And she fed Dadima..not letting her speak anything. She kept on blabbering anything anything and everything and if Dadima wanted to speak on that topic, she just avoided pretending to speak to the kids or going to the kitchen or changing the topic. It was around 11am. Geet was running towards the kitchen carrying vegetables in her hand. Her dupatta was tied around her waist and that's when she heard the main door bang open. She stopped on her track and looked towards the entrance. Dadima was on a call with one of her friends. The moment she saw the door open. She immediately disconnected the call. A wide smile appeared on her face seeing the person coming inside.
Before geet could even realize, she heard a very familiar voice, "surprise..surprise….." and that's when she saw Roops getting in carrying her luggage. Geet's eyes widened in surprise.. and a smile appared on her face.
Roops took Dadima's blessing. Dadima kissed her forehead and whispered, "help us Roops… we are so dead!"
Roops winked at her and ran to geet. Geet ket the veggies aside thinking Roops was coming towards her to hug her. she smiled and raised her arms and the next moment Roops pushed away her hand giving her a deathly glare!! Geet got confused at her reaction. She waited for Roops to hug her but when she didn't..she really felt like a fool, standing like that with her hands wide open. She put her hands down and looked at Roops curiously!! Roops put her goggles on her head… of course her 'branded' one and circled geet, glancing at her from top to bottom!!!
"what?? Why are you vulturing around me like that?"
Roops came in front of her and gave her a disappointing look! Geet rolled her eyes at her drama but she was just so damn happy. She was seeing her friend after almost a month!!! And just when she had braced herself for a tight hug, she felt a sharp pain on her arm. She lookedaround and realized Roops had hit her real hard!!!
"KUTTI…………"
geet's mouth flung open…is this a way to meet your friend after a long time? And then a string of profanities followed…
"KAMINI….. SALI DONKEY….. DHOKEBAAZ… MAKKAR…MATLABI CHUDAIL…. Arrrghhh… tu duniya ki sabse badi kamini hain do you get that???"
[okies I won't take the honors to translate these galiyan in English..enjoy it as it comes😆]
"aur koi gaali baaki hain tho wo bhi bol de…and why the hell are you swearing profanities on me?"
[if something else is left..do say it… and why the hell are you swearing profanities on me?]
Roops twisted her lips and looked away! Geet sighed…Roops was a nautanki! She put her hands on her shoulder and asked softly, "kya hua Roops? Meine kya kiya ab?"
[what happened Roops? What have I done?]
Roops sniffed, hiding her tears, "tu dosti ke naam pe dhabba hain samjhi aur wo bhi kala wala dhabba!!!baat mat kar mujhse tu.."
[you are a black spot in the name of friendship!! Don't speak to me..]
Dadima kept away from them,. enjoying the scene. Geet was tensed as to why Roops was angry.
"Roops..bata na..meine kiya kya hain?"
[Roops… tell me na.. what have I done?]
Roops turned around in a jerk and pushed her away, "hume bina bataye shaadi kar li… kamini do bachon ki maa bhi ban gayi….aur hum???? You forgot us so easily? Ek call bhi nahi kiya???"
[you got married without telling us..even became mother of two kids.. and us? You forgot us so easily? Not even called even once?]
Geet somewhere felt bad..she had actually forgotten to call them up..!
"wo Roops.. aisa nahi hain… sab kuch itni jaldi jaldi hua…."
[wo Roops.. its not like that… everything happened so fast…]
She couldn't even complete when Roops hugged her tightly..super duper tightly that she felt short of breath!!!! She smiled and then hugged Roops back.
"am so sorry Roops…"
"oyee kamini..shut up! Sorry se kaam nahi chalne wala! You will have to pay for it baby!! by the way… congratulations and celebrations….."
[shut up… sorry isn't going to be enough. You will have to pay for it baby… by the way congratulations and celebrations…]
Geet smiled. Roops came out of the hug and pulled her cheeks, "you know what… hats off to your deewangi yaar!!! But am happy for you geet…."
"really?" geet was so delighted!
"but that doesn't change the fact that I hate Maan okay!!!"
Geet made a face, "oyee why are you saying like that? he is not a bad person!"
"ohooo… abhi se itni tarafdaari….Mrs possessive geet Khurana… abhi se..hmm?"
[ohooo… favoring from now only…. Mrs possessive geet Khurana…hmm?]
"shut up aur Prem kahan hain??? why didn't you get him?"
[shut up and where is Prem? Why didn't you get him?]
"ahh he is too busy in his life…doesn't even has time for me huh!!!"
