~ArBi FF Jab Lurve Hua~Part 271 pg141 - Page 55

Raj:So..why aren't you having coffee with Armaan??It's just one cup..

Bharti:I told you na,I'm busy..

Raj:Right!!I guess he's making it really clear that he's interested in spending more time with you..Waise are you afraid of meeting him..Like as if something else is going to happen besides coffee??(Raises his eyebrows)

Bharti:What??You know what,Raj...I need to meet Mahi urgently so excuse me!!

Raj:Arre sun toh..(smiled widely and shook his head)

Bharti went to her cabin and smiled upon seeing a cute,cuddly bear in the centre of various coloured roses wrapped as a bouquet.There was a note attached to the bouquet which read,"Have coffee with me..I'll be waiting..Luv,Armaan". Bharti kept the note aside and wondered if she should go.Just then,Mahi came.Bharti jerked for a second and Mahi stood in front of her and saw the bouquet and asked Bharti.

Mahi:Aww this is so cute..Kisne bheja tha?

Bharti didn't say anything for she was quite irritated,and took the file from Mahi's hand.

Mahi:Bharti,I'm asking you something..Ahh a note..OMG!!Seriously Bharti,Armaan's too cute!!

Bharti:Mahi...when's our presentation?Mahi...Mahi!!!

Mahi:Huh?

Bharti:My dear Mahi..would you like to have coffee with Armaan instead of me?

Mahi:Ahh if he had asked me,I would have gone but alas...He had asked you so just go na..

Bharti:Mahi,presentation par focus kare..

Mahi:Yeah sure..

Sonali:Hey girls,Amarjeet's calling..for the presentation to be done in the conference room..Come!!

Bharti:Ok i'll set everything up..Mahi,just bring the files with you,yeah?

Mahi:Ok i'll come with Sonali..(Bharti left from there)

Sonali:Hey nice bouquet...

Mahi:Hain na??Bharti got invited for coffee but she isn't going..

Sonali:Armaan?(Mahi nodded)Awww...who wouldn;t want to have coffee with him??

Mahi:Apparently, I've got the answer..Bharti!!

Sonali:Chal..Come!!

Meanwhile,Raj went to the studio to meet Jiya and Armaan.

Jiya:Kaha margaya tha subah subah?

Raj:Kisi ke saath coffee peene gaya tha..I'm so lucky..I didn't even ask her and we had coffee together..Isn't it awesome Armaan?

Jiya:(whispered to Raj)Whom exactly did you have coffee with?

Raj:(whispered back)Bharti..

Jiya:(shocked)WHAT??

Armaan:What Jiya?

Jiya:Hehe...nothing!!

Just then Bharti came to the studio to meet Raj.

Raj:Oh hi again,Bharti..

Bharti:Raj,I accidentally left my file with you..Where is it?

Raj:Always,here you go..

Bharti:Thanks;needed it for my presentation..Bye!!

Raj:Waise great coffeee just now..Good luck for your presentation!!

Bharti:Thanks..see ya later...Bye!!

Armaan:Wait a second..You had coffee with Bharti?

Raj:Well technically speaking..(pauses for a while)..Yeah i did..(saw the sudden change of expression on Armaan's face)Any problems Armaan??Oh yeahh..you already had coffee with Bharti,haven't you?

Jiya:(pinched him real hard and whispered) What the hell are you doing?

Raj:(jerked and whispered back)Ouch..nothing..Sshh!!..So Armaan..

Armaan:Not yet Raj..

Raj:Oh that's really sad..Actually i didn't ask her but we had accidentally drank coffee together and it was great fun..

Armaan:Nice to know..I'll talk to you later,k?(left form there)

Raj:Sure,Armaan..(smiled widely)Ouchh!!Will you stop pinching me??

Jiya:Why are you irritating him?

Raj:I was simply having my share of fun....What's your problem??

Jiya:You haven't answered my question..What's your problem??

Raj:Don't you know how i just love to bother your dearest friend,Armaan for that irritates you,doesn't it??

Jiya:Yes,it sure does!!

Raj:That makes my day..Waise seriously Bharti's not gonna agree to have coffee with Armaan so soon..

Jiya:How can you be so sure of that??

Raj:That's because she's making excuses to avoid him..She is supposedly keeping herself busy..

Jiya:Wonder why she's running away from him for..

Raj:Good question..I've got the answer in a question..

Jiya:And what will that be?

Raj:Why do guys hate the word,"Commitment"? The answer to Bharti's escapism lis in the answer to this question!!

