...PART 14...
Armaan entered the long corridor, quickening his pace he walked from his room to the other end of the corridor. He stood in front of a closed wooden door; he stood there unable to think what to do. He thought for while and knocked on the door, he waited for a reply from the other end but he couldn't hear anything. He took a step back when he heard his father's rough voice speaking up
KD – Come in… slowly Armaan turned the knob of the wooden door and entered into a large room. KD lifts his head to see who it was Oh Armaan tum... He gave him a smile and went back to the files which were lying on his lap
Armaan – Hi Dad he replied with hesitation but KD just nodded without even taking a glance at him
KD – kaho kya baat hai..?
Armaan – woh... urm Abhi Bhaiya ka phone aaya tha KD's head turned toward him as soon as Abhi's name being mentioned aur urm... Mr. Dalmia ka project unhe diya gaya hai…
KD –KYA? He immediately stood up and Armaan instantly stepped backward I knew it... I knew he will do it one day... He spoke plesantly after a while Abhi ne akhir kar ke dikhaya... woh yeh project bohot saal se chaha tha aur jab maine kaha ki usse yeh project nahi kar sakta woh mujhe aur usne ek vada kiya tha... KD continued to speak, but his tone and facial expressions were dreamy as he went back to the past recollecting old memories aaj woh yeh bhi prove kiya ki woh mera beta... KD Mallik ka... He broke away from his thought and looked at Armaan aur kya kya bataya
Armaan – well dad this is all he told me... magar woh jaldi ghar aayega tha usse puchna...
KD – he nodded agreeing with Armaan Armaan he spoke bit sternly Armaan got bit worried but when he made eye contact with KD he noticed his dad was smiling ab mujhe tumhara success dekhna hai... Now you should promise me… he opened his arms wide and gestured Armaan to come, Armaan instantly do as he said taking full advantage of the time. Armaan had a huge smile across his face seen the complete different side of his dad
Armaan – of course dad, he said getting comfortable dad I promise you I will one day make you proud aur waise bhi main bhi apne dad ka beta hoon..
KD – magar abhi toh tu nahi karta... He said patting him on the back, Armaan got confused on what KD was on about Tu toh Sanjeevani jararaha hai na...
Armaan – breaking away from the hug, sighing Dad... Please...
KD – its ok… he said before Armaan could finish his line, KD sat back on his chair and headed to his paper work, Armaan let out a small smile and turn back to go Armaan? Can you please bring the copy of the Dalmia Project..? Armaan nodded happily but later he noticed KD wasn't even looking at him
Armaan's face fall but without saying anything he headed out of the room. He went down the stairs and entered another room, which had many books and files, displaying them beautifully through the glass cupboards; he looked around the room as it was his first time in here. He wondered where might be the file is. At the end he decided to go for the cupboard right in front of him. As there were many coloured files he instantly noticed the black odd file among them. He took it out of the cupboard carefully. It was a heavy file as if it contains many paper works. He tried to hold it comfortably in his arm. However a piece of paper slide out of the file and fall on to the floor. He collected it and place back in the file without taking a look. He placed it neatly back in the huge file and was about to shut it when he noticed something unusual. To make it sure he reopened it.
Armaan – to himself Adoption Papers..? He took the paper out properly and starts scanning it
Daadi – Armaan…? Hearing daadi's intense voice Armaan jerked
Armaan – oh daadi aap… daadi came toward Armaan and watched him questioningly Daadi... yeh kya hai..? He asked innocently showing daadi the papers. Her eyes slightly got wide and shocked but it was clear she was trying to hide something Daadi…?
Daadi – kuch nahi Armaan... Armaan gave a doubting look yeh Adoption papers hai... tumhare dad ka friend ki... Kanish uske adoption mein witness the… isliye yeh papers unke paas...
Armaan – oh wohi toh.. Man ek second ke liye maine socha hum teen se koi adopted hai... Armaan smiled with relief and so was daadi
Daadi – toh Armaan tum yaha kya kar rahe ho..? She was confused
Armaan – woh... main... Daadi? Tumhe pata hai Dalmia Project ke copied file kaha hai... oh sorry my bad aap ko kaise pata hoga yeh toh business haina... he said teasingly while daadi looked at him with a stern look. She went toward a cupboard which was next to the one Armaan opened and took a file out of many others and hand it to Armaan, reading the title Dhalmia Project... he looked at daadi surprised, daadi smiled but caught Armaan's ears in between her finger and twist for a bit sorry sorry sorry daadi... Please forgive this youngustaan please...
