|AN Writing Challenge~Closed*UPDATE pg 150* - Page 90

hey nj your ff is really nice n different from all other ff n ya i agree with khush first i also did not understand the point but when read second time i got it ,it was really nice story specially abhi s character in this i have never comment on ur post s but i will tell u i have never forget to read ur part n i enjoyed it each n every part of it hope ucontinue with some other ff soon bye tc love muni

Originally posted by: abhilasha_123

ohh i did not want this challenge to end... wantd this to be extentd again n again coz this ws d only place were some or the other AN ff was being written... i feel so sad..😔. AN ffs bahut kam hai n especially the ones i love mahino baad update hote hai... pata hai everybody is busy n i do mind waitin for the updates par kya karu love AN and some writers here n also the ffs are addictive i come online n check it around 3-4 times a day to see if anybody has updated their ff. i seriousy wish i cld write sooo beautifully.....

bt am also excitd for the nxt challenge and lookin forward to it n.

"Abhi Ka Past" Challenge and AN Challenge For Sadistic Writers is what i wil look forward to...

VOTES

VOTES

Bst Romance-You r still d one (Annie)

Bst Drama- Bairi Piya (Naina n Aish)

Most Fav-Ecoutez Moi, Love (Nj)

Hottest Scene-You r still d one (Annie)

Bst Ovrall- Love Wager (Honey)

Most Passionate-A birthday gift (Honey)

Bst portrayal of Abhi-Love Wager (Honey)

Bst Poem- Cold Stare (Lahari)

Bst portrayal of Nikki-Lov doesnt understand any logic (Shale)

Mst Original-Ecoutez Moi,Love

Bst one Shot-Cant Help Loving U (Khushboo)

@Nehu - aww i'm glad u enjoyed the story, and evn more that u approved of the concept, despite its being 'different'! n i lik the name abhimanyu too - have from much before the inception of DMG, lets say its one of those characters i always likd frm the epic mahabharta! =) there's a sensibility atached to the name, in conection wid d mahabharata character n that's always just stuck well with me-plus, i think i hav a thing for boy names with 'A'.
Ditto Nj, sam is d reasn 4 my liking 4 it.

Khush i have voted in this thread. Please look at it.

Hey Khushbi, updated my post regarding voting on pg 118.
All d bst for ur nxt challenge.
All d bst to all d writers. Seeing ur superb work, I got a bit motivated so wil try to participate in nxt challenge.
Till den tk cr.
Lots of lov.
Neha.

YOU'RE STILL THE ONE

Epilogue

'Abhi ..... soh gayye kya?' Nikki said raising her head slightly so that she could see Abhi's face. Her head had been resting on his chest, hearing his steady heart beat, drawing circles with her fingers on his chest, enjoying the aftermath of their loving making, or should she say love makings ......

'Hmmmm' Abhi replied, his eyes still closed, his hand on her bare back, caressing her slowly.

'ABHI .......!' she exclaimed, trying to get his full attention, 'What does hmmm mean? Are you sleeping or awake?' she asked, ' You can't go to sleep now, it's 7 in the morning!'

He just continued to caress her back, pushing her closer to him, his mouth curving up in a satisfied smile as he remembered their amazing night together. With his eyes still closed, he said,

'Nikki ..... officially our honeymoon has started ..... and that means there is no night or day ..... and no rules apply for sleeping, eating and loving .......' he murmured, 'so just stop panicking and let me rest in peace .......' he said with a blissful look on his face.

'Abhi .....we are still at home! What will Ma think? And Tia? She is a kid, Abhi. She will learn all wrong stuff from you! ' Nikki exclaimed in a panic state, trying to get out of his embrace. But Abhi refused to let her go. He pulled her even more closer to him, and settled down deeper into the mattress, cradling her to his chest.

