Tale of Silent Longing

5| Oh Dear Mrs. Mehta

Jahaan sat down in his car and was about to leave for home when suddenly he stopped the car and called Jordan to talk to him, "Try to make sure that whatever happened today should not have an I'll effect on these girls. And if possible, put all the blame upon me," He instructed. Jordan  glanced at him in surprise. Jahaan  continued his speech, "Yeah, you heard it right. You know that I don't care about these things, but these girls might have to bear consequences if the blame would be put on them."
Jordan nodded his head and came back to Tanya  and Illahi . Jahaan  started his car and drove away towards his house.
"Karan ? who is this Karan  now? and why did he do all this?" Illahi  stormed Jordan  with numerous questions. 

"I will tell you everything, first let me get the car. It is not appropriate to stand here at the bus stop at night like this.  I'll bring the car and drop you at your hostel. And as far as your curiosity is concerned, I'll tell you everything on the way".
Jordan went to the parking lot to get his car.  And Illahi  sat next to Tanya  on the seat at the bus stop.

"Don't worry, everything will be fine, and I will teach Karan  a befitting lesson. I will tell him what it is like to defame someone like this," Illahi  announced. 

Illahi was fuming with anger. She was all geared up to give a befitting reply to whoever had executed the plan of defaming her friend, Tanya . 
After a while, Jordan  arrived at the bus stop with the car. Illahi  and Tanya  sat in his car and they left for their hostel.
on their way, Illahi  asked Jordan , "Yes, now tell us who this Karan  is, and where will we get him?",

"Karan has been studying with us in our class, in the same school and now in the same college too. But thankfully, in college, he opted for a different course. Karan's father is Jahaan's father's business rival.  For the last 20 years, he has been trying to overtake Jahaan's family business, but to date, he has not been able to do so. Karan has always tried to prove Jahaan wrong in front of his parents, even in school.
Karan has always tried to humiliate him in front of his parents by putting him in difficult situations.  He is habitual of creating a scene by forcibly fighting with Jahaan in front of the teachers. But I didn't know that this school fight would be carried on even to college," Jordan elaborated.

"But what was Tanya's fault in all this? Was it necessary to drag her into their business rivalry? " Illahi cried out in anger.
"Yes, I know that she's not at fault. It's just that, you were present in the wrong place at the wrong time," Jordan stated.

Jordan stopped the car. "Don't think too much right now and go to your room and  everything will be alright," he assured. 
Tanya returned the coat to Jordan , and stated,  "What about Jahaan , would he land into some trouble or be grounded?"
"Don't you worry about that, Jahaan has a habit of handling such situations. Moreover, he doesn't care about all these stuff. And nothing much happened today at the college.  Don't take too much stress and go and relax. Tomorrow is Sunday, take a rest, no more thinking and blocking your minds with negativity," Jordan suggested.  

"Thank you Jordan , you helped us a lot today" Tanya replied.. Upon hearing this from Tanya , Jordan laughed and said, "What do you mean by thank you? I thought we were friends". 
"Of course we are friends and the way you have helped us today, only a true friend can do it." Illahi concluded.
Both the girls went to their room and Jordan also drove back to his house.

The next day was Sunday, Tanya got up early, or rather it can be said that she could not manage to sleep all night. Her mind was not put to rest at all.
After getting up in the morning, she made breakfast and went to wake up Illahi .
"Get up illahi , until when do you want to sleep? You sleeping beauty? It is already noon," Tanya shouted.
Hearing Tanya's loud voice, illahi woke up and looked at Tanya . Thereafter her gaze fell on the  breakfast.
"Oh wow, did the sun come up from the west today? Tanya has made breakfast and why am I getting breakfast in bed? Oh my God, this is nothing less than a dream for me," illahi expressed dramatically. 
Tanya burst into laughter when she listened to illahi 's words.