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Chapter 12
"Gunjan main ja rahi hoon" nupur screamed after ending mayank's call.
"Di" gunjan rushed out of her room.
The two of them hugged each other, "chal mera boss aata hoga..ab main chalti hoon"
Suhaani hugged nupur too.
"Su main gunjan ko tumhare pass chhod rahi hoon, uska khayal rakhna"
"yes madam, aap bilkul bhi tension mat lijiye…main gunjan ka pura khayal rakhungi" suhani grinned giving gunjan a one-armed hug.
"Aur main bhi" dia interrupted and hugged nupur "Al d best, do well"
Nupur smiled, just then a car honked outside.
"Sadu aa gaya, chalo bye" nupur picked her small baggage.
"Sadu?" gunjan asked confused.
"Arrey gun, tu nahin samjhegey!" suhaani said as she took the bag from nupur. "Humara boss mayank ek number ka sadu hai! chal nupur bahar tak chhod du tujhe" Nupur smiled
"Main bhi aati hoon" gunjan smiled and the three stepped out.
Mayank smiled as he spotted Nupur coming towards the car, followed by Suhaani and another girl.
The driver opened the door for Nupur.
"Bye Gun apna dhyan rakhna, aur ache se padai karna" nupur was saying.
Mayank rolled his eyes 'typical' he thought.
Nupur made herself comfortable in the car as the driver shut the door.
The driver took his seat again.
Nupur smiled at Mayank and turned back to gaze at others outside.
"Bhaiya" nupur addressed the driver "kaach neechey karo na please"
"Nupur hum sirf ek din ke liye pune ja rahe hain, tum inse kal bhi milogey" mayank taunted.
"main jaane se pehley apni behen ko ek baar dekhna chahti hoon" nupur shot back.
"abhi to dekha tumne" mayank shrugged.
"bhaiya aap kaach nichey kariye" the driver stared at mayank questioningly.
"inhen kya dekh rahe ho..maine kaha na kaach nichey karo" nupur glared
Mayank gave a curt nod as he switched on his laptop. Nupur rolled her eyes, and turned back to the window as it rolled down.
"Gunjan" nupur held out her hand for gunjan to hold it.
"Di" gunjan smiled bending down peering at nupur.
Mayank looked up hearing the soft voice, a young fair girl smiled at him through the window.
"hello" she smiled nervously.
Mayank nodded and turned his attention back to the laptop.
"kya hua di?" gunjan asked nervously.
"jaane se pehle tujhe ek baar dekhna chahti thi" nupur smiled, while mayank shook his head, why couldn't he concentrate on his work? Why did nupur's cheesy talks seem interesting to him?
"Di aap bhi na" gunjan said.
"Apna khayal rakhna" nupur whispered, mayank looked up was nupur crying? He wondered.
His question was answered as he met the sight.
Nupur was kissing gunjan's palm softly and so her voice was muffled.
"Ap bhi na di" gunjan smiled and mayank noticed a tear roll down the young girls eyes.
"chalo bye" nupur seemed t have noticed too as she spoke abruptly. "Bhaiya chalo"
The driver turned to mayank who gave a curt nod.
x-x-x-x-x-x-x
Mayank plugged in a USB to his laptop n started checking few files, nupur grinned to herself and pulled the chords of her headphone from the depths of her bag, smiling she withdrew a ipod and checked the songs on the playlist, dia had lended it to her, though it came as a surprise tht she had also downloaded her fav bollywood songs.
'hazaro saal jiyo dia' nupur thought and played the song e-masakkali from delhi 6.
Mayank blinked twice as he heard a tune playing, he stared at the front, the radio was off.
His query was answered as he glimpsed at nupur.
"Nupur" he mused as he stared at her smiling face, her eyes at the road, she looked innocent, as if in a dream land.
Mayank straightened realizing wat he was doing, he turned back to his laptop and the tune filled his ears once again, shaking his head he turned to nupur again.
