***Part 8***
"Manvi Choudhary!!! what the hell is your problem yaar? Why can't you answer your freaking phone??" Ahhh! I don't even know why she is upset with me. How many times do I have to call her? Yeh ladki ne toh 'no-entry' board laga diya. I guess I have to go and find out. Hmmph!
I entered the Chaudhary mansion and I looked for her in her room, Beeji's room, living room. No sight of chipkali anywhere. Kaha margayi ?? Ah! There she is, in the kitchen. Dimag main shaitaniyaan paka paka kar tang aagayi hogi ki abhi khaana paka rahi hai.
"Master Chef Manvi. What's cooking???" I asked walking into the kitchen and smelling the pot that she tasted out of. "Wow!!!! This smells so good. I am going to eat the whole thing." I said trying to butter her up. I din't even know what it was. It remotely resembled pasta; I am going for a really wild guess here. "Manvi, yaar, tu toh bohot talented nikli haan??" I praised her, clapping my hands.
"Ohh really?? Are you going to eat the whole thing???" she asked me sweetly with a wide smile.
"Ofcourse!!!!!!!!!!" I replied grinning. Maharaniji is now talking with me. Finally, she is done being mad at me. Thank you god!! Varna patha nahi aur kya kya drama dekna padtha?! These girls are so stupid, all you need to do is praise them a little, they get uber-inflated and start soaring up in the sky floating in their own little bubble.
She kept smiling at me, she took the whole dish still hot from the burner with a cloth, opened the cabinet below and dumped the whole thing in the dust-bin without taking her eyes of me. Her smile suddenly changed into an angry glare. My heart which was so proud of my tactfulness, suddenly sank into the bottom of the ocean. Naukanti!! She threw the dish in the sink and turned to walk away from me.
I stopped her "MANVI!!! atleast tell me why you are angry with me yaar. This is so silly."
She just pushed me hard and walked away with fuming anger. She locked herself up in her room.
Beeji came and started feeding me pakora and soon I forgot all about Ms. Hot head.
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"Beta, yeh Manvi itni chup kyu hai??" Beeji asked me.
"Aap se baat nahi kar rahi hai kya??" I asked laughing. Somehow, I thought she was angry only with me.
"Nahi beta, bas bol ke gayi hai ki sham ko bahar ja rahi hai film deekne. Kuch khayi bhi nahi."
Beeji went and knocked the door of her room. She opened the door and emerged all ready to go out. "Beeji, I am leaving. I will be back in a few hours." She said glaring at me and my pakoras.
WHAT THE HELL??? Is she still going? I asked her not to go!!
Ofcourse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How can I forgot? iski gaadi sirf reverse gear pe chalti hain. It has not even been a month since she has come here; she doesn't know her way around anywhere and chale jaa rahi hai movie deekne, who bhi uss loser ke saaath. Aaise dress hokar?!?!?
I followed her out and confronted her "Manvi!!! I told you what kind of a guy Sunny is. You wouldn't dare going out with that asshole after you heard what I said about him!!!!!!"'
"WATCH ME!!!" she screamed at my face.
"What is wrong with you??? Are you that dumb??? Why do you want to walk into an open trap??" I screamed back at her. Why does she have to make everything so difficult? Every single thing is a challenge with his idiot.
She looked down smiling and shaking her head amused. She looked into my eyes and calmly replied "Because I like coming on college sex videos."
"Manvi..." I called her feeling very guilty. She was gone.
Ohh God! That was what she was hurt about. I could not look at the pain in her eyes. Shit!! She is doing this to get back at me. She HAS to defy me now. Arey, I was just trying keep her away from that loser. I held my head and tried to think really hard. She had already left in the car with Ramu kaka. Kutta was barking loudly as if warning me about something bad. Shit Manvi! Don't do anything rash!!
Viren just parked his bike in front on me and was entering the house. I took the keys and went after the car, following Manvi. I don't know what I am going to do but I cannot leave her by herself. Ramu kaka dropped her at a house. I think this must be Sunny's house. They both emerged out in a bit and I saw Sunny talking with her about something. Manvi was not paying attention to him. She was just looking away in a very pensive mood and nodding in between politely.
