Star Commenter Awards
We are again starting our Star commenter Awards with this story. As i say, your comments are my fuel. More the comments utni hi jaldi energy I get to post the next update.
Congratulations to the following winners!
Early Bird Award- Goldie Abrol
Star Commenter Winner- Coderlady
Special Mention- Taahir
Part 3
W- Geet
He nods.
M- Thank you, Miss Geet
She rushes out as quickly as possible while Maan sat there laughing. Her last heartbroken expression was truly precious.
Should he contact her again next time he is bored?
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There is an informal party, Maan is sitting at a corner of bar nurturing his drink silently.
Maybe getting a little too drunk. But who cares.
Maybe his drunkenness took him to these memories few months back.
The party was also coming to an end. People were dispersing.
He asked the bartender for another drink.
The bartender was also cleaning up.
There were sounds of utensils, the catering people were also winding up.
He decides maybe it’s time to leave.
He semi stumbles off the bar stool.
Maybe he was more drunk than he expected.
He turns to leave.
He definitely was too drunk. Else he wouldn't have been seeing the girl in front of him.
But she looked different from his memory.
She was instructing the catering people to load stuff into the truck. She was in jeans and tucked in checked shirt, with her hair cut short till her shoulders and wearing no makeup.
She looked beautiful.
As if his legs had mind of their own, he staggers towards the figure to take a better look.
He grins at his own stupid drunk imagination.
Geet who was working on her most important gig since she had started her catering business and had not noticed.
This was the largest gig ever. She must do good.
But as he approaches near, she looks at the familiar figure.
Her eyes widen.
She swallows and freezes in her position with shock, panic and everything mixed.
Bane of her existence... the stain on her life... The person who has seen her at her most embarrassing moment... her first kiss stealer....
System hang hoke reboot ho gaya Geet ka
She can’t get her legs to move while he can’t stop his
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Maan wakes up with a throbbing headache in an unknown room.
He should have not skipped that hangover tonic. Last, he remembers him stumbling towards that figure and she held his arm as he was going to trip. He felt her touch.
That means he was not hallucinating?
He doesn't remember anything after that.
Where the hell is he?
He walks out of the room and finds Geet there, in her pajama and T-Shirt, checking a list and some packed food.
She was on a call confirming some food order.
She glances at him and hands over a glass of what seemed like a lime juice to him.
He takes a sip; it is lime juice and it’s so good.
How does one make lime juice so good?
He is observing her going to and fro from kitchen to room on phone. Checking the food, packing, checking list while on call with people
He is looking around; it seems it’s her apartment slash storage unit.
He puts the glass on the table and starts to go.
He feels a tug on his arm.
While on call she is pointing to the table and asking him to sit, through her gesture.
She taps him on the shoulder for him to sit.
He finds a plate of assorted breakfast with mini idli, little bowl of upma etc in front of him.
He is confused.
He frowns.
She is done with her calls, phone rakh ke goes to kitchen back to her work. Leaving him with his breakfast.
He follows her and stands at the door of the kitchen, seeing her work.
M- Whatever...is ...my part of payment…
G- What payment? The breakfast is free.
She says looking over her shoulder but still not meeting his eyes.
G- And this is no hotel. This is my place. So, we don't need to divide any room cost.
He is silent. He can’t find any script or acting now. The expressions & body language are different from earlier, all genuine.
Maan is curious yet intrigued.
He is seeing new side of this woman.
She is so different but still familiar.
At least his first instinct wasn't wrong... the woman is anything but boring.
M- Whaa...what ... happened...last night?
She shrugs.
Even when she turns towards him, she is busy doing her chores.
G- You were drunk. You approached me and passed out.
She replies.
M- Then?
W- Then nothing. I brought you here and you slept in the room.
M- And?
G- And then morning.
Ab aage kya bole
Chup hai kuch der
M- It’s been months.
G-Hmm
M- You got into catering huh.
G- Yes
M- Didn't like the previous profession... huh.
G- Got bankrupt, too poor to continue the pursuit.
She says matter of factly, looking away.
He looks at her unable to respond realizing he is responsible for that.
M- But what you were trying to do was also wrong.
He finally utters.
G- Yes
He is silent again for a while.
She is wondering ki ye jaa kyun nahi raha. Pehle toh aisa nahi tha
M- The new haircut is nice though. He says trying to lighten the situation.
She doesn't respond to his complement at all.
M- You could say thank you.
G- My family burnt my hair. It doesn't grow properly beyond this now.
He frowns hearing her. What kind of family is this?
He is wondering has he lost his charm. She doesn't seem charmed by him at all. Pehle she was making excuses to touch him, abhi she is not even looking at him.
M- I should leave. Thanks.
She nods.
He starts to go. But stops mid-way.
M- Just curious....what was your plan? Find a rich guy, sleep with him...and...?
She shakes her head.
G- It was just stupidity...forget about it.
M-You changed your profession bcoz of that.
She starts to do her cooking while turning away.
G-As I said, stupidity.
As he doesn't move but doesn't speak as well...the silence was uncomfortable.
G- I thought something in my career will move if I make connections at right places. That was no way to make connections...just enemies. I didn't know any other way. Nevertheless, that was all in past. Now, I make food for people. Mere baba ki Shimlapuri mein halwai ki dukaan hai, main yahan tiffin banati hoon. Bass yahi hai
She says suddenly turning and looking directly into his eyes.
She has those huge beautiful dark feminine eyes. Like one would see in a painting.
Edited by NilzStorywriter - 5 months ago
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