"Nupur" he called, but she didn't respond. Mayank rolled his eyes as Nupur continued to tap her feet softly to the tune.
"Nupur" he spoke a lil sternly, the driver chuckled as nupur continued to stare out. Mayank glared at the driver and pulled the earphone, fake smiling at her.
"Yes Sir?" Nupur asked blinking fast.
"Can u turn down the volume?" he requested.
"sure" nupur smiled
'Beautiful' Mayank thought, smiling he turned back to his computer screen, his eyes almost popped as his mind repeated the words 'beautiful? Beautiful!!?? Wat the hell?'
Putting away the thought, he checked the next file.
x-x-x-x-x-x
Gunjan smiled as she pulled a pillow to her chest ad turned to the next page of her novel, unintentionally her gaze fell on the phone placed at her study table, tentatively she glanced at the watch, it was 7:30 pm
'why didnt he call?' she wondered 'he said he will' she gazed at the phone once again and heaved a sigh.
'God gunjan, tujhe kya ho raha hai, woh jabhi call kare, shayad na kare? Nahin….aghhh stop thinking abt him!'
Gunjan gritted her teeth and turned her attention back to the novel.
Just then the phone rang, She grinned and made her way to the phone, her palms started sweating as her heart raced.
"hello"
"hello may I speak to suhaani?"
"ohh" disappointment etched her features "one second"
Gunjan peered outside her room.
"Di, ders a call for u" she called.
"Okay Gun, I got it" suhaani called from the hall.
Gunjan sighed and closed the door to her room.
'why am I getting so anxious? no no Just excited gunjan..! abt Benji and Dia..yeah thts right.'
x-x-x-x-x
I glanced at my cell as the seconds ticked by 7:38 pm.
'guess I should call her now' he thought and clicked on his contact list.
'No sam, make her wait' another voice spoke in his head.
'fine' he gave in and felt stupid for talking to himself.
Heaving a sigh he sprawled on his bed, placing his hands behind his neck, he closed his eyes and smiled as moments they had spent together flashed in his mind, it was a comforting feeling, his heart felt warm as he recalled his little confession, abt his past, glimpses of the dreadful days filled his mind, he sat up with a jerk, shaking terribly.
'Stop stop stop' he repeated in his mind, and slowly those days blurred away and gunjan's smiling face came back to him.
'I cant call her' his mind told him.
'I am dirty tampered with, i should stay away' his mind rolled on with negative emotions bursting inside him.
'I cant' he placed his face on his palms and took sharp gulps of air, moments spent with his gang echoed in his mind, with gunjan…
'relax' his mind echoed back 'she must be waiting for ur call'
After several minutes he picked his phone and found her number in his mob, smiling a little, he edited the name from suhaani to chashmish.
He decided to call her later and headed out of the room.
x-x-x-x-x
"Dia" suhaani entered dia's room.
"Yup sis?" dia smiled as she logged off from her computer.
"I was wondering tht tonight one of us should shift to gunjan's room"
"what? Why?"
"I dunno" suhaani sighed and sat at the egde of the bed "gunjan has always shared a room with nupur, you think she will be lonely and scared?" suhaani asked frowning a little.
"hmm I wont mind shifting for tonight"
"thts nice, actually I could, but she barely talks, plus u two can chat along abt college?" suhani smiled.
"yeah ofcoz, infact I prefer to share my room with her, how abt tht?"
"cool, am jealous though"
"oh u should" dia grinned.
"on second thoughts, gunjan deserves all the love"
"thts right, will ask her while having dinner" dia smiled.
"and tht reminds me, wat do u wanna have for dinner?"
"how abt we order from outside?" Dia suggested.
"cool" suhani smiled.
x-x-x-x-x
After checking all the files mayank closed his lappy and rested his head on the seat. He turned to nupur as he felt her gaze on him, and it was indeed.
Nupur smiled at him and slowly turned a shade of red, she didn't know what on earth made her stare at him, he lukd perfect..way too perfect!
Mayank smiled to himself as he closed his eyes.
"Sir?" he heard her.
