Maine Kiya Hai Intzar

Chapter 14 waqt ke sath

Naina picked up the call after few rings but remained silent . Sameer knew that she would'nt say anything hence he tried for few seconds and as he was about to disconnect ,Naina spoke which made Sameer pleasantly surprised.

Naina : kyun phone kiya ? Koi kaam tha?

Sameer smiled : kaam toh ho gaya. Kisi ki awaaz sunni thi. Kisi aise insan ki jo abhi tak sirf meri awaz sun ke call rakh deti thi.

Naina : Thik hai , phir main rakhti hun.

She was about to disconnect when Sameer stopped her and said : Naina thodi der ruko na.please. pata hai tum yahi kahogi ki der ho rahi hai. Par .....sirf thodi der.

Naina didnt disconnect but didnt speak either. There was complete silence on both the sides for few seconds when Sameer started : Naina maine kabhi apni zimmedariyon se muh nahi moda hai , par hum kabhi kabhi kuch cheezon ko dusro se upar rakh dete hai.shayad waqt ko dekhte huye. Par iska matlab ye nahi hai ki dusri cheezein important nahi hai.

Naina interupted : raat bahut ho gayi hai , so jao.

Sameer : agar safar beech me hi ruk gaya toh dobara bhi suru kiya ja sakta hai. ....Naina kya tum ek baar phir se mere sath is safar ki suruwat karogi ...aur is baar main tumhara hath nahi chodunga , umar bhar tak.

Naina didnt answer and finally disconnected the call saying that she had to get up early next day.

Sameer took a deep breath and thought in mind : jawab nahi diya par inkar bhi nahi kiya.....
He glanced at the cordless and kept it ,smiling with a hope that one day he would get a positive answer.
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It had been few days since Sameer and Naina's conversation. Though they didng meet officially but Sameer gave occassional visit to the school on the pretext of some or the other work related to 50th year celebratiin of PVKM. He even called her at night everyday but Naina would mostly be a listener over the call. Naina 's father Rakesh Agarwal was back and Preeti had gone back to her parents.Many a times Sameer call would end up as blank call since Rakesh would pick it up.
One day when the call again turned up to be a blank call ,Rakesh said.

Rakesh : jab se wapas aaya hun, tab se dekh raha hun ki blank calls aaney lagey hai.

Naina well understood the situation and so tried to handle it.

Naina : wo papa , mujhe lagta hai ki kuch shararati students honge. Is baat test mein fail huye hai toh marks badhwana chah rahe honge. School me bhi minnatein karte rehte hai.

Rakesh : arey par isme blank calls ki kya zarurat hai. Baat kar le.

Naina : aapki awaaz sun ke darr jatey honge.maine bhi school me daant diya tha.

Rakesh : acha thik hai. Par dhyan rakhna. Agli baar aaya toh batata hun.

Naina (immediately ) : nahi nahi , aap kuch mat boliye ,main dekh lungi.Bacche hai na. Main unhe handle kar lungi.

Before Rakesh could say anything ,phone rang and he picked up immediately but nobody answered to his hello. This trigerred him and the radio got switched on.

Rakesh : arey bhai baat nahi karni hai toh call kyun karte ho. Sab janta hun tum jaise lafandaro ko. Padhayi likhayi karte nahi ho aur jab fail ho jatey ho toh aa jatey ho number badhwane ke liye. Par kaan khol ke sun lo , ek baar naam pata chal gaya na toh seedha Principal ke office me dikhoge wo bhi guardian ke sath. Khabardar jo dobara call kiya toh warna pakde jane pe sau baar uthak bhaithak lagani padegi.

Saying so he disconnected the call. Naina couldnt stop him from bashing the caller and stood there as a spectator pitying poor Sameer. On the other hand Sameer just kept on listening to him ,confused at his assumptions but wondered at him.