Next day Nupur and Gunjan were in office.......
G: Mujhe bohot zaroori kaam hai....apni scooty de de.....ek ghante mein aa jaaungi......
N: Aur main ghar kaise jaaungi....bol
G: Arre baba main aa jaungi na......
N: Accha theek hai....le
And she gives her the keys....
One hour passed and Gunjan didn't returned.....Nupur called her.....
N: Kahaan reh gayi.....
G: Arre yaar traffic mein phans gayi hoon.....tu aisa kar ghar auto se chali ja....main scooty lekar ghar pohonch jaaungi......
But Gunjan was sitting in front of TV eating popcorn and smiling....
Nupur came out in a hurry.....Gunjan ko bhi na main hi milti hoon...ab auto kahaan dhoondoon....
Nupur was standing by the road....waiting for an auto....then a person came on the bike.....removed his halmet...it was Mayank.....making a very ignorant face.....
M: Arre Nupur tum yahaan.....
Nupur was shocked to see Mayank....
N: Mayank.....
M: Kya hua.....kisi ka intezaar kar rahi ho.....
N: Wo auto ka....ghar jaane ke liye.....
M: Main drop kar doon.....
Nupur looked at Mayank...
N: No its OK main chali jaaungi.....
M: No mujhe koi problem nahin hai.....tum chalo main chod doonga......
Nupur sits on the back seat of bike......for the first time she is going with a guy on the bike......she trying to keep the distance from Mayank.....
M: Chalein......
N: Hmm....
Then Mayank speeds up the bike and they leave....... because of the traffic Mayank suddenly puts the brakes and Nupur holds him by his shoulders.....she immediately removed her hand feeling very uncomfortable...... Mayank smiled on Nupur's gesture..... he knows Nupur is sweet at the same time she is very shy...... he wanted to ask her to go out with him to some place but he didn't....
They reached Nupur's house.....Nupur saw her scooty.....
(thinking) Lagta hai Madam ji aa gayin hain.....
Nupur says thank you to Mayank and he smiled.....
Nupur turns to go and Mayank calls her.....
"Nupur" A word that echoed in the calmness of the garden stopped Nupur and she turned around.....
M: Sorry....wo kal maa ne phone utha liya tha..... tumhein bura toh nahin laga na.....
Nupur smiles and nods her head in No turns and runs inside the house......
Mayank just smiles on her innocence and gears up the bike and leaves......
After Mayank reaches his house he calls Gunjan "Thanks a lot Gunjan for helping"
"Toh Mayank kahaan le gayye Nupur ko" Gunjan asked...
"Tumhaari dost itna sharmaati hai.....akele jaati mere saath?" Mayank said
"Kya yaar....saari mehnat par paani pher diya....chalo koi baat nahin abhi toh aur bhi mauke milenge....ab main phone rakhti hoon" Gunjan said and puts the receiver off.......
Next day.....relatives have started coming in the house....preparations...decorations are going on......
Nupur's mom enters her room....
"Nupur tayaar ho jaa...... tujhe jaana hai Mayank aata hi hoga" she said
"Kahaan jaana hai" Nupur reacted....
"Teri shaadi ka joda Mayank ke ghar se aayega....usse hi pasand karne jaana hai.... ab jaldi se tayaar ho jaa" her mom said
After a while Mayank arrived at Nupur's house.....Nupur came downstairs she was wearing a red coloured churidaar....her hairs were swinging on her forehead.....
They came outside the house......
Nupur sat at back seat....again trying to keep a distance.....and they reached a mall guided by Mayank's mom......
"Leejiye main le aaya Nupur ko" Mayank said to his mom....
"Aao Nupur beta.." she said
"Ab ye dulhan jitni pyaari hai.....utna hi accha shaadi ka joda hona chahiye" She said to the shopkeeper.....
"Beta jo colour jo design accha lage pasand kar lo" she said to Nupur....
Nupur smiled.......
Mayank was standing there watching the "Girls" shopping without any interest...... he never came with his mom on shopping and now he has to stand there watch them shop.....he can't even leave because after this they will go for groom's shopping......
