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Maan was driving ...geet was sitting at front with him while prem was standing in between their seats ...maan kept on asking him which games he wants to play first ...what would do ...maan smiled listening to him contributing in between however geet was quite all the way cursing maan ...actually making him amused with her cute angry red nose n pouting lips ...she hadn't changed but she looked so much different ..with her hairs open n down instead of being braided ..she looked fresh even though he knew she must have been awake in the early hours of the morning ...prem had sat down as maan sped seeing the light traffic ...seeing geet from the corner of his eyes murmuring something glaring him angrily every once in a while ..a hidden smile appeared on his face thinking how stupid can she be thinking prem would go without her anywhere in this mood ...knowing full well from years that every time prem hits low he gets glued to both of them not wanting to leave any of them ...
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Its been an hour since they were here ...they all played numerous games together ...prem was finally getting out of his sour mood when maan got an important call from London n he went out of the gaming room as there were loud music of video games n songs telling geet ...
Prem was looking at the hockey game but there were already few boys elder than him playing ...geet saw him going there ..she wanted to stop him but he was faster than him in the crowded gaming zone ..
Hi bhaiya ...do you have a partner ...??
Yep kiddo he just went to get more coins ..
Ohh I have coins with me can I please play one game with you ...
The teenage boy smirked at him n asked arrogantly ..
This isn't kids game boy go play on the smaller board ...
Geet was standing a few steps away by the benches trying to see how prem would react ..
Well ok if u are so scared of loosing a game by a "KID"
Geet smiled seeing prem's game n the boy did got trapped in his' ..
Fine we'll play lets see what you've got ...
Arav whats up man ...who is this kid ..
Geet saw another guy coming ..she almost walked up to him ...taking a few steps in his direction ..but stopped listening to the familiarity in his tone ..
Hi ...the name is Prem Khurana ...
Prem was standing in between those guys atleast 5 to 7 years elder to him with so much confidence n attitude ...geet was amazed seeing him ...for a second she thought she heard maan's voice there ...the same intimidating tone ...that same attitude ...no one can ever say prem is not maan's biological son ..a smile adorned her face n she hid behind a pillar not far away from him ...
So "prem khurana" get ur position ...
They played the game n prem won it ...geet couldn't believe it neither could those two boys ...the little khurana was jumping in joy having defeated the guy in front of him ...
Yes ..yes ..yes I won ..yeppieee
Kya yaar arav ek bache se haar gaya tu ...chii ..
Prem khurana ..thats what my name is ..samjhe
Geet was happy a moment before seeing prem picking up his battle n wining it but the arrogance he showed afterwards made her question where is he getting it from ...he wasn't like this ever ...!! May be some guy at school he is picking up things from ...the guy who used that devil word ...she was lost in her thoughts when prem walked upto her n held her hand
Geet aunty aapne dekha ...I won ..wohh bhaiya ...mujhe kaise kid bol rahe thay ..dekha hara diya mene ..
Geet smiled n walked away with him at that time to other game ...after a few minutes geet saw the guy Arav prem just defeated getting bullied by his group of friends even prem heard the way they were taunting him to have lost from a younger boy ..
Geet saw prem frowning ...n she turned to him ..
Kya hua prem ..?? why are you feeling bad ..
Nahi wohh ...wohh bhaiya ...unke friends ache nahi hain ...
Hmm ..aur wohh ache thay ..??
Han he even let me play with him ..aur mujh se coins bhi nahi liye thay ...
Even then u had taunted him after wining ..
But he addressed me as a small kid ..even he taunted me ..
Not him prem ..his friend ..right ..??
Prem stood there thinking a minute n then nodded ...
Unko bora laga huga na mene aise bola ..
Geet shrugged n then saw in the direction of those boys even prem did ..
Aap batao ...aapko kaisa laga tha kal jab aapke classmates aapko bully kar rahe thay haarne k baad ...
Unko bhi waisa hi lag raha huga ...