'NIKKI ...... will you relax, and let me enjoy this beautiful morning! Do you realize that today is the first day of our wedded lives? And what do you do? Scream and panic! Is that how you want to start your day, everyday for the rest of your life.' He asked her, now opening one eye to squint at her.

She just nodded her head negatively, realizing her mistake, then going back to her favourite position, cuddling up to him, with her head on his chest and one of her legs wrapped around his legs. She closed her eyes and savoured this beautiful moment.

She looked up towards the sky and sent out a silent prayer to her God .... thanking him for everything .....for bringing Abhi into her life ....for giving them a second chance ..... for taking care of him and making him alright after the accident. She closed her eyes once again, and was lost in her thoughts as she remembered those difficult days ......

////////Flash back begins////////

As soon as they had reached the hospital , they had wheeled Abhi into the Emergency Room. She had waited outside, tears running down her cheeks, not knowing what was happening with him. She had been too worried, since his BP had dropped to dangerously low levels and there had been too much of blood loss. She did not know what was wrong with his shoulder nor did she have any idea about how badly his finger were hurt ......

Anitha had walked in few minutes after they all had arrived ...... and Tia ran to her and hugged her still crying uncontrollably.

'Tiu.....' she said softly, 'you need to be strong ..... you can not cry like this ..... Abhi always says that you are his tough girl....haina?'

And that did the trick .... Tia tried her best to calm down and stopped crying finally .... but still hiccupping.

Anitha walked upto Nikki, and took her in her arms. They both didnot talk about anything, but Anitha let Nikki just cry her heart out. She kept on soothing Nikki down, by patting her back, knowing very well in what condition Nikki was. Finally, Nikki calmed down and stopped crying. She looked at Anitha, and saw her understanding eyes on her face, and Nikki said softly, 'I am sorry'.

But Anitha gave her a sad smile and said, 'For what, beta? For loving my son so much? Or for crying for him? Don't be ......I am glad you have realized your true feeling for him .... though I would have been happier if you had realized it without him being having to be here ' as her warm motherly hand patted Nikki's cheek lovingly.

Nikki's eyes shinned brightly, as she realized once again, what an amazing lady Anitha was, with so much of strength and love to give everyone. She took Anitha's hand in her and squeezed it, and said, 'Ma ......thanks.'

Just then the Doctor walked out ... and they all walked upto him. His face was grave, worry written all over, as he said,

'We have taken all the x-rays and done all the tests. We are taking him for an emergency operation .... his shoulder needs immediate attention. But we will not be able to do anything for his hand, since the bones there have been very badly crushed. We will have to let them heal by themselves, which will take its own time.'

'Doctor, but he will be fine, no? There is no danger, right?' Sid asked eagerly.

'Yes, Siddhant. His BP is low, but since we have managed to stop the blood loss, and started giving him fresh blood, he is stable. But ......' he found it very difficult to proceed, his eyes fleeting from one to the other, as if he was hiding something.

'But what, doctor?' Nikki asked with concern. She was getting very scared ..... what if anything happened to him ... she will not be able to take it.

'Dr. Nikita .... you are a doctor .... and you know what can crushed bones lead to ... don't you?' And Nikki's hands flew to her mouth in shock as she realized what he was trying to say ...... once again tears started to fall from her eyes and she started shaking her head ......indicating ......that she was not ready to believe what the doctor was trying to tell her.

'Doctor ...... please ..... tell us clearly what the problem is!' Anitha said addressing the doctor directly. She was very worried now seeing Nikki's reaction.

'Mrs. Modi .... I am sorry to tell you this, but Dr. Modi will not be able to gain back the full use of his right hand, after the way his fingers are damaged. It looks like his hand was crushed completely under a huge weight. And as a surgeon, you realize what it means ........for him' he said sadly, with his voice trailing away.