"Yeah?" mayank asked his eyes still closed.
"r u going to sleep?" she asked.
Mayank opened his eyes "Is there anything else to do?"
"No I was wondering if we could chat and" nupur's words died out as she met mayank's gaze.
"Bad Idea" she mumbled and plugged in the earphones.
Nupur made a face as mayank closed his eyes again.
After several minutes nupur was getting bored like hell, she removed the earphones and stared at mayank, he was sleeping. She waved her hand infront of his face, no response, slowly she pulled his ear, still no response, nupur was having fun and so she made a gun shape with her fingers and placed her finger tip on mayank's forehead.
The driver chuckled.
"Tum saamne dekho samjhe..warna marwaoge" nupur glared.
That broke mayank's small nap.
Nupur yanked her hand back from his face.
"what?" mayank asked irritated rubbing his head wondering what on earth was nupur doing.
"well m getting bored" nupur huffed.
"u can check up with the files" he spoke groggily
"that's very" nupur stopped abruptly realizing tht she was talking to her boss "interesting" she answered "but I have done that before"
"good"
"Waise aap hamesha se aise hi the kya?" nupur asked curiously.
"kaisa tha?"
"achha yeh bataya aapke family main kitne log hain?"
"wat?"
"chalo theek hai, kisi ko chahte to honge?"
Mayank lined his lips and stared at her.
"nahin?" nupur asked hopefully.
"shut up" mayank said.
Nupur frowned and mumbled under her breath "sadu"
"sadu?"
Nupur's eyes widened "sadu? Nahin to? Kaun sadu?" she played innocent.
Mayank eyed her "Main apni family ke saath nahin rehta, mere parents London main settled hain, main yaha isliye hoon kyunki India main mere dad ko apna business expand karna tha…though I regret it"
"why?" nupur asked amazed n happy tht he was willing to chat.
"well I don't like India"
Nupur flared up at his words "what's so bad abt India, and wats so gud abt ur London?"
"relax"
Nupur huffed and turned away the car lurched a little
"I told u abt myself, wont u?"
Nupur stared at him with hard eyes, still angry, the car lurched again as both Mayank and nupur got disbalanced.
"Main aur meri behen suhaani ke saath rehte hain, main hamesha se India main hi rahi hoon…aur mujhey India bohut pasand hai and unlike u m proud to be an Indian!"
"look u r overreacting, wat am trying to say is"
The car lurched again and came to a stop.
Both of them turned to the driver "wat happened?"
x-x-x-x-x
9:00 pm
"Haan sweetheart de rahi hoon" suhani smiled as she knocked at gunjan's door.
Gunjan opened the door surprised as to whom was suhaani talking to.
"Di?" gunjan asked.
"chalo tumhara mera saath yahin tak, ab gunjan se baat karo" suhani sighed.
She chuckled as the person on the phone replied and handed the phone to her.
"Deewana hai, idiot"
"kaun di?"
"samrat"
"samrat?"
"Haan tumse baat karna chah raha hai….phone attend kar lo"
Gunjan smiled as she picked the receiver, suhani smiled and exited the room with the codeless.
"hey samrat" gunjan greeted quite chirpy.
"hey" samrat smiled hearing her voice "watsup?"
"nothing much….just had dinner…u?"
"I skipped it"
"why?" gunjan asked curious.
"not hungry..nyways u came to knw anything?"
"nope but I have great news, I am shiftin to dia's room for tonight"
"that's gr8, try to find out how she feels about benji"
"I will, but wat about benji?"
"don't worry abt that, I will talk to him"
"Okay wats the plan after that?"
"Leave it to me, I will tell u as and when time comes"
"Okay"
"Chashmish, I wanted to ask u something"
"yeah?"
"about armaan"
"wat about him?"
"u don't really like him do u?"
"No, I mean I don't even think abt him"
Samrat sighed "are you kidding? Honestly u can tell me"
Gunjan rolled her eyes "I know he's great, famous, every girls dream etc etc…but m not one of those girls"
"Okay I trust u"
"Ya right, well tell me wats with the sameer and dia thing?" gunjan asked.
