Jhukee jhukee see nazar be-qaraar hai ki nahin
Daba daba sa sahee dil mein pyaar hai ki nahin
- Kaifee Aazamee -
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Zoya's POV
Aditya drove for 10-15 minutes and then we reached a place where there was a lot of hustle and bustle. I looked at Aditya with questioning eyes. Irregardless living in Mumbai for so many years, I had never seen this place till now. That is why I was a little surprised to see this place. Aditya opened the door of his side and came near my door and opened the car door for me and gave me his hand. I put my hand in his palm and came out of the car.
"Yeh konsi jaga hai Aditya?" I asked him, absolutely shocked.
"Yeh meri special place hai. Jab tum chali gai thi toh apna sukoon dhundhne mei yahi aya krta tha. Ab jab Tum a gai ho to yahan aane ki jarurat Nahin padati." Aditya told me with a big smile on his face.
Oh God, sometimes Aditya looks so cute to me. It seems that no one can be more cute than this person. He is always so calm and such a good person, that is why he is my bestfriend. Sometimes I feel bad that why did I not remember Aditya in eight years? But it doesn't matter, this time I will never leave Aditya. This time no one can break our friendship.
"Tumhe pasand aayi yeh jagah?" Aditya was telling me something, but I was lost in my thoughts. That's why he put his hand on my shoulder and shook me.
"Tum thik ho? Kya hua tumhen yah jagah pasand Nahin aye?"
"Nahin aisi koi baat nahin hai mujhe yah jagah bahut acchi lagi aur yahan se Mumbai ka view Kitna achcha dikhta Hai" Leaving my thoughts behind, I was feeling very good in a peaceful place with Aditya. So I decided to say goodbye to my thoughts and live in the moment.
" Ab bolo kya khana hai tumhe... Yha tumhe sab milega. Pani puri, chaat , ragda, chai ya coffee or sab se special is rainy season mei bhuta." He told me all this with so much joy and excitement that I felt very happy to see his happiness.
" Barish To Nahin ho rahi hai isiliye hum pani puri kha lete Hain." I did not even realize when I took Aditya by the hand and took him to the Pani Puri cart. I asked the Pani Puri vendor for two plates of spicy Pani Puri and he put a paper bowl in our hands in which we were going to eat Pani Puri.
We were waiting for our Pani Puri to be ready when suddenly my eyes fell on a couple who were enjoying the view from the top of the hill with their arms around each other. Seeing them I remembered my love, that is, I remembered Ayan. I remember all the memories of these eight years that I spent with Ayan in college. How we used to bunk college, How, sitting behind him on his bike, I used to make weird faces with a sketch pen on his white shirt. I was lost in all the memories. Then I heard the voice of Pani Puri vendor who was waiting for me to take Pani Puri in my bowl.
"Zoya Kyun Na ek Pani puri competition ho jaaye. Mujhe pura yakin hai main tumhen Hara dunga..."
"Aditya aapko sach mein lagta hai ki aap Zoya Siddiqui ko Hara sakte hain?! "
" Mujhe lagta nahin mujhe pura yakin hai ki main tumhen Hara dunga.."
" Aap hume challenge kar rahe hai? "
" Tum yahi samajh lo, agar Hai himmat to mujhe is competition mein Hara kar dikhao. "
" Theek hai phir Janab Aditya Hooda aap harne ke liye taiyar Ho jaaiye kyunki Zoya Siddiqui kisi se nahin harti."