Anitha 's eyes started to water, and a tear rolled down slowly, as she took in what the doctor was trying to say, and with slow faltering steps she backed up and sank into a chair. She was unable to say anything, as she saw her son's world come crashing down in front of her eyes. She was in a shock. Both Sid and Tia came next to her .... and sat beside her, trying to pacify her,

'Ma .... please... you need to be strong. What will we do if you break down like this?' Tia told her with tears in her eyes too.

But Anitha did not respond to her ...... she just kept on looking straight ahead of her .... thinking how will she able to tell her son .... that the career which he loved so much ..... for which he had worked so hard for ..... had come to an end even before it had taken off. It was different when she had to face all the disappointments in her own life .... but she had no strength to bear it now if her children also had to suffer like her. She could not believe that this was happening to ...... "her Abhi" .....who she knew had already gone through so much .... from his childhood ....... God cannot be so cruel to him!

Nikki, seeing Anitha's condition, remembered Abhi's words to her, 'Nikki, take care of Tia and Ma' as if he knew that this was coming. Making herself strong, she walked to Anitha, and sat down on her knees in front of her, and placing her hands over Anitha's hands, which were limply lying on her lap said,

'Ma ...... it will be a shock for him for sure. But I promise you he will be fine. We all are with him, hai na? We will make sure that he will come out of this, stronger than ever ..... and you should be proud of him ..... he knew what he was risking to save the life of those 3 men. Ma ..... think about it this way ..... he sacrificed his career to save not only 3 lives but 3 families ......'

Anitha hearing this, started to cry incessantly ........ burying her face in her hands ....shaking her head, saying his name again and again painfully, her heart crying for the pain her son has to go through.

'Please Ma .... you are his strength .... you cannot become weak now ..... you have to show him the right way .... he will look at you for the right guidance.....' Nikki continued talking, somehow trying to reach Anitha.

And finally, she succeeded, as Anitha stopped crying, wiping her tears, making a firm resolve, to think only positively, to give strength to her children under the worst situation ..... and show them how to be happy, always. She hugged all the three .... Tia, Sid and Nikki and said with a slight smile,

'I am fine. I love all of you, for being there for me. And you Nikki, thanks for those wise words .......I will always remember them.'

They all waited for the operation to be over. It was 6:00 in the evening when Abhi was wheeled to the recovery room. They all one after the other went to see him, as he was lying unconscious still under anaesthesia. The doctors had told them that the operation was successful, his shoulder fixed, and he will regain his consciousness in another couple of hours.

Nikki was the last one to go in ..... She pulled a stool and sat down next to him. Holding his good hand in her hands ...... she said,

'Abhi, I love you too much. I am sorry for all the pain I have given you. I will never leave you, ever, how much ever angry you get at me. For now I know, that somewhere under that anger also, tumhara pyaar chupa hota hai. Please, please tum jaldi theek ho jao. I cannot see you in pain. It breaks my heart to see you like this ........' and she started crying. Her tears rolled down her cheek and fell on his hand. She could feel his hand tighten and she heard his feeble voice saying,

'Nikki ...... Nikki ...... please don't leave me and go away again.......' as his voice faded away since he was saying this in his semi-conscious state.

'Abhi .... ' she looked at him shocked, but then realized that he was speaking in half consciousness. ' I will never leave you .....' she wispered. She kept on repeating this over and over till she felt his hand relax and him settle down into a deep sleep. And that moment she made up her mind that she was not leaving his side even for a minute till he recovered completely.

//////////////////////////

'Nikki, meri Ma,' she heard Abhi scream at her in frustration, 'tum meri jaan kab chodo gi?' he was saying this as he was propped against the bed, sitting in his hospital bed, with his right hand in a sling, and left hand ready to strangle her. 'Peechle 10 dino se, you have not felt me alone even for a second. I never would have imagined, that I would love my bathroom breaks so much! For that is the only time I am at peace.' he said scowling at her.

'Well, Dr. Monster Modi, good for you. Why don't you sit in the bathroom all the time. Then even I can rest in peace. Do you think, I am enjoying putting up with your mood swings, which by the way, are worst than a 6 month pregnant lady, 24 X 7 for last 10 days?' she said angrily, staring back at him, with her arms crossed across her chest.

