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it was really gud..n riddz,,a radio jockey!!interesting!!aur armaan fida over her voice..more interesting 😆..waiting for the next part..this one was really gud 😊 👏
do continue!
do continue!
Parts 6 - 10 below...
Part 6
They were slowly leaning forward towards each other, eyes locked, Armaan didn't dare blink just incase this dream broke. They were so close to each they hear each other breath, the intensity was getting to much for Ridz, she closed her eyes... they were about to kiss when ... when Armaan's phone rang... the moment had passed and everything was now coming back, it was no longer just him and her, reality had set back in. Armaan answered his phone,
A: "er, he... hello... hi hunny, tum kaise ho... awww... I love you to sweety... ha mein abhi arra hu ghar. Bye. Mwah" He put the phone down.
Ridz was shocked, "woh shaadi shuda hai? 'Love you sweety?...,' iska matlab, mera sapna, sapna hi rehjayega?" The phone call had really kicked her in the guts. She was feeling embarrassed and annoyed at the same time. "Why, I've only known this guy for like 14 hours, so why does it bother me that he might be married. I mean meine yeh pehle kyun nahi soche ki itni good looking aur perfect guy ki shaadi bhi hochuki hogi" Ridz said to herself. She was more angry at herself than anything, that she had let her one meeting with Armaan make her feel so much.
Armaan glanced at Ridz in his mirror as put the phone down, something had definitely happened in that split second, something they both felt but what. And now when he looked at her, she looked completely different, it was like a shadow had been cast on the face of the angel in front of him. Armaan felt to weird to say anything and the rest of the journey to Ridz was spent in silence.
"Yeh loh, tumara boyfriend aa gaye", a little girl went running towards Armaan and jumped up as he bent down to scoop her up.
A: "toh sweety, kaisi ho" he said planting a kiss on her right cheek.
Little girl "tumse kaathi hu, itni der kyun laga di aane mein". She looked away acting angry.
"Minnie, aise bhaat nehi karte apne chachu ki saath", meet Maya, Minnie's mum and Armaan favourite cousin in the world.
Mi: "yeh meri chachu nahi, boyfriend hai mama", Armaan pulled her cheek,
A: "ha, di, mein iski boyfriend hu, tum bhi naa..." Armaan put Minnie down and went towards his cousin and hugged her.
A: "Tum dono yaha? Kya hua, jiju se jagra ho gayi kya?" he said winking at her
Ma: "Nehi dude, mein baas aise hi teri liya khala ki paas aek rishta lekhar aayi hu"
A: "What? Di phir se, mein aap logo ko kitni baar samjau ki mujhe arranged marriage nahi karna, aur waise bhi mujhe ab apni career ki bare mein bhi to soch na hai"
Armaan walked towards the table to pick up an apple, Masti grabbed it and ran off.
A: "Mummy, Masti ko bolo na..."
Mu: "Armaan, woh bachi hai, anyways, tume kyun shaadi nahi karna chahte. Agar tumhari biwi ayegi, to phir mujhe itni raath takh tumahari intizaar nahi karna parta, woh karleti, ghar par meri madhat bhi karegi aur agar yeh saab nahi karsaki atleast tume to sudhar sakti hai"
Everyone sat around talking slightly longer then went to bed.
It was 2am and Armaan was in his room thinking about what happened in the car, "mujhe yeh kyah hora hai, usse mille hue 1 din bhi nehi hua aur already mein uski aur kisiki bari mein soch bhi nahi raha", Armaan got up from his bed annoyed with himself. He couldn't get to sleep. Not realising what time it was he got dressed and went to the local basketball court (not to far from his house). This was the only way Armaan was able to relax. When playing basketball Armaan would completely loose track of anything around him and play non-stop.
Ridz on the other hand was lying in bed crying. She couldn't understand why she was so upset, there was just something inside of her which had completely broken and she couldn't stop herself.
Ridz woke up in the morning with a severe headache, all the crying the night before had made her feel unwell, so she decided not to go to the hospital. Shashank checked on her health and agreed also that she wasn't well enough to attend to patients.
"Okay to aap sabh ki burn case ki report mujhe meri cabin mein 10 minute mein chahiye. Clear?" Armaan said as he looked at the four remaining interns. "Aap ki 4th saathi aaj kaha hai" he asked looking around for Ridz. He had decided while playing basketball the night before that he would make it clear where they stood, although he couldn't quite understand why he had to do this. Armaan could feel there was something there between him and Ridz which although it felt right, it also sounded wrong, she was his junior and he her senior so he felt he had to make this clear. It was the only sane thing to do (or was it? He kept asking himself, why do I have to do anything...)
All the interns looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders.
"Tikh hai, aap sabh jaa sakhte hai", with that all the interns left, leaving Armaan feeling weird, he was worried about Ridz, he couldn't understand why.
Armaan was on his way to his cabin to call Ridz when he received a page from Shashank.
(Knock, knock)
Armaan entered Shashank's cabin
A:"Apne mujhe bulaiya Dr Shashank"
Shashank looked up from the case file he was looking at
Sha: "Yes, come in Dr Armaan, bethiye"
Armaan took a seat looking slightly worried, he wasn't sure what was going on, was he in trouble, had Rhiddima said something to her dad...
Sha: "Itni gabrahe mat Dr Armaan, mein apko yaha bulaya hai kyunki mein aapko inform karna chahta ta, ki Riddhima aaj nahi aa payagi, uski tabiyat kuch teekh nahi isliye"
A: "Kya hua usse? Woh teekh to hai na" he said sounding worried
Shashank heard the worry in his voice but decided to put it down to his being a Dr, he would be worried about anyone's health
Sha: "Woh kuch nahi, baas torri si saard mein dart hai aur kuch pale lagrehi thi, shayed kaal lambi shift ne usko taakadiya hoga, major kuch nahi"
Armaan finished his chat with Shashank and left the cabin feeling more uneasy and worried about Ridz then he was going into the cabin.
As soon as Armaan had a break, he left work to go and visit Ridz, he needed to know she was okay. Through out the morning he kept worrying about Ridz and kept asking himself why.
Armaan pulled up outside of the gates leading to Ridz's house, "Armaan tu yaha kya karaha hai, woh ghar par hai aur bilkul tikh hogi, nahi usse dekhe beghar nahi jounga" Armaan was arguing with himself, the latter part won. He was just about to step out of the car, when he saw...
It was raining slightly and the sun was shining, perfect weather for a rainbow. Ridz opened her eyes slowly and looked towards her balcony. She was feeling better now. She got up went out to the balcony; the light raining was hitting her face, tickling her. It made her feel like a child again and she started jumping about dancing on her balcony. Ridz was completely lost in her the rain that she didn't notice someone looking up at her from the gates.
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Part 7
Ridz was dancing on the balcony and didn't realise Armaan had walked out onto the balcony to join her. Ridz was turning around on her heels without a care in the world with her eyes closed when she slipped and Armaan caught her just before she the floor. He stared at her, the rain was hitting her face lightly but she was to mesmerized by Armaans' eyes she couldn't blink. Armaan could hear her pound from the dancing, he could hear her shallow breath. The wind blew Ridz' hair as she blushed slightly and was shimmering in the sunlight because of the rain falling on it (like littele twinkling stars in her hair). Armaan slowly moved the hair from her face with his hand, her skin was so soft, Ridz closed her eyes, the touch had sent sweet shivers down her spine.
Armaan leaned forward and kissed the rain from her eyelids, Ridz was melting into his arms, Armaan slowly touched her lips with his hands, Ridz's lips quivered from the touch. Armaan couldn't hold back any longer, he leaned forward to kiss her... they were millimetres away from each other when...
"Di...", Ridz was abruptly woken from her trance, she was gazing at the sky imagining all this. Ridz ran back into her room and jumped under her covers hiding her face, she couldn't understand what was going on her with her, she was in no fit state to face Sapna right now.
S: "Di?" Sapna whispered as she peered around the door. Sapna had finished college early today and came home to be informed her sweet sister wasn't feeling well.
Rhiddima was in bed shivering, Sapna was shocked, was Ridz really ill this time? She went to take a closer look.
S: "Di? Aap ki taniyat kaisi he, aap teeck to ho na?" Sapna sat down on the bed to look at her sister. Rhiddima was crying uncontrollably, shocked and worried "Di, kya hua? Aap aise kyun ronrehe?... Mamma!" Sapna shouted,
Rhiddima grabbed Sapna's hand, "Shhhhh, please Ma ko matt bulaw yaha" Ridz said still crying. "Mujhe kuch nahi hua hai"
S: "Toh phir app itne kui ronrehe" Sapna was really worried now, the last Ridz cried like this was when there Nani had died 10 years ago, Ridz had never cried since, even if she hurt herself she would never cry. She was always busy making those around her happy, so what happened today.
R: "Patta nahi, yeh aaso rukhte nahi, no matter what I do, yeh aaso aathe rehte hai..." she said sobbing. Deep down Ridz knew why she was so upset but couldn't bring herself to except the truth.
S: "I know Di, kyun na hum shopping chale, aap ka mann bhi teekh ho jaega aur mujhe kuch free kapre miljaenge"
R: "Free?" Ridz was confused
S: "Kyun aap mere liya kapre karedenge" Sapna was trying her hardest to make her sister smile if not laugh
Ridz pushed her off the bed and smiled
S: "Ow, aisi bhaat hai, fine, ab aap mere liya kapre ke saath lunch bhi treat karna parega" She said rubbing her bottom (where she had landed)
Sapna and Ridz got dressed and went to the local shopping mall. Sapna was constantly trying to cheer her sister up, Ridz just smiled and mumbled a few replies to Sapna's questions.
S: "Di, shopping hogaye, ab mujhe zor se bookh lagi hai, kuch lunch hojaye"
Ridz was so busy in her thoughts that she forgot she hadn't eaten anything all day and now that Sapna mentioned it, she was feeling rather empty. They went to small fish & chip shop in the mall and ordered chips with cod covered in batter.
They got their orders and sat down to eat, after a few moments Sapna noticed Ridz wasn't eating much, "Kya hua Di, aap koh bookh nahi hai? Me kha lu?" She said smiling mischievously Ridz. Ridz never shared her food, she loved her food to much to share with anyone.
R: "Mujhe bookh nahi hai, kha lo" she said pushing her plate towards Sapna. Sapna was shocked "What!?!, aap kho bookh nahi hai, yeh aap kya kehrehe ho. Di" she reached over and shook her sister, "What's the matter with you?"
Ridz looked up with teary eyes, "mujhe pyar hogeya hai" she whispered
S: "huh... sorry meine suna nahi, kya hua?"
Ridz got annoyed at her sister "MUJHE PYAR HOGAYA HAI!" she said loud enough this time for everyone in the mall to hear.
Everyone stopped and looked at her. She was burning red now with embarrassment.
S: "Di iss mein chilane ki kya zaroorat hai, sabh dekh rahe hai" she said looking around looking embarrassed but smiling at the same time because her sister had finally snapped out of modd and was atleast responding to her.
R: "er...uh...erm... Sorry" she whispered, then started giggling. She was laughing at herself, all this time she was crying because she couldn't accept the fact that she had fallen in love and now that she finally accepted, she had to inform the world. Great.
People started getting on with their own business now, S: "Oooh Di, kaun hai? Dikne mein kaise hai? Kya karta hai? Aap dono ki pehle mulakat kaise hui? Aap koh usse kaha hai ki aap usse payar kar te hai?... hang on, aap koh pyar hogaya hai, toh problem kya hai toh phir aap itni upset kui hai, problem kya hai Di". Sapna was really happy and confused at the same time, her sister had finally fallen in love and instead of being happy about like in the numerous films Sapna had watched all her life, Ridz was upset.
Ridz laugh's, "Hang on, hang on, mujhe kuch bolne bhio degi yah phir aisi hi sawaal karte jaegi"
R: "Voh mere saath kaam karte hai"
S: "Oooh, 'voh' vah vah Di, already so much izzat, so cute"
R: "Shut up" she said nudging her sister playfully
R: "Uska naam Armaan hai aur voh mere saath Sanjeevani mein kaam karte hain"
S: "Hmmm, aur?" she said smiling at her sister who was looking more and more like heself speaking about Armaan
R: "Dikhne mein... (she got slightly shy thinking about how he looked the 1st time she saw him)
S: "Hai hai, mein mar java, Di aap usse itne pyar karte hai to phir problem kya hain?"
Ridz face turned upset again now "uski shaadi ho chuki hai", admitting that fact hurt her a lot.
S: gulp "oh... I see... never mind Di, uski pathni koh kidnap kardenge aur unki shaadi tordenge, Kyun kaisa laga mera plan?"
Ridz smiled at her sister, she was trying so hard and here I am looking miserable she thought. "vaise idea bura nahi hai" she said looking at Sapna with a mischievous smile growing on her lips.
S: "That's better Di, get what you want" Sapna knew Ridz was only joking so this was fine.
They finished off their shopping and went home to find Shashank had finished early to come and check on her.
Armaan was sitting in his cabin thinking how beautiful Ridz looked dancing in the rain, never had he seen a girl look so good without any makeup on, there was something magical about her face that seemed to make him feel good everytime he thought about her.
Armaan was lost in his thoughts when he got a call on his cell from his cousin Maya.
A: "Hi Di, kya bath hai, aaj itni jaldi Minnie koh meri yaad aageyi kya, usse bhol do ki meri duty abhi katham hone mein 2 ganthe hai" (it was 6pm)
Ma: "haan woh toh tume bohot miss karehi hai paar yaha kuch aur logh hai jis ke saath woh ab vaqt kaat rahi hai"
A: "Kuch aur logh? Kaun Di?"
Ma: "Who Masti ki seheli Sapna ayi hai"
A: "Oh, anyways apne kui phone kiya mujhe"
Ma: "Baas tume yeh batane kiliye ki aaj hum sabh meri devar ki engagement party mein jaenge, tum ghar jaldi aana hai Shaam ki party hai, 7:30 don't be late. Okay"
A: "Par Di meine abhi abhi aap koh kaha hai ki meri duty 8 baje katam hotha hai, toh phir mein nahi aa paunga"
Ma: "Tum kaam ke baadh seedeh yaha aajana, it okay agar tum tori late hui, waise ring exchange ceremony 8:30 shuru hoga. Time par aana, mein rakhti hu"
A: "Par Di..."
Maya had hung up before he could complain.
A: "Great, mein waha kisiko jaanta takh nahi, phir bhi jaana hoga" with that he sighs
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Part 8
Sha: "Rids beta tum Sapna ko ja collect karlo please beta, hum sabh ko Raj ki ghar jana hai, aaj Krishna ki sagai jo hai"
R: "Sure Papa, mein abhi ayi usse lekhar" she said smiling sweetly at her dad.
With that she went grabbed her keys and left the house.
Raj and Shahshank had been friends since childhood and grew up together, wen to school together even graduated as doctors together, but due to some family commitments Raj was unable to pursue his doctors carear and joined the family business.
When Padma was pregnant with Ridz, Raj's wife was also pregnant and they decided that if Raj had a son then Shashank would get his daughter married to him. They picked a name for the boy before he was born, Krishna, but as luck would have Raj had a daughter. They still named her Krishna and both the girls grew up together to be the best of friends like Raj and Shashank.
Krishna was sent away to study in London which is where she met Shiv and today was their enagement.
Ring Ring
S: "Hello Di"
R: "Sapna, tum ready ho jao mein tumhe collect karne kiliye arrehi hu"
S: "But Di, mein abhi abhi to ayi hu"
R: "Sorry sis, but Papa kehrehe hume aaj Krishna ki sagai mein janahein, remember?"
S: "Crap, mein to bhool hi gayi, okay hold mein abhi Masti ko bol kar nikal jaongi"
R: "Rukho, rukho, rukho, meine kaha na mein arehi hu"
S: "Okay Di, mein apka intezar karungi, bye".
Ridz was really happy for Krishna, Ridz remembered when she had visited Krishna a few months back in London, she had introduced her to Shiv. Shiv was very caring and affectionate towards her and they both seemed to be very happy together. Ridz smiled at the thought of her friend being happy.
Ridz reached Masti's house and called Sapna from the car.
R: "Sapna mein bahar hu, tum jaldi aa jao"
S: "Di, aap please 2 minute ki liye andhar aa jaye, Masti really wants to meet you"
R: "kui?" she answered slightly surprised at this request. Ridz had picked Sapna up from Masti's house on several occasions but never went in, she felt weird as she didn't know these people.
S: "I kind of... meine usko bataya ta ki aap RG hai from Mumbai FM aur who aapko milna chahti hai, please..."
R: "Sapna... (sighs) okay, par sirf 2 minute kiliye, hume Krishna ki sagai par jana hai remember"
With that she parked her car and went pressed on the door bell
Ding dong... the door opens and a really pretty lady opens the door, it was Maya.
by the way I forgot to mention before that Maya's character is played by Aamna Sharif ' aka Kashish)
R: "Namaste, mein Sapna ki bari behen, usse collect karne ayi ti"
Maya was taken aback by the sweetness and simplicity of Ridz and couldn't herself but smile
M: "Namaste, andhar aye"
Masti came running down the stairs closely followed by Sapna
Mas: "Hi, can I have your autograph... please" she was slightly out of breath, partly from the running and partly from being so excited about meeting RG
R: "Erm... sure" she raised an eyebrow at Sapna
Sapna burst out laughing... "Doofus, yeh meri behen hai, koi film star nahi" she said slapping Masti on her back
Mas: "Chup, I know, par she's ..." turning back to look at Ridz "so great, apne radio kui chordi Di ... erm... can I call you Di?"
Ridz laughed, she had never encountered such behaviour towards herself before and was slightly surprised that anyone actually knew her from the radio show.
R: "Ofcourse you can, isme poochne ki kya zaroorat hai" she said as she ruffled Masti's hair.
Maya was just looking on and smiling at them, this girl is perfect she thought.
Minnie ran into the room thinking Armaan had come, she pushed her way past Masti and was about to hug Armaan when she saw Ridz instead and stopped letting her arms fall down.
Ridz noticed the happy look disappearing from Minnie's face. "Sorry, meine apko disappoint kiya, aap kiski intezaar karehe te?" she said bending lifting Minnie's chin to look at her face.
Min: "huh, meine socha meri..."
M: "Minnie beta, meine kaha tah na usse aana mein late hoga, aur yeh kyat um abhi takh tayar nahi huwe, chachu ki party mein nahi jana?"
Minnie was happy at the thought of meeting her favourite chachu (after Armaan) and said "meh 2 minute mein aati hu, mama aap bhi jaldi ready hojaya, kay" and ran from the room to get ready.
R: "Toh hum bhi chalet hai, aapko kahi jana hai"
M: "Arre aise nahi, aap humare ghar pehli bhar aye hai, to kuch kha kar jana hoga"
Mas: "ha, aur mujhe apse bohot kuch poochna hai"
R: "Phir kabhi, hume bhi kahi jana hai aaj", With that she was turning to leave when she noticed a small frame on the coffe table next to the stairs Masti and Sapna had just ran down.
Mas: "Please Di, 2 minute kiliye rukh jayeh"
S: "Di, come on, 2 minute rukh jayenge to hum late nahi honge"
Ridz agreed, partly because Masti was asking so sweetly and partly because of the picture...
Maya went to get them all coffee's and Masti, Sapna and Ridz sat down on the couches. Ridz kept stealing glances at the picture while smiling and talking to Ridz and Maya. She couldn't believe what she saw, the picture was of Armaan hugging Minnie. They looked so happy together.
That's when it dawned on her that she must be in Armaan house and this is his family, Masti his little sister and Maya... Maya must be Armaan's wife and Minnie his daughter, the thought just made her more upset but Maya was so nice to her that she couldn't help but like her and feel happy for Armaan for having such a sweet wife, whom he was definitely happy with.
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Part 9
Maya had just finished dressing Minnie and was looking for Armaan's mum to talk to her.
Ma: "Khala... khala... aap kaha hai, mujhe aap se kuch zaroori bhaat karni hai" she entered Armaan's room and saw his mother taking some clothes out of his cupboard for him to wear when he came back from the hospital for the evening's event.
Ma: "Khala, aap yaha hai, mujhe aap se kuch bhaat karni hai. Yeh aap kya karehe?"
Mu: "Kya hua, itni zaroori kya bhaat hai, oh yeh, Armaan ko kapre choose karneme dher na hojaye isliye, bolo kya bhaath hai"
Armaan had just finished duty and was getting into his car to go home when his phone rang
A: "Hello"
Mu: "Armaan beta tumari kaam khatam hogaya? Meine tumhari bed par kuch kapre rakhe hai, tum wohi pehen kar jaldi yaha aa jao"
A: "Okay mummy, love you, bye" and hang up the phone.
Meanwhile at Krishna's house the party was in full swing, there was lots of singing and dancing, old women eyeing up propective boys and girls for their children/grandchildren, men making general conversation, children running around playing... everyone was having a good time and complimenting the decor and the evening preparations.
