Chapter 5
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...
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