"Ridhima?" He shook her slightly, "Ridhima?...Ridhima aankhein kholo, please...Ridhima?" He said, his voice getting louder by each passing second.
"NURSE? SOMEONE HELP!" Armaan shouted,as he held her securely in his arms.
"yes sir..sir what happened?" One of the nurses asked.
"get a stretcher quickly" Armaan said as he felt Ridhma's pulse.
It was very weak..
"Yes sir" The nurse said and ran from there in search of a stretcher.
"C'mon Ridhima, wake up yaar" Armaan whispered, he could feel the tears prickling at the end of his eyes.
"ARMAAN?..YEH RIDHIMA KO KYA HUA?"
Armaan looked up to see Anjali running towards them, with a shocked expression on her face.
"Ridzi?...Ridzi, utho, please...oh god, yeh kya hua isse Armaan?" Anjali asked, as she kneeled down next to Armaan holding Ridhima's hand.
"I don't know, she fainted...has she had anything to eat?" Armaan asked.
"I am not sure" Anjali said helplessly, "have you checked her pulse?"
"yeah, very weak...where is the stretcher?" Armaan asked frustrated.
He saw the nurse running with the stretcher with the help of a few wardboys.
Armaan quickly got up with Ridhima securely in his arms, and gently put her on the stretcher.
Putting his hand on the stretcher, he ran along with it, all the while praying Ridhima would be aright.
She tried opening her mouth to make some noise, but her lips and her throat were completely dry.
Swallowing she tried clearing her throat...she could fee someone holding onto her hand.
Slowly opening her eyes, she was momentarily blinded by the light. She closed them again.
Groaning, she opened her mouth, and licked her lips.
how long have I been out for?" She wondered
"Ridzi?" A voice asked from next to her...she guessed it was the person holding her hand.
She couldn't say anything, groaning, again, she slowly opened her eyes and let her eyes slowly focus.
She saw Anjali sitting next to her with a worried expression on her face, and he rest of her intern group standing behind her.
She saw Atul standing behind Anjali, with a hand on her shoulder...she saw Rahul standing next to him, his hand in his pockets....she saw Muskaan standing next to him, fiddling with her dupatta...and finally her eyes rested on Armaan, who was leaning against the wall, looking straight at her.
She smiled at them slightly, and turned back to Anjali.
"tune to humein darra diya tha Ridzi!..kuch bhi nahi khaya kal se?...what the hell Ridz, you have to take care of yourself!" Anjali scolded.
Ridhima sighed, and squeezed her hand slightly,
"I am sorry" Ridhima's voice was a bit hoarse.
"you should be!" Anjali said, frowning and crossing her arms over her chest.
Ridhima smiled slightly and put one hand on her ear.
"sorry di...aage se pakka mein apna khayaal rakhungi"
Anjali took one look at Ridhima and all her anger melted away...coming closer to her she gave Ridhima a tight hug.
"please don't scare us again like this" Anjali whispered in her ear. Ridhima could only nod.
"are you feeling better Dr Ridhima?"
Ridhima looked up and saw Dr. Keerti standing there at the door.
Ridhima immediately swallowed hard and prepared herself for a lecture.
"do you know how careless you were, by not eatiing?...your iron is already dangerously low and by not eating you were just being completely careless!...also I have noticed that you have not been taking your iron tablets for a long time...Dr. Ridhima as a doctor you should know how important it is to keep your iron levels normal!" Dr. Keerti shouted, shaking her head.
Ridhima looked down in shame as she felt Anjali's glare.
"I am sorry ma'am" Ridhima said softly
"interns!...aap logon ki duty hain ya nahin?...please get back to duty this instant!" Dr. Keerti said, before storming out of the room.
"chal yaa humein chalna chahiye...warna hitler aur gussa ho jayegi" Atul said.
"Take care Ridhima" Atul said as he patted her on the back.
"yeah, take care Riddhima" Rahul said, giving her a smile.
"please yaar take care of yourself ridz" Muskaan said, as she gave her a hug.
"bye Ridzi" Anjali said, before giving her a tight hug.
Ridhima said a soft bye, and then her eyes fell on Armaan who had still not moved from his position.
This was her chance to apologise...she opened her mouth to speak, but was cut off by Anjali
"chalein Armaan?" Anjali asked as she stopped near the door.
"huh?...y-yeah" Armaan said.
"bye Ridhima...take care" Armaan said softly and took a last look at her before leaving.
Ridhima sighed and laid back on the bed
She will just have to wait a bit longer to talk to Armaan in private
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