Rhiddima came rushing into the house, she had stopped off at the shops to buy her best friend an engagement present and had let her family go on ahead without her.
Riddhima was wearing her normal clothes (jeans and blakc sweater) as she had not gotten dressed yet, she went up the stairs and into Krishna's room.
R: "Wow, meri jaan, I swear agar mein koi larka hota to tume isi waqt baga kar leja ta"
We see Krishna turn around from the mirror laughing at this remark (its Anjali from KavyAnjali) looking very pretty in a turquoise coloured lengha with gold beaded embroidery all over it.
K: "Ridzy, tum bhi na..." and she rushed forward to hug her friend "Tum kaise ho, my god, it's been so long"
R: "Mein achi hu, kya bhaath hai jaan aaj itni sundhar lagrehi ho, kuch khaas bhaat hai kya aaj?" she raised an eyebrow at Krishna with a mischievous smile on her lips. "Aur what do you mean it's been long, humari kal raath hi to baath hui"
K: "I know, but I missed you"
R: "Awww, give me another hug"
And the hugged again, after a few minutes there was a knock on the door, Maya entered the room.
M: "ahem"
R: "Mayaji, aap yaha?"
Ma: "Oh Hi RG, tum yaha kaise?"
K: "Aap aek dusre ko jaante hai?" she said looking at Maya 1st then Ridz
Ma: "Actually hum aaj hi pehle bar mile, iski behen Sapna Masti ki saath college jahti hai"
K: "Oh, Ridz, yeh Shiv ki bhabhi hai, aur yeh meri best friend Rhiddima"
R: "Oh" and smiled, "Great, yeh yaha bhi hai, to phir Armaan bhi zaroor ayega" she thought to herself.
Ma: "Actually mein tume niche lene ayethi, sabh tumhari liye niche intezar karehe"
R: "Mayaji, mein use lekhar aati hu"
Maya agreed and left to join the rest of the guests downstairs.
Armaan didn't know the address so he called Maya to get the address.
Ma: "Hello"
A: "Hi Di, apne toh mujhe sagai par invite kardi par address nahi di, mein aab kaise aonga"
M: "Dude, address meine tumhari dresser ke uphar rakh diya hai, tum jaldi aa jao, Okay bye"
Armaan found the paper with the address and left the house.
Ma: "Khala, meine jis larki ki baath ki ti, RG, woh yahi hai"
M: "Kya, woh yaha kaise, aur kaha hai mein bhi to dekhu usse"
They both looked towards the stairs and saw Krishna and Ridz walking down together. Ridz was wearing a yellow lehenga covered with intriquete gold embroidery, her hair was loose and she had a matching jewellery to go with her outfit. She looked stunning thought Armaan's mum.
Everyone turned to look at Krishna coming down the stairs, they came down and Krishna went and sat next to Shiv (played Iqbal Khan). They started talking to each other and Ridz walked away to get herself a drink. All the guests were now focussing their attention on Krishna and Shiv.
Ridz was walking past the front door to get to the drinks bar when the door opened and a gush of wind came in causing Ridz's hair to fly into her face, she struggled to move it from her face, as some strand were stuck to her lip gloss.
Suddenly she felt a hand on her face slowly moving the hair from her face, Ridz's eyes closed with the touch, she felt a sweet shiver down her spine as the hand brushed past her lips.
Ridz opened her eyes to see Armaan looking into her eyes, Armaan was lost in her green eyes, she looked so beautiful struggling with her hair.
As soon as Armaan had walked in he had seen Ridz's face, the hair had automatically covered her face as though trying to hide her from him. He had stood there at the entrance for a few second's not believing she was really there, she looked like an angel, Armaan reached forward to move her hair half expecting her to disappear with his touch. When she didn't he was confused but then mesmerised when Ridz opened her eyes. Those green eyes were like an ocean and he was willing to drown in them just to be with her. He was arrested by her eyes, unable to move or think. They were in another time and place, oblivious to there surroundings.
"boyfriend..." Ridz and Armaan snapped out of their trance, Minnie ran towards Armaan and hugged him tightly, he looked down to see Minnie hugging his waist.
Armaan looked to see Ridz but she had disappered.
M: "Itni der kui kardi aane mein, chalo mein tumhe kisise milana chati hui" and led him away.
Ridz had rushed away to the rest rooms, "Uski shaadi ho chukhi hai, uski beti hai" she sobbed remembering these bitter facts.
Minnie had taken Armaan to meet her other favourite uncle, Shiv who was sitting Krishna, Masti and Sapna, the latter two were enjoying teasing the both of them.
Min: "Chachu, meet my boyfriend" she said introducing Armaan to Shiv.
Sh: "Minnie, itni umar mein tumhari boyfriend, great toh agle sagai tumhari" he chuckled turning to Armaan, "Hi, I'm Shiv, Minnie ki Chacha" holding out his hand
A: "Hi, I'm Armaan, iski boyfriend and mama"
They chatted some more and got to know each other when Ridz walked over to join them. She had not noticed Armaan standing there.
Mas: "Bhai, inse miliye, Sapna ki behen, the famous RG, from Mumbai FM, you know woh subha wali" she chuckled at the end, she very well knew that Armaan would wake up every morning listening to the show.
Armaan turned to see who she was talking about, when he was shocked at what he was... Ridz.
As soon as Armaan turned to look at Ridz she froze, she didn't know where to turn or look, h elooked confused and she didn't understand why. Krishna noticed something was wrong and walked forward and took Ridz closer to the group holding her hand, "Aur meri best friend, Riddhima"
Armaan was shocked, "Hi", "yeh RG hai...? Par yeh to meri saath... Dr... isiliye uski awaaz humesha... " Armaan was asking himself a million questions in his head, Riddhima was RG, why had he not figured this out before.
They were all standing together talking and laughing with Armaan stealing glances at her whenever he got a moment, "I'm in love" he thought looking at Ridz, she was his dream girl. He tried to catch her eyes but she was completely ignoring him, she wouldn't even look in his direction.
Ridz made an excuse of needing to talk to her mother and walked away, Maya was standing at a distance watching all this, "yeh larki Armaan kiliye perfect hai" she thought.
Ridz walked off to Krishna's room, she didn't want to be in the presence of Armaan, she couldn't trust herself or control her emotions around him. Ridz was standing at the window silently sobbing when she couldn't believe what she saw.
A car had just pulled up, the door opened and handsome man stepped out. A woman ran towards the man, it was no other than Maya. She hugged the man tightly as he lifted her from the ground and spun her around.
"Oh my god, she's cheating on Armaan" the thought exploded into Ridz mind as she witnessed this from the window. "#!?*$, how could she cheat on him, poor Armaan" there were more tears running down her eyes now, Maya was cheating on Armaan and he was unaware of it. She felt so bad for him, she had to tell him, he had to know the truth. She was rushing down the stairs when she nearly tripped at what she had just seen. Armaan was standing there with Maya and the man, he was hugging the man and then the man held Maya by her waist while Armaan stood there smiling and talking to both.
"What's wrong with him, Yeh kuch karta kui nahi, Armaan ki samne uska patni kisi anjaan adhmi ki saath hai aur woh hasraha hai" Ridz was shocked while thinking this to herself.
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Part 10
A: "Jiju, aapko aaneh main itni der hagaye"
Ma: "Armaan tum jaanthe ho na Sujal ko, inki aadat hain har function mein der se aana" (Sujal is played by Eijaz Khan) "Abh woh inki khud ki shaadi ho yah phir chote bhai ki sagai par"
S: "Babes, tum bhi na, I said I'm sorry, woh shaadi ki din mein traffic mein pas gaya isliye ghar pochne mein dher hogaye"
Ma: "Don't 'Babes' me, Shiv ne mujhe batadiya ta ki tum apne 'stag do ki vajase late oote isliye dher hogayi"
S: "Iss Shiv ki mein toh band bajaonga" he muttered to himself
Ma: "Kya, tumne kuch kaha"
S: "Kaun mein? No babes, I think the voices in your head are talking to you again"
Maya hit him playfully on his sholder "Shut up, the only thing wrong with me is meine tumse shaadi ki"
Armaan who had been standing there laughing at this little episode between the two when he noticed from the corner of his eyes Ridz sitting at the top of the stairs almost in the shadows crying. She was lost in her thoughts crying silently.
A: "isse kya hogaya, yeh aise roh kyun rahi hai" he thought to himself, she looked so fragile and lonely crying there like that, "mujhe uski paas jana chahiye" he thought and with that excused himself from Maya and Sujal. He was just approaching the stairs when Minnie ran upto him saying the ring ceremony is beginning and she wanted him to carry her so she could see whats happening. Armaan turned to look at Ridz and she had disappeared again.
Standing at the stairs Ridz stared on in amazment and anger, "Armaan ko kya hogaya hai" she thought "Maya dikne mein kitni achi lagti ti par kaisi nikli aur Armaan, bechara woh uska pati hone ki bawajood usse pati hone ki koi darja nahi dejara... Kui bagwan, kui, aapne meri saath aise kui ki meine zindagi mein pehli bhar kisi ko itna pyar kiya aur woh mera nahi ho sakhta... Woh iss shaadi se kush bhi nahi hai pirbhi woh Minnie ki vaja se... I'm sure Minnie ki vaja se woh abitakh chup hai".
Thinking all this made Ridz so angry that she felt like yelling and crying at the same time, she couldn't understand why this was happening to her, she had never hurt anyone knowingly and always tried to keep others happy then why was god out to make her life miserable. Ridz was overcome with emotion and needed to get away from there as far as possible so she could breath, she felt suffocated being in the same room as Armaan and not being close to him. She wiped her face so as not to attract attention and went out into the garden unnoticed.
K: "Sapna, yeh Ridzy nazar nahi arehi, please ja kar usse bulao"
S: "Abhi ja kar laati hu Krishna Di" with that Sapna and Masti left to look for Ridz in the house.
Krishna's Dad approached Krishna as she said this to Sapna, "Kya hua Krishna beta, Riddhima kaha hai"
K: "Pata nahi Dad, par mein uski bina sagai nahi karungi"
Armaan was standing not to far listening to all of this not sure if he should say something about Ridz looking upset, and he couldn't go look for her otherwise what would people think. At this point Maya and Sujal approached Krishna and Raj,
Su: "Namaste uncle, kya baath hai Krishna tumhara iradha toh badhal nahi gaya, meri bhai se shaadi nahi karoge kya"
K: "Bhaiya aab bhi na" she said looking down blushing
M: "Hai me maar jawa, meri choti boh rani sharma gayi"
R: "Arre Raj beta tum agaye, dekho na kaisi zid laga beti hai, kehti uski seheli ki bina woh sagai nahi karegi. Ab tumhi isse samjao"
Su: "Is mein problem kya hai, Armaan..." He beckoned for Armaan to come over, "tum please jaa kar iski seheli ko dundh lao, warna mera bhai hamesha kuara reh jayega"
A: "Ji jiju" and turned towards Krishna "Aap ki seheli ki naam kya hai", he knew very well who he was going to look for but didn't want questions being raised
K: "Riddhima"
Sujal raised an eyebrow at this. Armaan left to go look for Ridz, as Sapna and Masti had gone to look for Ridz in the house, he decided to look outside in the garden.
As Armaan left Sujal took Raj aside
Su: "Riddhima... yeh naam kuch suni hui laghta hai uncle"
R: "Yaad hai, pichle hafte jab tum mujhe milne ayete meine tume aek larkhi ki tasweer dekhaya Armaan ki liye"
Su: "Haan, kuch kuch yaad hai..."
R: "Woh Riddhima ki tasweer ti"
Su: "Oh, sorry uncle, Shiv ki shaadi ki tayari mein woh mein itni busy hogaya ta ki mein uss bhaath ko bulgaya"
R: "It's okay beta, waise meine Armaan ki tasweer Padma bhabi, I mean, Riddhima ki maa ko bhi diya ta, par Riddhima ne dekhne se saaf inkhar kar di, so I guess is bhaath ko aghe barane se koi faida nahi"
Meanwhile in the garden
Ridz was sitting on a bench at the far end of the garden secluded from the rest of the house. She was sitting there with her eyes closed listening to the nearby fountain, the mist gently travelled with the air to her face as she sat there with silent tear drops occasionally falling down her cheeks.
The fairy lights decorating the entire house were reflecting from the water on the fountain onto her outfit and faces, making her look like a mirage.
Ridz was so lost in the soothing sound of the water that she didn't notice someone sit next to her.
Armaan was looking for Ridz in the garden when he noticed something shimmering at the far end of the garden. As he went closer he noticed Ridz sitting there with her eyes closed looking like a dream. The sight of her sitting there so peacefully took away his breath, he felt like he was dreaming, "Yeh sapna hi hai, warna itni khoobsurat koi ho hi nahi sakti" he thought to himself. He went closer praying that this dream never ends. He sat down next to her not daring to touch her otherwise this moment would be gone.
The thought of Armaan standing there with Maya and the other man appeared in Ridz's mind and she closed her eyes tighter trying to push the thought away, the pain filled her eyes and with the squeeze of the eyes fresh hot tears came running down her cheeks.
Armaan caught the teardrops and cried in his heart from the pain that he could see clealy on Ridz face; he couldn't help himself and slowly raised his hand to wipe the tears away.
As soon as Ridz felt someone wipe her tears she opened her eyes to see Armaan's face looking really upset and worried.
R: "Armaan" she whispered
Ridz couldn't believe her eyes, "Tum yaha kui ayeho" still in a whisper
A: "tum kui roh kui rahe ho" he asked in a worried tone completely ignoring her question
Ridz hurriedly wiped her tears "Woh.. mein... mujhe hay fever hai, mein roh nahi rahi ti"
A: "Jhooth... batao tum roh kui rahi ti" he asked again in silently more stern voice with his hand cupping the side of her face
Ridz moved her face so that he was no longer touching her, although she longed for his touch she knew that what she was feeling was wrong and she had to stop it. But why was he here?
R: "Mein bas aapni dost ki judai ki vaja se tori upset ti, aur kuch nahi" she looked down saying this, Armaan's intense gaze was making her feel slightly uncomfortable
R: "Tum... I mean aap yaha?"
A: "Tum, is fine. Woh mein actually tumhe andaar lene ayeta"
Ridz looked confused
A: "ahaha, woh actually Krishna kehrahi hai ki jab takh tum uski saath andhar nah ho, tab takh woh Shiv se sagai nahi karegi, aur poor Shiv toh yeh sun khar aab pareshan ho gaye hai. Saabh tumhe andhar doondh rahe hai"
R: "Oh, haha, sorry toh phir chale andhar"
A: "hmmm"
They both got up and started walking back in,
R: "Minnie bohot cute hai, hai na"
A: "Ha, bare pyari se baachi hai" and he sighs
R: "kya hua?"
A: "Nahi bas woh 1 hafte baadh jarihai isliye tori upset hu, mein usse miss karunga"
R: "Jahrahi hai matlab?" she turned to look at him "Kaha?"
A: "Apne ghar"
R: "Yaane woh tumhare saath nahi rehti?" Ridz was really confused now
A: "No, woh uski parents, Maya di aur jiju ki saath rehti hai"
R: "What, you mean, mera matlab woh tumhari nethi nahi hai"
Armaan froze, "Excuse me, kya kaha tumne"
R: "Er... Sorry, mujhe laga ki... woh... erm"
Armaan was now laughing like crazy
A: "Tumhe laga ki, hahahha... ki.... oh my god, mein dikhne mein itni old laghta hu kya? Woh meri neice hai"
Ridz felt really embarrassed now, she was turning red with embarrassment while Armaan just stood there holding his sides trying to control his laughter.
Noticing Ridz blushing so much Armaan calmed down, "Andhar chale aab, mujhe apni beth se milna hai" he said with a grin on his face.
Lubna 😳
Parts 11 - 15 below...
Part 11
R: "Armaan" she whispered
Armaan put his finger on Ridz lips to stop her from talking. Ridz lips quivered with his touch, her face tingled with his touch, her breathing became shallow.
Armaan was lost in her eyes again, searching for answers in them, answers he couldn't understand the questions to. Its only been 2 days since they met and already he couldn't stand to be away from her, she had aroused a desire in him that he couldn't understand or control, or was it he didn't want to control.
Ridz was suddenly overcome with shyness, she couldn't look into his eyes any longer, his intense gaze was making her feel uncomfortable? No not uncomfortable, she was feeling... she couldn't understand the feeling, having Armaan stand there staring at her made her feel special, warm inside... warm or hot, she was feeling hot all over. She could feel her face was turning red, she could feel the heat rise from her lips, from his touch all over her face.
Armaan lifted Ridz's face with his finger under her chin, she looked so beautiful he thought, he stepped closer to her, leaning forward slightly, still unsure of what he was doing, when Ridz lifted her gaze to his eyes, Armaan stopped, trying to read her eyes, was she okay with this he thought to himself. Then to his surprise Ridz kissed him first. He was taken aback by her sudden reaction, only for a split moment. The soft touch of her lips on his made him stop thinking, he kissed her back, slowly at first then applying more pressure as he placed one hand on her cheek and the other around her waist to hold her. Ridz responded to his kiss and touch by placing her hands around the back of his neck, not letting there kiss end.
"Di", they pulled away from each other, not looking at each other feeling confused as to what just happened.
"Di, aap yaha hai, aur sub aap ko andhar doondh rahe hai, chaliya ab warna Krishna di ki sagai nahi hogi, chaliye" with that Sapna dragged Ridz away holding her hand.
Ridz looked back over her sholders to see Armaan with his back to her, looking up at the sky.
When Sapna approached them, Armaan didn't know where to look, he was so happy, he turned around so Sapna couldn't see his face, he had this really cute smile playing on his lips.
Lips, he remembered their kiss, he let a sigh and continued to stare at the sky. He licked his lips, still tasting her lips on them. Wow, he thoughth what a kiss, remembering the soft touch of her lips sent shivers down his spine as he continued to smile at the sky. Only the moon was witness to what had just happened.
Meanwhile inside...
"Ridzy, tum kaha chale gai, tum jaante ho no ki mein tumhari beghair Shiv's se sagai nahi kar sakti, sweet's I'm so nervous" Krishna rushed up to Ridz as soon as she saw coming into the house looking really nervous.
R: "Honey, don't worry mein ageyi na, chalo ab jaldi karo aur Shiv ko angooti pehnaw, bichare dekho" she pointed towards Shiv who was really looking worse for ware being teased by Sujal and Maya "dekho kabse tumhara intezaar karahai, jaa ke bachao usse"
K: "Hey, meri koi dosh nahi iss mein, saari galti tumhari, mujhe chor kar kaha chaligayi ti tum?"
Ridz where she was a few moments ago and smiled remembering the kiss
"woh.. mein... woh"
S: "Krishna di, Di garden mein gayi ti, shayad apki sagai usse boring laghi ho isliye" she said with a cheezy grin at Ridz, Ridz was so going to get in trouble with Krishna now
K: "What? Boring? Meri sagai tumhe boring lagrahi hai" she was sounding slightly angry now
R: "Krishna meri jaan, meine aise kab kaha" she turned to Sapna "Iss madam ki bath par barosa matt karna, yeh to aise hi hai, hur jaga jooth bolti hai" she said hitting Sapna slowly on the sholder
R: "mein bas aise hi garden mein walk par gayi ti, you know aisihi"
Raj and Shashank who had been talking some distance away seeing the girls together approached them now,
Ra: "Ridhimma beta tum agaye chalo, abh jaldi karo, tumhari dost ko lao aur uski sagai karwao, pitha to mein hu par intezaar tumhari horehi ti"
Ridz smiled and led Krishna to the centre of the room where Shiv was standing with Sujal and Maya. Shiv had the biggest smile on his face as he watched Krishna walk towards him.
R: "Laghta hai Shiv ko agar hum aur tori si bhi intezaar karwahte toh bichara tume yaha se baga kar aaj hi shaadi karleta" she whispered in Krishna's ear, who in turn looked down in embarrassment.
They approached a very embarrassed Shiv who was still being hassled by Sujal, continuosly whispering things in his ears making him turn red in the face.
R: "Eh hem, agar aap ki masti katamh hogayi ho, to kya hum angooti ki rasam shuru kareh?" she said smiling at Sujal
Su: "Itni kya jaldi hai? Tori aur rukh jate hai" he could feel Shiv getting angry at this remark and just laughed looking at his brother
R: "Humme koi problem nahi, par kya aap ki bhai intezaar kar sakenge?" It was Krishna's turn to get annoyed now at Ridz
S: "Bhai aap yeh kya karehe?" Shiv whispered to Sujal so no-one else could hear
Su: "Waise bhaat apne saach kahe, mera bhai ka itna bura hal mein nahi dekh sakhta, isliya chaliye angooti pehna lethe hai, par ha aek bhaath hai" he now turned his attention to Krishna "meri bhai ko shaadi ki din itna intezaar matt karaiega please, bechara shayed mar jayega"
Everyone laughed at this
Sha: "Okay bacho, chalo abh angooti kaha hai"
Armaan walked up behind Shiv now holding the two rings that Maya had asked him to pick on the way here.
