"Babaji please help me...I don't want to disappoint Meera again but I can't help it you know that. I can't help it that I become dumb and mute in front of him and just dreams about me and him alone together. My mind just starts to dream automatically, I can't stop my mind from playing different scenarios. Now, he thinks that I really am dumb and mute. *sigh* but not today! (She looks up with a determined face) "Today I will show him and the world who Geet Handa really is...you just wait and watch Babaji"
With that thought she marches all the way to Maan's house with determination that she will tell him how she feels about him whether he likes it or not. The security guard was already aware of who she was, he quietly let her inside. Geet smile and her determination slowly started to deteriorate with each step she took toward the house.
Nervousness and anxiety took over her body slowly, she felt suffocated as soon as she reached the entrance of the house. "I can't do this!" She said to herself as she turned around. She stops in her tracks when she saw Meera coming toward her with a knife shaking her head no. Geet gulps as Meera slowly approaches her. Geet closes her eyes "No Meera I will go..."
"Are you okay?" Someone places a hand on Geet's shoulder..Geet slowly opens her eyes to see the same elderly women whom she met the other day. Geet looks behind her for Meera but she was no where to be found. Dadima looks back toward Geet's direction to see what she is looking for. She looks at Geet with amusement. "Are you okay? You seem scared?"
Geet looks at her cursing her fate "Great two times in a row...she must think that I am stupid or something. This Meera I will surely get her when I get home" She looks at Dadima who was waiting for her to answer her question..Geet gives a big smile "woh yeah I am okay. I think I got into the wrong house" (she pretends to look around) "I must get going now sorry for the inconvenience" Dadima places her hand on Geet's shoulder stopping her midway.
"Aren't you the girl that came the other day?" (Geet looks at her with nervousness and was about to decline when...) "Ohh yes you are! No wonder you looked familiar. Come inside. I didn't get to thank you properly the other day. Come"
Geet (gulps with nervousness her hands were starting to shake only she knew how she managed to control them) "uhh I have.."
Dadima: I don't want to hear anything (she said with stern voice. Geet had no other option but to agree not wanting to get her angry. Dadima holds her hand bringing her inside two servants were already standing there waiting for her orders) Bring some snacks for the guest and prepare lunch
Geet: Lunch? That won't be necessary Da...I mean to say ma'am. I was just about to leave
Dadima: I didn't ask you to speak did I? (she looks at her sternly..Geet immediately looks down scared. Dadima puts her hand on her cheek with a smile) No questions okay? Just a friendly lunch. (Geet nodes sitting down on the couch feeling awkward not knowing where to start or even know what to say. Dadima sits opposite of her looking at her with amusement) So What is your name again?
Geet (looks at her opening her mouth but nothing came out...she mentally hits herself forcing herself to speak) Gee Geet ma'am
Dadima: That is a nice name...really goes well with you. You have such nice soothing voice. So Geet you go to the same college at Maan am I right? (Geet nodes her head yes) Are you guys in the same class as well?
Geet: woh uhh
"Dadima where is my..." (Geet turns around to see Maan standing in his black vest. She quickly puts her hands on her eyes covering them while turning around. Dadima tried hard not to laugh seeing the sight in front of her. Maan just stood there looking at her with confusion. He looked down at himself and then at Dadima for answers. She just nodded her head side to side not knowing how to explain to him...) uhh Maan why don't you put on your shirt and than come down.
Maan: That is what I came down to ask you, I can't find my favorite shirt.
Dadima: It might be for washing until then you could wear something else. Hurry lunch is about to be served
Maan: I am not hungry anyway Geet lets go we have to practice for the presentation. (Geet stands up still covering her face with her hands...)
Dadima: Maan I did not know you can be so rude. Can't you see that our guest is feeling uncomfortable? (Geet shakes her head no (still with her hands covering her face..Maan looks at her and then at Dadima who signaled for him to go without any choice he runs upstairs to change.) He is gone Geet...you can uncover your eyes now
Geet slowly removes her hands looking toward the way where Maan used to stand, when she didn't see him she relaxes a bit. She curses at herself when she saw Dadima almost smirking looking at her..."Great you managed to do something stupid again...nice going"
"ma'am lunch is served" (Dadima nodes her head motioning for him to leave)
Dadima; Come lets eat before you guys work on project.
Geet walked slowly toward the dining table..."lunch? oh my god I know I will do something stupid...oh my god I am so going to kill Meera...let Maan think I am dumb and mute..i don't care at least I will still get to him everyday until we graduate...graduate? oh what am I going to do then?
How will I see him again? How come that thought didn't process into my head? I have to talk to Meera about that situation but until then what do I do here? I need to come up with a story so I can reject this lunch and go straight home...think Geet...think" (She stood by herself in front of a chair thinking about a plan, totally oblivious that someone was looking at her...Maan.)
After putting on a shirt he came down for lunch when he saw the strangest thing or rather the most strangest person right in front of him. To his surprise, he was stuck with that strange person until tomorrow afternoon; after that he would be free from her and her weirdness.
He shook his head not wanting to know what was going on in her head although he was very curious to know what she was thinking. Maan clears his throat making her jump, she looks at him with fear and nervousness. Those eyes, there was something about those eyes that makes him lost in his thoughts.
She had big round almond color eyes, her eyes were so expressive. You know what they say, your eyes are the windows to your soul. He could see right through her but at the same time he couldn't really know her from deep inside. Who is she? What is she thinking? Why is she so nervous around him all the time? Both just stood there looking at each other while Dadima looked at both of them with a smirk.
After a while when no one made any movement at all she decided to take the matter into her own hands.
