PART 7 :
After a day's observation, Zoya was discharged from hospital but she was adviced for 3-4 days rest so that her wounds would heal by then...Asad had now started spending the evening with Zoya and family.. It was Nupur and Farhaan's responsibility to brief her out with each day's training details either over phone or by dropping in at her place.. Asad had not denied his relationship with Zoya in front of her friends in the hospital... However, Nupur , Farhaan and Karan had discussed as good friends of her and had decided not to reveal or speak about it in office...Salim and Zeenath were also happy and the one who was extremely happy was Adya since her friend was now spending more time with her and her poophi...
Zoya's House...
Asad had taken out Adya to the park and Zeenat was happy to see the bond which Asad shared with her..
Zoya : Babhi.. bait kar bahut bore ho rahin hoon babhi.. bahar bhi nahin ja sakthi hoon..itne din se ghar par hi hoon.. muje bahar jane ka man hain...
Zeenat : Zoya.. samaj sakthi hoon.. lekin kya karein beta.. zyada chalne se tumhara pair dukhega na... bus 2 din rest karlo.. sab teek hojayega...
Asad and Adya had walked in as these conversations were going on...Salim had informed that he would be late since he had to meet an old friend of his...
Asad : Babhi.. agar apki ijazzat ho to kya mein Zoya ko bahar leke ja saktha hoon ??
Zeenat : Magar Asad..
Asad : Please Babhi.. ghabrane ki koi zaroorat nahin.. main sambhal loonga...
Zeenat : Chalo teek hain...lekin jaldi aajao.. khana jaldi ready kardoongi...
Asad : Shurkiya Babhi.. Chale Adya ?? and winked at her...
Zoya : lekin... main in kapde mein bahar kaise aa sakti hoon...
Asad: Trust me Zoya.. you are looking great ...you need not feel conscious about your tracks and T-shirt...and he goes to her and picks her up in his arms...Zoya looked at her Babhi with a shocked look but Zeenat had a sweet smile admiring the Asad and Zoya... Adya was so excited that she started clapping...
Adya : Poophi maine kaha tha na.. ki mere dost bahut strong hain.. tum badi ho .. dekho tumhe bhi kaise godi le rahein hain...
Zeenat :Adya.. aap ghar pe hi ruko.. aap ka favourite Tom and Jerry cartoon aa raha hain..
Adya : Yeh !! Dost... main park me khelke thaq gayi hoon.. aap ab poophi ko ghumake aao.. main cartoon dekhoongi tab tak..
Asad and Zoya just smiled at Adya for her cute explanations...Asad took Zoya and made her sit in the front seat of his car... He switched on the music in his car.. which was playing Kishore Kumar's "Chu kar mere man ko kiya tune kya ishara.. "
Asad : Batao Zoya. Kahan chale ?? Aap pastries khaogi ya ice-cream ??
Zoya : Kuch khane ka man nahin hain.. bus bahar ana chathi thi.. aap hi batayiye.. kahan chale ??
Asad thinks for a while and decides to take her to the lake side ... Even though Zoya was born and brought up in Bhopal, she had never been to the lake side.. There was a butterfly park also in the same place..It was very beautiful and peaceful.. Lot of children were playing along with their parents.. Asad made her sit in one of the vacant benches over there and he also sat next to her..
Zoya : Bahut hi khoobsoorat park hain yeh..
Asad : Main janta tha.. ki tumhe pasad ayega...Patha hain Zoya.. main jab bhi.. Bhopal main atha tha.. Aslam ke family ke saath yahin athe the.. mere liye woh family bahut hi kaas hain.. Main apne abbu aur ammi ka pyar mereliye dekha hi nahin...
Zoya was now understanding his pain.. She took his hands in hers and held it tightly...assuring him that she would fill his life with all the love he is hungry for...
Zoya : Muje apne keyboard yahaan leke ana chahiye tha.. It is so peaceful and beautiful.. mera man key board bajane ka ho raha hain...
Asad smiled at her.. : Chale Zoya.. agli baar.. leke ayenge.. nahin to ghar janeke baad baja sakthi ho...
As the days passed by, Zoya had joined back office.. Her team had got to know about her accident and they gave her a warm welcome .. Tanya was however not happy with Zoya's return.. She remembered the argument which she had with Karan few days back...
Few Days Back ...
