FF: New York times with Maan and Geet Thread 2 - Page 39

Originally posted by: Water.

Pushpi ji,

Eh tussi ki gal kitta si!

Abhi to meih itni vaddi...bhi nahi hui hu haan!!

Keh dita maine tussi!

Originally posted by: Water.

Hasini,

In ten days...you have 53 pages on your 2nd thread. Yippieeeeeeeeee!!!

👏👏

Originally posted by: punjabi.princes

Just proves how popular and liked this FF is😊

Keep up the great writing Hasini! 👏

P.S. i think the show needs some tips from ur FF and writing skills right now! It had soo much potential after last weeks "khoon bhari maang" scene... and it looks like it may go all down hill now:(

Originally posted by: vrsharma

hi hansini,

waiting for ur update

Part 55: Live bridges

Geet:"Aap subhe se itne chup kyon ho?"

<Geet's monologue>

We slept for a few hours last night and got up with the first light. The place dazzled as the morning sun hit the water. I was now sitting on the very same rock we had opened up to each other last night. The visuals didn't occupy my mind anymore for there were other things that took my attention now. I was teary eyed for we were leaving this place. I didn't know if it was the hormones for I was weepy and emotional. Will he ever open up to me the same way going forward? I turned to look at him for he had still not given me an answer. He was busy clearing up the place and was trying to fit the tent back into the bag we had carried it in.

Geet:"Main aap hi se baat kar rahi hoon Maan"

Maan:"Hmm…Aisa kuch nahin…Geet. I'm just trying to get this done…we have to get to other places as well"

I had to ask him right out.

Geet:"Is it about last night?"

He looked up and curiosity filled his eyes with questions.

Maan:"What about last night? Sab teek tho tha"

He continued packing the tent bag and was trying to pull the zipper down.

Geet:"You spoke so much last night that you are planning to hold back from me for sometime?"

He didn't understand what I was getting at. He left what he was doing then and came to sit next to me and crossed his legs as he held me close.

Maan:"What is it? What is bothering you? I'm not going to hold back anything from you"

Geet:"I would have never known what you had felt for me had it not come up last night by chance"

Maan:"So is it not good that we talked?"

Geet:"But what assurance do I have that this is going to happen once again? It was just by chance that we spoke about it"

I turned to look at him with tears in my eyes.

Geet:"First it seemed like an ego clash to figure out who fell for whom, that turned into an escalation…and then finally it made us reveal each other's deep dark desires."

Maan:"Hmm, I didn't expect that to come up either"

Geet:"It bothers me that we didn't pursue each other enough, even when we needed the other person the most. Your ego and my confusion…goals came infront of us. Do we even know each other at all Maan?"

<Maan's monologue>

She was seated with her legs bent at her knees. She tugged her knees closer and rested her forhead on it and sobbed with pain. Why was she so emotional out of nowhere?

Maan:"Geet ro mat… You were strictly off limits for me to pursue you before Christmas…until you showed me those papers…I don't know how you expect me to have done that before…."

She looked up at me. Was she crying all night? I felt she had for her eyes had swollen around her inner eyelids.

Geet:"Things didn't change much after Christmas either Maan. You kept leaving everytime you heard something you didn't like and that didn't change even after marriage. You left that day when I told you about SF…You didn't even know if I wanted to go…do you know me Maan?"

Her question had so much pain hidden in it for I could feel it in her voice. She was finding fault with me at that moment and that didn't matter to me. She was partly right and that didn't let me argue with her, but I simply went ahead to offer her an explanation.

Maan:"We are not like other couples. We didn't date, or court, or have long phone calls, or fight over emails. We still have a long way to go before we get there. It will take some time"

It was getting too painful for her.

Geet:"Those other couples, they probably have friends and family to turn to until they sort out all their differences between each other…but I don't have so many people…All I have…"

I had to finish it off. For I knew it would calm her down if it would come from me.

Maan:"I know that all you have is just me…I know we ran from each other when we had issues…But you have to understand that we came together under strange circumstances…It wasn't normal either"

Geet:"Now please don't get hurt…I have to ask you this…but please please let me know if I'm not right in any way"

I looked up. What was she going to say?

Geet:"How different is this relationship from my previous one?"

What? Why was she even comparing the two? I was mad that it was even comparable in her mind.

