Part 2:

There was still a long time for the line to end, and Nupur suddenly began to feel restless. She kept getting thoughts that one of her family members would come looking for her. She was smart enough not to go to the station, since that was the first place everyone would go to look for her. Only Gunjan and Nupur's mamma knew that it had always been Nupur's dream to go to Bombay. But she never had the guts to face her dad. For her, her dad's self respect was her biggest priority. Nupur hadn't got a wink of sleep the previous night, and also hadn't eaten anything since a whole day. She began feeling dizzy, and there was still a long way for the line. The man standing behind her noticed her restlessness, and slowly patted her on her shoulder. She turned around to look at him.

Guy- Aap jaakar baith jaaiye. Mein aap ke liye aapki ticket kharid loonga.

Nupur looked at him and smiled sweetly.

N- Thank you so much. Ek Mumbai ki ticket, aur yeh lijiye paise.

She handed over the money to him, and went outside the line to go and sit down on an empty bench. She closed her eyes, and then fell asleep.

 

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Gunjan was now feeling a little better after Samrat had comforted her. She didn't even want to imagine what she would have been going through if it weren't for Samrat.

S- Chale Chashmish?

G- Kaha?

S- Tumhaare ghar, tumhaare mummy papa ko bataane ke liye.

G- Samrat, tum paagal to nahi ho gaye? Mummy papa di ko kabhi maaf nahi karenge.

S- Chashmish, unhe kabhi na kabhi to pata chal hi jaayega na. And you don't worry, wo log Nupur se kuch bhi nahi kahenge. Tumhe mujhpar bharosa hai na?

Gunjan nodded at this. She trusted Samrat more than she trusted herself.

They both left for Gunjan's house, to tell everyone the truth.

They finally reached the Bhushan House, and Gunjan took a deep breath, and walked in with Samrat. Her mom was busy in the kitchen, while her Dad was reading the newspaper in the living room. Seeing Gunjan enter with Samrat, he kept the newspaper down, and smiled at both of them.

(D= Their Dad)

D- Arey Samrat bete, tum yahaa?

S- Namastey uncle. Wo actually, mujhe aur Gunjan ko aap se kuch baat karni thi.

Gunjan's dad was smiling when Samrat said that. He was thinking that Samrat had come to talk about his and Gunjan's marriage.

D- Arey beta, itni jaldi bhi kya hai? Pehle Nupur ki to shaadi ho jaane do!

Gunjan flinched at this and squeezed Samrat's hand tightly. Samrat squeezed her hand back reassuringly, and continued to concentrate on telling Mr. Bhushan, since he knew that Gunjan wouldn't be able to do this. By this time, her mom also came out of the kitchen, and sat down beside Mr. Bhushan.

(M- Gunjan's mom)

M- Hello Samrat beta. Kaise ho?

S- Mein theek hoo aunty.

M- (teasing tone)- Waise, tum aur Gunjan humse kya kehna chahte the?

S- Arey nahi aunty, aisi koi baat nahi hai. Darasal, baat to, Nupur ki hai.

M- Nupur? Use kya hua?

G- Ma, wo actually, di…..

She couldn't complete what she wanted to say, so she turned to look at Samrat for help. Samrat reassured her again, and looked at Mr. and Mrs. Bhushan.

S- Aunty, uncle, Nupur bhaag gayi hai.

There was a silence for a long time. Then finally, Mr. Bhushan broke the silence.

D- Bhaag gayi ka kya matlab?

M- Haa beta, yeh tu kya keh raha hai? Gunjan?

G- Maa, di chali gayi. Gunjan had tears in her eyes as she said this.

M- B-bhaag gayi? L-lekin kyon?
S- Aunty, wo yeh shaadi nahi karna chahti thi, lekin aap log usse itna force kar rahe the, ek baar bhi usse pucha nahi, isiliye uske paas aur koi option nahi tha.

D- Yeh kya bakwaas hai! Uski itni himmat! Aaj se mein kisi bhi Nupur bhushan ko nahi jaanta!

Mrs. Bhushan broke down into tears, and Gunjan went and hugged her mom, crying along with her. Samrat walked over to Gunjan, and held her hand. This was surely going to be difficult, but soon everything would be fine.

                                       

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The man walked upto Nupur, and tapped her on her shoulder. Nupur suddenly opened her eyes, to look at him standing right in front of her.

N- S-sorry.

Guy- Koi baat nahi. Yeh rahi aapki ticket.

The guy handed over the ticket to Nupur, and Nupur slowly took it from him.

N- Thank you so much.

Guy- Koi baat nahi.

N- Waise, mera naam , uh (she suddenly thought for a minute, that if she had to escape her family, she would have to change her name, so that no one could recognize her, since she had relatives from god knows how many places), Neha, Neha Malhotra hai.

Guy- Uh, hi. Mein, (he gave a similar thought. He didn't want people to know that he was Mayank Sharma who was running away, since he had similar problems of getting caught), Arjun.

N- Tumse milkar bohot achcha laga, Arjun.

M- Tumse bhi, Neha.

 The bus honked for one last time, indicating that it was about to leave. Both Mayank and Nupur quickly climbed into the bus. Nupur was unable to climb up, so Mayank helped her out. Nupur went and sat behind, while Mayank decided to sit in front.

They both sat down, thinking of the same thing. Both were trying to run away from each other, unknown to the fact that, this was going to tie them into an unknown but very strong bond, and however hard they tried to escape it, it wasn't going to break.

 

 

Precap: Nupur and Mayank are stranded in a jungle.

sorry for a small update...but i promise to write a bigger and better part soon........please do comment...