'Fine, then, why don't you leave me alone ..... I already told you ..... I don't want to eat your stupid food..... I want to look at those files which you just snatched away from me ...... and ......' Abhi shouted back at her. But Nikki interrupted him saying,

'Sorry, can't leave you alone. You are stuck with me.'

'Says who?'

'Says ....me, who else? I am the boss around here, and you better listen to me!' she continued angrily.

'Fine .....' he made a glum face and said, 'Let me see how you make me eat that food.' He said now glaring at her.

'Are you challenging me?' she asked him haughtily with a thumb pointing towards herself.

'Yes .... Dr. Nikita Malhotra ..... I challenge you ..... let me see how you make me open my mouth and dump that food into it.'

She tried to hide a mischievous smile that broke over her face as she got an idea. Slowly she walked upto his bed, swaying her hips sexily, plate of food in her hand. His eyes widened with shock, when she went right next to him, bent down sexily, sticking her but out, looking at him flirtingly, and placed the plate on the bedside table. Then she went and sat on his bed facing him, very close to him. Then slowly she moved her left hand to the topmost button of her shirt, and unbuttoned it. Abhi's eyes widened and mouth opened with shock, as he froze. Nikki took a spoon full of vegetable rice from the plate with her right hand and stuffed it into his month. Then slowly she moved her hand down to the next button ...... as she watched him chew his food without realizing what he was doing.

Nikki remembered the way she had cursed the shirt in the morning when she had tried to wear it, trying to button up tens of small buttons which reached right upto her neck. But now she was blessing the very same buttons. She could easily stuff 10 spoon full into Abhi's mouth, before Abhi would realize that he was not getting any sneak peak at what he was hoping for ......... she tried hard to hide that devilish smile as she stuffed the third spoon into his mouth.

Just as she reached the button, right near her cleavage and she pretended to fumble with the button there, she could see Abhi waiting with baited breadth, but she stopped and said,

'Good Dr. Modi, we are nearly done. Not only did you open your mouth but also let me stuff all your food into it, like a good boy!' Saying that she went close to him and gave a peck on his lips, but sat up straight once again immediately, laughing at his confused expression.

'Hey........ Nikki ....... that is not fair! You cheated!' he said in mock anger, for he knew he had lost.

'How can u say I cheated?' she asked in a sexy voice, taking her finger and moving it along the side of his face bringing it down slowly from his forehead to the corner of his mouth and then to his lips. Her eyes followed her finger and as soon as she touched his mouth, his lips parted, and once again, she stuffed some more food into it.

'Nautanki ........' he said with a smile, catching on to her game and enjoying it. 'Come here!' saying that he pulled her close to give her a tight hug. But that was not possible due to his injured hand and had to be satisfied with a semi-hug..

'I don't know what would I have done without you!' he said lovingly.

'Driven us all up the wall .......Abhi, what else, we would all have gone mad by now!' Anitha replied to him, walking into the room, with a teasing smile. Nikki tried to pull away as soon as she heard her voice, but Abhi refused to let her go.

'Hi Nikki! Hope you don't mind me coming in to see my son for a while!' she told Nikki, making fun of her as she saw Abhi holding her in a tight hug.

'Hi Ma!' Nikki replied with embarrassment, struggling to make Abhi release her, 'yeh Abhi dekho na!' she complained.

'Hain hain, Ma come here! I will tell you how Nikita fed me my dinner today!' Abhi interrupted the two of them, letting Nikki go finally, as she straightened herself and her shirt. She was blushing, as her hand started fidgeting with her shirt buttons.

'ABHI .....' she shouted, 'how can you be so bad?'

And Abhi burst out laughing ..... 'Who was bad a few minutes back? Ma you are late by 5 minutes ....else you would have seen Nikki in her true colour! Kya nautanki karti hai!'

