Chapter : 11
Story Cont...
Abhijeet looked at Tarika with angry expression and said ,
"Ye sab kya hai ,Tarika?"
Tarika kept silence looking downwards. Abhijeet closed the door and locked that. Tarika startled. She said with scared tone ,
" Ab...Abhijeet , d...d...darwaza ? "
Abhijeet : ( With very angry tone) " I don't want anybody to hear and also disturb our conversation. Bharna aaj jo tumne kiya hai ,uske baad tumse pyaar karne keliye to darwaza band nehi kiya hoga maine! Aab saaf saaf batao - tumne mummase kya kaha hai? I won't bear silence from you. I want the answer right now and without any delay ! "
Tarika : ( With scared tone)
" M...m...maine kaha hai ki maine tumko t...t...tumko bohot bhala buda kaha hai ,issliye tum mujhse g...g...gussa ho gayeho aur m...m...mujhse baat nehi kar rahe ho. ( In low tone)Tum mujhse milte nehi the , baat nehi karte the ,mujhe bohot dukh hota tha. Mujhe tumhara saath chahiye tha. I was missing you badly Abhijeet."
Abhijeet looked at her with fiery eyes and then he started moving towards her and she was taking backsteps. Soon , she was stopped by the wall. Abhijeet was moving closer to her. Tarika became scared and closed her eyes tightly. Abhijeet leaned towards her face and whispered in her ear ,
" Ankhe kholo ,Tarika !"
Tarika opened her eyes and found that Abhijeet was very close to her. He was looking deeply into her scared eyes. Her heart was racing. She told in trembling voice,
"A...A...Abhijeet , t..t..tum jara d...d...dur khare hoke baat karo mujhse. M...m...mujhe gh...gh...ghabrahat ho rahi hai."
Abhijeet :( In angry tone)" Kyu? Tumhe mera saath chahiye tha na? Tum chahti ho na ke mai tumhare paas rahu ,tumse baat karu ? Pahle jaise masti majak karta tha ,waisahi karu? To aab kyu ghabra rahi ho? Mere ankhome dekho! Baat karo mujhse !"
Tarika looked into his eyes and told in sad tone with tears in her eyes,
"Tum aise kyu baat kar raheho Abhijeet? Tum acchi tarahse janteho mai tumse kya chahti hu. Mai mere uss dost ko chahti hu ,jo kahi kho gaya hai. Mai chahti hu ,tum pahle jaise baat karo mujhse ,hum saath waqt bitaye. Tumhare avoidance mujhe takleef de rahi hai."
Abhijeet moved away from her , clenched fist, punched on the wall and said in angry tone,
" Tumhe kya lagta hai, ye sab mere liye bohot asaan tha? Tumse dur rahna , tumhe avoid karna ,tumse baat na karna ,yaha tak ke dil cheekh cheekh kar rone par bhi tumhe nazar bharke na dekhna ! Ye sab mere liye asaan nehi tha Tarika ! Pichhle ek saalme maine khudke saath kitna fight kiya hai tumse dur rahne keliye ye sirf mujhe pata hai.(Abhijeet shouted loudly) Tumhe samajhme kyu nehi ata ? Pahle jaisa kuchh nehi hai aab ! Tumhe mai sirf apna dost samjhu ye mumkin nehi hai mere liye. Mai pyaar karta hu tumse , damn it ! Deewano ki tarah pyaar karta hu tumse ! Tumse itne din dur rahke bhi tumhare liye mera pyaar thodasa bhi kam nehi huya. Tumse dur rahta tha taki galtise bhi phirse tumhe apna pyaar na jatadu ! Taki tumhe uncomfortable feel na ho ! Taki tumhare dilme mere pyaar ke bhajaise koi toofan na uthe. Par tumhe kya huya? Ha ! Tumto mujhse pyaar nehi kartiho na? Yaha tak ke tumto mujhe kisike pyaar ke kaabil hi nehi samajhti ho ! To tumhe mujhse dur rahneme itni takleef kyu ho rahi hai? Hai koi jawab tumhare paas? Agar hai, to batao! Jawab do mujhe! Kya jaroorat hai tumhe meri?"
