CHAPTER 12
We meet again!
PAST
'Where the hell were you?' shouted a group of people as Maan and Raghav made their way into the party.
'Oh, well, Maan was busy doing social service to a bunch of stupid kids and their nannies!' Raghav hissed, his eyes spitting fire at Maan who looked back at him icily.
'WHAT!!! W-H-A-T! Social service! Aur Maan? Dude! Yeh station nahi hai jo tum rail gaadi chala rahe ho!' said Manav, a friend of Maan.
'Arre! Tumne dekha kya? Nahi na! Then shut up! Main bata raha hoon na! I know it because I came with him' Raghav countered back.
All of the boys present there burst out laughing much to the annoyance of Maan, who nudged Raghav hard in his chest making him howl in pain.
'Sharafat ka zamaana nahi hai! Sach batao toh maar khao! Damn it, man! It hurts!' Raghav whined liked a puppy looking for its mother.
'You deserve it, idiot! Bohot pehle maarna chahiye tha tumhe!' said Maan 'ab kya muhurat ka wait kar rahe ho? Chalo! Let's get going!
'Oh, yes! The king of parties has arrived, toh der kis baat ki! Come on guys! Time to have some fun!' the group shouted as they made their way inside the resort's club. As it was Maan who had organized the party, without him no one was allowed into the club.
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'HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!' the group shouted as they removed Geet's blindfold and she stood absolutely stunned in front of a huge marquee decorated with streamers and balloons and a beautiful birthday cake in the centre.
Neha watched her friend's overwhelmed face as she turned to face her. In one moment, Geet came and hugged her best friend tightly before breaking down to tears of happiness.
'Bondu! Tujh jaisi weird ladki maine aaj tak nahi dekhi yaar! Koi uski happy birthday par rota hai kya? Pagal' Neha convinced her over emotional friend.
'Nahi, aisa kuch nahi….woh main…woh main bohot khush hoon aaj…issilye…' Geet managed to choke out.
'Pagal! Chal! Cake kaat!' Neha said and pushed her to the table and the friends enjoyed the birthday party to the fullest.
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Maan supporting a drunk Raghav, came out to his car, laughing.
'Oye! 4 can beer or tum toh poori tarah se talli hogaye ho! Look at you, idiot!' he exclaimed.
'Shut up, (hiccup) man!' Raghav mumbled out.
'Nasha abhi utarta hoon tera…ruk!' he said and dunked the drunken Raghav into the water of the fountain.
'Brrr! Abrrr! Kyaaar karrr rahaaarrr hairrr tu…rrr..r..r' Raghav blurted, struggling to talk in the water and within minutes his hangover vanished, thanks to the fear of choking to death.
'You, moron! Agar main mar jaata na saale toh meri zindagi waste hojaati dude!' he shouted at Maan's face who continued laughing as though he had inhaled laughing gas.
'Teri…zindagi..haha…waste…haha…kaise…hojati?? hahah!' he managed between spasms of laughter.
'Tu samajhta nahi? Ya na samajhne ki natak kar rahe ho? What the hell is wrong with you? Ladkiyan zyaada hogayi kya Miami mein???'
'Oh! Tu uss context mein bol raha hai…main toh soch raha tha jab tumhari zindagi already ek waste hai toh aur waste kaise banega, nahi BANEGI! Ah my Hindi sucks! ' he laughed out.
'Teri toh! Ruk saale!' Raghav ran behind him to the car and they were soon joined by Rosh and they zoomed off.
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'Aaj mausam hai suhaana…
Birthday manane ka hai bahana!' Geet sang loudly.
All were walking down the road. It was 3 in the night and the chiller party, with their two professional doctors was parading down the streets of Delhi on their way back to their orphanage (smile foundation).
The downpour added to the celebration and the whole atmosphere became so beautiful and serene. Geet couldn't have asked for a more beautiful birthday. They enjoyed heartily in the rains, singing and dancing all across the street.
'Didi! Aap ko nahi lagta…iss time pe shaayri hona chahiye?' asked Madhu, a 7 year old bubbly girl.