And they went on and on and on…and Dadima just smiled at them. she wanted to see geet happy too and not think a lot about Maan's indifference…so she called Roops and told her everything..starting from their marriage to their so called formality. At first Roops was too angry..but later she realized that her stupid friend was mad…she was crazy and she was a mental patient to love that jerk like a mad!!! And there was nothing she could have done about it…geet had loved him ever since she had known geet perhaps..or maybe even longer!
Dia and namra were quite puzzled to see a new person in their house! Geet said she was her friend and that Roops was their massi! Roops made a grumpy face when the kids called her massi.
"hey..i don't look that old..do i? call me Roops okay… buddhi hogi aapki angel!!!"
[hey… I don't look that old…do i? call me Roops okay… your angel is old!]
It was midnight when the girls decided to end their party. Dadima, dia, namra, Roops and geet… they were having gala time playing cards, jumping around and dancing..and since Maan wasn't there… the servants literally declared a holiday as there was no Maan to bring them to their knees. The next day was a Sunday so late morning wouldn't hurt..and Maan wasn't there either! The kids wanted to sleep with roops also. And even Dadima was enjoying..so they decided to sleep in the hall..on the floor..with mattresses spread out.
As everyone settled on the floor, geet found one spread short. She ran to her room to get one. dia and namra were already dozing off..but still busy chatting with Roops. Even Dadima was tired.
Geet went towards the cupboard and pulled out a spead and her eyes fell on that blue journal!!! Her attention was diverted now. She had forgotten about it for the past 2-3 days. The spread fell down and her hands automatically went towards the journal. She picked it up and fell on the bed. She caressed the cover and opened it. She didn't know why but she had that curiosity to know about Anisha and her feelings after she had left..how she lived..what she felt!!!
Khamosh zuban aaj kuch kehna chahe
dil ki baatein wo bayan karna chahe...
Anjane ehsaas jo dil me chupe hain
un ehsaas ko aaj lafz dene hain...
Geet smiled Reading the lines..so serene and so beautiful. She remembered how shy Anisha was when it came to love… and her words were just depicted her haal-e-dil!
Bina kahe bhi wo har ehsaas ko mehsus karte hain
apni harkaton se wo apna hone ka ehsaas dilate hain...
How would it feel when someone just knows about your feelings even before you say it loud? How would it feel to have someone who will understand your feelings even before you could understand yourself? How would it feel to have someone by your side..reminding you that he is with you… geet felt every single thing that was written in the diary.
Har baat har harkat me unka pyar jhalakta hain
Na jane kaise wo humari har khamoshi padh lete hain...
She was full flat on that last line! Someone who can even read your silence…
Roops waited for a long time..everyone had slept off. She decided to check on geet as she was taking too long. Roops went up stairs and found the room next to the kid's open. She peeped in and saw geet standing near the window and lost in a world of her own. She slowly went and in and kept her hand on her shoulder. Geet was startled and turned back to see a smiling Roops.
"whats taking you this long? Missing hubby already hmm?"
"no..roops..nothing like that. I just..just wanted to stand here…"
Roops held her hand and guided her to the bed. Both sat quietly. Roops knew the situation..as Dadima had told her everything, yet she wanted to know from geet's mouth.
"so..tell me..hows your patidev madam? Already enjoying hmm?"
Geet gave a weak smile and turned away! Roops took a deep breath in and held her hand!
"you are mad geet…. You are madly in love with a person who doesn't even recognize your presence….tujhe dard nahi hota?"
[you are mad geet… you are madly in love with a person who doesn't even recognize your presence… don't you feel the pain?]
Geet shook her head, "Roops…its getting late…lets go and sleep..am tired!"
She rose to move away when Roops stopped her, "you didn't answer me geet…"
"well..perhaps there is no answer to this…as of now!!! And I know Dadima must have told you everything…so let me just make it clear Roops… I want nothing from him… absolutely nothing!"
She walked out and Roops ran behind her1
"oyeee yaar tu kaahe inni serious ho rahi hain? chal wo sab chod..we can talk about it later… lets sleep..even am tired with all the travelling!"
[oyee… why are you getting so serious? Now leave all that.. we can talk about it later…lets sleep… even am tired with all the traveling]
As they settled on the mattresses, Roops nudged her, "geet..what about your job?"
"umm am trying to get my transfer done to Delhi… "
Roops rolled her eyes… so this was the reason why Dadima had called her! both Maan and geet..they were sooo involved in their own selves that they refuse to see each other. She has to do something. She even noticed geet not wearing any mangalsutra or sindoor. So the situation was not hard to guess!
The next morning was super duper slow. But with Roops… things had become lighter. She cracked jokes and tried hard to involve geet in all her masti. Geet was preparing lunch while Roops sat on the counter, chewing a carrot. Dia also sat beside her and namra was playing kitchen kitchen with all the utensils she could find in the kitchen!!