Sha: "Oh Dr Armaan, thankyou" he said taking the rings and handing one to Ridz and the other to Maya
The couple exchanged rings while all the time Armaan kept staring at Ridz with a smile plastered on his face
The ring ceremony was now complete and the couple were asked to take centre stage for their 1st official couples dance. The lights dimmed as a spot light focused on Krishna and Shiv, everyone was looking at Shiv and Krishna including Ridz, who couldn't hide the smile on her face. She was really happy for her friend, but the smile wasn't only from the happiness she could see on her friends face, she was happy from knowing that Armaan wasn't married.
Armaan stood next to Maya and Minnie who were busy looking at the couple, but his eyes couldn't look away from Ridz.
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Part 12
Unknown to them both, that night apart from their eyes looking at each another pair eyes were watching them and saw the entire incident.
The following day at Sanjeevani the atmosphere was very tense between Armaan and Ridz. The duties to the interns were handed without so much as a glance at each other, the whole experience was making Armaan feel almost guilty.
"Why should I feel guilty", thought Armaan, "she kissed me first, but then she was upset before that and maybe I took advantage of the circumstance" this thought left him feeling very disgusted by himself and he just wanted to apologise to her, explain to her... "explain what, mein usse kya kahunga" Armaan couldn't think what to do, Ridz had avoided him like the plague all day even when he called her to his office, she didn't show and her later explanation had been she had gotten stuck with a patient.
Little to Armaan's knowledge after reaching home last night (after the party) Ridz was also very happy from that evening's event, but the happiness was short lived.
* Flashback *
They all walked into the house very quietly, Padma had been very quiet the entire journey home. Infact she had been very quiet during the entire party.
As they walked in through the doors, Padma slowly turned around, Ridz and Sapna froze at the anger evident in their mothers eyes, they had never seen such anger in her eyes before, she was always so cheerful and a fun loving kind of person.
Sha: "Kya bath hai Padma, tum itne gusha kui ho"
Padma raised her hand to Shashanks face to silence him, she walked towards Ridz and Sapna slowly, the anger escaping her eyes in the form of hot tears,
P: "Sapna tum apne kamre mein jao"
Sa: "par ma..."
P: "JAO"
Sapna ran up to her room with tears in her eyes, Padma had never raised her voice at Sapna, as Sapna was the baby of the house and loved by everyone especially her mother most dearly.
Ridz watched her sister run up the stairs, she wanted to go and comfort her baby sister, she couldn't see any of her family members ever upset, but at this point it was more important to calm her mother down and find out what had caused her to be so angry.
Ridz turned to look at her mother when... SLAP... Ridz held her left cheek in horror as tears ran streamed down her face
R: "Ma..."
Sha: "Padma, yeh kya karehi ho"
P: "Riddhima Gupta ab jao apne kamreme jao"
Ridz ran to her room with her hand on her face crying non-stop. She couldn't understand why her mother had slapped her, she didn't even give a reason for being so angry.
Sha: "Padma, yeh kya hai, tumne Rhiddy ko mare kui aur Sapna ko istara...?" Shashank was shocked at his wife irrational behaviour, they had never hit their children, ever. Threats were enough to keep the girls on the straight narrow so far and all of sudden out of nowhere Padma slaps Ridz.
P: "Meine to usse bas aek chata mara, usne jo hamare chehra hi kala kar di, uska kya"
Shashank was getting angry now "Yeh sabh tum kya bakwas karehe ho, Rhiddy kabhi aisa kuch nahi karegi"
P: "Kar chuki hai, usne bari mehfil mein humara mu kala kar chuki hai. Aap jaante hai, aaj uss party mein usne kya kia?"
Sha: "BAS... ab saaf saaf bolo kya bath hai, Riddhima ne aise kya kia"
P: "Usne..." Padma was choking back tears now, the emotions were getting to much for her. Seeing her pathetic state Shashank melted, the sweet caring side was showing through and he couldn't stay angry at her. He took her by the hand and made her sit down on the sofa
Sha: "Ab bolo kya hua hai"
Padma took a gulp and looked up and Shashank and narrated the entire evening's events to him. Shashank stayed calm through out her entire narration and once she had finished he again placed a her hand on her hands which were fidgeting with her saree in her lap now.
Sha: "Padma isme itni tension lene ki kya bath hai, mein kaal Armaan se milkar usse uski aur Riddima ki baremein puchoonga, Mrs Malik se milkar undonno ki shaadi ki bath bhi karlunga" he turned to look at his wife's worried and questioning looks, putting a comforting hand on her face "Tum chinta math karo, mein samalunga"
Sapna had been standing there listening to everything. She remembered standing there when Papa had called Masti's brother Armaan, Dr Armaan. She had known Masti's brother for so long (as long as her friendship with Masti) and he had always seemed like such a nice person. But when Shashank had called Armaan, Dr Armaan she figured out that Armaan must be the same Armaan Ridz was talking about. Sapna was lost in these thoughts when Shashank had said he would speak to Armaan that she didn't hear this part and instead went into their room to find Ridz slumped on the bed crying.
S: "Di..." Ridz didn't shift, she just kept crying "Di... aap roye math, please warne mujhe bhi rhona aajayega"
Ridz was so upset that she couldn't stop her crying, she got up and hugged Sapna tightly "Ma ne ... mujhe ... kui mara..." she continue cried hard while trying to get these words out. She couldn't understand what she had done wrong for her mother to hit. She remembered the slap and cried harder.
S: "Sssshhh" Sapna coed in her sisters ear as she lifted her face and wiped away the tears, "mama ne aapko garden mein Armaan Bhaiya ki saath dekhliya ta"
Ridz froze, she couldn't believe what she was hearing. "kya... ma..." Sapna nodded her head slightly.
S: "Don't worry Di, sabh kuch tikh ho jayega" with that she got up and went to her bed. She didn't know what else to do. She couldn't hide the truth from her sister but she couldn't there and give her false hope, she didn't know if there mother would be okay in a few days as she had never seen their mother so angry.
All night Ridz lay in bed not moving just looking out through the gap in the curtains, "mama hume dekhliya" the thought kept playing through her mind continuously.
The alarm clock rang and Ridz came out of her trance, she had not slept a wink and all of a sudden felt really tired. "Mujhe Armaan se dhoor rehna hoga, mama aur papa kiliye"
* End of flashback *
Everyone had once again left for the day and Ridz was in the locker room by herself. She was lost in her thoughts, suddenly she felt a presence in the room. She immediately turned around only to find Armaan right behind her. As she turned aroud her hair had flown across his face and he was now standing there with his eyes closed (looking really cute)
R: "Armaan... tum" she whispered as she struggled to get the words out of her mouth. His presence was making her feel nervous.
A: "Rhiddima" he whispered, the was he said her name gave new meaning to it, her name had never sounded so beautiful before.
Their eyes were locked, minutes seemed like hours as they stared at each other, not moving nor blinking, holding the moment when a the sound of a trolley boy going past the locker room woke them from there trance.
R: "Woh... Erm... mein..." Ridz didn't where to look, he was standing so close to her that if she tried to move from their then she would have to brush past him and she couldn't trust her feelings at that point to have any physical contact with him, even looking at him was becoming difficult for her.
A: "Ssshhh", he sensuous voise sent chills down her spine as well as calming her nerves. She dared to look up into his eyes once again
A: "Kya hua Riddhima, tum mujhse avoid kui karehe ho"
R: "Nahi..., mein bas..., woh patient ki saath busy ti" she replied as she looked away nervously.
Armaan lifted her face with his finger under her chin so he could see her, tears were rimming her eyes, she closed her eyes ot avoid eye contact and the tears flowed down her face. Armaan wiped her tears away with his finger.
Just then Armaan's pager went off, he looked at it.
A: "Er, mujhe jaana hoga, Dr Shashank ne bulaiya hai" and with that he left the locker room
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Part 13
"Papa Armaan se kya bhaath karenge? Kahi uss raath ki to nahi" several questions kept going through her mind that night, not letting her sleep. Ridz looked over at the clock and it was 3am, it suddenly occurred to her "Papa abhi takh ghar nahi aye".
Ridz was getting really restless now, it took her for ever but she finally managed to asleep.
Ridz woke up in the morning hearing some noise in the kitchen, she turned over in bed and checked the time on the clock, it was 10am "Oh crap, 10 bajgaye, kisi ne mujhe jagaya kui nahi, aur yeh stupid alarm clock" she said picking up the alarm clock and shaking it vigorously. Ridz jumped out of bed and ran into the shower. As she was stepping out of the shower she slipped on the water she had carelessly dropped and hit her elbow really hard "Aaargh" she shouted "Yeh stupid wall kaha se agaya" she said hitting the wall and stepping out, she rushed to her cupboard to grab her clothes and was shocked by what she saw... There was only one suit in there "Meri kapre, meri kapre kaha gaye" she said turning scratching her head in wonder, "Whatever, I don't have time, yeh zarror Sapna ki mazaak hogi" she grabbed the suit and quickly got dressed. Ridz was running down the stairs when her mother called her
P: "Riddhima, yaha awo"
Ridz slowly made her way to the breakfast table, Shashank was sitting there sipping his tea reading the paper, he didn't look up when Ridz approached the table
R: "Ji Ma"
P: "Betho"
Ridz was still feeling very scared and uncertain after the events a few nights ago and now sitting Shashank sitting there it made her wonder why he hadn't gone to the hospital yet. Ridz reluctantly sat down with Padma opposite her and Shashank to the left (at the head of the table)
P: "2 baje tum ghar aajana, tumhareshaam ko rishta ayega, aur hum chahti tumhari shaadi ussi se ho"
Ridz looked at her mother with tearful eyes then glanced over at her dad, he was still engrossed in his newspaper, she was silently screaming out to her dad in her mind, "please dad don't make me do this, please"
Shashank seemed oblivious to these silent pleas and got up from the table and walked into his study.
Ridz silently got up from the table and left to go to work. "Aek galati ki itni bara saza" she couldn't hold her tears any longer, they were shooting out of her eyes like there was no tomorrow as she drove to work.
Ridz had not been there when the duties for the day were being assigned out so she went to look for Armaan to apologise for her lateness and get the duties. When she didn't find him in his cabin she was relieved as she didn't really want to see him, it was all his fault this was happening to her she thought bitterly.
Ridz bumped into Anjali in the locker room who was on a break
A: "Hey Ridz, kya hau aaj tum itni late kui ho yaar" Ridz turned to look at Anjali and Anj saw Ridz tear stained face "hey, hey, hey kya hua tum roh kui raheti"
This show of compassion was all that was needed to get Ridz crying again, Anj hugged her and asked her again what was the matter,
R: "Woh... erm kuch nahi" she said wiping away the tears "bas aaj meri nani ki bohut yaad arehiti"
A: "Ridzy, tum bi nah, darhi diya mujhe, mujhe laga kuch serious hai, hmph, ah chalo, Dr Keerthi ki anhe se pehle hum rounds pe chalte hai, tum aaj meri saath rounds per ho"
Ridz looked up "Dr Keerti, Arm... er... Dr Armaan kaha hain"
A: "Pata nahi, aaj woh Sanjeevani nahi aye, isliye Dr Keerthi ne sabh ko unki duties di, ab chalo warna yeh Dr Keerti Hitler ki tara hai, kacha chaba jayegi"
They were on their round when Ridz got a message on her pager "meet me at the basketball court behind the hospital ' Armaan" Ridz stared at the message, she was due on her break and she was curious to find out what Shashank had said to him.
Ridz let for her break and went to meet Armaan, she approached the basketball but couldn't see Armaan there. There was a group of children playing basketball but no Armaan, she stood there for a bit just watching the kids play, they looked so innocent just playing there, not a care in the world, she remembered how she had been like that until a few days ago when everything had changed.
"Ridhimma, Ridhimma" hearing her name Ridz looked around still slilghtly lost in her thoughts to see Armaan calling her name from his car window.
R: "Armaan..." she was lost in his eyes once again
A: "Ridhimma, andhar akhar beto"
Ridz felt uncomfortable about this, she wanted to be as far away from as possible, she remembered what Padma had said in the morning
A: "Mein tumse kuch zaroori bhaath karna chahta hui, please akher bath jao"
Hearing him plead like that she decided she would sit in the car but ensure she keeps her emotions under control. Ridz went around to the other side and sat down in the car.
As soon as she sat down Armaan started the car and drove off.
R: "Armaan, tum mujhe kaha lekhar jarehe ho" she said slightly panicked, Armaan heard the panic in her voice and pulled into an underground parking lot where they wouldn't be seen and parked the car.
Ridz was really scared now, she didn't want to be alone with Armaan, and now here they are in a derelict parking lot. Armaan noticed Ridz was a bit tensed so turned to Ridz and put his hand on her arm.
Ridz jerked her hand away "argh" she murmured as she hit the bruise that was forming on her arm from the mornings bathroom incident,
A: "Kya hua" Armaan was worried now seeing the bruise which had formed on Ridz arm, "Yeh kaise hua" he lightly touched the bruise which looked out of place on the soft, unblemished skin, the touch sent shivers down Ridz's arm, she once again moved her arm.
R: "Please" Ridz whispered
Armaan noticed she wasn't comfortable with the situation, he turned his face to look straight ahead instead of at her.
A: "Erm... Ridz... ah... mein tumhe kuch batana chahta hu", he looked at Ridz to see her expression, she was looking inspecting her bruise with a childlike innocent look on her face, he stopped what he was saying and just looked at her. Ridz looked up and saw him staring at her, she again was feeling slightly uncomfortable by his intense gaze,
R: "Erm ,tum kehrehe te..."
A: "Oh ha, erm mujhe tumse kuch kehna hai, tum meri bari kya sochte ho?"
Ridz was startled by this question, she didn't how to or even what to say on reply
A: "Woh... er.. mein isliye poochraha ta kuki", "usse kaise batao" he thought to himself, "Kaal jab Dr Shashank ne mujhe unki cabin mein bulaiya.." Armaan was stopped in mid sentence because his phone rang.
A: "Hello... ha maa, mein abhi aya, bas kuch dosto ki saath.... Ji, ji, abhi aya"
He put the phone down and started his sentence again "Kaal jab Dr Shashank ne mujhe unki cabin bulaiay tab" Ridz's phone rang this time
R: "Hello Ma, ji mein bas abhi nikalraha hu, ji, ok bye"
Ridz turned to look at Armaan, "Mujhe jana hoga, ma mujhe ghar bularahi hai"
Armaan nodded and they drove back to the hospital. Armaan dropped Ridz off and before he was able to say anything to her she walked into the hospital.
Ridz was now in her room getting dressed by Sapna and Krishna who had been called over by Padma. She sat there in front of the mirror looking drop dead gorgeous, Padma called Sapna down leaving only Krishna and Ridz in the room. Krishna made her way infront of Ridz and sat on the dresser looking at her.
K: "Kya hua, tum itni udhas kui ho jaan"
Ridz looked down. She could feel the tears rimming her eyes again, Krishna lifted Ridz's gaze to meet hers and saw the lone tear now escape Ridz's eyes. Krishna wiped the tear away
K: "Ridz, aghar tum is rishta se kush nahi to phir milne kiliye kui ha ki" she looked into Ridz's face to try and find the answer, when she got no response she continued "Okay woh sabh abh choro, tum abh chinta karan bilkul bandh kardo, mein hu na, mein usse aek chootki mein bagha dungha, phir yaha kya woh logh rishta lekhar kahi nahi jayengi" with that she got up to leave when Ridz caught a hold of her hand. Krishna turned to look at her with a confused look on her face
Ridz looked up at her, Krishna was such a sweet friend she thought, she had postponed her wedding shopping to be with Ridz and was willing to do anything to keep her friend happy, but then Ridz remembered what her mother said "Please tum kuch matt karna, mujhe is rishta se koi problem nahi hai" she said trying to sound convincing
K: "Mein nahi manti, aghar tum kush ho to phir yeh asso kaise aur yeh udhaas chehra?"
R: "Woh mein bas kuch hospital ke kaam kuch parishaan hu, aur kuch nahi" Krishna new her friend was lying but decided to keep her mouth shut as Ridz was insiting so much.
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PART 14
Ridz heard the car pull into the drive and tensed up, "woh log agaye" Krishna whispered standing next to her, holding her hands for comfort.
Ridz felt like running away from there, she wanted to be anywhere but in her house at that moment.
Krishna was called by Padma so had no choice but to leave Ridz alone in the room, Ridx was lost and scared at the same time, she loved Armaan but the embarrassment she had bought on her family had compelled the once loving mother and father to now force her to get married to a complete stranger.
Krishna was sent up to collect Ridz, she walked into the room with what Ridz interpreted to be a forced smile. They made there way downstairs and Ridz was made to touch everyone's feet, the entire time Ridz kept her eyes down, her mind was buzzing with so many thoughts that she didn't hear anyone's voices.
Ridz was made to sit next to a woman and a small child.
Small child: "Mama, aunty niche kui dekhrahi hai"
Mother: "Riddhima" she lifting her head slightly, for the first time Ridz had noticed that this voice sounded so familiar, she had this voice before, she looked up and to her surprise she saw Maya smiling sweetly at her. Ridz eyes went from Maya to Minnie who was now busy playing with Sapna.
Ma: "Kaise ho Riddhima"
Riddhima wasn't sure how to react, was this some sick joke god was playing with her, did Maya have another brother-in-law that was here to marry her, Shiv's brother ot was it' she couldn't allow herself to hope, but the thought crept in, was the rishta for her and... and Armaan. Ridz slowly looked around to see who the prospective groom was and sure enough there he was sitting there looking at her with a worried expression on his face. As soon as the eyes met he looked down.
Ridz turned to look at the rest of the guest, sure enough there was Sujal (Maya's husband), Raj (Krishna's dad) Armaan's mum (probably time to name her, how about Mehek Malik), Shiv sitting next to Krishna grinning. Ridz finally looked at her parents, they were sitting there smiling but there was something in their look which raised questions in her mind. Everyone started to talk while Armaan and Riddhima just sat there answering questions when spoken to.
Ra: "Humare bhaatein toh ho te rahega, abh indonho ko bhaath karne de"
Sha: "Ha, ha, kui nahi, akhir shaadi to indonho ko karna hai"
Ridz stared at her dad, the happiness on his face seemed so strained, she couldn't understand what he was so worried about.
Ridz and Armaan were taken to the terrace by Maya and Krishna and then left alone to talk.
They both sat there for a while feeling slightly uncomfortable with the whole scenario. Armaan kept glancing towards Ridz but she kept her gaze firmly on the floor.
A: 'Er... Riddhima, tum tikh to ho"
Ridz looked up with a questioning look, "yeh kaisa sawaal hai" she thought "Ku" she asked questioning his choice of words at a time like this
A: "Nahi bas mein soch raha ta ki aek RJ itni kamosh kaise reh sakhti hai" he said with a cheeky smile
Ridz let a small laugh at this, "mein radio presenter ti, abh Dr hu aur Dr to kamosh reh sakhte hain na"
Hearing her laugh had made Armaan relax a lot, she looked so cute when she laughed he thought to himself.
A: "Dr kamosh reh sakhte hai par mujhe tum haste hui achi laghti ho"
Ridz looked away blushing
A: "Aur jaante ho, jab tum aise sharmateho, to aur bi zyada kubsoorat laghti ho"
Ridz was dying of embarrassment now, she had no idea how she looked when she was embarrassed as she hardly ever blushed, she made other people blush, not her.
Ridz looked up, determined to turn the table around, she was not going to sit here looking like a burnt tomatoe, even though being complimented by him had made her feel really nice.
As Ridz looked up she saw Armaan getting up from his seat and moving closer to her. This was not supposed to happen, she quickly got up and moved to the wall looking across there back garden. It was warm afternoon with a slight breeze in the air. Sapna, Masti and Minnie were playing in the garden while the others all sat on the patio area just talking and laughing. She couldn't see her dad anywhere though. Remembering that she had make Armaan blush she turned around only to find Armaan standing right behind her. She froze, Armaan was smiling and looking at her so lovingly. Ridz closed her eyes, not knowing where to look, her senses were completely surrounded by his cologne, her breathing started to get shallow as his hand touched the back of her head, 'clip', her hair came out of the bun that had been tied by Krishna and now fell down, the breeze was now playing with her hair, Armaan was in awe of her beauty, she looked divine, the innocence, the simplicity it all took his breath away. The wind had now caused a few strands of her to cover her face, threatening his view of her, he reached forward and moved the her, his touch sent shivers down her spine, her lips opened slightly, he stared at her, then his fingers went to touch her lips. Those lips that had driven him crazy, sent him into a whirlwind from the first time they touched him... his lips. He leant forward, oblivious to his surroundings when Ridz opened her eyes, the uncertainty in her eyes made him stop.
A: "Kya..." he started to ask when Ridz brushed past him and walked away a few steps.