"Nothing much, the two dated each other before, gunjan did u meet RV today?"
"ermm I did, but I told him off, why r u asking?"
"I met him too…"
"and?"
"nothing"
"Are you alright? Something wrong?"
'She sensed it' samrat thought 'well idiot don't be such a sadist'
"yeah why are you asking?" he asked adding a jovial tone.
"don't lie samrat" gunjan spoke sternly.
"I am fine, achha ab sab ke bare main bata dia hai..to ab mere bare main bhi kuch kaho" samrat added a lil mischievously to divert gunjan's mind.
"tumhare bare main?"
"haan"
"tum ek bohut hi ache dost ho….sab ka khayal rakhte, khud dard main hote ho phir bhi smile karte ho…doosro ke liye"
"hmm chalo apni tareef sunne ka shok nahin hai mujhey, waise tum dia ke room main kyun shift ho rahi ho?" samrat smiled
"woh di meeting ke liye pune gaye hain apne boss ke saath" Gunjan sighed as a lump formed in her throat.
"akela mehsoos kar rahi hogi?"
Gunjan smiled as another tear rolled down her eyes, samrat knew her so well
"nahin" she replied wiping the tears "bas di ke bina rehne ki aadat hi nahin hai"
"achha phir ro kyun rahi ho?"
Gunjan stood stunned, how did he know?
"tum…"
"chashmish main ghar aata hoon, hum sab milka baatein karenge"
"nahin samrat, woh bhi itni raat ko!"
"to kya hua, suhaani wont mind"
"nahin, mujhey dia se benji ke bare main baat karni hai, tum aaogey to woh kuch nahin bataegey"
"hmm point"
"achha samrat kal college main milengey"
"Ofcoz…bye Sweet dreams"
"same to u" Gunjan smiled and ended the call.
It felt so good to chat with him, it felt like she had another friend, to whom she could speak her heart out. Friend, it felt weird, never did she befriend a guy, not even made an eye contact.Her thoughts drifted to Nupur, what was her di doing right now? Where was she?
x-x-x-x-x-x
Samrat ended the call and his heart filled with an overwhelming emotion, grinning he threw the mobile on the bed and picked his guitar with newfound spark tht had lit in his heart, he started playing his favourite tune, The music from the guitar filled his ears and to him it seemed like his heart was singing in response to the beats.
x-x-x-x-x
"Sir tyre puncture ho gaya hai" the driver answered as he examined the car
Mayank groaned "isiliye!" he muttered to himself.
"Kya?" nupur asked.
"yeh jo tumhara India, jispe tumhe bohut naaz hai na…!!!"
"India ke bare main kya?" nupur asked giving him a deadly glare.
"Aur kya, roads main car theek se chal hi nahin sakti, and nobody cares abt it either! No proper traffic rules, roads, balki road kam aur ghadde zyaada hote hain, aise main car kharab nahin hoga to aur kya?"
"Look" nupur tried to control her anger as her mind continuously told her that she was talking to her boss and could be fired any second "India ke bare main aisa dobara mat kehna, aur bol to aise rahe ho jaise london main tyre puncture nahin hota"
"Excuse me?"
"aur nahin to kya, ek tyre puncture hi to hua hai, theek nahin ho sakta kya?"
Mayank shook his head, when did he get into this fight n argument?
"Look I don't want to talk about this"
Nupur rolled her eyes and opened the car's door.
"where r u going?"
"Fresh Air" she slammed the car's door.
'How dare she slam the door on me? she is so gonna be fired after the meeting'' mayank thought, anger stabbed through his veins as he switched on his laptop to distract himself.
x-x-x-x-x
Samrat opened his google chrome as the songs downloaded, Ragz words had been disturbing him a lot, and so he decided to just deal with his situation.
He typed in the Bar
'When do we know that It's Love?'