Tarika bursted into tears and also shouted loudly ,
" Nehi pata mujhe ! Kuchh nehi pata ! Mujhe nehi maalum ki wo kya hai ,jo baar baar mujhe tumhare bareme sochne pe majboor kar raha hai. Mai nehi vul pa rahihu wo waqt ,wo lamhe jo humne saathme bitaye the. Bohot takleef hoti thi jab mujhse dur bhagte the tum ,andar hi andar ghut ghutke jee rahithi mai. Phir bhi maine kabhi tumse baat karneki koushish nehi kiyi. Tum chahte the ki mai tumse dur rahu ,to dur hi tha na mai tumse ! Aaj achanak anty ji ne itne pyaarse , apnapan se puchha mujhse ,to mai sambhal nehi payi khudko. Bata diya ki tumhari duri mujhe takleef de rahi hai. Mai janti hu ,aisa nehi karna chahiye tha mujhe ! Par mai khudko rok nehi payi , ro pari unki bahome . Aab kya karu? Ho gayi galti ! Saja doge mujhe? Do! Maar dalo mujhe !"
Tarika kneeled down , covered her face with her palms and cried out loudly. Abhijeet was feeling helpless. He also kneeled down in front of her , held her both hands and moved them away from her face. He wiped away her tears, cupped her face in his hands and said ,
" I'm sorry.I'm so sorry ,yaar. Mai kuchh jyada hi react kar gaya. Plz don't cry. I can't see tears in your eyes. Mujhe maaf kardo."
Abhijeet held her hands and made her sit on the bed. He took a glass of water from the table and made her drink that. Tarika was still sobbing. Abhijeet said playfully ,
" Ek baat batao. Tum ladkiyan itni ansu latey kahase ho? Baat baat pe jhatse rona shuru kar detiho! Mujheto lagta hai , ladkiyon ki ankhome pani ki tanky hoti hai."
Tarika smiled at his words and lightly punched on his chest playfully. Abhijeet held her hand , looked into her eyes and also smiled brightly. Tarika said ,
" Tumhari shararat bohot miss kiya maine Abhijeet. Tumhari naughty naughty sa smile bohot miss kiya. I missed you a lot."
Abhijeet : " Tarika ek baat puchhunga to sach sach jawab dogi?"
Tarika : " Ha. Jaroor dungi. Puchhona kya puchhna chahte ho."
Abhijeet : (With teasing tone)" Tumhe kya lagta hai , tum mujhe itna miss kyu kar rahi thi ? Tumhare bohot sade friends hai , phir bhi khaas mujhehi kyu miss kar rahithi tum? Kahi tumhe mujhse pyaar to nehi hogaya hai na?"
Tarika was startled. She unknowingly blushed a little. She was looking nervous and was biting her lower lip. She said,
" Dekho Abhijeet , a..a...aisa k...
k...kuchh nehi hai. Tum mere bohot acche dost ho , baas issiliye tumko miss kiya. Baaki ye sab pyaar vyaar ke bareme mujhe kuchh pata nehi hai. Mujhe kabhi kisise pyaar hohi nehi sakta, samjhe? ( With pleading tone)Aur suno na , tum mere acche Abhijeet ho na. Tum bhi plz ye sab pyaar vyaar ke bareme sab kuchh vul jao. Tum aisa sochlo ki...ki tumhe mujhse kabhi pyaar huya hi nehi. Chalo hum dono phirse sirf dost ban jate hai. Bohot maja ayega. "
Abhijeet stared at her with surprised look. He took a sigh. He pulled her nose lightly and said,
" Tum na bilkul pagal ho! Itni bholi kyu ho tum? Tumhari iss masumiyat pe mujhe aur jyada pyaar ata hai. Kabhi kabhi to dil karta hai tumhe jodse hug karlu , aur phir tumhari hotope...Nehi chhodo! Phirse thappad nehi khana mujhe. Tarika , tum na roti huyi sakal aur sujhi huyi ankhome bhi bohot khubsurat lag rahi ho. Mai aab chalta hu Tarika , bharna kuchh ulta sidha kar baithunga."
Abhijeet was about to move out ,but she held his hand and said cutely ,
" Kaal se phir mujhse bhagna to shuru nehi karoge na? Mujhse baat karogena tum?"
Abhijeet turned to her ,flashed his charming smile and nodded in 'Yes'. Tarika smiled brightly and let go of him. Abhijeet came out of the room closing the door behind. Abhijeet was embarrassed to find Raj standing in front of him with naughty smirk in his face. He said ,
" R...R...Raj , tu itni raatko yaha kya kar raha hai?"