Ridz remembered what had happened the last time she let herself into her desires and it was because of her that her parents were now sitting there straining to put a smile on there face when it was obvious they were worried about something.
R: "Armaan... mujhe aapse kuch poochna hai" she turned to now look at the confused Armaan, "humme mille bas kuch din hue hai, aur itni jaldi shaadi ki bhaath..."
Armaan stood there listening to her carefully
R: "kuch hi din hue hai humme mille hui aur phir uss raath..." she trailed off recollecting what happened at Krishna's engagement party, coming back to the present "mein, ek pal kiliye behek gayi ti, aur aaj us ekh pal kiliye humme aaj zabardasti shaadi karne kiliye kaha jahara hai"
Armaan stood there dumbstruck "Zabaardasti?" he managed to whisper out loud, finding his voice now "Tumhari saath zabardasti horehi hai" Ridz looked at him now confused
R: "Mein, woh..." she stuttered, "Uski saath zabardasti nahi horehi hai" she thought.
A: "Kay tum iss rishta se kush nahi ho?"
R: "Nahi, Ha..."
A: "Riddhima" he said now softening his voice and coming towards her, he held her hand and led her to the seats on the terrace, "tum iss rishte se kush nahi ho kya?" he was searching for answers in her eyes.
R: "Tum kush ho" she asked with a tears rimming her eyes, she couldn't take rejection but she needed to know whether he wanted to marry her or if her dad had forced him to do this.
Armaan was slightly taken aback by this question "tumhe kya laghta hai" he said caressing her cheek in his hand... she closed her eyes and tear rolled down her cheek, "please don't say you were forced, please don't say you were forced" she silently chanted and prayed in her head.
Armaan caught the tear "in assoo ko kabhi bahar anne matt dena, yeh meri liye bohot kimti hai" Rids opened her eyes still questioning him
A: "yaad hai kaal raath jab tumhare Papa ne mujhe apne cabin bulaya, pata hai unhone mujhe kya poocha?"
Ridz continued to stare at him in wonder, "kya" she whispered
Armaan now held her hand, "unhone mujhe tumhare bareme poocha... mein tumse pyar karta ho ya nahi" he was again looking at her face to see her reaction,
A: "meine kaha ki pyar kya hota hai, mujhe pata nahi, par itna jaanta hu, ki jab meine tumhe pehla bhar mila, pata nahi kui par tumhari siva mujhe aek ajeeb si becheni rehta ta, jab tumhe mein nahi dekhta ta tab sirf tumhari kayal aatata, aur jab tum mujse dhoor rehteti, tabh tumhara pass mein jana chahtata. Yaad hai hum jab pehle mille, uss raath mujhe nilkul neend nahi aye, pata nahi kab subha hogeya aur kabh mujhe ehsaas hua ki mein tumse pyar karta hu"
Ridz was now surprised to hear all of this, she had no idea that he felt so strongly about her.
A: "Phir jab tumhare Papa ne mujhe tumhari bare mein poocha, tab meine unse tumhari haath maang li" he now got down on one knee "Kya tum mujhse dooniya ki sabse kush naseeb insaan banaugi, mujhse shaadi karke?"
Ridz was now smiling and crying at the same time, she was so happy, still holding his hand "Ha" she whispered.
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Part 15
Krishna came up to the terrace and found Ridz sitting there with tears in her eyes while Armaan was sitting next to her holding her hand, talking to her softly
K: "Er hem" she cleared her throat to make her presence known.
Armaan and Ridz both moved there hands and looked away from each other nervously
K: "Chill guys, sirf mein hoon" she said laughing at the now very embarrassed couple "Toh kya mein sab ko rishte kiliye haan keh doon?" she giggled as she was about to run back down the stairs.
A: "Krishna, wait" Krishna stopped in her tracks, she slowly turned to see Armaan coming towards her,
K: "Pehle pakarna parega" and she ran off.
Armaan looked back at Ridz who had now gotten up to also go down, as she walked past him Armaan grabbed her hand "Tum kaha ja rahi ho, tum bhi kya sabko ja kar boldogi" Ridz took her hand and ran away blushing.
Meanwhile downstairs, everyone was having sweets to celebrate the occasion. A pandit was called and a date was set for the wedding, the couple had exchanged rings and were now engaged.
After everyone had left Shashank retreated to his study, still looking slightly hassled by something. Ridz went in to talk to her dad, she couldn't understand what he was worried about now.
R: "Papa..." Ridz walked into the study, Shashank was standing by the window looking out at the garden
R: "Papa, kya hua, aap itni pareshaan kui hai" Shashank now turned to look at her, she was such a sweet child he thought to himself.
Sha: "Tum kush ho beta?" he looked at her searching for answers. Ridz smiled
R: "Papa, yeh kaisa sawaal hai, ofcourse mein kush hu" Shashank now walked towards his daughter and hugged her with the utmost affection
Sha: "I'm sorry beta, meine tumse kiye hue vaada nibha na sakha" he said still hugging her
Ridz's eyes were now filled with tears as she heard her father utter these words, she remembered the last time marriage proposal that had been bought for her,
* Flashback *
It was 3 years ago now when Ridz had just finished college and wanted to go on to complete her studies so she could become a doctor. Instead of being able to complete her studies Ridz was persuaded to get engaged to Vivek. Vivek Kapoor, he was a high flying business man who was renowned in the business world for his perfectionist approach to everything, whatever he did he did with perfection and was successful.
They were engaged and the date for the wedding was set for a week later. A week was such a short time, but for Ridz it was the longest week of her life. All the preparations had been done, card printed and distributed, hall hired, house repainted and decorated, it all happened so fast that Ridz wasn't sure when she had started liking Vivek, seriously considering spending the rest of her life with him. It was the night of the mehendi when a phone call bought an end to the happy atmosphere, Vivek had ran away and gotten married, he never wanted to get married and when his parents insisted he get married to Ridz he left.
Ridz was left shattered, she had dropped everything for the sake of her families happiness, Shashank had persuaded her to marry this guy and now when she had finally gotten use to the idea, even started liking him, he had left her. That night Ridz had gotten her father to promise to her that he would never let anything come in the way of her wishes again, Ridz was free to do complete her studies and marriage would only be bought into the equation if Ridz was to bring someone herself to meet her parents.
Ridz didn't cry that night, she didn't want her parents to see in her pain, because she knew it would cause them pain and make them feel guilty for something that wasn't there fault, so the following day she left to travel the world. In the three years to know Padma had always been on at Ridz to get married, that weeks events didn't effect her, she felt the sooner Ridz got married to someone else the sooner she would forget Vivek, but Ridz never agreed and Shashank always stood by her decision.
* End Flashback *
R: "Papa..." Ridz sat her father down on the chair, knelt down next to him and put her head on his lap, "Papa, apne apna vaada nibhaya hai"
Shashank placed his hand on Ridz head and gently stroked her hair, she was such a sweet child, "hmm, meri manh rakhne kiliye yeh sabh bolrehi hai" he thought
Ridz raised her head and looked at her father, she could see in his eyes exactly what he was thinking, "Papa, mein yeh sabh aise hi nehi kahrehi" Shashank looked at her lovingly, she could always tell what he was thinking.
R: "Papa, saach mein bohot kush ho, yaad hai apne kaha ki meri shaadi meri sirf meri pasand ki larka se hoga... well... mein Armaan ko bohot pasand karti hu, aur waise hi aap logho ne choona hai usse, toh phir woh galath larka kaise ho sakhta hai" she smiled lovingly at her father wiping away his tears and the worry that was playing on his mind all day.
It was midnight, everyone was sleeping in the Malik household apart from Armaan. He was turning and turning unable to get comfortable, feeling very restless. The pandit had fixed a date for December, and it was only May he thought "Stupid pundit" he muttered. How was he supposed to wait till December he thought miserable as he punched his pillow trying fluff it. He didn't realise how hard he had hit, because the next thing you know he was spitting out feathers, the pillow had split from his punch and what was once his pillow was now a pile of feathers covering his bed. Armaan sighed as he got up to get another pillow from the cupboard.
Beep beep, Armaan picked up his mobile from his bedside table, "message" he mumbled as he checked the message, he didn't recognise the number
"Neend nahi arehi? Mujhe bhi nahi, I'm sure tum meri kayalo mein koi hue ho, Toh phir duffer phone kui nahi karte mujhe" Armaan raised his eyebrow while a mischievous smile played on his lips as he read the message. He called Ridz
R: "Hello" she mumbled still half asleep
A: "Hey gorgeous" Ridz eye's opened in surprise as she sat up in bed
R: "Armaan..."
A: "Hmm, kisi aur ki phone ki intezaaar ta kya?"
R: "Armaan, tum mujhe iss waqt kui phone karehe ho, sabh kuch tikh hai na" Ridz asked first blushing then becoming slightly more worried
A: "Iss waqt matlab, tumhi nai toh mujhe kaha ki mein tumhe phone karo, to phir pooch kui rahi ho?"
R: "Meine? Mein kabh kaha?"
A: "Abhi, tumine toh mujhe sms bechkar kaha ki tumme mujhse baadh karni hai"
R: "Meine? Kabh, mein toh sorahi ti, meine nahi beja, shayed tumhari kisi girlfriend ki hogi"
A: "tumne nahi to phir..." Armaan noticed a shadow outside of his door "Erm sorry meine tumhe itni raath disturb ki, erm goodnight... sweet dreams" he whispered
R: "Bye" and she put the phone down smiling
Armaan slowly got of bed and went towards his door. He could hear two girls giggling silently, Armaan jerked the door open and Masti and Maya came flying into the room. They were standing with their ears to the door listening to Armaan, when he opened the door and they both lost the balance and fell in.
A: "MASTI... DI.." Armaan shouted as he started hitting them with what was left of his pillow
Ma: "Armaan... Armaan.." Maya was shouting between her laughter and tryin to stop the pillow
A: "Di, I can't believe ki aap bhi Masti ki saath iss mein shaamil ti"
Ma: "Dude, iss meri koi haath nahi ta" she said now getting up while Masti was still rolling on the floor laughing
Mas: "Bhai, aapki chehra dekhni ki layak ta, when you thought Ridz bhabhi ki sms aya..." she was laughing again holding her belly, while Maya had started laughing at Armaan again seeing him blush at Ridz being addressed as 'bhabhi'
Armaan was hitting Maya with the pillow again, "Chup" he was feeling very embarrassed at this point, not only had Maya and Masti caught him off guard by sending him the sms but now they were making him blush.
M: "Yeh sabh kya horaha hai" hearing all this commotion Armaan's mum had been woken up and was now standing at the door watching Armaan hitting a laughing Masti with his pillow
Armaan stopped straight away while Masti got up from the floor and ran for cover behind her mother.
A: "Woh mein... erm" Armaan said scratching his head, he was now blushing so much that you could see his face turning red even in his dark room.
Maya went over to Mehek and whispered something in her ear at which all three women looked at Armaan and started laughing at him. Armaan was way past blushing now, he was dying of embarrassment now.
A: "ummy, aap bhi"he said as he stormed out of the room.
M: "rmaan beta..." Mehek called after him. She turned to Masti and Maya, "Aur tum donho yeh kya lagaraha hai, dekha gusa hogaya, jau abh maafi maango, tumbhi Masti"
Lubna 😳
Parts 16 - 20 below...
Part 16
Armaan was sitting in the basketball court lost in his thoughts, when a slight breeze made him shudder and come back to reality. "Mujhe Ridz se bhaat karna hoga", with that he took out his mobile and called Ridz
Ridz was in the shower when her mobile started ringing. The phone was ringing continiously for a few minutes when Sapna who was walking past Ridz's room heard it, Sapna checked the caller id "Armaan?" a mischievous smile played on her lips as soon as she read the name.
S: "Hello jaanu" she answered putting on Ridz's voice
A: "Riddhima?" Armaan looked at the phone, slightly taken aback by the answer, "Erm... Hi... tum tikh to ho na?"
S: "Ofcourse Jaanu, tum aise kui poochrahe ho, kya mein tumme 'jaanu' nahi keh sakhti, jaanu", trying to sound sexy while holding back her laughter at the same time.
Armaan was really confused now, he was about to speak when he heard Ridz (or who he thought was Ridz) start laughing really loudly down the phone.. Ridz had just stepped out of the shower when she notice Sapna on her phone. Thinking that Sapna was definitely trying to prank call someone with her phone she sneaked up behind Sapna and started tickling her like crazy. Sapna being extra ticklish and who already was trying to hold back her laughter couldn't stop her self anymore and burst out laughing.
S: "Di... Di... stop... Di.. dukh raha hai... pleeeease" she said laughing on the bed while Ridz continued to tickle her.
R: "Tum meri phone par kiski saath bhaath karahi ti"
S: "Di... woh... aap shower'..aur jaaaaannnuuuu" and she let out another burst of laughter
R: "Jaanu?" she picked up the phone to check who it was "Hello, kaun?"
A: "Hmm.. toh tum mujhe nahi pehchante..." Armaan had heard everything over the phone, "Great" he thought, "Masti aur Di kya kaafi nahi te ki abh Sapna bhi"
R: "Armaan, oh I'm so sorry, woh, erm mein shower mein tee aur Sapna ne tumhare call receive ki.." she said narrowing her eyes at Sapna who was giggling uncontrollably on Ridz's bed now
A: "Shower mein.." Ridz sensed the mischievous tone in Armaan's voice and started blushing profusely, which only made Sapna laugh harder. Ridz got annoyed at this and started pushing Sapna out of her room while trying to hold her towel and nestle her mobile between her ear and shoulder.
A: "So are you dressed yah phir.. abhi abhi shower se nikle ho?"
R: "Armaan..... mein phone rakhrahi hu" She had finally managed to push Sapna out and was starting to feel uncomfortable talking to Armaan dressed, well in nothing but a towel.
A: "Hey, hey sorry, please phone matth katho... mujhe tumse kuch kehna hai"
R: "Hm, bolo, kya hai" acting angry (slightly)
A: "Erm, aise nahi, tum kya mujhe hospital jaane se pehle mil sakhte ho?"
R: "mmmm... tikh hai, kaha milna hai?"
A: "Woh hospital ki paas aek basketball court hai, mein abhi wohi hu, tum jaldi please aajao"
R: "Tikh hai, mein 10 minute mein pohchti hu"
A: "10 minute, mein itna intezaar nahi kar sakhta, waise bhi tumhe shaadi karni kiliye 7 meheni intezaar karna paraha hai" he said whining like a child.
R: "Exactly, toh 10 minute to intezaar kar sakhte hona!"
A: "Ridz please, 5 minute okay bye" and he hung up
R: "Arma.." Armaan hung up before she got a chance to reply, "pagaal" she thought and put the phone down.
Meanwhile in the basketball court, Armaan had started to play basketball with the kids that were there. He hadn't noticed how long he'd been playing at what point Ridz got there and was now just standing on the side lines watching Armaan play, "how cute" she thought. Armaan went to dunk the ball but missed, the ball went bouncing towards Ridz.
The kids were standing next to Armaan asking someone to pass the ball, but the person obviously wasn't listening, Armaan turned around to see who it was. Ridz was standing there in her jogging outfit (she had to make something up at home so she could leave without being teased by Sapna), bouncing the ball.
A: "Erm excuse me, can you please pass the ball, I don't think its your kinda sport sweety" he winked at Ridz with a cheesy grin on his face.
This made Ridz really angry, not only had he made her lie to her family first thing in the morning so he could meet her, made her rush and get dressed so she could be there in 5 minutes, made her wait there while he continued to play, but now he was acting like he didn't know who she was, "creep, abhi dehti hu ball" she thought, "Sure", she turned around and threw the ball with one hand over her sholder, knowing exactly where it would land.... Whooosh... the ball went straight through the hoop
Armaan and the kids were standing there dumbstruck, "What just happened" Armaan thought to himself. Shaking his head he was sure that was luck so he called after Ridz "Yo, excuse me, what was that" Ridz turned around, "What was what? Oh that" she turned to look at the hoop and ball, "That's how you shoot a hoop, you know what you were 'trying' to do", Armaan wasn't very impressed with her sarcastic comments, especially in front of the kids, he walked upto Ridz.
A: "What" he said pointing at the basket, "That was luck lady aur kuch nahi" sounding annoyed, "it had to be luck... right" he thought
R: "Luck... ha. I don't do luck honey" she turned around and started to walk away again
Armaan held hand and stood in her way (so the Armaan was in front and the hoop behind her), "Okay, agar yeh lack nahi ta to phir se karo, and we'll see" he was now challenging her, Ridz didn't like being challenged, "I'll show you smart ass" she thought.
R: "Fine, pehle meri haath toh choro" she said indicating her hand that Armaan was still holding
A: "Oh" Armaan looked a bit embarrassed and let go of her hand. One of the kids threw the ball at her.
R: "Watch" Ridz took the ball, moved closer to Armaan, so she was only a few centimetres from Armaan and threw the ball over her sholder... Whooosh, the basket went clean through the hoop.
R: "See no luck" she winked at Armaan and started walked past him.
Armaan was in love with her again. "Wow" he thought as he turned his head to watch her walk away. The ball was passed back to him by the kids, but he wasn't paying attention, so the ball hit him on the back of his head "Ow" he turned around to see the kids running off. He turned back to look at Ridz and saw she was just stepping out of the court. "Crap, I need to talk to her" and he ran after her "Ridz... Ridz" he called from behind her
R: "Oh to abh jaanabh ko humare naam yaad aya" she turned with her hands on her hips "bacho ki sammne yaad nahi ti kya? Ya phir sarr parr kuch gira jise aapki yadash wapas agaye?"
Armaan rubbed his head remembering the ball hitting him on the head. "Mein toh bas mazaak karaha ta"
R: "Oh.." she rolled her eyes and started walking off again.
A: "Hey basket" Ridz stopped, and turned around looking quite angry now
R: "Basket? Mein kya itni mohti laghti hu ki tum mujhe basket bulaoge" she had stormed back upto him and was now poking him in the chest with every word she was saying
A: "Ouch" Armaan stepped back rubbing his chest from where she was pointing so hard, "meine kabh kaha tum mothi ho? meine tumme basket isliye kaha kui ki tumne 2 basket scores ki ti isliye"
R: "Oh, haha (she laughed nervously) I knew that. Erm.. sorry, zyada chot to nahi laga" she was looking worriedly at where she was poking him. Armaan noticed this so took his chance and went up to her and slid his arm around her waist.
A: "It's okay" and he gave her another cheesy smile and wink. Ridz didn't have a problem with public shows of affection, usually, but for some reason with Armaan she was automatically feeling shy and blushing.
Armaan noticed Ridz's cheeks burning up, so he bent down and kissed her cheek, leaving his lips to linger for slightly longer on her cheek.
R: "Armaan" Ridz whispered and try to push him away, but Armaan was ready for attack this time and just pulled Ridz around so that now she was standing in front of him and he was holding onto her waist with both hands. Ridz finally gave up her fight with him as she was neither strong enough to push him away and deep down she didn't actually want to. Ridz let a big sigh "Okay, I give up, you win" and she put her head down Armaan chest, trying to her hide her face because she knew he would have a mischievous grin on his face which would only make her blush more, "bolo tum mujhe itni subha kui bulaiya... mujhe tang karne kiliye"
A: "No, but it was fun" and he picked her face up so he could see her blush, she looked so cute blushing he thought.
R: "Toh kui bulaiya" she replied trying to change the subject so she could be spared from turning pink permanently.
A: "Woh, mein tumse kuch poochna chatata" sounding more serious now
R: "Hmm, bolo"
A: "Actually, erm.. mujhe tumse aek favour pochni ti"
R: "Favour"
A: "Erm you see, bhaat yeh hai ki... mein nahi chahta ki humare rishte ki bare mein hospital mein kissiko patta chale", "there i said it" he thought and let a big sigh
R: "Kui? Are you embarrassed of me"
A: "Arre don't be silly, ofcourse not" he said stroking her cheek gently, "o oh, abh kya kahu, jaldi Armaan, think of something, warna yeh naraaz hojayegi" he thought, "Its just that hospital mein, mein tumhare senior hu, aur mein nahi chahta ki humare rishte ki vaje bakhi sabh tummhe differentky treat kare aur yeh kahe ki mein tumme different treat katahu. Already tum deen ki bethi hu, aur aghar upaar se sabh yeh patha chale ki tum meri finace ho, to phir ho sakh ta hai, ki hospital mein atmosphere kuch tense lagsakhta hai, sliye. What do you say", "That should be enough to stop her from asking questions, please", Armaan was busy thinking again
Ridz had to think about it for minute, she knew the other interns wouldn't have an issue as they seemed to so relaxed about finding out that Dr Shashank was her dad, but she had a feeling that this had more to do with Armaan not feeling very comfortable with the whole situation so she readily agreed.
