Geet (looking up): hey BabajiâŚmein yeh kya soch rahi hoon? Nahi nahiâŚMk said naâŚhe promised na he'd always be there for meâŚthen I don't have to fear anythingâŚ.right???
That night geet couldn't sleep at all! Why did MK say like that? she felt sadâŚbut MK did say na that he'd be with her right! Then she needn't fear! She'll also stay in contact with Meera as she is with MK! YesâŚgood ideaâŚa brilliant one indeed!
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Geet:âŚ..yawnâŚ.hey MK!
Maan: Sweetu??? Is that you?
Geet: ummâŚ.yeahâŚyawn!
Maan: where were you? You didn't callâŚits been two weeks you know! I called darji but he said you had already left for japan!
Geet: yawnâŚâŚyeah MKâŚyawnâŚ..it took time to arrange things hereâŚyawnâŚ.and phone was âŚyawnâŚconnected just yesterday!
Maan (confused): SweetuâŚ.why are you yawning so much? Were you sleeping?
Geet: yawn..yeahâŚI was asleepâŚ.just got up to call you!
Maan: got up to call me??? What's the time there?
Geet: yawnâŚits around 3 in the morningâŚyawn!
Maan: what??? 3am?? Its 6 in the evening here!
Geet (almost sleeping): yeahâŚJapan is around 9hrs ahead of London! Yawn..thats why!
Maan: oho..so the time-lag thing!!! Gosh SweetuâŚ.you didn't have to do that!
Geet: yawnâŚ.ohh no..noâŚyawnâŚam perfectly fine!
Kawaii *yawnâŚ* can't bearâŚ.kawaii going to sleepâŚ*yawn*!!!đĽąđĽą
Maan: oh SweetuâŚnow go to sleep. Call me after you wake up! Tell me your new number!
Geet: yawnâŚ.yeahâŚwe are in Tokyo..so..yawnâŚ.with the ISD codeâŚ.i get the number as 00183xxx.
Maan: ummâŚokay! Now you go to sleep! Am also leaving for basketball practice. Bye!
Geet: ohâŚ..yawnâŚokâŚ.b..byeâŚyawn..and all the yawn..best with your practice!
Maan: ok SweetuâŚ.bye and sweet dreams!
Geet smiledâŚ..she was literally dangling at the edge of her bed. She kept the phone and slept off!
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Geet:âŚâŚOh MkâŚthe new school is so nice. People are very helpful!
Maan: oh good thenâŚyou won't feel lonely!
Geet: yeahâŚ..teachers are very kind too. This school is so different from that of India's! know whtâŚstudents address their teachers as "sensei" here!
Maan: ummâŚ.yawnâŚtell me more about the new place!
Geet: ummmâŚ.place is goodâŚ..Tokyo is a beautiful cityâŚ..
Her voice sounded lowâŚMaan caught it easily!
Maan: SweetuâŚ.is something wrong?
Geet: ummâŚ.don't know MK! Since the day we've come hereâŚ.mamma papa don't look happy. They don't even talk to me nowadays! When I ask, they say its just that they are busyâŚ.
Maan (ignoring): yawnâŚ.don't worry SweetuâŚ..everrything will be fine!
Geet: ummâŚ..okay! achcha MkâŚ.whats the time there? I hear you yawing today!
Maan: yeahâŚits 7 in the morning naâŚI got up just now!
geet: what???? MKâŚyou are lateâŚ.won't you go to school?
Maan: arrey silly SweetuâŚtoday is a Sunday!!!
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Geet: know what MkâŚ.am planning to go back to London!
Maan: ohh really?
Geet: umm⌠yes! I just need to talk about this to mamma and papa! Its been two years I haven't seen you! Wonder how you look now!
Maan: ummâŚohh then why don't you talk to them and come to me? We'll have lots of fun!
Geet: yeah I'll try! Waise bhiâŚI told you naâŚ..mamma papa are very very busy nowadays! They look very frustrated! I wonder what is happening!
Maan: then its better if you come here! You won't feel lonely!
Geet: I was thinking the same.
Maan (thinking): but SweetuâŚtheres a problem here!
Geet: what problem?
Maan: when you'll come hereâŚ..we won't be able to spend much time together!
Geet (confused): now why is that so?
Maan: seeâŚ.nowadays am very very very busy with my basketball teamâŚ.so my whole time is spent in school and court! So I won't be able to give you time!
Geet (innocently): hanâŚso just manage your time or say miss a session or two of your practice and spend some time with me!
Now Maan did not like that! how can she tell him to miss his practice? Its his dream to make it to the nationalsâŚand here she is telling him to stop! He really got very angry! he is MAAN SINGH KHURANA afterall...gussa to uski naak par rehta hai!
Maan (angrily): I cannot do that Sweetu! You know perfectly that it is my long cherished dream to get into the nationals and am working very hard on it. And you are suggesting me to miss a practice session?
