Bhatinda 2.0
When geet met reddy!!
Geet is rushing towards her journey without a defined route.She knows the destination, but yet to explore her path towards it.Today she is out for a self proclaimed adventure. Its her first visit to her very first office,she is currently working for. She had the option to take the easier way by taxi, but no, she wants some excitement on her way.After asking routes for bus from bus driver, she has memorised in her mind that she is supposed to take bus to Union station. From there to her Office, there is a metro .
As she stands in the bus stop, Tall geet is the only lady standing amongst group of men waiting for bus. She is dressed up quiet decently in the black kurtha . But people are starting at her wondering why will geet prefer a bus journey than a comfortable car .
Geet with every coming bus is inquisitive if bus for Union has come.one man with curly hair slowly passes by her and whispers, "Aajao, hum tumko Union Chor denge. paise 15 dhiram de dena.
Geet- Mujhe nahi aana
Curly haired man- Chalo paise matt dena, bas aa jao
Geet ( in loud voice)- Bhaiya free mai WTC bhi le gaa rahe ho, Mujhe toh bus mai hi jaana hai
A man standing beside her to curly haired person- Hum ko le jaao bhai, Tab se pooch rahe hai
Curly haired man- Chal hato.. humko nahi le jaana tumhe..
😁
One bus arrived- Its a doubletaker bus, Red and white in color..Boys group set rushes towards it, Driver fades off as all are getting into bus.
Now a decent looking guy with a laptop bag before entering says her
Boy- where do you want to go exactly ?
geet - World Trade Centre
Boy- You can take till bus and get down in Bur dubai station. From there you can take two metros to reach your destination.
He rushes to climb
Geet- Hey ! Shall I get into this bus then
Boy in a hurry- YES!!!
Geet- Swipes her card, she sees 12.50 AED is already deducted.
She sits in front of a lady who appears to be a nurse. And starts a conversation.
Geet- Hi, may I know which station I should get down to take Metro to WTC
Nurse- You seem to take a wrong bus .you may get down in next bus and take a cab rather
Geet got this in her nerves, she was angry with the boy who suggested to get into this bus..She gazed but he isnt found anywhere. Then she says in her mind.
kaha jaaoge janaab, dhoong kar rahenge!
It was a doubletaker bus,everyone was comfortably seated one in each row of two seater. geet finally met him . He had opened his laptop and was working. Looking at Geet , he was bit embarrassed, as he knew why she had come there.
She straight away questions him, I climbed the bus beacause of you. The lady down there said that this is the wrong bus. Tumhare kehne se ye bus chadhi, ab tum mujhe metro tak le gaoge.. jee haaan 😁
The boy behind the mask was smiling but he controlled and said ok, dont worry, this is not the wrong bus, I will show you the way.
Geet found no seat where she could sit. Boy took laptop bag and placed in his lap and offered that she could sit beside him.
He shows the map where geet could take the metro in green and red line and explains in brief the route.
There comes Al mamzar beach. geet takes up her camera to shoot the video. The boy is now trapped. He doesnt want to be clicked in the camera anyway. he adjusts his mask to cover his face aa. Also leaves no stone unturn to save himself from geets unstable videography...
Whenever geet was looking outside window, he was panicking,as he was in window seat. ,may be he thought she was seeing him. She gets that gesture.In mind she says, mann mai doubt matt rakhna, married hoon mai, mera anshuman kafi hai mere liye.. Kahani mai twist, Boy is also married and has a kid. geet sees the wall paper of his mobile phone.
Geet- What is your name
Boy- Reddy
geet- Reddy? This seems like surname, You dont have a name ?
Boy - Unable to control his smile says, yes, its surname. thats enough for you
Geet- Hi, I am geet. Dont worry , i was just taking video to put in youtube, I have a channel. she instructs him through eye moment to check his phone if her channel name appears. She was so happy to see her channel named anshugeet..a combination of her and anshumans name.
Reddy- subscribes her channel without special instruction from her. Also randomly likes her recent videos without even completely looking into it. As he knows the moment he lifts his head, the tall geet is already almost sitting over his head to see if he is following her pages .
He didnt dare to look at her face as he couldnt stop smiling. yet with serious voice he asked
You are from which place?
Geet- Sharjah
Him- Arey no, kaha se aayi ho
geet- India
reddy- I know ..India mai kaha se( With charming smile)
geet- ohhh, neevu kannada??
Reddy- I am telugu, stayed in bangalore, so know kannada also.
Reddy quickly got into calls to show geet that he is very careful with ladies and not indulging in unnecessary flirting with them.
geet- its taking so long to reach , usually is it the same?
Reddy- Dont know - today bus is slow
geet- may be because of me..Wierdly smiling
reddy- shows he didnt hear
again reddy in into his laptop deeply to not focus on geet. Geet now startes to see his laptop . He feels wierd and closes it now.
Stop is nearing, Reddy makes hand gesture to say to get down. Geet now before leaving bus, speaks to driver asking if she swipes the nol card twice , will double amount be deducted. Reddy makes hand gesture and askes her to get down the bus.
He is predending to be in a call, and did hand gesture to show he rthe way to metro. But this tall girl is just staring at him not understanding what he meant.
He finally takes her to metro and says, arey jaaoo, swipe karo card and metro lo na yaar
geet-Tries to go, card balance is low.
Reddy was still standing and watching her. He sais -kys yaar, card mai paise nahi ?? Cash to hoga na, recharge kar lete hai
geet- ok, kitne ka, minimum 20 rehne dete hai, 30hai kya.
geet- 30 to hai, roz kise jaan hai train se, mai to sirf aaj keliye jaa rahi hoon , 20 bus hai..more tha n enough.
Reddy nods his head as he is not able to make this fool understand
and he gives the receipt and says, google map on rakhna.
Geet- internet pack nahi lagaaya
reddy- arey yaar, itna nahi pata, akeli adventure karne nikli ho? Net pack bhi nahi lagaaya
geet- mujhe train route byheart hai ab
reddy- ok khayal rakhna, bye
geet- thank you reddy, ek photo leloon tumhare saat
Reddy- nahi-I am not confortable to clicking pictures
geet- Thank you for helping me out.
reddy- suno, number dena, phone kar ke phoochoonga pahunchi ki nahi
geet gives the number and leaves
She turns back to see and finds he is still watching her go and saying good bye.
Geet reaches the office safely
At noon, as she was getting her cup of coffee, she receives a call
on other side- hello , reached safely ??? Pehchaana??
Geet- oh Reddy !!!!
Reddy- yes, stay safe, just wanted to know if you reached safely. coming back too take same route and then staty safe.
so the conversation ended
geet- after reaching home also watsapped in the number he had called. seems its some business account, which was not checked. Yet as geet found it her duty to inform him, the next day she calls him .
As she calls , he picks up in one ring, and his voice was filled with happiness. Yet in controlled tone he said good you are back home safe,She was trying to speak something. He cuts her in between and says that he is busy, so would like to hung up.
Geet wasnt sad that Reddy was not willing to keep any friendship, as Reddy believes that ek ladka aur ek ladki kabhi dost nahi ho sakte. But he also believes, kuch kuch hota hai anjali..tum nahi samjoge😝
Some stories are beautiful when incomplete. Some relations are more special with stranger friends.Geet has her anshuman, Mr, reddy has his family. In lifes journey they met again , he left her to station, each other trusted strangers and end was a beautiful memory.
geet keeps her in her best wishes and prayers so does reddy,Story khatam paisa hazam!!Bhatinda 2.0 is all about how geet meets Reddy and lessons learnt, memories cherished :)
Written by Priyanka kamath
23 March 2021
