Chapter 26
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"Tum agar Shilpa se poocho gay, to wo bhi yehi kahe gii..." Nikki left but her voice kept echoing in his ears... He kept seated still looking far away at the sunset...
"Wo aisa soche, itna waqt nahi de sakta usse!!! Kuch adhoore sawal, sawal he ban kar reh jate hain! Aur humare gird tab tak gardish karte rehte hain jab tak hum unka jawab nahi de dete... Riddhima ko bhulana mushkil tha aur yahan reh kar yeh kabhi nahi ho sakta tha!! Yahan har yaad, har baat Riddhima ki hai, Yeh jagah! Ab meri nahi hai!!!"
"NewYork meri aur Shilpa ki, Humari duniya hai!! Wahan Riddhima kahin nahi hai, wahan ki har baat, har yaad, har ehsaas, wahan ka sab kuch Shilpa ka hai, Humara hai!!! Shilpa meri zindagii hai, mera pyaar hai, mera sab kuch hai!!! Wo saans ki tarah mere saath chalti hai aur dharkan ki tarah mujh mein dharakti hai!!! Lekin Riddhima mere liye kya hai??? Yeh mein kisi ko samjha nahi sakta!!!"
"Yahan kuch waqt ke liye saansein li jasakti hai!! Lekin... Humesha ke liye jeeya nahi ja sakta!! Life mere liye humesha se he unpredictable rahi hai!!! Agar Shilpa meri kismat thi to Riddhiam meri zindagii mein kyun i??? Iss sawal ka jawab ajj tak nahi dhoond saka mein... Riddhima se nafrat karna mere buss mein nahi hai, Yeh sach hai ke Ab Shilpa ke agay mujhe aur kuch dikhta bhi nahi hai, lekin yeh zindagii hai! Mujhe khud pe aur apne rishte pe poora bharosa hai Lekin iss zindagii pe nahi...Ab ghalti se bhi kisi ghalti ko hone ka mauqa nahi de sakta!! Aur jo apni duniya nahi hoti...Wahan ghaltiyaan zaroor hoti hain!!" His lips didn't move but his thoughts echoed in the surrounding...
"Yeh humari duniya nahi hai!! Aur hum yahan humesha ke liye nahi reh sakte!!" His closed his eyes as the sunset finally took away all the pending answers with it...
"Armaan!!!!" He smiled as he heard her magical voice which always has the audicity to drag his heart out from anywhere towards her...
"Yahan akele kyun bethe ho???" She kept her plams on her shoulders...
"Time Pass!!!" He winked at her tilting his head back...
"Very Funny!!!" She made a face... "Utho!! jao aur ja ke nahao!!" She pulled him back towards herself...
"Tum company do naa!!" He teased her...
"Dhaka na dedun yahan se??" She snapped back...
"Tumhara he nuksaan hai!!!nakhre kaun uthae gaa phir tumhare??" He chuckled...
"Tumhara Bhoot!!" She smacked on his shoulder and dragged him inside...
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"Armaan!!!" Riddhima knocked the door of his room...
"Yup!!!" He smiled at her as he stepped out of the bathroom and found her on the door...
"Mujhe tumse kuch kaam hai!!!" She came inside and looked all around to see if Shilpa was there or not...
"Kya??" He asked while throwing the towel away on the bed...
"Shilpa kahan hai??" She asked first...
"Neeche hogi!!" He raised his shoulders... "Kyun??? kya hua??" He asked while brushing his hairs...
"Mujhe ek favour chahiye tumse..." She pressed her lips together looking at him with hopeful eyes...
"Favour??? wo bhi mujhse???" He passed a confused look while looking at her...
"Wo... kal mera aur Shilpa ka Birthday hai!!!" Riddhima bit her lower lip...
"Aur tum usse sab se pehle wish karna chahti ho!!!" He completed her sentence with a light smile on his face...
"Yeah!!!" She rolled her tongue inside...
"Wo wahan sid se yehi baat karne gai hai, aur yeh yahan mujhse..." He shook his head at the two...
"Theek hai!! I'll keep quiet till tomorrow morning!!!" He agreed...
"Thank you!!" She blinked her eyes at him and ran out...
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"Your chocolates!!" He handed over a packet of chocolates to her while falling down on the bed...
"Thank you!!" She almost jumped up and quickly grabbing the packet from his hands opened it immediately...
"Yeh to mixed hain!!" She complaint with a grumpy look...
