she played it again and again and again till late into night. And finally when she was tired enough, she wore the chain along with the pendant round her neck, placed the musicbox, the torn packet and his hankie carefully in her cupboard and slept off!!! She even smiled in her sleep!!!!
"HER MK…." Ohh what a beautiful phrase it was!!!
Next morning, it was a Sunday. Geet woke up with heavy eyes….either she didn't sleep properly or she had been crying the whole night.
It was around 1pm in India. She desperately wanted to speak to MK but whenever she dialed his number, it said, " this telephone number is invalid. Please check the number and try again"
She was trying to reach him since 6 in the morning……but that damn phone….she cursed the phone in her hand. Mk must be so mad at her…..this thought was enough to bring tears into her eyes.
Meanwhile, LOCATION: LONDON
PLACE: KHURANA MANSION
TIME: 7:05 am
Maan came downstairs rubbing his eyes……typical Sunday morning for him. Yash and Avantika sat in the living room with the morning tea and newspaper.
Maan ( yawn): mamma….yawn….sweetu ka phone aaya kya?
Avantika (to Yash): subah hui nahi ki sahabzade ki enquiry shuru.
Maan: dad….did she call?
Yash: oh no bte…..sweetu ka call to nahi aaya. May be she is busy….new place, new lifestyle…..adjust karne mein time lagta hai bte!
Maan (angrily): aaarrrggghhh….wo to do din mein hi mujhe bhool gayi. Ab mein kabhi use baat nahi karoonga!
Avantika & Yash laughed at his anger…..they knew it was fake. But they were also missing their daughter….sweetu!!! they also missed her parents!
Avantika: Maan try to understand….
Maan: nahi….she told she'd call…but she didn't. I won't talk to her now!
Saying so he stomped his feet and ran upstairs. Just when he was about to step into his room, he heard Avantika call him, "Maann…….sweetu ka phone hai…"
And then what…..he forgot everything and took a sharp 180 degree turn and ran downstairs and snatched the phone from his mother.
Maan: hello Sweetu??? Kahan ho??? Why didn't you call for the past two days? Sab theek to hai na??? tummhe kuch hus to nahi?
He asked her everything in one breathe. Now dearest Sweetu was more than happy to be able to hear his voice once again!
Geet: MK…me missing you!
Maan: hmm…me too. But am not talking to you!
Geet (confused): why?
Maan: you said you'd call as soon as you reached India but you didn't. its been two days, remember???
Geet (cutely): na MK. I was about to call you but all my relatives had come and they didn't let me. I was trying to call you since morning but that stupid phone said that the number was invalid.
Maan (surprised): and then???
Geet: when I asked papa about it, he said we need London's code number. Before calling. And when I got it, I called you.
Maan (in attitude): theek hai…theek hai….
Geet (in sad tone): you are not angry at me….right MK???
Maan (smiling at her cute voice): na…am not angry. Ab subah subah rona mat samjhi!
Now poor Sweetu got confused.
Geet: subah subah??? MK…..what happened to you? Its not morning. Its already 1 in the afternoon.
Maan: nahi Sweetu…..its 7 in the morning.
Geet: nahi nahi…..you check the time na!!!
Maan: no! you check the time.
Geet: I checked…its 1 pm.
Maan (worried): its 7 Sweetu….i think you should go to an eye doctor. Wait….did you forget how to read time. Don't worry, I'll make you understand once again!
Geet: nahi…aapko jana chahiye..
Maan: Sweetu meine kaha na….its & in the morning….don't you trust me?? Maybe your watch is showing the wrong time.
Geet (thinking): achcha…hmmm…..may be you are right. Uff…mere ghar ke saare watches kharab hain. I'll correct them today itself.
Maan (happily): see….thats like my Sweetu!
Kawaii *sigh*😕……yeh Maan kabhi apni harkaton se baaz nahi ayega. Poor Sweetu!
Geet: MK….me need to tell you something.
Her voice was low. Maan guessed something was bothering her.
Maan: kya hua Sweetu?
