Part -74
Roop da UPSC result aa gaya si. Notification ton pehlan hi usnu pata lag gaya si – mains vi clear, interview di taiyari vi poori. Ohdiyan akhan vich ik alag hi chamak si, jiwen oh duniya nu jeet ke aayi hove. Ghar vich sabh ne vadhaiyan dittiyan, par Preet de dil vich ik mishrit ehsaas si. Ohnu Roop te bahut maan si – apni elder sister, jo enni intelligent te disciplined si ke UPSC warge exam nu vi asani naal cross kar gayi. Par ikko gall usnu khandi si: Roop ch sabh nu control karan di aadat jo si. Ghar di har chhoti-vaddi gall vich usda hukum chalda si – ki khana, ki pehanna, kinne vje sona, kinne vje uthna. Preet nu eh sabh kuch bahut zyada lagan lag pea si, par oh chup rehnda si, kyunki Roop di success sabh nu khush kar rahi si.
Result wale din hi Preet ne faisla kar leya – ajj sabh kudiyan nu bahar leke jaana ae, ik vadhiya party, jithe koi control na hove, sirf maza. Roop vi khush si, par usne vi apni limit set kar ditti: "Preet, zyada der ni rukna, te sharab bilkul nahi." Preet ne muskurake haan kar ditti, par dil vich sochya – ajj taan main sabh nu free karan wala haan.
Shaam nu Preet ne car ready kitti te sariyan kudiyan nu leke shahar wall nikal gaya. Naaz, Ruby te jot vi si. Sabh ne vadhiya dressan pehniyan hoyiyan si – Ruby ne red top te jeans pehni hoyi si, usdi figure hor vi killer lag rahi si. Oh Preet bilkul naal baithi si, usde modhe te sir rakh ke, te bar-bar muskurandi. "Preet, tu mainu duniya ch sabh ton best ae," Ruby boli, usdi awaaz vich sachchi khushi si. Preet ne jaffi paunde hoye keha, "Tere layi taan main kuchh vi kar sakda haan, Ruby."
Shahar pahunch ke Preet ne sab nu ik high-end club vich leke gaya – music loud si, lights dim, te dance floor te lok nach rahe si. Naaz ne pehlan hi Preet nu side eye ditti, jiwen oh jaandi si ki aaj raat kuchh hor vi hon wala ae. Sabh ne drinks order kite – Roop ne mana kar ditta, par baaki sabh ne thodi-thodi pi leyi. Ruby bahut khush si, oh Preet naal dance kar rahi si, usda sharir usde naal chipak ke hil reha si. Preet de hath usdi kamar te si, te har beat naal oh hor close aa rahi si.
Ik corner vich Naaz khadi si, Preet nu dekhdi hoyi. Usde dil vich vi ohi agg si jo kitchen wale same si. Oh jaandi si Preet usnu vi nahi bhulleya. Party da mahaul garam ho reha si, te Preet ne sochya – Roop de control ton door, ajj sabh apne man de mutabik karan ge. Ruby usde naal chipki baithi si, usde kann vich fusfusayi, "Preet, main tenu bahut pyar kardi haan... ajj raat nu main poori teri haan." Preet diyan akhan chamak gayian – eh party sirf shuruaat si, asli maza taan baad vich hon wala si.
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Club vich music hor vi zor naal vajj reha si. DJ ne ik Punjabi beat te remix track paa ditta, te poora dance floor hil uttha. Preet sabh kudiyan nu floor te le aaya – Ruby usde sahmne, Naaz side te, te Roop vi ehna vich aa gayi. Halanki Roop ne drink nahi si pita, sirf soft drink – coke te sprite mix kar ke – par dance da josh us vich vi poora aa gaya si.
Roop di body normally bahut controlled rehndi si, par ajj music de naal oh vi khul gayi. Usne black one-piece dress pehni hoyi si, jo usdi perfect figure nu hor vi highlight kar rahi si – slim waist, toned legs te ohi confidence jo UPSC clear karan wali kudiyan vich hunda ae. usne apne baalan nu khol ke ik side te sutt ditta, te beat naal hips hilaan lag payi. Preet nu pehli vaar apni elder sister nu es tarah dekh ke hairani vi hoyi te ik ajib jeha attraction vi mehsoos hoya. Roop de steps sharp si, professional jiwen, par andro-andar oh vi maza le rahi si.
Ruby Preet naal chipak ke nach rahi si. Usde hath Preet de modhe te, te usda body har beat naal usde naal ragad reha si. "Preet, tu vi nach le," Ruby hass ke boli, te Preet ne usdi kamar nu fad ke ghuma ditta. Ruby di red top vich usde mumme uppar-neeche ho rahe si, te Preet de hath bar-bar usde pichhe jaa rahe si. Oh dowe enne close si ke Ruby da garam sah Preet de muh te mehsus ho reha si.
