Gurukul - A Life Changing Twist In Four Lives

Part 15 - I love you Miss RCB!

"Ese to ham bhi soche 'Agar haar gey to?' aur koi match na khele" He said. Point. "Me daave k saath keh sakta hu ki woh 'tujhe' na nhi kaheghi" Mahi Sir said putting pressure on 'tujhe'. I smiled. "Lekin phir bhi, agar usne na bol diya to?" I asked. He rolled his eyes. "Thik h, agar usne na bola, to me...me cricket k har form se retirement le lunga" He said. I was hell shocked! He was actually serious. I nodded. We went to Miss RCB.

"Bandana, Sumedh ko garden to dikhalao" Mahi Sir said. Miss RCB smiled and nodded. We went in the garden. It was a huge garden with lots of flora. We were just walking without saying a single word. "Me hi conversation start krta hu" I said. She smiled and nodded. We sat on a bench.

"If you don't mind, mujhe btaoghi ki kal raat tum kaha thi?" I asked. She looked a bit uncomfortable with the question. "Me...woh...Samaira k saath thi, pizza khane gey the ham dono" She said. I was sure that she was lying. She was with me the night before. "Lekin Samaira ne to kaha k tum dono Chinese khane gey the" I said. As I lied she became nervous. "I think hame chalna chahiye" She said and stood up. I held her wrist and made her sit again.

"Mujhe pta h tum kal raat DID k sets pe thi, finale ki shooting k lie" I said. "N-n-nhi. M-m-me nhi thi waha pe" She said stammering. "Agar jhooth bolna nhi ata to bekaar ki koshish mat kro! Miss RCB mujhe nhi pta ki tum sach chupa kyu rahi ho...tumne koi galat kaam nhi kiya h, so just tell me the truth!" I said. I looked at her hands. She was so nervous that she was sweating.

She stood up. I stood up as well. I tried to explain a lot, but she wasn't listening to me. More than nervous, now she was looking irritated. Finally she spoke, without any fear. "HAN! Thi me waha pe! Hu me wahi dancer jisko sab Beatqueen k naam se jante h! Chupaya mene yeh sach sabse, kyunki me nhi chahti thi ki sab yeh kahe k mene aapki copy ki h; ki mene aapko paane k lie yeh sab kiya h; nhi ban-na chahti thi me un lakho logo me se ek jinko aap sirf fans kehte h!!" She said raising her voice. She wasn't even looking at me. Her back was towards me. So this was the reason behind everything!? A reason that she made without any sense.
I turned her and held her shoulders. "Yaar esa kucch nhi h!! Koi esa nhi sochta" I said. She was looking down. She never looked in my eyes directly.

For the first time I was actually 'touching' her. I cupped her face. "Neeche kucch nhi h; yaha upar dekho, meri aankho me dekho!!" I said. She slowly looked up. Finally she looked in my eyes.

Bandana's POV
For the first time I was looking in those green eyes. They were full of pain, love, happiness...tears were in his eyes. If I said a single word, he would have cried. I didn't want to see him crying.
We were looking in each others eyes. Just like there isn't anything else in the world.

Finally he shut his eyes and a tear dropped from his right eye. He opened them again and took a deep breath.

"M-Miss R-RCB...I-I love you. Mujhe 'tumse' pyaar ho gya h. Me tumse, APNI Miss RCB se pyaar krta hu" Sumedh said. I was standing all numb. In my life, I wished to meet The Sumedh Mudgalkar, just once; but this guy was in love with me. "Tum bhi krti ho, jhooth bolne ki koshish bhi mat krna!" He said. I tried to stop but I couldn't: tears rolled down my eyes and I smiled.

He was looking fine now; he cocked his eyebrow. I took his hands off my face and nodded. "Mundi mat hilao, kucch bolo, I'm expecting an answer!" He said. I chuckled. "I-I love you too" I said in a low voice. "Volume, volume. Aur upar dekh k bolo" He said. "I love you too!!!" I said looking in his eyes. He gave me an ear to ear smiled and was about to hug me when Samaira called us. "Oye chalo dinner krlo!!" She shouted. We nodded and went in.

Sumedh's POV
We sat on the dining table. Mahi Sir sat next to me. "Kiya khabar h?" He whispered. "Kucch khaas nhi, bas itna hi kahunga k next ODI k lie tayyar ho jaiye" I said. He looked a bit confused. "Next ODI...matlab me khel raha hu...matlab me retire nhi ho raha...matlab...usne han krdi?" He asked. I nodded. He was really very happy and excited as well. "Dara diya tha tune. Me to bori-bistar leke Himalaya pe sannyaas lene wala tha. Bach gey!" He said. I started laughing. Everyone looked at me confusingly. Mahi Sir and I looked at each other. "Ma'am khana boht accha h" I said to Sakshi Ma'am. "To isme battisi dikhane wali kiya baat h" Siddharth said. Everyone started laughing. We enjoyed dinner and then the actual fun began.