Abb mien kya karoon ...??
prem ek sawaal ka jawaab doge ...competition kyun jeetna chahte thay ...sach sach ...iss liye k tumhain khushi huti ya iss liye k tarun yeh competition na jeete ..
aapko ziada boora kis baat ka laga ..aap nahi jeete ya iss baat ka k tarun jeet gaya ..??
mujhe buhat ghussa aaya jab tarun jeeta ...mein bet bhi haar gaya ...
aur mujhe jeetna tha ..mujhe school ka sab se best student banna tha ..
yeh aap se kis ne kaha k competition jeetne se aap best student hujaoge ..
rohan ne ..uss ne kaha jo student sab competition jeet'ta hai wohh hi sab teachers ka fav. Hota hai aur saare students bhi uski hi respect karte hain ..sab girls bhi usko hi importance deti hain ..
aur ...//
aur kya ..??
prem looked down n geet was waiting for him to complete knowing he was hiding something n asked in a stern voice ...
aur kya prem ..??
rohan ne bhi mujhe loser kaha ...mere sab friends mujh pr haase ..
prem ...(geet sighed nknelt to his level finally getting to know why prem has been so stubborn n unpredictable these last few days).. mera bacha competition jeetne se koi best nahi hu jata ...aap best bante ho apni achai se ..apne mannerism se ...apni personality se ...jab aap sab se ache se behave karte ho tab aap best bante ho ..tab log aapko pasand karte hain ..agar aap sab ko hurt karoge tou koi aapko best nahi samjhega ..rohan ...that guy u barely knew ...u left most of ur friends for ..aur jab aap haar gye he left u ...does that make him ur good friend ..?? (prem frowned n shook his head in denial) ...exactly aapke poorane dost aapke haarne pr haase coz pehle aap ne rohan k saath milkar unka mazaak banaya apne over confidence mien ...prem competitions tou aapko apki strengths batane k liye hute hain ...so that ..so that u can work on ur weak points n get over them ..kisi ko kisi se upar ya neeche karne k liye nahi ..
prem looked so confused all the things geet was saying was going contrary to what he had been taught over the last few months.. by that failure guy ..
tou jo competition mien first aata hai wohh best nahi huta ...
wohh best huta hai prem but sir fuss ek skill mien ...wohh insaan acha hai ya nahi yehh baat koi competition decide nahi karta ..agar aisa hota tou aapko wohh arav bhaiya jinhoon ne aapko game khilaya wohh ache tou nahi lagte ...after all he lost the game ...but in fact aapko unke friends ache nahi lage jo unko bully kar rahe thay ...hai na ..!!
prem nodded finally getting to understand things ...
prem Ms. Rosie ...aapki English teacher ... she has been teaching you since last 3 years now right ...she loves you ..kya aapko lagta hai yeh sirf iss liye k aap koi competition jeete hu ..(prem shook his head).. mien, aapke chachu ..aniee di ..badi dadi sab aap se kitna pyaar karte hain ..right ...kisi competition ki waja se tu nahi na ...coz u r a good kid that's why we love you ...competition jeetna ya na jeetna insaan best nahi banata best usko banata hai uska behavior uss competition k baad whether he comes out as a winner or runner up ..
agar aap competition jeet gaye lekin kisi ko hurt kar ke ..tou kya faida
but agar aap haar gaye magar kisi ko khushi de kar tou ...jo khushi aapko milegi that will make u feel better than winning itself ...
mene arav bhaiya ko hurt kiya na ..
geet nodded looking at the boy standing in a corner sulking ..
geet aunty mien abhi aaya ...
geet looked at him shocked at the way he ran towards arav ..
arav bhaiya ...I am sorry
geet went to him n stood at a distance seeing prem apologizing to him but then a few guys gathered there ..n prem continued not even a tad bit intimidated by them all ...
wohh mien aapko thank you bolna bhool gaya ..
mujhe game khilane k liye ..mien kab se wait kar raha tha who game available hi nahi hu raha tha ...
yeah whatever prem ..its ok
nahi really thankyou u were a great player ...mere chachu jaise bilkul sachiii ...it was really a fluke I won ...
oh so u r the kid he lost the game to ...
