While eating,
Bharti:Waise Preity tumhare liye kuch nahin lagti??Hhmm??
Armaan:Bharti maine kaha na....Aisa kuch bhi nahin hai....
Bharti:Hehe just relax...Mazak kar rahi thi yaar...
Armaan:Waise tumse ek baat poocho??
Bharti:Poocho...
Armaan:Let's say after 9 months...as in next year, when we'll go our own ways...will you marry??
Bharti:Armaan all of a sudden???Aisi sawaal??
Armaan:Just answer me na....
Bharti:Ok...I won't marry..Anyways ek baar shaadi kar di yehi kaafi hai...
Armaan:Itna bura hai kya??
Bharti:Arre main tumhari baat nahin kar rahi hoon....Actually I don't think I'll ever get a hubby like you...So I don't think I'll marry another person again....Hehe..Aur waise bhi mujhe bohat saare plans hai aage ke liye...
Armaan:Kaisa plans???
Bharti:Well ek lambi chutti..Come on I've been studying intensively for the past 4 years....I need a long break..Uske baad training and hopefully a great job....I wanna be a top journalist..Bachpan se mujhe shok hai ek journalist banne ke liye..Besides that i just love writing articles...You know kahin baar maine apne university ke newsletter mein articles likha kar thi thi...I just love writing....
Armaan:Wow...interesting..Waise...
Bharti:Waise shaadi ke topic par aa hi gaye hain toh main ek sawaal poocho??
Armaan:(smiled) Poocho...
Bharti:Ek baat batao mujhe..Tum kisi aur se shaadi karoge??(leaned closer to Armaan)Bolo bolo....
Armaan:Well agar koi mujhe mil jaati hai toh..
Bharti:Ek..ek..ek minute...Tumhe toh koi mila tha na??
Armaan:Oh shux..Maybe...yeah...
Bharti:So usne haan kehdi??
Armaan:Nahin abhi tak toh nahin..actually maine usse bataya tak nahin...
Bharti:Yeh lo...Tumne usse abhi tak bataya nahin??
Armaan:Nahin...
Bharti:Kyun yaar...What are you waiting for???
Armaan:Actually woh meri bohat achi dost hai...Darr thi hoon kahin woh dosti na toothe...Aur i guess it's just one-sided...
Bharti:Hhmm...Koi tumhe mana kyun karegi Armaan??
Armaan:Acha???
Bharti:Haan...
Armaan:Toh theekh hai agar main tumse yeh saari baat kahu toh tum mana nahin karoge???
Bharti:Tum thodi na mujhse pyaar karte ho....
Armaan:Agar kar raha hoon toh...Kya tum??
Bharti:Don't be funny Armaan..Why would you fall for a messed up girl like me???Who irritates you to the core and who fights with you often..Who drives you up the wall....??Kyun pyaar karoge tum ek aisi ladki se jo khud pyaar par vishwaas nahin karti??
Armaan:(leaned closer towards her) Well you are not that bad Bharti...Manaa ki tum mujhe irritate toh bohat karti ho par itna bhi buri nahin ho...Aur tum khoobsurat ho,different ho aur meri dost bhi ho...
Bharti:Armaan!!!!Kya chal raha hai???
Armaan:I think..(held her hand and interlocked his fingers in her's)..I think...
Bharti:Armaan....(got confused and looked into Armaan's eyes)
Armaan:I think I'm falling for you...
Bharti:Arm..Arm..Armaan....yeh tum kya keh rahe ho???Dekho...Dekho tum...(took her hand from Armaan's)..Are you alright???
Armaan:Jahaan bhi dekh thi hoon toh sirf tum dikhte ho...Bata nahin kya ho raha hai aaj kal...
Bharti:Nahin..aisa kuch bhi nahin hain ok???
Armaan bursted out laughing, looking at Bharti's scared face.
Armaan:Oh god..tum bhi na Bharti...
Bharti:Armaan!!!!You're such an idiot....
Armaan:Bharti you fell for it??
Bharti:You sounded so serious and I...
Armaan:Tum ladkiyan bhi na...