Karan had not called up Tanya even after returning from Hospital.. He was very upset with her behavior..He knew that she was very possessive of him.. but it was not acceptable to be so rude with someone.. that too in the condition which Zoya was in...Karan and Tanya were the best buddies since their engineering first year.. Karan was a guy who was very friendly and got along easily with others.. He and Tanya were ragged on the first day and the seniors had made Karan to go and give a rose to Tanya.. but later when both of them had got to know that they were ragged by seniors to do this, they had striked a good friendship and in fact their friendship had become the talk of the college.. As their friendship increased, Tanya had become a little possessive and Karan had sensed it... he was good enough to explain to her and to make her understand that even though they were best buddies that did not mean that their world would revolve around each other.. They did need their space for other people in their lives... Tanya was also quite understanding at that point of the time and she had tried hard not become over possessive...
The next day in office ...
Tanya was still angry with Karan ...
Karan : Hi Tanya.. kaise ho ??
Tanya : Ab yaad aya mera.. ?? time mila tumhe uski dekhbhal karke ??
Karan : Tanya.. not again ya.. Dekho tumhari is possessive nature se.. hum dono ko nuksaan hosakta hain...
Tanya : Nuksaan hosakta hain.. nuksaan to ho chuka hain...
Karan : Matlab kya hai tumhara ??
Tanya : Is char saal mein ek bhi din nahin tha jab tum muje chodne nahin aye.. aur kal ...
Karan : For God's sake Tanya.. grow up.. tum janti hona Zoya kis halath mein thi.. insaniyath ke naathe mera woh farz tha.. waise woh humari colleague bhi hain.. hum ab bacche nahin rahe Tanya.. hum bade hogaye hain.. tumhe samaj na hoga.. ab sab chodho.. main hi sorry kehdoonga.. Sorry !! Friends.. ??
Tanya finally smiled and had patched up with her dearest friend...
Back to Present...
Thanks to Farhaan and Nupur, Zoya had got all the details which was covered in the training and she had requested for additional time out of office hours to get an hands on to cover up for the days which she had missed out.. Asad had strictly informed her not to ride on her two wheeler to office.. He had sent out a car with driver to pick her up from office and also to drop her back...Days were racing and the Saturday and Sundays of Asad was dedicated to Zoya's family... He was literally with them during those days of the week enjoying the family bonding.. and catching up with things which he had missed in his life so far...
Office Canteen : (Assume it is a center Food court which has many outlets.. like Coffee Day, Barista, Baskin Robins etc)
It was Peter's birthday and he had agreed to treat their team in the canteen..
Zoya : Phele cake to cut karo Peter.. Wait.. Cake.. hum teen yanee.. Farhaan, main aur Nupur ki taraf se.. mein abhi leki athi hoon...
Saif : Zoya.. sirf tum teen kyun.. mein aur Raj bhi contribute karthein hain...
Karan : aur hum teeno bhi...
Humeira: Ye kya ho raha hain ?? hum sab bhale hi.. alag alag college se aye hain.. lekin ab saath saath kaam kar rahein hain na.. then why this differentiation.. hum sab ek group jaise enjoy kartein hain..
Nupur : Exactly.. tum teek kehrahi ho Humeira.. hum na Karan ko nominate kardethe hain.. ab se uski responsibility hogi.. hum sab mein co-ordinate karne keliye...
Karan : Main kyun Nupur.. Zoya to humari TL hain na.. to Zoya ko responsibility de dethe hain...
Nupur : Zoya manegi nahin Karan.. Zoya ko bachpan se janti hoon.. Please accept karlo...
Karan : ok fine...
Peter's birthday celebrations went on fine.. Tanya was not liking the attention with Zoya was getting be it among her team and also she was feeling jealous with Zoya's rapport with the Development team.. Tanya was closing observing her every day and she was just waiting for an opportunity to pull her down...
Farhaan : Zoya.. tumhe dher hojayegi...tum nikhlo.. warna ho saktha hain... tumhare wo naraz hojayenge...
Zoya : Nahin.. Nahin.. sab ke saath hi nikloongi...
Karan : Accha.. humein patha hi nahin tha.. kaun hain Zoya ?? batao ?? and he winked at Farhaan...
Looked like both Farhaan and Karan had plans to pull Zoya properly.. but Tanya was getting very irritated...
Zoya : Karan...Shut up !!
Tanya : Hey you.. how can you speak to my friend Karan like this ??
Zoya did not know how to respond.. she just looked at Karan for help...
Karan : Tanya..please..
Raj : Tanya.. kya yaar.. chalo ice-cream lethe hain.. isse tumhara gussa bhi tanda hojayega...chalo aao.. and he literally dragged her away from the group...to ease out the tension...
Karan : I am so sorry Zoya.. Woh todha possessive hain... lekin acchi dost hain.. iski wajah se koi ladki meri girlfriend banna bhi nahi chathi hain...