"Ahem" (she clears her throat...both look at her embarrassed) umm lunch time. Shall we begin? (Both quickly nod their head yes as they took their respective seats. Nakul, their head servant, served the food to everyone. Geet looks down at her plate with nervousness. Right now, she couldn't really think about eating, she wanted to throw up so badly. She could feel everyone's eyes on her especially Maan's making her all more nervous.) Geet beta what happened? Is food not good?
Geet (looks at Dadima ignoring Maan) woh its good I am not hungry ma'am
Dadima; You can call me Dadima ma'am makes me sound so old (Geet nodes her head) If you are not hungry than its fine.
Geet: Thank you!
Maan: Lets start on our project than (Geet nervously gets up while dropping water on the floor. She looks at the water almost in tears. Maan shakes his head with exasperation knowing very well how common this is for her.) Great! This had to happen! Wherever you are something or the other has to happen.
Geet: woh I..uhh..didn't
Dadima: Maan please..its not her fault anyway its not like you are going to clean the mess. So just forget it and worry about your project.
Geet (looks at Dadima holding her hands fighting back her tears) woh I really didn't mean to..it just happened..I swear...I uhh (she picks up a napkin) I will clean this mess and if I have to I will replace the rug as well. How much was it? I will work hard and save enough money to buy a new rug for you!
Dadima: Geet..that is not necessary...(she looks at Maan) show her upstairs study room please. Geet follow Maan don't worry about this mess. Nakul (she yells) please come and clean all of this right away. (he nodes his head as he begins cleaning)
Geet follows Maan quietly to his study room. She was surprised that he even wanted to work with her after all that she has done to him, by accident of course. "What should I do now? Should I apologize? If I do, then would he accept it? What if he gets more angry on me? Maybe it is best if I remain quiet and not say anything.
Yeah, that is a good plan. She looks around the study room, it was very elegant and modern. She only seen these kinds of rooms in magazines or movies and now she is seeing it in real life. There was a small fireplace in the middle of the room with white marble back splash Around the fireplace, there were wooden shelves surrounding the fireplace. There were probably more books in the room than in the library.
Maan took his seat on his desk without realizing Geet is not paying any attention. He looks up to see her standing in the middle of the room looking around with her mouth slightly open. He looks at her confusingly, he also looks around to see what she was looking at but he couldn't figure it out.
He walks up to her standing right next to her looking at her and than at the direction she was looking at. After few minutes, he poked on her shoulder. She looks at him standing really close to her making her nervous. She starts to take some steps backwards without looking. Maan saw that she was walking right into the chair behind her.
"Geet watch out!" (He yells making her more scared and nervous)
"Woh am sorr...ahhh!"
She falls on the chair before she could even complete her sentence. Maan slaps his head while shaking it back and fourth not believing so much of "unfortunate" incidents happen to one person. Geet sat on the floor holding her forehead which was throbbing in pain, she looks toward Maan who was standing shaking his head.
Ohh how much she wanted to die right now. She just wished earth could swallow her right now to save her from this another misery but alas god was not that nice to her. He loved to see her in embarrassing situations. She could picture Babaji sitting on his throne holding a box of popcorn while pointing and laughing at her. "look there is Geet again making a fool of herself...hahaha" Yep, she could so picture him saying that. Geet peeks through her fingers again hoping Maan would not be there and to her surprise he wasn't there.
"You okay?"
She heard a voice from right next to her..she looks to her left side where Maan was standing with annoyance clearly showing on his face. Geet slowly stands up saving what little dignity she has left..she manages to shake her head yes. Maan moves away a little giving her some space. He notices some blood from her forehead, he goes toward his desk opening up various drawers until he found first aid kit.
"Sit on that chair"
Geet quietly sits on the chair that she tripped from. Maan grabs another chair bringing it next to her. Geet heart starts to do somersault, it was beating so fast that she felt like throwing up. Her stomach had big butterflies fluttering around making her stomach feel tingly; she had never felt so nervous before, well she has but this type of nervousness is different, I suppose.
Maan takes out a creme and a bandage from the first aid kit. Geet looks at his movements and trying very hard not to look at his face, she knew if she does than she will start day dreaming about him; his eyes are so magical to her. She felt his hands touch her face making her jump in surprise, she looks at him trying to smile when...
"Oh no..."
"YUCK"
Maan yells disgusted at the sight in front of him. Geet tears were non stop as she looked at the puke on the floor, she couldn't believe she just did that..there was no hope now...none at all..she waited for this chance and now it was on the floor..she will never be able to face him again..never.
She quickly gets up running out of the house with tears. She runs as fast as her legs could carry her until she reached her home. Her father who was in the living room paid no attention while the mother was busy in the kitchen. Geet hid under the blanket crying until her body collapsed on her.
"Geet putar come down for dinner" (Geet woke up looking at the time, three hours had passed by and still she was not feeling well, just thinking about what she did makes her want to throw up all over again. She heard knocking on her door followed by her mothers concern voice.) "Geet are you okay? Have some dinner at least?" (Geet slowly manages to get out of the bed to open the door. Her mom looks at her with worry feeling her forehead for any fever.) "Are you okay?"
Geet avoides looking straight into her eyes knowing very well if she lies her mom would know "Yeah, am okay just tired. Am not hungry" (She saw her father standing right behind her mom)
"but you must eat something.."
"leave it, for once she is not thinking about food...its good maybe she will loose some weight" (Geet looks at him with anger and closes the door without saying anything else. She could hear her mom yelling at her father for saying that to her but as usual her father just quietly walks away. This was a routine she knew far too better)
"Oh god what will I do now?"
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