Part 18
when he came back home at around 7...
he realised dat she was deliberately avoiding him...
and..
he felt HURT !!
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when he returned home..
he saw payal talking on phone..though he didn't know d caller, but payal's words caught his attension..
payal, "geet ab bas ho gaya...(pause) tu ghar kab aa rahi hai...(pause) tere ghar aane ka maan veerji ghar aaye ke nahi isse kya lena dena geet (pause) geet... (pause)..bachha me gussa nahi kar rahi..tu jaldi ghar aaja..mujhe teri fikar ho rahi hai..(pause) pakka...(pause) ..acha thik hai..jaldi aa.."
payal kept d phone n left to her room..
maan kind of got an idea dat geet was avoiding him..
and unknown to himself...he felt hurt !!
he didn't even see geet for dinner..dadi maa was present on d dining table which meant geet was also in house..but she didn't cum for dinner..he couldn't belive..how ziddi dis gal could be..for avoiding him, she was avoiding every1..he felt disappointed again..
later in d night, he wanted to talk to geet..but payal had already went in deir room and had locked it from in..
sighed, he left to room dejected..
he didn't see geet d entire day..he felt odd feeling..ite been so many days..dey all hav got used of each other..and without geet's chatter box..he felt bored and oddly alone..
he knew..he was just over reacting..she is just bhabhi's sis and apart from dat his formal frnd...but still her avoidng mattered to him coz he had done d same to her and now his plan was backfiring him..she might hav also felt bad when i did dat..he thought and felt guilty..
well d day is finished n now nothing could be done..hopefully, he vil get to talk to her and apology b4 she leaves..
sighed, he fell asleep eventually..
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MORNING
payal n geet smiled as dey greeted all one by one...
when geet came to meet maan's eyes, maan felt a sudden fear..a sudden guilt..a sudden restlessness..wat was it..he couldn't fathom..but he wanted her to talk to him..to give him sum kind of hint dat she is not angry wid him..he didn't like d fact dat he made her upset..he hav alwz been kind of person who never gets angry on any1 and behaves properly..but wid geet, he himself hav dnt idea wat exactly happenes to him, why her annoying him, effects him so much..why he gives response to her teasing..watever it is..but dis gal seriously drives him creazy...
he was lost in his thoughts, staring at geet..
while geet just gave him a small formal smile, "take care maan.." wid dat she walked out..
sumthing snapped inside him..sumthing felt misisng..was it d fact dat she behaves so indifferently..or d realization dat she called him maan instead of khuranaji...sumwhere he hav got used of her calling him dat..and he hav understood when she is sad or upset..she calls him maan...so dat means she was actually upset..dat made him feel really guilt..why he wanted her to be herself so badly..why d indifference in her eyes for him, d formality in her voice for him, irritated him so much..why her being nice to him annoyed him..
may be he liked her being naughty n mean to him and now her being nice n quite..dat just felt torturing...
he kept looking at her as every1 walked behind dem...
no no..he hav to patch up wid her, he thought..otherwide he vil definitely go creazy..cum on man, dey hav just started dere frndship and already dis indifference..no ..he hav to talk to her n manaofy her...
determined he too followed dem hurriedly..
geet sat at d back, payal was about to join her when maan said..
"bhabhi..u sit at d front wid bhai..i vil join geet on d back.."
ok..dat confused every1...
maan faked a smile, "ohh mene socha..bhai aate waqt akele bore ho jayenge..to me unhe company de du.."
kabeer n kavita smiled along wid abhi n payal while dadi maa looked at him curious and geet was left discturbed at d back...
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d journey remained full of silence..usually geet would be upto sum mischief or her bakbak..but her unusual behaviour disturbed every1..
payal, "geet..r u alright.."
geet smiled weakly n nodded..
payal n abhi got engrossed in deir talk while maan remained silent at d back, throwing glances at geet while geet staring out of window all d time..
ok..sumthing is definitely wrong wid her..n maan had to know..why is she so much upset..i cnt affect her dis much..i mean..can she be dis much silent just bcoz of me..nah..i dnt think so..
sighed, he slowly put his hand on geet's dat was laying on d sit..
startled, geet turned her face and looked at him ..
maan smiled weakly..trying to read her face, "kya huva..etni chupchap kyu ho.."
geet shook her head like nothing happened n again turned to look outside..
maan sighed..but he liked dat she didn't snap his hand away..maan shut up..
maan pressed his hand gently on hers, "etna gussa..."
confused, she turned back, "gussa ??.."
maan sighed again, "im sorry.."
geet smiled weakly, "aap sorry mat kahiye maan..me aapse gussa nahi ho..relax.."
for sum reason, maan hav started to unlike her calling his maan..she hav alwz called me khuranaji den why maan all of sudden...