"Maa...main bahar khada hoon theek hai" Mayank said and he left the place......
Nupur was chosing the lehngas......she was trying them in front of the mirror...... Mayank was standing outside the shop....it had glass door.......Nupur was busy in selecting the dress and Mayank was looking up and down here and there......then there was a moment when their gaze collided..... Mayank smiled seeing Nupur and Nupur seeing Mayank....Nupur was trying a lehnga in front of the mirror and she again looked by the side of her eyes at Mayank who was still looking at her.....he made a very bad face and noded his head in No as if saying "This dress is not meant for you"
Nupur understood his gesture.....she picked up another one and Mayank again noded his face.....she picked another one.....it was a beautiful lehnga in shades of brown and red......Mayank smiled and noded his head in yes....Nupur smiled on seeing the lehnga.....afterall it was Mayank's choice she too liked it....on her marriage she would wear the same lehnga.....her face lit up with a smile of satisfaction......
She showed the lehnga to Mayank's mother and said "Aunty ye waala"
"Arre waah ye toh bohot pyaara hai....hum isse he lenge" Mayank's mom said to the shopkeeper
And then they left for Men's section......
They started looking for sherwaanis.......Nupur was sitting beside Mayank's mom.....and Mayank was choosing the sherwaani.....he picked up one and wanted Nupur to see it.....but Nupur was not looking at him.....he made a voice of clearing his throat and then Nupur looked upwards.....
Mayank's eyes were speaking...he wanted Nupur to choose it for him........ Nupur looked at a mannequine and pointed at it slowly and again took her hand back so that Mayank's mom should not see them........it was wearing a beautiful brown coloured sherwaani....Mayank looked at it and was impressed by Nupur's choice.....he smiled seeing Nupur.....and asked the shopkeeper for that sherwaani.....he went to the trial room and came out wearing it......
Nupur's POV: Is it the sherwaani or him.....who is complementing whom.....he is my groom and he is looking simply perfect.... He considered my choice.... and I am happy that I'll also wear the lehnga chosen by him..... I never dreamt about any one coming on a white horse..... but I think this reality is far more better than any dream..... he is looking really handsome.....
Mayank through his eyes was asking "How am I looking"....now the whole conversation started without any word but through their eyes.....Nupur's eyes are more vibrant they responded with a bright glaze "You are simply looking perfect Mayank"
After finishing the shopping Mayank's mom asked him to drop Nupur back to her house.....
Mayank and Nupur came out of the mall.....both were walking not looking at each other.....
Then Mayank interrupted between the silence.....
"Kahin bahar chalogi"
Nupur looked up at Mayank's face.....What is he asking...yaah I would surely like to go out with him but how can I say YES...... I mean if I would say then what would he think about me....
Then Nupur smiled and downed her head and a blush crept over her cheeks...... Mayank understood that it's a YES in Nupur's way......
M: Movie dekhne chalogi..... tumhein films pasand hain na.....
Nupur looked at Mayank's face and noded her head in Yes.....but then she interrupted "Ghar par sab intezaar kar rahe honge"
"Koi baat nahin...main sambhaal loonga" Mayank said...
Then they left.....Nupur and films are synonyms to each other.....real Nupur can be seen in the darkness of the picture hall...... because with every emotion of the film Nupur changes so who the hell would watch film if Nupur was sitting beside him...same was with Mayank....Nupur was watching the film and Mayank was watching her.....laughing on every comedy scene.....crying a bit on every emotional scene....afterall she is Nupur.... but she became uncomfortable on an intimate scene....she was sitting with a guy. For the first time she came with a guy and only thought that came in her mind was "Why such scenes are necessary in a good family picture ?" Neither both of them were looking at the screen nor they can look at each other....after all at the climax Nupur was crying...... Mayank was innocently looking at her and gave her a tissue paper.....she looked at Mayank and realized that she was crying.....she took the tissue and wiped off her tears.....and then they came out of the hall.....
Nupur is now back at home and Mayank too.....both are lost in each others thought......looking at their wedding dresses and blushing.....hayyee......
Edited by .Daksha. - 15 years ago
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