chapter---2
ouch,oh wat the hell is this!!!! kisne mere slippers bathroom ke bahar rakh diya...main abhi girnewali thi....MUMMY!!! MUMMY!!!
aarushi was in the kitchen,helping her mother with two other servants in making brekfast.. one of the servants smiled to hear the shout...bt kept quite and did nt say anythng...it was a daily incident and she had been used to it....
aarushi,whu was a chatterbox cudnt keep quiet and said---lo mummy shuru ho gayi....aab jao jakar dekho didi kya keh rahi hain warna sara ghar sar pe utha legi....
naina ji smiled at her and said to the servants to help her in cutting the vegetables in her absence....then she went out and started ascending the stairs...
kya hua pratigya? kyu chilla rahi ho?----said naina ji while entering her eldest daughter pratigya's room. she found her sitting on her bed,nurturing her ankle gently.. her face had an irritated expression on it and her hair was tangled in a mass. naina ji knelt down in frnt of her to see whether she had got hurt or not.. bt pratigya objected instantly---kya kar rahi hain aap mummy? she put down her feet at once and said---yahan baithiye mere bed par..
naina ji---are main sirf ye dekhna chahti thi ki tumhe chot kaha lagi hain....
pratigya---to kya aap badi hokar mere payer chuenge....kabhi nhi....maine aapko kisi aur wajase bulaya hain... mummy dekhiye na kisine mere slippers bathroom ke bahar rakh diya tha aur main uspar gir gayi...chot aayi hain....main aapko nhi bulati par kya karti mujhe nhi pata kaunsi dawai deni hain......
he mom smiled and touched her chin gently.. she returned the smile... naina ji got up and walked towards the wardrobe... she opened a drawer and took out the frst aid box. then she took an oinment frm it and handed it to pratigya....
naina ji---ise dhyan se dekh lo....agr kabhi bhi kahin bhi chot aaye par khun na nikle to ye dawai lagana...aur agr khun nikle to.....
pratigya cut her in between and said---bas bas bas....tabki baat tab hogi...main firse aapko hi bulanewali hun..... she giggled...
suddenly naina ji's eyes welled up with tears. she looked away frm her daughter. pratigya didnt notice it..... she cntrolled herself and turned to her again... she was applying the oinment on her injured ankle. naina ji sat down quietly beside her daughter,observing her vry carefully.... then all of a sudden she said---aur jab hum nhi rahenge tab kisko bulaogi pratigya?
pratigya turned at her,surprised at her wrds---matlab?
naina ji---betiyan saari zindagi apne ma bab ke paas thodi na rehti hain...wo to ek din parayi ho jati hain...aur pratigya tum bhi....
pratigya got up and while keeping the frst aid box back to its place,she said---of ho mummy...aap firse shuru ho gayi....thk hain agr apne baat chedi hain to main bhi aapko bata du ki.......
she put her arms around her mom in a loving manner and finished her sentence---ki main shaadi ke baad bhi ye sare chizo ke liye aapko hi bulaungi aur aapko ana padega...warna main kisi aur se dawai nhi lagwaungi,khana nhi khaungi....kuch nhi karungi.....apko hi ye sab kuch karna padega......samjhi aap?
naina ji smiled at her daughter's innocence and her childishness....she nodded..
pratigya released her and looked at the wqall clock---oh my god...mummy mujhe jana hain....mere frnds mere wait kar rahe honge...main chalu?
without waiting for an answer she ran to the mirror and combed her hair roughly...as she had less time... then she grabbed her purse and ran outside,occasionally limping due to her bruised ankle.....
naina ji shouted out at her back---pratigya samhalkar jana beta.....