"tum mujhe maan kehke kyu bula rahi ho.."
geet was sonfused of his behaviour..1st he avoids her..n now when she is not bothering him..den he hav problem wid dat as well...wat exatcly he want...
she never felt dis bad ever b4...when maan 1st didn't talk to her..she had thought he was avoiding her bcoz she annoys him..but den his constant avoidance and his indifferent behaviour made her realise..dat she was in deir house..it wasn't her house..it was her di's sasural..and she was just an unwanted guest dere..unwelcomed from maan singh khurana..she felt disgusted n upset wid d fact dat she was staying to sum1's house when dey really didn't want to talk to her or respond to her or say avoided her so openly...
his avoiding her made her feel as an outsider..and yes she was..
it was den..she talked to di about going back..payal was 1st confused..but den geet being insistant or saying she vil leave alone..payal sighed n agreed...
n now shen she is not bothering him..not annoying him..why he himself making an effort to talk to her...
"aapka naam maan hai..to zahir si baat hai me aapko maan kehke bulaungi.." she stated as a matter of fact..
maan felt her cold behaviour, "geet kya huva.."
geet smiled again formally, "kuchh nahi maan..im fine..just litle tired.."
wid dat she took her hand away from his n closed her eyes..pretending to fall asleep..
maan sighed uncomfortably n looked outside...
he kind of hav started to understand her..he knows dat she dnt know how to express her sad mood..or her hurt feeling..b4, when he had fought wid her in office..den also he hav seen dat hurt in her eyes..but she refused to show it to any1..she is kind of person who hides her pain within herself and d fact disturbed him..why she cnt let her anger cum out..why she keep quite when she is hurt..cnt she ask me frankly dat why i fought wid her..her silence was too worse compare to her words..no1 can understand what is going on behind dat silence..
and dat...dat disturbed him sumwhere...
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once dey, reached hoshiyarpur, both d families greeted each other n maan noticed geet indifference dere as well and so did payal..
as geet walked in her bedroom, payal followed her..
"kya baat hai geet..etni pareshan kyu hai.."
geet pretended to be busy unpacking, "kuchh bhi toh nahi di.."
payal sighed n turned her to look at him, "kya huva..bata mujhe.."
geet couldn't keep it anymore..she herself dnt know why she felt so emotionally charged all of suddem..
"di..i vil never cum to ur sasural again.."
payal pulled away in shocked, "kya matlab..kisine kuchh kaha tujhse.."
geet realised what she just said,,she covered it instantly, "mujhe maa papaji ki kitni yaad aa rahi thi wahan...me firse nahi aaungi.."
payal rolled her eyes n slapped her head playfully, "chup pagal..jab teri shadi hogi..tab kya kregi.."
geet pouted her lips, "me apne dulhe se kahungi ke usse mere ghar pe aakar rehna padega..me kahin nahi jaungi.."
payal giggled at her answer n so did geet, finally submitting each other to a sweet hug..
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it was aftrnoon, all were present on d dining table except geet...
again geet missing, maan was really annoyed now..he hated d way she affects him..why he cares dat she is absent..grh,dis gal..wish he would hav never met her..since d day dey hav met..she havn't stoped effecting n annoying him...stupid gal..
he sumhow finished his lunch and walked to geet's room only to find no geet..
he searched for her in d entire house but dere was no sign of geet..thnkfully daarji were out of town and dere was no1 to annoy dem for every single matter...
aftrnoon passed..evening passed...but geet remained immune to maan..
he even asked to payal but even dey had no clue where geet was...
ye ladki..apne ghar aayi nahi..ke chali gayi hogi apne dosto ko milne..ye bhi nahi socha ke me akele bore ho jaunga..ab bhai aur bhabhi dono ek sath time spent kar rahe hai..to mene unhe disturb to nahi kar sakta..mujhe company dene ke liye nahi ruk sakti..idiot..insensitive..koi etna gussa karta hai kya...god im getting so bored..mujhe aana hi nahi chahiye tha..meri hi galti hai..jo isse sorry kehne ke liye yahan tak aa gaya...aur ye hai ki..meri to kisi ko parwah hi nahi hai..
dinner..d same thing..maan was super angry now..why he felt angry he had no reason..but he was..her being so careless or her avoiding him..sumwhere he felt gult and dat gult just increased his anger all d more...
abhi too realised geet's absense, "maa ..geet kahan hai..."
rano smiled, "geet..geet to kheto me bethi hogi...usse wahan bethna bahot achha lagta.."
maan listened to dem patiently..finishing his dinner soon as posible..he walked at d back of deir house wich lead to a big field owned by handas...
maan walked through d dim light and left out a breath of sigh when his eyes finally got d glimpse of wat his eyes desired for ..GEET..
deir was a purana tractor..and geet was sitting on it on a blunch of grass...
already angry maan walked towrds her instrops..she was lost in her thought..looking at d setting sun...
he just rudely grabbed her wrist n turned her to look at him...
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Edited by Angelic_mishty - 13 years ago
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