DIL, DOSTI.. HUM!!#2 ch 43: pg 141/thread #3 added - Page 28

Chapter 32

Geet

Needless to say der was only one person shocked..!!

He stood thr frozen..

Dev had to actually nudge him ahead..

I saw him give dev one of ur famous stares..

N

Den heard dev whisper..

"don't give me d luk bro.. I dint lie.. I never said it was my engagement!!"

"maan beta.. evry1's waiting.."

He still remained rooted to d spot

N

I wondered if I'd taken it too far in an attempt to shock n surprise him!!

I walked upto him, knowing he was way 2 shocked to do nythng!!

It was den our gaze met..

I knew he was confused at d turn of events.. n shocked beyond imagination!!

N d unlimited questions in his eyes..!!

B4 I cud get lost again..

"bro-geet I think u can exchange rings nw..!! u hv all d tym in d world later!!"

I took d ring I had chosen for him n slipped it in his finger..

Dev brought a ring fwd n maan slowly guided it into my left ring finger..

I glanced at d solitaire nw on my hand n den his eyes..

It was hard to decide wht sparkled more..!!

Thr was an applause which brought me out of my reverie!!

It was just close frnds n family..

I dint want a big function.. nt nw n nt like dis!!

Bt daadi maa had insisted for a function today!!

I knew he wanted to talk..

Bt I wasn't gonna let him off d hook so easily!!

Tht Monday nyt after returning fm work,

Whn dev had said he wanted to talk..

I had expected it 2 b abt us.. me n dev!!

After all d entire engagement thng had been like a bolt out of d blue!!

For bth of us!!

Bt d seriousness on bth dev n meer's faces had a different story to tell..

"geet.. we need to talk"

"yeah.. I ve been wanting to talk to u too.. u know its all been so abrupt.. n.."

"geet.. actually.. why don't we sit n talk?"

I cud feel his hesitancy!!

"wht happened dev?"

"actually meer n me were talkin n.."

"n..?"

"she mentioned smthng abt chats n mails..?"

"r u angry I told her abt dem?"

"geet..!! u r nt getting d pt?!! she said u've been.. I mean she thinks we've been chatting n mailing since.. I mean all thru dese yrs.."

"yeah so.. haven't we?"

"no.."

"wht?"

"thts wht I m trying to tell u geet.. I haven't been mailing or chatting wid u!!"

"is dis sm kind of joke, dev? Coz I don't see ny humor in tht!"

"geet.. listen just calm down n plz listen.. after meer told me all dis, I remembered vaguely tht just aftr I came to india, wen we had decided to stay in touch.. thru mail.. u had mailed me.. n I think I answered a couple of dem.."

"see.. den y r u denying it?'

"geet.. plz.. I know dis is wierd!! Bt I haven't answered anything beyond tht!!"

"wht do mean? I have all ur mails still stored in my inbox.. hw can u deny all dis dev?"

I was almost I tears!!

My supposed best frnd was denying d existence of our frndship..!!

"look dev.. if u don't want an engagement its ok, just tell me so, atleast don't make a mockery of our frndship!! I don't know wht u feel abt it, bt it meant d world to me n still does!!"

"geet.. u r just nt getting me? R u? fine just answer one question honestly.. wud u still feel for me d way u do do nw if u knew I wasn't d one who have been in touch wid all thru dese yrs?"

"no.." I whispered back, still nt able to understand anything!!

Takin a deep breath, he continued..

"geet.."

"it really wasn't u?"

I cud feel tears flow down my cheeks!!

"well I wish it was.. bt I it wasn't.."

"den who..?"

"u know d d couple of tyms wen I did type in an answer, even den dose words weren't mine.. I was way 2 engrossed 2 go n play outdoors..!! bt nw I wish I wud hv.."

"dev plz.."

"only person knew of ur mails n he was d one who helped me reply to urs..

It was bro.."