She had hurt me deep down by doing so, but the fact that she begged me before, gave me an ounce of patience to listen to her a tad bit longer.

Geet:"I don't you much either…except for the love that we share, do we stand a chance to stand against all that can come between us? What if history repeats in th?

I closed her mouth for I had to stop her. I couldn't bear to hear it.

Maan:"What do you have in mind? Just speak to me."

She was much calmer and stable now. The shakiness in her voice disappeared.

Geet:"I want us to spend more time to know each other…and promise me you will not keep anything from me….ki aap mere saath apne dil ke baath share karenge…It doesn't matter what it is...And that you will hear me out before you conclude upon anything"

She had to lighten up and we had to get going. I had a final proposal for her, which I was sure she was going to accept.

Maan:"Jo tum chaho Geet…Do you want to date formally? Tell me…Will that make you happy?"

I lifted her chin to face me. She was shy at the very mention of the word. A smile was waiting to come out from the corner of her lips.

Geet:" Ji…woh….Kuch bhi chalega…I hope you understand why I brought this up…It was driving me crazy that I didn't know even the kind of eggs you like…I just don't know anything about you Maan"

I laughed…She wanted to know what kind of eggs I liked?

Maan:"I understand and you don't to have worry…By the way I like it scrambled indian style with onions and green chillies…Samji?"

We laughed and I was relieved to see her smile for she had been an emptional wreck since the morning. I was prepared to stay away from her for a couple of days, but definitely didn't sign up for the mood swings. I guess I will have to endure this for her.

The trek on our way back took us much longer. We had not eaten anything last night and the food still remained in the boxes that Bijoy had packed it for us. She had to stop multiple times before we could make good progress. She kept complaining that she was feeling light headed and I was sure it was due to the lack of carbs since last night. I couldn't wait to get back to Bijoy's place to hit the shower and rest for a while. We finally made it back to the house and she crashed the moment we were inside the room. I went ahead for the shower and then moved on to finish the brunch later. She was still asleep, but I couldn't let her go long without food and so I had to wake her up. She was tired and seemed beaten up. She reluctantly went ahead to take the shower and came back to hit the bed once again. I force-fed her some roti and curry and she couldn't finish beyond half the plate I had put together for her. I wondered if she was coming down with something. She proved me wrong when she woke up an hour later and was up for the outing once again.

We had two targets to cover. I wanted her to see Elephant falls and one of the live tree bridges. It was a common tourist destination, but I didn't want her to miss the sight for we were already there.

I arranged for a local cab to take us around and it came handy for she was still tired from last night. We had stayed too long in the water and had only rested for a few hours. I was sure it was taking a toll on her now.

Maan:"Geet tum teek tho ho…"

She looked at me with surprise.

Geet:"Aap meri sabhi baatein aise kaise jaan le te hain…"

I just wanted to know if she was fine. She still had not given me the answer I wanted.

Maan:"Pehle bolo ki tum teek tho ho?"

Geet:"Ji…I think so. Don't know why, I feel like I'm slipping and falling. It feels as if I'm going to faint, but the next moment I'm fine. It's so random."

I was worried for her. This seemed strange for a symptom.

Maan:"Hum vaapas chalein…Doctor ke paas check up kar lete hain."

She stopped me as I turned to get back to the cab from the trek we were taking to get to elephant falls.

Geet:"Nahin Maan. Thodi der ki tho baat hain. Lets finish this"

She seemed fine overall and so I trusted her.

<Geet's monologue>

Sohra was a place apart. The elephant falls didn't seem to be a falls at all. To me it was god's playground. We had an aerial view of the place first and then went down to walk across the bridge from one side to another. I was indeed crossing over to another world. I turned to look at him, for if it weren't for him, I wouldn't have experienced so much beauty in just two days. I remembered my days in Hoshiarpur where had first reached out to me, but this was nothing like it. It was different for he was here with me.

Geet:"Yeh! Tho dusri duniya hain Maan.."

He smiled.

Maan:"I knew you will like it. It would be so much better if there weren't too many people around. Kya tumhe pata hain ki yeh falls changes places every year...apparently they will not know which side the water will start flowing in from"

He always hated anything that was common or shard. He liked to own everything. Aah! I felt like I was falling, I stopped and turned to catch hold of him by his shirt. I was walking ahead of him and he had not expected that.