'Shaayri? Aha!' Neha screamed 'Chal bondu! Kuch sunao bhai…'
'Aaj mausam hai suhaana…birthday manane ka hai bahaana..! Hogayi na shaayri…' Geet giggled.
'Dat teri ki…kuch achcha sa suna!' Neha wacked her on the head.
'Ow!' Geet howled in fake pain and winked 'achcha theek hai…main shaayri nahi jaanti lekin kuch bohot achcha sa sunaati hoon…theek hai?'
'Arz karti hoon…'
'Wah wah! Wah wah! Wah wah!'
Aisa pehli baar hua hai pachchis chabbees saalon mein
Undekha anjaana koi aane laga hai khayalon mein
Aankhon ki khidki par ek saya sa lehrata hai
Dil ke darwaze par koi dastak de ke jaata hai
Geheri geheri kaali aankhen mujhse mujhko poochti hai
Haaton ki rekhaon mein ek chehra sa ban jata hai
Uski saanse resham jaisi gaalo ko chu jaati hai
Uske haaton ki khushboo hai ab tak mere balon mein
Haan, aisa pehli baar hua hai pachchis chabbees saalon mein
Undekha anjaana koi aane laga hai khayalon mein
'Aaah! Wah wah wah!' the kids shouted, while Neha murmured 'DDLJ se copy kiya hai…nakalchi Bandar!'
'Yeh kya baat hui? Maine kaha na mujhe shaayri nahi aati…spoiler alert di thi maine! Agai tujhe samajh mein nahi aaya toh meri problem nai hai! Gadhi!' Geet shouted.
'Aha! Badi aayi' Neha muttered and looked at Geet, who broke into laughter while she jumped in the water, splashing the water on all her friends around her.
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Nobody noticed a huge BMW car standing behind them.
Nobody noticed, especially Geet didn't notice a pair of eyes staring at her.
The innocence, the smile, the charm, the beauty of this child like pediatrician had struck the chords of love in Maan's heart even though he failed to understand it was love rather than just infatuation. He was lost in the spell that girl had cast. Her serenity, her calmness, that unwavering confidence that was reflected from her face was making Maan go completely bold over her. It was the first time in Maan's life to be impressed by someone. Everything was just like "magic!"
Raghav and Rosh were trying to pull out Maan from his reverie but all their attempts went in vain. He had completely forgotten where he was and what he was doing.
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'Par, didi, aapki khayalon mein kaun aaya? Rajkumar aaya kya?' quipped Rohan.
'Haan, Rohan. Mere sapno mein rajkumar aaya tha!' exclaimed Geet, ruffling his hair and smiling at him.
'Woh dikhne mein kaisa tha?' asked Sushma.
'Dikhne mein? Pata nahin kaisa tha! Maine uska chehra nahi dekha…' Geet said sadly, pouting her lips and narrowing her eye brows.
'Kya matlab pata nahi…' the kids asked her sadly.
'Pata nahi matlab pata nahi…' Geet laughed.
Neha was silently watching her friend. Geet turned and saw that Neha was staring at her. She poked her on the shoulder and asked 'aise kya dekh rahi hai? Kya hua?'
'Bondu! Tumhari hasi mein itni sachchayi hain…mann karta hai tumhe hamesha haste hue dekhu!' Neha said 'aise hi khush rehna bondu! Happy birthday once again!' and hugged her best friend.
'Thank you, Nehu!' Geet smiled 'main hamesha khush rahoongi! Pukka! Kyun ki tum hamesha mere saat rahogi na…'
'Didi! Emotional drama band kariye aur batayiye…aap apne rajkumar ko kaise bhulayenge??'
'Main kaise bhulaongi? Hmmm?' Geet went into thoughts.
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'Happy birthday, beautiful' thought Maan. He smiled looking at her thinking something very deeply and the next thing he knew was that she broke into a song.
PRECAP:
No precap :P keep dreaming :P :)
A/N: How was it????? ❓ give me long comments ha??? Warna next update 1 saal ke baad doongi 😈 😆
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