Bharti:Hum ladkiyan??Arrgghhh jao main tumse baat nahin karti....Bye...
Armaan:Arre kam se kam apna sandwich toh khaalo??
Bharti:Bhookh nahin mujhe...
Armaan:Bha..Bharti!!!
Armaan's smile faded for he realized that Bharti was so nervous when he confessed his feelings to her and she didn't perceive him to be anyone more special than simply a friend. Her secret friend.
Bharti went to Mahi's cabin, situated next to Bharti's cabin, to get the articles draft and she went to her cabin. Bharti was quite irritated with Armaan for irritating her.She was trying to focus on her work but she kept thinking of Armaan and what he had just said.She knew Armaan wasn't joking at all. He was very serious when he said it.Bharti wondered about Armaan.
"Waise..Armaan is a nice guy..I mean he's a gentleman, he respects me a lot and gives me a lot of privacy at home...Who can expect such things from someone out of a contract marriage..(smiled at that thought)"
KK:Kiske baare mein soch rahi ho tum Bharti???Armaan ke baare mein??
Bharti:Haan...(turns her chair to face KK) Tum???
KK:Haan main KK...(smiled widely and raised her eyebrows)
Bharti:Ek minute..Tum ho kaun aur tumhe kaise bata ki main Armaan ke baare mein soch rahi thi???
KK:Hhmm...Main bohat kuch padhta hoon...Chehra,haath,mann...You know...
Bharti:Dekho...tum mere dimaag matt khaao!!!Ok??
KK:Toh tum Armaan ko pasand karte ho, right??
Bharti:Nahin..Nahin toh....Woh sirf..
KK:Tumhari secret friend hai??
Bharti:Haan...
KK:Tumhari marzi..mujhe kya!!
Bharti:Oye hello...Tum toh hamesha mujhe kuch sunaa dete ho na???Ab bolo..Achanak tumhara yaha aana??
KK:Hhmm..Tumhe toh...
Bharti:Tum toh keh rahe the ki meri zindagi toh badal ne waali hai woh Goa trip ke baad...
KK:Haan..not bad...tumhe toh yaad hai...I was just coming there...You had a lot of fun at Goa na??
Bharti:Yea I did..What's with that??
KK:Well wasn't it surprising that Armaan left all his work just to be with you??Koi aam dost aisa nahin karta...He seems really interested in you...
Bharti:Dekho tum...Oye hello...KK...KK...Arrgghh!!!!
KK disappeared but his words echoed in Bharti's ears.She wondered if Armaan was just a friend or not.And KK's words rang in her ears of how Armaan is not just a friend for if he were, he might not even have ended up at Goa. He would have just called up to know how she was and that's it but Armaan left all his work just to see her at Goa and she had never seen Armaan so weak in front of her before.The image of Armaan holding her face with both of his hands and hugging her came to her mind and Bharti just slammed the file on her table.
Just then Armaan went to Mahi's cabin to give her some photoraphs and he went to see how Bharti was doing.He knocked on her door and she asked him to come in. Bharti gazed at Armaan but recalled how he irritated her during lunch and just pretended to browse through her file.
Bharti:Kuch kaam tha???
Armaan:Haan..bohat zaroori kaam hai...
Bharti:Bolo...
Armaan:I'm sorry!!!
Bharti looked up from her file.
Bharti:Sorry??
Armaan:Haan sorry..Tumhe bohat irritate kiya tha issi liye...Sorry!!
Bharti gazed at him and she wondered, "Wow..Armaan's real sweet to even say sorry and that too so quickly..I can't even expect that from Bhaskar!!"(smiled at Armaan)
Bharti:Hhmm...It's ok...I forgive you...
Armaan smiled widely, wondering to himself, "If only you understood that whatever I mentioned was all true Bharti...."!!
Armaan:Dekha..We can't even stay mad at each other for long....
Bharti:Haha..Payal often says that we can't stay mad at the person we love...(just realized what she just said)..Erm so yeahh....
Armaan:Really??
Bharti:Yeah...Heyy actually are you done with work???
Armaan:Yeah actually I wanted to ask you that...
