Krishna was staring at her with his soft eyes through his helmet and could she the poor girl shivering...
now Prats had enough common sense to understand that Krishna wanted to give her a lift and she knew that she won't get any rickshaw in such a weather, and if she went home walking, she would definitely catch cold, but then how could she go with him?! She could already hear her parents reacting to her taking lift from him...
but on the other hand, she thought that it was nothing wrong to go with him, after all he had done nothing wrong with her till now... he could have held her back when she had stopped him from beating that boy, or could have said something wrong on the stage... but no, instead he had sent a sorry letter... well of course, he didn't know that he shouldn't have sent it that way. Infact, he didn't need to say sorry to her!
krishna--abhi rickshaw nhi milegi..chaliye main aapko ghar chod deta hun. pratigya--pagal ho? itni baarish mein bike chala rahe ho? amin nhi baithungi. waise mujhe bike kuch khaas pasand bhi nhi hain..aur barish mein ye skid bhi kar sakta hain. krishna smiled strangely. he got up and stood in frnt of the shivering grl. krishna--jabtak main aapke saath hun aapko kuch nhi hoga. kabtak khadi rahenge? chaliye. his voice was so full of concern and so confident that pratigya felt powerless to argue.. she just managed to say-- please dhire chalana. she got up at his back and fumbled with her hands.. he didnt say anythng. she was cnfused whether to hold on to him or nt bt her cnfusion soon fled away wen the bike started with a jerk and she felt herself collapsed at his back and she clutched him tightly to prevent herself frm losing her balance. with one hand she clutched his shoulder and she put her other hand around his waist. she kept her eyes closed as she was terribly afraid of speed and heights frm her childhood. the journey was of few minutes only. wen the bike halted she opened her eyes to see that he had stopped a little away frm her house. she got down. krishna looked at her and said-- maine socha ki aapke gharwale khamkha pareshan ho jayenge isiliye yahan rok diya. kya aap.....?
pratigya(quickly)--nhi nhi thk hain..yahan se chali jaungi main. she walked towqards her home wen suddenly she felt that she had nt evn thanked him. she turned back to thank him only to fing the fading figure of her man,slowly disappearing frm her sight. she left a small lump near her throat as if she expected him to wait for her to turn back..
pratigya thot--usne mere thanks ke liye bhi wait nhi kiya. par kyu?
she knocked on the door of her house. her mom opened the door and was really worried to see her cndition. she made her come inside quickly and dried her hair with a towel ..antara ji--kya halat bana diya hai apni tumne haa? aur khana kyu nhi khaya tumne? kyu kar rahe ho apne saath aisa? pratigya tum to itni na samajh nhi thi pehle?
pratigya--mummy please mujhe akela chod dijiye. mai bht thak gayi hun.
she went to the bathroom to get fresh. wen she came out she noticed her father sitting in her room,waiting for her. seeing her he came forward. shyam ji---pratigya bete,kya abhitak naraz ho mujhse?
pratigya kept her eyes low becoz she did nt want to shed her tears in frnt of her father. he lifted her face up. shyamji--beta tum apne papa se apni aansu kabhi nhi chupa sakti. main tumhre papa hun. aur jab ek bap apne beti ko dant te hain to usme uski bhalai hoti hain beta.. phir bhi agar tumhe meri kal ki baat se buri lagi ho to please beta mujhe maaf kar do. par mujhse istarah naraz mat raho. please beta.. her father's voice weakened due to choking tears. pratigya--papa aap kyu ro rahe ho.. papa please mat roiye.. thk hai papa mai apse naraz nhi hun papa please. haan mujhe bura to laga tha par mai aapko kabhi hurt nhi karna chahti please papa.. she hugged her father and he hugged her back, tightly. he did love her daughter vry much.. this was the emotional scene going on wen suddenly pratigya's mom's voice was heard --kyu? bap beti ke narazgi dur ho gayi hain to kya aab beti kuch khana pasand karengi?
pratigya smiled--haan mummy mujhe bht zor se bhuk lagi hain. mujhse ye sab natak zyaada der tak nhi sehan hoti hain.
shyamji hit her head,slowly. antara ji--suna apne? ye sab serials aur filmein dekhkar sikh rahi hain. ek din bhukha nhi reh sakti, shaadi ke baad karwachaut kaise karogi?
pratigya--hum thodi na karenge? hamara pati hamare liye karwachaut ka brat rakhenge. her mom and dad laughed out loudly..