Naaz door ton dekh rahi si, par ik vaar Preet ne usnu vi khech leya. Naaz ne shuruaat vich sharma ke mana kitta, par fir oh vi beat te aa gayi. Usdi dress thodi loose si, par nachde hoye usdi gaand di shape saaf nazar aa rahi si. Preet ik vaari usde pichhe ho ke nachya – jiwen kitchen wale din yaad kar reha hove – te Naaz pichhe mud ke muskurayi, "Veere, es jagah te control kar," par usdi ankh vich vi ohi agg si.
Roop sab nu dekh rahi si, par aaj usda control thoda loose ho gaya si. Oh ik handsome stranger naal vi thoda nach layi, te usde chehre te ik alag hi glow aa gaya. Music da bass dil vich vajj reha si, te paseena sabh de chehre te beh reha si. Lights change ho rahiyan si – red, blue, purple – te har kuddi hor vi beautiful lag rahi si.
Ik dum song slow hoya, te couples close aa gaye. Ruby ne Preet nu poori tarah jakad leya, usda sir usde chest te rakh ditta. "yaar ajj di raat bahut special ae," oh fusfusayi. Preet ne usde kaan vich jawab ditta, "Haan Ruby, te es raat nu hor vi yaadgaar banauna ae."
Roop vi side te ik corner vich soft drink sip kar rahi si, par usdi akh Preet te atak gayi. Oh jaandi si Preet da nature, par ajj ohnu rokna nahi si chahundi. Dance floor te mahaul garam ho reha si, te sabh nu pata si – party to baad, raat da asli khel shuru hon wala si.
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Dance floor te lights hor vi dim ho gayiyan si, te slow romantic track shuru ho gaya si – ohi purana Punjabi song jo dil nu chhu janda ae. Sabh couples close aa gaye, te Preet vi Roop de kol pahunch gaya. Roop pehlan thoda sharmaayi, par oh vi beat te si, te Preet ne usda hath fad leya. "Didi, ik dance taan bannda ae," Preet muskurake bolya, te Roop ne haan kar ditti.
Fer jo hoya, oh Naaz, Jot te Ruby nu samajh hi nahi aa reha si.
Roop, jo har vaar sabh nu door rakhan wali, jo Preet nu vi "control kar, door reh" kehan wali, ajj apne chhote veer naal poori tarah chipak ke nachan lagg payi. Preet de hath usdi kamar te si, te Roop da sir usde modhe te tik gaya. Usdi body Preet de naal har beat te ragad rahi si – usdi chest Preet di chest naal, usdi hips usde naal hil rahi si. Roop de bullan te ik halki muskaan si, te usdian akhan band ho gayiyan si, jiwen oh saari duniya bhul gayi hove.
Naaz side te khadi si, coke da glass hath vich, te muh khula reh gaya usda. Oh Preet nu dekh rahi si, par nazar Roop te atak gayi. "Eh ki ho reha ae?" oh Jot de kann vich fusfusayi. Jot, jo pehlan vi thodi jealous type si, usdi akh vich hairani te gussa milya hoya si. "Didi? Eh didi hi ae na? Jo sanu sabh nu rule follow karan layi dabbandi rehndi ae?" Jot ne jawab ditta, par usdi awaaz vich vi vishwas nahi si ho reha.
Ruby sabh ton zyada hairan si. Oh Preet di sabh ton close si, usda pati jo si, te oh jaandi si Preet da attraction Roop val vi ae, par eh enna jyada? Ruby de dil vich ik ajib jeha dukh te jalan si. Oh door ton dekh rahi si – Preet da hath Roop di kamar te hor neeche sark reha si, te Roop ne vi virodh nahi kitta. Balki, Roop ne apna hath Preet de pichhe rakh ditta, usnu hor close khichde hoye.
"Preet naal chipak ke... eh didi ki kar rahi ae?" Ruby ne apne aap nu hi puchhya, usdi akh vich pani aa gaya thoda jeha. Oh jaandi si Roop di personality – strict, disciplined, controlling – par ajj jiwen oh saariyan limits bhul gayi hove. Music da nasha, success da josh, ya fer Preet da ohi charm jo har kudi nu pagal bana dinda si?
Naaz ne Jot nu side te khichya, "Dekh, didi de chehre te dekhi eh glow? Jiwen oh vi insaan ae, saanu lagda si oh robot ae." Jot ne haan vich sir hilaya, par dil vich soch rahi si – agar Roop badal sakdi ae, taan Preet hor vi dangerous ho sakda ae. Oh kade vi roop nu thok sakda e.
Dance khatam hon te vi Roop ne Preet nu chhadeya nahi. Oh usde kann vich kuchh fusfusayi, te Preet di muskaan hor vi vaddi ho gayi. Tinne kudiyan – Naaz, Jot te Ruby – door ton dekh rahiyan si, dil vich hairani, jalan te ik ajib jeha dar mix.
Eh badlav temporary si ya permanent, eh taan time hi dassuga, par ajj raat nu eh sabh nu yaad reh jaana si – Roop didi vi ik kuddi ae, te Preet da jadoo us te vi chal gaya si.