"Haan to... tumne sirf chocolate kaha tha aur mobile yahin reh gaya tha so mein mixed le aya, jo pasand aye kha lo..." He tried to justify himself...
"Aur bhi kuch mangwaya tha tumse... wo kahan hai??" She asked while checking his pockets...
"Shilpa!! Tumhe nahi lagta, tumhe thodi deir araam karna chaiye??? That would be really awesome!!!" He gave her a tired look...
"Tumhe neend a rahi hai...tum so jao..." He took out a small paper bag from his pocket and moved out of the bed...
"Koi value he nahi hai meri..." he pouted as she walked out of the room, then grabbing a pillow pulled it over his face and closed his eyes...
After 12 the Birthday Night was of the two sisters where they not only wished eachother Birthday but also cutted the cake which Riddhima made with her own hands... It was an emotional moment when Padma joined the two and gifted them a photograph where Padma was holding the two new borns in her arms in the hospital... It was an old picture but was a priceless gift...
Shilpa hugged Padma with tears in her eyes not been able to control her feelings anymore... This was the best thing she could wish for on her Birthday...
"Thank you maa!!" Riddhima too hugged padma while wiping away her tears...
"Arre tum itna kyun ro rahi ho???" Padma and Riddhima both looked at Shilpa who was still crying...
"Poori zindagii mein, pehli baar aisa hua hai ke mein apne Birthday pe app ke saath hun, app ke paas hun..." She some how managed to say in a low voice...
"To ajj jab hum sab saath hain, har taraf itni khushiyaan hain to phir... yeh ansoon nahi ane chahiye naa..." Riddhima wiped away Shilpa's tears with a light smile on her face...
"Thank You!!" Armaan winked looking up at the sky with a light smile on his face... He was standing at the corner looking at the three and then shaking his head moved back to his room...
"Ab tumhe thoda sa tung karna to banta hai biwi!!!" He smirked while closing the light of his bedroom...
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Late Night at about 2, Shilpa came back to her room only to find it all dark and Armaan sleeping peacefully... She lie down next to him making noices expecting him to wake up and wish her... He opened his eyes slowly which made her smile and then said... "Kya kar rahi ho??? so jao!!" Saying so he again closed hie eyes making her jaw dropped down...
"so jao???" She gritten her teeth...
"Urghhh!!! bhar mein jao!!" Making a face she turned the opposite side... Several minutes passed by and still she was unable to sleep...Instead her anger grew more and more on him...
"Urghhh!!! neend bhi nahi arahi..." Getting irritated, she put her ego aside and grabbing his one arm pulled it over her waist...
"Uhhh..." He made a sleepy sound and pulled away his arm from her...
"Arghhh!!!" She hit him with her elbow only to see him turning his side opposite...
"Bhar mein jao!!!" She pouted and went out of the bed towards the balcony... Opening the door, she went out only to feel something soft under her bare feet... She closed her eyes as she inhaled the fragrance of roses, Anger flushed away and a light smile came on her lips...
"Happy Birthday!!" She heard his whisper in her ear...
"Hmmm to itna natak kyun??" She asked as he wrapped his arms around her waist from the back...
"Tumhare wo jo face expressions thai na... they were just mindblowing!!" He smiled nuzzling her neck..
"Face expressions huh???" She hit her elbow against his chest lightly...
"Aur mera gift???" She demanded as she turned to face him...
"Gift ka kya karo gii tum??? Banda khud hazir hai apki khidmat mein!!" He chuckled...
"Shut up!!" She hit him playfully as he wrapped her in his arms...
"Chalo... gift iss baar marzi ka... jese chaho mujhe loot lo!!" He teased her...
"Soch lo!!! Kisi bhi tarah loot sakti hun!!" She gave him a cocky smile...
"Haan soch liya!!! Ab so jaein???" He smiled kissing her forehead...
"Hehehehe!!! Chalo.." She giggled as he took her inside...
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Riddhima shivered with his cold touch around her waist... The whole room was decorated with candles and orchits especially for her...
"Sid!! Yeh sab??" She felt shortage of words seeing this unconditional love from his side...
"Yeh sab!!! Sirf tumhare liye!!" He smiled and placed a soft kiss on her cheek which she felt like as if he has touched her soul... Tonight something was changing... Just even a light touch from him was making her body respond... He looked in her eyes only to see a drop of tear...
"Tumhare ansoon mujhe kabhi ache nahi lagte... phir chahe wo kisi bhi wajah se hon..." He kissed her eyes with love with weaken...
Tonight! she was not confused... she was al sorted out and clear what she need, what she wants and where she belongs...