They soon got into a car and left. Sunny was driving it. I followed them once again. They stopped in front of a club. They parked the car and were strolling inside the club past two huge bouncers. Sunny tried to put his hand around her and she pushed his hand away immediately. I have to go in now.
I walked upto the doorman after five minutes. "Stags not allowed." Said the doorman without any expression on his face. OK!!! Think hard Virat, how do you go in??? I called Maya.
"Maya, sweetheart, do you want to go clubbing???" I asked really expecting with all my heart that she isn't doing her hair or nails or any of the other associated crap for the millionth time this week. I convinced her that this was a major event that I just got to know about and also that all aspiring models were there and she had to come down ASAP if she wanted to catch them.
She was there after an hour. We both walked in together, Maya clinging on to my hand. I walked into a crowded room which was dark with rotating colorful lights and loud music. People were dancing in one corner. I tried to look around to find Manvi. She was sitting by the bar and Sunny was sitting beside her smirking and trying to make conversation. Thank god, maybe I over-reacted about this guy. College is full of rumors, maybe what I heard wasn't true. I relaxed.
"Viraaat!! I don't see any models her." Maya came and asked me looking around.
"Ohh, maybe they left, I told you to come fast Maya." I replied innocently. Maybe I should leave now. Manvi seems okay with Sunny.
"Get me a drink Virat" Maya instructed and walked away. She was still trying to spot some of the fictitious people I told her about.
I went to the bar, a few stools away from Sunny and Manvi and ordered a drink for Maya. "Manvi, come'on let's dance." Sunny got up.
"Sunny, can you leave me alone please. You are a smart guy, find someone else here. I would like to be by myself for a bit." Manvi said gulping down a shot.
"Manvi, I bought you so many drinks. You owe me a dance." He asked her nicely.
"I didn't ask you to get me any drinks." She snapped back at him. Sunny looked angry.
A minute later, she calmed down. " I had a rough day and I do not have the mood to dance. Please enjoy yourself and I am ready to leave whenever you are." I heard Manvi say. She signaled the waiter to refill her glass. I looked down grasping the situation, she was really drunk.
Sunny looked frustrated. He looked at her from behind for a minute and then moved back to face her. "Alright Manvi, I will take you home." He smiled.
Manvi looked relieved. "Thank you Sunny. Rain check on the dance. I am just very tired today." She said, finishing up the drink and getting up from the bar. She was tipsy, Sunny was trying to hold her. She pushed him away once again and walked out holding the railing of the stairs. I looked around for Maya. She was talking with a group of girls who looked like her. They were laughing and yelling loudly about some stupid designer dress. Arggh!
"Maya, We have to leave. Let's go." I plodded her. She wasn't ready.
"Virat, I am talking with her lovely ladies, they work for a fashion magazine as models..."she was going on and on. I looked towards the entrance, Sunny and Manvi have already exited
"Maya, I have to go home. Let's go." I said in a rush.
"Then you should go. I have my driver here. I can go back by myself." She said and she continued her conversation with those girls. I looked at her for a minute and then I ran outside.
Sunny and Manvi were still in the car. I let out a deep breath of relief and started my bike as I wanted to follow them again. I could not lose sight of Manvi, not in this state. I was waiting for them to start but they weren't leaving. After some fifteen minutes, not knowing what was holding them up, I walked near to the car. It was under a tree and a bit secluded from the other vehicles. I walked up and peeped in from behind the tree, I heard Manvi's voice from the car.
"Get away from me you pervert!!!!!!!" She was banging on the door.
"You think I did all this to get you drunk and drop you home??? Come'on baby, give me a kiss atleast." I heard Sunny's voice. I immediately marched up and tried to open the door. Lately, I do not know what the deal is with me and the doors but they were being unduely locked up on me. This time it was Sunny, he had the child-lock on.
"VIRAAAT!!!!" Manvi yelled seeing me. She was not able to open the door. She was not in her complete senses, she looked drowsy.
"Manvi, hang in there for a minute." I yelled back and tried to look for an appropriate object to break open the window.
