Chapter 12- Who's the prettiest of them all
Geet- 15 (class viii - NOW IX after the exam)
Pinki- 13 (class viii-NOW IX after the exam)
Yash- 14 (class viii-NOW IX after the exam)
Sasha-15 (class viii- not because of geet's reason,sasha just failed twice,now once more after this exam)
Naintara/NT-16 (class IX-didn't give the exam,bt still thinks she would get away with this & sit in class X)
Rohan- 17 (class XI-NOW XII)
After the exams when the reports were been made,maan saw three strange things. First it was a girl named NAINTARA. She had same 70 in EVERY paper. How can that be?? But when he searched about it,he was shocked to see she didn't even give the exam.
That means results were tampered. Well it was a good thing that he accidentally stumbled across this girl Naintara's results.
I have to find who did this. he felt determined to find the culprit who did this.
Second result was Sasha's . It was school where along with the present year ,the student's joining year & age also was given. Yeah!!! so you can pretty much see how was the student performing not just that year,bt all those years he/she had been in school by any ONE of the report card, not in details though. So he was quite shocked that this girl has failed in each class once till from she joined!! He didn't even had to go through the previous cards. Her performance said it all. Still he checked to be sure!
Oh MAN!! there is no helping HER!!! Maan thought
No,he didn't had the same attitude to other failed students. He always believed,if they are been helped sincerely & gently ,any student can atleast pass. & about getting good scores. Maan was one of those people who believed that everyone has something special in them . If not in studies,then something else. It can be anything..music,dance,cooking,pottery,painting,electrician or computer genius...maybe some games... & those students should be encouraged in what they aces in.
But THIS GIRL SASHA!!! He sighed. He felt that she was hopeless. Not only she didn't WANT to study. He noticed that she was interested in nothing except applying make up & gossiping about others...
Hey..maybe she can be a beautician...then he brushed off the thought. Naaa...the way she screams if anyone touches her make uP!!! Even if she opens up a parlour,she will only decorate herself all day!!!
The last strange report card was geet's . As her class performance had promised,she came first. But what bothered him was the fact that she was as same as sasha.
How can that be??But then his eyes went to school joining year.
WHAT!! She was admitted so early ...then What's with these missing years & readmission??!!!
*****
He went to principle.
Sir,can you explain me what is this? He slammed the school record book.
Principle looked at the year book & signed
As you can see,her studies were discontinued.
WHAT???? WHY??
Yes,as you can see,she is a pretty intelligent child,she will easily surpass the results of our school's ACE Rohan.
You mean Pinki Sharma's brother Rohan?
Yes.
Wait,i already know that she is intelligent,why are you telling me this now? ANswer my question!!!
She had passed class 4 in the little age of 7,& was admitted here. Bt then,her mother suddenly came & took her TC.
I thought maybe it's because they were shifting somewhere else. & she showed us that reason too.But apparently when Mr Suraj came back from his longest business trip of four years,he discovered that his wife had locked that little kid in house arrest. After that he readmitted his daughter at the age of 12.
Maan looked sceptical. Why do you know so much about her.
Th...There was a huge scene centering this incident. All the neighbours & police & all...
Hmm,that explains her being older than others despite of being so smart. Wait a minute. You said that there was a major scene created because of this.
Yes...Why are you asking?
Don't you think that whatever information u had about geet about how much her mother tortures her might have been changed after that incident?
There is No way! Even without the detective i had hired,anyone can tell that something is wrong with her. Her always being so jumpy,her weirdly almost slave like attitude towards her haughty younger brother & also,not to forget the fact that everyday she comes with a new bruise! That is the reason why i called for ur help. Cause after that scene ,Mrs Suraj is extremely cautious about being caught again!!
No i mean,don't you think,the amount may have been increased cause of this scene?? I mean,the type of person Mrs Rina is,she may have blamed Geet for all that scene & the fact that she had to go to police station.
Principal's eyes widened in realization.
It might be...no...it MUST BE!!!
*****
Maan came back to teacher's room,lost in thought.
Even that doesn't explain why she was running away that day? Why she was so desperate to end her life that day? If abusing is a everyday case to her & it also happened that day...
No,she was NOT abused that day...he told himself as he remembered her that day.
He saw no sign of physical abusing that day...just a girl....her crying face appeared before his eyes...just a girl whose HEART was bruised badly...not the body.
Then why?He had tried to ask geet ,but couldn't extract any word from him. He had to talk with her father.
Geet had apparently made him promise that he wouldn't say anything about this to her family. He had to make promise...but he wouldn't really keep quite about this when it was the matter of her life & death.