Daadi – kya kaha tumne main business ke bare mein nahi jaante..
Armaan – wailing in pain arey jaante ho mere sexy jante ho sweetheart... aapne hum se bhi zyada jaante ho gorgeous please… AAAAHHHH DAADI!!! He shriek, Daadi immediately let go of him and was worried, she looked scared as she didn't meant to hurt Armaan. As soon as daadi let go of Armaan an evil smile appeared across his face Daadi aap yeh pakado handing her the black file aur main chala he ran off from the room, sending a grin on daadi's face
Armaan went up the stair as a mischievous smile was playing on his lips, he looked back several times to see if Daadi was watching but however she wasn't. He headed back into KD's room and handed him the files, without even giving him a second look he got his files. Armaan was disappointed with the blank reply. His face fall, he felt awkward to stand there front of his dad and not in a conversation. Not wanting to disturb KD he slowly came out of the room.
He was lost in his thought, about why he sees his dad changes suddenly. But at the same time he was glad he saw the nice and excited dad who he thought he lost many years back. He was taken back to his memories when he was young and how his father took every little possible time to spend it with them and his mother. Without even knowing he was already in his room, he slightly closed the room behind him and went on packing his bag as clothes were lying here and there in the room.
Although Armaan didn't saw Daadi, she saw Armaan walking from KD's room toward his, lost in his thoughts. It worried her a lot as she can see the tense look across Armaan's face. She slowly climbed the stairs at the space she was able to and went to KD's room, and saw him busy at his work and flicking through some files.
Daadi – Kanish tum bhi kamal karte ho… tum Armaan ko apne aap study room pe kyun beheja... aur haan usne yeh file dekh liya… KD looked up to see Daadi handing the black file to him, he was surprised but was very settled aur maine use batadiya ke yeh tumare friend ki kuch Adoption papers hai aur tum ek witness ki tarah gayi thi she said as anger rose in her Kanish business hi sab kuch nahi hai… thoda dekho tumhare aas paas kya ho raha hai.. Usse pata chala toh kiska adoption papers hai yeh…sirf woh nahi Abhi aur Avni par bhi kitna… she stopped in midway as she knew there was no point Kanish yeh file tum rakhlo jaha kisiko nahi pata chalta.. She said as she threw the file on to the bed which was next to KD and stomped out of the room
Niki – Thanks you soo much… she said hugging Riddhima
Riddhima – Your welcome she hugged her back tightly in reply as they slowly break apart Riddhi slowly nudge her and looked at Muskaan who was sitting comfortably legs cross on the sofa, as if she was a boy. She turned her back to them and had a small frown line across her faced Muskaan… she said sweetly but Muskaan just shrugged and turned her back fully at them. Riddhi looked at Niki helplessly
Niki left the parcels which were gifted to her by Riddhi on the table and sat on the sofa opposite to Muskaan. She sat there with a disappointed face and buried her face in her hands. Riddhi too slowly walked toward them and sat on the sofa right next to Niki but front of Muskaan. She too made a disenchanted and saddens expressions; she let out a loud sigh and rests her chin against her palm. Both Niki and Riddhi were aware of Muskaan looking at them through a corner of her eye. But both Niki and Riddhi made sure to not to give a glimpse at Muskaan and continue with their protest. There was pin dropped silence in the room which was unusual and it irritated Muskaan the most
Muskaan – arey kya hua... tum log aise moon atka hua kyun hai she asked frustrated
Niki – Riddhi aaj mera birthday nahi hai... I mean jab meri best friends ka mood theek nahi hai toh main kaise celebrate karu she asked while she pout like a baby. Muskaan looked at Niki surprised but then at Riddhi
Riddhi – haan Niki aaj mera bhi mood off hai kyun ki Muskaan ka bhi… Muskaan looked at both Niki and Riddhi wide eyed for a while and smacked her forehead hard with her palm
