Corridor ab Khali ho chuka tha .
Students ja chuke the ,awaje bhi kam ho gayi thi...
Par Sumit, Aarav aur Vaishnavi ke bich jo tension thii...vo ab aur clear thii.
"Kisi ko pata hai ..ye kon ho skta hai?
Aarav ne finally pucha .
Sumit ne turant kaha,
"Obviously koi jo hume janta hai.."
Vaishnavi ne slowly add Kiya,
"Janta hai... observe kar raha hai.."
Aarav ne frustrated hokar kaha,
"Great. To basically koi humari life ka CCTV bankar baitha hai..?
Sumit ne phone nikal,
"Let's end this
Usne unknown number par call lagaya,
Ring....
Ek baar.
Do baar.
Teen baar.
Phir call -pick ho gaya
Teenon freeze ho gaye
Koi bol nahi Raha tha
"Hello ? Sumit ne cautious tone me kaha
Dusri taraf kuch seconds tak.... silence tha
Phir ek halki si awaj aayi
Familiar
..."Sumit.."
Sumit ka expression instantly change ho gaya
Usne phone tight pakda
"Tum.." uski aawaj slow ho gayi
"Tum kaun ho..?
Dusri taraf halki si laugh aayi
"Seriously ?"
"Tum log itne bhi clueless ho..?"
Vaishnavi ne dheere se Sumit ke pass aakar phone ki taraf jhuk kar suna
Aarav bhi close aagya
Voice phir aayi-
"Chalo hint deti hoon.."
Aarav ka forehead wrinkle hua
"Deti hoon ?"
Vaishnavi ka dimag instantly connect hua
Uski ankhen thodi wide ho gayi
Voice ne camly bola
"Tum teenon me muje aaise ignore Kiya..jese mai exist hi nahi karti.."
Sumit ka dimag flash hua
Aarav ka bhi
Vaishnavi ne almost whisper kiya
"...No way ..."
Call ke dusri taraf se naam aaya :
"Naina..."
Silence
Complete silence
Aarav ne disbelief me kaha
"Impossible.."
Sumit ne dheere se repeat Kiya
"Naina..??
Vaishnavi ne ankhen band kar li ,ek second ke liye.
"Of course.." usne dheere se kaha
"Ye wahi kar skti hai...."
Aarav ne turant poocha
"Par kyun ...,uske in sab se kya lena Dena.."
Phone par Naina ki awaj calm thi..., almost controlled
"Sach me nahi samjhe..?"
"Ya pretend kar rahe ho..?"
Sumit ne direct tone me kaha
"Seedhe bolo.."
Naina ne thoda pause liya
Phir bola
"Main .. tum logo ki friend thi..."
Vaishnavi ne dheere se kaha
"Thiii....?"
"Exactly..." Naina ne reply Diya
"Thii.."
Aarav ne frustrated hokar kaha
"Par humne tumhe ignore nahi kiya--"
"Really? Usne cut Kiya
"Jab tum teenon ..apne little world me busy the ...,tab mai kaha thii??
Silence
Sumit kuch bolna chahta tha --par words nahi mile
Naina ne continue Kiya:
"Tum logo ke liye mai bass...ek background character thii..."
Jo tab yad aati thi jab tumhe convenience hoti thii.."
Vaishnavi ka face serious ho gya
"Mai bas dekh rahi thii.." Naina ne camly kaha ,
"Kese tum teenon ek dusre se jhoot bol rahe ho..."
Aarav ne poocha,
"To tumne ye sab start Kiya..??
"Obviously.." Naina ne bina hesitation ke kaha
"Aur ab main finish bhi krungi..."
Sumit ne tight voice me puchaa
"Finish matlab??
Naina ne dheere se kaha
"Sach pura bhar aayega.."
Vaishnavi ne poocha
"Tumhe kya milega usse..??
Naina thodi der chup rahi
Phir usne ek line boli ,
Jo sab change kar gayi:
"Justice.."
Aarav ne confused tone kaha
"Justice?Par Kis cheez ka ..?
Naina ki aawaj thodi heavy ho gyi
"Jo tum bhool gye ....,par mai nahi bhooli,"
Sumit ne slowly pucha
"Kyaa..,"
Pause
Long pause
Phir ek line--
"Us din kya hua thaa...
Yaad hai..?"
Teenon freeze
Vaishnavi ka face pale ho gaya
Aarav ne ankhen thodi narrow ki
Sumit ki heartbeat fast ho gayi
"Tum...uske bare me baat kar rahi ho?? Sumit ne dheere se pucha
Naina se sirf itna kaha
"Exactly.."
Call cut
No goodbye
No explanation
Sirf silence
Teenon wahi khade the
Par ab un teenon ke dimag me ek hi cheez chal rahi
"Us din..."
Vaishnavi ne dheere se kaha
"Humne ...kabhi uske bare baat hi nahi ki..."
Aarav ne slowly sir hila diya,
"Kyuki ....hum baat hi nahi karna chahte thee.."
Sumit ne finally kaha,
"Par ab....ab baat karni padegi
To be continued....