Part 7
"waiting for riddhima?…" he heard someone on the other side…
Armaan drove as fast as he can to rahul's house. Getting out of the car without even locking it he ran towards his apartment. Without waiting for the lift he took the stairs and stood in front of his apartment which was on the 12th floor and pressed the door bell waiting for him to open the door. Rahul opened the door after a good 10 minutes looking at him angrily.
"come on we have to find riddhima.. abhi kidnapped her, we have to find her and.." he stopped seeing the frustration and anger on rahul's face..
"what?"
"i was doing something important.." rahul said pointing at his book
"so.?"
"so..i don't like any interference…you know that don't you.."
"cut the crap ….how can you be so selfish. Riddhima is in danger and all you care about is this novel… Grow up man and come out of this fantasy world and start thinking about others too.." rahul didn't uttered a single word, just stared at him for a while and closed the door with a THUD on his face…
"hey bro..what's up.." rahul said calmly biting the apple as he walked towards him . He moved to the other side of the car and sat on the passenger car and waited for him to start the car. Armaan glared at him for a sec. ,sat in the car and started the engine . Armaan was driving looking straight but turned and looked at him when he heard him whistling and doing something with the bag.
"what took you so long..?" armaan asked controlling his temper as he knew that after hearing his reason for the delay he is bound to get mad at him.
"I was just packing the bag.." rahul said without even looking at him as he was still engross in his bag. Armaan applied breaks to the car causing the car to stop with a jerk at the middle of the road.
"rahul are you out of your mind. We have to rescue riddhima and you were busy packing this stupid bag.. we are not going to some sort of trip.. "
" I know where we are going but I love this bag.."
"so??…" armaan asked ..
"so what if this is our last day…what if we die today…what if this is our last ride…what if this is the last time we are looking at each other..what if… I just want to use this bag once before I die"
"shut up rahul we are not gonna die today and stop saying this, you are scaring me man…I am scared too but we can't leave her alone ..you know that" rahul nodded.... "but that doesn't mean I am not angry, you still haven't told me what are you carrying inside?.."
"oh nothing important just personal stuff." Rahul said holding the bag tightly avoiding armaan gaze..
"what personel stuff??" armaan asked but when he didn't replied armaan suspicion grew and now he was adamant to know what is inside the bag…
"show me rahul..i want to know what's more important than her life SHOW ME.." armaan yelled as he tried taking the bag from his grip…he caught hold of the bag after much pushing and pulling which resulted in tearing at some place and opening the zip of the bag looked at him angrily…the red color clearly visible on his face…
"personal stuff…you call this your personal stuff..ARGHHH…rahul…you know what I don't know about abhi but I am going to strangle you as soon as we get her back…I am gonna kill you today..you just wait and watch rahul…wait and watch…" armaan said as he threw the bag at rahul…
"you should thank me that I remembered taking all this and don't be so mad at me I know you are just pretending that you are angry but deep down you are thanking me for bringing this… it's for our own safety…"
"our safety??" armaan asked raising his eyebrow …
"yes armaan our safety.. it's very simple.. tell me do you know how to fight..??" armaan shook his head… "do I know how to fight.." armaan again shook his head… " so how are we gonna fight them and save riddhima if we can't save ourself…we need some stuff to fight them and that's why I had to bring all this.." rahul took the pepper spray from the bag., "one is for you and one for me…" he said showing the two bottles…keeping the bottles back in the bag he took out the novel from the bag and started reading from where he left off…
"but why are we carrying a novel…?."
"this novel..i started reading this and it's too good and the suspense is killing me. I had to bring it with me and don't worry I'll finish the novel by the time we'll reach there…I am a fast reader" rahul said complimenting himself with a grin as he looked into the novel… "btw armaan what does he want from her now…I mean he left her and even she doesn't want him in her life..then why?" rahul asked in between his reading while turning the page…
"abhi doesn't want anything from her..he wants us?"
"us.?" Rahul asked looking at him …
"yes us…remember how we stuffed his mouth with chilly powder when he came to my house.."
"so…?"
"so my dear dear friend he wants revenge and that's why he kidnapped her to get us and especially you.."
"me..?" rahul asked pointing the finger at himself…
" yes you coz you were the one stuffing his mouth that day and you even made fun of him more than I did..so he wants to see you… "
"but why did he kidnapped her, he wants revenge from us then why her?.. did he said anything ?."
"no rahul"
"did you asked him?.."
"yes rahul"
"and what did he say?"
"I don't know rahul"
"he must have said something..atleast kucch to bola hoga..even a yes or no"
"I don't know rahul..i lost my hearing sense when I heard that riddhima is kidnapped" armaan said sounding frustrated coz of his constant interrogation…
"then how come you are able to hear now..tell me??"
"I don't know rahul.."
"you don't know or you don't want to tell me…I know you know everything but you don't me to know what you know just coz if I got to know what you know which till now I don't know i'll be able to help you but since you don't want my help as you want to show everyone that you saved her all by yourself you are just pretending that you don't know which I truly believe that you know.."
"Enough Rahul..you open your useless mouth one more time and I swear I'll forget that you are my friend and I'll throw you out of the car..have I made myself clear or should I repeat?.." armaan glared as rahul tried to open his mouth. But looking at his face which showed madness, anger, frustration all visible on his face, he stopped his interrogation.