The bas***d on seeing me knew he didn't have much time. He was so desperate that he started pouncing on her with more force. Manvi seemed relieved on seeing me and got something out of her bag. She sprayed it on his face and she hit him hard in the groin with her foot which had a 3 inch heel on it. He started squeaking in pain. I threw a large rock into the rear window mirror, broke it and forced the door open from inside. I opened the front side passenger seat door. Manvi, with great difficulty got up from her seat. She couldn't balance herself due to all the alcohol.
"Virat, please take me home." She cried holding my shoulder for support.
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Next morning, I was sitting in the car before anyone else. Viren and Jeevika came in and sat. We waited for almost fifteen minutes for Manvi. I flung my bag in the car seat and walked inside Chaudhary mansion to find the most brainless girl of this millennium. She was on the bed and Beeji was putting a wet cloth on her forehead.
"Manvi, what's wrong??" I snapped at her. She looked away without looking at me.
"Beta, I just send Pinky to tell you guys Manvi isn't feeling well. You should leave or you will get delayed." Beeji replied. "I will go and get some medicine for you gudiya." Beeji stroked her hair and went out.
"Manvi!!!!!! Stop this drama right now and get ready." I ordered her. She didn't reply, she was still looking away. I grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the bed.
"What the hell are you doing???" she yelled at me.
"Something I should have done yesterday evening when you were going out with that asshole. Drag you out and put some sense into that worthless piece you call brain. Now, are you going to get ready or should I tell Beeji everything??"
"Tell Beeji everything. I do not care." She went back to her bed and covered her face with the duvet.
"Beeji...Chachu, Chachi..." I yelled at the top of my voice. I saw her look up at me in horror from the corner of my eye. All the members of the house-hold appeared in the room in less than 10 seconds. "What is it Virat?" they asked me impatiently.
"Beeji, I have something to tell you guys; it's about Manvi.." I started. "You guys are thinking Manvi is sick, but the truth is that..."
"SHE IS NOT SICK." Manvi got up from the bed by herself and completed my sentence. "Sorry, I was just pretending to get out of college today. You can punish me or whatever. Right now I am getting ready." Saying this she went inside the rest room with her clothes.
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I was unbelievably angry at her. Sometimes she was the most mature and understanding girl in the whole world but for the majority of the time- an irresponsible and childish monkey who needed constant baby-sitting. She drives me over the edge with her recklessness. Yesterday night, I had to carry her through her bedroom window so that nobody would see her in that state and had to make-up ludicrous stories as to how she got inside her room without going through the entrance. Ever since she appeared in my life, the only this I do is get into trouble, over and over again.
On top of all this, my dad was furious at me for wanting to go to the cricket camp and he was giving me a silent treatment. MY LIFE SUCKS!!!
We were in the math class again. Manvi passed me a chit "I am sorry." She wrote. I crumbled the chit and threw at her angrily. She turned back and held her ears with a puppy face. This girl!!! this idiot!!!!!!!!! I hate her!! and her affect on me!!! She makes me rock-smashing angry and then parades in with her cute faces and expressions as if nothing ever happened. Who does she think she is? I glared at her but then her grin is kind of infectious. I just smiled. She smiled back and turned away grinning some more. She knew she had a way with me.
Lunch break, I was sitting and waiting for everyone else. "I am sorry Virat." I heard.
I turned around and rolled my eyes at her.
"Abhi sorry bola na, leave it, please." She flashed her angelic smile.
"How do you manage that?? You smile can be so devious and then so refreshing. You will be the death of me." I muttered to her.
"So, my smile is refreshing!!!" she sat down beside me laughing.
"You can smile all you want but you are not off the hook." I made it very clear.
"Chill dude, you sound like my mom." She ignored me.
"No Manvi, I am not going to chill. I know you were angry with me, but this is not how to take it out. When I saw you putting yourself into trouble to seek your parent's attention, I didn't realize the extent of your self -destructive attitude. Putting yourself in danger to get back at me, is suicidal. You need psychiatric help." I told her visibly very upset at her behavior.
"Definitely like my mom. You guys should call each other up and commiserate." She giggled.
"MANVI, I am serious. I am angry with you. You know what, I am not going to the cricket camp next week." This should drive home my point.
"Are you out of you f**king mind?? How is that going to affect me?" She got up angrily, screaming curses and throwing her hands in the air scolding me.
