had voluntarily bought clothes for him without his prompting.
He is taken aback once he looks at the clothes, she got him.
He hasn't worn ethnic clothes in the last decade.
He feels uncomfortable looking at the unfamiliar set of clothes.
Seeing him hesitate, Geet quickly tells him that this is matching couples’ outfit she had especially bought for both of them to wear it.
Hearing this this, Maan finally agrees.
Maan accepts the clothes but pauses for a second, his eyes reflecting a cold glint.
M- Why are you doing all this?
He asks Geet
G- Aren't we supposed to act as a couple for your family?
M- So you still know all this is an act.
G- I am a professional... it's better you don't forget it. It's an act and don't fall too deep into it.
M- Hmm. Good. Glad we are on the same page.
Geet nods at him and leaves…. mentally calming herself... she mentally curses Maan for acting too much like a frivolous emperor.
Wants people to like him... not like too much... wants people to do things accordingly to him but not wanting people to be able to read his mind.
She decides to just keep behaving as she has been doing.
Anyway, only one more day is left after that she is free from him again for a long period of time (her shooting will resume).
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Once she is dressed up, she puts on the jewelry given to her by the elders.
Maan and Geet come down, once more looking like a grand couple descending.
Everyone's eyes are drawn to them.
Everyone is full of shock.
First, they are all surprised by the grand entrance and how good they look together as if made for each other. Their looks, temperament, stature complemented and matched each other.
Secondly, Maan hadn't worn ethnic clothes since forever. For the kids it was the first' time seeing their uncle look so grand and dressed. Several of them couldn't believe this is Maan.
And thirdly, Geet. Everyone already expected her to look gorgeous ... but... but... the jewelry was what made people eyes almost pop out!!!
They look like royalty.
How come!!!
They all wonder.
This ... this big piece of jewelry several of the Maan's aunts, sisters, sister in laws, even the nieces had their eyes on it. They had been cajoling the elders so long for it and this... this woman... this gold digger... she really dug out a big treasure this time!!!
Geet didn’t know, but to the family these jewelries not only represent wealth and tradition but also prestige, position, and power within the family.
And she got it all so easily in her first meeting!! How!???
The Family really couldn't digest the fact and worse they couldn't do anything about it.
All that they could do was stare with jealous eyes.
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Abhi Pooja hoti hai.
Panditji is already an old hand at sousing out this family's dynamics.
Aaj automatically he calls Geet forward to hold the arti ka thali and he recites the pooja.
Ghar Wale are still number from the shock of what Maan and Geet are wearing, koi zyada kuch bola and react bhi nahi kiya.
Pooja ke baad, once again people clamor ‘Family photo!’ ‘Family photo!’ as individual photo toh Geet ki Maan lene dega nahi.
Pichli baari toh some people got to stand next to her and gather around her, ki baad mein crop kar lenge.
This time Maan stood next to her with a stern non-smiling expression.
No one dared to stand too close this time feeling disappointed.
But then there were some who thought ki ye bhi acha hai. They can just photoshop their own faces over the Maan's face and it would look even more like a couple’s photo.
Pooja ke baad there are celebrations, crackers, few people dance.
Many guests like business partners & extended families also come to wish them well.
There is music, food, fireworks. Everyone enjoys a lot.
The guests are surprised to see a new face that too a Geet's face next to Maan.
Automatically they all greet her with the same respect as they give to Maan.
Few people ask for photos.
Maan denies them all, clearly telling that she is a celebrity. He doesn't want gossip to harm her.
It's a silent warning to all the guests to keep their mouth shut about her and not spread rumors.
Yahi sab mein raat nikal jaati hai.
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Next day early morning, Maan & Geet leave.
Both get on separate flights.
Maan returns to the city and Geet returns to her shooting set.
Geet thinks, Chalo at least Maan toh decent hai. Doesn't get physically close to her and all.
But her stay with the family did bring more clarity to Geet about Maan's character and behavior, why he is the way he is.
He is young and business wiz and the whole family’s responsibility is on him.
But his family isn't really attached or loving towards him. Specially his own parents, who are there but still absent.
Maybe that’s why he is lonely.
Maybe that's also why he is romantically stunted or never seeked love coz he saw his parents being in love and ignoring him.
That’s one of the subconscious reasons he asked Geet to marry him.
Plus, that also gives him high standard of love. That is how much couples need to love each other. Also, it may not be just romantically stunted…it's over all…getting with each other communal family reminds companionship feeling emotion he is lacking. Cos he never got those.
Somehow, he was only secluded from his perfect loving family.
When he was young, he wanted to emulate his older cooler cousins and acted tough and mature. In the end he was too capable of being tough matured self-dependent. So, people left him alone to do his thing
That deeply impacted him subconsciously. After getting married also his parents didn't show much interest in his Wife.
If he hadn't introduced his parents to her specifically, she wouldn't have been able to pick them out from the group of people.
He was not expecting them to. In fact, he expects nothing from his family (direct and extended). All of them behaving well is enough for them.
Geet ye decide nahi kar paa rahi ki Maan ki family zyada dysfunctional hai yaa uski. Yaa uska banda dysfunctional hai yahan
Geet ko yahi laga ki high class logo ki high class baatein. Uski samajh ke bahar hain
Zyada involve hone ki zarurat nahi hai. Just smile and wave.
Normal to naa family thi naa ye aadmi hai.
Edited by NilzStorywriter - 1 years ago
. Also one confession, I was would literally see you online and try and post the stories so to get your response. 
I lost track of the story and kept postponing and the updates kept getting piled up. But now that you told me this, I am definitely going to be there and comment on each chapter.. 
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