New FF: New York times with Maan and Geet - Page 21

AWESOME! That's the word! I just love the way you write it.....it's great! Ooo....Maan and Geet fulfilling their promises.....well, atleast Geet is.....lolz.....and as usual Maan is no sure how to approach her....lolz......and I too loved the time they spent together......hmm....he is addicted to her and she felt that "hot chocolate" when she was with him and later she got a copy of that photograph as a memento......beautiful! Do continue soon.

sorry just an observation

Originally posted by: dreaminvincible

sorry just an observation

u put some pics in ur part 15 and it showed geet

wearin that beautiful white suit and open hair

and ur part 17 u show geet again in a suit and open hair

but maan sayin that he have not seen her in this way b4

so i am a bit 😕 abt.that otherwise

i love ur ff and update is fab

You are right, Part 17 is the first time he sees her all dolled up...he has already seen her in a suit in Part 6...when he comes to give her alka seltzer for her hangover...but at that point I didnt want to explore his monologue... as Part 6 was already long...

Great catch....but if you notice...i was not into posting their pics all this while...I like to post pics that serves my imagination like the penthouse and Geet's window...I guess Maan and geet pic was a weak moment...

Unfortunately this is the only pic(s) that came close...and I was anyways thinking of having them removed..I just removed it...Thanks once again...it helps to keep the storyline intact.

hey great update! absolutely loved it.. aww she kept their pic :)

Hi...so I read the entire FF in one go. I'm that addicted and wonderstruck by how fresh and wonderful this story is. To say I love it would not justify what I feel and would insult you as well hehe...

Just read your PM.

ADDICTING!!!!!!!
I am addicted to this FF like I am to the show Geet!!! Its just brilliant, specially the story line and the developing love story. I love it!!!

Another Long one...Maan to the rescue for the damsel in distress...Please read and post...I'm looking forward to hearing your likes and dislikes...

Part 18: Penny wise and pound foolish...

<Geet's monologue>

I saw his message when I came to office…It was a oneliner as always…

MaanKhurana: Thank you for the gift idea. Daadi liked it very much. She was almost in tears…

Memories of last week rushed to my mind… I had not used an SLR before…he first taught me the basics to shoot in manual mode… it was interesting to watch him talk in photography lingo…He stood right next to me and held the camera along with me…trying to show me the controls.

Maan:"We are just going to take a portrait so, switch to aperture mode and set the smallest f-number…if you want to blur the background …then just make me come close to the lens and more distance between me and the background…."

He figured out that I didn't understand greek…

Maan:" You know what…lets just switch to Autofocus…and just point and shoot…it's this button…"

He didn't even want me to use the view finder…I just started using the LCD screen to point and shoot…

I thought I should probably carry a camera with me all the time…it was so much easier to look at him through the LCD…his gaze did mellow through the Lens…I was never comfortable looking into his eyes directly…

Work beckons…I snap out and start looking at my emails…

Tonne of reports to be done and sent out…hmmm….Josh…ok…2 for Sales…ok… then one for Maan…

I was lost once again…as my inner voice announced his name…

Its been a week since I had an opportunity to spend time with him…I occasionally bumped into him at the station or in the office hallway…I didn't run away this time…Things changed after he took me out to the French caf…I couldn't stop thinking of our first alone restaurant time together…

But I couldn't understand how Babji worked…it was like a roller coaster ride…I would either bump into him continuously, spend hours or days together and at other times I wouldn't even know if he was still in town…

Should I even do something about this? I didn't know how…I rather leave it that and let nature take its course…

Geet:" Meera tumhara phone do na…I need to return someone's call."

Meera:" Tumne abhi tak…decide nahi kiya ke kaunse phone lena hai?..."

Geet:" No Meer…I'm not sure if I should go for the one with Data connection…these things are so expensive…I already have the contract and so I can only upgrade and its as good as buying the unlocked phone…"

Meera:" You better decide soon….hmmm.."

Geet:" Bolo…Meer…"

Meera:" Do you think money is the issue? Sorry don't mind me asking…"

Geet:" Hey…common…I just wanted to make sure I get the right one…"

Yes…money was the issue…I no longer had back-up from Dev…I was by myself and every penny was to be saved…I was not willing to spend it all on a phone and dip into the emergency fund when there was a real crisis…

I had already cut down on anything I felt was not essential…I could cut down on rent as well, by moving away to the suburbs…but moving away from Geet meant moving away from family…and Maan…I wasn't sure if I was ready to loose the opportunity to bump into him at the elevator. At times…that was my only hope of seeing him…I was being penny wise and pound foolish...but I will take it for now.

I go ahead with the day…I was done with Maan's report and Josh's report…I was to take care of the remaining ones after we came back from our lunch… I and Meera had a lunch meeting and so we were planning to head out for a long lunch…

<Maan's monologue>

I never had issues with Geet's work…She always sent me the reports well ahead of time…It was my bad today…I had a meeting at 12.30 and I had still not reviewed Geet's numbers…

I open her excel and start looking at the output…

Hmm..alright everything looks fine here…but…hold on…we have a dip in payments in August…but last week's report didn't have this dip…what is going on? Is this a data issue or a code issue? How do I run my forecast now?