"I don't know. I am just not going." I ignored her.
"You wouldn't dare." She showed me her pointed index finger.
"WATCH ME" I challenged. She sighed exasperated. I am enjoying this. Taste of her own medicine!
"And what you said is ok??? I should just forget it? My confiding all my secrets was not meant to be some kind of weapon you use against me."
"Manvi, that is not the issue. You can be mad at me for whatever reason, I don't care. I just have a problem with the way you deal with your anger. I only said whatever I said to tread you off from that son of a bitch. I didn't mean any offense."
"That's passive-aggressive. You are never to use it in that way."
"You are never to do anything to get yourself into trouble, esp. for getting back at me."
"FINE"
"FINE"
"FINE"
"FINE"
She looked in the opposite direction with folded hands. I silently sat back down and started eating. She was still standing away pouting.
"dramebaaz" I said shaking my head.
"kadoos" She retorted back immediately sitting beside me.
"dedfutiya"
"chep"
"chipkali"
"langoor"
"langoor ya langoool???"
"shut-up virat!!"
"achha meri sherni, eat your lunch." I finally gave-up. You cannot be mad at her for long.
She put an orange in front of her and looked at it. "Virat, my orange isn't peeling itself." She made a sad face suppressing a grin.
"shut-up manvi!!!"
"Waise hain kaha aapki girl-friend." She nudged me.
"I don't know. She should be here. Haven't seen her all day. She was at the club with me yesterday night." I said while eating.
"You guys went clubbing too??" She inquired.
"No, I called her because I wanted to check-up on you and they weren't allowing me in without a partner."
"Why did you want to check-up on me?" she continued her questionnaire.
"Because I was worried about you. Will you please shut-up and eat your f**king orange."
"You took me home right?? Maya wasn't with us." She observed ignoring my annoyance.
"Yeah, she stayed back in there." Where the hell is she going with this interrogation?
"You haven't seen her since yesterday night, but you don't seem bothered by her absence." She eyed me inquisitively.
"hogi yaar kahi par, I cannot keep up with her constantly evolving grooming schedule anymore. Pakao mat." I said.
"Riiight." She said still looking at me with intrigue.
"What is it??" I asked.
Her behavior had changed drastically within seconds. Her demeanor became suddenly mellow. A small tear rolled off her cheek."Thank you Virat...and I am very sorry. You were there when I needed you. Nobody has done anything like that for me other than my mom." She became very emotional. This was so unlike her.I felt like hugging her tightly and consoling her, this girl is so full of surprises. She stings like a thorn and heals like a balm.
Ohh Manvi!
I kept looking at her for god knows how long. She kept looking back into my eyes. Why do I feel like she the only one who understands me? With her, I am myself. I don't have to worry about acting like someone I am not. She brings out the real me. Why can't I be like this with everyone else?
"Manvi? Ohh my sweet god!!!" I gasped and got up on the bench extending my hands and looking at the sky dramatically.
"Manvi Chadhary said thank-you and sorry to another human being, and that too on the same day!! Dhanya hogaya prabhu, mera jeevan dhanya hogaya." I closed my eyes and joined my hands in reverent prayer. I am sure everybody was looking at us. I felt her tug me down from the bench pulling by my hand with all the force she had. I came down and opened my eyes and looked at her amused, she was shooting me dirty angry looks. I started laughing uncontrollably. She smiled sweetly.
God that smile, so heavenly!! Ah! I am so falling for her!!!!
~~~
That evening, I planned a surprise for Manvi; I convinced the whole gang to go to a movie. I went to tell Beeji in her room that I am taking Manvi too. The door on her room was slightly open and I heard her on the phone. I was going to come back later but I heard something that made me stop still in my tracks and my heart stopped beating for a second.
"Nahi bahu, please take of yourself. Everything will be okay. All these things are the effects of chemotherapy. You have to be strong, if not for you, for Manvi. You are the only thing that silly girl thinks about all day. Please beta, be strong, god willing, man can fight anything, be it cancer or even a bigger disease. Please don't lose hope beta. Fight it, like you always have."
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Edited by bluebolt - 12 years ago
Veer Hanuman
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