Geet was taken aback by this sudden outburst! She felt sadâŚ..Mk actually shouted at her just for suggesting a way to spend tuime together?? Not that she was feeling badâŚ.but guilt ate into herâŚ.how could she take her Mk's dream so lightly? How could she? She knew its his dream and she shouldn't have said that!! it hurt Mk naâŚ.
Maan (frustrated): ohhh GodâŚSweetu..you have become so selfish nowadays!
Another wordâŚSELFISHâŚ..
At first she didn't believe her earsâŚ..and then she didn't want to believe them! She was actually shaken! From where did that word come from? "selfish"âŚhow on earth was she selfish?? She was just saying itâŚ.she didn't mean it literally!!! Such a small mistakeâŚand such a big word???
Kawaii *wonders* Mk told her selfishđđâŚ.ohh godâŚ.where is their fairyâŚTail!! Going???đ
Tears burned her eyesâŚ..she was not even able to squeakâŚ..words didn't feel like coming out of her throat! She knew Mk was angry on herâŚstill she cannot let Mk go away!!! He is her BEST FRIEND afterall!
Geet (with a shaky tone): naâŚ.nahi MkâŚmeâŚmein toâŚb..basâŚaivayin bâŚb..bol rahi thi!
Maan: theek haiâŚ.theek haiâŚab roona mat! Don't ever say that again okay!
As both kept the phone, geet sat there thinkingâŚtears didn't stop! Was she selfish? How come? Why so? May be she was wrong!!! Mk was rightâŚshe shouldn't have asked him to quit his sessionsâŚ.it was his dream and she should support himâŚ.not discourage him! But again the word came to her mindâŚselfish!!!
Was she selfish in wanting to spend some time with him???
She couldn't understand anything! After a long battle with between her brain and heartâŚ.she decided to go with her heart! She wiped her tears and got back to her daily routine! But somewhere⌠somewhere.. it did hurtâŚhurt very badly! Yet again she didn't notice itâŚmay be she didn't even want toâŚ.or bother to!
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Maan: hey swwetuâŚwhere were you for the past one week? You never called?
Geet: ummmâŚ.i was a bit busy Mk. AchchaâŚI found a solution to our problem when I go to London!
Maan: ummâŚ.and what is it?
Geet: I've also joined a girls basketball team here!
Maan (shocked): what?? You joined a basketball team???
Geet (cutely): haanâŚwhat is so shocking about it MK?
Maan (still trying to get hold of the situation): ahhâŚ.i meanâŚI mean can you play basketball?
Geet: umm..no but I'll learn how to!
Maan (thinking about her chubbiness): umm but can you really?? I mean you are so faâŚI mean chubby?
Geet (angrily): aaahhh..are you making fun of me MK?
Maan: uhâŚno no Sweetu..i didn't mean to mock you but I was just reminded of that day when you got stuck in thet swim tube!
Soon as Maan spoke about the swim tube incidentâŚboth started laughing their heads off! God,âŚ.she got stuck in that silly swim tube! They actually missed those days badly!
Geet: ah ..yaâŚ.i joined the team because theres a logic behind it!
Maan (still giggling): logic? What logic?
Geet: see! As per my calculations and speculations..ONE DAY am going back to London right?
Maan: hmm yeah right!
Geet: then I'll definitely meet you there and we'll go back to the way we were thenâŚright!
Maan: right! Go on!
Geet: then I'll want to spend good time with you after so long and so would you! BUT YOU ALSO CAN'T MISS YTOUR BASKETBALL SESSIONS! RIGHT!
Maan: YEAH RIGHT!
Geet: SO..IF I LEARN LEARN TO PLAY BASKETBALL HERE, THEN IF I GO BACK THAT ONE DAY, THEN I CAN JOIN YOUR TEAM! In that way you won't miss your sessions and we'll also get our much needed SWEETU-MK time!
At thisâŚMaan started laughing aloud!
Geet was at first surprisedâŚand then got angry!
Geet: arrghh MKâŚ.you are again making fun me?
Maan (still laughing): hahaâŚare yu serious about it Sweetu??? HahahaâŚand I was not making fun of oyuâŚ.hahahahâŚI was just wondering how silly can you and your ideas get! Hahahah
Geet (angrily): MY IDEAS ARE NOT SILLYâŚSAMJHE AAP! You don't understand anything!
And she banged the phone on the receiver and walked off. She sat on her bed, legs crossed, arms crossed on her chest and cheeks puffed up!
Geet (angrily to herself): stupid MKâŚ.doesn't understand anythingâŚhuh!
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next: phone convo continued + a very tiny mini leap!Prev:PART 19Next: THREAD 3sob...sob...kawaii very very sad...peeps not commenting at all!! sob..sob...đđcan u guys not gimme sum long comments??me planing to open a new thread...but the rate at which u all r commenting...it seems lyk a distant dream to me!!!đđ Edited by kawaii_geet - 15 years ago
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