R: "Tikh hai, mein kisiko nahi bataongi" she answered poking his cheek so the dimples would appear on his face. "mujhe abh jaana chahye, warna shift kiliye late hojaongi, phir Dr Armaan se death bhi pareghi" she said laughing. Armaan smiled once more at the thought of him telling a scared Ridz of for being late (because of him), Ridz kissed the dimple on his cheek and was ready to leave, but Armaan had other plans, he tightened his grip on her so she couldn't leave, "Armaan, koi dekh legha",
A: "Hmm, dekh ne do" he said smiling at Ridz who was really struggling to pull away, he could feel her struggling under his hold
R: "Armaan, hospital se koi dekhlegha, aur tumhine to abhi abhi..." she whispered
Armaan was way past talking, he was too intoxicated by her perfume to even think clearly know. Those quivering lips were driving him crazy again, he just wanted to feel them soft lips again.
R: "Papa.."
Armaan turned his head around so fast that he forgot what he was doing and before he realised Ridz had tricked him, she had run off towards the exit.
R: "Mujhe Papa ko bhi toh bolna hoga, ki who kuch nah kahe" she said over her shoulder while running away laughing.
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Part 17
Ridz was rushing down the stairs in her house, she was running late because of her meeting with Armaan earlier that day. To make matters worse he kept calling her while she was trying to get dressed. Her phone rang again, "Uff yeh Armaan bhi na" she answered the phone impatiently without checking who it was, "Armaan, meine kahana, mujhe late horehi hai, mei tumhe hospital mein milrahi hu na"
S: "Beta, mein Papa bolrahahu, Armaan nahi" he replied chuckling at his daughter down the phone
R: "Papa, oh.. erm... Sorry, woh... eh"
S: "Koi bhaath nahi beta, doh din ki mulakhatse tum apne Papa ko bhool gaye, is okay" sounding hurt, Shashank was only teasing.
R: "Papa, aise koi bhaath nahi hai. Woh bas Sapna aur Armaan subhe se mujhe phone kar karke pareshaan karaka hai" taking Sapna's name was obviously a lie, as poor Sapna hadn't done anything, but this would teach her for pretending to be her on the phone to Armaan. This was the second time she was lying to Shashank today but she couldn't exactly tell him that Armaan was calling so he could flirt with her.
S: "It's okay beta, par agli bhaar yeh galti matt karna, afterall mein tumahare Papa hu, aur waise bhi aghar Sapna aur Armaan tumhe tang nahi karenge toh phir kaun karega?"
R: "Papa... acha boliye aap mujhe phone par kui call kia, mein to abhi niche arrehi hu"
S: "Ha, beta woh meine tumme isiliye phone kiya, actually mein abhi Sanjeevani mein hu aur tumse kooch poochna ta"
R: "Kya Papa"
S: "Actually, meine hospital ki sabhi Dr's aur kuch dosto aur rishtedarro ko aaj raath choti si party mein invite karne vala hu, agher tumhe koi aitraaz na ho toh"
R: "Mujhe kui aitraaz hoga Papa, par party kiss kushi mein invite kia jara hai?"
S: "kiss kushi mein? Beta mere pyari Riddhima ki sagaii hua hai aur mein chahta hu ki mere iss kushi mein sabh shaamil ho. Meine socha ki iss bahane tum bakhi sabh interns ko bhi ache tarre jaan loghli, aur Anjali toh tumhare waise hi achi dost hai na"
R: "Papa, iss party se pehle mujhe aapse kuch kehna hai" remembering Armaan feeling uncomfortable with the idea of everyone at the hospital knowing about their relationship.
S: "Kya beta, kya hua" sounding worried
R: "Papa, Armaan nahi chahta ta ki hospital mein humare sagai ki barre mein kisiko bhi patta challe, kui usko laga ki yeh extra attention meri kaam par aur bakhi saabh interns ki saath tension create karsakta hai"
S: "Beta, aise kuch nahi hoga, trust me" he replied chuckling at his daughters childish thoughts, but at the back of his mind he was worried why Armaan would say such a thing.
R: "Par Papa, meine Armaan se promise ki hai ki mein kissiko nahi bataongi"
S: "Promise, kabh, beta tumdono ki sagaai toh kaal hi hui, toh phir yeh sabh..."
Ridz had been caught out, "quick think of something" she thought
R: "Papa, meine kaha na Armaan aur Sapna mujhe subha subha phone karke satarehe te, tabh" she had lied again, how many more lies would she have to tell to save herself she thought
S: "Oh ha, sorry mein bool geya beta, Don't worry, tum chinta matt karo, mein Armaan se bhaath kartha hu" there was a knock on Shashank's cabin door "Riddhima beta koi aya hai, mein rakhta hu, aur tum chinta matt karo mein Armaanse bhaath karunga. Bye beta"
R: "Papa, nahi..." too late Shashank had hung up. "Oh no, abh mera kya hoga, abh Armaan koh papaki sawaal ki jawab dena hoga. Uff, usne mujhe pehle bhar kissi cheez kiliye poocha aur mein woh bhi nahi kar sakhi" she was muttering annoyed at herself now. "Mujhe jaldi hospital jaana hoga" and she raced out of the house, skipping breakfast.
SANJEEVANI
S: "Come in", Armaan entered the cabin
A: "Good morning Dr Shashank"
S: "Good morning Dr Armaan, boliye kaise aana hua"
A: "Ji mein aapse kuch reports dekhana chahta ta agar aap free ho to"
S: "Actually mujhe surgery par jaane hai 15 minute to aap yeh file yaha rakh dijiye aur mein check karke aapko dedunga"
A: "Sure" Armaan put the file on Shashank's desk and was tunring to leave when Shashank called him back
S: "Armaan, mein tumse kuch poochna chahra ta"
A: "Ji Dr Shashank, kehye"
S: "Mein abh Dr ki hesiyat se nahi, Papa bancke bhaath karahu tumhare saath Armaan"
D: "Ji Papa, kehye, kya bhaath hai" he was worried, this was the second time, he was speaking to Shashank at work but not about work. The first time led to Armaan getting engaged to Ridz, what would be the reason now he wondered.
S: "Mein abhi abhi Riddhima ki saath bath karaha ta. Usne mujhe kaha ki tum apne sagaii ki barre mein sabse chupana chate ho? Kui, koi problem hai"
A: "Papa, woh actually bhaath yeh hai ki, mein nahi chahta ki meri personal life ki waja se, meri juniors mujhe respect na karre aur ku ki mere juniors mein Riddhima bhi shaamil hai, mein nahi chahta ki bakhi interns yeh bahana lekhar mujhe kaam par seriously na le"
Shashank completely understood what Armaan was on about and agreed with him. He thought about how the interns would probably play pranks on him and not give him the level of respect a senior Dr should be given, but he thought Armaan was going about the wrong way.
S: "Armaan, mein tumhare bhaath se sehmaath hu, par kya tumhare rishte ki bhaath chupa sakhoge, I mean kabhi toh batana parega"
A: "I know Papa, its just, well, aap kisiko batana maat, par kaal sagaii ki bhaath, masti aur Maya dinne mujhe bohot sathaya iss rishte lekhar, phir aaj subhe Sapna'ne bhi. Toh mujhe lagha ki aghar in interns ko Ridz aur mere barre mein patta challa toh woh bhi mujhe waise hi cherenge, aur yeh koi senior Dr kiliye achi bhaath nahi hai, kui?"
Shashank was laughing now "Toh tum issliye kissiko nahi batane chahte, kui ki tumme laghta hai woh logh tumme cherenge... Armaan beta, aek acha Dr uski personal life aur professional life alaag rakhsakhta hai, jaise Riddhima yaha pehle Dr hai, phir mere beti, aur sabhi interns ko bhi pata hai, ki Riddhima meri bethi hai, phir bhi woh logh usse pareshaan nahi karehe" with that he patted Armaan's shoulder and left for surgery, leaving Armaan standing there thinking.
Ridz came running into the hospital expecting to find Armaan furious in his cabin because she couldn't do the simplest thing as keep her mouth shut. Well what was he expecting, she was a RJ in her previous job, reknowned for her big mouth, that's what used to pay her.
Ridz went into Armaan's cabin but he wasn't there. She went into Shashank's cabin, thinking maybe they were still talking but he wasn't there either. Feeling down at the thought that Armaan was somewhere in the hospital annoyed with her, she went into the locker room to get ready for the day. As she entered the locker she noticed Anjali, Sapna and Atul were busy talking about something but as soon as they saw her they stopped talking. Ridz was feeling slightly uneasy now, "maybe Papa has already invited them for this evening party and told them that I'm engaged to Armaan, maybe that's why they look like they're ready to eat me" she thought
All of sudden they all cracked up laughing and rushed towards her to hug and congratulate her, Ridz was slightly taken aback at first but then relaxed as the congratulations seemed genuine.
S: "Arre Ridz, Dr Armaan, kya bhaath hai, kya bhaath hai" she said nudging her with her elbow smiling and move her eyebrows up and down
At: "Not bad Ridz, Dr Armaan itne burre nahi, par meine socha ki tumhare kuch taste hogi"
An: "Aye Atul, what do you mean taste, kya Ridz tum jaise joker se pyar karti, Dr Armaan ki style hi bhi kuch alaag hai, meri Ridz ki tarra" she said smiling. Ridz was smiling back blushing at these little comments.
At: "Toh Ridz, yeh saab hua kaise, I mean kabh?"
Ridz was slightly confused at how to answer this, where does she start and in how much detail should she go, so she simply settled on "Woh Ma aur Papa ne arrange ki, you know arranged marriage sort of", she was partly telling the truth now
At, An, S: "Oh"
S: "And your okay with it?"
R: "Hmm, waise bhi meri parents merre burrai to nahi chayenge na"
Intercom: "Sabhi Interns Dr Armaan se millye front desk par"
An: "I think tumhe yaad karehai Ridz" as she turned and winked at Ridz
R: "Guys, jaane se pehle mein tum logho se aek favour pooshna chahta hu, please"
At: "Kya hai Ridz bolo"
R: "Please Dr Armaan ko iski barre mein kuch matt kehna, please guys"
S: "Don't worry Ridz hum kuch nahi kahenge. Abh chalo, warna tumhare toh abh tikh hai, par hum teeno ko hospital se nikhal denge"
They all laughed and headed for the front desk to meet Armaan
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Part 18
Armaan was waiting at the front desk for all the interns to arrive. He was unsure as to whether he should inform the interns about him and Ridz or not. On the one hand he agreed with Dr Shashank that the interns would find out eventually, but on the other hand there was the possibility that the interns are more then likely to tease him, but he had to stand his ground, afterall he was their senior. Armaan decided that he would not say anything to the interns until he had discussed this with Ridz, to ensure she was okay with it.
The interns approached Armaan, he was feeling uneasy as to how to treat Ridz in front of everyone, should he continue as normal or should he be impartial towards her, "Ofcourse as normal" he scolded himself for being so weak. "Abhi abhi toh decide kiya hai, ki kuch bhi nahi badlega jab takh basket ki saath discuss nah karo.... Basket...hmm" he remembered their meeting at the basketball court and started drifting off... he was bought back to his senses when he the interns started giggling.
S: "Laghta hai kissiki kayalo mein koi hai, kyu Ridz" she whispered as she nudged Ridz
Ridz gave her a fake angry "Sapna, shhh" she was having a difficult time hiding her laughter at poor Armaan's state but was adamant that she wouldn't anything upset him, but then remembering their basketball encounter, she couldn't help but be a bit mischievous, she whispered something on Atul's ear without attracting Armaan's attention, but it was difficult, he kept staring at her.
A: "Ehem, Good morning Dr's, aaj koi kaam karnegi iradha hai yah phi raise saab karehue haste rahenge" this made Atul smile even more, he found it hilarious that Dr Armaan was still trying to be serious.
A: "Dr Atul, meine koi joke kaha ki aap aise hasrehe hai" getting annoyed at the interns behaviour, "in logoko kya hogaya hai aaj" he thought to himself getting more annoyed now, but then he galnced at Ridz's face, she looked so beautiful he thought, the way her hair hung loose around her face, the way her eyes were only for him... hold she was looking at Atul non-stop, why is she smiling like that at him. He looked at Atul and Atul was staring back at her, and what the hell, they were holding hands, in front of him.
At: "No Sir.. er.. I mean Dr Armaan" feeling uncomfortable as Dr Armaan no longer looked like he was in a joking mood, in fact he looked quite the opposite. Ridz was holding onto his hand tightly, he was trying to let go, but Ridz just wouldn't budge.
A: "DR ATUL AUR DR RIDDHIMA" Ridz immediately let go of Atul's hand, Atul was looked relieved for a second, but when he saw how angry Armaan was looking, the relief disappeared and fear took over. "Yeh hospital, aur app dono yah ki Dr's hai, aghar kaam par zyada dyhain de aur aek doosra par kum, to app dono kiliye behter hoga" he was looking at Ridz the entire time, what was she playing at, had she forgotten that she was now his fiance, meaning his to-be-wife.
"Dr Anjali, aap cancer ward mein, Dr Sapna aap ICU mein, Dr Atul aur Dr Riddhima ap dono' erm actually Dr Atul aap general ward mein aur Dr Riddhima aap meri saath Aids ward mein assist karenege. Any questions" the interns shook their heads with fear while Ridz was smiling away at him "Okay toh jaye"
All the interns left hurriedly, they had never seen Armaan so angry, and now poor Ridz would have to work with him all day.
Armaan stared at Ridz while she continued to smile sweetly at him, why was she smiling so much, couldn't she see he was angry with her. Just as he was about to speak to her, his pager went off, he looked up at Ridz who was still standing there smiling, she made him so mad, "Dr mujhe apse kuch bhaath karni hai, aap mujhe meri cabin mein 10 minute miliye" and he stormed off.
Ridz just stood there smiling at him for a moment, seeing Armaan so angry made her really really happy. "He really does love me a lot" she thought as she happily strolled to the Aids ward. She was so caught up in her work that she didn't realise when the 10 minutes was up, she was in the middle of checking a patient when her pager started beeping. "Oh no, I'm late, Armaan's gonna kill me" she ran towards his cabin, to find him sitting there looking at a file. He was trying to concentrate on the file, but the strain to do so was so apparent on his face that it made Riddhima laugh out a little. Armaan looked up at her annoyed, how could she laugh when he was so angry. Ridz saw the anger in his eyes and immediately stopped.
R: "Sorry Dr Armaan, woh mein patient ki saath ti aur vakht ka andaaza nahi raha" she was really sorry for upsetting Armaan this time
Armaan walked around his desk and grabbed Ridz by her arms, digging his fingers into her arms, "Vakht Dr Riddhima, hum Dr's ki profession mein bohot ehmiyat rakhti hai, aek hi lamha mein vakht kissiki jaan le bhi sakhta ya phir jaan bacha bhi saakhta hai". Not seeing Ridz for so long felt like a lifetime to him. He felt if he didn't see her for one moment then he would surely have died from his the pain in his heart.
Ridz felt really rotten now, she hadn't intentionally come late, she felt a lump in her throat, she could feel her eyes welling up, but she didn't want Armaan to see her so weak. She turned her face from him, this was the first time she was seeing him so angry and over such a trivial matter. "Sorry" she murmured still looking away, he was really hurting her now, his fingers were digging on deeper, she turned to look at him, the pain was clearly displayed on her face
It was Armaan's turn to feel guilty now, as their eyes met he saw the pain and sadness in her face. He immediately let go of her arms, he noticed he had left little red marks where he was holding only a few moments ago, he gently touched the red marks, "I'm sorry" he turned away from her now, he wanted to hurt himself now for hurting Ridz. He had never behaved on such a manner towards anyone before but for some reason watching Ridz and Atul together made him really mad.
Ridz walked up behind Armaan and gently put her hand on his sholder, to her amazement Armaan immediately turned around and hugged her. He was crying slightly she noticed when he turned around. She hugged him back, "It's okay, please don't cry" hearing silently sob was breaking heart. She had done this to him, she had made him cry and she hated herself for it right now.
R: "Armaan, I'm sorry, meine tumhara dil dookaya" she whispered
Armaan looked, he was confused, why was she apologising, it was him who had hurt her. "Tum sorry kyun kehrehe ho, galti meri hai, meine tumhare akein mein assoo laye" he wiped her tears.
R: "Nahi Armaan, meine tumhare ankhon mein asoon laye, isilye mein rorahi ti" she wiped his and poked his cheek so that his dimples would appear.
A: "Kya karehe ho" he looked at her puzzled while she continued to poke his gently
R: "Meine tumhe rulaiya, toh abh haasana bhi mera khaam hai" he smiled at her childinshness
R: "See, it worked" and she kissed his dimples
Armaan then became serious again, Ridz noticed his sudden change of expression "Kya hua" she enquired
A: "Tum aaj ki bhaath Atul se nahi miloge" and with that he sat on the edge of his desk with his arms crossed across his chest.
A wicked smile appeared on her lips, "Kui" she asked innocently standing infront of him with her hands on her hips.
A: "Kui ki meine mana ki hai, bas" he knew this was a ridiculous request, especially as they were all Dr's in Sanjeevani and Atul and Ridz both being interns meant they would have to work with each other, but he didn't care, he would stop them from meeting
Ridz put her arms around Armaan's neck, "Kya hua, Armaan, tum jealous toh nahi ho" she smiled evily at this
Armaan pulled her onto his lap, "Nahi, mein jealous nahi hu, but its decided tum Atul se aaj ki bath nahi miloge" and he nuzzled his head on the back of her neck
Ridz was blushing like mad, she had never been so close to anyone before and the closeness of Armaan was making her feel very hot, she could feel the sweat collecting on her forehead
R: "Armaan choru mujhe" she whispered
A: "Nahi, pehle promise karo kit um usse nahi miloge"
R: "Armaan , yeh kaise zid hai, mein Atul se kaise nahi mil sakhta, who iss hospital mere jaise Dr hai, toh milna toh parega"
Armaan was annoyed by her answer, he knew very well that what he was requesting wasn't possible but instead of promising him, she was being stubborn, "nahi milogi to kya hoga" he pouted as he held her tighter, he didn't want her to leave
R: "Armaan choro, koi aajayega"
A: "Nahi pehle promise karo ki tum nahi milogi"
R: "Okay, I promise" she was starting to feel faint from his presence and knew she had to get away from him fast, showing him how weak she was wouldn't be a good idea right now. He'd only take advantage of it in future, she felt his grip loosen on her, she took the chance "Tum bohot jealous or possessive ho. Aur meri aur Atul ki beech kuch nahi hora haiso bacho ki taro acting band karo" she jumped up before he could catch her again "Mujhe kaam hai, mein jaah rahi hu"
Just as she was about leave she popped her head around the door "Aur by the way mein lunch ko Atul ki saath jaah rahi hu, bye" she closed the door just as he got up from his desk to go after her
Thoughout the entire Ridz kept teasing Armaan about Atul and poor Atul kept getting the deadly looks from Armaan. Sapna and Anjali thought it was hilarious and instead of teasing Armaan (as he had imagined) kept teasing her instead. Armaan thoroughly enjoyed watching Ridz being teased.
At the end of the shift everyone was in the locker room collecting their stuff
An: "So Ridz party kabh hai, hum sabhko kab aana hain"
R: "Papa ne kaha hai ki party 8 baje shuro hoga to tum sabh 8 kiliye pochjana, okay"
At: "Kya Armaan bhi waha hoga?" feeling scared that Armaan might actually kill him outside of the hospital
S: "Ofcourse duffer who ayega, who nahi ayega toh engagement party kaise hoga", Sapna and Anjali laughed at Atul
R: "Crap meine toh Armaan ko party ki bare mein bolna hi bhool gayi"
An, S, A: "What?"
R: "Mujhe jaana hoga, warna aaj ki party cancelled hojayegi"
Ridz ran towards Armaan's cabin to catch him before he left for the day, she entered the cabin but he wasn't there, she looked everywhere but couldn't find him. She finally decided to call his mobile just incase he had already left.
R: "Armaan, pick up the phone, pick up the phone" she repeated as the phone kept ringing, there was no answer. "Armaan phone kui nahi uthara" she was getting worried now, terrible thoughts kept creeping into her mind, "what if he got hurt on the way home and was no lying in the middle of the road in the middle of nowhere, and..and" she was getting very panicky now, where is he. She asked a nurse a if she had seen Armaan anywhere
N: "Haan who kuch der pehle terrace par jaarehe te"
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Part 19
Ridz ran up the stairs as fast as she could, hardly breathing the entire way. She was way past worrying for Armaan, she was now panicking. Questions kept forming in her mind, like, "What if the nurse was mistaken and Armaan wasn't outside in the terrace? If he wasn't there then where could he be? Was he okay? Could something have happened to him?" There were too many questions and no answers.
Ridz burst through the terrace doors, looking around frantically, she was still trying to get a hold of her breath. There was nothing but silence to greet her, a gentle breeze flowed through the air, a gentle breeze which would normally greet her warmly was today feeling harsh against her skin, sending shivers down her spine. The silence and darkness engulfed Ridz as though sucking away any hope and happiness from her soul. Feeling desperately lonely Ridz turned to leave. It was when she turned to leave that she noticed something from the corner of her eye. Ridz strained to see what was there, she approached where she thought she had seen the figure standing.