Speaking of that day...she looked really pretty that day smiling. he mused.
He then jolted out of his thought.
Ye kya soch raha hai maan!!! Both his mouth & mind went mum for few minutes.
Nope, nothing wrong with it!! Anyone would feel happy after seeing a sad girl laughing. ...Yes,that is why remembering her laughter brings smile to me. Because i was able to make a girl laugh who has to cry everyday. He reasoned with himself.
Time to go to take class...
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His next class was with class X. While calling the attendance he was pretty surprised to see that at the middle of the name list the failed student NAINTARA's name was added too. He ignored the name & called the other students...
So,anyone else left? He said closing the attendance book.
Yes sir,me. a girl said.
Hmm,that's strange,usually i don't do this kind of mistake. Anyway..sorry for that. What's your name?
...
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NAINTARA Rathore.
His hand stopped for a moment. If anything,he wanted to do now is to scream at the girl.
Hold on,maybe she is not at fault,maybe her parents....He calmed himself.
Naintara,you are sitting in the wrong class.
No way!! I AM in the right class sir! Maybe there is a mistake!
No naintara. There is NO MISTAKE. You should sit with the students of CLASS IX.
But sir...
GO naintara.
Sir i am SURE that there is something wrong here.
Naintara,i am SURE that there is NO MISTAKE here. You didn't appear in the exam & so you didn't pass. As a result you would be sitting with the students of class IX. As simple as that. If you don't go now,i would call your parents.
Naintara felt humiliated. This was SO frustrating!!
About her result,even her parents didn't know. They would KILL HER if they knew about this.She had lied about the exam date to go to paris, & after coming back,she used some money to tamper her results...even avoided from them coming to school by using a fake guardian UNCLE!!! If her parents knew about these...she didn't even wanted to imagine what would happen to her!!
Yes sir...she went out of the class.
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Damn!! This teacher is so strict!! Bt that stupid Sasha was right! He is SOOO HANDSOME!! Magta hai,he would be a little tricky.
Par Dekhte hai Mr HANDSOME~!!! Agar tumhe apni unglii par na nachaya..to mera naam bhi NT nahi!...
Just wait & watch...
****
Maan Sir,NT peeped in the room.
What is it naintara?
Sir,please let me go to the next class. I beg you. Sir,it was not my fault...i was very ill.
Then why didn't you show the medical?
Sir,i had lost them...i am sorry. Please let me..
Ok,naintara. If you were ill,it was really not your fault that you couldn't appear in the exam...i would let you through to the next class.
Really.
ONLY if you take an supplementary exam like the other student did. We can't do anything as ur were not present in the exams..bt you can take a supplementary exams to save yourself!! If you pass the exam,then you will be a student of class X.
Really sir...NT Couldn't show much enthusiasm,since she always got out by bribing!
*****
So geet,u came first,this calls for a celebration. Dadi said excitedly as she saw geet's report card.
Recently after school at evenings,Maan aka dadi's home became the chat house of geet & her friends while maan would do his works upstairs,occasionally coming down only to tease geet.
Why me? Rohan bhi to first aya na.
Yeah...dadi said reluctantly.
Well it's not that she didn't like rohan. He was a good boy.
Infact TOO GOOD FOR HER LIKING!!
Geet ke babaji,ye to maan ko takkar de dega!! Mere maan ko thodi si akal de dena so that he moves faster than this boy does & takes his geet!! before this boy could snatch her away!!! She prayed silently.
Maan kept staring at geet as she was enjoying the little party kept specially for her & reluctantly for Rohan.
Kya hua sir? geet titled her head innocently.
Nahi,just i was thinking how ugly you look while crying.
KYA KAHA APNE??
Chill! just saying that a girl shouldn't cry that often or her pretty face would be all wrinkly soon. he said with a teasing smile.
Hmmpp!
Maan smiled & looked at her Now angry golgappa like face.
ab kya hai?
Kuch nahi,wo i was thinking what you would like as a prize.
Prize?
Yes,you got first,so that calls for a prize ..
Aur RO..
Yes & for rohan too,he completed her unsaid words with a surprising irritation .
Mujhe kuch nahi chahiye.
Come one geet,you broke the school'd records in every subjects. There must be something you want...
Geet opened her mouth to say something.
& yes yes FOR ROHAN ALSO !!!! He said with a tinge more irritation.
aur pinki ke liye
yes,yes,pinki ke liye...
Aur aur,yash ke liye bhi...
Ha baba!! Sab ke kiye!! Ab batao
Wo....before she could say anything,her stomach grumbled LOUDLY embarrassing her.