Jiya:What??You mean to say..(pauses for a while)that Bharti,too like guys, just love her freedom and wants no one to change her world or make her compromise?

Raj:EXactly!!

Jiya:What rubbish,Raj!!

Raj:Heyy!

Jiya:What?

Raj:Look,she's happy the way she is..And she doesn't want anyone to change her world..Which is exaclty what she fears for if she were to accept Armaan's love..In fact she fancies Armaan but she doesn't want to accept him and so she looks for various reasons and excuses to avoid him,to go away from him...Simple!!Guys do that on several occasions but it might be the first time I'm hearing about a girl doing this to a guy..Lollz!!

Jiya:Actually..(pauses for a while)you could be right...It makes total sense of Bharti's behaviour..Par woh kab tak bhaagegi??Kabhi na kabhi toh usse..

Raj:That's Bharti for us!!

Jiya:Oh hello...woh sab chodo..Where's the baby?

Raj:I seriously have no idea what to do with this baby..Can't probably leave her at home..

Jiya:That makes no sense at all...Yesterday,we signed a 12-month contract but what about the baby?And it won't be long before the baby wakes up..

Raj:Exactly..Hey you got work for now?

Jiya:Not for another 2 hours..

Raj:Great..just come with me..

Jiya:Where to?

Raj:I've got no idea but right now I just feel like getting some fresh air..

Jiya:Oh my goodness,she's blinking her eyes...She slept again?

Raj:This could spell trouble..Jaldi chalo!!!

Raj and Jiya sneaked out of Men's Universe before anyone could figure out what they had in the basket that they were carrying. They reached the carpark.

Raj:Jiya,what's that smell?

Jiya:What smell?What..(smelt the basket)Oh my...Ugghhh she pooped!!!

Raj:Oh God..now what?

Jiya:Hey look,there's a mall outside there..We've got to get diapers for her to change..

Raj:Diapers??Gross....

Jiya:Oh just shut up Raj...You talk as if you were born 178 cm in length...Just come,will you?We've got to hurry or else the baby might get rashes...

Raj:Waise how do you know lal these?

Jiya:Advertisements,etcetera..Ab chale?

Meanwhile,Payal was chatting with Bharti on MSN during lunch break.

Payal:So Bharti,what's going on?

Bharti:Nothing much yaar..How come you're online at this hour?

Payal:Arre yaar...i got an hour before i go on air..The timings are changing again,apparently and Shaz and I are apparently so cranky at the moment...Bharti:I see...Looks like you're totally dreading the changes..Just had a presentation..I've got to attend this briefing tomorrow about some writing contest..Supposed to team up with Sonali and Mahi to write an article representing the MU newsletter and if we get selected,our article might come out in Vogue mag..

Payal:Vogue,the international fashion mag??

Bharti:Yepzz..

Payal:Wow,that's awesome yaar..Lage raho..What's the theme about?

Bharti:Well actually Raj recommended the 3 of us to write about it..The title given to us was the critical distinction and abuse of fashion..

Payal:Woah,that's profound..Have not come across such articles before..Happy writing!!

Bharti:We had come up with some ideas but unfortunately today morning i bumped into Narain and his cup of tea spilled over the paper filled with ideas and it got ruined..

Payal:Ahhh...tell me about it!!What horrible days we're facing!!Waise..

Bharti:Yeah??

Payal:Have you officially said Yes to Armaan's coffee?

Bharti:How did you know that Armaan asked me for coffee??

Payal:Hehe...erm Bhaskar told me..

Bharti:How did Bhask..arrgghh I recall..Armaan was trying to flirt with me and that at t he foyer..Everyone was practically watching...

Payal:What??OMG!!!Are you serious??

Bharti:Yes,Ms Peppy Payal...

Payal:Gosh!!When did this happen?

Bharti:Two days back..

Payal:Oh gosh i missed it!!I seriously wish i could be there to see your funny expressions..

Bharti:You should be pretty glad that you aren't in front of me right now or else I would have punched your face right now...

Payal:I don't care Bharti..So what did you say to him?

Bharti:I told him I'm busy and went off...

Payal:You're such a spoiler yaar...He must be feeling so bad...

Bharti:If he was, he wouldn't have sent me a small bouquet of flowers,asking me again and again for coffee...

Payal:He..what??

Bharti:Zyaada khush hone ki koi zaroorat nahin hai..I've ignored all that and am working on my uni project right now..Filming a documentary is such tough work but it's worth the fun!!