no bhaiya he didn't lost actually I saw the way he was taking the strokes n I had copied him so in a way he taught me to win ..
really ..arav you need to show us the stroke man ..come on big guy let us all know how you made our friend loose ..
no please ..i am not in a mood ..
but they all made them so to the same game ...geet followed them closely while even prem saw her around ...
the game started n even though prem was really trying to give it his best he lost in the end ...arav smiled whole heartedly at him n hugged him ...
congrats bhaiya ...u won
thanks ..
geet smiled seeing prem ...smiling even after loosing a game ...n sighed may be now prem would know where the true happiness comes from ...
geet ...
she jumped back hearing her name call out loud n turned to see maan standing there with a scowling face ...
ohh ...dara diya aapne mujhe ..
maan shook his head igitated with the call already and now her weird behavior getting on his nerves while he glanced around looking for prem ..
prem kahan hai aur tum yahan akeli kyun khari ho ..
uhh wohh prem wohh wahan ...I mean wohh larke ..he is playing with them ..i thought I would feel awckward with me there ...
geet how could you ...///
tum usko akele kaise chor sakti ho ...now where is he ..
geet turned to point in the direction prem was standing with arav n his friends but the group wasn't there nor was prem any more ...
I swear maan sir wohh yahin tha mere saamne I don't know where ...//
Geet turned hoping to see prem around somewhere almost about to cry seeing the anger on maan's face n the worry of prem gone missing eating her ...
Yeh sab meri galti hai I shouldn't have left him with you ...geet how could you be so careless ...tum ne prem ko akela chora bhi kaise ...
Maan sir (geet tried so hard to hold her tears at bay but failed feeling the wet trail on her cheeks).. mene jaanboj kar nahi kiya I just ...aapne awaaz di n then he ...//
Just let it be geet iss waqt tumhari explanations nahi sun sakta mien ...we have to search him pata nahi kahan huga ...kahin kuch ...
Geet gasped hearing him ...n shook her head in denial turning away trying to look for him in the now over crowded basement of the gaming zone ..while maan walked ahead to talk with the manager showing him prem's picture asking him if he has seen the boy ...geet glanced back n saw him talking with the manager more tears gathered in her eyes seeing maan so tensed so worried almost about to loose it ...pushing his perfectly jelled hairs back running his hand through his hair a perfect sign of his stressed mind ...
Babaji please kuch galat mat hone dena ...I
Prem mien jaan basti hai unki please ...
Geet saw maan asking about prem to different boys passing by him showing them prems' picture hiss face was red ...she looked down not being able to bear the anger his eyes showed at the moment ...for a second she found herself again standing in the waiting room of KC having a 3 years old prem in her arms n maan standing in front of her all furious ready to lash at her ...the difference being today she didn't had prem instead she was the reason prem was gone missing n second that day he had actually shouted at her so angry n worried for prem all his stress was taken out on her where as today he just having that angry look n disappointed eyes looking at her ...however the thing that still remain same was his mistrust on her ...5 years back also he thought she had kept prem deliberately n even today he didn't trust her ...
Another tear trail escaped from her duo shaped hazel brown eyes n with blurred eyes she saw maan marching towards his left n prem running towards him ...she smield finally taking a deep sigh of relief seeing maan hugging prem so tight ..geet could feel relief flooding through his pores ...she saw him closing his eyes taking a deep breath composing himself again before parting away from the little boy in his arms ..n she wiped her tears away making way towards them carefully standing a few steps away hearing maan's admonishing tone
Kahan chale gaye aap prem ...bina bataye ...aise koi karta hai kya ..
Prem made a baby face pouting ...
Sorryyy ...wohh arav bhaiya mujhe lekar gaye mien mana kaise karta unko bora lagta na ..
Sorry sorry sorry chachu ...
Prem promise me u will never ever do such a stunt again ..
Pakka promise ..acha aap chalo mien aapko unn se milata hoon ...
Prem almost ran back to them but maan held him ..
Not now prem abhi nahi ...its almost 8:15 humien nikalna chahiye warna hum late hujaiyenge ...
