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Chapter 25:

Gujarati Love Story

(Part 2)

 

Week's had passed and Yash and Meera had become friends. Work required them to meet multiple times and at all occasions their topic of conversation was not only work. Meera knew almost everything about Yash. She liked it that he was honest and direct to her. She had talked about herself, too and Yash just loved her more and more. He wondered if it would have mattered to him if she was, say a murderess, for that matter because no matter what she said or did he couldn't stop loving her. 'Yaar Yash, pagalo ka ilaaj karte karte tu bhi lagta hain paagal hogaya hain' he told himself.

So Yash wanted to take this relationship to the next level or rather skip a step. He also wanted to make this kind of special for Meera. She had told him about her family who lived somewhere around the world and the only connection she had with them was the annual note saying she should contact them if she needed anything. Now all he needed was help and that he could get only at one place.

 

Pinky saw Yash sneak into KC or rather he was trying to sneak but it was all way to obvious. He reached reception, looked left and right and slipped Pinky a note. She wanted to ask him what this was all about but he ran off.

 

Miss Manchanda, I would like to talk to you and your BG friend at lunch time at the caf opposite KC. Please do come, it is about Meera. – Yash

 

Pinky giggled because no one had ever referred to her as Miss Manchanda before, not even in school or college. She called Geet at BG and found that Geet was in DD's office. She didn't want to call as DD would pick up the phone and he would not like all this. She wondered what to do. Lying was out of question as DD would certainly murder her if he found out. Then an idea came into her mind.

She knocked nervously on DD's door and entered when he gave her permission.

"Bolo kya hain Pinky?"

"Sir, woh mujhe …" and at that point she spilled some water from the glass she was holding on Geet.

"So sorry Geet, aa mere saath mein help kardeti hu." Pinky pulled Geet out of the office before she could even register what had happened.

"Pinky, chill it's just some water it will dry."

Pinky stood in a corner from where she hoped DD wouldn't see or hear them.

"Listen Geet, spilling water on you was just a pretext of getting you out of the office. Yash has asked us to come down to the caf opposite KC for lunch; he wants to talk about Meera." She gave Geet an all saying look.

"Lekin main Maan sir se kya bolungi? Woh to humesha mere saath hi lunch karte hain. Aur waise bhi, agar unhe pata chala ke hum Yash aur Meera ki love story ko aaghe barane mein lage hain to hum sab so ko fire kardenge." Pinky nodded gloomily and looked at Geet. Geet though for a minute and said:

"Idea Pinky. Aisa karne mein mujhe toda burra to lagega, lekin agar Maan sir office mein hi nahin rahenge to lunch kaise karenge?" Pinky wondered what she was up to when Geet had walked off in direction of the archive. There was an old phone which no one used anymore. It was rather for emergencies should one get stuck here. She picked it up, put her hanky on the speaker and called Maan's office number:

"Maan Khurana" she heard his say and her heart started beating quicker.

"Hello Mr Khurana main Mr DeMello ki secretary Rose bolrahi hu. Maine yeh pooch ne ke liye phone kiya hain ke sir ne aap ko lunch pe bulaya hain Italian Village mein. Kya aap aa payenge?" Geet waited nervously.

"Ok, mein abhi pochta hu." He hung up. Geet let her breath out in relief and Pinky gave her a DD-is-going-to-kill-us-if-he-finds-out look.

"Kuch nahin hoga. Italian Village yaha se adhe ghante ke duri pe hain matlab ek ghanta hain hamare paas. Pehle mein chalti hu warna Maan sir mujhe bhi lejaenge. Tu bhi jaldi aana."

Both left the archive and Geet left for the caf. Pinky headed back to the reception and waited. DD came out of his office and was coming towards her.

"Pinky, Geet kaha hain?" He asked looking into his phone and texting.

"Pata nahin sir, cabin mein se nikalne ke baad nahin dekha usse."

"Hmm, wo dikhe to bolna ke client ne lunch pe bulaja hain, mein wahi jaraha hu. Woh mere aane se pehle kuch kha le."