"Thank you Sid!! For always being there with me!!" She hugged him tightly with a smile making a new move towards her new life...
"Oh Hello!!" He clicked his finger as soon as he entered in his room... "Biwi!! Dimagh set hai???" He ran upto her as he saw her standing on the stool trying to take out a bag...
"Chilla kyun rahe ho??? i am fine!!" She raised her eyebrows as he picked her up from the stool and put her down...
"Itna kya zaroori tha nikalna jo tum do minute wait nahi kar sakti thi mera???" He scolded her...
"Arre gussa kyun kar rahe ho??? its ok naa..." She argued which made him more angry...
"Its ok??? Tum achi tarah se jaanti ho ke tumhari condition kya hai??? kab chakkar kha ke gir paro, kab tabeat kharab hojaye kuch pata nahi hota Aur usske oopar se tum yahan stool pe charh ke mujhse keh rahi ho its ok!!!" He yelled at her...
"Tum mere Birthday walay dinn mujhpe gussa kar rahe ho??" She blackmailed him...
"Tum apne Birthday walay dinn hospital pohunchne ki tayyari kar rahi ho???" He snapped back in the same tone...
"Lo... hogaya jhagra!!" Anjali and Muskaan shook her heads as they were passing by and heard them shouting at eachother..
"Acha sorry naa!!!" She giggled at his reaction... "Hum shopping pe jaane walay thai shayad???" She reminded him..
"Hmmm shopping pe jana hai??? Inn harkaton ke saath??" he folded his arms against his chest...
"Arre???" She huffed...
"Ek shart pe..." He put forward his condition...
"Haan mujhe pata hai, pehle dawa lun, juice lun, phir 10 minute araam karun phir le ke chalo gay!!" She already knew what was coming up...
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"Armaan!!" Shilpa handed him a mug of cold coffee sitting down next to him on the sofa where he was blowing balloons...
"Thank you!!" He smiled pressing his lips together and took a sip...
"Ab yeh pee ke jaldi se fresh hojao... aur phir chalo.." She said while resting her back on the sofa...
"Tumhe leyna kya hai??? humare pass wese bhi jagah nahi hai aur kuch bhi rakhne ki, jo luggage hai usspe bhi penalty lagay gii..." He warned her about the shopping...
"haan haan pata hai... jaldi piyo!!" She said while playing with his car keys...
"Tum adhe ghante pehel tum log larr rahe thai naa???" Anjali narrowed her eyes as she saw them talking...
"To???" Shilpa raised her shoulder...
"To???? itni jaldi sab sort out hogaya???" She raised her eyebrow...
"Oye!!! tum logon ki tarah nahi chalte humare pange..." He frowned at Anjali...
"Tumhara kya kehne ka matlab hai??? hum log saara waqt larte rehte hain??" Anjali smacked him on his shoulder...
"Hahahahahahaha!!" Shilpa laughed as he made a face while rubbing his shoulder...
"Dii!!" Riddhima came up with a tray of lemonade glasses and served one to Anjali...
"Thank you!!" Anjali smiled at her...
"Mer taraf se bhi!!" Abhi said while taking a glass from her...
"Baaki sab kahan hai??" Riddhima asked...
"Wo jhagar lein thoda... phir a jaeinge!!" Abhi laughed...
"Aag to tumhi ne lagai thi naa???" Muskaan came inside while glaring at Abhi and soon everyone was there with discussion that who is the dominating one at home...
"Jee nahi!! tum sab ladkiyaan dominating ho apne apne ghar mein!!" Rahul passed his statement...
"Tum to kuch hohe nahi jese... tumhari to kahin chalti he nahi haina???" Muskaan argued...
"Aur hum sirf ghar ko control karti hain, dominate nahi karti!!!" Riddhima raised her point...
"Lo... control karti hain, dominate nahi karti!!" Sid started laughing on that soon to be joined by Abhi and Rahul...
"Shopping!!!!" Shilpa nudged Armaan...
"Haan!!!" He nodded and got up saying... "Acha bhae continue... mein ata hun zara!!"
"Yeh hai dominating personality jo uth ke ja rahi hai!!" Nikki pulled him down again...
"Mein dominating hun???" He looked at everyone with widen eyes...
"To??? Uss dinn poll nahi khuli thi tumhari??" Muskaan raised her eyebrow...
"Rubbish!!" He rolled his eyes...
"Achaw!! Ab apni baat i to rubbish??" Riddhima scowled...