Muskaan – OUCH! Regretting the smack when she realised the pain it caused, both Riddhi and Niki instantly got disturbed as she wailed in pain
Niki/Riddhi – Muskaan!!?? They forgot all about their act and they both came running toward Muskaan's seat
Muskaan – she backed away when she saw Niki and Riddhi right next to her within half a second Guys main theek hoon seriously I am fine…
Niki – complaining hey its not fair aaj mera happy birthday hai aur aaj kuch na kuch garbar hoti jarahi hai… pehele Muskaan naraaz hogayi ab Muskaan ko chot ponchi she complained while looking really upset
Muskaan – mujhe kuch nahi hua hai Niki… aur main dekhloongi kuch garbar hogayi toh... She explained proudly. Riddhi opened her mouth to say something in reply but closed it back again after thinking for while ok… her smile suddenly vanished as she realised she was meant to be angry with them
Niki – seen Muskaan's face changed she quickly replied I am sorry yaar... I am sorry Niki hold both her ears and jumped on the spot like a frog
Muskaan – it's ok its ok... maaf kiya
Niki – Thank you!! She gave her side hug
Riddhi – Niki tumhe realise hua ki sari garbar hooina ispe sirf Muskaan hi the.. pehele Muskaan naraaz hogayi ab Muskaan ko chot ponchi she replied teasingly while Muskaan stretched her arm to smack Riddhima ok ok sory baba she too apologised and hugged both Niki and Muskaan as they had a group hug. After few seconds all three of them broke away Muskaan jaldi kar ke gift dedo warna yeh pointing at Niki phir se koi hint maregi aur tum phir naraaz hogaoongi aur ek repeat telecast hogi iss drama par... Muskaan nodded agreeing with Riddhi and hand Niki her gift which was placed in a small party bag which contained many little parcels rapped around with fancy coloured papers
Niki got thrilled seen the gifts, she always loved the gifts and they were very precious for her. Seen Niki getting excited a huge smile formed across both Riddhi's and Muskaan's faces. During this, without them even realising Bi was witnessing all of this as she had a small smile plastered on her face. She looked at the three best friends who grown up together and wished if they would stay like this forever. Niki realised Bi standing away from them and smiling at them
Niki – Bi! She shouts joyfully while she hugged her mera gift kaha hai…? aap toh kaha tah subha.. mujhe aap ek gift degi.. aur mera neend bhi karab ki.. She said in disappointed tone
Bi – yeh tumhare liye she said handing a folder which contained lots of papers
Niki – magar bi… yeh kya hai… she said flicking though the pages
Bi – tumhare ma aur papa ka accident se pehele tumhare naam par iss zameen chod kar gaye the… jab tak tu 19 na hojaye, yeh mere paas thi par aab tum badi hogayi hai aur main tumhe yeh saari zimmadar deti hai… tumhe ek achchi zindagi banakar mujhe chain se mar sakti ho…
Niki – Bi! She said surprised, shocked as tears start to form in her eyes bi... Bi aisa kuch kabhi mat kehena… aap hamesha mere saath hogi she hugged Bi tightly
Muskaan – Abey Niki… flicks away her tears which were rolled on to her cheek wah kya baat hai hamari choti si chikita aab badi hogayi hai…
Niki – Oye!! Mujhe chikita mat bol…
Riddhi – Chikita, Chikita… Nikita, Chikita she said making fun of Niki, Niki got irritated and her anger rose within her, she starts to charge toward Riddhi who ran for her life Niki… nahi... Ok ok sorry…
Bi – Muskaan hugged Bi while she smiled at both Riddhi and Niki's childish behaviour Muskaan… Muskaan looked at bi surprised tum mujhe ek vada karo… Muskaan gestured at her tum Niki ke saath hamesha degi na… use akela nahi chodongi na…?
Muskaan – vada karungi, magar ek shart par… aap mujhe wohi naam se pukaro jise aap hamesha pukarahe the...
Bi – manzoor
Muskaan – changa hai... toh main bhi manzoor
Riddhi – hiding behind Bi to get protected from Niki time out, time out they both stopped and breathe in and out rapidly Bi… aapko vada nahi lena hai hum… hamesha aur hamesha Niki ke saath hoon, usse kuch nahi hoga…
Niki – saach…?
