PART 22
MN house- Shilpa, Nupur and
mayank., few days later.
All three of
them in living room in front of tv.
Shilpa and Nupur laughing at something. Mayank reading some magazine.
"yeh tum dono
ki aadat nahin gayi na...mujhpar hasne ka."
"hum tumpe
kahaan has rahe the?haan main tho shukla
sir ko yaad karke ..."
"tum saare
teachers ke bare mein baat kararhin thi. Maa aapne itni jaldi party badal
diya?"
"arre wah maine kab party badli? "
"haan , maa
tho hamesha se mere hi party mein thi" and did a hi fi with her.
They stopped
as he glared at her. Shilpa pretended to
control her laugh.
"haso,bina
kuch baat hasnewaalon ko pata hain kya kehthe hain? Nupur ki baare mein tho
mujhe pata hi tha par maa tum bhi?!"
"kya karoon
beta akhir tumhaari hi tho maa hoon!" she said pretending to be serious.
" main tum dono ko..." both looked at him
waiting to hear their punishment ,
" tum dono baath karke apna time waste nahin
karna chahtha."and walked out huffily
while both of them burst out laughing .
"maa, aapko
jaana kyun hain?" nupur suddenly asked shilpa. Her laugh reducing.
"kaam hain
nupur."
"par aapko
abhi kaam karne ki zaroorat kya hain?"
"zaroorat ki
baat nahin hain, nupur. Aadat ki baat hain. mujhe achha lagtha hain."Smilingly.
Nupur returned the smile half heartedly.she had
gotten used to shilpa aunty in the past few days , gotten used to the comfort
of seeing her smiling face daily, of being pampered and
taken care of by her.of laughing about mayank with her.there had been a
comfortable routine which had made her feel so secure. She would definitely miss her. she hugged her and shilpa held her back.
"itna kyun
upset horahin ho beta! Tum abhi abhi
waapas aaye ho tho tumhe , tum dono ko saath mein kuch aur time bitaana
chahiye. tumhe khush hona chahiye kit um dono akele reh paaoge. Aur tum mayank ki baat sunkar apna saara time
padne mein hi mat guzaardena. Kahin baahar
jao, ghoomne phirne. Thoda change hojaayega. " and observing her still looking low added, " okay main is time Mumbai mein hi kuch karnee
liye try karongi. Promise."
"nupur,"
mayank screamed from inside the kitchen making them look at each other and grin
again. nupur hurriedly got up while shilpa waved her hand indicating her to go
and face him. She herself got up to get her bag from inside.
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Doorbell
rang.
"main dekhthi
hoon" nupur said and went to open the door
to find Uday. She was enveloped
in a huge bear hug even before she could call
his name. His eyes moist, nupurs again filling up.
Dia came in
from behind him," dodo andher tho chalo. " followed by samrat and gunjan
smiling happily.
uday stood
her back and looked at nupur from top to bottom. Mayank came from inside the
kitchen.
"tum to aaj
bhi uthna hi sweet ho nupur! " he walked in one hand on her shoulder and
another through dia s.
"uday bhaiyya
! Main?" gunjan pouted
"aajao aajao.
" and hugged her as well.
Mayank and
samrat glanced at each other and rolled their eyes.. Uday left his sisters and
looking at samrat , hugged him .
"tumne mujhe
airport pe hi hug kia"
he hugged mayank next, mayank was forced to
soften his look and hug him back.
"mayank tum
kaafi young dikhne lage ho!"
All of
them said hello to shilpa as she came
out and after hugging nupur and mayank, shilpa left while the others went into
the living room.
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Living room
to dining table
"uday tum
hamesha correct time pe kaise aathe ho?" mayank
"correct
time? wo main nahin flight correct time pe tha."
mayank
pointed to the dinner table.
"haan mayank
bhookh lagi hain. Dinner tumne banaya hain? Ya nupur ne?" and proceeded to the
table.
All of them followed him with nupur saying, "
haan uday bhaiyya. Aapko tho bhookh lagi hogi. Aajao. flight mein kitna ganda haana miltha hain." and went on to serve everythiing. To him.
"Aise koi
cheating kartha hain kya?" uday asked nupur as she served him .
"matlab?"
" nupur,
mujhe yakin nahin hota ki tum sach mein ho! Matlab tum bhoot tho nahin ho na?"
" nahin
uday bhaiyya, dekhiye mere pair zameen par hi hain." and showed her legs and
feet.
"tho"
"uday bhaiyya
bhooton ke pair nahin hote." gunjan explained patiently.
Dia rolled
her eyes at samrat and mayank.
"haan. Par
itna shock! Jab dids ne mujhe bataya...wo tha kaun nupur? Tum tho sab se ladthi thi na. Tho is ...is ...bhooth
se kyun nahin? Tum tho..."
"jhansi ki
rani " mayank said, looking at her with a longing in his eyes.
"haan jhansi
ki rani ho. " uday repeated. Nupur didn't
answer, she avoided looking directly at uday but involuntarily had turned to
mayank as she heard him say jhansi ki
rani- his voice and his eyes were telling her how much he missed her.all others looked to see if how she would behave.
"nupur..."
"kyunki uday
bhaiyya aap nahin the na mujhe haosla dene keliye. Aap hothe tho ..."
nupur tried to speak lightly.
"main hotha
tho uski chutti kardetha." he interrupted angrily
nupur eyes
filled up and she hugged him again.he patted her on the back.
"waise paat
hain ki tumhaare waapas aane se sabse zyaada faayda kya hua hain?"
"kya?"
"hum sab
saath hain, warna mayank aur gunjan samrat se baath nahin karrahe the. Aur sam
humse. " he said it matter of factly.
"aisa kyun
keh raha hain uday" samrat who had been quiet till then asked
"haan sam. Tum
tho itna upset the na ki gunjan ke baare mein tho tum hum teeno ko tho jaise
bhool hi gaye the. " gunjan bent her head, hurt
"of course
not! Matlab haan, main kuch zyaada hi
upset tha par tum logon ko bhool..."
"dodo teek hi
keh raha hain sammy. " dia interrupted, "Kya tumne benji ko kabhi bhi phone
kiya hain? Ya mujhe? Kya tumhe pata hain ki benji ab kahaan hain?" sam turned to
look at her. She met his eyes , hurt clearly visible. Gunjan had her head bent still, nupur looked at her, exchanged glances with
mayank and mayank stared at samrat. Uday looked from one to the other.
"yeh mayank
tumne hi banaya hain. Itna achha paneer dish koi aur nahin bana saktha" uday
suddenly saaid loudly.
"uday bhaiyya
yeh maine banaya hain." nupur replied.
"arre waah
nupur tum itni achhi si cook bangayi ho?" and continued to eat. All the others
were quiet ,each in their own thoughts, thinking
how much things had changed.
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