Bharti:I'm just about to leave..
Armaan:Ok we can leave together....
Bharti bid goodbye to Mahi and both Armaan and Bharti left.
Bharti:Where's your bike??
Armaan:Actually Jiya wanted it..So i let her take for tonight...Waise I don't mind walking back home...
Bharti:Great...Waise why don't you sort out your differences with Preity???
Armaan:What???
Bharti:What...what's wrong??
Armaan:Why are you talking about Preity all of a sudden??
Bharti:Bas aise hi...Actually I thought you're the kind of guy who would do anything to save his friendships and all...Kya hua??
Armaan:Bharti..You're saying all these after what she did to my best friends???
Bharti:Armaan....please listen to me fully...
Armaan:No I won't Bharti...
Bharti:Oh come on Armaan I agree she did bad to your friends...But ek minute...You were the one na who told me to give Abhishek a chance too??Right??And didn't I do it???
Armaan:Bharti..that's different...
Bharti:Nope it isn't..Look tumhe meri kasam....I did like what you've requested and now I simply expect you to just give her a chance.....
Armaan:Ok just give me one good reason to do it....
Bharti:Ahem didn't I ask you that too before i set out to meet him??(raises her eyebrows)
Armaan:Just perfect timing of getting back at me for doing that to you...Fine i'll try and talk to her tomorrow...
Bharti:Awesome....
Armaan:Just doing it for you...
Bharti:How sweet!!!(smiled widely)
Over the next few days, Bharti kept pestering Armaan to go and talk to Preity but he wasn't doing so for he was feeling really awkward but rather more pissed for he kept recalling of how she ruined Jiya's and Raj's oppportunities.
During lunch, Bharti and Armaan were talking.Armaan went to get some food while Bharti was just having a cup of hot chocolate. Just then she saw Preity walking by and she invited Preity to sit with her and they were talking.Bharti wondered to herself, "This is the right time that Armaan will no longer give me any excuses and he will have to talk to Preity at any cost!!"
Preity:So you're liking your work??
Bharti:It's just been a week...It's quite ok so far...Actually I wanted to tell you something..
Preity:Yeah??
Bharti:Armaan wants to talk to you about something...
Preity:Really??
Bharti:Yeah...there he is...
Armaan was shocked to see Preity having seated at their table. Bharti raised her eyebrows and smiled at him.
Bharti:Well you guys keep talking...I'll head off...
Armaan:Erm..Bharti your food...
Bharti:Armaan it's ok...I've already had food...Thanks..See ya later...(winked at Armaan)
Armaan watched Bharti going away. He kept looking at her and Bharti turned around and gave him a Thumbs Up, making him feel irritated. Just as Bharti turned to the front, she didn't realize the pool of water in front and she slipped.Raj was nearby and he quickly attended to her. Raj helped her stand upright and Armaan too came to her, asking her if she was ok.
Bharti:Thanks guyzz...I'm fine!!!
Raj:Yeah right....
Bharti:Yes Raj....Armaan go and talk to Preity....Go Armaan...
Armaan:Ok i'll go and talk to her after making sure you're ok...Come....I'll help...
Raj:Armaan don't worry..I'll help her...You go and talk to Preity..Go...
Armaan went to talk to Preity.
Preity:Is Bharti ok??
Armaan:I don't know...
Preity:She told me that you wanted to talk to me about something...
Armaan:Look ermm..actually i know things had been rough between us but i don't want anything to be affected at workplace so i just want to maintain a professional relation between us.....
Preity:Is that it Armaan??
Armaan:(looks at Raj and Bharti) Yeah...
Preity:Ok but what about us Armaan???I'm back only for us...
Armaan:What???(shocked)
Preity:I still love you Armaan...
Armaan:What??
Preity:Listen..I know I had done wrong to you, Jiya and Armaan...And i'm not justifying for my action..But my love for you is true and will always be...
Armaan grew really angry.
Armaan:Look here...If I'm talking to you right now it's simply because Bharti asked me to...
Preity:What??
Armaan:Listen..Just get this straight to your head..I didn't love you then and I don't love you now...
