chapter-----3
***it had been a week since that incident happened and pratigya's health had remarkably improved after the incident.. nitin's father,doctor mehra had agreed to treat her bt only wen he was in india... for the rest of the time,he advised shyam ji and adarsh to take extreamely gud care of her....
doc mehra had said to them-----aaplog fikar mat kijiye.....hum dawai to denge...lekin uske ilawa aaplogo ko pratigya ki bht acchi tarah se khgayal rakhni padegi....uski har choti choti baat ko bhi aimiyat deni padegi aur kisi na kisiko har waqt uske saath rehna padega... she needs to be treated like a child.....
shyam ji and adarsh were,no doubt extreamely grateful to doc. mehra and nitin.....and adarsh had also invited nitin for dinner to his home one evening....to wich nitin had shyly agreed.. *****
hello bhaiya?---said aarushi in her mobile.....
adarsh---haan kaun aarushi? kya baat hain?
aarushi----bhaiya main apke college ke bahar khadi hun...aap apna practical file ghar par hi bhulgaye the...mummy ne mujhe bhej diya....aap plz bahar aakar le jao....
adarsh checked his bag----o my god...u r ryt....thk hain...hum abhi bahar aate hain...tum wohi ruko....
aarushi put down the mobile and waited impatiently..she was getting for her computer classes....
aarushi----ooff, yeh bhaiya kabtak ayenge...mujhe late ho rahi hain...bhaiya bhi na...itna careless hain.....
AARUSHI!!!------adarsh called out to her.. she turned and saw him and waved to him.... she walked quickly towards him bt on her way suddenly collided with someone and fell down on the ground alongwith the file..... adarsh saw her fall down and ran over to her bt he did nt help her to get up... instead he picked up his file and started dusting it...
aarushi had hurt her knee badly and she was finding it difficult to stand. the stranger with whum she had collided offered her his hand-------am sorry....
aarushi looked up and him as she took his hand and got up. the stranger was none other tthan krishna.. he released her hand and touched adarsh's shoulders whu was busy checking whether his papers were alright or not.
adarsh turned at him as he touched his shoulder. krishna said------tumhari behen ko chot lagi hain...ye sab chodo aur uski taraf dekho... adarsh looked at aarushi.. she was weeping softly.... head held low...
he walked over to her------aarushi,kya hua? tum thk to ho?
she did nt reply.. krishna said agen---uski payer mein chot lagi hain....use kisi doctor ke paas le jao...
adarsh had been taking it for quite long. he snapped----hume acchi tarah se pata hain ki hume kya karna chahiye.....tum hume mat sikhao...pehle to dhakka marte ho aur fir humdardi jatate ho....ye hamari behen hain...hum samhal lenge....tumhe chinta karne ki koi zaroorat nhi hain...
aarushi opened her mouth----bhaiya aap unse kyun istarah baat kar rahe hain? usne hume dhakka nhi diya...hum khud gir gaye.... aur apse pehle usne meri madat ki.....
adarsh-----tum chup raho...tumse humne pucha nhi hain...chalo....tumhe kisi doctor ke paas le chalet hain....
aarushi stopped him----uski koi zaroorat nhi hain.....hum khud aapni dekhbhal kar sakte hain.....
she turned at krishna-------thnks...... he smiled...
she was about to walk away wen he called out to her---------excuse me...agr aap bura na mane to kya hum aapko doctor ke chamber tak chod de..? aapko dekhkar aisa lag raha hain ki aapko taklif ho rahi hain.....
aarushi thought for a while and then glanced at adarsh------sure.....agr aapko zyaada prblm na ho to.... aur bhaiya aap class mein jaiye...apko late ho raha hoga....
adarsh stood there watching aarushi walk away with krishna... he gritted his teeth in anger......