"Khair!! yeh aur dominating??? huh!!" Sid hissed..
"Pooch lo apni behn se... mein dominating hoon???" He looked at Shilpa who was giggling the whole time...
"Yaar dominate koi nahi karta humare yahan... " Shilpa confessed...
"Haan bilkul!! saath betha haina, isiliye!!" Nikki gave a cocky smile...
"Kya matlab hai??? meine gun point pe liya hua hai usse??" Armaan pouted...
"Khair, tum dominating nahi ho... yeh baat to yahan koi nahi maane gaa!!" Anjali Titter..
"Hahahahahahahahaha!!!" Shilpa laughed out loudly...
"Tumhe bohat hassi arahi hai??" He made a face...
"Tum logon ko kyun lagta hai ke mein dominating hun???" Armaan asked...
"Jis hisaab se tumhare orders chalte hain... yehi lagta hai..." Nikki bit her lower lip...
"Dekho... har kisi ki apne part pe responsibility hoti hai, mein jis tarah ke environment mein palli barhi hun, meine jab jab jo jo demand kiya hai, i just got it in my plate... Mujhe kisi bhi cheez ke saath adjust karne mein bohat time lagta hai... Aur mein honestly keh rahi hun... i have given him a hard time..." Shilpa was in a mood to say something...
"Kya khilaya hai??? full favour mein bol rahi hai tumhare... Yahan to... kabhi na bole koi.." Abhi teased Nikki...
"You!!!" She stood up to teach Abhi a lesson and ran out after him...
"Hahahahahahaha!!! Acha chalo..." Armaan laughed and then asked Shilpa to get up...
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Riddhima and Shilpa's birthday Party was on its full swing... It was fun to celebrate like this, all the gifts, cards everything was so good...
"Yeh bhi Zindagii hai!! Meine kab socha tha ke apni zindagii ke itne saal iss tarah guzaarne ke baad ek aise shaks se milungi jo meri zindagii badal dega... Wo jo mera sab se zyaada apna hoga, jiska wojood, jiska naam mujhe poora karega.. meri zindagii mein jo rung nahi thai wo... wo rung bhi bhar dega..."
"Shilpa Malhotra... ek aisi ladki jiski zindagii mein uske papa ke siwa kuch nahi tha, koi rishta nahi, koi poochne wala nahi... Ek aisi ladki jis ke dill mein hazar khwahishein daba karti thi... jo samjhota karna nahi jaanti thi, rishte naate kya hote hain?? kuch nahi jaanti thi... "
"Armaan Mallik!! kahan se aya?? kyun aya kuch nahi pata... Wo aisa pehla shaks tha jisne mujhse mujhe milwaya, Kab ussne meri zindagii par apna naam likh diya, mujhe pata he nahi chala.. Aur ajj jab mein Shilpa Armaan Mallik hun, to mere pass wo sab hai jiski meine kabhi kalpana ki thi... Ajj mujhe pata hai ke rishte kya hote hain, zindagii kya hoti hai... Shilpa Malhotra kabhi itna mukamal nahi laga jitna Shilpa Armaan Mallik lagta hai!!"
"Kya hua???" She came out of her thought as she heard him next to her...
"Kuch nahi!!!" She smiled resting her head on his chest...
"Ahan!!! Aur yeh kis liye???" He smiled wrapping his arms around her...
"I Love You!!" She whispered in his ear...
"I Love You too!!" He kissed her forehead will love and then said... "Wese meine socha to bohat kuch tha tumhare iss birthday ke liye... lekin yeh paltan!!!" He shook his head...
"Yeh mera best Birthday tha!!! Aur yeh sab sirf tumhari wajah se isliye ajj mujhe isse zyaada kuch nahi chahiye..." She smiled placing a light kiss on his cheek...
"Happy Birthday!!!" He wished her once again and slipped a ring in her finger which he saw her staring at the mall...
"Tumhe kese???" She looked at him with shocked expressions...
"Tumhari nazrein pehchanta hun mein!!" He smiled taking her hands in his...
The Next Morning, everyone was set to leave back for Mumbai...
"Arre sab seedha gaye hain!!! Tum kahan morr rahe ho???" She passed a confused look to him as he was taking totally a different route...
"Kidnapp kar raha hun tumhe..." He joked...
"Armaan..." She whined...
"Arre baba wait naa..." He asked her to be patient and soon stopped his car...
"Yeh to..." Her eyes stopped at the view and mouth hung up...
"Tum sach mein mujhe yahan le kar aye ho???" She asked with widen eyes...