Anitha was fondly looked on to both of them. She was so happy to see them so happy, teasing each other, making fun of each other. It was as if Abhi had already forgotten about his hand .... and the impact of his injury on his life.

'Ma, tell me something ......yeh Nikki koh kisne mere piche laga diya hai? She just doesn't leave me alone! All the time she is after me. She doesn't even let me work in peace .....dekho abhi bhi, she has taken away all my files.'

'Abhi ......' Anitha exclaimed. 'You are being very mean. How can you say such things for her? You know that she has not left your side even for a minute, from the time you arrived into the hospital. She missed Armaan and Ridhzi's wedding, she did not go back to her work, she did not sleep a wink on the nights you were in pain. She has refused to let any staff attend to you, does every single thing for you, even though you shout at her, snap at her or be mean to her in your frustration.'

'Ma, please .....its okay' Nikki said.

'No Nikki ...... he needs to realize ..... he is so lucky to have you by his side.' Anitha said giving an angrily look to him.

'Ma ....do you think I don't know that already!' Abhi replied seriously, taken aback a bit by his mother's outburst. Now taking Nikki's small hand in his large one, and squeezing it gently, he continued, 'Do you think I would have survived this ordeal without her?' but Nikki moved close to him and put her finger on his lips, but he gently kissed it and moved it away to continue saying, 'Nikki, I know I have been a terrible company, but thank you sweet heart, for putting up with me, my cranky nature, and my mood swings! Thank you for being by my side and tolerating my tantrums.'

There were tears in Nikki's eyes, and she just nodded her head, whispering, 'I love you, Abhi!'

Anitha was overwhelmed by seeing their love, and sent a silent prayer to the God, for making everything alright. She remembered, the day after the operation, when Nikki and herself told the news to Abhi about his hand and how he will not be able to operate anymore. He sat there, without saying anything, without any changes in his facial expressions. Then Nikki had moved close to him, took his left hand in her hands, and with tears in her eyes, she had told him the exact same thing she had told Anitha,

'Abhi, we all are so proud of you. Today because of you not jut 3 men but 3 families were saved. I know you will have to give up your dream of becoming one of the best cardiac surgeons in India ..... but would you have forgiven yourself, if anything had happened to any of those 3 men ..... just think about it. Knowing you, I don't think so! You care too much about everything .....and you believe that you are responsible for everything that goes around you .... you would have been distraughted .... if any single one of them had died in front of you.....'

Nikki kept on talking to him in her soft tone, till finally Abhi interrupted her,

'Nikki, Nikki, wait ..... please ...... listen to me ........ don't worry about me....... I am fine!' he said, cupping her face with his hand, 'I was kind of prepared for this ..... I knew exactly what I was getting into when I tried to move that huge chunk of concrete slab .... away from the chest of those men. And then when, my hand was crushed under it trying to help them and I had to wait till the firemen arrived, I knew exactly where this would lead to. So please ..... relax.' He told Nikki. Then turning towards his mother he continued, 'Ma, you have always told me to look at the brighter side of everything .......taught me that something good comes out of something bad ....... and today also something good has happened' then turning back to Nikki, he said with moist eyes, 'My Nikki is back with me .... that is only if she is okay to spend the rest of her life with a surgeon who cannot do surgeries.' He said this with a feeble smile, and moved his thumb to brush away the tears from Nikki's face, which refused to just stop. He kept on looking at her with loving eyes ......

'And Nikki, ab socho .... how much more time I will have to build hospitals where we will have many more surgeons, even better than me, doing surgeries ...... and saving patients .....hain na? We will open not just one New Sanjeevani but many more Sanjeevanis........ hmmmmm?' he told her cajolingly.

She did not say anything, but just nodded her head in a yes, with eyes still full of tears.

'So do I take that as a yes?' he asked her earnestly, 'Do you promise that you will help me build hospitals? Do you promise me that you will stay with me forever and never leave me?'