R: "Armaan?" she whispered into the darkness
"Ssshhhh" someone whispered from behind her, Ridz jumped and spun around fast, someone covered her mouth before she got the chance to scream and pushed swiftly but gently to the side against a wall. Ridz was so scared that out of fear and almost on impulse Ridz stamped on the strangers foot as hard as she could and bit the person's hand so hard that she drew blood. The person immediately let go and jumped back shouting "AAARGH BASKET". Ridz froze shocked, "Armaan tum"
A: "Nahi bhoot, ofcourse mein" he replied bitterly shaking jumping on one foot and holding his injured hand with the other.
R: "Tum yaha kya karehe ho" at that point a kid came running out from behind the wall and stood there laughing at Armaan. Ridz stood there blankly at the kid, why was he laughing so much
A: "Dhoni ke bhacha, rukh abhi dekha ta hu" he went to chase the kid but then tripped over something on the floor. Dhoni just stood there laughing at him. Seeing Armaan fall over made Ridz start laughing as well.
A: "Ha ha, tum bhi haslo, pehle hi mujhko itni choth pochahte ho, phir meri girne par mujhpar haste ho"
R: "Oh ho, Dr itni naadan matt bano, apki iss hallet ki vajje mein nahi app hai"
A: "Kya" he said standing up, dusting his trousers
R: "Aur nahi to kya, mujhe aise darene ki kya zaroorat ti"
A: "Woh, sorry humme lagha nurse Lovely ayi thi isse lenne"
R: "Kya, abh mein tumhe nurse Lovely laghti hu?" she was fuming at him now.
A: "Woh iss Dhoni ki bache ne kaha ki nurse Lovely hai, meine toh dekha nahi ta issliye, I'm really sorry, tum please naraaz matt ho" he said holding his ears
Ridz noticed his bleeding hand and took hold of it instantly to check the damage she had caused. Armaan noticed the concern on Ridz's face and started acting as though it hurt more than it actually did. In fact he had actually forgotten about his hand. Ridz reached into Armaan's pocket and took out his hanker chief and tied it on his hand.
A: "arre yeh mera roomal hai"
R: "haan aur khun bhi tumhara nikhalraha hai na, toh phir" she said smiling back mischievously
A: "Par.. par.." Ridz just stared at him a questioningly
R: "Par kya, hold on a sec, tummhe kya lagha ki filmo ki taro apna duaptta paarh kar tumhare haath me bandoongi. Huh, yeh itni mengha suit mein kyun karabh karo"
Ridz turned to Dhoni now who was still giggling at Armaan "Dhoni, bohot raath hogeya hai, tum abh jao, jakhar so jao" Dhoni didn't want stay and argue with Ridz, she seemed to be really strict, "Aur aap Dr Armaan, mujhe laghta hai ki shayed aap ki duty aaj kiliye kathamh hogeya hai, toh phir aap jaye ghar" with that she took a hold of Dhoni's hand and turned to leave. Armaan just sat there dumb struck, "Basket ko kya hogeya hai" he thought to himself.
Just as Ridz was about to go through the doors her mobile started ringing, she beckoned for Dhoni to go on ahead and answered the call, "Hello, ji Papa... ji abhi athehe.. okay bye Papa" she turned towards Armaan who was now looking at the floor walking towards her... he was walking past her... Ridz reached out and held his hand to stop. Armaan winced in pain as she had held his injured hand but didn't look at Ridz. "Mujhse naraaz ho" she asked cutely
A: "Mein naraaz kui hoga" he didn't even look at her, he just stood there with his eyes closed from the pain
Ridz walked in front him and lifted his chin with her finger "I'm sorry" Armaan opened his eyes and looked at her with pain in them, Ridz looked at him worriedly "Kya hua"
A: "Mere haath mein bohot dardh hora hai, please chordoh" Ridz looked at his hand then immediately let go
R: "Oh sorry, tumne pehle kyu nahi kaha" searching him eyes for answers
A: "Woh kya hai na... tumne pehle bar mera haath pakhra hai na, apni marzi se, isliye" he smiled at mischievously and held her hand with his good hand "Aur mein yeh haath zindagi baar nahi chorna chahta"
Ridz now looked down blushing at Armaan's comments.
A: "Waise, basket tumne kabhi kick boxing classes liye hai kya, I mean tumne iss pehr ki kya bhaat hai, I think mujhe apne pehr ki x-ray karana parega"
R: "KYA?" Ridz looked up immediately ready to argue with him again, but before she knew it Armaan was kissing her. It took her a moment to realise what was happening and then she bit his lip. Armaan pulled back holding his lips. He had let go of her hand, which gave Ridz the perfect opportunity to run away from there. She knew she was in trouble, but he had pulled sly one and kissed her off guard.
A: "Basket, abh mein tumhe nahi chorunga" he chased her down the stairs and caught her just before she reached the doors to the main hallway. He grabbed her hand from behind and twisted it behind her back, so that now she was facing him with her hand behind back
R: "Armaan chodho mujhe" she tried to wriggle her hand free but his grip just got firmer
A: "Nope" his face was getting closer to Ridz, while she was stepping back slowly, she hit the wall and Armaan was still coming closer, not letting go off her hand.
R: "Armaan, sorry, please mera haath choro"
A: "Pehle uphar jo adhori rehgeya ta, usse poora karo, phir chorunga"
Ridz was blushing profusely, she knew exactly what he meant but was adamant she wouldn't give in "Nahi karungi, kya karloge tum" she whispered
Armaan was cm's away from her lips, they were slightly quivering, he knew she was waiting for him to kiss her so just to tease her he let go of her hand and stepped back "Kuch nahi" and he started walking up the stairs.
Ridz was shocked, this wasn't meant to happen, was he mad at her now. How was she supposed to get him to go to the party now.
R: "Woh erm... Papa tumhe ghar par bulahrehe te aaj raath, kuch erm.... important bhaath karna ta. Tum aoge na mere saath... ghar?" she called out from behind him.
A: "ghar" Armaan turned to face Ridz again "Aek shart par"
Ridz looked up at him questioningly "Kaise shart", she regretted this as soon as she said it.
Armaan moved closer to Ridz again, Ridz started moving backwards, she was staring into his eyes not concentrating on where she was going, when she lost her footing on the stairs and nearly fell. Armaan caught her just in time, he held her by her waist. His touch sent a shock down Ridz spine, her breathing got shallower as she felt his gaze on her. She had to look away, scared she would loose herself in his eyes again.
R: "Armaan, ghar jaana hai", she whispered
Armaan was awaken from his trance, Ridz beauty had taken him to another world, "Pehle mere shart" he replied remembering where they were and what had happened.
R: "Armaan" she spoke slightly louder "Okay bolo kya hai"
A: "Pehle tum mujhse maafi maango" he straightened Ridz up know but was still holding onto her by the waist
R: "Kiss bhaath kiliye", she was acting innocent now
A: "Kiss bhaath kiliye" Armaan started tickling Ridz "Kiss bhaath kiliye"
Ridz was extremely ticklish and couldn't stop laughing "Armaan... stop... arre stop" she was laughing the whole time "okay..okay I'm sorry" Armaan stopped tickling her
A: "Aise nahi" he had an evil grin on his face again
R: "Aise nahi... erm toh phir aise", she poked his cheek so that Armaan smiled slightly which made his dimple show, she then kissed his dimple
Armaan had wanted something else but decided this would do for know and kissed her back on her cheek, leaving his lips lingering on her cheek slightly longer then required.
Ridz was feeling very hot know, not to mention getting late "Erm Armaan abh ghar challe, Papa intezaar karehe honge"
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Part 20
R: "Armaan, merha uss tara hai, tum kaha jaa rahe ho?"
A: "Pata hai, hum mere ghar jaa rahe hai" he said with a grin on his face
R: "Kui"
A: "Basket, mein Papa se iss halath mein to nahi milsakhta, I mean look at me, tumhare vaaje sa mere joothe, kaphre yaha takh ki mera roomal mein bhi ghandhe hogaye"
RIdz thought about it a moment, "Ya your right, mein nahi chahte ke mere gharwalle mujhe aek bikhari ki saath dekhe" she kept a straight face trying to annoy him.
A: "Tabh toh tumko bhi definitely change karna chahye so warna mere change karne ki koi mathlab nahi hai"
Ridz looked at him with daggers in her eyes, "Tum hamesha mujhe tana kui maarte ho"
A: "Kui ki jab tum ghussa hote ho tab tumhare aakein taro ki tarre chamakhte hai, aur tum aur hi khoobsurat laghte ho" he said smiling sweetly
Ridz's anger melted straight away, she was feeling shy and blushing
A: "Aur jabh tum aise sharmakher aakhon niche karte tabh aur hi khoobsurat laghte ho" this made Ridz blush even more. Armaan reached over and held her hand, Ridz shivered from his touch "Kya hua" he asked with a naughty grin "Tumhe taand laghrehi hai" he leaned closer to her. Ridz jumped back,
R: "erm, humme late horahi hai, Papa humare intezaar karehe honge, tum jaa khar jaldi change karke ao"
A: "Basket, tum bhi na kitne unromantic ho, yaha Papa ko beech lanhe ki kya zaroorat ti... Aur what do you mean mein jaa khar change karke ao' you don't think mein tummhe meri car mein akhele chor jaunga, meine dekha tum meri car ko kiss nazre se deckhti ho. Tumhare niyath kuch teekh nahi laghte"
R: "Armaan" she punched him playfully on his shoulder,
A: "No seriously, tum ghari mein nahi rahogi, teekh nahi laghta, andhar chalo"
R: "rmaan, mein aise kaise andhar aa sakhti hu, what if tumhara parivaar andhar hai.."
A: "ummy se dhar ti ho?"he looked at her intently. Ridz nodded her head to confirm. "asket, shaadi ki bhaath kya karogi?" he laughed at his comments. Ridz looked at him not amused. "Sorry baba..." he said holding his ears, Ridz smiled at his childish look. "Okay abh jab madam basket khush hogaye hai, toh andhar challe" Ridz was about to protest again when Armaan added "Mummy, Masti aur Maya Di sabh bahar gaye hai, kissi function pe. Anhe mein dher hoga..." Ridz looked at him not convinced "Saach, Mummy aaj subha hi mujhe phone karke bol rahe te"
Ridz wasn't comfortable with the idea of being alone with Armaan, he could see the hesitation in her face "Aur Ridz mein tummhe warn karaha hu, mein karate mein black belt hu, ghar khaali hone ki vaje se tum mera faida uthani ki koshish matt karna" he said pointing a finger at her. Ridz burst out laughing in his face.
R: "Don't worry mujhe tumse zyada tumhare car mein interest hai"
Armaan rushed up to get changed while Ridz waited in the lounge for him. As there was no-one around Ridz made herself a cup of coffee and decided to have a look around. She couldn't help being nosy, it was one of her downfalls according to some, but Ridz had always found it to her advantage.
Ridz went into what looked like a study room, there were books everywhere and a large portrait of a family, well it would have been family if it wasn't for the stranger standing with them. In the painting there was Armaan, Masti and Mehek (Armaan's mum), but it didn't end there. There was another man standing in the middle of the picture, he looked almost exactly like Armaan, only a little older, his dimples weren't as deep as Armaan and his eyes were dark brown.
Armaan rushed down the stairs expecting to see Ridz in the lounge, he was shocked to see she wasn't. "Yeh basket kaha gayi, kahi mere ghari..." he rushed towards the window to check his car, it was still there. He went around the house looking for her; he was looking for about 5 minutes, when he noticed the study light on "mere study mein kaun hai" he walked into the room to find Ridz standing there next to his desk looking up at the portrait on his wall. Armaan went and stood next to her, "Woh mere Papa hain"
Ridz almost jumped looking hearing his voice. "Oh tum kabh aye"
A: "Bas abhi abhi..." he turned to look at her, "tum yaha kya karehe ho"
Ridz knew she would usually be in trouble at this point by her mother for being so nosy, and was feeling agitated at how Armaan would react if he found she was snooping around his house.
R: "Erm.. woh.. mujhe laga ki yaha koi hai, so meine check karne kiliye yaha ayiti", "there saved" she thought to herself, she could feel the tell tale signs of pain in her stomach, but she managed to hide the pain from her face.
Armaan just smiled at her, "Well yaha humare siva koi nahi hai... to challe" he winked beckoning her upstairs, Ridz opened her eyes in shock
R: "Armaan your too much" she said shaking her head disapprovingly
A: "What, tumhi to itni samai kehrehe te ki dher horahi hai, Papa humare intezaar karehe hai... meine toh sirf tumhe chalne kiliye bola" he smiled at her
R: "Don't try to be innocent, tumhara yeh matlabh nahi ta"
A: "Nahi, toh kya matlabh ta" Armaan made a innocent face
R: "You know exactly what", she messed his hair with her hand and walked towards out of the room "Chalo, ghar jaana hai" she shouted back to Armaan, who was busy trying to fix his hair, irritated that Ridz had messed it up
Armaan's car pulled into the Ridz's drive
A: "Basket, how many cars do you guys own?"
Ridz looked around her drive, it was packed with cars, laughing nervously "Erh, hehe... Papa ko cars ki bohot shokh kai, issiliye jabhi unko koi acha milta hai, who foron kareedh lehte hai"
A: "Aur scooter bhi?" he said looking at the Atuls scooter
R: "Nahi, woh erm... humare ghar mein kaam waali ki hai"
Armaan didn't look convinced but decided to drop it. He got out of the car and went around to Ridz's side to open it. Ridz was sitting there lost in her thought, she looked worried about something, almost in pain.
A: "basket... basket"
Ridz looked up and realized he must have been standing there for a while, "Sorry", she stepped out of the car and started past Armaan. Armaan held her hand
A: "Kya hua, tum itbi pareshaan kui ho" he said turning to look at him
Ridz couldn't take lying anymore, she was never very good at lying, she just couldn't stomach these things (literaly). "I'm sorry meine tumse jhoot kaha" she looked down teary eyed
A: "Kabh" he said lifting her face to look at him
R: "Tumhare study mein meine kooch nahi sunha, woh mere inquisitive nature kiliye mujhe raha nayi geye... aur Atul aur mere beech kuch nahi, woh meine bas tumhe cherne kiliye kia ta, aur.. aur.. yeh saab ghari Papa ki nahi hai... yeh saab guests ki hai" she held her side and let out a big sigh feeling much better. All these lies in one day were giving her cramps.
Armaan burst out laughing when she stopped. Ridz just stood there annoyed at him.
A: "Tum yeh saabh lekhar pareshaan te" he burst out laughing again
R: "Ha ha haslo, tumhe kya patha itne sarre jhooth bolkar mujhe kitna dhard horaha ta" Hearing this Armaan laughed even more, he was holding his stomach laughing really hard. Ridz got annoyed and stormed into the house. She was going to tell him about the party, but was to angry with him to say anything.
A: "Basket rukho, basket" he chased after her, Ridz rushed in, closing the door in his face. Armaan stood there feeling bad at laughing at her, "isse jhoot bhi nahi kaha jahti tikh tare se" he laughed at her innocence. Armaan walked through the doors, to his surprise there standing in front of him was everyone, well almost, all the inters, Dr's, his family and some other people he didn't recognise. No-one noticed him walking in; he quietly walked up to Maya who was standing with Minnie to a side.
A: "Di, yeh saabh kya hai" he asked in a hushed tone
Maya jumped hearing someone next to her, she smiled immediately at Armaan. "Armaan tum kab aye"
A: "Abhi.. Di yeh party.."
M: "Tumhare engagement party hai aur tumhe hi nahi pata? Riddhima ne tummhe bataye nahi kya... jaanu"
Mas: "Hey jaanuu.." Sapna and Masti approached Armaan giggling. Armaan turned bright red, he gathered that Sapna had told everyone about his phone call.
Min: "Boyfriend" she tugged his hand, Armaan picked Minnie up, "Saab tumhe jaanu kui bularehe hai"
A: "Pata nahi, laghta hai sabh paagal hogaye hai" he whispered in her ear at which she started to giggle
M: "Yani ki Mama bhi paagal hai" she said out loud. Maya looked over crossly (acting) Armaan just covered her mouth while her chuckled nervously
A: "Nahi girlfriend meine aise nahi kaha" he said winking at her
Mas: "Di, dekho dekho Bhaia Minnie ko kya kya sikharehe hai"
Sujal now walked over to join them. "Kya sikarehe ho Armaan meri gudiyaan ko"
Before Armaan could say anything Minnie replied "Kuch nahi Papa, mama aur masti boyfriend ko jaanu keh rehete aur boyfriend ne unko paagal kaha". When Sujal looked lost at what was going on Sapna went onto narrate the story of the whole jaanu incident, the entire time Armaan was looking for a gap in the ground to sink into. And to make matters worse all the interns were now gathering around listening to the story. At the end everyone was teasing Armaan to no end.
A: "Yeh basket kaha hai" he thought, only she could save him know, just then he saw the most beautiful sight ever.
Lubna 😳
Parts 21 - 25 below...
Part 21
R: "Apne aap ko samajhta kya hai" Ridz tossed a pillow from one side of the room to the other
K: "Arre isme itna gussa honeko kya hai, galthi hogeya bechara ko" Krishna picked up the pillow and placed it back on bed where Ridz was sitting fuming at Armaan. Krishna just sat there laughing at Ridz's state.
R: "Ha ha, tum toh abh uske hi side loge na, tumhari hone wali babhi ki jo cousin nikhla, itne yaad rakhna Maya Di, Armaan aur Shiv, in saab se pehle mein tumhare dost hu". Ridz turned her face pouting
K: "Ridzy jaan, isme humari dost ki baadh kaha se agaya" Krishna sat on the bed and placed her hand on Ridz's shoulder, but Ridz just shrugged it off. "Okay, okay, look I'm sorry, I promise aaj ki baadh mein tumhare aur Armaan ki kissi bhi jaagre mein, mein humesha tumhari hi side dungi... okay" she sat there holding her ears with puppy eyes.
R: "hmm, tikh hai, abh yeh stupid si chehra bhanana bandh karo, aur mujhe jaaldi se taayaar karo, mujhe jaa uss Armaan ki bache ko sabakh seekhana hai" she pulled Krishna's cheek to get her to smile
The girls joked about getting their own back on Armaan and quickly got dressed. The party had already started downstairs and thanks to Armaan, Ridz was already late to her own engagement party. Ridz was wearing a hot pink sari that her mother had chosen for the evening. She also had a simple diamond set to compliment the silver embroidery on the sari. Due to the shortage of time Ridz had to leave her hair out, but this simply added to the simplistic beauty of the entire outfit.
Krishna led Ridz down the stairs, all eyes were on Ridz, she looked stunning.
K: "Armaan toh geya kaam se" Krishna whispered into Ridz's ear. Ridz looked over at Armaan, he was standing there with Maya, Sujal, Sapna, Masti and all the other interns. His mouth was hanging open as his eyes looked like they were about to jump out of their sockets. Ridz suppressed her laugh, gave Armaan an angry look and walked over to her mother who was standing talking to Mehek Malik (Armaan's mother). She bent down and took her blessings
Meh: "Jeete raho beta, meri bahu ko kissi ki nazaar na laghe" she touched her eye then put a black dot behind Ridz's ear. "Saach Padma ji, apki beti kitni pyari hai, mujhe toh yaakeen hi nahi hora ki meri nalayak beta ko itni khoobsurat ladki milegi" Ridz just blushed at this. "Tum jaante ho Riddhima beta, mein Armaan ko keh keh kar takhgayi ti, shaadi karlo, shaadi karlo, you know picking up after him, staying up late to make sure he eats, yeh saabh kar kar keh mein toh takh gayi. Par abh tum agaye ho, toh tum hi usse samaal le na" Ridz just smiled hearing this, Armaan was such a hand full she never knew.
Armaan noticed Ridz talking to his mum and wanted to go over as they kept looking at him when they were talking. But everytime he tried to get away the guys kept stopping him and getting in his way.
May: "Kya baadh hai Armaan, hum tummhe bore karehe hai?"
Suj: "Ha, aab sagai ho chukha hai, toh abh humare company toh tummhe boring hi lagega. Maya tum Riddhima ko yaha le ao, sabh tikh hojayega, kui Armaan" he nudged Armaan with his shoulder at which Armaan just blushed more.
Maya went over to take Ridz and Krishna over to the other guys, but she got kept back by Mehek and on the way over to their Krishna got taken away by Shiv.
Ridz finally walked over by herself to Anji, Sapna and Atul, she completely ignored Armaan. Sujal and Minnie had left by now. "Hey guys"
Anji, Sap (int): "Hey Ridz"
A: "Hey Ridz, wow you look beautiful" Armaan glared at Atul.