With this he left and Pinky thanked her stars that DD did not look up because her heavy sweating would have exposed her lie.

 

Maan called his driver and left for Italian village. Geet on the other side had just reached the caf and met with Yash. They waited for Pinky who joined them shortly.

They ordered lunch and Yash came to the point. He told them what his plan was and how he would need them. Both their jaws dropped. Then they looked at each other and back at Yash. They knew he was in love with Meera but this was a bit too crazy even for him.

"I don't know if this is a good idea Yash. We don't only have to lie to Meera but will also have to lie to DD and that can get us into a hell lot of trouble. Plus I have no clue on how Meera would react. I mean if she agrees, then there is no problem but what if she doesn't like all this…" she broke off.

"Haan Yash, pehle Meera se ek baar pooch lena accha hain." Geet agreed. Yash shook his head.

"Nahin Geet, mujhe Meera ko surprise dena hain. I want to make all of it really special for her. Plus I'll make sure to handle everything in case she says no." Geet and Pinky thought about it during lunch. It will be tricky and yes they would have to be really secretive but it will also be loads of fun. Plus they were doing it for Meera's sake and even if they were fired, Geet could open up her own bistro and Pinky would happily join her. They decided to help Yash and finished lunch after which they made their plan. It was going to be risky but also fun. At times Geet would laugh out at all the crazy ideas they were coming up with.

 

Maan was furious. He was half way to reaching Italian Village when Mr DeMello's secretary Mona called, informing him about a date for a lunch meeting. Maan was perplexed at first an inquired about his secretary Rose who had asked him to come now. When he heard that there was no secretary called Rose working in their office and that Mr DeMello was out of town, Maan said he'll get back to them. The driver turned around and they headed back to KC. Maan now knew someone had played a prank on him to keep him out of the office and he will sure to find and fire if not kill the person. Just when they had almost reached KC Maan looked right and saw a familiar figure sitting in a caf. Geet was excitedly talking and laughing with a guy. Because of his position he couldn't see him correctly. 'Why is Geet in this caf with some guy?' he thought. When the driver had reached KC Maan got out and headed to the caf when he saw Geet returning with the biggest smile on her face he had ever seen.

"Kya baat hain Geet, tum itni khush?" he wanted go know.

"Haan baat hi aisi hain, pata hain…" She stopped when she realised who was standing in front of her and what she was about to say.

"Kya pata hain?" Maan inquired further. He thought something was odd.

'Kya bolu, kya bolu, kya bolu, hey babaji meri mada karo' she thought.

"Pata hain ke Pinky ke bhai ko bachha hua hai?" She invented hoping he would buy this. Maan eyed her suspiciously and Geet got nervous.

"Sach bolrahin ho Geet? Aur who ladka kaun tha jiske saath tum caf mein thi?" Geet's mouth went dry but somehow said:

"Wohin to tha Pinky ka bhai." Pinky came from behind Geet. She had to go to the washroom hence joined later. She dropped her purse when she saw DD standing there. According to their plan he wasn't due to return for at least another half an hour.

Maan bend down, picked up Pinky's purse handed it to her and said:

"Congratulations Pinky." Pinky was scared and didn't register what DD had just said to her. Geet nudged her and Pinky simple said thank you. 'These women are so weird' Maan thought. "Lunch time is over, now get back to work. I have to make an important announcement to everyone." Maan left and Pinky and Geet took a deep breath.

"Yeh DD itne jalgi kaise aagaye?" Pinky asked.

"Kya pata. Accha hua maine bahana banadiya warna kya hota?"

"Lekin mujhe congrats kyun bola?" And Geet told Pinky about her last minute thought. They laughed but had to admit that this was very close. They headed back to their respective places and after everyone had returned Maan had made the announcement. He wasn't happy at all about the prank and made it clear that the person responsible would be found and severely punished. The office staff was scared. Who was so daring to play a prank on MSK? Pinky went white and Geet surprisingly had to suppress a laugh.