'Oh Abhi ....... I promise ......I promise to be with you for the rest of my life ..... and life after that ......to be next to you forever! I love you so so so so sooooooo much!'

////////Flashback ends///////////

After sometime, Abhi opened his eyes, looked at her playfully, and said with a smile, 'Do u know I have yet to meet a more crazy person than you? I wonder when you will stop doing all this crazy mad stuff ! But, you know something .... I loved your crazy beautiful wedding gift ..... it is something I'll treasure for the rest of my life' his eyes now shining with mirth as his finger was tracing a pattern on her lowest of her lower back, 'I love your sexy 'BUTT....ER....FLY''. She lowered her eyes shyly, knowing he was referring to her newly acquired tattoo, which she had gone and got it done on a crazy spur of a moment, knowing his mad fetish for tattoos. He lifted her chin so that she looked up at him, and added, 'And the best part is that I am the only one who can ever seeing it .....and .... touch it!' his eyes were now once again full of desire ....... but she was far away ...... lost in her thoughts already ...... dreaming about yesterday night.

///////FlashBack begins //////////

They both were on their bed, with Abhi propped up in sitting position with his back against the head rest, his legs extended in front of him. He was freshly out of the shower, smelling of spicy aftershave, which drove Nikki crazy and his hair slightly damp. He was wearing only his night boxers ......

Nikki had also changed ..... fresh out of her bath .... smelling of flowers ..... looking so pure in her white lacy halter neck nighty, held by just a string behind her neck. She was lying down across the bed, on her back, with her head on Abhi's lap, taking his right hand in both her hands, caressing all the bruise marks from the accident. Then she showered his hand with tiny kisses, as if trying to take away all the pain that he had to bear. His eyes clouded with all the love he felt for her, as he saw her do this for the thousandth time. His heart melted every time she did that, for he knew that she was also going thru the same excruciating pain that he had felt when his hand had been crushed under a heavy piece of concrete block when he had put all his strength to move it away to release the trapped guys. But he remembered, that he had got the strength to bear the pain, without giving up, when he had heard Nikki's voice tell him not to give up, that she loved him, and that she was waiting for him and would never leave him.

'Nikki, sweetheart ...... it is fine now, you don't have to worry ...... it does not pain anymore' he said softly to her, kissing her forehead. She looked up at him, and giving him her 1000 watt smile, said,

'Abhi, I have something special for you ..... a very special wedding gift' she told him mischievously, her eyes shining with anticipation now, 'but you have to look for it yourself .... I won't tell you where it is hidden'

'Nikki ..... please ...... no games tonight' he said looking at her with desire filled eye. He was surprised when she refused to listen to him and rolled away from him, lying on her stomach, her chin in her hands, and looking up like a child at him .......

'No way ..... u have to find it first' she said teasing him. But he bent towards her, grabbed her wrists, and just lifted her by her waist, and placed her on his lap. He pulled her close to him, his strong arms crushing her against his chest, so that there was no way she could escape. Slowly, hungrily he placed his lips on hers, kissing her tenderly. As he felt her relax in his arms, her arms going around his neck, he deepened his kiss exploring each and every part her mouth. He mentally told himself ..... that he needed to take it easy..... especially for her......... for, they had all the time in the world now ....

They both took their own sweet time, slowly discovering each other, exploring how to please the other. And then ..... Abhi suddenly froze. Nikki's back was facing him, so she turned her head to see what had happened. His eyes were focused on her lower back as he lowered his hand, and softly caressing her, traced a pattern with his finger. Then bringing his lips close to her ears, breathing heavily, whispered huskily into her ears, 'I found it!' She turned around in his arms and hid her face shyly into his chest ........

/////flashback ends////////

'Nikki ......' he whispered her name once again in the same way he had done atleast a hundred times from yesterday, indicating his desire for her and his complete loss of control ....... He was walking out of the shower, white towel wrapped loosely around his waist, his body still wet.