R: "Thanks Atul, your so sweet. Tum bhi bohot handsome lagrehe ho" and she hugged Atul.
Armaan pulled them apart, "Atul, tum jaa kar sabh kiliye drinks lao" and he put an authoritative arm around Ridz. Atul looked scared and immediately stepped back, to allow space between him and Ridz. Ridz just looked amused at this.
Sap (lilSis): "Jiju, itne possessive ho di ko lekhar"
Mas: "Yeh bhai, abhi toh shaadi bhi nahi hui aur abhi se hi aap aise"
Ridz pulled herself out of Armaan's grip, "Excuse me, mein apne dost se baath karehi ti" and Ridz started talking to Atul, Anji and Sapna (Intern) again. Armaan felt dejected. Armaan walked away feeling upset with the way Ridz was treating him.
Mas: "Bhabhi, aap bhai se naraaz hai?" Masti asked once Armaan was out of earshot.
R: "Nahi Masti, bas usse sabakh sikhana hai"
Sap (lilSis): "Oh oh, di, jiju ne kya ki joh yeh shamaath agayi"
Anj: "Ha Ridz, Armaan ne aisa kya kiya ki abh tumhare haatho ki sabkah sikhna paraha hai"
R: "Maath pooch yaar, tumme patta hai na ki mein jooth nahi bol sakhta.."
Anj: "Oh god, do I know or what, yaad hai jab humare camping trip par te, tabh toonhe mujhe jooth kaha ta ki tummhe andhere se darr nahi laghta, I swear uss raath teri..." Anji started laughing remembering what happened
R: "yaad hai uss raath meri peth mein itni dard karha ta ki raath bar mein soh nahi pahi aur nahi kissi aur shone di. Aur yaad hai jabh tumne mujhpar uss baadh lekhar hasa ta, tabh meine kya kiya" Ridz was also laughing at what happened next
Anj: "Dude, don't woh frog meri shower mein rakhna was cruel. Meri poori zindagi meine itna chilaya nahi, jaise mein uss din ki ti. Mujhe uss din hi patha chalgaya ta ki tu jitna innocent laghti hai, uthna hai nahi"
The girls continued to talk as Atul went over to Armaan.
At: "Hey Dr Armaan, listen I'm really sorry. Sach mein, mere aur Ridz ki beech mein kuch nahi hai. Aap please mujhe hospital mein punish maath kijiye" sounding desperate and scared
Armaan just laughed seeing Atul in this state. "Dr Atul, relax, apko koi safai dene ki koi zaroorat nahi hai. Mein aapko punish nahi karoongi"
At: "Really Dr Armaaan, mere yakeen kijiye..."
Ar: "Atul, chill, really its okay. Aur tum mujhe Dr Armaan karke nahi Armaan karke address karo, mein yah duty par nahi hu" he puts his hand on Atul shoulder to assure him but Atul winced out of fear causing Armaan to just laugh more. "Relax Atul.. really mein sirf hospital mein strict hu, yaha nahi".
At: "Waise Dr.. I mean Armaan, mein tummhe kuch pooch toh tum mujhe maroghu toh nahi" Armaan shook his head negatively
At: "Tumne Ridz ko kya kehdi ki woh aab tumse badla leni chahti hai"
Ar: "Meine, toh kuch bhi nahi.." Armaan was interrupted in what he was about to say by Shashank who had just announced to everyone that Ridz and Armaan were engaged and today is their engagement party. Armaan was beckoned to centre stage so that he and Ridz could have their first couples dance. Armaan walked over to Ridz who was now standing with Anji and Sapna (int). "May have this dance", the spotlight fell on them two and Ridz had no choice but to accept.
Holding Ridz's hand Armaan lead her to the centre, the song 'Jab se tere naina' from Saawariya started playing.
Armaan slowly placed one hand on Ridz bare mid-drift and the other holding her hand. His touch sent shivers down Ridz, she let out a gasp as his touch sent a sweet current through her, Ridz slowly placed her hand on Armaan's shoulder, almost hesitatingly, Ridz lowered her eyes coyly, she had completely forgotten that she was angry with Armaan. Armaan was aroused by Ridz's presence, the sweet smell of Ridz's perfume was driving him crazy, they were so close that Armaan could hear Ridz's shallow breathing.
Realizing that she too must be feeling what he is, Armaan lightly blew on Ridz's face to move the hair now covering her gorgeous hazel eyes, the blow made Ridz close her eyes, a sweet smile spread across her lips. Armaan saw her smile and in that moment he realized the power he had over Ridz, he smiled acknowledging this. This was going to be fun he thought. The entire dance Armaan kept silently teasing Ridz, he would tighten his grip on her bare waist making her look at him in horror, he would brush his lips past her cheek and ear as he twirled her around, he even went as far as hugging her from behind and stroking her bare back discreetly.All of these things were driving Ridz crazy, she had completely forgotten where she was. All Ridz could feel was Armaan, Armaan could feel Ridz melting in his arms and to be honest if Armaan wasn't there holding Ridz up she was feeling like she would fall.
The dance came to an end, Ridz opened her eyes and realised that Armaan had somehow managed to lead her to a corner of the room where no-one could see them. Ridz looked up at Armaan as he pushed her against the wall, his mesmerizing grey eyes were again slowly taking her away to another world, where nothing else seemed to exist. Slowly Armaan leaned forward, not daring to loose eye contact just in case his invisible hold on her broke. Armaan's hand slowly snaked there way down to Ridz's hands and he held onto them as though his life depended on it. Ridz looked questioningly at Armaan, reading the questions posed in her eyes Armaan answered
"kuch adhoori reh gaye ti, usse poora kar na he" with that his lips gently touched hers. When Ridz didn;t try to fight back Armaan kiss became more passionate, Ridz responded back with as much passion as Armaan.
Everything around them seemed to have disappeared, they were completely oblivious to their surroundings. Her lips parted slightly as if welcoming Armaan, that was all he needed, his was now in her, exploring Ridz in a whole new way. Ridz's hand was now in Armaan's hair, slowly caressing his hair, driving him crazy. She felt his hand slowly take a hold of her waist, she gasped at his touch, Armaan lips now descended onto Ridz's neck, slowly kissing ever inch of her neck, Ridz closed her eyes tighter as Armaan bit her neck. The sweet pain made her let out a low moan.
Hearing Ridz moan, Armaan thought he may have hurt her so he instantly let go, looking in her eyes for, "Tummhe chot toh nahi lagha", Ridz smiled at him, he was so caring, she had never been happier in her entire life. Ridz poked Armaan's cheek and kissed his dimple to show she was fine. Armaan hugged her tightly, he felt so special being around Ridz, he felt he could do and say anything around her freely without having to think about the consequences of his actions. Ridz slowly pulled out of the hug and wiped Armaan lips where lip stick stain was still apparent, "Party mein wapas challe, sabh logh humme doondh rahe honge".
Armaan smiled at Ridz, "Kya karehe ho" he asked with a mischievous smile, he held her hand that was still on his lips.
R: "Armaan, lipstick lagi hai"
A: "So...challo party mein"
R: "Armaan aise?" Ridz was horrified at Armaan's suggestion, "Party mein sabh..."
A: "Hmm... yeh bhi bhaath hai, in that case, maybe tummhe bhi kuch karna chahiye... isse chupana kiliye" Armaan ran his finger along Ridz's neck and left it to rest on where he had left his mark. Ridz immediately flushed a shade of deep pink and started to leave from there. Armaan grabbed Ridz hand just as she turned her back.
R: "Armaan, haath chodo" she whispered, barely being able to bring the words to her lips
Armaan slowly pulled Ridz back to him, so she was now against his chest, still facing away from him with her eyes closed. "Basket... I'm sorry about before". Ridz turned around and hugged Armaan tightly with tears in her.
R: "Armaan..." Armaan stood there hugging her and stroking her hair. He was lost in the moment.
R: "Armaan.." slightly louder this time, Ridz lifted her head
A: "Hmm.." he wiped Ridz lone tear which had now made its way down Ridz's cheak. Ridz smiled at his gentle touch. Ridz leaned closer to Armaan's ear
R: "I love you" she whispered, before Armaan could register what had happened, she ran away.
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Part 22
The night came to an end, all the guest's had left. Ridz stood in front of the mirror in the bathroom admired the mark on her neck. It had turned a deep colour of red now.
Ridz jumped at the sound of a knock on the bathroom door, "mere dupatta, mere dupatta kaha hai" Ridz hit her head as she realised had left the scarf on top her bed in the room
Knock knock... P: "Ridhu beta"
Ridz gasped, "Erm... ji Ma, ayi"
Ridz quickly wet her hair (making an excuse for why she was in the bathroom for so long), threw the towel in the bathroom around her shoulder trying to cover her neck and stepped out.
R: "Ji Ma, aap yaha? Kya bhaath hai?"
P: "Nahi mein bas aisehi tumse bhaath karne chahti ti" Ridz looked scared, had her mother seen her again. Ridz walked over to her bed, dropped the towel and picked up her scarf trying to cover her neck. Padma picked up the towel and made Ridz sit on the edge of the bed while she slowly dried her hair.
P: "Ridhu, tum mujhse abhi bhi naraaz hai" Ridz turned to look at her mother, she held her hand's
R: "Aap aise kyu pooch reheha Ma, mein aapse kyu naraaz hongi"
P: "Mujhe maaf karde beta, meine uss raath gusse mein..." Padma was overcome with emotion now, tears started falling down her cheek. Ridz immediately got up and hugged her mum.
R: "Ma please aap roye math, Ma please" She sat her mother down on the bed and sat next to her. "Ma, aap ka pura haq bantha hai mujhpar gussa karneke, maafi toh mujhe maangne chahiye, mere uss harkat ki wajese Papa aur aap ko sharminda hone para. I'm really sorry Mama, please maath roye.. please" Ridz bent her hear head on her mum's lap and silently cried. Padma affectionately stroked Ridz's hair. While doing this, Ridz's hair moved and Padma noticed the mark on Ridz's neck.
P: "Ridhu, yeh tere gala mein kya hua". Ridz closed her eyes in her mother's lap, she couldn't look at her mother and lie,
R: "Kuch nahi Ma, party mein machar ne kaath liye". She could feel the pain in her stomach immediately take a hold of her. She winced in pain, this went unnoticed by Padma who was still inspecting the mark on Ridz's neck.
P: "Kaafi baara machar ta na" Ridz smiled in her mother's lap
R: "Hmm.. kaafi bara ta"
Padma left Ridz leaving some ointment for the mark and kissed her goodnight and left
The following day at Sanjeevani...
As usual Armaan handed out the duties in the morning. He tried to speak to Ridz all day but she kept avoiding him, she would make an excuse whenever he called her, he couldn't understand why. On the other hand the pain in Ridz's stomach was killing her now but she couldn't face being laughed at again, especially by Armaan, she was also angry at him because it was his fault she was in this mess.
It was now coming up to lunch and the pain Ridz's stomach was so bad she was finding it difficult to stand. To make things worse, she hadn't slept all night because of the pain so ended up waking up late, causing her to miss breakfast and was basically starving now.
R: "Oww" Ridz let out a low moan in the locker room, no-one else was around and Ridz was sitting on the bench with her back towards the entrance, holding her stomach tight. "Stupid Armaan" she muttered under her breath. "Sabh uski vaje se hua hain... oww"
A: "Meine kya kiya" Armaan had crept up behind Ridz and hugged her from behind as she said this. He hadn't noticed her holding her stomach on pain yet. He snuggled up to her and started to kiss on the back of her neck.
R: "Chodho mujhe, yeh saabh tumhare hi vaaje se hua"
A: "Kya" Armaan snuggled up closer Ridz with his head now sitting on her shoulder while he hugged her. "basket tumhare gala mein kya hua" he kissed the mark. smiling mischievously as he remembered the previous night.
R: "Chodho mujhe Armaan..." she whispered, going into a trance "me...mein tu... tumse bhaath nahi karaha"
A: "Bhaath karne ko kaun kehraha hai, meine toh aise hi teekh hu" he smiled in her neck, he could feel Ridz going hot, her breathing was becoming shallow. She was really turning him on.
Just as Armaan was about to completely loose all sense and control, Ridz pulled away from him and went stood next to her locker. Armaan was slightly taken aback by her sudden move. "Kya hua basket, tum teekh toh ho na" he turned Ridz so she was looking at him and held her hands. Ridz had tears in her eyes, Armaan got really worried.
R: "Doofus, mere peth mein bohot dardh horaha hai, aur tum ho ki..." Ridz was sniffing as she said this to him
A: "Kyu kya hua? Dardh kui hora hai? Tumne check up karwayi"
R: "Itna bolle hona ki koi zaroorat nahi hai, tumh jaante ho tumhare vaaja se meine kal raath ko Ma se jooth bolli aur tabh se meri peth mein itna dardh hora hai.. owww" she remembered the pain again and had to sit down.
Armaan threw his head back and started laughing, he tried to go and hug her. Ridz tried to get up and walk away but the pain was so overwhelming that she had to sit back down. Instead she just pulled away from him and turned her back on him. Armaan looked worriedly at Ridz "Bohot dard hora hai?" he asked concernedly.
R: "Tummhe kya, tum hasso". Armaan got up and walked around in front of Ridz, he squatted down and picked lifted her head so she was looking at him.
A: "Sorry, I didn't mean to laugh... it's just... tum jab gusse hote ho toh bohot pyari laghti ho" he gave her a cute smile and winked at her. For a second Ridz forgot about her lie and the pain it was causing, she was about to smile back then remembered the lie and the pain came shooting back in her stomach. She winced in pain, this time the pain evident on her face and Armaan saw this.
A: "Bohot dardh hora hai?" he asked again, Ridz just nodded her head. "Challo meire saath", Ridz tried to get up but then had to sit down again, the pain was too much. Armaan felt helpless seeing this, he couldn't understand what to do, how could he help, he then recalled a conversation he had with Sapna (lilSis) at the party the previous night,
*Flashback*
Armaan had asked Sapna why Ridz felt pain in her stomach when she lied
S: "Don't ask Jiju, uski peth mein koi dardh nahi hoti, it's just her conscious. Unhe laghta hai ki uske peth mein dardh, she even tell a small white lie without her conscious kicking in" Armaan started laughing at this, "basket was so innocent" he thought amused by the idea
S: "Aur aghar koi galthi se bhi yeh bhaath ko lekhar uss par hasse toh woh bohot gussa hojati hai. Badla liye bina woh kissiko maaf nahi karti"
Armaan remembered he had laughed at her just before she stormed off, he had to make it up to her before she took her revenge.
A: "Sapna, mujhe aek bohot bare galati hogaya hai"
S: "Jaanti hu, Di toh abh aapko nahi chorne walle"
A: "Please meri pyari saalli sahiba, please mere madhat kijiye, mein kya karu"
S: "Hmm... tikh hai tikh hai, no need to beg... erm.. aek raasta hai, aghar di uss jhoot ki baare mein bhuljaye, toh phir dardh bhi chalajayega aur gussa bhi"
*End Flashback*
Armaan knew exactly what to do, at that point Armaan's stomach growled. He looked down at his stomach and felt a bit embarrassed, Ridz looked up at him with one eyebrow raised. His stomach grumbled again. Ridz started laughing looking at Armaan standing looking annoyed at his stomach and embarrassed at the same time.
R: "bhookh laghi hai" Ridz got up from the bench and took a few steps towards Armaan.
Armaan turned away from her pretending to act angry "Nahi", his stomach betrayed him again, and it started to rumble.
R: "Armaan..okay sorry, mein nahi hasrahi.. see" she went and stood in front of him again, he looked away from her, Ridz put her hand on his face and made him look at her again "Okay tumhe nahi, mujhe bohot bhookh laghi, canteen challe kaane kiliye". Armaan immediately started smiling
A: "Hmm... lunch date?" he circled his arms around Ridz's waist. Ridz just started blushing, "I like it, par canteen mein nahi" Armaan remembered the intern's teasing him at the party and shuddered at the thought. Ridz suppressed her giggle
R: "Kya hua? kuch yaad aygaya"
A: "Kuch nahi.. hum caf chalte hai, paas mein hi hain, hum jaldi ajayenge"
It 9pm and Ridz had finally finished her shift. She had never felt so tired before in her life. All the other interns had already finished and left for the day and Shashank had the day off so she had to make her own way home. As soon as Ridz stepped outside it started raining really heavily.
"Great, it had to rain now" ridz pulled her scarf off and tried to cover her head with it, the wind started blowing making Ridz's hair fly in her face, she tried to move it with one hand while with the other she was still holding the scarf. Suddenly a car pulls up and honks at her. Ridz initially ignores it, the car keeps beeping, Ridz finally looks at the car, the driver winds down the window...
R: "Tum..."
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Part 23
Ridz was shocked to see the person in the car "Armaan... tum yaha kya karehe ho? Tumhari toh night duty taa na"
A: "Hmm, lekhin meine bhadal di. After all senior Dr hone ki kuch toh faide hone chahiye, right jaani" He winked at her saying this.
R: "but..."
A: "Offo basket, yeh saab bhaadh mein, jaldhi andhar bheth jao, baarish bohot horahi hai" he stepped out of the car and went around and held the passengers side door open. Ridz quietly sat inside and Armaan started driving.
R: "Erm Armaan, hum kaha jarehe hai, mera ghar toh uss tarah hai?... Aur tummne apne night duty kui change ki"
Armaan rolled his eyes, "basket paata hai, tum bohot sawaal pooch ti ho, kabhi chup nahi reh sakhte"
Ridz immediately became angry: "Oh toh aisi bhaath hai, mein bohot bhol ti hu na. Ghari rukho... Armaan meine kaha ghari rukho"
Armaan pulled over to stop his car. Ridz was fuming now, she opened the door and stepped out into the rain. "Urgh, Armaan chup nahi reh sakhta kya, abh dinner kiliye bhi late hojayenge" he mentally kicked himself.
Ridz had walked off quite a bit now. Armaan jogged upto her and held Ridz by her hand from behind. "Basket.. meri bhaath suno to... sorry yaar" Ridz was struggling to get her hand free.
R: "Armaan mera haath chodo..."
A: "Nahi chodunga, kya karlogi" Armaan now spun Ridz around so she was facing him, she wrapped his other hand around her waist and held her tightly against his chest. They were both standing in the middle of the road in the rain.
R: "Meine kaha chodo" she tried to use the other hand to free the hand Armaan was holding, Armaan simply tightened his grip.
A: "Basket mere bhaath to suno" he whispered to her.
R: "Kui suno, mujhe toh sirf bhaath karne ki aadhat hai, sune ki nahi. You know mein bohot sawaal karti hu" she was mimicking his voice now. She stopped struggling trying to get her hands free, it was obviously not working.
Armaan simply smiled at Ridz's childishness. "You know basket tummhe tikh tarre se larna bhi nahi aata"
R: "tikh tarre se larna nahi aata" she mimicked again under her breath. Armaan laughed loudly this time at her.
A: "Tum yeh bacho jaise haarkat kui karte ho?" he smiled his million dollar dimpled smile
R: "Oh toh mein abh bhachi hu... ha", Ridz started to hit Armaan, as hard as she could on his chest but he simply continued to laugh at her, her small hand's and force didn't move him an inch. Armaan's constant laughter infuriated Ridz even more, she gave him one final shove, it took Armaan by surprise and he lost his footing, he fell back into a puddle of water right behind him. For a moment Ridz was very happy that she had managed to shut Armaan up, the small smile flickered on her lips as she saw Armaan fall backwards, then before she realised she found herself falling too. Armaan was still holding her hand and instead of letting go to get his balance he pulled down with him. They both landed with a thump.
A: "Hai, mere kamaar todh di basket ne" he moaned louder then required while throwing her cheeky smile, pretending to be in pain. "Basket, utho mere saase rukhrehe hai... yah phir zindagi bar aise hi rehna hai?" he slowly reached up and moved the hair that was now plastered against Ridz's face. His touch bought Ridz out of her trance, she quickly tried to get off Armaan, but was pulled back again. Her chain had gotten tangled in Armaan's shirt button. Ridz struggled to get up while Armaan just stared at her beautiful face... the rain had washed away almost any makeup on her face and the beauty that was now before him was all natural. Her skin looked so soft... so delicate with the beads of raindrops now making there way down her cheek to her neck and getting lost somewhere... her eyes, those hazel eyes now reflected the midnight sky with a sparkle in them... like the sparkle from the stars' her lips quivered in the cold as the rain drops caressed them. All in all he had never seen someone look so beautiful without making any effort at all... this was the real Riddhima he thought.
Ridz felt slightly uncomfortable lying on top of Armaan in the pouring rain in the middle of the road, she could feel his piercing gaze on her, her clothes were all wet and now clinging to her every curve, she felt vulnerable and conscious of her current attire, there was nothing for her to hide behind, it was just her and Armaan. Armaan was still holding one hand, against his chest now so trying to untangle her chain with the other free hand was proving to be very difficult. "Armaan" she whispered not looking up, she was concentrating on her chain. She could feel the warmth radiating from his chest, the shirt was so wet it seemed like another layer of skin, a thought popped into her mind, he must work out to keep this fit, will he continue to keep this after we're married, and she immediately blushed at her thoughts. Armaan seemed not to hear her. "Armaan mere haath chodo" she whispered, when again he didn't respond Ridz finally found the courage to lift her gaze slowly to look at him, she was shocked by what she saw.