Raj : (With teasing tone)" Wohi sawal to mai tujhse puchhnewala tha. Tu itni raat ko Tarika ki kamreme kya kar raha tha?"
Abhiheet : " Wo...wo...wo mumma ne mujhse kaha hai ki mai Tarika se pahle jaise baat karna shuru karu ,aur humarey beech jo bhi problems hai ,wo baat karke suljha lu. Hum dono sirf baatein kar rahe the yaar. T...T...Tu mujhe shak ki najarse kyu dekh raha hai ?"
Raj : " Jaha tak mujhe lagta hai ,buya ji ne sirf baat karneko kaha hoga. Par shayed aapko darwaza band karke baat karne to nehi kahe honge wo."
Abhijeet :( with embarrassed tone)
" T...T..Tu kehna kya chahta hai ,ha?"
Raj : ( With teasing tone)" Filhaal mai tujhse kuchh nehi kehna chahta. Baas buya ji ko batane ja raha hu ke tum dono ek ghante se darwaza band karke andar the. Phir kya karna hai ,uska faisla buya ji hi karenge."
Raj was about to proceed towards Madhavi and Muthilesh's bedroom. Abhijeet quickly grabbed his hand and dragged him downstairs to Raj's room. He said,
"Abbey , marwayega kya mujhe? Waise hi mai soch soch ke pareshan hu ki mumma ko kuchh shak to nehi huya hai ? Aab tu agar ye khabar mumma ko dega to wo pata nehi kya karenge !"
Raj : " Tujhe pata nehi ,par mujhe pata hai. Jald se jald tum donoki shaadi karwa denge. Accha hi hai na ,mai batahi deta hu. Tum donoka maamla to set hohi gaya hoga , to phir shaadi karne me harj hi kya hai?"
Abhijeet : ( With sad tone)" Nehi yaar ,aisa kuchh nehi hai. Wo mujhse pyaar nehi karti. Usko baas mera dosti hi chahiye ,pyaar nehi. Aur mai bhi nehi chahta ki humari shaadi ho. Wo mujhe apni pyaar ke kabil hi nehi samajhti ,aur mai usko majbur to nehi karsakta mujhse pyaar karne keliye. Aur waise bhi , mai sachme Tarika Singhaniya ki pyaar ki kaabil nehi hu yaar. Aukat hi kya hai mera ?"
Raj : (With angry tone)" Tu phirse wohi sab soch raha hai? Kitni baar tujhe samjhau ke tujhse jyada kaabil aur koi nehi hai yaar."
Abhijeet : " Rahne de yaar. Abhi ye sab baatein chhod. Bohot raat ho chuki hai, so ja. Good night."
Abhijeet went back to his room leaving behind a surprised Raj.
2 months passed away...
Abhijeet was not avoiding Tarika anymore. But he became very busy with his works. Tarika was also busy with her study. They used to spend time together on the weekends. Sometimes , Tarika , Abhijeet and Raj used to go for outing together. Abhijeet loved Tarika very much ,but he didn't try to express his love to her anymore . Tarika was very happy that Abhijeet was behaving friendly with her. The next day was Tarika's birthday but Abhijeet was going to Pune for his job. He had to leave for Pune early morning on the next day. So , Abhijeet planned to give her a surprise birthday party at 12: 00 a.m. He made all the arrangements on the terrace.
RAICHAND MANSION...At 11: 50 p.m...Tarika's bedroom...
Tarika was waiting for a phone call from Daya. Suddenly he heard that someone was knocking at the door. She opened the door and found Abhijeet standing at the thresold. She asked ,
" Abhijeet tum iss waqt ? Kya baat hai?"
" Kuchh to baat hai. Aap jara humare saath aiye ,Tarika ji."
" Arrey ! Par kaha? Itni raatko!"
" Terrace pe. Jaldli aona yaar. Kitna bahes karti ho! "
Abhijeet held her hand and pulled her towards the terrace.
" Abhijeet ,ruko jara ! Phone to lelu , Dajju phone karnewale hai."
Tarika took her mobile phone and went to the terrace with Abhijeet. She was surprised to see the decoration in the terrace. The floor of the terrace was covered with multi colour rose petals. A beautiful rainbow cake was kept on a table which was kept in the middle of the terrace. A music system was placed on one corner of the terrace. The railing of the terrace was decorated with colourful small lights , blue and white colour baloons.
" Wow ! How beautiful Abhijeet !"
Abhijeet : " Tarika , tumhari janamdin manaye bagair kaise chala jata mai ?"
