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Aww! No "thank you"' 's please! Full credit for this addition to the other masterpieces goes to no one but you!! (Your just too nice 😊)
I wish you a speedy recovery mon cherie and don't overdo it! I lovee reading your chapters, but health comes first!
I had already told you that no matter what you wrote, no one would be able to flaw it and I stand by my words, had full faith and you definitely delivered without a doubt, surpassing my expectations...as always.
With regards to the title, I love how "normalcy" epitomises SidShi by the end of the chapter, they'd been going through a little awkward, "don't know where we stand with one another despite being such close friends" phase, the word essentially shows that regardless of the little distances which seemed to be developing between the two post Shilpa seeing Sid and Riddhima together (maybe) but most definitely enhanced by the act of when he saved her instead of Riddhima...they were able to find each other again :) Very very cute-loved it.
Again, regarding the whole post, lovely descriptions, a picture painted before my eyes :)
Riddhima isn't a bad person, she is human. With that said, you would only act possessively over such things you believe belonged to you, were close to you; so much so that you can't stand the possibility of sharing it with another.
This is Riddhima-the "things" close to her are her Dad, Armaan and Sid. We had already witnessed her apprehensions and developing worry when she was of the impression that Armaan had moved on from her...with Shilpa.
I could understand that she would feel the same way about Sid as at some point in her life she felt strongly for him, (most likely) had Armaan not come back, they would have had their own "happily ever after" thus it's pretty intense what she feels.
"How...how does she manage to lure every single person who is important to me?
First Armaan.....now Sid.
But you dont love Sid....you love Armaan. So why does Sids's closeness to Shilpa bother you so much?"
Riddhima is like a little child in a playground, not wanting to share her toys with the other children. The child grows up to learn that "its a two way street" you can't always have everything you want. Riddhima's motive is not to be malicious, she actually does want Sid to be happy, yet her own selfishness comes in the way, simply because of the inimical relationship she has always shared with Shilpa. According to her, Sid can be happy, Sid can gain successes in his professional life and if Sid moved on to be with someone, that would be great too...yes, to see him with another girl would hurt, but it is despicable because that girl is Shilpa=Major problem!
Its horrible to see yourself replaced in another's life, depending on your relationship, the emotions surging within vary, but even if you were ecstatic, somewhere deep down there would also be a pain (even if miniscule it would still exist)
"There had been a time when that intensity had sparked only for Riddhima..........when he only had eyes for her.
No matter where they had been or who had been around them , she had always found him watching her.
Her eyelids shot open and a vicious anger rose within her.
No it just was not possible, Riddhima told herself. He couldnt love anyone else as he had loved her."
Loved the smooth progression of the intensity of Riddhima's emotions in correlation to her thought process regarding SidShi. Wondferfully described...
"Suddenly she spotted her father talking to Shilpa.
He was smiling so happily at her as he shook her hand.
All these years, Riddhima had desperately waited for him to smile at her like that....to see that unconditional love for her shining in his eyes.
And finally she did see it today......but not for her...for Shilpa."
A slap on the face basically. Shanky is a good guy, someone who everyone gives upmost respect to, you'd want Shanky to be happy with you, you'd never want to get on his bad side....Riddhima's relationship with Armaan has always strained her relationship with her father, yet she has always stuck by what she wanted. Shanky tried to help Riddhima forget Armaan and she misconstrued his action as a ploy against her since she was his "stepdaughter". A pretty bizzare allegation, I felt sorry for Shanky at the time. As a daughter, again, she notices someone who could potentially take that place as a daughter whom Shanky is missing in his life.... someone who adhered to what he said, someone he was happy with and happy to talk to.
"Riddhima narrowed her eyes at her "sister".
Never."
Loved the use of italics on the word, wow it all sounds so sinister!! Brilliant!
This next part was a an absolute pleasure to read, as a concept I loved the location of where they were, it's all very pretty!, I loved again how Sid is putting aside the supposed meaningless compliments in order to focus on a something which has affected him deeply, despite his denial- Shilpa and their dance.
There has not been a confession from either side therefore he feels ridiculous, "making a mountain of a molehill", the fact that he cannot justify whatever he feels annoys him, he wants answers but he isn't ready to hear them ...not yet anyway.
