PART 51
she hadn't even expected him to join…and the naughtiness she saw in his eyes… his pulling away her dupatta… and dancing.. she was just mesmerized with the whole thing?? Was she seeing the Maan singh khurana?? Was she seeing her Maan??? Tears formed in her eyes… as she joined him in the fun….there was a lot to say to him… she wondered if this was reality or just a dream..that would vanish the moment she opens her eyes!
He was battling with himself from the moment he had come here.. so many friends.. so much fun.. he had missed them a lot,…. And when they were right in front of him… inviting him to smile..to have fun..he was fighting… did he even deserve to enjoy again? Could he live again? He fought and fought and fought… till he lost… and seeing Geet and all his and her friends together… he just couldn't resist… he had already lost the battle… so what was the point in holding himself back? He had been so lonely all these years..after anisha.. that he had completely forgotten everything. Even Geet wasn't there with him.. and now when she was back.. everyone was back..he had lost anisha!! He sighed… and looked at Geet, asking him to join, with her eyes..and he was realizing she was having her effect on him. He just stopped thinking..he had lost the battle..and finally joined her. they didn't even realize how long they danced…and laughed..but he realized Geet's eyes were on him..the entire time.. like she was so proud.. she was so awed.. and he couldn't help but lose himself in those beautiful pair of eyes..and he never knew what was happening with him!
That night… Geet couldn't sleep.. she kept on thinking about him.. he was slowly opening up… yes she wanted that.. but what was he thinking? He had become so unpredictable nowadays. She looked at dia and namra sleeping beside her in the hall with other girls. They refused to sleep away from their angel so finally clung to her. she caressed namra's head with one had while she rested her head over the other. The other girls were giggling.. and some of her friends who had kids were busy and gossiping too….. the way he had pulled her dupatta…the way he had danced with her… that smile on his lips.. she heard ananya calling her!
Ananya: Geet…kithey koi hai tu? Kal kuch plan karein? Waise bhi tomorrow we are getting a day free…
[Geet… where are you lost? Shall we plan something tomorrow? Anyways tomorrow we are getting a day free]
Geet was in no mood to speak to anyone.. she wanted some time alone to herself.
Geet: anu.. hum kal baat karte hain iske bare mein.. mein abhi dadima ko dekh kar aati hun… just see the kids don't wake up…
[anu…lets talk about this tomorrow.. I'll see dadima and come.. just see the kids don't wake up..]
She tucked the duvet properly around the kids and walked out. Anu, as she was fondly called, just looked at her retreating figure wondering what was she thinking! She had been quiet the whole time after sangeet. She was distracted by roops and others who called her to join them. It was already 12am… she walked down the almost silent corridors.. things were getting wrapped up for the day and guests retiring to their rooms. Geet never intended to go to dadima's room.. she had already made her comfortable in her room. And dadima was very happy seeing Maan joining geet. She had expressed her happiness too. It was a chilly night… she walked out of the mansion…and stopped beside the fountain. There was no one around..and she just sat beside the water, looking at her reflection.
What was he thinking? Aryan was back..and there was probably no way she would tell Maan about her engagement with him…she was sure he will blame himself for breaking her engagement..she definitely didn't want him to feel bad in any sense. She closed her eyes and dipped her finger into the water, creating ripples… and she slowly opened her eyes only to see Maan's reflection through the fading ripples. Was he really there? She wondered and again stirred her finger. There were ripples again and he was still there. She turned around only to see him standing beside her…looking over the water.
"you.. didn't sleep?"
He sighed and sat beside her, "same question Geet.. you didn't sleep?"
She just kept looking at the water near her, "umm nahi.. neend nahi aayi…"
[umm no.. didn't feel like sleeping..]
"same here… I am so tired..but I don't know why I am not able to sleep…"
She slowly lifted her head to look at his face, "tum kya soch rahe ho Maan??? "
[what are you thinking Maan?]