Preity:Armaan...
Armaan:Preity...we can be friends and that's it....Other than that, there can be nothing between us!!!
Preity:But..
Armaan:Just get this..I'm in love with another girl!!!And she'll be my first and last love of my life....We can still be colleagues and I hope to maintain our professional relation or else we don't even have to talk!!
Preity:Ok fine Armaan...I'm cool with that...
Armaan:I've got some work to do..Excuse me!!
Preity was shattered as Armaan left to meet Bharti.She couldn't believe that Armaan actually loved another girl and he had never loved her at all.She only came back for him and now she felt as if Armaan had never cared about her at all. She went to her cabin and Vinita saw her all so heartbroken and found it as a perfect opportunity to manipulate Preity's thoughts against Bharti and Armaan.
Meanwhile Armaan went to meet Bharti.Bharti had twisted her leg and she's having a hard time standing up hence she decided to rest on her chair. Armaan knocked on her door and she rolled her eyes for she assumed that Armaan must not have talked to Preity.
Armaan took a bean bag chair and placed her right foot on the chair and helped to massage her foot and Bharti just gazed at him.
Bharti:What are you doing here??
Armaan:What do you think?
Bharti:Armaan...you were supposed to be talking to Preity..Let me guess; you didn't talk to her and quickly came to see how i was doing...
Armaan:You are partly right and wrong...
Bharti just rolled her eyes.
Armaan:You just hate it na when I say you're wrong??
Bharti:And where am I wrong??
Armaan:I've already talked to Preity...
Bharti:You did??You must have rushed in your conversation with her...
Armaan:Bharti, you're just impossible!!
Bharti:Oh come on Armaan..Just go and talk to her..
Armaan:Bharti, for God's sake...I've already talked to her...And she understood...
Bharti:Hhmm...may I know??
Armaan:Nope, you may not..
Bharti:Ok fine Mr Angry young man...You don't have to sound so pissed...
Armaan:Anyways how are you??
Bharti:Why do you care??(pretends to be angry with Armaan) Just go about your work..And you don't have to worry about me...I'm totally fine!!
Armaan:Oh really??
Bharti:Yes I'm fine!!!(looks up, then to the sides and finally at Armaan)
Armaan:If that's the case, stand up on your feet..Let me see...
Bharti:There you go...I've stood up..See I'm great as always..
Armaan:Now walk..
Bharti:What??
Armaan:Chalo...
Bharti grinned sheepishly and in order to prove herself to Armaan she took the first step with so much difficulty and she took the next step. However, as she took the third step, she slipped and fell in Armaan's arm. Bharti gazed into Armaan's eyes and she grinned sheepishly, quickly standing up and rushed to her seat. She knew her foot hurt terribly but she didn't show any expressions.
Bharti:See..I'm fine!!
Armaan:Yeah right..Bharti, if you wanna shout you can!!!
Bharti:I practically wish to but I don't wish to attract any attention...Armaan it really hurts!!!I really twisted my right leg..
Armaan:Oh goodness..Let me see...
Armaan sat on the bean bag chair and placed her right foot on his thigh and massaged her leg a little.
Bharti:Ouch!!!!Armaan please...my foot really hurt!!
Armaan:Bharti, ek minute ke liye chup raho...Main kuch karne ki koshish karta hoon...
Bharti:Uffo stop it yaar..It feels really awkward...
Armaan:Haan haan...Bharti, can't you look where you're heading to??You clumpsy girl...
Bharti:Heyy...
Armaan:What??
Bharti:My feet are hurting or else I would have kicked you by now...
Armaan:Theekh hain..I'm leaving..Mujhe kya hai aur main kyun tumhari parwa karoo??
Bharti:Thanks a tonne!!
