Hello guys. I'm here with the next part of the story. Sorry for being so so so late. Maaf karo insaaf karo.Hope you guys like it😊
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Part-13
The alarm rang, disturbing Sameer's sleep. He woke up rubbing his eyes and stretching himself. He was surprised seeing Naina still sleeping, "Naina ab tak so rahi hai!" Naina always woke up earlier than Sameer. He glanced at clock in the room and then again checked the time in his phone, "Baje to saat hi hai, phir ye uthi kyu nahi?"
"Naina.. Nainaa, utho" he called tapping her arm. "Kya?" Naina asked in an extremely sleepy voice. Sameer sat up on the bed, "Soti hi rahogi kya aaj? Main bhi uth gaya ab to.. Utho!" "Tum na phirse sone ke liye uthe hoge, so jao. Mera alarm mujhe utha dega" Naina mumbled and turned around covering her face with the blanket.
Sameer made a face. How could she underestimate him. After a minute of debating on whether he should wake her up or let her sleep as a revenge, he removed the blanket from her face and flashed his mobile screen right on her face, "Saat baj gaye madam!"
Naina squinted her eyes yelling, "Ye kya kar..." she paused and saw the time in his phone and her eyes widened in horror, "saat baj gaye! Lekin kaise? Aur mera alarm kyu nahi baja?" She turned to look for her phone but didn't find it, "mera phone?" she checked under the pillow but it wasn't there.
"Main call karta hu" he suggested and dialed her number on his phone. For a second, Naina narrowed her eyes at him and made a mental note to ask him how he got her number. "Switched off" Sameer informed.
Both of them started looking for her phone in the room. They checked under the mattress, under the bed, in his laptop bag, her purse; but couldn't find it. "Har jagah to tumhare kapde pade hai, chair pe, table pe, in fact bed ke niche bhi, kaise dhundu main phone?" Naina said irritated with the mess he'd created, "aaj wapas aakar ye sab uthaoge tum" she ordered. "Tum apna phone dhundh bhi rahi ho ya sirf meri galtiyan dhundne mein lagi ho!" Sameer said.
"Oh God ab main kya karu" Naina sat morosely on the bed with her head in her hands, when she couldn't find her phone. "Tum late ho rahi ho, to pehle jake nahao aur phir phone milne ke baad use charge karna." Sameer sarcastically remarked. Naina glared at him but knew that he was right. She would be late for office if she didn't bathe now. She quickly grabbed her clothes and rushed to the bathroom. Sameer shouted from outside, "Zyada time mat lagana. Mujhe bhi to nahana hai."
"Phone mila mera?" Naina asked as she stepped out of the bathroom, to find the room a bigger mess than before. Not a single thing in the room was in its place. Sameer was now searching for her phone under the cupboards. "Nahi. Lekin tumhari cupboard mein dhundna baki h." he informed turning towards her. "Umm.. Tum naha lo, cupboard mein main dhund lungi." said Naina, and Sameer nodded taking his clothes to the bathroom.
He had scanned every corner of the room for her phone, but couldn't find it. He was going to open her cupboard to look into it, but then had stopped himself. He just couldn't search a girl's cupboard, that too without her permission. Girls didn't like that, he knew. And with Naina, he couldn't dare to take the risk. What if she didn't trust him enough to let him do that? And he wasn't really expecting her to trust him so much, after all it hadn't even been a month since they've become friends! But it hurts right, on knowing that someone doesn't trust you. However, it hurt him a little more than it should have. Shaking his head, Sameer dismissed the thought for now, and focused on taking a quick shower.
He came out to see a dejected Naina. He stepped towards her, wanting to console her, but heard a knock on their door. Sameer opened the door and smiled at Inder uncle, "Good morning uncle" Inder uncle smiled back at him, "Good morning! Actually wo.. Naina ka phone kal raat ko dining table pe hi reh gaya tha shayad. Mujhe abhi dikha to main dene aa gya." Hearing this, Naina immediately came up to the door, "Arey haan ye to mera hi phone hai. Thank you so much uncle." she beamed at him.
"Aapko kaise pata ye Naina ka phone hai? Ye aunty ka phone hua to?" Sameer curiously asked. Inder chuckled, "Shalu ka ya mera nahi hai, ye to mujhe pata tha. Naina ka mujhe isliye laga kyuki ye phone dikhne mein simple lekin smart hai, Naina jaise." he affectionately patted Naina's head. "To main kya smart nahi hu?" Sameer frowned. "Nahi!" Naina stuck out her tongue at him and laughed along with Inder uncle.
Sameer made a face at them and collected his belongings, coming out of the room. Naina too took her purse and closed the door, locking it. Seeing her struggle with the lock, Sameer voiced, "do main karta hu" but she denied saying, "Main kar lungi. Tum apna huliya sudhar lo, baal to banaye nahi hai"
Inder uncle chuckled at their banter and whispered in Sameer's ears, "dekho, apni wife se chabiyaan lene ki galti kabhi mat karna. Experience se bol raha hu." Sameer whispered back, "Shayad aap sahi keh rahe ho. Kuch din pehle hi behes hui thi." Uncle smiled proudly, "Tumhari aunty ke sath rehta hu, I'm always right!" Sameer giggled and Inder uncle too tried stifling his laughter. Naina gave a suspicious look to the two men having their inside talks. Inder uncle noticed it and straightening himself, said goodbye to Sameer and Naina.