He smiled a bit and looked up at the sky, "I was just wondering… life can be so ironic right..when I had anisha.. I didn't have you..or anyone else.. and when I have you and all my friends with me.. I don't have her….it feels like we are bargaining something for something…"
Geet followed his gaze and looked up at the sky, "yes it is…you can't have everything in life Maan…", she went back to her own memories of the past, "you can't have everything altogether… you need to let yourself flow with life… accept whatever terms and conditions it keeps in front of you… we are not powerful enough to fight against destiny…"
There was a complete silence between them..and she spoke again, "just try to flow with life for once Maan..instead of always fighting against it…things will seem much easier"
He looked at her for a while.. she didn't even look at him!! And suddenly he realized he found the answers he was looking for… the lost battle that had stirred him… his own feelings about everything..about his friends.. about Geet.. he stood up and forwarded his hand to her, "Geet.. its cold and its late..better go and rest.."
She looked at him.. and then his hand.. she looked into his eyes.. and there was so much sincerity in them.. she gently gave her hand in his. he held it tenderly and helped her stand, "good night Geet..sleep well"
He slowly moved away from her, his hand gently brushing her hand.. and that smile on his lips… uff..geet madam slipped once again! She had come for something else..and she was going with something else.
"good night…", she managed to whisper. She could here Maan's friends shouting and teasing him…from the other mansion.. they were too loud. She looked towards the boys side wala mansion and looked up to see someone standing by the corridor and watch over her. she instantly knew it was Aryan..she smiled and got back!
The next day was busy for all..though the guys and girls slept like log. Geet woke up early and took a bath. She wore a simple red salwar kameez and went downstairs..she saw rashmi's mumma supervising the workers in putting the flowers around the hall and the stairs. She somewhere felt bad that they were not helping and her parents were managing everything alone. She asked her if she could help and finally managed to convince her to allow her with the flowers at least. All her friends were waking up one by one and gathering in the hall. No rituals today so it was going to be a lazy day. Geet climbed on the ladder and helped the people in setting the canopy of flowers across. She could hear her friends calling her to join.. she even heard the guys coming and joining them. She could hear Maan too.. he seemed all fine..and actually excited about the whole thing. She wondered if he was actually enjoying himself. She laughed at their silly jokes and fights.. and suddenly she heard someone singing..and then probably they even started paying antakshari dividing teams.
She was fixing some orchids on the pillar when her eyes just invariably went to him..the pillar was just beside the place where they were sitting. She felt her cheeks burn when she realized he was already looking at her… their eyes met once again… and this time..things did slow down! He noticed she had let her hair down.. she had washed them perhaps… and water droplets sparkled like diamond on her cheek as the light fell on them.. she was looking soo simple.. yet so pretty… she was still perched on the ladder..and he just kept looking at her. roops noticed that and suddenly started singing, "chori chori jab nazrein mili…. Chori chori phir neendein udi.. chori chori phir dil ne kaha..chori nahi hain mazaaa………….."😉
Geet was startled by the sudden distraction and lost her balance. She was about to fall backwards… even Maan didn't have enough time to reach her..when she felt someone hold her by her waist, supporting her. she sighed and looked down to see Aryan holding her, he was just coming towards the hall when he saw Geet falling. He was quick enough to help her. ohh boy..someone was really not liking it… he recalled how his friends had teased him the previous night when he had went to his room after speaking to Geet, "kya baat hain..biwi se mile bina neend nahi aati…"😆
[whats the matter… you don't get sleep without peaking to your wife…]
He had ignored that stupid comment..and he knew he wasn't jealous either! But he didn't like it..he had never liked her closeness with aryan from the very beginning.. he knew they were good friends..they were close too.. but he had never never been able to digest that fact.
Geet angrily marched towards roops and tried to hit her. roops ran shouting, "you have to sing in 'a'…"
Anu was in the opposite team.. she started, "ajeeb dastaan hain ye..kahan shuru kahan khatam.. ye manzilein hain kaunsi..na tum samajh sake na hum…."
Geet ran and sat with roops. So the next word was 'm'. breakfast was served there only.. no one was ready to get up.
"meine payal hai chankai..ab tho aaja tu harjai..meri saanson mein tu hai basa..ohh sajna.. aaja na ab tarsa…"
Rashmi was soo delighted to see all her friends together!!! She clapped while some girls started dancing..making fun..teasing Geet for that small romance. She blushed..but poor Maan din;t understand what was going on. Aryan winked at Geet…while she gave him a glare indicating it was nothing of that sort types.
