Ok, I am feeling generous. You are getting 4 chapters, two now and two later:

Chapter 11:

Friendship for Love

 

When he reached office he thought about his favourite topic: Geet.

Collecting all the fact what did he really know about her?

1. She is beautiful (your hair, your figure, your eyes, you're just perfect)
2. She is a great cook (after tasting your food I don't like anything else anymore)
3. She is not affected by my anger (how dare you)
4. She has no one (you have me, I'll always be there for you Geet)
5. Her friends: Adi, Pinky and Meera.

 

That was it; he had to ask them to help him. He called Adi and talk to him. He arranged for Adi to stay back after 7pm.

Meanwhile Sasha was busy preparing for Mr Chopra's launch party. Although she had to be at the hall for most of the time she kept coming to KC to meet MK. She didn't like what she saw. Every now and then he kept going to BG, even tough it was closed for the week. And when ever he came down he had a huge smile on his face. He even yelled at her twice for interrupting his thoughts. This was so not MK. She had ordered Tasha once to follow him but she couldn't find out anything either. But she was Sasha, she would find out. MK was her catch and she would not give him away that easily.

 

At 7 Adi and Maan were in his cabin. Maan looked at Adi and gave him a smile. This made Adi even more nervous.

"Adi, I want to know what you think about me."

'What sort of question is that?' Adi thought.

"What do you mean, sir?"

"First, don't call me sir now. Right now I am Maan, your friend. Second, you know me since I was a kid. What do you think about me?"

Adi was happy. It had been ages since Maan sir had called him his friend. They always were but nevertheless he never talked to him as a friend since he started working in his office.

"You are a very good person from heart, Maan." Adi said honestly.

"Even though you tend to get angry at times but you care a lot for people."

Maan liked it. Adi had been by his side for a long time now and he always valued him for his honesty.

"Then tell me, after Samira do you think I should get a second chance?"

Adi kept silent for a minute. Maan sir never talked about Samira, she was a black part of his past but more over it was painful. He had lost a lot because of her and even though it was not really his mistake he always blames himself.

"Absolutely. You really deserve a second chance. Anyways, the old Maan was always better then the present one."  

"What if I tell you I want to get on with my life and get married?"

Adi fell from his chair. This was unimaginable. Maan repenting, yes that was possible. But Maan and marriage???

"Who with?" was all Adi could say. He really wanted to know who the (un)lucky girl was.

"Geet." Adi sighed, so Dadima's plan had worked after all.

"Geet is a nice girl. And more over she in not like…"

"Not like Samira, I know. But I don't know what she thinks about me. Does she like me or no? What do you think?"

"I am not sure. Last Sunday, Pinky and I spend the whole day with her and Meera. She was upset that you called her food disgusting." At this point Adi gave him a quick look.

"But she also said you might not have meant it. You see, she can't bear it when someone says something about her cooking that is why she was in tears." Maan explained Adi why he had said that word. Adi understood Maan's dilemma. He liked Geet and wouldn't be ready to help if Maan SIR had asked him. But Maan was his friend and he knew he deserved to be happy.

Adi suggested they talked to Pinky and Meera. Both knew Geet much better than him and surely would help. Maan was reluctant. Adi was his friend, but they?

"Maan, I know you for a long time now. Do you remember how in college you would befriend everyone? You were so easy going. Don't think of Pinky and Meera as you staff just as you don't think of me as one. Maybe then it will become easy to approach them."

With this he left Maan alone. Maan thought about his college times and how he used to make new friend. He smiled removed two pieces of paper, made a handwritten note on them and folded them up. After completing his work he kept one of the papers at Meera's desk and the other at the reception for Pinky.

 

Pinky and Meera were sitting in their MD's cabin. Both were a nervous wreck. They had been invited by their boss to a cup of coffee and the note was signed as Maan. They had no idea what was going on and the fact that he kept looking at them didn't lighten up the situation either.

"So Pinky and Meera, how is work?"

Both looked at each other and then at MK.

"Fine" they said hesitantly.

Maan could see that he was frightening them and had no ides how to lighten the situation up. He looked at Adi who seemed to enjoy the situation. Maybe it was better to be direct.

"Look, I want to be your friend. What do you think?" He smiled at both and extended his hand. Both girls didn't know where this was leading to, but shook his hand, smiling nervously.

"Do you know, Adi and I were together at college, weren't we Adi?"

"Yes Maan." Meera and Pinky's jaws dropped. Did Adi sir just call MK by his first name? The last time an employee had done that he didn't even have time to pack his stuff before he was kicked out.

"Well now there are four of us. Adi told me you went to the same college Pinky."

Pinky nodded. It was there where she had first seen Adi. He had never noticed her as he was mostly with Maan and his other friends.

"Nice. Now isn't there one more amongst us. Geet?"

 

Meera looked up, so this was why he was doing all this. Meera didn't have any siblings and she considered Geet as her younger sister. Even though Meera was a little shy and clam but she was very protective about Geet. And she didn't like the way MK was asking. Maan noticed the change in expression on Meera's face.

"Kya hua Meera?"

"Sir, why are you asking about Geet? She is like a sister for me and she is really innocent. I agree she can be open at times and say stuff at the heat of the moment but…"

"Calm down Meera" Maan was astonished. Never did he think that Meera would burst at him like that. But he felt at ease since he knew that Geet had someone so protective.

He took a deep breath and dropped the bomb:

"Look, I ..like….."All three waited. "Geet"

Silence. No one said anything. Maan felt he had to explain.

"I know you think I am a rude and arrogant beast, but truth is I wasn't always like this. Things have happened because of which I turned like this… but would like to get on….with Geet on my side."

"Oh you mean Samira" Pinky had said that before she could stop herself.

Adi and Maan looked at her. "Woh, everyone at college knew" she said looking down.

"It is ok Pinky. Maybe knowing what happened you will understand me better." Pinky nodded.

Meera was still unconvinced.

"But what about Geet?" she asked.

"Well I rather thought you guys could help me out. She is friends with you and she might confide in you…"

"So you befriended us to find out about what Geet feels for you?" Both Pinky and Meera stood up and putting both their hands on their hip and giving Maan a dangerous glance. It had completely slipped their mind that they were talking to MAAN SINGH KHURANA, their DD, MK, the MD of their company, Geet's dusht daanav.

Maan looked at them. 'Damn, now what?'

"Ahem, no, not at all. We are still friends." He wasn't confident at all.

Women he had always thought were devious and good for nothing. But that they could be dangerous simply by looking at you came new to him.

Adi calmed them down. He had never since college seen Maan get so frightened. The last time was when Annie had caught him smoking and threatened to tell their mom.

"Please. I really like her but I want to know how she feels for me. Will you guys help me?" Meera gave in. Pleading was really out of character for MK, maybe he was really changing. And Geet was the reason, so why not?

"Ok" Maan sighed. Adi had thought of a plan.

"I have a plan. How about Pinky and Meera play truth and dare with her. Maybe she will tell you something."

"Good idea, but what shall we ask her?"

Maan thought for a minute. He grabbed into his bag a removed a Bluetooth devise.

"Take this and put it on your ear. Keep your hair open so she can't see it. Then keep close to her so I can hear what she says. That way the questions will not sound odd."

'Maan really is Dadi's grandson' Adi thought.