Farhaan : Lekin humein laga ki aap dono...
Karan started laughing.. : Ki hum dono boyfriend aur girl friend hain.. Come on yaar.. hum acche dost hain.. haan hum dono zyada waqt saath mein guzarthe hain.. lekin iska matlab to yeh nahin ki hum couple hain... I respect relations... Isliye main chatha hoon ki main phele Tanya keliye ek accha boy friend doondoo... Baad mein kudh keliye ladki doondoonga..
Nupur : Agar usse pehle .. koi apko pasad karnelage to ??
Karan : Kya baath hain Nupur.. iradha kya hain ?? Waise tum acchi ho.. dikhne mein bhi teek ho..
Nupur started blushing.. : Arre maine to bus aise hi kehdiya.. aur tum flirt karne lage...
Farhaan : Nupur.. band karo.. dekho Tanya aa rahi hain.. Zoya ke saath saath tumhe bhi apna dushman samjne lagegi...
The days were passing by fastly ..Karan was not keeping well and taken an off.. so Tanya had to go back alone.. As she was going towards the lift, Asad also joined her..She felt that it was a golden opportunity to execute her plan...Asad was however oblivious about who was there in the lift along with him..
Tanya : Good Evening sir.. Shayad apne muje pehchana nahin..
Asad : Good Evening.. Yes please ??
Tanya : Sir main Fresher batch mein hoon.. Mera naam Tanya hain..main aapse baath karna chathi hoon..
Asad : I know.. bathayiye kya baath hain ??
By this time they had reached the ground floor...
Tanya : Sir.. kab baath karsakthe hain ??
Asad : Dekhiye.. agar koi problem hain.. to aap apne manager Piyush se miliye.. aap mujse kyun milna chathi hain ??
Tanya : Sir.. please zaroori hain..
Asad : Ok fine.. kal shaam char bhaje ka appointment detha hoon.. aur haan sirf dus minute...
Tanya : Thank you sir..
Asad was wondering what she had to discuss with him.. ?? Even though he had at times felt like speaking to Zoya during office hours or during the break, Zoya had requested him not to call her to his cabin unless it was really required.. He appreciated her for her presence of mind...Instead they would texted each other and they were happy with it..
The next day, Asad's Cabin 4 PM :
Tanya knocks the door and gets into Asad's room.. Her team members were surprised when Tanya mentioned that she had an appointment with their MD.. Zoya was however not bothered.. After couple of heated conversations with Tanya, she had preferred to avoid and ignore her...
Tanya : Good Evening Sir..
Asad : Good Evenign Tanya.. Please sit down.. Batayiye kya baat hain ??
Tanya : Aap humare TL Zoya ko jante hain na ??
As soon she mentioned that it was about Zoya.. Asad's eyebrows knots and he waited patiently and allowed her to continue..
Zoya : Sir.. usne Piyush sir ko impress karke.. TL post hasil kiya hain.. aur ab seniors ke saath bhi aisa hi behave karti hain.. aur muje lagtha hain apko bhi ..impress karne ki koshish karthi rehthi hain...
Asad : Hogaya apka bakwas...??
Tanya : Sir.. aap ??
Asad : Chaliye...
Asad came out of his cabin angrily while Tanya came running behind him.. He went towards the Development team.. and went to Zoya directly...
He then looked at Tanya and told : Do you know about whom you are speaking ??
Asad : Zoya utho.. and he held her shoulders... Yeh is company ki honewali Director hain.. aur haan hone wali Mrs. Asad Ahmed Khan.. Samji aap...
Zoya could sense the anger which was going through Asad since his hands were quite hot.. and she also understood what could have happened...
Asad : Aap ki is harkath se.. apko is company se bahar nikal saktha hoon...abhi isi waqt...
Zoya : Aap please aise koi action math lijiye.. Hum sabka career to abhi shuru ho raha hain.. aur agar aap isse company se nikhalenge to Tanya ka career barbad hojayega...Please
Asad : Seekhiye.. inse kuch to seekhiye...
Tanya had tears in her eyes : I am sorry sir.. Sorry Zoya !!
Tanya was too embarrassed .. and she was crying ...Zoya consoled her...
Zoya : Please Tanya.. bhool jao.. in sab baath ko.. apne kaam par concentrate karo...kabhi kabhi ho jati hai aisi galti.. lekin Zindagi mein age badna chahiye...
Karan : Tanya.. ab to samaj lo Tanya..
Tanya : I am so sorry Zoya.. I will change for good from now.. and she hugged Zoya.. thanking her for forgiving her and helping her out of the situation...
END OF PART 7
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