Chichore – Scene 3

Scene 4 – The Complaint

“Hello kids… This is Maan Singh Khurana… Naam toh suna hoga” he looked around all and rested his eyes on Geet

“Ohh… Oh My God… Maan sir, “said Pari excitedly.  

Maan turned his focus to Pari “Ohh you know me?” he said as if  it was a surprise for him

“Sir, everyone knows you.. Sir you know Nikita, she is my cousin” Maan didn’t remember who Nikita was as he dealt with whole college and juniors came to him for several purposes and many girls to simply get his attention

“Of course, and I see her cousin is not less” he flirted with Pari and everytime stopping his eyes at the end at Geet, who everytime answered him by returning a glare

“So, it’s only you people who have not been called by seniors.. So unfair, right” He asked, faking an innocent face again, ending with his silly smile looking at Geet.

“Yes sir… how will we know our seniors” complaint Pinky

“And how will they know us?” added Tasha. Geet looked at them, shaking her head at them 

“Why do you girls want to be ragged?” Geet asked, confused. Trying to warn them that they are in the most dangerous hands.

“Shut up Geet” Pari pulled her hand and in a cat walk reached Maan

“Sir.. why don’t you take our ragging… the most handsome senior and president of the student union… it will be our pleasure”

“Pari…” Geet tried to warn her friend who was lost in getting attention from him

Maan ignored Geet “Well, if you say so. How can I ignore such sweet girl” Pari blushed

Geet looked at Maan in anger and got his silly smile in return

“So now as I decided, we will do some sweet silly things but you have to make sure each member of your group participate” he talked to Pari

“No, I am out” Geet declared but was soon gathered by all members of her group

“Geet, are you crazy? He is the most senior and so sweet. For no reason what are you trying to gain attention in negative way”

Maan jumped from his bike and rubbed his hands and then placed them in his pocket 

“So Now as I have decided, any member who does not wish to participate will not be punished but his or her friends will be deprived of all help from any seniors”

They all looked at Geet “Geet… marwayegi kya”

Geet looked at Maan in anger. Tasha pulled her “Geet .. what are you trying to do”

Geet had to agree as Maan scared her friends and they were all after her

“Very fair game here… I will participate with you all”

“Sir you are the best senior” Tasha said lost in him

“Dekh sir kitne acche hai” Pinky whispered in her ears. Geet took a deep breath. If her family was not enough now even her friends started singing his praises as well.

“So we are six, we make three groups, two people in each group.. Called partners”

He looked at Adi “I know who you want as a partner” and then his eyes went to Pinky. 

Slight Shy blush covered Adi’s face.

“Okay, so you two dance on a romantic number – Mere rang me rangne wali…”

“How typical” Geet commented

“Gee-eet” her friends warned again. Maan went to Geet, placed his hands in his jeans pocket and bent towards her

“Well, for your information miss, this is ragging not an innovation club”

He turned to Adi.. start. Adi was too shy, Pinky was too bold and though their chemistry could be seen, the dance actually came out super silly.

“You both” he signaled to Tasha and Pari “Yes sir” “yes Sir” both got excited to get attention from the one who held their whole attention

“You two are so sweet and amazing…. Wonderful dressing” Both blushed like silly

“Thank-you sir” came in unison

“And I like smart and bold girls that you both are” he talked to them but from the corner of his eyes could sense the fire somewhere else. 

“But we have interacted with both of you and I do not want a shy one among you feel left out” He looked at Geet who turned to him with wide surprised and angrily glare

Tasha and Pari looked at Geet “Geet, don’t be shy”

“So Girls, I hope you both don’t mind if I partner with your shy friend and you two smart girls be partners” He smartly chose their friend as his partner yet not breaking their hopeful heart of becoming his partner. 

Was this ragging by any means? Except one, others were having their one of the most pleasant times.

“But I would like some performance from two sweet girls first.”

He talked to them and turned to Geet with his silly sweet smile, again getting an angry glare from her

“Sir what do you want us to perform.. Something fun sir” Geer again mentally hit her head. He is making a complete fool of them but these girls have left her brain somewhere and come.

“Sure.. how about Piya Piya… well if you both wish, I don’t mind acting Piya here..”

“No prooobleemm siirrr” came out from both eager girls

He turned to Adi and signaled him to play the song.

Song started , Maan sat on bike, becoming piya and two girl started making their best move to impress the handsome senior, who was having fun enjoying their excitement 

Jab jab choodi khanke re

Jab jab paayal chhanke re

Jab jab saawan barse re

Oye bole bole bole

Bole bole bole bole jiya

Slowly they moved towards him and Pari placed her one hand on his one shoulder and Tasha on other

Piya piya o piya piya

Piya piya o piya

Piya piya o piya piya

Piya piya o piya

Subah shaam kare mera jiya

Maan immediately looked at Geet, she looked at him and the paper on her hand was torn in two pieces. Knowing about the rising temperature there, he smartly gets them off him.