Oh okiee ...but mien unko bye bol kar aaon please ..
Maan wanted to refuse but seeing his pleading face he agreed ...all the way watching him as he went at a distance speaking to a group of boys older than him exchanging high fives n hugs ...n ran back to him n he took him up in his arms ..his heart still pacing high ...turning to see the girl standing at a few steps' distance ..
Geet looked away immediately as maan turned to her ...not wanting to face those furious glares again ...with prem's constant chating n telling maan all about what happened with arav n his group n the way geet made him realize how he shouldn't bully anyone after winning a game the 40 minutes drive felt so short maan barely noticed however he felt geet sitting lost n quite all the way n he wondered briefly if he went over board at the gaming zone ..did he said something way too harsh ...truth be told he didn't even remember now he was way too scared having prem missing in such a mad crowd ...the mere thought of having prem hurt had him loose his mind ..for a second he thought about apologizing but then how will he ...not that geet was going to give him a chance seeing her practically running away just as he stopped in the parking near the restaurant spotting aniee there a few cars away ...she immediately went out to her ...
Maan sighed n turned off the engine ..just as he locked the car prem held his hand gaining his attention ...
What ..??
Aapne geet aunty ko daanta hai kya ..??
Maans' first reaction was naturally shocked how can this little one guess so accurately ...n he looked away not wanting to explain it all to prem ..
Umm ..nahi ...nahi prem aisa kuch nahi hai ..
Chachu ..!! bad habit jhoot bola bori baat hai ...pata hai geet aunty kehti hai jo jhoot bolta hai ussko evil witch pakar kar le jaati hai ...
If on any day prem would have said this the way he did maan would have smiled on his cuteness but having seen geet's face n knowing he is the reason behind her sadness yet again only spoiled it for him n sighed in defeat ...
Sorry prem but ...aap mil nahi rahe thay n geet was suppose to take care of you ..i got worried n lashed out on her but u know chachu right ..mene intensionally nahi kara ...
Chachu geet aunty saara time mere saath hi thi ...wohh tu mene unko roka tha aane se wohh arav bhaiya ke saath game ...//
Unki galti nahi thi mien hi bina bataye arav bhaiya k saath aage chala gaya tha ..
Maan knelt in front of him n corrected his shirt straightening it while looking away ..
I know prem she would never do this intentionally but u know ur chachu have a bit of a temper issue ...
Prem chuckled ...
Geet aunty is really scared of ur temper ..
That surprised maan ..n he looked at him questioning ..
Really ..?? I thought she is the only one here unaffected by my temper ...
No ..no she really is scared of ur temper ...aur aapne tu unko daant bhi diya abb tu she will sit with the same frown the whole evening ..
Hmm ...waise what do you ...mujhe kya karna chahiye ..
Simple sorry boldo ..
Maan looked away loosing his positivity ...
U think she'll forgive me ..??
100% geet aunty humesha sorry accept kar leti hai ...wohh tu mujhe bhi yeh hi bolti hai k jab koi sorry bole tu usko maaf kar dena chahiye ...
I am sure wohh maan jayegi ..
Prem ...Maan Bhai ..please jaldi aaona ...
That was aniee's voice n prem ran towards them leaving maan to wonder how will he undo his hurtful words now ..n stood up only to see geet smiling a fake smile standing with his family like a perfect part of it ...n he walked towards them ..n they together started walking towards the restaurant entrance when geet's mobile buzzed with an incoming call n she slowed down ...
Maan was greeted by the reception manager at the restaurant telling about their booking when geet joined them from back ..
N she is ...??
Maan glanced back wanting to know whom he was referring to n saw geet looking at him a bit apprehensive while he turned towards the manager n said without even thinking ..
She's family ...😳
The manager smiled at them n called for a waiter to guide them towards the table while aniee n dadi maa beamed in delight ...however geet stood there still shellshocked at what he just said ...did he really considered her a part of his family ..?? really ..??? two words ...two simple word stirred a world of questions in her mind again ..they all walked ahead without realizing that she was still standing there trying to believe what she just heard ...trying to control her fast pacing heartbeats to stop the tears that were threatening to fall again ...n all those questions that were on the tip of her tongue ...