Payal:Typical of you Bharti..changing the subject and all..Why are yuo doing this yaar?Usse ek mauka toh do na..

Bharti:CCrazy girl...Why should I?Actually I don't understand one thing..Why should he even ask me to have coffee with him..I mean i usually have coffee once in a while with him..He's making all these so complicated..so different,so weird!!!

Payal:Bharti,it's nothing like that..He just wants to spend some private moments with you..

Bharti:Ab tum bhi shuru matt ho jaana..

Payal:o you're jsut going to ignore the coffee invites?

Bharti:Yes,indeed!!Oh yes..

Payal:Hhmm??

Bharti:Keep yourself free for Sat..To go for a picnic with me and Naina..

Payal:Awesome..Bhaskar'll surely join in..

Bharti:Great!!It'll be a fun weekend..

Payal:Ok gurl..will catch up soon..Gotta get ready for my show..

Bharti:Okiezz bubbye..

Payal:Bubbye..Send my love to Naina!!

Bharti:Surely..Bye..

Both of them went offline.

Both Raj and Jiya went to one of the washrooms after getting some diapers. Both of them were feeling super weird,trying to change the soiled diaper.

Raj:We so need to find the parents of this baby girl as soon as possible..

Jiya:Will you please keep it down??How is this diaper worn?Ahh...i get it..Thank god I bought the right size unlike your purchase...extra large sized diapers...Medium is the right size..

Raj:Heyy!!!How am I supposed to know which size is her's??

Jiya:Ok..sshh!!We have spent about half an hour on changing the diapers..If this were to be the case,how are you going to manage on your own?

Raj:Oh hello...who told you that I'm going to manage on my own?You will be there,right?

Jiya:WHAT?What made you think that i will be there??I won't!!

Raj:Jiyaaaa!!

Jiya:What?

Raj:You are always there for me,na?

Jiya:Very funny thinking,Raj..But seriously I won't...

Raj:Jiyaaa..how am I even going to manage on my own?

Jiya:I don't know and I don't care...The baby is your responsibility according to the contract you;ve signed...Remember?

Raj:You're going to leave me all alone in this matter?I have always stood beside you,haven't I?

Jiya:Oh really?Do I have to remind you of certain days where I had to depend on no one but myself and you just left me all alone at the last minute...Do I have to??And now when I'm doing so,you're feeling horrible?

Raj:Puraani baatein kyun yaad kar rahi ho?

Jiya:Raj I swear..inhi haaton se ek din tumhaara jaan loongi..No!!

Raj:Jiya,just look at her...She's smiling!!

Jiya:Hey..yeahh!!Awww...what a beautiful smile..I coiild do anything for her smile..

Raj:Like not leaving me alone right now?

Jiya:Don't push it,Raj!!

Raj:(sulked)Fine!!Baby will come with Raj to his home..

Jiya:You're bringing her to your place?

Raj:What's wrong?

Jiya:You're asking me what's wrong?

Raj:Ermm yeahh..

Jiya:Your house is a total mess..and she can't possibly live in that messed-up place..Look,if yuo're bringing her there,you better clean up!!And i'm dead serious about it!!OMG...

Raj:What?

Jiya:Baby food...She hasn't had food since last night,I believe..and we can't possibly feed her your left-over pizzas..Arrgghh!!!Look I'll bring her to your place..You go and get some baby food and baby products..use my credit card!!Hurry up,alright..

Raj:Awww Jiya..

Jiya:Don't aww me right now..And i'm only doing this for her..Get going!!

Jiya reached Raj's place and started cleaning up the place while talking to the baby. Just then she realized that the baby had fallen asleep,listening to her. Jiya wondered what was taking Raj so long. By the time she finished cleaning up the mess,it was evening. She was in a tight spot for Sunny had been calling her on her mobile repeatedly but she was waiting for Raj to come back,and she can't possibly leave the baby on her own.Eventually Raj appeared,seeing Jiya looking at him with an irksome expression on her face.

Raj:Ok ok i'm sorry..I was trying to find out the best baby products..

Jiya:Who's the girl now?

Raj:Oh there was this real hot,young,single mother and she was telling me...Never mind...

Jiya:Spare me the details...Look,you've got to make sure that the bottles in which you're going to give the mile is sterilized..And there are instructions on the boxes..just follow them!!I'm going..Bye!!

Raj:Jiyaa...you're leaving me all alone???(made a real,innocent face)

Jiya:(was super irritated)Yes!!Bye...(slammed the door and left)

Raj:Don't worry baby..She's smile and come back...(kept looking at the door for a long while)..Ok,she isn't coming back!!Guess it's just you and me!!