Nikki had been sitting in her robe in front of the mirror trying to get ready ....... their eyes met in the mirror as she looked up on hearing his husky voice. Instantaneously, there was an awareness that shot thru both of them and they looked at each other with eyes full of longing.

Abhi slowly walked towards her, with eyes fixed on her, and Nikki waiting in anticipation of what was to come . On reaching her, he stood right behind her, then cupped her face in his hands, still looking their eyes locked with each other in the mirror. He bent down slowly, over her head, and kissed her softly over her forehead. Then as he straightened up, still looking at her in the mirror, Nikki turned around and hugged him tightly around his waist, hiding her face into him shyly.

'I love you so much, sweetheart!' he said, once again bending down and kissing her on her head. 'Kya baat hai, Kya hua?' he asked her a bit concerned.

She just nodded her head, indication that nothing was wrong, but hugged him even more tightly. Now he knew for sure something was bothering her. Gently he lifted her face, his fingers holding her chin, to look at her. And he was surprised to see her smiling eyes .......

'Nautanki ..... har baar natak karti rehti ho ..... you just wait and see what I am going to do!' he said in a stern voice, pulling away from her. She was shocked to see him angry. Then he bent down, and lifted her in his arms, carried her to the bed ........

'Abhi ......what are you doing? Let me go .... I need to get ready!' she screamed.

And he let her go suddenly, and she plonked on to the soft bed. He bent down over her, one knee on the bed, and both his hands on either side of her, trapping her below him. His face looming close to her threateningly. His eyes were, as dark as coal, hot and burning with desire, which made Nikki's inside melt instantaneously. Her breathing deepened as she became highly aware of his looming bare body so close to hers. She could not stop herself from, lifting her hand to feeling his bare chest lovingly, caressing his strong abs, and exploring further down under where his towel was .......

'Nikki ....... ' he said with a heavy voice, lowering himself on her and pushing his head into her neck, to give her tiny kisses.

'I thought someone was going to show me what they could do to me! Kya hua?' she told him teasingly as her hand wondered to his back and down under the towel, making it come loose completely.

'Badmash ...... u r in big trouble now ..... u have no idea what you have invited upon yourself!' he said smiling at her, and grabbing her and rolling over, so that he was now on the bed on his back with her on top of him. Her robe had come loose in their rolling, and his hungry eyes roamed lower, to take a peek at what was hidden under it!

'Abhi ...... kya ......tum thak te nahi kabhi? ' Nikki smiled at him, teasing him now, knowing the effect she was having on him.

'That is impossible ...... sweetheart ........I have an unending reserve of energy ...... when it comes to you' he retorted, with a mischievous smile, taking her lips into a deep kiss. And Nikki groaned and surrendered happily to him, wallowing with happiness in his love and lovemaking.

It was around one in the afternoon, before both of them emerged from their bedroom, all ready and dressed. They had both miserably failed at multiple attempts to make it out of their room earliar, every time succumbing to their insatiable desire for each other.

Abhi had finally let her go, when Nikki had threatened him, saying she was about to faint with hunger.

'Ma, where is lunch?' Abhi was shouting ...... as he headed towards the kitchen. 'Nikki is very hungry.'

'Accha, toh now you remember that she is hungry ..... at one in the afternoon. Subah se kahan tha yeh tumhara pyar? Bechari bachi koh pehle din se hi bhukha rakha apne ghar la kar' saying that Anitha walked upto Abhi and pulled his ears.

Nikki was blushing profusely ..... and saw Abhi's embarrassed expression,

'Ma .... nahi ..... Abhi .... I ..... was .......sleeping ....' but nothing was coming out in a coherent fashion, because she was too embarrassed to make a proper excuse.