Geet (nearly crying): wo….MK…wo…..kal..
Maan (worried): ha bolo….kal what???
Geet: wo….wo….am joining a new school here tomorrow.
Maan (surprised): kya???? But why? Tum to yahan mere saath padhogi na!! phir why new school?
Geet: sob….wo…..mein abhi India ke school mein padhoongi na. London roz to nahi ja sakti na!
Maan: hmmm….oh.abhi samjha. Par don't worry, you are coming back oneday right? Then you can study with me again!
Geet: umm….ok…par darr lag raha hai.
Maan (proudly): oye don't worry. If anyone tells you anything, just give me a call. I'll make sure he dares not mess with you again.
Geet (delighted): really??? You'll help?
Maan (smartly): of course….we are best friends afterall.
They talked for a long time and she told him everything about India she got to know within the two days. She even told him about how much she loved his gift and that she always wears the pendant round her neck.
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Geet: hello MK???
Maan: where were you Sweetu? I was waiting for your call in the morning. But you didn't call.
Geet: umm….me in school Mk. What are you doing?
Maan: I just got back from school and finished my homework. Now getting bored. What are you doing?
Geet: ohh..me??? I just had my dinner and am going to sleep!
Maan: what??? Sleeping??? Dinner?? Sweetu what happened to you??? Its only 4 in the evening.
Geet: ohh….i forgot to tell. As you said yesterday, I went and changed the timing of all the clocks in my house but darji and mamma laughed at me!
Maan: why??? What was so funny about it??? I told the correct time na!
Geet: MK….it was 1 pm in India and 7am in london because of time-lag!
Maan(confused): time…what???
FLASHBACK
After keeping the phone, geet ran and started changing all the clock timings to 7 am. Darji and hasmeet looked at her in surprise!
Darji: oye geet puttar…..yeh kya kar rahi hain aap?
Geet (busy in clocks): darji….aap na…saare clocks ko galat set liya hai
Jasmeet: kya matlab???
Geet: mamma….abhi MK ko call kiya na…..he said its not 1pm but 7am.
She ran to other rooms and started fiddling with the cocks.
Then Jasmeet and darji realized what actually had happened. They had a good laugh at her! London is nearly 6hrs behind India.
PRESENT
Geet:………and then mamma and darji explained the "time-lag" thing. So now, its 4pm at your place and 10pm at mine.
Maan (thoughtfully): hmm…..so theres something called "time-lag".
Geet: yups….so did you go to school today? And what about that donkey??? Does she stalk you now since am not there now?
She said the word "donkey" rather sternly.
Maan: umm….i went and that donkey is not pestering me after that annual function day.
Now both became sad at the word "annual function". Oh how much they missed those days of togetherness!
Kawaii *thinking🤓* guys…..do you rememberwhos that donkey? Hmm…. Soch Kawaii soch…..hmm…..😳
Ohh teri! Yaad aaya….yaad aaya!!! Arrey donkey to apni Suzy hai yaar……remember??? The evil snow white???😈
Kawaii ROFLOL.🤣
To cover up the sadness,
Maan: achcha Sweetu…yeh batao….aaj 1st day in new school……how was it? Whats its name?
Geet: oh ya….my school's name is Harvard Ele….i mean St. Xaviers High school. It's a very big school. Today was nice. My class teacher is very nice.
Kawaii *wonders*….oye….kawaii's school's name was also St. Xavier high school😆…..ohh how much she misses it.😭
Maan: so, did you make any new friends?
Geet: yes….her name is Meera shah. She is just like Taylor….always a bookworm!!! Mk??
Her voice suddenly seemed down.
Maan: yes Sweetu!
Geet (sadly): I'm missing you and Taylor so much. I felt sooo lonely today.
Maan (sadly): me too Sweetu!
Both talked for a while and geet slept off….rather sadly after wishing him a good night!!!
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ohk guys...long one. another very very very IMP xam cuming this sunday! so no updates till then! plz dum be mad at me na😳Edited by kawaii_geet - 14 years ago
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