Raj:Don't worry baby..She's smile and come back...(kept looking at the door for a long while)..Ok,she isn't coming back!!Guess it's just you and me!!

Jiya reached Men's Universe.She saw Sonali,Mahi and Bharti still working. Jiya went to her cabin to get her work done. Today,she couldn't get any work done because of Raj. She switched on her laptop and checked her emails. Just then, she saw Gaurav online and chatted with him for a while.

Meanwhile, Bharti received a call from home.It was Naina.

Naina:Hi mama..

Bharti:Hi sweetie..how are you??

Naina:Ok..when are you coming back?

Bharti:Not sure hunni..bohat saara kaam hai..I think it might take me some time..So sorry!!

Naina:It's ok..Sanju did is here and she told me your number..I miss you!!

Bharti:I think,it will take an hour more..I'll try to come quickly,k??Sorry,dear..

Naina:Ok see you soon..

Bharti:Lurve you..bye..(hung up)

Mahi:Awww she's missing you already?

Bharti:Yeah..

Mahi:Oops excuse me guyz..my phone's ringing..

Sonali:Yeah sure,as we were discussing...

After some time.....

Mahi:So freakin'annoying..

Bharti:What happened Mahi?

Mahi:Wohi..the stupid matrimonial agency..Wonder who fed them my details..Agar woh meri haath lag gayi na..toh main..

Sonali:Erm Mahi, let's finish this up and you can curse her as much as you want..

Mahi:Her?How do you know it's a her?

Sonali:Er..erm..actually i just said it generally..Come..

Bharti:Yeah Mahi..let's wrap this up quickly..(started feeling suspicious of Sonali)

Mahi had already left for home and Bharti and Sonali were standing at the lift of MU, waiting for the lift door to open.

Bharti:So..

Sonali:Yes Bharti..

Bharti:You have nothing to do with it?

Sonali:With what?

Bharti:Shaadi Plus matrimonial agency?

Sonali:Bharti,how could you even think of such a thing?That i would irritate Mahi in such a way?

Bharti:So you are irritating her,aren't you?Sach sach batao!!

Sonali:What?

Bharti:Arrey oh drama queen...Naatak matt kar mere saamne...

Sonali:Ok ok..yeah it's me but i've got a perfectly logical explanation..

Bharti:And that has to be..

Sonali:I want her to be happy..in fact her mum wants her to be happy too..

Bharti:You're doing this on the behest of her mum?

Sonali:Yeah..actually Mahi thinks that she's not gonna get married any more after what had happened to her..I want her to be happy..

Bharti:Sonali,but isn't she happy already??I mean, she's independent and living her life well..What's unhappy about that?

Sonali:Bharti,you don't understand..Mahi has her whole life ahead of her..and she just got married and divorced two years back..She had to..Come,the lift's here..She had to face several traumatizing experiences in the two years of her marriage and she faced it all by herself..I know her 4 years back and every day,she struggled to bring the smile on her face,overcoming all the pain she went through..

Bharti:Sonali,but..

Sonali:Bharti,sometimes we take someone's love for granted..We know that he loves you but you're not willing to accept the love..And we tend to wait for the right moment..And most of the time,we realize the love only after it vanishes from our lives...In Mahi's case, she loved someone so dearly but he and his family members took advantage of her love and made her thorugh such painful experiences..mental abuse,torture and abortion for their benefit..

Bharti:WHAT??Abortion??Oh my..

Sonali:Yeahh..I had always asked her to open her eyes and see what she had made her life to be but she wanted to give him another chance..(walked out of the MU building) But after the abortion, I've decided to inform her mum and both of us got her divorce..it was totally incorrigible!!!And the worst part was that the family to whom she got married into was very well-educated and yet,this happened to her..Uff!!!

Bharti:And what makes you think that by enrolling her in this matrimonial agency,she'll be happier??

Sonali:It's an effort,Bharti..I want to bring some happiness back in her life..

Bharti:I don't know yaar..Jab usse bata chalegi toh..

Sonali:Please don't tell her or anyone..

Bharti:Oh hello,what do you think of me??As if I'm some gossip-monger who's gonna spread the news here and there...??Khayr...I wish you all the best!!

Sonali:And i wish you all the best too...

Bharti:Me?What for?

Sonali:Ahem..(clears her throat)I see someone waiting..(Bharti's eyes widened upon seeing Armaan)Enjoy!!