"..ohh sajna..aaja na ab tarsaa… you have to sing with 's'.."
This time..prem..who was sitting quietly for a long time, lost in his thoughts started singling, "I'll sing..i'll sing… surkh wala…souz wala..faiz wala love.."
"woaaahhh….", everyone started clapping and whistling… and someone even pushed roops to the front while he kneeled down in front of her and held his arms wide open!! Roops gaped at him like he was from some other world.
"…hota hain jo love se zyada..waise wala love…ishq wala love…"
Geet jumped in the middle and started shouting, "heart wala dil…"
The entire hall echoed with laughter while she danced singing, "paani wala water….", roops, anu and rashmi too joined her, teasing the guys, "boat wala naav…..", rashmi chimed!
"arrey I remembered… budhu wala prem..", roops squealed… poor prem sharm se paani paani… and then he heard Geet's stupid line, "kutta wala dog…."
(no offense to the people who like this song..its just for fun.. even i like this song a lot!!!)
Everyone was having super duper fun..and he had no better job to do than just observe her…her masti.. that fun..and her craziness. She had opened a new world to him unknowingly… and he was once trying to go with the flow!!!!
By lunch time..the boys had suddenly alienated themselves from everyone. The girls did notice..and some of them even found it suspicious as their hubbies were involved there too. Geet ignored..she thought it must be something stupid..or that they wanted to spend some time with their friends. But she couldn't miss Maan continuously on call with someone or the other..and even prem!!! And even Aryan!! It was around 7 in the evening and preparations for the next day's mehndi was going on. Girls were full busy in preparations…so the boys took advantage of that. They didn't have much to do in mehndi ceremony. Dia was playing around when she saw Maan taking long strides to his room. She hadn't been with Maan for the past two days..so she ran after him and entered their room. She saw all big big 'uncles' getting ready for something. Even she saw her papa getting ready in something other than informal. So she was sure he wasn't going to office. She went closer to him and pulled his shirt. He looked down and was surprised to see dia. He smiled and picked her up in his arms, "kya baat hain? Aaj meri princess yahan?"
[what happened..today my princess is here?]
"papa..aa..aap…kahan jaa lahe ho?"
[papa..where are you going?]
He looked here and there and saw everyone coming towards him. He tried to distract her, "wo beta.. we are going out na…"
"I go too papa…."
He sighed, "no beta.. bade jaa rahe hain na…"
[no beta.. elders are going na..]
"but papa..me go too…", she started making faces as if she'll start crying the next moment. At that moment prem came running and shot a stern look to Maan and then turned to dia, "nahi beta.. aise nahi rote… hum bachelors ki party mein jaa rahe hain.. wahan kids not allowed na…"
[no beta…don't cry… we are going to bachelors' party..and kids are not allowed there na..]
"not allowed?", she asked cutely.
"na…and princesses should never go there too…"
"really???" she asked widening her eyes.
"yep yep..chalo now go to your friends.. they must be waiting na…"
Dia ran away and the moment she was gone, Maan smacked hard on his shoulder, "can't you shut up for a while prem???"
Aryan sighed, "roops was right… budhu wala prem.."
"hey hey..stop saying like that okay..and she is a kid yaar.. she doesn't know whats a bachelors' party… so chill.."
Puneet gave him a smug smile, "aur agar kuch gadbad hui na prem… you'll be dead!!"
[and if something goes wrong prem..you'll be dead!!}
"guys..guys relax..nothings of that sort is gonna happen.. mehndi is kinda fancied by all the girls so they wont know… come on lets get going…"
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It was around 9…dinner was served.. and the strangest part…..there were no guys!! Everyone looked around..but found no one. Rashmi called puneet..getting worried as to where all they had gone.
"nahi sweetheart…don't worry..hum sab bahar dinner ke liye aaye hain.. yeah yeah..prem, Aryan..yes yes everyones here… don't worry…"
[no sweetheart.. don't worry… we have come out for dinner.. yeah..yeah prem.. Aryan, yes..yes everyone's there.. don't worry…]
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