There was Armaan plainly able to see her discomfort and he was lying there with that to die for dimpled smile, looking every bit the handsome creature that made her fall in love with him at first glance. Ridz tried to get of him again, this time remembering to try and free her hand from him, she looked at him shocked, he wasn't holding her hand anymore, she hadn't realised when he let go of it. Ridz turned red with embarrassment, she was almost up now when Armaan pulled her back down again. He had managed to slowly snake his arms around Ridz's waist and now held her securely against his chest.
Ridz fell onto his with both hands now placed on his chest, her cheeks flushed a rosy red and her eyes automatically lowered themselves. "Ar... Arma... Armaan... chodo mujhe" she finally stammered out. Swiftly Armaan turned her over so that now he was on top of Ridz. Ridz closed her eyes and turned her face biting her lower lip, "Chodo" she whispered.
She felt him touch her lips, "tch tch..." he slowly leaned forward and kissed Ridz lower lip softly "inne sirf mein choo sakhta hu" he whispered, his lips brushed against Ridz's as he said this, "kabhar darr inkho choth pochaye". Ridz turned her head away, she felt the heat rise from her cheeks, regardless of the cold wind that was in the air she felt small beads of sweat gather on her forehead. She felt Armaan's fingers trace the lines of her collar bone, his fingers slowly traced the path of the necklace leading from his short to where it was hanging on Ridz's neck. Ridz's closed her eyes tighter as Armaan's touch made her feel like she was on fire.
With one final kiss on Ridz's cheek Armaan got of Ridz. He had managed to untangle the necklace. Ridz opened her eyes and looked up at Armaan who was now looking down at her with the cutest smile holding out his hand for her. Feeling embarrassed Ridz slowly got up, not looking at him or taking his helping hand. As she stood up trying to cover herself up she felt Armaan place his jacket around her shoulders... "thanks" Ridz mumbled still not looking at him. They both went and sat in the car silently. Armaan started to drive in the direction of Ridz's house.
They soon pulled into Ridz's drive. They both sat in the car silently as Armaan tried to find his words.
A: "I'm sorry for getting annoyed at you before... woh... erm mein tum dinner par lene kiliye jaldi karaha ta" he now turned to looked at Ridz "I'm really very sorry"
Ridz reached over and gently poked Armaan's cheek so his dimple was apparent and kissed it. "Thank you" she whispered and walked out of the car towards the house. Armaan sat in the car stunned. He put his hand on his cheek and with a broad smile on his face. "This was way better then dinner" he chuckled and drove home.
As Ridz walked in through the door she was faced with Krishna.
R: "Krishna tum yaha... kya bhaath hai? Sabh kuch tikh hai na?" Before Ridz could rush towards her friend, Krishna rushed towards her and hugged her tightly. Ridz was confused, she gently patted her friends hair "Kya bhaath hai, you ok?"
Krishna pulled away from the hug and beamed at Ridz. "Mein bilkul tikh hu..." realizing Ridz was all wet "Par tum itne bighi hui kui ho, phir se bearish mein naachne lagaye kya" she narrowed her eyebrows at Ridz with her hands on her hips. "Aur yeh jacket, I don't think yeh tumhara hai.. kui?" Ridz blushed remembering what happened a few moments ago.
R: "Woh bahar bohot baarish hai isiliye mein beegh gaye, aur yeh jacket... erm jacket... Armaan ka hai, usne mujhe ghar takh drop ki"
K: "Oi hoi... toh Dr love ki saath ti, isiiye toh.. mein bhi soch rahi ti ki itni dher hohaye aur Ridzy abhi takh ghar nahi ayi"
R: "Krishna... okay yeh sabh choro, batai tum yah kaise" the girls walked towards Ridz's room. Krishna sat on Ridz's bed while Ridz went into the bathroom to get changed.
K: "Well bhaath aisi hai.. Ridzy tum sunrahe ho na..." she shouted slightly louder so Ridz could hear her.
R: "Hmm... kaho sunrahi hu"
K: "jaan meri shaadi doh haafte main hain aur meine abhi takh shaadi kiliye shopping nahi ki. Aur tum jaanti ho ki mein tumhare beghar yeh saab nahi karungi" Krishna sat there pouting with her arm's crossed across her chest.
R: "Krishna honey", Ridz came out of the bathroom and sat on the bed next Krishna "I swear mein tumhare saath shopping jaongi par kal subha meri hospital par duty hai, aur bohot raath hochuki hai, mujhe sona hai sweets"
Krishna started the car and started driving again towards her house,
R: "Krishna, I'm serious mujhe ghar jaana hai, duty hai, smjha karo yaar". Krishna had dragged Ridz out of her room, out of the house and into her car.
K: "Kaal tumhare duty nahi hai" she said matter of factly
R: "Kya matlab"
K: "Meaning sweety, meine Shashi uncle se bhaat karke tumhare chooti leliye hai, abh tum meri saath doh haafte kiliye rahogi. And before you start, meine already Sapna ko bolkar tumhare saaman yaha bulwaliye hai. And this.." Krishna took the mobile phone from Ridz hand which she was playing with "Yeh mobile meri paas rahigi, mein nahi chaati ki koi bhi humme disturb kare" Krishna turned the phone off and put it in her bag.
Armaan lay in try to call Ridz, the line was always unreachable. He had sent a few sms but Ridz did not reply. All night he couldn't sleep, why wasn't she replying to his messages. Tossing and turning he finally managed to get to sleep, deciding he would speak to her in the morning.
Armaan woke up to his phone ringing, still half asleep he managed to answer his phone
A: "Hmm" this was his attempt at saying hello
R: "Morning jaanu" Ridz whispered
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Part 24
R: "Morning Jaanu"
A: "Hmmm, morning beautiful" still half asleep
R: "Kya bhaath hai, poora din sonne ki iradha hai kya"
A: "Honey... iss mein mera kya dhosh hai... agar tum sirf meri sapno mein hi mujhe milne aogi to main to hamesha aise hi sota rahunga" Armaan snuggled further under his covers with phone still on his ear.
Ridz bent over and whispered in his ear "Sirf sapno mein hi mujhe miloge". Her warm breath tickled his ear as she whispered this.
Armaan's eyes shot open. In one swift move Armaan turned around and pulled Ridz into bed. He started tickling Ridz who was in turn laughing and wriggling to get out of his grip. Armaan stopped after much begging from Ridz side.
R: "Hmm... Armaan tumhe sona nahi hai?" lying in his arm she played with the loose strand of hair that was misbehaving on Armaan's forehead.
A: "Mein sirf tumhe milne kiliye sota hu, aghar tumh mere paas ho to phir sapne dekhne ki kya zaroorat hai" he leaned forward to kiss Ridz but Ridz put her hand in between. Armaan raised his eyebrow questioningly,
R: "Uh uh" she shook her head, "Pehle ja khar fresh hojao". Armaan grabbed Ridz's arms and held them behind her back tightly. "Armaan chodo..."
A: "Nahi, pehle mera kiss"
R: "Armaan..." Ridz rolled her eyes "Tikh hai, pehle akhen bandh karo aur mere haath chodo"
A: "Nahi tun baagh jaogi"
R: "Nahi jaongi... promise" Ridz crossed her fingers behind her back. Armaan reluctantly closed his eyes and let go off Ridz hands. "No peaking..." Ridz slowly lifted her hand and let her finger run along Armaan's lower lip, a smile played on Armaan's lip, he tried to bite her finger but Ridz pulled it back just on time. "And just for that..." Ridz poked Armaan's cheek, kissed his dimple and jumped out of bed before Armaan could catch her. Armaan tried to grab her but ended up falling out of bed and onto the floor.
Armaan opened his eyes lying on the floor. The soft carpet had cushioned his fall and stopped him from really hurting himself. Armaan looked around the room looking for Ridz "hospital mein kaam ti abh sapno mein bhi tang karti hai", Armaan chuckled and hit his head.
R: "Abh bas bhi Krishna, mein aur chal nahi sakhti". Ridz and Krishna were shopping for 5 hours flat now without a break, and honestly her feet were ready to fall off.
K: "Just one more shop..." and she started racing towards another clothes store.
R: "One more shop, one more shop keh kekar mall ki saari shops mein hum jaa chuke hai. Please hum aek break le le. Waise mujhe bohot bhook laghi hai, pleeeeeeeeaaaaaaseee"
K: "One last shop, phir hum lunch karlenge... please" Ridz sulked and walked behind Krishna dragging a million shopping bags.
Krishna had spent an hour already in the store looking at different outfits and matching jewellery. "Yeh joomke kitne pyari hai na" she turned to show Ridz a delicate pair of sapphire stoned earrings.
R: "Hmm" she agreed without really looking at them, Ridz was to busy looking at a young couple who were out shopping. The guy was trying to pick a suit for the girl; he kept lifting one up, putting it against then putting it away shaking his head disapprovingly. The girl was just standing there smiling lovingly at him while he continued. Ridz thought about Armaan. She hadn't spoken to him since yesterday and was really missing him.
Ridz thought about last nights events and how Armaan had untangled her necklace. Most guys in that situation would immediately think about taking their relationship that step further, but Armaan... he was kind, caring, affectionate, considerate, and understanding and so much more. Words just failed to describe how perfect Armaan was. Remembering Armaan Ridz felt upset and lonely... Krishna clicked her fingers in front of Ridz's face
K: "Ridhu kaha ko gaye... jaana nahi hai kya?"
R: "Hmm? Oh... ha, challo". The girls made there way to the food court where Krishna ordered burger and chips while Ridz only ordered a latte.
K: "Kya hua Ridzy, tumme toh bookh laghi ti na"
R: "Nahi.. Ha.. erm abh nahi hai" she sat there stiring her coffee not really drinking it.
Krishna just watched her friend and smiled at her pathetic situation. "Hmm, kissko miss karehe ho?"
R: "Nahi toh, mein kiss ko miss karungi",
K: "Oh I don't know... Armaan shayad?"
R: "Pelease... mein usse kui miss karungi" Ridz face had turned red, "Am I that obvious" she thought.
A: "Jhooth maath bolo, pakrijaogi" Armaan whispered in her ear. Ridz jumped, she immediately turned around to see Armaan standing behind her seat with the biggest grin on his face. Ridz jumped up and hugged Armaan really tightly. Armaan hugged her back tightly, allowing her fragrance to surround him while he felt the warmth radiating from Ridz take a hold of him.
K: "Awwww, you did miss him Ridhu" Krishna cooed. Ridz realised what she was doing and let go of Armaan immediately, she turned away blushing at her action. "Awww Ridhu dekho Armaan sharmaraha bhi hai, dekho kaise uske chehra sharam se laal hogaya hai". Ridz gave Krishna a killer stare which made Krishna stop laughing at Armaan immediately. "Okay chill... I'm done, mera shopping hogaya, Shiv mere liye intezaar karaha hoga, mein chalti hui, bye", Krishna got up to leave when Ridz held her hand to stop her.
R: "Mein ghar kaise jaongi"
Krishna cocked her head "What do you mean, Armaan hai na, woh tummhe drop kardega... kui Armaan, drop karoge na" and she winked at him. Armaan smiled and nodded his approval while turning pink in the face.
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Part 25
K: "Yea wala kaise lagega sangeet kiliye? In jhoomke ki saath..." when she didn't get a reply Krishna looked up to see Ridz daydreaming, she had a small smile playing on her lips. "Ridhu... RIDHU!" Ridz jumped as she heard her name being shouted. She looked at Krishna alarmed
R: "Kya hua?"
K: "Meine boli hi jarahi hu, boli hi jarehi hu aur tum ho ki... kaha ko gaye te?"
R: "huh... meine woh..." she bit her lip nervously, "kaise batao usse, aur aghar nahi batayi toh bhaad mein mujhe hi bugatna hoga" she thought. "Mere barre chodo, tum kaho kya kehrehe te" noticing Krishna was holding up some suits and jewellery she gathered what they were supposed tobe discussing "Awww yeh suit bohot pyari hai, I think tummhe yeh suit tummhe mehendi par zaroor pehna chahiye" she gave Krishna the biggest smile ever hoping this would make up for not paying attention earlier. When Krishna didn't recipricate the smile Ridz she had said something wrong... "Er... ha ha ha.. I mean yeh suit itni achi bhi nahi hai, pyari hai par itni kaas nahi hai, right?". Krishna was really mad now and Ridz noticed, she mentally hit herself on the head.
K: "2 minute kiliye Armaan ki barre mein sochna bhand nahi karsakhti aur mera bhaath nahi sun sakhti". Ridz just laughed nervously,
R: "Nahi Krishna... woh mein..." feeling uncomfortable about lying to Krishna
K: "Sochna bhi maath" jhoot bolkar kudh nahi so sapaogi aur mujhe bhi nahi sone dhoge" aur waise bhi tumhare aakhein mein yeh saaf nazaar araha ki tum Armaan ki hi barre mein sochrahe te... kui meine saach kaha na?"
R: "Okay yeh saabh chodo abh, kuch aur bhaath kartehe" trying to compose herself
K: "Yeh kya Ridhu phir se tum sharmarehe ho... it's me, Krishna, mujhse kya chupahna aur sharmana? Waise hi jabh takh tum Armaan ke barre mein sochna bandh nahi karoge tab takh tumhara mann kissi bhi kaam par nahi lagega". Ridz got up from where she was sitting and went over and hugged Krishna really tightly. "Ridhu, kya bhaath hai", Krishna stroked hair comforting her.
R: "Kuch nahi... mein tumhe bohot miss karungi jab tum shaadi klarke challe jaogi. Tumhare tara koi aur mujhe nahi samajhta". Ridz started sobbing quietly
K: "Arre pagli" Krishna released their hug and wiped Ridz's tears, "mein sirf London jarehi hu, space nahi... waha phone hai, emails hai aur tum toh aoge na holiday kiliye... phir?" Krishna now had tears brimming her eyes.
After a long hug the girls parted, K: "Yeh leh, jaa kar Armaan se bhaath karke aa, hum baadh mein outfits discuss karlenge... waise bhi mujhe Shiv se bhaath karni hai" she winked at Ridz as she tossed her mobile and walked away smiling
Ridz sighed and went to her room.
*Flashback*
A: "Hmm toh mujhe bohot miss karehe te"
R: "Nahi toh, mein tummhe bilkul bhi yaad nahi karehe ti" with a cheeky smile on her face
A: "Jhoot maat bolo, bhaad mein pachtawoge"
Ridz held her stomach "Mein jhooth nahi bolrahi, mein sach mein tummhe miss nahi ki"
Armaan got out of his seat and walked the table to sit next to Ridz "Sach mein" he said taking her hand from her stomach and holding it in his hand with a cheeky grin on his face
R: "Armaan chodo... please" Ridz tried to take her hand out of Armaan's grasp but he held on tighter. Ridz let out a small cry, the pain in her stomach was becoming sharper, "Armaan please" she winced in pain
A: "Pehle sach batao warna yeh dard nahi jayega" he gently put his hand on her face and caressed it
R: "Fine, ha meine tummhe miss kia, kush" she blushed as soon as the words escaped her lips.
A: "Hmm, feel better?..." Armaan winked at Ridz. Ridz playfully hit Armaan on the shoulder with her free hand, "Okay, okay sorry... erm hum yaha se challe" he looked around at all the people now looking at them
R: "Kui, kya hua"
A: "Nahi woh bas... logh dekhrehe hai" he whispered into her ear
R: "Are you embarrased of me?" Ridz was ready to blow at Armaan
A: "Well... kaise kaho..."
R: "What!" Ridz completely freaked at Armaan, she jumped out of her chair and was now towering over Armaan "Your embarrased of being seen in public with me!"
A: "Meine aisa toh nahi kaha" he tried to reach out and take hold of her hands, but Ridz just pulled away and stormed off. Armaan hang his head and let out a big sigh "girls" he muttered under his breath and got to up go after Ridz.
Ridz had stormed out of the food court and went towards the ladies; she no longer had control over the tears that were now shooting down her cheek. Armaan saw Ridz rushing into the ladies.
A: "Great abh mein kya karu", he waited outside for a bit for Ridz to come out. Armaan was becoming desperate now, he tried to call her but she kept cutting the line.
Ridz was sitting on the sink top crying non-stop, "Armaan's embarrased of me? His embarrased to be with me" the thought kept playing over and over again in her mind and the tears kept welling up with every thought. She remebered the times they met, when ever they had an intimate moment they would always be alone, there was never anyone around.... There was never anyone around.... and whenever they were in public he would always act so normal, almost distant. "I'm going to have to end this realtionship... if his too embarrased to be with me in public now then what's going to happen after we get married..." Ridz wiped her tears and was getting ready to go out and break up with Armaan when a little came running into the toilets holding a bunch of roses.
LG: "Aap ka naam Ridd..Riddi..Riddhima hain na?", the girl was struggling with Ridz's name. Ridz nodded her head. "Yeh aapke liye" she handed the flowers over to Ridz and ran out before Ridz could ask her any questions. Ridz looked at the flowers and smiled, she was about to smell them when another little girl came running in to the loos.
LG: "Aap Riddhima hain na", Ridz again nodded. The girl took out a cute teady bear from behind her back and handed it to Ridz and ran out
R: "Yek kisne di hai" she called after the girl but the girl was long gone. "Yeh sabh kaun de raha hain".
Holding the flowers in one hand and the teddy in the other Ridz walked out of the toilets still confused. Ridz froze... there floating in front of her was a huge bunch of baloons spelling out I LOVE YOU... slowly from behind the balloons a face appeared, it was Armaan and he had painted his face to look like a crying clown face. As soon as Ridz saw him she burst out laughing, the tears of sorrow had now turned into tears of joy.
Ridz ran towards Armaan and hugged him tightly, all the balloons slowly drifted up and Armaan let go of them to hug Ridz.
*END FLASHBACK*
Ridz sat on the window seat in her room and dialled Armaan's number.
A: "Hello beautiful"
R: "Armaan" she smiled at his comment
A: "Kya tumhara naam Armaan hai? mujhe bataye kui nahi? Mein sochraha ta koi aur hai"
R: "Armaan, mein rakh rahi hu"
A: "Nahi, nahi sorry sorry basketl, please phone maath kaatna"
R: "Hmm, abh bolo kya karehe ho"
A: "Mein, oh you know, tumhare window ke bahar kara hu, aur kuch nahi"
R: "Kya" Ridz pulled back the curtains and peered out of the window trying to spot Armaan. "Kaha, I can't see you"
Armaan started laughing down the phone "basket....tummhe lagha mein..... oh man that's hilarious" Armaan was laughing the entire time
R: "Armaan... mein sach mein iss bar rakhrahi hu"
A: "Okay okay, I'm sorry baba, mein bas mazaak kar raha ta, mein sach mein tumhare room ke bahar hu..."
R: "Kaha meine toh nahi dekha... tum jhoot bolrahe ho"
A: "No seriously, mein car ki andhar hu, dekho" Ridz looked out of the window and Armaan popped his head out of his car window waving at Ridz.
R: "Armaan tum yaha..." before she could finish her sentence Armaan had hung up the phone and was now coming out of his car walking towards the house. "Yeh abh kya karaha hai". Ridz ran down the stairs to the front door, but before she could open it Krishna opened the door.
A: "Hi Krishna"
K: "Hi Armaan"
A: "Kya who tayar hai?"
Krishna peered over her shoulders and saw Ridz standing there looking confused "2 minute mein hojayegi" Krishna winked at Armaan whike taking a bag from his hand.
A: "Tikh hai, toh phir mein car mein intezaar kartahu"
K: "Arre aise kaise, andhar ao, behto"
A: "Nahi, woh uncle ghar par hai na, toh mein car mein hi.."
Krishna started laughing.. "Don't worry Armaan, Dad ghar par nahi hai, woh kich kaam kiliye barhar gaye hai, kaal takh nahi ayengi, tum arram se andhar intezaar kar sakhte ho"
Armaan walked into the house and took a seat in the lounge while Krishna dragged Ridz back up the stairs.
R: "Krishna yeh sab kya hai?"
K: "Chup... abh sawaal maath poocho aur jaldi se tayar ho jao"
R: "Par kui, aur Armaan yaha..."
K: "Armaan ko meine yaha bulaya hai, aur tum dono aaj dinner par jarehe ho. Waise bhi aaj Shiv araha hai, aur aaj ki bhaad hum shaadi mein milenge, so you know I want spend time alone with him. Issiliye no arguments and get ready... fast". Krishna left the room leaving the package from Armaan in Ridz's hands.
Ridz slowly opened the bag and peered inside...
Lubna 😳
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