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to aap bhi bhaiya ke saath padte ho?--------asked aarushi to krishna...
krishna---haan hum apke bhaiya ke classmate bhi hain aur competitor bhi....
aarushi giggled----ye to humne nhi pucha tha?
krishna smiled back-------to kya hua...humne bata diya.....taki aap humse thoda dur hi rahe....
aarushi was surprised----kyun?
krishna------aa...kyun ki aapke bhaiya ko ye baat zyaada pasand nhi ayega.....
a strange smile appeared across aarushi's face....she looked at krishna and said-------aur agr maine aapki baat nhi mani to?
krishna cleared his throat...bt didn't reply.. then suddenly he said-------wo raha doctor ka chamber... aap chaliye..woh aapko frst aid de denge....
thye went inside together.. the doctor examined aarushi's wound and bandaged it.. then he gave her some medicine and a pain killer....
after he had finished,they came out of the chamber.....
aarushi------aap coffee piyenge?
krishna------kyun?
aarushi----bas....aise hi....
krishna rubbed his cheek with his palm and said------aab aapko der nhi ho rahi hain kya? aap to keh rahi thi ki aapko computer classes jana hain...
aarushi smiled----aaj to main waise hi main late ho gayi hun...aab jakar kya faida? chaliye na kahin baithkar coffee peete hain......
krishna-----am sry aarushi....hamare class ka time ho gaya hain.....hume jana hoga....bye....and ya..it was nice to meet you....
he shook hands with her,then turned and walked away....
aarushi stared at his direction for sometime and then she muttered to herself-----gosh!!!!! he is so amazing....!!!
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pratigya was sitting on her bed and doing an embroidery work with rohli directing and helping her.. wen aarushi burst into her room... rohli and pratigya were both taken by quite a surprise....
aarushi,at frst gave a big hug to pratigya and rohli and then sat down on the bed beside them..
rohli-----kya baat hain...aaj humpar bht pyaar aa raha hain....koi khas wajah?
aarushi smiled shyly bt did nt reply.. pratigya glanced at her face and said uninterestingly-----firse kisise milkar aa rahi hogi....koi devta...ya fir koi rajkumar.......
aarushi stood up at once and gave pratigya another tight hug..
pratigya shouted----kya kar rahi ho? hamare haath mein needle hain...lag jayegi.....
aarushi released her and pressed her cheeks hard-------di....aap itni sweet kyun hain? aapko hamesha kaise pata chal jata hain hamare bare mein?
rohli------to pratigya thk keh rahi hain...kyun? aaj kis se milkar aarahi ho....?
aarushi started started dramatizing her feelings-----are aapko kya bataye...isbaar nahi koi devta...aur nahi koi prince....isbar to ek hero mila hain hero.....kya dude hain di....tumhe dekhni chahiye thi....thoda nakchada hain.....par koi baat nhi...use to main sidha banakar chodungi....aur aap dono ko pata hain wo kaun hain?
rohli----kaun?
aarushi sat down beside her,excitement breking out of her eyes------bhaiya ka classmate hain...aur sirf classmate hi nhi...ye wohi ladka hain jise bhaiya ek dum pasand nhi karte...aapko yaad hain wo hamesha kehte hain ki woh second aa jate hain ek ladke ki wajase...jo hamesha frst aata hain? ye wohi ladka hain rohli di.....krishna.....
then she related the whole incident to which pratigya and rohli listened with great interest....
after she had finished,pratigya said-----to usne kuch bataya? ki woh tumhe pasand karta hain ya fir kuch bhi?
aarushi---are di...aap samajh nhi rahi hain...ye waisa ladka nhi hain...bht ghamandi hain....uska ghamand todna padega pehle...
pratigy, in an uninterested tone------thk hain...koshish jari rakho....bhagwan kare tum safal ho jao...
rohli laughed out at her way of speaking wich made aarushi a bit angry-------aapko mazaq lag raha hain? thk hain aap dono dekhna kis tarah isbaar bhi woh ladka hamare pyaar mein pagal ho jata hain.....aaj tak aarushi ko jo kuch bhi pasand aaya hain use wo mila hain......
pratigya rolled her eyes.... she knew her sister well enough....