I email her asking to see her immediately…I wait for 10 mts…no reponse…I guess I will have to call her then…

I dial her number…but she doesn't pick up….

I didn't like to go for the meeting without being ready with answers for the August dip…

<Geet's monologue>

The lunch was long and boring…I just wanted to walk out…it was about some project that was coming out of the grave…meaning production issues and how severe it is…Meera went on about getting the details as she was the lead for the project…

We left the restaurant…and we were on our way back…it was a long walk…

I checked my phone to see if there were any missed calls….I was shocked to see two missed calls from Maan…babaji…yeh! Kya ho gaya…he never calls…infact never did…

Geet:" Meer tumhara phone do na…Maan ko call karna hai…babaji…he never calls…"

Meera:" I think my cell is out of charge…let me check…"

Geet:' Ab mein kya karoongi…"

Meera:" Lets try to call from one of the shops…"

We enter a small restaurant and try to ask the owner for the favor…

Meera:" Hi…Can we make a call from here?"

He silently points to the board which had "Bathroom and Phone for customers only…"

It was just plain rude…Instead of going up and down the shops…I decided to run to office…more of a jog than a run…

I take the elevator and run to this room….

He was not there in his room…I went back to my desk and checked his calendar…he was busy until 1.30…

I was counting time…once it was 1.30…I once again walked up to his room…just to make sure the two calls didn't mean trouble for me…

He was there and his face gave away the frustration he was going through…

Geet:" Hi Maan…"

Maan:" Hmm…"

Ok..that was not a good sign…what had I done babaji…?

Geet:" I saw your email…kuch problem hai?"

Maan:"First of all…tell me why do you have a phone?"

That was even worser than the shop keeper…never mind…I will deal with his manners later…

Geet:" Sorry…I don't get you…"

Maan:" I called you twice…we have an SLA to get back on office calls/emails during closing period…Did you know that?...I needed some explanations before my 12.30…it was a meeting for the earnings call…"

Geet:"Actually…I didn't see the call…I was in a lunch meeting and….my outgoing was not working…"

Maan:" What do you mean?...you don't have outgoing? How were you planning on surviving without outgoing calls?"

He didn't seem his usual self…he was frustrated and annoyed to the core…

Maan:"Can you please tell me what the problem is? Was something wrong with the numbers…"

He asked me about the dip…I said I will research on it and get back to him immediately…

Upon more analysis I found that it was a data issue and not my fault…It was something to be fixed by another department and not my issue anymore…I informed the responsible parties about the same…

I walked to Maan's room to tell him about the issue…

Geet:" Maan…"

Maan:" Hmm…"

Geet:" I found out the issue and its not something for the Analyst team to deal with…I have informed the engineering team…once they have the issue fixed I will repull the numbers for you…that will take care of the issue…I have also sent you an email about this…"

Maan:" Hmm..so how long do you think it will take…"

Geet:" Sorry I'm not the one to give you the ETA…please take it up in the email thread…Anything else?"

I asked with a staright face…

Maan:" That will be it…thanks…"

I walked out as he was finishing his sentence…he was definitely was not his usual self…

<Maan's monologue>

It was 3.30 PM…I wanted to get my regular coffe…The hot coffee felt good on my nerves…strangely I was calming down over hot coffee…isn't coffee supposed to make you jittery?

I sat down at the coffee shop and the afternoon's proceedings came back to my mind…I regretted talking to her like that…I never liked not having detail… I didn't like to have things postponed or not have access to something…but…may be there was something I was missing…she didn't have outgoing? Is she even from this century?

I went to the break room to get some water after my short trip to the coffee shop…I was standing behind the partition where the pool table was…and I think I heard her walk in with Yash…

Yash:"so how was the lunch?"

Geet:" Hmmm..not bad…"

Her phone rang and got cut after a ring...

Geet:" Babaji……….Yash…can you give me your phone…I need to make a call…"

Yash:" What happened to your phone?..."

Geet:" I dropped it in the subway the other day and some guy stepped on it…not all the buttons are working…I can't even take calls…the call button is broken…"

Yash:" So you decided on a phone?"

Geet:" Hmmm…yeah…I'm thinking…"

Yash:" You know what you should definitely go for iphone…don't get anything else…"

Geet:" Hmmm…I don't think so…I just have one use for a phone…to call…so cheap should do good…to me iphone is a luxury not a necessity…"

She was shocked almost as if she didn't want Yash to catch up to what she had just said…

I left the break room from the other side…I couldn't stop analyzing her last sentence….was she hinting at some financial crisis…? I didn't know how to solve it for her given she was really having a issue…she would never approach me with such issues…

<Geet's monologue>

I got back from the break room and I saw three unread emails in my inbox…the first one was from Maan…I was not excited about it…He must have just complained again anyways…

I opened it and to my surprise it was not addressed to me…but for Josh and I was in CC…

It went something like this…

"Josh,

I want Geet to be on call, please assign her an office phone ASAP….I hope you can bump up the priority…else I can send you an escalation and you can take it from there…"

Thanks,

MK."