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it had become quite late...pratigya was tensed. nitin was a vry punctual man and he hated those people whu didnt know the importance of time.. she waited for a taxi bt all that passed her were full. she thot of sending him an sms telling him to wait bt then she cntrolled herself. it was nt a long way to the mall and she was cnfident that she was going to reach in time..
she had always liked nitin mehra...frm her college days. he was a good and gentle guy and well-mannered too. pratigya was nt actually vry fascinated with guys,she liked simple people and was the most easily satisfied grl. she nvr expected much frm anybody and neither did anyone expect anythng frm her. she was pampered by her parents frm her childhood and therefore she had this notion abt life----if am good,evryone will be good with me. nitin had proposed her wen they were in the second year and frm then on they r together. people envied nitin and pratigya liked it. she was more or less happy with him as she did nt expect much and wanted to spend the rest of her life with him. nitin had told her to wait for 3-4 yrs so that he becomes well settled by then and have the face to go to pratigya's father to ask for her hand. pratigya had agreed to it. as college days had ended pratigya and nitin met once in a week and it was normally sundays....
TAXI----cried out pratigya. after a long wait she at last caught sight of a vacant taxi. she got inside quickly and said to the driver---city mall. the driver nodded and started the car and she shut the door unable to realize in her panic of getting scolded,that a part of her red dupatta hang outside the door.
she prayed to god--o god..plz plz plz nitin ko bhi kisi wajase late karwa do taki main dat khane se bach jau plz plz....
the taxi got stuck in a traffic jam..she looked around suddenly wen she found someone knocking at her window...
she felt irritated wen she saw a guy's face staring at her through the glass. he had helmet on his head,indicating that he was on a bike..... she turned her face away wen the guy outside knocked once more on her window. she hated talking with strangers and that guy surely had some bad intentions.... she decided to avoid him bt her temper rose wen he knocked on the window once agen....
just at this moment the jam broke and the taxi sped away.....pratigya heaved a sigh of relief.. after some time the taxi stopped once agen due to the signal... pratigya became really impatient now...she needed to get to the city mall fast. she was cursing her ill luck wen suddenly,to her utmost horror,that same guy knocked on her window once agen,this time more rapidly....
pratigya thot---are...ye yahan kaise aagaya? kahin ye mera picha to nhi kar raha hain?
she avoided once more....bt her temper had started to rise....
madam city mall aa gaya hain---said the taxci driver after few minutes while parking his taxi in frnt of the mall. pratigya fumbled with her purse in order to take out the fare wen again,the same guy tapped on her window..
oooofffffff----pratigya thot--aab to ise sahbaq sikhana hi padega...ladkiyon ko chedne ki kya saza milta hain aab dekho tum....
she pushed open the door of the taxi,stepped out and faced the guy whu was none other than krishna..
then she started---samajhte kya ho tum apne aapko? shariff hun iska matlab ye nhi ki tum badtameezi par badtameezi karte jao aur main chup chap sehti jau...tum jaise ladko ko to chain se marni chahiye taki tumlogo ka akal thikane aa jaye....gunde...mawali kahike...
with that she looked around to see that some of the by-standers had gathered around to enjoy the scene.. she felt proud of herself and turned to krishna once more to give a conclusion to her unfinished lecture....bt stopped wen her eyes fell on his hand..
krishna held somethng in his hand,somethng wich looked familiar....
o my god----pratigya realised wat it was...it was a torn piece of her dupatta....
krishna said gently----aapka dupatta taxi se darwaze ke bahar atak gaya tha....agr hum thk samay use fad na dete to shayad ek bht bura accident ho jata aapka.....
pratigya stared at his cold face,unable to say anythng....she was shocked.. she didnt know wat to say...sorry or thnks....
she felt extreamely ashamed of her behavior and cud no longer look into his honest eyes.. she lowered her eyes and took the piece frm his hand...
she cud feel that the guy was looking at her still and her assumption became true wen he said--aapko sharminda hone ki koi zaroorat nhi hain....aur sorry kehne ki bhi koi zaroorat nhi hain...its okay...hum samajhte hain..
with that he got on his bike and started it with a kick. then he put on his helmet and looked at the pretty,blushing pratigya for a last time. then he sped away...leaving pratigya totally stunned....
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