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mummy,aap kyun fikar kyun kar rahi hain...hum to rohli ke ghar hi jayenge...abhi wapas aa jayenge----pratigya tried to explain thngs to her mother.. she was feeling bored at home as rohli did nt come that day coz of fever. she wanted to visit her house wich was a walking distance away frm their house....bt her mother was nt allowing her to go...
pratigya----mummy plzzz......hum thk se chale jayenge.....
naina ji was firm in her decision------nhi pratigya hum tumhe nhi jane de sakte.....tumhare bhaiya aur papa ko aane do..fir wo log tumhe lekar jayenge...tum akeli kahin nhi jaogi...
pratigya----par kyun mummy? hum akele kyun nhi ja sakte? aisi kya wajah hain jiske liye hum rohli ke ghar mein bhi nhi ja sakte?
naina ji----bas keh diya na? aab chup chap apne kamre mein jao.....
pratigya----thk hain to fir aaj hum dawai bhi nhi lenge aur khana bhi nhi khayenge....
naina ji grew impatient----pratigya kyun zid kar rahi ho?
pratigya snapped----zid hum nhi aap kar rahi hain......hume ek bar jane dijiye na...hume istarah accha nhi lagta ghar mein baithe rehna....
naina ji put down her work and sighed----thk hain...jao....par ek ghante mein aa jana......
pratigya smiled and ran towards her room to get ready.....she felt terribly excited to go out on her own after really a long time...
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pratigya knew the way to rohli's house quite well,she had often visited her house in rickshaw... and she happily walked towards the right direction...after walking for sometime suddenly she felt that she had probably come in the wrong way. she stopped and looked around her. she thot-------ye mandir to yahan nhi tha......to fir ? yahan to ek bara sa ped tha......woh kahan gaya.....? kahin hum galat raste mein to.........................
she looked carefully around her,she felt that she did nt recognize the place at all....... she became so tensed that she forgot that she was standing on the middle of the road... sweat appeared on her forehead------hum galat raste mein aa gaye hain....yahan se rohli ka ghar...kis taraf....?
she wiped her face with a handkerchief... slowly she began to feel ill... as she was standing on the middle of the road,the vehicls gave out repeated horns to attract her attention and the drivers shouted at her---- e ladki....apna baap ka raasta samajh rakhi ho ka?
pratigya covered her ears....her condition started to deteriorate... the people gathered around her, shouting at her,abusing her...... she felt powerless to speak...let alone to move...she knelt down slowly on the ground... the shouts and chaos around her increased----saali.....kya kar rahi hain...ye koi baithne ki jagah hain kya?
suddenly,her senses came back to her and she felt herself being pulled up on her feet by someone.... she opened her eyes and saw a familiar face in frnt of her...a face wich she had seen vry closely before...somewhere..... she strained her brains bt cud nt remember..... she felt weak..... and clutched the person's collar and rested her head on his chest.......
krishna... put his arm around her waist and held her tightly against himself... then he dragged her away frm the middle of the road.. the situation became normal agen and the crowd broke up.....
krishna released pratigya whose condition seemed to become a little better..... she looked up at him-----------tum kaun ho?
krishna was mesmerized by her extreamely innocent voice wich equally matched with her innocent face... he felt as if a child asked him the question......
krishna----hamara naam krishna hain.....krishna thakur...
pratigya seemed to hear that name too...bt she did nt strain her brains this time..... she lowered her eyes---------pratigya.......hamara naam......
krishna-------tum kya kar rahi thi? aise koi bich raaste mein khada rehte hain kya? tumhare saath kuch bhi ho sakta tha...... ek baat batao....kya tum kisi baat se pareshna ho? usdin bhi tum itni pareshan thi.......
pratigya cut him in between and said-----hume rohli ke ghar jana tha.....raasta nhi mil raha hain....hume abhi ghar jana hain.......
krishna----tum ghar ka raasta dhund paogi?
pratigya remained silent.. she was unsure whether she wud be able to recognize her way home....
krishna-----thk hain tum batao tumhara ghar kahan hain?
pratigya told him the address of her home... krishna looked around and called a rickshaw... then he helped pratigya to get up and he himself got up..... he related the address to the rickshaw man whu started paddling...
on their way,neither did pratigya speak and nor did krishna.... the latter kept on staring at the extreamely preety yet mysterious grl sitting beside him bt cud nt gain the courage to talk to her....
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Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2