And they completed their performance. 

“Now my turn with my partner, what say partner” he neared Geet

“Whatever”

“Geet, tujhe hee importance de rahe hain sir, you lucky” said Tasha hitting Geet’s shoulder. 

“I am not interested”

“But I am… I mean everyone performed so we have to do it too… what say girls”

Unknown to them, other groups were watching their activity from far away. Maan helped his friends do this in a fun way, he generally did not participate, only made sure that his presence was felt all over the juniors. 

Like this, his focusing on one group and doing these silly acts was somewhat a surprise view for them to watch. 

But all this popularity does come with foes. And as part of it, Rohan was waiting for a chance of Maan’s mistake. One mistake and he will be restricted from college and his gold medal will be snatched.

“As you all can see my partner is such a simple and sweet girl from a small town.. I have a perfect song for her”

And he took Geet’s hand and pulled her to the center. He pressed the button on his cell and song started with his 90s style bollywood steps

Bholii bhaalii ladki 

Khol Tere dil kii pyaar vaalii khidakii ho

Bholii bhaalii ladki 

Khol Tere dil kii pyaar vaalii khidakii ho

Maan danced in front of Geet, moving his legs back and front and his hands opposite. Others watching from far wondered why was Maan, one of top dancer of college, dancing this silly

Music played between lyrics

“Stop it, do you know how romeo type and silly you are looking” Geet said in whisper, anger filling her voice

“Others don’t think so” he said continuing his silly steps of making legs front and back

Nahiin nahiin abhii nahiin abhii nahiin piyaa

Chhedo nahiin aise mujhe darataa hai jiyaa

Lyrics played but Geet did not move.

“Play again” Maan ordered and Adi pressed the button.

Bholii bhaalii ladki 

Khol Tere dil kii pyaar vaalii khidakii ho

Bholii bhaalii ladki 

Khol Tere dil kii pyaar vaalii khidakii ho

Maan again did his silly steps and Geet went and paused the lyrics. Everyone was surprised by the audacity of the junior but Maan being silent on her acts surprised them more. Not even his peers had guts to deny him this way.

Then Sameera appeared from nowhere

“You silly girl. You are showing an attitude to Maan. Do you have any idea how girls die to get his one attention” 

Maan turned in frustration on Sameera coming up there and interfering

“Sam, it’s okay. I can handle my juniors”

“No Maan, you are giving little too much importance to her” She turned to Geet

“Actually, girl, Maan selected the wrong girl. I will show you how it works”

Sam went and started the lyrics

Nahiin nahiin abhii nahiin abhii nahiin piyaa

Chhedo nahiin aise mujhe darataa hai jiyaa

And Sam held Maan and glued herself to him more than she ever had. Maan was surprised but was fearing more for Sam now. 

Now again it was Maan’s turn. Maan wanted to stop Sam but in front of all he had to continue doing what he was doing with Geet. 

Bholii bhaalii ladki 

Khol Tere dil kii pyaar vaalii khidakii ho

Bholii bhaalii ladki 

Khol Tere dil kii pyaar vaalii khidakii ho

Sam gave him the hand giving him no option but to pull her to him. He saw his sherni’s face, which had already turned red. Not alarmed,  Sam closed Maan in a little more intimate way. This was her chance to show all, Maan was hers.

Nahiin nahiin abhii nahiin abhii nahiin piyaa

Chhedo nahiin aise mujhe darataa hai jiyaa

She bent backward and Maan had to hold her back to support her. He was himself perplexed at Sam’s sudden act. Sam held his collar to pull him closer and Maan bent down and next was a hard slap on Maan’s face. 

Whole public gathered around, stunned. Maan Khurana, slapped by a fresher, while dancing with his friend. 

Maan gathered and looked at Geet who was seething with anger. Maan knew how possessive she was. Her claiming of finding a boyfriend doesn’t mean he had leeway to dance around with other girls.

But before anyone could gather, why and what happened, the senior faculty was there

“What happened?” Maan was shocked to see and hear the faculty. But before he could understand Geet, in her anger blurted

“Shameless acts as part of ragging”

“Who is involved and what is your name”

“Maan Khurana is leading it. I am Geet Handa” Maan looked at Geet, shocked. She does not know what she has done.

Faculty looked at her “Are you sure, you want to complain?”

“I have to complain to stop this stupidity”

“Fine. Maan, as you were supposed to control this whole process and now that you are yourself in the complaint list, you will now be restricted from college and your name from the Gold Medalist list will be scrapped. Do you want to defend yourself?” He  asked knowing Maan could defend himself and students would support him. No one wants a genius student to suffer. But rules were rules.

“No Sir. If she thinks my act was shameless and she felt offended, I accept the charge and consequences”

Geet looked at Maan in horror. Ohhhh… What has she done? She had no idea the punishment could be so harsh.

“No.. no sir. It was not that big act” Geet tried to do the damage control 

“You slapped your super senior for his shamelessness and now you say it was not a big act.”