"Ofcourse!!! NewYork ja ke taane thodi sunne thai mujhe...Meine kabhi jungle nahi dekha!!" He mimicked...
"Mera mazak uraa rahe ho??" She glared at him...
"Meri itni jurrat???" He said dramatically and then taking her hand started walking inside...
They both kept on walking and talking to eachother about several things, their life, their work, their baby...
"O..o!!" Armaan stopped as he saw the black clouds..."Chalo... Baarish shuru hojayegi warna..."
"Aur mein baarish chor dungi???" She raised her eyebrow...
"Aur mein tumhe chor dunga???" He smirked...
"Huh???" She frowned at him for a second and then suddenly her expressions changed as the water drops started falling on her... The rain drops touched her softly sending her to the past where she met Armaan for the first time and fall inside the well...
"Tum aj bhi bilkul bachi ho!!" He smiled seeing her dancing in the rain...
"Ek aam se pal ko khass banne mein bilkul bhi waqt nahi lagta naa??" She walked up to him...
"Usse aur khass banane mein waqt zaaya nahi karna chahiye..." He pulled her closer by her waist and before she could react, placed his lips on her giving her a soft kiss and conveying her all the love that moment holds...
Responding back equally, she match his rythem digging her fingers in his hairs only to make him go crazy and more passionate...
"Love me like Rain!!!" She whispered as they drifted apart getting breathless...
"Always!!" He wrapped his arms around her pulling her in himself...
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There are many words to dim the eye...
But the saddest word ever said is GoodBye!
"Jab yahan i thi... pata nahi tha ke wapas jana itna mushkil lagay gaa, par yahan e jo le kar ja rahi hun... uska koi mol nahi hai!!"
Shilpa hugged Padma tightly feeling the warmth and love which was now her right! Anjali, Riddhima, Shashank... Everyone has tears in their eyes as they were standing at the AirPort to say a Final Good Bye!!
"Meine jo tumse kaha, tumne zara bhi gaur nahi kiya naa usspe??" Nikki questioned Armaan...
"Har kisi ko apni duniya mein khush rehne ka aur jeene ka poora haqq hai!! Aur yeh duniya, ab meri nahi hai!!" He answered her back...
"Meri duniya wo hai!!" She pointed at Shilpa who was now laughing over something along with Padma...
"Dude!! Ab to chakkar lagta rahe gaa yahan ka!!" Sid smiled as he hugged Armaan...
"Sirf mera he kyun?? Apne bhi to chakkar barhao!!" He teased him...
"Kyun nahi?? Bilkul!!! Tu ja aur dekh mein kitni jaldi chakkar lagata hun!!" Sid smiled back at him...
"Flight ka time hogaya hai!!! Chalein???" He asked Shilpa after giving a final hug to everyone...
"Chalo!!" This time there were no tears in her eyes, instead they were sparkling... Taking everyones good wishes and blessings, they both walked inside waving their hands back...
"Feeling ok???" He asked as they sat down in the plane...
"Hmmm..." She pressed her lips together taking a deep breath...
"Tumhara saath liye yahan i thi, aur bohat kuch paaya yahan... Aur ajj tumhara haath thaame wapas laut rahi hun!! Kya yeh wajah khush hone ke liye kum hai???" She said resting her head on his shoulder...
"Yeh bhi kum nahi hai, ke ajj door ho kar bhi sab tumhare pass hain!!" He smiled kissing her forehead and kept her palm on his heart...
"This is it!! My Dream, My World Everything!!! It was always about me and my life!! And today i know... My Life is My Wife!!"
The End
Just when Riddhima married Sid, an idea came in my mind how about Armaan's re entry with Shilpa... The idea keep on developing in my mind and i always use to think people will bombard me for this stupit idea of bringing another girl for Armaan but then Shilpa actually came back in DMG as Shilpa!! And i was like wow!! Now i think i can write something...
Then my little sister was in a mood to write something and was not getting a proper plot for that, i suggested her this and she started then end up leaving it on me again...
Well, This is One of my favourate ff!! I enjoyed writing it alot and will always miss it!!
I don't know if i will write an epilogue or will come up with a season 2 someday that will surely be based on their NewYork life... I have many ideas stored up for that, lets see what i will do and what time and studies will allow me to...
Till now it was an awesome journey with you all... I loved each and every comment from your side!!
Thank You all the readers and silent readers for reading and appreciating this ff...
So, This is it!! I hope i will get fair comments this time atleast...
Love,
Sameera
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