"geet… you look like a real housewife now…"
"shut up Roops…"
"by the way..why don't you wear sarees?"
"what???"
"yes..sarees… you are married after all…"
"oyee hello…just because I am married doesn't mean I should wear sarres!"
Roops twisted her lips and turned to dia and namra!!!
"okies namra..tell me..when your mumma had married your papa..did she wear sarees?"
Namra thought for a while and then recalled Anisha used to wear sarees every single day….!!
"yes yes she used to wear sarees…"
"so your angel has also married papa no.."
Dia shouted, "yess…."
Roops said it cutely, "so your angel should also wear saree naa…"
Namra found logic in that. she agreed!!!
"yes angel..aapko bhi saaree pehnni chahiye…"
[yes angel..you should also wear saaree]
Dia: yes yesh..
Geet: Roops stop spoiling them and no no am okay with my suits…
Roops: come on geet… wear na… even Dadima will also like it…
Dia; yes angel has never worn saalis..mumma used to wear..then why not angel?
Namra: yes angel… wear naa..
Geet: no..am not wearing…
Roops, dia and namra kept on bugging her and geet was soo frustrated!! She was never into sarees and stuff! And she wore suits probably only after moving to Mumbai.
"STOP IT ALL OF YOU…..AM NOT WEARING A SAREE…"
Roops: ha DARPOK! Shame on you geet…
[ha! Scardy cat..shame on you geet..]
Dadima was silently enjoying their masti. Even she had never seen geet in a saaree. She smirked and followed Roops!
"geet..seriously aap kaafi darpok hain…"
[geet…ariously…you are a scardy cat..]
"Dadima..aap bhi?"
"ab hum kya karein beta…jab humari bahu hi humara dil nahi rakh sakti tho.."
[now what to do beta.. when our own daughter in law doesn't seem to care about us…]
Dadima left it lingering there...knowing geet
"Dadima.. its not like that…..", though she blushed a bit when Dadima said so! She had somewhere started accepting the marriage..without her own realization. Everyone tried to convince her and finally emotionally blackmailed her to wear one. she shook her head and went out. Dadima Roops dia and namra did a little bhangra on the success of their plan!!!
It was around 6 in the evening and geet found herself standing in front of the mirror, getting ready! she wore a deep red shimmer georgette saaree with a halter-neck blouse which of course Dadima had brought it out of nowhere! Geet cursed herself for giving into their stupid wish. They wanted her to walk down the stairs to the hallway wearing that saaree! She muttered curses at Roops who was the sole reason for all this nautanki. She was ordered to get ready properly and then show her face. She sighed sadly and pulled her hair up in a bun, with a few curls teasing her cheeks. She applied kohl in her eyes and her lip gloss lightly!! She looked at herself in the mirror and then braced herself to walk out.
She slowly came out, really conscious of her looks. She just hoped that no servant saw her..!! she slowly walked down the stairs and found the hall empty. She wondered where were the others. She called out, "dia…Roops…. Where are you? Dadima…."
And it was then she noticed that the lights were dimmed and the large windows were left open. Cool evening breeze rushed in..the curtains danced to their tune and geet waited for them…thinking the entire set up to be another nautanki of Roops. She sighed and looked around. There was no one and silence prevailed. She was glad that no servants were there. She saw a small paper kept on the table. She picked it up and it was a note by Dadima!
"please wait for us beta..we'll be a bit late!"
Geet cursed her luck..she knew Roops was a nautanki.. and that she couldn't refuse dia, namra and Dadima. She probably sat there for half an hour and when no one turned up..she got very angry. Anyways she was irritated with that saree thing and she was getting angrier by the moment. Finally she could hold back no more and stood up!
"bas bahut ho gaya…I can't take it anymore."
[enough is enough..i can't take it anymore…]
She turned to leave when she heard the doorbell. She turned back..ohh god..who could that be? She wanted to change real bad..what if it was some servant?? That would be so embarrassing!!! But she had no time ti think because the person on the other side of the door was probably in too much hurry to get in. she was sooo irritated with the continuous ringing of the doorbell…she decided that whoever it may be,,she shall give her a piece of her mind. Thinking so, she marched up to the door and opened it in one jerk!!
"can't you wait till the door is opened? Itni bhi kya jaldi hain ke ….."
[can't you wait till the door is opened? What is the hurry that,..]
And she stopped right there..her expressions froze as she didn't know how to continue further!!!
Maan stood stunned at the door… seeing geet like that.. .. a saaree??? He had never ever seen her in anything as such!! Then what what happened today? Geet..was that really geet?? He stood surprised..actually shocked…till no ends!
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