“No, I take back my complaint”

“No you cannot. Only he can defend himself. It is a serious charge against any student. Your taking back complaint means your complaint was false and you will be punished”

“I am ready for punishment. He did not do anything to get such punishment” Geet said confidently

Hearing it getting back on Geet, Maan came forward “No… I accept all the charges”

“No.. I take back my complaint” 

The whole college was confused. What was this madness? 

“Your 10% marks will be deducted from each subject of 1st semester in lieu of misbehaving with senior and making false complaint” warned faculty to Geet

“I am fine with it. I take back the charge”

“No. I really crossed my limit. I accept the charge”

All his friends gathered around Maan “What are you doing Maan. Your career will be doomed”

“You are brightest one Maan”

“And we know you cannot cross limit”

“But I did. I accept the charges”

“No he did not. Take back your charges” Geet came to Maan

“And let your 10% be deducted at the start of your career. No”

“Sir, I take back my complaint” “No, I accept those charges” it went on and on. Everyone held their head at the stubbornness of two who were ready to sacrifice for others. But why? Faculty was confused.

Then something striked Geet

“Sir, did I call you?”

“No”

“Then who called you?”

“Rohan called me”

“Then sir, how did I place the complaint? You cannot take his accolades due to a third person’s complaint. We were just having friendly arguments”

“Why did you slap your senior on his face in front of the whole college?”

Geet did not know what to say, she looked at everyone

“Sir, it was me. I gave her a dare to slap me. I was confident any junior will fail this dare but this bold girl did it”

Everyone, along with faculty, were confused. First, this fresher spanked the most senior, president of the student union, then he, instead of showing any anger or revenge or attitude to this girl, is ready to accept his mistake and ready to have his career at stake.

“Okay.. I give up. Fine for this time, Maan I take any charges against you as this girl..”

“Geet Sir” she reminded her name

“Yes, as Geet is adamant to take back her complaint and Geet for you, next time think about the consequences of your complaints on others. But if anything serious happens, you should complain irrespective of what the punishment is”

He turned to leave “Sir” Maan called out

“Can you please ask Rohan, why did he call you here? When we were all having some fun time, what prompted him to call you and waste your precious time”

Faculty took Rohan with him. Everyone knew the duo’s enmity, so it all fell on Rohan now.

Maan clapped “Everyone disperse… drama is over” and Geet saw how everyone moved away at his single call.

Sam came to Maan

“How could you spare this girl Maan. How dare she hit you when you were not even with her”

“Sam, neither did I call you then to interrupt my session with juniors nor have I asked for your advice on this matter.” 

Sam looked around. Maan had a habit of being rude and up front but in front of juniors and especially Geet, she felt insulted. Even Geet was surprised with this side of him, so authoritative and up front, especially, to a girl. He had always been so romeo types and bowing to all her wishes. 

“Maan… how could you…”  sam said hurt

“Sam, please leave. I need to talk to Geet about what happened” he cared less about Sam’s hurt because she ruined his time with his Jaana.

Geet was waiting for Maan in the car parking lot. It was almost empty in afternoon hours

Maan closed to Geet with smile on his face “Itna kuch ho gaya… abb bhi has rahe hain aap”

“Kyun wapis lee complaint? You were on lookout for a chance, you got one today”

“Itna hee samajhte hain app mujhe” she turned her face, trying to show her anger, which was not coming even after trying hard.

This crazy person was ready to ruin his career for her silly anger. What could she do with him?

Maan pulled her by her waist surprising her “I am aware of the course of each drop of blood running inside your each veins… jaanti ho na”

“Do you have any idea how scared I got? Are you mad or what, how could you simply be ready to risk your career”

He raised his eyebrows pulling her to him, even closer “Why would I be scared. My Sherni was there. She will not let a single pin hurt me.”

“I just did it because… I mean .. I do not like anyone …”

“Leave it.. Tell me, is the boyfriend mission still on?”

“Of course ji… what do you think I will marry chichore like you” she pushed him on his upper chest

“Okay… what’s the criteria now? I will refer if I find anyone that fits your criteria” he said pulling her closer

“Criteria is… he, of course will be more handsome than Maan Khurana, he should be even more popular and respected than Maan Khurana… He should be a double Gold Medalist and…”

“Hmm hmm, I am listening” Geet turned and smiled

“He should be ready to sacrifice anything on one word of Geet and Geet’s heart should be…”

 She turned to him and he was smiling at her words “Bohut bohut bohut bure ho aap… Nahi karoongi main aap jaise chochore and romeo se shadi… samjhe app… don’t be too confident… i will find a boyfriend one day… samjhe app”

Maan nodded innocently “Haan haan.. Samjh gaya bilkul’

******* The END******

Author’s Note – Please like and comment. I may re write this one as whole story, but that will only for my blog. Updates can be very small or big. But it won’t be anytime soon. I am going to exclusively write a story fro my blog. updates may be very small but that will ensure quick updates.