Riddhi – much… smiling widely Niki came forward for a hug chikita…
Niki – tumhe toh main she again stared to chase Riddhi who were making fun of her
In the car, Abhi was on the backseat, he was working on the laptop and at the same time he was talking on the phone.
Abhi – on the phone yes Sham urm... yeh tha Ms Nikita Malhotra ka address aur jaa kar usse baat kijiye... ki mera proposal usse de dijiye...
Sham – on the other side of the phone magar Sir... mujhe yeh batado ki aap ko iss zameen par itna interest kyun hai…
Abhi – Sham… yeh joh location haina... jaha yeh zameen hai... This is where I want for my next project aur phir ek yehi place thi ki mujhe pasand aaya... toh… he waited till Sham replied alright... I'll talk to you tomorrow do contact Ms Malhotra as soon as possible... Ok bye... he disconnected the phone while a smile appeared across his face as if he gained a victory
Abhi looked out of the car window as the car went past buildings after buildings, something on the road caught Abhi's attention.
Abhi – driver, car park ki jiye please… as soon as the car was stopped Abhi stepped out of it. Looking around the surrounded village with eyes frowned because of the sun
While he was looking around the small town he crossed the road without giving much attention to the road. But luckily for Abhi, the road wasn't crowded. After crossing over the road, he stood still looking at both sides.
Driver – Sir…! Sir…! He repeated making Abhi to jerk out of his thoughts, he turned around and gestured what hume jana chahiye… Armaan sir ek ghante mein nikal rahe hai
Abhi – ji main araha hoon… he gave one last look at the place moving forward without giving any attention to the road
He was about to cross the road, when he heard an engine sound coming towards him and suddenly he felt another warm skin touching him. He wasn't able to feel anything else as he forceful pulled back on to the pedestrian, he lost his balance and fall, but for some reason he wasn't able to feel the ground. He opened his eyes to see a girl staring back at him shock.
Riddhi was shocked thinking what would have happened just a second ago; she stared back at him while Abhi stared back at her. They both look at each other with wide shocked eyes. After a second or so they got out of the shock, Riddhi had her hands on his back to stop him from falling; it was like a scene from a movie where the boy saves the girl but for them it was something opposite. As Abhi felt Riddhi's discomfort keeping his heavy body on her arms, they slowly stood straight. As they both stand back on the ground safely they exchanged looks but Riddhi could no longer stop her self and burst out laughing and so was Abhi who let out a small chuckle
Abhi – Thanks…
Riddhi – your welcome she said quietly feeling timid
Driver – running toward them sir aap theek toh hai?
Abhi – ji main theek hoon... Riddhi watched them amazed while she listen to the soft tone Abhi was using to speak to his servants which impressed Riddhi very much let go.. Turning to Riddhi thank you once again Riddhi just replied with a sweet smile and a nod.
She watched as he crossed the road and got into the backseat of the car. The car was back on the road and went off. Riddhi was jerked out when she felt someone's hand on her shoulder, she immediately looked at the direction only to find Muskaan standing there, looking at the same direction she was looking.
Muskaan – kaun the woh? She asked strictly but Riddhi just shook her head signalling nothing
Riddhi – kuch nahi hua meri possessive maa…
Muskaan – tum mujhse kuch chupa rahe ho…
Riddhi – hawwww putting her hand over her mouth in sarcastic disbelieve meri itni himmat ke mein tum se kuch chupa o… chalo bataona kya hua..? She hugged Muskaan side ways while she locked her in with her arms around her shoulder
Muskaan – ghar chalo...
Riddhi – kyun?! Maine bataya na… main tumse kuch nahi..
Muskaan – arey yaar next bus ek ghante mein hai toh... ab ghar chalo..
Riddhi – oh toh yeh baat hai pehle batana tha... chalo chalo chalo... She said as she dragged Muskaan with her
Mallik residence – Abhi entered the house in a rush, looking at the time on his watch at the same time. Once he came near the dinning table he threw the files on it making them scatter around. He kept his arms on his hips and looked around the silent house.
KD – Abhi?