Bharti:Heyy...(held Sonali's hand)You're not going anywhere...

Sonali:Oh hello..yes I am for Pushpak's waiting for me...

Bharti:I don't care..

Sonali:Hi Armaan..you haven't gone home yet?

Armaan:Nope..not yet..

Sonali:I see..(whispered to Bharti)Mere haath chodo!!

Bharti:(whispered back)Nahin...i won't!!

Sonali:(whispered)I'm not going to run away..

Bharti:(whispered)I can't trust you..

Sonali:(whispered)Uffo...(took Bharti's hand away)Waise Armaan it's interesting na?

Armaan:What?

Sonali:How the night seems so perfectly calm and silent..Sometimes with cool breezes,stars...a canopy for the lovers of the universe to unite!!

Armaan:Romantic baatein koi tumse seekhe!!

Sonali:Thank you thank you...Uff Pushpak's calling..gotta run..Bye!!

Bharti:Son..Sonali!!!

Bharti kept calling for Sonali.

Armaan:Ermm Bharti..

Bharti:Hhmm?

Armaan:Sonali jaa chuki hain...

Bharti:Hhmm jaanti hoon..(turned to realize Armaan standing so close to her)Tum??Peeche hatto...Tum itne kareeb kyun khade the??

Armaan:Bas aise hi..(smiled at her)

Bharti:Ab muskura kyun rahe ho?

Armaan:Sonali ki baatein yaad aa raha tha..She was so right..The night is a canopy for the lovers of the universe to unite..Hain na??

Bharti:(murmured to herself)"Oh God..yeh mujhse aise sawaal kyun kar raha haiMujhe jald se jald yaha se jaana hoga..."Erm Armaan good night!!

Armaan:Ek minute Bharti..Mujhe tumse kuch kehna hai!!(held Bharti's hand,stopping her from leaving)

Bharti widened her eyes in shock.She expected to get an auto and quickly rush home. But Armaan had to stop her. She decided not to turn towards Armaan.He held her hand straight and saw her feeling anxious through her confused expressions from the sides.

Armaan:Did you get my gift?

Bharti:What gift?

Armaan:The gift which I left on your desk this morning..

Bharti:Ohh...yeah I did..

Armaan:So what do you think of it?

Bharti:It's nice but not necessary..

Armaan:I meant my note..

Bharti:Armaan,I'm running late to meet Naina..Let go of my hand..Please!!!

Armaan went closer to Bharti,gently lowering her hand which he held on to. He interlocked his fingers in her hand after standing in front of her and placed her hair behind her ear. Bharti didn't want to look into his eyes.However,Armaan raised her chin a little upwards to make her face him.Bharti watched him gazing at her in total admiration.She felt like watching him too but she controlled herself.

Bharti:It will be really nice if you could hurry..

Armaan:Bharti,I'll meet you for coffee tomorrow at 6 pm at..

Bharti:I'm not coming for i'll be busy..

Armaan:You have your day already planned?

Bharti:No..not yet!!

Armaan:So how do you know that you're going to be busy the next day?

Bharti:Erm woh toh..(tilted her head to her right,wanting to curse herself but turned to face Armaan)Oh yes I'm busy with an important meeting..

Armaan:Don't come up with silly excuses now..

Bharti:I'm so not..

Armaan:Sshh...(placed his finger on her lips)I'll meet you for coffee tomorrow itself..(withdrew his finger)

Bharti:And what makes you think that I'll come??I won't come..

Armaan:Is this the answer from your brain or your heart??

Bharti:(confused by Armaan's question)Brain..nope heart..erm..

Armaan:Your brain's telling you not to meet me but your heart desires something else..

Bharti:Oh really??And how do you know that?

Armaan:Maa often tells me that eyes speak the language of the heart and your eyes can't hide the fact that you would love to have coffee with me..

Bharti:In that case, shall I give you my eyes for the day to have coffee with?

Armaan:You know Bharti..You look really cute when you're irritated!!(smiled widely at her)

Bharti:You know what..Just forget it!!Maa jaa rahi hoon..Bye!!

Armaan:Heyy..waise raat bohat ho chuka hai..I'll drop you home..

Bharti:No thank you Mr Sinha..Mujhe apne ghar ka raasta bata hai...Aapki meherbaani ke liye shukriya!!

Armaan:I'll see you tomorrow..

Bharti:I'm not coming tomorrow..

Armaan:Try not to come..(winked at her)I'll wait for you Bharti...(leaned forward to kiss Bharti on her cheek)Good night!!