Maan turned back n saw geet standing still n he sighed guilty on his behavior at the gaming zone n walked towards her ...
Geet chalo sab aage chale gaye hain ..
Jaanti hoon ..sab aage barh gaye hain ...
Maan saw the lost look on her face n those hurtful eyes n he knew she was talking about something completely different ..he wondered if he hurt her so much not realizing it weren't his harshness that hurt her so much but it were his acceptance that made her question her believes ...maan saw the que forming behind her n the confused looks the staff were giving them ...he glared at them all n took her inside holding her firmly around her wrist n guiding her inside ...geet kept looking at his hold on her hand n then at his back ..wondering why can't she take this authority away from this man ...even when he hurts her every second they are together ...why !!
Maan stopped in the empty walk-in passage to the main restaurant n glanced back at her ...while geet looked away not wanting him to see her naked emotions through her teary eyes n just when she thought he was about to scold her he took her breaths away with his next set of words ..
I am sorry geet ..
Geet glanced back at him shocked at what he was saying ...not being able to process his words with all the questions her mind were screaming at him but she had been keeping quite ...it was all making a big mess in her head ...all those questions she was asking him in her mind standing there quite on the outer side but thousand voices in her head ...
Why are you doing this maan sir ...??
Mujhe aise react nahi karna chahiye tha ...
Why are you so confusing ..??
But prem wahan missing ...I just lost my cool ...I am really sorry geet ..
Ek pal mien paraya kar k agle hi apna bana lete hain ...mien kya samjhoon aapke dil mien kya hai ...??
Mera yaqeen karo geet I didn't meant to hurt you ...wohh bas uss waqt ..but I know mujhe tumhain wohh sab nahi kehna chahiye tha ...
Kya aap jo kehte hain ...do you really mean it ...family ...sach mien maan sir ..??
I shouldn't have done that ...mien jaanta hoon geet prem tumhare liye bhi utna hi important jitna hum sab k liye ...but wohh waqt hi aisa tha ...aur tum jaanti ho mujhe ...ghusse mien me kuch bhi bol deta hoon ...I don't mean that geet ...I don't mean any of that ..
Kya hai aapke dil mien phir maan sir ..kya lagti hoon mien aapki jo aap ne mujhe apni family ka part banaya hai ..??
I trust you geet ...I really do
Please mene jo kuch bhi kaha usko bhool jao ...
Kya mien aapki zindagi ka part hoon ...do you ..do you love me ..??
I am sorry geet ...
I really ...//
Stop it ...please stop it ...
Geet covered her face with both hands trying stop all those questions forming in her mind ...hoping she never voiced them out ...confusion ...frustration n helplessness worn her out ...
N she saw him through tearful eyes standing in front of her shocked n worried seeing her reaction ...
She left a deep sigh trying to over come her emotional turmoil n breath ...
I mean ...aap aap please aise sorry mat boliye ..
Aapki galti nahi hai ...(she looked down not wanting him to see her cry n then question her tears) ...aapki jaga koi bhi huta tou aise hi react karta ...mene galti kit hi ..pata nahi kaise mera dhyaan hat gaya prem par se ..
Geet ...
Maan could barely voice out her name after seeing those tears in her eyes ...what have he done ..why is she crying ...?? Has really hurt her so bad with his words ...?? What is running in her mind ...??
She held out her hand stopping him from saying further ..
Nahi aap sorry mat boliye galti meri hi thi ...
Humesha se ..pata nahi kya sochti hoon ...kya karti hoon ...I ...i am sorry
N before he could understand what she was going on about she turned around n walked ahead asking a staff lady for the girls' room n ran away ...leaving in a pile of guilt n questions of his own ...not understanding what just happened to this day ...this was suppose to be a happy evening ..for his family n for her as well ...n yet again he has messed up with her happiness ...
