~~~ Part 11 ~~~
The next day...
The next day goes as per normal. Riddhima gets up early to go to the hospital. Everyone greets her with the usual warmth. The day passes by quickly. Though, sometime in the evening, Riddhima gets this new cute bespectacled patient - Dhairya {played by tt cute hari puttar boy in paanchvi paas}.
He comes in holding his mother's hand. Riddhima greets him and his mother, smiling. Dhairya, who was earlier tensed and scared, smiles in return, when he sees Riddhima's kind and caring face.
{Riddhima >>> Ridz, Dhairya >>> D, Dhairya's mom >>> DM}
Ridz: Good afternoon. Main hoon Dr Riddhima.
DM: Namastey Dr Riddhima.
D: Hi Dr Aunty.
Ridz (smiling warmly at him): Hi beta. Aapka naam kya hai?
D: Dhairya.
Ridz: Accha naam hai.
D: Thank you Dr Aunty.
Ridz (turning to Dhairya's mom): Ji, aap boliye ki aapke bete ko kya hua hai?
DM: Aapko kaise pata ki main apne bete ke liye hi yahaan aayi hoon?
Ridz: Main aapke chehre pe pareshaani saaf dekh sakti hoon. Agar aapke sehat ki baat hoti, toh aap itna pareshaan nahin hoti. Koi bhi maa, apne aap se zyada apne bacchon ke liye chintit hoti rehti hai.
DM: Ji. Aapne sahi kaha. Main Dhairya ke liye hi pareshaan hoon.
Ridz: Ji, boliye kya problem hai.
DM: Problem yeh hai ki Dhairya kuch khata hi nahin. I mean, jo kuch bhi woh khata hai, usse ulti (vomit) mein nikaal deta hai. Saadi-si daal roti ke liye bhi aisa karta hai. Thoda sa paani peene ke baad bhi ulti karta hai. Pet mein kuch khazam hi nahin hota, phir bhi, aksar kehta hai ki woh bhookhi hai.
Ridz: Oh, I see. Aur kuch problem toh nahin hai na? Jaise ki, pet mein bohot dard hona.
DM: Haan. Uske pet mein dard pichle teen-chaar dino se tha, lekin mujhe laga ki maamooli sa dard hai. Lekin, kal jab usko khaane ke baad ulti hone lagi, aur aaj bhi yeh hua, toh main use yahaan le aayi.
Ridz: Aapne bilkul theek kiya. Mujhe kuch andaaza hai ki Dhairya ko kya hua hai, lekin confirm karne ke liye, mujhe usko zaraa sa examine karna padhega.
After Riddhima examines him...
{one thing to tell u guyys...i'm no science student...i'm in the arts stream, so, if i make any mistake when writing abt medical stuff like this, then plz forgive me... and, this illness of dhairya is gonna be smth like appendicitis... i dunno if it exactly is, or is smth different...the same problem happened to my baby bro...when he was 2, and he had to go for an operation... so tt's why he has a scar on his stomach...tt poor little cute baby bro of mine... oohhh... he was really cute as a kid...even cuter than me... if anyone wants to see the pics, then be sure to PM me...hehe...anyways...yeah, after tt operation, he was much better... but, now, at the age of 13...he's such a brat... still cute, or as so my friends find him, coz like non of them have brothers, only sisters, or they are the only-child...he irritates me everyday, but, i still love him, coz of course, he is my bro... anyways...moving back to the story, before i forget what i was planning to write...}
Ridz: Aapke bete ko appendicitis hai.
DM: Ji, yeh appendicitis kya hota hai?
Riddhima explains to Dhairya's mother that appendicitis really is, and when she gets scared, Ridz ensures her that nothing will happen to her child - Dhairya will be perfectly fine. Riddhima's confidence calms down Dhairya's mother, and she, taking Riddhima's advice, trusts in the doctors and decides to admit Dhairya to the hospital immediately, to have his operation done. Riddhima goes with Dhairya's mother to admit him, and makes Dhairya lie down on the hospital bed, patting his head. Dhairya's mother sits down beside his hospital bed, as Riddhima gets the anaesthetist to give him an injection so that he goes to sleep, and then the operation, which will better if done as soon as possible, can be done faster.
