The 'Un' Attached String

Chapter - 2

[CANADA]

Next morning, Bela woke up early as usual which became a habit for her after Bulbul's birth when she rejoined her office for full time. That morning, she went to the kitchen and made a cup of coffee for herself even after being pursued by the servants to do that for her. She took her coffee mug and went towards Bulbul's room. When she opened the door of her room, Bela stopped at the doorstep when she found Bulbul was sleeping in a diagonally in the bed, on her stomach with her mouth open and the blanket falling on the ground which triggered a past memory of a very familiar scene. Without even realizing, a light curve formed by her lips as she found that very annoying yet adorable and for an instance of time, she even felt jealous. She said to herself, "Aisa kyu hota hai ke 9 mahine apne andar apne bachche ko dheere dheere bara karne ke baad, jab ek ma usko is duniya mein lekar aati hai to vo apne baap par jaata hai. Janam maine diya aur dekho bilkul apne papa ki tarah soyi pari hai. Now I hate Maahir even more for that." Bela slowly entered inside and without making a sound put the coffee mug on a table and then looked around the room and nodded her head in a disappointing manner since Bulbul made a real mess of her room. Bela rearranged her room by putting everything in its proper place and then came back and sat beside Bulbul on the bed and then slowly pulled her towards her and rested half of her body on her lap and then hugged her tightly. Bulbul made a moaning sound as her sleep got disturbed and she too hugged back her mother. Bela kissed on Bulbul's forehead and said,"I know you love Maahir a lot but I won't let you find him or go to him kyuki main tujhe kisike saath nehi baat sakti, tu sirf meri hai, tujhpar sirf mera haq hai, tu sirf mera khilona hai. Main tere bina nehi reh sakti hu mera bachcha. Maahir ke baad agar maine kisise sabse zyaada pyar kiya to vo sirf tu hai. Ha main maanti hu ke main tujhe zyaada waqt nehi de paati hu lekin iska matlab ye nehi hai ke main tujhse pyar nehi karti hu. Agar tune apne papa ko dhundh liya aur uske paas chali gayi to main kaise jeeyungi tere bina? Agar tujhe apne paas rakhne ke liye mujhe zindagi bhar tujhe tere papa ke baare mein sab kuch chupaana pare to main vo bhi karungi and I won't regret a bit." Bela had tears in her eyes which are due to the thought of fear gathered in her heart about loosing Bulbul which made her hug Bulbul more tightly and that time, Bulbul moaned out of discomfort and in a sleeping tone said,"Mamma mujhe lag rahi hai." Bela came out of her thoughts and released Bulbul of her tight hug and then asked,"Kaise pata chala main hu?" In the same sleeping tone, still closing her eyes, Bulbul replied,"Naani mujhe aise hug kabhi nehi karti hai aur main aapka touch pehchaanti hu na." Bela had a smile on her face and she kissed Bulbul back and said,"Mujhe pata hai Bulbul apni mamma se bohot pyar karti hai. Achcha abhi ready ho jaao school jaana hai na." The intoxication of the sleep, totally washed away and Bulbul opened her eyes with a jerk and said,"Ye school ka naam sunte hi na meri saari neend ud jaati hai. Vo bhi koi jaane ki jagah hai? Usse zyaada drama to mere ghar mein hota hai. Ye na rule change karna chahiye, hafte mein bas ek hi baar agar school jaana parta to kitna achcha hota." Bela nodded her head and taunted,"Mera baby vo school hai, shopping mall nehi. Abhi baate bandh karo and get ready fast aur ha Reyhaan aa raha hai and I know you don't like him a bit but please abhi breakfast table mein Dracula ke saamne koi drama mat create karna." Bulbul made a face and slapped on her head and said,"Satyaanaash!! Bera garg ho us moye ka!!" On hearing that sentence from Bulbul, Bela remained awestruck and then burst out into laughter. She pulled Bulbul's cheek and said,"Tu puri meri ma jaisi hai." Bela got up from the bed and was about to leave with her coffee mug and Bulbul angrily said,"Ha ha aapka kyu kuch jaayega, jaayega to mera. Aap kyu kuch samjhogi meri feelings? Aapki mummy ki shaadi thore hi ho rahi hai? Abhi main na aapki mamma ki shaadi kisi aur se kara deti hu aur phir aapse kahungi,'Bela abhi koi drama mat create karna'. Achcha lagega na aapko? Mujhe samajhme nehi aata aap us chimpanjee ko itna entertain kyu karti ho aur usko mera daddy banne ka itna shaukh kyu chara hai? Kisi aur ka daddy banna ho unko to shaukh se jaaye main apna daddy nehi banaaungi." Bela said,"Oho Bulbul tumhe ye kisne kaha that I want to marry him? I don't!! Mujhe kisise bhi shaadi nehi karni hai aur tumhaare Dracula ko vo pasand hai iska matlab ye nehi hai ke mujhe bhi vo pasand hona chahiye. So relax!! He's just a friend!!" Bulbul squeezed her nose and said,"Jaise harkate vo kar rahe hai na koi guarantee nehi hai kisi baat ki aur aap bhi to bari has has kar baate karti ho unse. Agar sach mein aapki shaadi tey hui na unse, main kuch kar dungi bata rahi hu main abhi se." Bela gave a fed up look and said,"Arey meri ma main samajh gayi. Abhi chalo ready ho jaao. Dekho tumhaare chakkar mein na meri coffee bhi thandi ho gayi." Saying she left from there and Bela came down of her bed and angrily grinned,"Aaj main is monkey man ko aisa sabak seekhaaungi na ke zindagi bhar yaad rakkhenge ke Bulbul Maahir Sehgal kis monster ka naam hai." She went to her washroom to get ready for her school.