Maan:"Geet…kya hua…tumhe yeh kya ho raha hain?"

He held me by my waist and walked me to the other side. It was a long walk, but we managed to cover it swiftly.

<Maan's monologue>

I regretted listening to her. It would take us atleast 2 hours to get back to the main street to get to a decent doctor.

Geet:"Main teek hoon Maan. You have to listen to me. Dekhiye na…I can walk fine…"

She got up and tried to balance by the edge of the bridge that we had just crossed over. It didn't have rails and if she could manage without faling there, then I had to get convinced that she was indeed fine.

We spent quite some time, sitting there and talking. It had the buzz from the tourists swarming the place but we learnt not to mind them. From the time we left the campsite she wanted to find out everything there to was about me. She often kept asking me about my likes and dislikes.

Geet:"Aap nashta main kya pasand karte hain?"

Maan:"Maan Singh Khurana tho sab kuch perfect pasand karta hai. Lekin tumse kuch bhi chalega…Sirf Bread"

She cut me off.

Geet:"Bina crust ke bread…I found out from Shrivatavji later"

We smiled.

Geet:"Aur office tho hamesha 8.30 ko aajate ho na?"

Maan:"Haan…aur raat ko office calls hota hain. 2 hrs…9 – 11. Kabhi Kabhi Khurana Group ke samband kaam bhi aa jaata hain"

I turned to see if she would be able to handle my workload.

Geet:"Lekin aap tho mere samne kabhi office calls nahi lete the…I have met you around those hours for sure"

I smiled. Didn't she get it that she called me only during emergency times?

Maan:"Geet Bhool gayi…you only called me if there was an emergency, we were never on the phone on a daily basis. So obviously if you called, I would pick up and meet you right?"

We turned to look at each other at the same time. Her eyes were filled with tears once again.

Maan:"Please ab ro mat…aaj badi emotional hai meri biwi…main sambhal nahi paa raha hoon"

She instantly smiled and leaned on me.

Geet:"Aah…"

She winced in pain.

Maan:"Kya hua?"

Geet:"Kuch bhi nahin…something pulled…"

We sat there for some more time, talking about my routine. I didn't ask her about hers. I was an observer and wanted to find out about her very much in the setting of our home. I wouldn't be able to escape asking her some gruesome questions, but this time was too precious to do 20 questions.

We moved out and trekked back to where our cab was waiting. She was still weak and so I skipped the common Double Decker live tree bridge that I wanted to show her. Instead we went back to Bijoy's place and went further north to spot a smaller one that was close by. This one was nothing like the Double Decker Bridge but it was good to give her an idea about these marvels of bioengineering.

Geet:"Seriously…I didn't even know something lik this existed…"

She went on to cross the tree bridge. It must have been scary for she stuck to the bridge's natural rails and closed her eyes to call out to me.

Geet:"Maan, please….get me out of here. Mujhe bahuth dar lag raha hain"

I gave a shout out back to her. My mind played back New Year's morning when she was stuck to the emergency exit stars. I couldn't help breaking into laughter.

Maan:"Geet, kuch nahin hoga..Just walk back."

I was seated by the rock, before the entrance to the bridge. She was still stuck there and it appeared she was going to faint and fall on the other side. I ran to her.

Maan:"Geet tumhe kya ho raha hain?"

Geet:"Yeh! Itni upar se chakkar aa raha hain…I called you…"

I regretted not comeing earlier.

Maan:"Achha sorry..Ok…"

I turned her and walked her out to have her sit on the rock by the entrance. She felt much better.

Geet:"How does this even form like this?"

Maan:"Oh!...no its not natural. You know the amount of rain that pours here right. Just to make sure the tree can withstand the soil erosion, it gives off many secondary shoots that the locals take to the other side and let it take root on the opposite river bank"

I turned to see that it was just us in the area and the light was going down too. I sat down next to her and held her close. She didn't expect that and turned to look at me"

Maan:"It takes time to form this strong bridge…Samji…Imagine the amount of rain that must have poured on this tree for it to try and adapt itself with all these roots"

<Geet's monologue>

He got up to walk to the tree trunk and touched the heavy mossy shoots. I followed for I wanted to stay close. I knew he was not talking about the tree bridge anymore, but the bridge that had to form between us, for all the shoots that we will have to develop to withstand the agents of erosion that life will throw at us.