Abhi – turned around to face KD Dad..? He went toward him took his blessing
KD – arey, arey… he said stopping him in midway Abhi… embracing him I am proud of you my son… aaj tum dekha diya ki tum KD Mallik… Maalik of the Mallik Industry's ka beta hoon… patting him on the back and breaking away from the hug
Abhi – Thanks Dad… yeh sab aap ko kush karne hai…
KD – stroking his head mujhe pata hai ki mera beta humesha apne Dad ke bare mein sochunga he watched Abhi listening to him head lowered as he took it all into his head tikhe, tikhe aab yeh mera lecture deneka waqt nahi, jao Armaan Daadi ki kamre mein hai…
Flashing smile to KD he went toward upstairs, taking almost two steps at a time to quicken his pace. As he went upstairs he instantly headed toward Daad's room. Her room was already half opened and saw Armaan and Avni in there; Armaan had his head on Daadi's lap while he was playing with Avni too. They were so much into whatever they were talking which Abhi couldn't hear properly. He suddenly felt gush of sadness rushing into him. He shut his eyes to prevent them forming in his eyes. He reopened his eyes and set himself confidently and entered the room
Abhi – alley, alley, alley baby abhi tak soraha hai... dekha daadi Armaan abhi tak physically bada hua hai mentally nahi... he hugged daadi but he received a smack instead from Armaan
Armaan – dekha daadi shetaan ka naam liya aur woh agaya… is sathya pyaar deewana ko kuch toh sikha yeh… apne choti bhai ki tara bilkul nahi ho... I am ashamed...
Abhi – look mister mujhe koi ladki ka dil todna koi shok nahi hai... ok
Armaan – standing up aab yeh dil todne baat kaha se aagaya... Abhi opened his mouth to say in defends but Armaan continued ok, ok… magar jab mein wapa aayega.. mujhe bhaabi kehene mein koi chahiyeh.. OK…
Abhi – Deal they did a mocking handshake but it was clearly visible that they will miss each other a lot well ab tum Mumbai ja kar yeh deal mat bulna…
Armaan – are you crazy... mujhe tumse ek ladki dhund ne se zyaada apne aap keliye bhabi dhund raha hai... isiliye maine tumhe itna madat karta hoon…
Abhi – dono ki ek baat hai...
Armaan – thinking for a bit haan kind of…
Abhi – smacking Armaan's head lightly kind of ki bachche... sab taiyaar hogaya…
Armaan – nodding his head yep sab kuch taiyaar hogaya aab toh sirf Rahul aur Atul ko aana hai...
Abhi – tum Rahul aur Atul koh zabardasti lekar jarahe hoon naa..?
Armaan – haan magar main thodi unhe kidnap kar rahe ho... Atul ko toh yeh dream come true hai... haan magar Rahul thodi nahi nahi kar raha hai... magar its Mumbai after all…
Avni – coming in between Armaan and Abhi Oh… meine bhul gaye the… ek minute she said moving toward the table across the room, she clutched on to something while the boys looked confused yeh loh yeh tumhare liye she said presenting a small statue of lord Krishna
Armaan – taken back, surprised magar Avni tumhe pata haina mein... He looked pleadingly toward Avni not wanting to break her heart
Avni – haan bhaiya mujhe pata hai, magar mere liyeh, yeh rakhlo apne paas, please… tumhe bhagwaan par wishwas nahi hai magar mujhe hain… aur mujhe aapne pyaari bhaiya ka sahi salamat bhi... Armaan smiled at Avni seen how she talked big while she was still young for him. He nodded and took it into his hands. He looked carefully at the statue gently touching the beautifully done designs aur jab bhi tum ko lagega aap ko kisiki zaroorat ho yah phir kis cheez ki bare mein baat yah madat chahiye toh zaroor inse baat kijiye… aur yeh tumhare liye koi na koi solution nikhalenga
Armaan – ok baba mein zaroor karoonga…
Avni – promise?