Abhijeet lightly held her hand and took her near the table placed in the middle where the cake was kept. When it was 12: 00 a.m. he played a happy birthday song in the music system. Then he went close to Tarika and said ,
" Agar thappad marna hai to thodi der baad marlena ,Tarika. Par aaj mai khudko nehi rokna chahta."
Then he suddenly hugged her and wished her with happy tone,
" MANY MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY , TARIKA. HAPPY BIRTHDAY."
Tarika was astorned when Abhijeet hugged her ,but surprisingly she was not feeling uncomfortable . A soothing feeling was spread throughout her body. Both of them kept silence for some moments. Suddenly , Tarika's phone started ringing and Abhijeet broke the hug. Tarika recieved the call.
" Hello, Dajju."
" Happy Birthday to you...Happy Birthday to you...Happy birthday dear bachchi , Happy Birthday to you."
" Thank you Dajju. Kaise hai aap?"
" Mai bilkul thik hu. Tu bata. Kaisi hai tu? Khush to hai na?"
" Ha Dajju , mai bilkul thik hu ,aur bohot khush hu. Baas aap sabko miss kar rahihu. "
" Hum sab bhi tujhe bohot miss kar rahe hai. Shreya wish karna chahti hai tujhe. Le baat kar.
Shreya: " Happy Birthday ,dear. Kya kar rahithi?"
Tarika : ( Nervous tone) " K...k...kuch nehi. Baas Dajju ke phone ka wait kar rahi thi."
Shreya went away from Daya and said with teasing tone,
"Aab ye bata , tere Abhijeet ne tujhe wish kiya hai ki nehi?"
" Bhabi ! Kya tere Abhijeet tere Abhijeet kahke hamesha chidate rahtaho! Tum hamesha meri taang kyu khichte rahte ho? Kitni baar tumse kaha hai maine ki Abhijeet sirf mera dost hai ,aur kuchh nehi. Tum ho ki maanti hi nehi."
" Tarika , tujhse jab bhi baat kartihu , tu hamesha ek insaan ke bareme hi baat karti hai- aur wo hai Abhijeet. Abhijeet ne ye kaha ,Abhijeet ne wo kaha , uske saath yaha gayi , uske saath ye maja kiya. Hamesha usike bareme baat karti rehti hai. Ye kya sirf dosti hai?Aur kuchh nehi?"
" Dekho bhabi , mai tumse pahle bhi keh chuki hu ,aur aaj bhi keh rahihu ,Abhijeet sirf aur sirf dost hai mera , bohot accha dost. Aur kuchh nehi hai , aur kabhi kuchh ho bhi nehi sakta hai."
" Ekdin tujhe pata chalhi jayega. Khair , bohot raat ho chuki hai. Mai Daya ko phone detihu , tu baat khatam karle."
Shreya handed over the phone to Daya. Daya heard some sounds of blowing wind over the phone. He became suspicious and asked Tarika,
" Bachchi, tu kaha hai iss waqt?:
Tarika became tensed. She gulped in fear and said,
" Dajju mai apni kamreme hu. Par aap aisa kyu puchh rahe hai?"
" Mujhe tej hawa chalneki awaaz aa rahi hai. Gharme tej hawa kaise chal rahi hai?"
" Wo...wo...wo... Dajju mai mere kamreki balcony me kharihu. Issliye apko awaaz aa rahi hai."
" Accha? Balcony me? Thik hai. Tu abhi andar jake soja. Mai kaal nehi aa payunga bachchi. Bohot important meeting hai. Par tujhe tera gift bhijwa dunga mai. College me chhuttiya hotehi ghar aajana. Thik hai? I miss you ,bachchi."
" I miss you ,too Dajju. Aap bhi waqt miltehi mujhse milne aajana. Aab phone rakh hahi hu. Bye."
Tarika turned to Abhijeet and took a sigh of relief.
" Aajto baal baal bach gaye Abhijeet. Dajju ko shak ho gaya tha ki shayed mai kamreme nehi hu. Unhe hawa chalne ki awaaz ayi. Maine jaise taise sambhala hai. Uff! Kitna darr gayi thi mai !"
Abhijeet : " Itna darneki kya baat hai. Keh dete ke hum terrace pe hai, aur tumhari birthday mana rahe hai."