Maan:"But it's going to take time…"

I placed my hand on his shoulder and he turned to look at me.

Geet:"Aur hum dono try karenge. I'm sorry for what I put you through this morning. I was just nervous…"

He reacted to add something to what I was saying.

Maan:"Nahin Geet. Tum sahi thi. You raised caution at the right time."

He turned and held me by both my shoudlers.

Maan:"Aur jab bhi problems hota hain, kuch soche bina hi baag jaate hain…aur hum tho kuch bhi nahi jaante ek doosre be baare main. As time goes by, we will take each other for granted and our ignorance about the other person will keep us away from each other longer…"

He hugged me and I held him tight around his chest.

Maan:"Problem tho is baat ka hain ki…we can talk about this a hundred times, but nothing will come to our mind when we are actually going through the problem…"

He took a moment and we stayed in that hug.

Maan:"Promise me we will never go to bed angry"

I had pushed him to go through my turmoil as well. What had I done?

Geet:"I promise Maan…We will never go to bed angry…aur agar aap phone nahi vutaenga na…main agli din NY aajavongi"

It was not something he liked to be reminded of, but he never reacted with extreme emotions after that day.

Maan:"Then I better not pick up the phone right"

We broke into a laugh. We spent some more time and I enjoyed it better here, for I was seated on his lap and he was seated on the rock by the bridge entrance. I had my arms around his neck and he would lean on me from time to time as we watched the sun go behind the trees. To me it was just the prefect way to end not just the day, but also our trip at Sohra. We took the cab back to bijoy's place and it was still early for us to go back to bed.

I was done with my shower and was seated on the chair close to the window as twilight sill lingered outside. He had just come out of the shower too and his hair was dripping wet. He was in jeans and his towel hung around his neck. He was irresistible and way too handsome for me to have in my life. It still must not have sunk into me that he was now my husband, for I strangely couldn't act upon my desire to hug and kiss him that very moment. I had kissed him out of love, but this was need that was acting out in me and I couldn't move my legs to make it happen. I watched him wipe his hair as he continued to walk towards the mirror, perhaps to grab his comb, I wondered. He saw me eye him through the mirror and turned to look at me. I instantly turned away and appeared to be lost in the magazine article I was reading.

He walked close to me and grabbed the magazine from my hand. He bent down and held the arms of the chair I was sitting in and blocked me from getting out. His face was inches away from me and the water droplets kept trickling down on my saree now. I tried to lean back as far as possible and turned my face away.

Maan:"So what is the world's famous economist trying to do to improve the same in East Cambodia? "

I blinked. Was I really looking at something that sounded so terrible?

Geet:"I'm not done yet. I will give you my opinion once I'm done with the article"

He pulled me out of the chair and tugged me close by my wrist to seat me on his lap and his hands came around me to show me the page I was reading. I laughed out loud for it was an ad for Ponds Dream Flower talc.

Maan:"Jhoot bolna nahi aata hain toh try kyon karti hain?..."

I was shy…what was I to tell him?

Geet:"Aisa kuch nahin…I wasn't concentrating…"

His left brow rose to question me.

Maan:"Toh muj pe concentrate kar rahi ti?"

He was tracing his nose down my nape.

<Maan's monologue>

It must have tickled her for she brought her shoulders close to rub against her cheeks. I pulled her close and turned her to face me. I held her cheeks with both my hands and kissed her on the lips. I had strangely not kissed her the whole day and now she was not going to be keeping me at bay. I felt something warm hit my finger, which was now right beneath her right ear. I wanted to check out what it was, but she had kissed me back passionately that I couldn't pull out of it. Her hands moved up my chest to tangle with my hair, but something kept distracting me. I pulled out from the kiss and looked at my fingers and was shocked to see it was covered with blood. I instantly turned her face to check out her right ear and I was right…it was indeed bleeding.

Maan:"Geet…yeh kaise hua…tumhe dard ho raha hain ki nahin?"

I once again turned to look at her other ear and it appeared perfectly fine. What had happened to her?

Geet:"Nahin…dard toh nahin ho raha hain…I'm fine"

She got up to walk to the mirror to check out the blood and half way to the mirror, she was leaning as if she was to fall to the ground.

