Jee le zindagi

CHAPTER 3

Taani talking to herself:-

Taani wakes up at 7am next day and after freshening up, makes some breakfast for herself. While thinking about how she used to make breakfast for Swayam and herself everyday before college, how after the gang started behaving rudely with her Swayam also stopped talking to her and almost never sat with her to have any meals. After the death of her parents when she was barely 7 years old, her tauji and taiji had taken her in, she had been extremely close to Swayam growing up, he used to always be there for her, kisiko kabhi muje dantne nai dete the aur na kabhi mujpe gussa karte the, Taani smiles remembering her childhood with Swayam, aur ab dekho, mere liye toh jese gussa unki naak pe hi rehta he indino. Kya me itni buri ban gyi hoon ki woh mujse ab pyaar se baat bhi nai kar sakte, ek baar bhi mujse mera haal nai pucha itne mahino me, humesha apne friends aur Sharon ke sath hi rehte the, meri hi galti he, mene hi kuch zyada expectations bana li thi unse, socha tha jese bachpan woh humesha mera sath dete the, wese hi ab bhi..... Tu bhi kya yeh sab leke beth gyi he subah subah, jaldi se ready ho ja, office ke liye late ho jayega warna.

Khurana office

Aditya enters office and seeing him everyone stands up and wishes him Good morning, "Goodmorning everyone, continue your work, Riya, Mr Oberoi ke sath meeting schedule ho gyi?" Aditya asks his assistant, "Haan sir, he will see you tomorrow, mene meeting arrange kardi he, yeh files ek baar check kar lijiye." Riya replies and leaves his office.

Aditya is working when he sees Taani walking by and he stops breathing for a minute there, yeh kon he? he asks himself. He gets out of his cabin and follows her, Taani as always is clumsy and slips but Aditya catches her by her waist and Taani anticipating the fall squeezes her eyes shut. Aditya gets lost in her, how beautiful and innocent he whispers to himself. Taani hearing the whisper opens her eyes and Aditya again gets lost in her eyes, such deep eyes he thinks to himself. "Ummm hello? Kya aap muje chhor sakte he?" Taani says awkwardly, hearing her brings him out of his daze and he helps her getting back to her feet [literally]. "Aap yaha kaam karti he?" he asks her "Nahi me yaha dance karti hoon." she retorts back feeling annoyed, "huh?" he is still lost in her beauty and she is getting more annoyed with his intense gaze, "Taani! Me kabse tumhe dhundh raha tha." Taani and Aditya get startled hearing Abhay's shout. "Hi Abhay, kuch kaam tha aapko?" Taani asks Abhay, thankful for the distraction, "Tu janta he inhe?" Aditya asks Abhay, "Bhai she is Taani Shekhawat, Rishi uncle ke bhai ki beti and she is dad's new assistant." Abhay says looking at Aditya. "Bhai?" Taani feeling confused now, "Haan Taani he is my older brother, Aditya. Anyways me bas aapko yeh kehne aaya tha ki mom ne kaha he to remind you ki aaj aap humare ghar dinner kar rhi he." Abhay explains. "Arey tum muje msg bhi kar sakte the na? itni takleef uthane ki kya zarurat thi?" Taani says, "Mahotarma mene kiya tha msg, aapne hi reply nai kiya." He says with a straight face. "Oh, sorry woh bahot kaam tha, phone dekhne ka time hi nai mila." Taani apologizes.

Aditya is feeling a bit left out and is also feeling a little jealous of his brother for knowing this beautiful lady so well and can't help but be a bit petty. "Muje meeting he me ja rha hoon" he says and leaves without waiting for a reply. "Inhe kya hua?" Abhay wonders, "Anyways tum jao apna kaam karo, muje college ka kuch kaam he toh me chalta hoon, shaamko milte he." Abhay and Taani say their byes.

As Taani gets back to her cabin, she gets busy with her work.

St. Louise college

"REY!" Sharon screams which startles Rey and he gets annoyed, "chilla kyun rhi ho Sharon, tumhare samne hi betha hoon." "Kabse normal awaz me bula rhi thi, tum hi dhyan nai de rhe the." Sharon replies irritated. "Haan toh muje baat karne ka man nai he." saying this he leaves canteen. "Yeh Rey Sharon se itna rudely kabse baat karne laga?" the gang whispers between themselves. Feeling hurt Sharon also leaves the canteen. The gang in the canteen, "Yeh sab us Taani ki wajah se ho rha he, jab yaha thi tab bhi naak me dum kardiya tha aur ab jab yaha nai he toh bhi humare bich problems khadi kar rhi he." Vishakha comments. "Tum sahi keh rhi ho Vish, pata nai Rey ko kya dikha tha usme, na toh woh dancer he, na usme koi esi baat he, Rey ne usse breakup karke achcha kiya." Simmi says agreeing with Vishakha. "Me also agrees, bas ab hopefully woh wapas na aaye." Neha says and everyone nods. Swayam who was walking by the canteen heard it all, he gets angry listening to them badmouth his sister, he goes in the canteen, "Bas ek aur word nai meri behen ke baarein mein, who do you think you guys are to say shit about her huh?" he says angrily, seeing him so angry everyone gets scared, "Swayam humara woh matlab nai tha-" Vicky tries to calm Swayam down, "Toh kya matlab tha huh? You guys think Taani is unworthy of Rey? The hell do you even know about her, huh? You know what muje tum logo se koi behes nai karni, aainda meri behen ka zikar bhi mat karna samje?" seeing Swayam seething they don't say anything other thn nodding their head in agreement.

Swayam to himself as he leaves canteen, kaash yeh mene pehle keh diya hota, shayad meri behen mere sath hoti. How did I let her suffer so much without ever taking a stand for her? Bachpan me usko dantne bhi nai deta tha kisiko, dantna toh dur ki baat he, Taani ke samne koi gusse se dekhta bhi nai tha kyunki Swayam ko yeh bardasht nai tha, aur ab.... What's wrong with me? Me itna kese badal gaya? Bas bahot ho gaya, ab meri behen ko koi hurt nai karega, me karne nai dunga. Taani ke krishnaji bas ek aur mauka de dijiye muje apni galti sudharne ka. please