Armaan left, feeling so irritated with Bharti and he went about his work. Jiya and Raj were watching him murmuring and wondered what's wrong. Raj went for his fashion shoot and before leaving, he asked Mahi to inform Sonali of the articles she and Bharti had planned to write by this weekend. Jiya went to talk to Armaan but Preity came in the nick of time and told her that Amarjeet wanted Preity and Armaan to cover the Elle exclusive fashion event and both of them headed there. Jiya wondered to herself, "Since when has Armaan and Preity started to talk??Have they reconciled or something??" Just then, Sunny called for Jiya and she went to brief the models. While briefing the models, she heard Vinita happily talking about Bharti's fall. Jiya asked Sunny to show the outfits to the models while she was trying to hear what Vinita was telling gyaan.
Vinita:Gyaan darlin' this is the first step..In the first week itself..hey why don't we just drop by??
Gyaan:Great idea..Come...
Jiya tiptoed and followed them without their notice. Both Vinita and Gyaan went inside and Jiya overheard their conversation.
Vinita:Hi Bharti..Heard you fell...
Bharti:Oh ok wow..I'm sure i didn't shout while falling..or wait...it came out in the newspapers or something??
Gyaan:What a great sense of humour..Bharti...
Bharti:Hehe thankies Gyaan..Waise kuch kaam tha..??
Gyaan:Nothing really...We jsut came to check on you...
Bharti:What's wrong with me??
Vinita:Can you believe it Gyaan...It's Bharti's first week at work and this had to happen...I wonder what else is gonna happen to her...
Jiya:(thought to herself) Now when did this happen??I hope she's alright...This chudail and chudail ki chamcha better leave soon...Arrgghh!!!!Bade aaye parwa karne ke liye....
Gyaan:Don't scare her Vinita///Bharti if you ever need anything, we'll be at your serivce, yeah??
Jiya:(thought to herself) Yeah right...we'll be at your service..Yeah but at the last....Bharti, kick them out...Kick them out!!!Oops your foot must be hurting!!
Vinita:And just be careful of the thorns and hindrances ahead of you...
Bharti:Oh my..thorns and hindrances???But you two know what??I don't give a damn...Thanks for the lovely concerns but I can take care of myself, yeah??Just make sure you don't fall flat into a deep well or something, yeah??(winked at them)
Jiya suppressed her laughter and waited for them to get out. Jiya got her mobile ready and extended her leg and both Vinita and Gyaan fell flat on the ground and they instantly looked at Jiya. Jiya smiled widely,"Smile...you're on candid camera!!" and took several pics of them and went inside to meet Bharti.
Bharti:Heyy Jiya..you seem very happy today!!
Jiya:Apparently Bharti..thanks to you...
Bharti:What??Now what did I do??
Jiya:Take a look at these pics...
Bharti:OMG...why do they look so pathetic??When was this and what had happened??
Jiya:This was taken just 20 seconds back just after they left your cabin..Lollz..Anyways what happened to you??Your foot loook quite bad..Swollen??
Bharti:I'm just so clumpsy with the heels...I twisted my leg and it's really hurting...Just two hours back, Armaan came to see what happened but both of us ended irritating each other and he left..
Jiya:(murmured to herself) That must be why he was murmuring to himself for no reason..
Bharti:Did you say something??
Jiya:Waise what's the cause of the irritation??
Bharti narrated about how she told Armaan to talk to Preity to sort out their differences. Jiya widened her eyes in shock.
Jiya:You did what??
Bharti:Oh come on, not you too..I just got back at him for he too asked me to try to sort out between me and Abhishek, remember??Yeah..he said he had already talked to Preity..
Jiya:Hhmm..yeah I've seen that..Both of them left to cover an exclusive fashion shoot...Hey I'll catch up with ya soon,k??Please take care of yourself..
Bharti:Yeah I will..you go off first...
Jiya waled back to her cabin and she thought to herself.
"Oh God..what perfect timing...I was getting all so excited for Armaan finally realizing that he's in love and now You had to bring in Preity back and make Bharti request Armaan to sort out the differences between him and Preity and he did talk to her...Now what??You are not even listening to me, are You??Arre don't you see how Armaan and Bharti are made for each other..I mean they are just perfect for each other...Why are you doing this??I don't care about anything...You've got to do something or else I won't talk to you...Arre just get rid of the kabab mein haddi..This Preity Sabbharwal...Well I don't mean literally but do something!!Pretty please!!!!"
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