Maan:"Geet…."

<Geet's monologue>

He screamed. I turned to look at him. But why was he screaming…Aah!...I couldn't stand straight and I was coming down. He ran to hold me and lifted me to the bed and lay me down there. He once again ran to grab the towel from the chair and came back to clean the red pool of blood by my ears. It was not gushing out, but it must have come out a while ago, for now it was no longer warm and had thickened a bit. He went back to get some wet cloth to wipe it clean off my skin. It was weird for I had not felt any pain in my ears but the only strange symptom was that I had been losing my sense of balance when I was upright. I felt like I was fainting and coming down, but I did not lose consciousness either. I had no such feeling when I was lying down on the bed. He cleaned out the blood and appeared terribly worried.

Maan:"Main abhi Bijoy se poch ke aata hoon….ki yahan pe doctor ke ghar kitne door main hain..hum abhi nikalte hain."

I stopped him by his wrist and pulled him closer. He came to sit next to me by the pillow.

Geet:"Maan main teek hoon. Aap please fikar mat kijiye."

He was mad.

Maan:"Kaise naa karoon Geet…This is blood coming out of your ears and it's not a joke. Tum tehro…"

He walked out of the room and came back after some time along with Bijoy. He rubbed his forhead and still appeared worried.

Maan:"Bijoy ne abhi doctor ke ghar phone kiya aur pata chala ki doctor bajoo wale city gaye hain…Ab kya Karen…Tum ab kaise ho Geet?… tum teek tho ho na"

He came close and sat next to me once again as he asked me the one question that would make me melt any day.

Geet:"Main bilkul teek hoon Maan. Mujhe toh dard bhi nahi ho raha hain"

Bijoy was still there. He must have felt awkward for he wanted to leave immediately.

Bijoy:"Agar aapko kuch chaiye toh mujhe bula lijiye ga…ab main chalta hoon"

Maan didn't turn to acknowledge Bijoy's words. He simply scooped me off the bed and made me rest on his shoulders as he moved in a little to make him comfortable too. My head rested on his chest and his arm came behind me to hold me close and support me. It was cozy and I cuddled into him.

Maan:"Kuch kakhe sojavo geet. Hum subhe hote hi yahan se nikhal jayenge. Aur Delhi jaate hi, hospital main bhi ek baar check kar lete hain."

Geet:"Please Maan. Aap tho choti si baat ko bada rahe hain…"

Maan:"Kaise naa karoon…Tum meri mishti jo ho…"

I smiled and snuggled closer. He was holding my left hand and lifted it to rest on his shoulder, while his other hand came around me to hug and comfort me.

With him around, I didn't mind falling sick at all. I was smiling and he probably knew my thoughts already. I was experiencing bliss in his arms. I couldn't have asked for a better day with him. The promises we had given each other were lulling me to sleep peacefully. They were assurances of a lifetime to work towards each other and I had to rest now for there was so much work to be done, bridges had to be built and shoots had to be taken ashore to let them root into firm ground. These were bridges that would help us cross over to another dimension of underdertaning, companisonship and love that would stand against all tests of time…Live bridges for our life was vested in each other.

Originally posted by: pushpi

I really really liked this question by Geet " Kya aapko lagta hain, ki hum dono aise hi ranhenge?"Doesn't this voice the fear that girls have after a wedding? ......

Ooohhhhh me too but you and Rachana should know my thoughts on this by now hehe

Cherrapunji will most DEFINITELY be a place I'll be looking into because its sounds just gorgeous.

That Tamil version of the Hey Ram song looks wonderful. The lyrics are touching and very apt to the emotions of love.

To me nature has always allowed me to clear my mind-heart of any conflicts and focus more on the spirit of me.

Nature has always played a significant role in Maan-Geet's life when they have seriously deep conversations. This quote and my life's current situation both reinforce this lesson of life to me. Thank you so much

What can I say about their talking their hearts out to each other on their relationship all this time? Them opening up to each other with everything that happened to them was superb.

Getting to know the person well and unfolding each layer on a person is important for any relationship isnt it? It's much more complex than "lets get to know each other" and "20 questions".

You know what I've come to realize lately? The one thing I look for and becomes my favorite in the update is the way you end the updates. You tie all the strings in the update very symbolically and this highlights the entire focus on the update on the dot.