Loved the flashback, loved is such an understatement! The way you wrote out the whole scenario from Sid's perspective, it was soooo easy for me to comprehend the direct application of those emotiions from Riddhima to when he had seen Shilpa, seeing someone and immediately being "awestruck" by their presence so much so that you WANT to help them even if you don't acknowledge your relationship with them, seriously big hug and round of applause Sidra! Beautifully put across 👏
"............he felt as if he had finally found his destination. "(Wow.)
Again denial strikes, he realises that he's placing Riddhima and Shilpa on the same scales, but isn't prepared to read so much into it yet...poor baby. Shilpa being his friend makes it that much harder, once he understands that their relationship is so so much more...he won't be able to get it out his head, "it's better to let these feelings lie before it ruins them (their relationship)" and as expected he goes on to try and justify his actions.
This flowed so well.....you are a fantastic author!
"She sat on a fountain ledge, a wrap around her shoulders, her dress accentuated by the fountain lights, her fingers skimming over the surface of the water....her gaze moving over the tiny ripples her fingers were creating."
Its sounds so fairytale-like, undoubtedly favourite part!! She sounds gorgeous, the gesture, so feminine, so beautiful- totally did it for me, I love you for this-it stengthens the belief I have in your writing, such an extraordinary vision and presented with such comfortable ease and grace....I totally respect you for it!
Dont you think it's great how Sid desires to sit in a deserted area and is inadvertently led straight to Shilpa, Shilpa has realised her feelings for him thus recognises his presence immediately without even needing to look at him. These guys are meant to be together! Lovely lovely lovely!
"You should have won", he said, his voice low.
(Essentially, hwe thinks there is none more beautiful than her:) -it's great how normal the scenarios are that you place the characters in, Sid's at a slight unease at the minute, he doesn't feel "normal" enough to greet Shilpa with a big hug and a hello, instead he is his genuine self and uses an unequivocal mean of complimenting her which illustrates everything, simply concluding what he thinks of her at that moment in time, all these thoughts that he has of her ever since he saw her walking down the stairs, and it makes complete sense...
Both down to earth, she corrects him and he does nothing but agrees 😳 awww....
"It amazed him how words were never needed between them to understand each other..........and it had always been like that even they hadnt been such close friends."
They share such a beautiful bond SidShi, their understanding is their biggest asset, it enables them to trust one another. Again proven by their selfless friendship. The understanding is lost slightly on behalf of Shilpa as she is humble enough to place herself below Riddhima in Sid's life, she doesn't expect anything else which is why it perturbes her and places doubts in her mind when she was made aware that Sid in actual fact chose to save her instead. She knows she loves Sid, but she doesn't want to burden him or impose that on him. No. Instead, even if it hurts her deeply she says, or rather attempts to say,
"Maybe you should have saved her instead of me.................."
if it means that her and Sid will become "normal" again.
"You're right....maybe I should I have", her heart sank as she heard the words she had been dreading," But I could not............I saved the person I wanted to save and I dont have any regrets over it."😃
He wondered why.........didnt she know how important she was to him?
Maybe she didnt.........but he knew that he would never be able to express that to her.
Her lips curved into a soft smile and she squeezed his hands, letting him know just how much his words meant to her.
I have to round it up, sorry I'm boring you with this longggg post!! Dear me....
I love your SidShi, everything cleared between the two and they're enjoying each others company again. To see them happy is the bestest feeling because they deserve it. Very nice conclusion to their conversation, the use of the water showing how fun they both are, carefree individuals....great!
And then the two lone soldiers....
She finally asked herself that one question that she had always avoided........that one question which was always present in her father's eyes?
Why had ever let Sid go from her life?
You don't know what you've got, till it's gone=Riddhima.
I actually love and hate Riddhima here, this is what I've always wanted from her, to appreciate Sid for who he is and not what he did for her. Finally, the show didn't portray it, you did, Thank You!
Again apologies for boring you! If you did manage to get to the end then thank you for reading this! Haha, amazing Sidra, I have been waiting silently for the PM for the last few days and was so overjoyed to receive it! Terrific, the FF is second to none! Keep going! Take care
lots of love, N
xoxo
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