Armaan – promise… there was a silent between them I will miss you he hugged her, she too murmured something and hugged him as tears start rolling down her cheek
Niki – chalo, chalo bus ka time hogaya hai... Picking up a heavy bag and dragging it with her
Riddhi – Niki… she said putting her hand on her shoulder, she stopped instantly but didn't respond Niki she said again and pulled her forcefully to face her. She saw pool of tears in Niki's eyes about to fall at any second. As an auto reaction she pulled her into a hug shshshsh… she tried to console her as if she was hugging a baby. The tears rolled down on Niki's cheek endlessly
Niki – I… I… she stammered, choking on her own words I… will miss you
Riddhi – hugging her tightly mujhe pata hai… I will miss you too… apna kyaal rakh… aur … aur… tears were starting to form in her eyes too, making it hard for her to keep them back
Niki – realizing Riddhi was now in tears Nahi… dramatically, breaking away from the hug. Riddhi star smiling but tears were still rolling down on her rosy cheeks, one drop after another ab tu kyun ro rahi hai…?
Riddhi – kyun ki tu ro raha hai…
Niki – main kuve mein khud gaye toh tub hi khude gi…?
Riddhi – haan… afterward she bit her tongue realizing what she said
Niki – pagal ho tum... I hope ki jab tu lote ge toh tu suderega..
Riddhi – main kyun? Tumhe sudarna hai... They both burst out laughing
Niki – Ab yeh Muskaan kaha gayi... I am sure kisiko daant raha hogi…
It didn't took them a long time to find Muskaan as her voice was on top of everyone's who were present there; she was shouting at someone, they turned to find Muskaan shouting at the conductor of the bus who were trying to help Muskaan with her luggage
Muskaan – iss bewakoof bag ko bhi abhi atak na tah… hitting the conductor abbey tujhse toh koi kaam teek se hota nahi... Monkey kahika… arey aisa nahi, bag ko keencho mat… agar pata (rip) toh tujhe paisa dena hoga...SUPER FOOL! Riddhi and Niki reached closer to them, Niki put her hand on Muskaan's shoulder
Niki – Muski..? As an auto impulse she turned around, but seen Niki's face she turned away Muski... She said again
Muskaan – wiped away her tears kya hai she spoke as if she was irritated aur yeh Muski, Muski kya rak laga hay.. kuch kaina hai toh bolo.. saari din nahi hai mere paas... dekte nahi hai mein busy hoon… humara bag yaha atak gaya hai aur tu…
Niki – Muskaan…? She interrupted her in soft tone, tears started to drip out of Muskaan's eyes as she hugged Niki tightly
Riddhi – yeh sab drama thaki tu Niki ke saath naraaz hojaun aur tum ise zyada miss nahi karoongi right..?
Niki – braking away from the hug yah phir jungly billi ko jealousy hai...
Muskaan – phew… Jealousy aur Muskaan Chadda... impossible... aur kya kaha... Jungly billi… main tumhe ek jungli billi lakte ho… rukh... Running after Niki mein kaha rukh chikita
Muskaan chased after Niki as she ran to save her life. Chaudry, Shilpa, Bi and Preet too came to the bus stop and saw how both Niki and Muskaan were running like headless chickens. Thinking to interrupt Muskaan, Preet went toward them and suddenly caught Muskaan by her hip and picked her up
Preet – I WILL MISS YOU He picked her up while Muskaan screamed and moved her legs and arms wildly even hitting Preet several times. He instantly put her back on the ground and backed away for his own good. While Muskaan started to run after Niki
Chaudry, Shilpa and Bi came to Riddhi as she was standing outside the bus, while Preet came mortified by Muskaan; as soon as he came without even glancing at the rest he helped the conductor with the bags.
Bi – yeh loh… handing something in a small container but rapped around with a foil tightly
Riddhi – Bi... eek aur... hamara bag mein bohot sara khaana hai... Bi hum abroad thodi jaarahi hai hum toh Mumbai…
Bi – arey pagli yeh tum dono ke liye nahi Riddhi's excited face fall yeh toh Shashank ke liye… mere haatho ka khana use bohot pasand hai…
Riddhi – Shashank…? Oh Chachu..?
...Precap...
Riddhima looked at a direction emotionally, she held on to her side bag tightly. She looked extremely worried as if the world has come to an end. She didn't knew what to do, her almond eyes become moisture
Armaan – came behind her and hugged her tightly Oh darling I missed you soo much sweetheart…! Riddhima's eyes widen with shock as she heard the unfamiliar voice just next to her ears
She felt her heart beating fast against the muscles of her body. She can feel the breath of his, slightly moving toward her neckline as he placed a gentle kiss on her neck
Edited by LaLi17 - 15 years ago
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