Tarika : (With widened eyes)" Tum pagal ho kya? Dajjuko agar pata chalta ki mai akeli chatpe tumhare saath birthday mana rahihu , to turant yaha aajate , mujhe do thappad laga dete aur tumhe shayed mar hi daalte. Tumhe yaad nehi hai ,Dajju se kitna maar parithi tumko?"
Abhijeet : (With angry tone)" Oh hello! Mai tumhari bhai se darrta nehi hu ,OK? Ye to mera sharafat hai jo uss din chupchap maar kha liya maine. Bharna maine bhi haaton me churiya nehi pahni hai. Wo mujhe marega to mai bhi mu tod dunga uska , samjhi?"
Tarika : ( In angry tone)" Kya kaha tumne? Mere Dajju ko maroge tum ,mere Dajju ko ? Tumhari itni himmat ! Mai jaa rahi hu. Nehi kaatna tumhari cake mujhe ! "
Tarika became very angry. She was about to go downwards but Abhijeet held her hand and said,
" Accha baba , galti ho gayi. Maaf kardo. Kuchh nehi kehta mai tumhari Dajju ko. Aab gussa chhodo .Cake kaatlo . Plz."
Tarika looked at him from corner of her eyes, narrowed her eyes and said,
" Pakka na? Dajju ke bareme kabhi kuchh buda nehi kahoge na?"
" Nehi kahunga. Kabhi nehi kahunga. Aabto cake kaatlo."
Then Tarika cut the cake. Abhijeet fed her a small bite and she feed him too. Abhijeet gave her a packet which was wrapped nicely. Tarika asked,
" Ye kya hai Abhijeet?"
" Ye tumhari gift hai. Ek dress hai issme."
" Accha! Dress? Mai pahenke batayu?"
Abhijeet nodded in 'Yes' and she went to the room beside the terrace to change her dress. When she came back ,Abhijeet looked at her and was mesmerised in her beauty. She was looking damn gorgeous wearing that off shoulder black gorgeous gown. Abhijeet was freezed at his place. Tarika waved her hand in front of his eyes and he came back to earth. Tarika asked him with happy tone,
" Kaisi lag rahihu mai?"
Abhijeet said in dreamy tone ,
" Aisa lag raha hai jaise abhi abhi aasman se utarke ek pari agayi hai mere gharki terrace pe. Agar aaj tumko dekhlegi na ,to garden ki har khubsurat phul sharma ke khud ba khud murchha jayegi."
" Tum phir shuru ho gaye? Mujhse flirt kiye bina raha nehi jata tumse?"- Tarika said in mocking tone.
" Mai sach keh raha hu Tarika. Bohot khubsurat lag rahi ho ! "
He forwarded his hand towards Tarika and said ,
" May I have a dance with you ,beautiful?"
Tarika looked into his eyes and they had an eye- lock. After sometimes , Tarika moved her gaze downwards and slowly nodded her head in ' No'. She said with trembling voice ,
" A...Abhijeet , I'm not comfortable in dancing with a guy. I'm so sorry."
Abhijeet gave her a sad smile and said ,
" It's OK. I can understand. You don't have to say sorry."
Then they spent some quality time with each other and went back to their respective rooms.
Another 6 months passed away...
Abhijeet was very busy to start his own software company. He had to complete his work at his workplace too. He also had to supervise the IE sector of their industries. So ,he didn't get enough time to spend with Tarika. Tarika was missing him but she accepted that as Abhijeet was not intentionally avoiding her.
One day , Tarika was coming back to home from her college. Suddenly she noticed Abhijeet's car at the traffic signal. Abhijeet was driving and a very beautiful young girl was sitted beside him on the passenger seat. They were engrossed in talking with each other. Abhijeet told something with his charming smile and the girl blushed hard. They seemed very close to each other. Tarika saw them laughing and felt a pinch in her heart. She reached at home driving her car as fast as she could. She went to her room ,banged the door loudly and sat on her bed with very angry expression. She thought..." Mere liye waqt hi nehi hai sahab ke paas ! Aur bahar kaam ke bahane ladkiyon ko bajume bithake khub hass hasske baatein ho rahi hai ! Bohot bude ho tum Abhijeet ,bohot bude ho!"
She was feeling very sad and unknowingly 2 drops of tears slipped from her eyes...
End Of The Chapter...
[ Koun hai ye ladki? Abhijeet uske saath itna close kyu hai? Kya lagta hai doston aap logonko? Jaroor batana. Stay safe and be happy.]