Naina tried switching on her phone, but the battery was dead. Frustrated, she dumped it in her bag. Sameer shook his head and reaching for his bag on the backseat, took out a white coloured cuboidal device and a chord, "ye lo apna phone charge kar lo. Raaste mein atleast on to ho hi jayega." Naina smiled at him gratefully, attaching it to her phone, and he shifted his focus to the road again. He sped up the car and Naina was continuously checking the time all the way.
The car screeched to a halt in front of her office building. Naina quickly got out of the car, walked up to his side and bent down, saying in one breathe, "Sari help ke liye thanks. Tumne kuch khaya nahi hai to kuch kha lena jaldi. Aur ab jaldi jao. Bye" Sameer ran his fingers through his hair as Naina rushed inside and he restarted the engine.
Naina kept her pen aside as her phone rang, flashing Munna's number. "Haan Munna bolo" she answered, gaining Swati's attention. After Naina hung up, Swati came up to her and asked, "Munna ka phone tha? Kya keh raha tha?" "wo to Sameer ke bare mein kuch puch raha tha" Naina replied and got back to her work.
Swati walked to Preeti's desk to borrow her pen, as the tip of Swati's pen had broken. Preeti was almost done with her work and asked Swati to wait for a minute, after that she'd give her pen to her. She saw Munna's number flashing on Preeti's phone and wondered why he was calling both of her friends. Preeti answered the call and didn't speak anything apart from "hmm" with different tones everytime.
"Kya keh raha tha Munna?" Swati enquired making Preeti stutter, "main baad mein batati hu tujhe. Abhi sir se kaam hai mujhe. Ye le pen" she passed her then pen and grabbing some files, sprinted to Pandit's cabin. She stepped inside and heaved a sigh of relief leaning against the door.
"Mujhe lagta tha aapko permission lena ata hai." Pandit remarked, making Preeti's brows furrow in confusion, "huhh?" She shrugged it off anyways and kept the files on his table, grinning "Ho gayi sari" Pandit glanced at the files, "Good" and shifted his gaze back to his file. But Preeti was still standing there, looking around his cabin with not much interest. "Aur kuch kaam tha aapko?" he asked. Preeti denied but immediately fumbled, "I mean haan. Aapse kuch puchna tha sir" She had to stay out of Swati's sight for atleast few minutes now. She wasn't ready for her question session.
"Go ahead!" Pandit kept his file aside. Preeti looked here and there, not knowing what to ask. Biting her lip, her gaze fell on his name plate, without missing her giggle, the words slipped out of her mouth, "Aapka naam 'Pandit' kisne rakha tha?" Pandit gaped at her, "aap sach mein ye puchne ayi thi!" Preeti felt scared for a second, but as per her conditions he couldn't get angry on her, so she got some courage and replied, "Ab itne time se aapke sath kaam kar rahi hu, itna curiosity to hogi hi. Aur ye to waise bhi kam hai"
Pandit was numb. What was this girl! She never failed to astonish him. Everything she did was weird and shocking. Who on earth asks their boss about who named them! He opened his mouth to say something when she reminded, "Aapne bola tha gussa nahi karenge." After a minute of trying to remember who had named him, he answered, "meri dadiji ne. Kyu? Accha nahi hai!" Preeti shook her head vigorously, "Nahi, maine aisa kab kaha! Bas aaj tak kisi ka naam Pandit ho, aisa suna nahi. Baki Pandit surname to accha hai" She waited for his burst of anger, but when he was calm, she continued, "aapko kabhi laga nahi ki aapke do surnames hai"
Pandit sighed, "Sach bolu, Miss Preeti. Pehle pehle mujhe bhi aisa lagta tha. Lekin phir jab main unka diya ghar, business, sab sambhal sakta hu, to unka diya naam kyu nahi. To bas, sochna chhod diya aur accept kar liya." Preeti was staring at him with a serious expression, "Aap meri soch se bohot zyada serious nikle, Sir. Kya hoga aapka!"
"Ise serious nahi responsible kehte hai. Joint family mein iski bohot zarurat padti hai." Pandit corrected. "Joint family!" Preeti exclaimed excitedly, "Kaun kaun hai aapki family mein?" Pandit gestured her to take a seat, to which she immediately obliged, and explained, "Ye puchiye ki kaun nahi hai. Dadaji, Dadiji, Mom, Dad, Chacha, Chachi, Bhua, Fufaji, aur hum paanch cousins. A typical Gujrati joint family."
"Aap log kitne sare ho" Preeti's eyes twinkled with excitement. Pandit smiled, amused at her and asked, "Aapki family mein kaun kaun hai?" Preeti sadly replied, "bas mummy, papa aur main. Aur bhaiya hai jo Bangalore mein rehte hai. Joint families mein kitna maza ata hoga na. Kabhi koi bore hi nahi hota hoga." Pandit smiled teasingly, "aap to waise bhi bore nahi hoti hongi. Aur agar ho bhi jayein to office mein overtime kar lena, bore nahi hongi." Preeti's expression changed to uninterested one. Now he was boring her. She got up and left, muttering a "thank you, Sir" at which, Pandit chuckled.
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