The next email was from Josh, assuring Maan that it will be done and that he will take care of bumping up the ticket priority…

What happened? I was just gone for 10 mts and people are reacing to get me a phone…Meera came over and I told her about the whole email chain between Maan and Josh…She was surprised too and informed me that Jr.Analysts don't get company phones until they move to Analyst position…

I went straight to Maan's cabin…I entered and closed the door behind me…

He saw me walk into the room and got up to come close to me…I was actually surprised between such contrast behaviors in him and I got to see it all on the same day…

Geet:" Maan…I don't get your email about the phone…I was anyways planning to have that dealt with today…you should have…"

He cut me off…

Maan:" I know I was rude..but …we have an SLA here and that is what I was expecting to be met here…"

I couldn't talk further…he was right…I was still mad at him and turned away from him…

Maan:" Look…it was an important meeting…The CFO was there and I didn't like to go without my answers…these things can really put me off…I hope you understand…"

This was the first time…he was actually explaining himself to me…I didn't know how to respond…I mellowed a little in my tone…but I was still mad…

Geet:" But…maan…you should really ask people what the issue was before you are rude to them…."

<Maan's monologue> I was taken back…nobody from Junior tech staff ever dares to answer me back…and here I was explaining myself to her and she was actually giving me a lecture on how to behave…I tried to maintain the same tone…but my heart and eyes could only process one information at that time and that was how she was looking more prettier…now that she was angry…

Maan:" Ok…so did they get you the phone yet…"

Geet:" No…but there was no need…"

<Geet's monologue> He cut me off again…

Maan:" Geet I cant afford to have you miss calls…So let me know if you don't have that phone by today…"

Geet:" Ok…bye…"

I walked out…I didn't wait for him to finish…

I went back to my desk and I saw a brand new iphone4 box waiting with the admin lady…She asked me to sign a sheet and she gave me the sim card as well..

Meera and yash were more excited than me…They opened it up and did the initial set up…added their nos and took pictures of them and tagged it to the contacts in the address book…they went around doing that for every single person in our team…I was occupied with Maan's rudeness..but my anger was going down…part of me was actually arguing from his side…He was right…He was meeting with the one of the most important people in the company…so he was stressed out…it explains the frustration…but I felt he could have still been nice…His work always seems to come before people..but does it have to be that way always?

It was 9.00 PM…I was ready to wind down for the day…what a day infact…but I was still mad at him…

The new phone rang…I picked it up to look at who it was…I screamed and threw the phone down…I see Maan's picture coming up in my phone as he was calling me…I didn't understand…I had not even entered his nos in the contacts list yet..and I so there was no way I could explain his picture in my phone…Meera came running into the room…

Meera:" What happened?"

Geet:" Its…actually…."

I didn't want to tell her that Maan was calling me…

Geet:" Who all did you guys take a picture of…there seems to be…"

She cut me off and told me that she and Yash took everyone's picture who were in the break room…It serves right the picture was that of Maan with his water glass in the break room…I smiled…

A few minutes later there was another beep…I checked and it was from Maan…

Maan: "Looks like you are asleep...I will call you later..."

I couldn't believe my eyes…that was my first ever call from Maan besides the one from the afternoon…but this was definitely not an office call…it was the first personal call from him…there was no SLA about this…I went on to text him…

Geet:"Nahin...I'm awake..."

Maan:"Toh call karoon?"

Once again I couldn't believe my eyes…

Geet:"Nahin...text please"

Maan:"Sorry"

Geet:"Kyon?"

Maan:"I was mad at you...and it was not your fault"

Geet:"Finally..."

He didn't respond back for a long time…I waited for almost an hour…then I pinged back…

Geet:"Thanks for the phone"

Then he pinged back immediately…

Maan:"So what will you do with it?"

Geet:"Yeh office ka phone...hain.sirf emergency ke liye"

Maan:"To ab kaunsa emergency hai?"

I decided to forgive him…after all he did apologize…that oh! Geet…that was definitely something…Maan Singh Khurana saying sorry…

Geet:"Emergency coz only some more time left for the day to end...and per today's calc 8 minutes of personal time bakhi hai"

Maan:"Not bad..somebody seems to be keeping up promises…"

Geet:"In your own words..."Dosti ka waada kiya hai Damnit" :)"

Maan:"...Kya lagta hai...15 mts milega kal...cofee ke liye? I will buy you Half-caff...:)"

And he was ready to keep his side of the promise….

Geet:"Good night...kal dekte hain 3.00 PM...I will take anything but Half-caff"

Maan:"Good night"

I giggled…just then Meer woke up…

Meer: "Please tum living room jaake haso...I have to sleep..."

Geet: "Sorry meer..."

I slightly tapped my forehead...and went back to bed...One minute I'm struggling to make a decision on which cheap phone to buy and the next I own an iPhone…it was strange but he always made things happen for me..Knowingly or unknowingly…

I was always a phone person...I had never experienced the joy of texting...I kept going through our text messages again and again...

Wow great update 😉............. But I wish our Maan ( in the serial ) will come to his sences and buy a cell phone for his Geet as well.....