Love To Fall In Love With You(Complete)

Chapter 36

The road from Dehradun to Mussoorie was exceptional for Rishab. He had never seen sceneries so beautiful in his life, at least in the five years of life. Like a child, he opens the window glass and grins from ear to ear at ever turn as the sun starts to set leaving the orange tint in the sky. The driver looking from the rear view mirror smiles and asks," Sirji, kya hua? First time in the hills?" Rishab looks at him and says," Yes. I mean, I don't know but yes I guess..." The driver confused by now asks," Don't mind me asking? Are you drunk?" Rishab starts to laugh and first time he says aloud,
"Khoobsurat nazaron ki aghosh mein hun,
Hain mein aaj nashyein mein hun.
Mat poochon itni khushi kyun hai mujhe,
Aaj zindagi mein pehli baar azaad jo hun."

The driver smiles and says," Oh! Toh aap shayar hain. Mein bhi thoda bahut likhta hun. By the way my name is Bhagat Singh Negi. Now you will ask Bhagat Singh kyun. So let me tell you, my grand father was freedom fighter and my father a soldier in India Army. They thought, I will become a big patriot like Bhagat Singh and join army, so they gave this name. But I turned out to be a driver. My father doesn't talk to me because of that. Sab koi thodi na woh ban sakte hai no unke father chayein. I guess your father is not in army that's why you are a poet." Rishab starts to laugh again and says,"No my father is a business man but kisi Hitler se kam nahi. And you are right everybody can't become what their father wants. My father wants me to stay inside the locked doors and here I am flying away." He starts to laugh loudly and then says,"He wants me to learn business and I know nothing except to write." Bhagat is confused and so he asks," Your father wants to keep you locked? So your father too does not like what you do?" Rishab smiles and says,"Your father could give his life for the country and he expected that from you. And my father can take anybody's life for his fake reputation and money and he expects me to sell myself for the same..Negiji, baat kar ke mana lijiye apne papako.. He must be a good man." The driver Negi in surprise asks," Ayese bhi baap hote hai? Lock kar ke rakhna, sell..." Rishab says," I don't know Negiji. I don't know...But I guess your father must be great, he must love you." Bhagat smiles and says,"Hainji sirji, my father might be angry on me but he loves me. Every day he puts an apple in my bag as I love to eat fruits after lunch." Rishab looks at the far west sky that now has turned a canvas of beautiful colors. He says," Negiji I wish.. I...just wish.." He stays quite absorbing the beauty all around him and thinking about his father. Then the face of the child he met on the station comes into his mind. A strange sensation passes through his body. Smilingly he whispers,
"Ek ehsaas anokha sa,
Ek mulaqat haseen sa.
Kyun mere ankhon mein basgaya hai
Uska chera masoom sa.

Kyun soch raha hun main,
Kyun dhund raha hun main.
Kyun ek baar dekhne ki
Gurajis kar raha hun main.

Kya rista hai tere mera,
Jo Teri duriyan mujhe itna tadpa raha hai.
Chupakar rakhlun tujhe main dil mein,
Kyun tu mujhe itna apna sa laga raha hai.."

Bhagat dropped Rishab in front of a hotel. He says," Sirji, I am actually from Missouri. You can call me and I can take you to some beautiful places here. Aap mera na number rakhiye." Rishab takes his number and says," Negiji aap bahut interesting hain. I would love if you take me for sightseeing. But not where everyone goes. Can you take me to someplace secluded?" Bhagat smiles and replies," Ofcourse Sirji. Bas boliye kab jayenge, I will show you some nice places here."

Khushi had no idea that Sachin and Priya had planned a trip to Dehradun and Mussoorie. Inspite of no interest to have a vacation, she couldn't say no to them. Rishaan was super excited to see mountains. Staying in the warm climate of Kolkata, the cool air of Dehradun, brought a different kind of feelings in Khushi. It reminded her of her early days when she had met Rishi for the first time. How beautiful were those days! There was no complications in life. However she got the shock of her life as she lost her son Rishaan on the railway station. She was getting her bag and in a spilt second as she turned, Rishaan was not there. Both she and Sachin had gone to look for him. Sachin had eventually found him and brought him back. Khushi was in tears by the time, she got back the apple of her eyes.