{like i said...i dunno if the hospitals work like this...so if i make a mistake plz forgive me}
While taking the injection, Dhairya gets scared, and wants his mother to be with him, but as she is filling up some more forms, Riddhima stays with him, assuring him. As Dhairya holds Riddhima's hands while getting the injection from the anaesthetist, the his mother comes in, and smiles seeing Dhairya and Riddhima. Before she leaves, Riddhima talks to Dhairya some more.
Ridz: Vaise Dhairya, main tumse ek baat poochoon?
D: Haan, zaroor Dr Aunty.
Ridz: Tum itne chote ho, aur tumhare pet mein itna dard ho raha hai. Tumne abhi tak ek aasoon nahin nikaala.
D: Nahin. Meri mummy aur papa ki kehte hain ki bade bacche nahin rotey. Aur main toh big boy hoon, na?
Riddhima smiles at Dhairya's innocent answer, and ruffles his hair. As she turns to leave, Dhairya's mother stops her, leaving something to ponder over.
DM: Dr Riddhima.
Ridz (turning back): Haan ji...?
DM: Aap bacchon se bohot pyaar karti hai na?
Ridz: Haan. Bacche hi aise hote hain. Bohot pyaare. Jaise ki aapka beta.
DM: Thanks.
Ridz: Vaise, aapne kyun poocha?
DM: Bas, aise hi. Kyunki aap pehli woh pehli doctor hain jisse Dhairya ne khulke baat ki. Varna woh doctors se darta rehta hai.
Ridz: Don't worry. Aksar sab chote bacche doctors se darte hain.
DM: Haan, yeh toh pata hai. Lekin main yeh kehna nahin chahti thi. Mere kehne ka matlab yeh tha ki, jis tarah se aapne Dhairya se baat ki, usse examine kiya, vagerah-vagerah (etc.-etc.); aur pehle bhi aapke jab hum aapse milne aaye the, aapne meri pareshaani ki vajah jhat se dhoondh nikaali, main aapko bataa sakti hoon, ki jab aap maa banegi na, toh aap duniya ki sabse acch maa hongi.
Ridz (blushing): Ji, shukriya.
Riddhima then leaves from the room where Dhairya is, pondering over what his mother has just said.
Meanwhile...
Armaan is shown in the cricket field, playing the last of the matches - the finals. His team wins the toss, and being the captain of the team, he choses to bowl first. In the 20-20 over match, his team bowls quite well, giving the opposing team only about 5 extras. The opposing team, batting first, makes 146 runs.
Armaan is worried, because during half time, one of his team's best players suddenly gets really bad leg cramps and so cannot play. The substitute player is called, but not being as good as the other players, Armaan is worried for him, and his team. Plus, Armaan's team players are more bowlers than batsmen.
Soon, half-time is over, and the game resumes. The match soon progresses forward, going quite smoothly, with the other players hitting well. There a few sixes here, and another few fours there, and Armaan's team does manage to catch up with their opponent. Armaan's team score is 140, and they have 7 runs to make in 3 balls. Armaan is quite confident that he will win this match.
However, during the third-last ball, a player gets bowled out, and the substitute player is called. The substitute player, too gets out, but by his own mistake whereby he is run-out. Now, Armaan groans, and is really scared of winning the match - meaning, he badly wants to, but is not sure he will.
So looks up to the sky, asking God to give him some confidence, and help him play well and win the match. He closes his eyes, too, for a while, and when he opens them and looks back at the ground, he sees Riddhima sitting at the stands, beside Kritikaa, watching him. He looks up again, thanking God for sending Riddhima there, to have her watching his match finals.
Besides taking God's name, Armaan also takes Riddhima's name. Then, thinking in his mind that this is one way he can really impress Riddhima, by batting well, and helping his team win, or even is he does not win, show her that he is so good at something; he finally hits the ball that his bowled at him by the opposing team's bowler.
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