A list of search results appeared on the page, One particular page provided posts of Lovers who expressed their emotions when they fell in love.
Samrat clicked on tht and started reading.
After one or 2 posts he was laughing like a nutcase over them rolling in laughter, They sounded pathetic, considering himself a fool he was about to close the page, but his eyes fell on another post titled 'When I Fell in Love with my Friend'
He clicked on the link and another page opened.
'I didn't know How, Why and When I fell in love with my friend but it happened, and I didn't realize, on the Gradutaion Day, I was overwhelmed with a sudden emotion, I was going to confess that I had a liking for her, but she was in a relationship.
I decided to go with the truth, but then the thought that it would ruin our friendship, stopped me.
I didn't want to lose her, i wouldn't be able to live without her, i knew. Months later when she ended her relationship with the guy, I told her that I really liked her, she was shocked at first and told me that we were just friends.
That was the time I turned into a sap and wrote these extremely emotional and some wud say sappy lines.
Bhula na paengey hum us pehli mulaqat ko
Na bhula paengey us naye ehsaas ko
Naam na dengey use sirf dosti ka
Kuch aur hi khaas woh ehsaas jo tha
Na bhula paengey un shabdon ko
Karaar diya jinhone hume aapka
Ek achha dost, na kam na zyaada
While reading Samrat's mind reeled onto moments spent with gunjan, and for a moment he felt his thoughts link with the guy who had posted this message, shaking his head he continued reading.
'It was then that I realized that it was not liking but actually love that I felt for her, not willing to give up so easily I met her again and confessed my love, and then she didn't refuse,she told me that she loved me too. I never got the chance to ask her as to what made her say yes, what had changed her thoughts about me, I couldn't because I was so overjoyed that night and the next day she breathed her last in my arms in the hospital after having met an accident.
Samrat sat stunned at the last lines, thoughts of losing gunjan came to him like icy horror, he jerked up from his place and paced around his room. Feeling bad for the guy his mind echoed his own emotions. Gunjan was different, it felt good to be with her, it felt nice to share his emotions, to speak the truth, she was special, and the thought of losing her was terrible…terrible.
Samrat stopped and recalled Ragz words, grinning wide, he ruffled his hair, he was breathing hard amazed at his own emotions.
'I am in love' he smiled
'God I love her' he looked around the room overjoyed, he picked his car keys and went for a ride, speaking to the air that swept his face as he raced his bike, Smiling he stared at the people on the road.
He swerved his bike a little grinning wide, finally he stopped on his fav spot by the lake side and let the smell of sea water and wet soil take over him, as he closed his eyes a small smile playing on his lips.
A question burned in his heart 'did she love him back?'
He put the thought away with a smile, if she didn't he would make her fall in love with him.
x-x-x-x-x-x
The driver having repaired the car took his seat again.
Mayank and Nupur ignored each other throughout the journey, finally they reached the Hotel.
"Here " Mayank passed nupur a card, she stared at it confused as mayank answered a call
Together they entered the elevator.
"Am sorry sir, I shuldnt have argued n" nupur began
"Its Okay n call me mayanak" Mayank cut her off
Nupur smiled much more relaxed.She was stunned at the beauty of the hotel, she had never been in one before.
They reached their rooms, mayank's room was next to hers.
"Good Night" Mayank said politely
"G'Nite" Nupur smiled nervously as she stared at the card.
Mayank eyed her, she met his gaze, he pointed at the card and slid it in the lock, his dorr opened.
He signed her to do the same.
Nupur slid the card, but the red light blinked.
Smiling mayank approached her and took the card, not breaking the eye contact, he slid the card, and the door opened.
"Thanks" Nupur said flushed in embarrassment.
"Anytime take care and hv some rest, we will talk about the meeting tomorrow morning"
"sure"
Mayank placed his hands in his pocket and entered his room.
Nupur was dazzled for a second by mayank's style, shaking her head she entered her room.
'Focus on the meeting Nupur' she told herself.
x-x-x-x-x-x
Chap Ends..!
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