She had done nothing but make things good since this afternoon n what he did made her cry all over again with his stupid misplaced concern ...kids get lost in such places but he and his fear got the better of him hurting the one person who has done so much for him n for his family ...
No I won't let it get spoiled for her not today at least ...!!
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Geet stood in front of the large mirrors of the washroom ..crying ...crying her heart out wanting to get this pain out of her ...but every time she closed her eyes ..those captive deep brown eyes flashed in front of her ...the way he told her to come with him to this outing in the evening ...how damn authoritative he looked at that moment like he knew she won't refuse ...he knew she won't ever go against his words ...n so right he was ...their fun time with prem in the gaming zone ...a smiled adorned her tear striken face but in the next moment his words from when prem went missing echoed in her mind n those paniced angry eyes gazing at her stared back from the mirror ...n she was left questioning if he really trust her ...?? More tears made way out of her eyes n stood clutching the marble top of the sink ...holding herself upright ..her eyes fell on her wrist ..the way he held her hand n dragged her inside along with him in front of all those people ...like he owned her ..like she was his to possess ..more tears made way out of her eyes wondering what does he wants from her ...why is he doing this to her...throwing her in this endless path of confusion ...why !!
She looked at her reflection in the mirror ...seeing a torn n week girl staring at her ..who has nothing but tons of questions to ask ...but nobody to answer ...
Kabhi kabhi aansoo bahana bhi zarori huta hai
Dill ka dard bahar laana bhi zarori huta hai
Jab koi na mile dukh baant ne ko
Tou saath bas aapna hi saaya huta hai ...
Geet was splashing water on her face trying to contain her emotions ...seeing so many missed calls from aniee clearly said she don't have much time before she walks in through that door behind ...when a girl in her teens entered asking if she was geet ...n after she confirmed the girl handed her a white rose and a white paper folded neatly ...geet looked hell confused n opened the fold of the paper only to stare at a single word written neatly in italic ..."Sorry" ...she didn't needed to question the girl standing in front of her with a cheepish smile to know who has sent this ..she recognized this writing n a smile adorned her lips ...n glanced at the white rose ..
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Aapko yeh sab karne ki zarorat nahi hai ...
Maan turned back to see geet standing there with her eyes slightly swollen ...he couldn't leave her in there in sit with his family ...he knew he have get her smile back on his own this time ...n all he could come up with was a white rose n a sorry ..
Well mene khud tum se apologize kiya tu tum ro paari ...I thought shayad roses kaam aajayen ...
Hmm aur iss hi liye aapne apna favorite flower white rose bheja ..??
Umm ...wohh ...
Maan sir waise tu ofcourse aap pr koi rule appli huta nahi hai but geneally hum kisi ko gift dete hain na flowers tu unke pasand k dete hain ...
Han ..wohh red rose mila nahi ...
Geet had just said that to ease their convo but now seeing the biggest business tycone standing in front of her with a guilty face over a red rose made her smile ...n she shook her head ...wondering how will she ever get over this man in her life time ...
Its ok ...aur mene pehle hi kaha aap ...aap sorry mat boliye ..
But mene jo kiya wohh galat tha ...I shouldn't have said all that to you ...
Geet looked down not knowing how to get out of this conversation ...every word he said was creating a bigger mess in her head n she just couldn't deal with it any more ..
Umm ...humien chalna chahiye aniee wait kar rahi hai ...
She turned to walk towards the dinning area when maan stopped her calling her name ...to which she turned holding her breath not knowing what he will have to say now
Tum ne ...tum mujhe maaf kardiya right ..??
Aapko kyun itna farq parta hai mene maaf kiya ya nahi ...kyun ??
No geet don't ...phir se wahi galti mat kar jo 4 saal pehle kit hi ...this is just another humanitarian act of his ...kal subha hute hi u will again be the same employee he dispises so much at work ...just his employee ..
but she never said a single word to him all instead She smiled at him n nodded ..
Of course maan sir ...app chalein live performance bhi shoro hugayi hai abb tu ...
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yeh maan sir ko kya hua hai subha se ek baar bhi ghussa nahi kiya ...???
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