After 45 minutes of silence in the car Armaan and rahul reached the place where abhi had called them and waited outside for him to leave… after some time they saw him leaving the building and that's when they decided to enter the building…
Armaan got out of the car and waited for rahul to come out but when he didn't come out, armaan bend down and saw him still sitting in the car still engrossed in his novel…. "now what's wrong with you…you want me to send an invitation…"armaan was totally pissed off with rahul's behavior and wasn't leaving even an single chance to mock him..
"I am not coming with you…"
"why?.."
"coz I don't want to..you go and I'll join you later… I still have few pages to read and don't even try to force me..you know I won't get up.."
"fine… just give me the pepper spray I'll go alone..you coward…". Rahul opened the bag and taking out one spray from the bag handed it to him and engrossed himself in the novel as armaan entered the building..
Finishing his novel after a good 30 minutes rahul stretched his arms and looked out of the window but there was no sign of armaan , not even any sound…he took out his cellphone and dialed the number looking at the building through the window of the car..still getting no response he opened the car door and stepped out.. keeping the bag on his shoulder he entered the building making sure no one was watching him.. as soon as he entered the building, armaan came running out of the building from the backside with riddhima in his arms holding the pepper spray with the goons following them rubbing their eyes..
"catch them.." one said to the other as he threw water in his eyes…
"GIVE ME THE WATER" the other yelled while running…
"armaan..run faster they are right behind us…"riddhima said looking at the goons..
"riddhima I am running as fast as I can…you be ready with the spray.... spray when they are about to catch us.." riddhima nodded but gulped as she saw the knives in their hand..armaan reached the car and placing her in the passenger seat, he took the spray from riddhima and ran towards the driver seat.. Sitting in the driver's seat he started the engine but as he saw one of the bad guy coming towards them he rolled down the window and sprayed it on him and pushing him hard, drive out of the place with goons following them…after driving for few minutes he looked from the mirror and when he was sure no one is behind them he slowed the car a bit… still driving he turned and looked at riddhima who was looking straight..
"riddhima…are you okay?..." he asked but there was no response ..he repeated 2-3 times but no response… "riddhima…" he said snapping his fingers..
"huh.." riddhima said turning around … "are you saying something..?..." she asked..
"are you okay…?" armaan asked keeping his hand on her as he felt her trembling hands, in fact her whole body was shaking...riddhima looked down at their hands that were entangle with each other as tears dropped out from her eyes and landed on his hand..he stopped the car at the corner making sure no one was around and taking off the seat belt he turned and looked at her…
"hey…" armaan said holding her chin, making her look at him… "riddhima…why are you crying..everything is okay now…see we both are fine even the baby is fine then stop crying…you want our baby to be mad at us" armaan said pouting , wiping the tears from her cheeks making her smile a bit without realizing what he just said but it didn't went unnoticed by riddhima…riddhima looked at him intently and throwing her arms around him hugged him..
"it's always my fault armaan..it's always my fault.." riddhima said sobbing, holding his shirt …armaan held her tighter, rubbing her back to calm her down but the reality was that he was scared too..when he heard about abhi kidnapping riddhima , he felt that he had lost her today…forever… but when he saw her in that room safe and secure, he felt like he just got his life back…
"riddhima stop blaming yourself…it was never your fault and it will never be… abhi doesn't deserve you..".. "I do" he thought as a smile played on his lips… " he is a jerk , he doesn't know what he has lost. This time he has crossed his limits and I'll make sure he won't bother you again ever.." armaan said holding her more tightly never letting her go away from him…
"no armaan…you both are having so much trouble coz of me ..if I hadn't entered your life all this wouldn't had taken place.."
"both?" he asked himself.. "is there anyone else in her life. how come I never knew about it..but I haven't seen her taking about other person..Can he be from her past but what If he is a she.?… why am I getting jealous??…it's not that her life is surrounded around me..there must be so many other people beside me, I mean her parents, her friends….i should have asked her before falling in love with her… should I ask her? but asking right now…is it correct?…but one day or the other I'll have too. i can't just sit and believe that there is no one when there is someone other than me...i think I should ask her" he was still in his thoughts and didn't knew himself when his mouth opened… "riddhima both..??..." he asked keeping his finger crossed not wanting to hear that there is someone else too..
"I mean you and rahul…" riddhima whispered still hugging him as armaan opened his crossed fingers…
" rahul…..this means she likes rahul …..i told him don't use filmy dialogue ... what if she starts liking you??.but no....main tumhe apne tan, man, dhan se chahta hoon… and what was he saying.. yeh filmy dialogue hai…tried and tested …. Rahul why did you do this to me?...you knew from the start that I love her and still….that's it ..you are not my best friend anymore…aaj se teri meri dosti khatam...but where the hell are you right now..i told you to wait and ….rahul?..." he gulped and looked at the back seat ,there was no sign of rahul..even his bag was missing and that's when the realization took place….
"rahul is not in the car..this means ..oh god how can I forget.. I have to go back now but I can't take her with me and I can't tell also..she is already so scared and if I told her that I left him there..no no no…I am sorry rahul ho sake to mujhe maaf kar dena…" he thought still trying to figure out what to do and how to get back but all his senses came to a dead end when he saw him going past him, sitting behind someone on a motorbike with the guys chasing him on a jeep….
End of part 7
wohoo i finally updated ..i am very sorry for taking soo long ..soimething or the other kept coming up. this part was suppose to be updated last week but i lost the few pages that i wote co of my own foolishness and i had to re-type few pages again.. and believe me typing the same thing again is soo boring ..
not up to the mark part i know but still i hope you enjoyed even a slight bit bhi chalega 😳...
ps: this ff coming to an end in 2-3 parts...
next part -the confession coming up...
loads of love...
Mel..
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