Her wishes forgotten...she looked down trying to shut her stomach up.
Waise,...i cook pasta well.
Geet looked up surprised.
App sachhi khana bana sakte ho?
Maan looked at her & felt embarrassed as well.
Ye tum logo ka gift hai,don't think i will do this again. He said arrogantly to hide his embarrassment.
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Maan was infront of NT's house along with adi & sam to take the supplementary exam. He was really shocked when NT fainted after talikng with him.
After regaining her consciousness,she told that she was still under medication & so was feeling weak.
So maan along with other teachers & principle decided that some of them would go to her house & take the exam,since she was weak & it was going to be a long exam.
Though he really didn't want to go to take her exam,still something in him,told him that it would be a good idea to go...so here he was,with Sameera & Adi..
But apparently there was noone in home except her. Her parents went away to get some ayurvedic meds for her & would return within 1 hour.
****
So Nt,you can start writing,your time should be 3 hours,bt we extended it to 30 minutes more considering your condition. Sameera said.
Ok Sir...
After 20 minutes passed...Sameera started suddenly to gasp for air..
S..sir...i...mu..mujhe....
Damn it!! WHY DIDN"T YOU SIT WITH YOUR PUFFS??
Cool down maan. Where are your puffs?? Sameera asked.
D...down..downstairs...last...room.
Maan tried to go but NT clutched his hand as if trying to get a grip on something.
Let me go,so i can bring your puffs.
She didn't let go & continued to gasp for air.
Maan,you sit her with her ,i will bring it.
As sam left...NT looked at adi who was trying to call her parents.
WHO The heLL leAVES ther CHild iN SUCH A CONdiTION ALONE!! DIDN'T YOU SAY THEY WOULD BE BACK WITHIN 1 HOUR???
Wa...water...pani.
Adi poured the water from the jug.
Nt smacked it away,making it fall on the floor.
Spe..special...distilled...my room...3rd ...floor...she said while panting.
Adi ran from there to get it.
Now that they were alone in the room,NT suddenly stopped panting.
Maan was surprised.
Thank god that we are alone now!! I wanted to talk to you.
If you don't have any problem then start writing . he said sternly.
Don't be such a bore!! What do you want? How much do you want? I can pay any sum you want...but i don't want to give this exam.
You think you can buy me? Maan smirked.
So i was right...it wasn't your parents. It was YOU who bribed the teacher to tamper with the results. Your exam finishes here Naintara. Be prepared to sit with juniors.
Damn it!! it's not working. May be i have to approach in a different way.she thought
Sir,she held his hand.
Sir i was just examining you.
Maan smirked. YOu,taking exam of me!!
Yes sir,she started to get teary eyed.
i am sorry. But believe me,it was my parents who bribed the teacher. I tried to stop them...i became so disgusted with the teachers...then you came. At first sight i fell in love with you...
She started to cry (fakely)
I...i wanted to see ,if you are one of them...i...now that i see you are different...i am in love with you more.
Sir,i Love you...she already had undone the first three buttons of her shirt,now she puckered her lips a little... trying to lean for a kiss.
Maan bent down near to her lips much to naintara's hapiness.
Naintara. ...Now you are promoted.he whispered
Naintara smirked in her mind.
...To class VIII
Her eyes went wide & she left his hand at once.
Maan started to wrap the papers & prepared to go from there.
Par..how...noone...NOONE ever could regist me!!! You MUST bE BLIND.
Nope,i am perfectly fine!
How can you ,ignore a beautiful girl like me??Being with such a pretty...
UGLY,maan cut her line in middle.
What?
You are ugly.
Sam & Adi were there by then.
Let's go guys...the exam is finished.
what happened? Adi said
NT ran to Sam.
Mam,he tried to..he tried to..Ra
***SLAP***
You showed your acting skills to wrong person girl. I know maan from little. So better not go further than this.
Adi sir believe ...
You are lucky that you are a girl. or i would have made you into a pulp girl...Adi said gritting his teeth.
HUh,no problem,i will tell every other teacher that you wanted bribe from me & that Adi & maan sir tried to...
You can't...adi said calmy
wHY?
Cause evrything has been recorded.
WHAT??
since it was a exam taken in home i figured that it would be good if we take any video of it...& there it is...he pointed at the little statue he had bought with him.
NT was horrified!!! That little strange statue which adi sir had bought while coming here & kept on top of the self..was a recorder!!
She was officially ruined!!!!
Precap- NT's new target----GEET!!! & MORE OF GEET_MAAN SWEET TIME!😃
Edited by Shilalipi - 11 years ago
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