'chodo .... Nikki ...... you do not have to defend this guy ...... I know him very well ..... once he sees you .... he will forget about the whole world ...... forget if it is night or day .... if it is time for food ... if there is someone waiting for him .......' she said now looking mockingly at Abhi.

'Uffff ........ma ...... if you know me so well ..... toh you should have also known na ...... to send food to the room na, then I wouldn't have to make the effort of coming out at all' he said pinching his mom's nose.

'ABHI .......' Nikki screamed getting more embarrassed with what he was trying to insinuate.

'Aur ..... what would have happened to that promise you made to Nikki to make it a special lunch for her , her first meal in her own house, where she wanted all her friends and family to have it together with the two of you' She reminded him mockingly.

Nikki and Abhi both looked at each other, blushing now, for both had completely forgotten all about it.

'I am sorry Ma. I should have come down much earlier. There must have been so much to do with everyone arriving anytime now.' Nikki felt extremely bad.

'Beta, its okay. You don't have to be sorry .... or feel bad. All the arrangements have already been made. Even I did not have to do anything. You have to thank you husband for taking care of everything ..... for I am sure he must have known ..... that he was going to keep you very busy .....' she told her laughingly and started to walk out to the lawns.

There was a huge white tent erected in the garden, decorated with beautifully decorated in white flowing sheer curtains and small and big bouquets of white orchids ..... there were round tables arranged under it ...... which had white and pick table cloth ...... and white chairs with pink upholstery.

'Oh Abhi, this is beautiful, I love it so much!' Nikki exclaimed emotionally. 'Thank you! Thank you for everything!' she told him emotionally. Abhi took her face in his hands and kissed her forehead lovingly, and said,

'No Nikki! Thank you! Thank you for coming into my life .... or should I say .... barging into my life. And thank you for sticking around .... inspite of me being the biggest pig ..... and thank you for being with me during the good as well as the bad times!' he said earnestly. They both were lost in each other's gaze ...... unable to look away from each other.

'Bhai .....bhabhi ..... come back to earth ....everyone has started to arrive' they both heard Tia calling out to them as they dragged away from each other in embarrassment. Tia gave them a teasing smile as they all walked towards the entrance to welcome the guests.

Nikki dressed in a simple deep red saree with a black halter neck blouse was looking beautiful, next to her dear husband who was in a smart white shirt teamed with black trouser. They both looked so perfect together, as they stood next to each other, with Abhi's arm possessively around Nikki's back, holding her closely to him.

Armaan & Ridhzi were the first ones to arrive. Then came Sid with his family, followed by others. Everyone they invited had come, including all their friends and family members, some doctors from Sanjeevani and some Board members who had now become close friends with Abhi.

Once everyone had arrived, Abhi and Nikki asked for the mic as everyone waited in anticipation of what they both had to say '

'Welcome, everyone!' Abhi started with a big smile.

'Nikita and I, would first, like to thank all of you for being here with us today on this special day. I know you all are wondering and are very eager to know why it is a special day for us. So without taking much of your time, here it is ......' he said taking a deep breadth and pulling Nikki close to his side said,

'I am proud to introduce to you all, this beautiful lady besides me, as my wife, Dr. Mrs. Nikita Modi! Yes, we both got married yesterday! ..... And today is the first day of our married life together! '

There was a shocked silence around ......absolute pin drop silence.

'Difficult to believe, right? ' he said jokingly.

'But it is true ..... we both got married yesterday....... at a very beautiful temple in interior Maharashtra, where Nikki used to go very often with her grandparents as a child. It was her wish that we got married in front of that God, who had always blessed her, guided her and protected her.'

Still there was a complete silence......as no one could believe what he was saying ......and he continued,

'And the other wish of Nikki's was, that we share our first meal after our marriage with all our special friends and family, who have always supported us, in our good and bad times. Next, after God, we need your good wishes and blessings on this special occasion, to fill our lives with love and happiness. We would like to thank all of you today for being connected to us in one way or the other to one or both of us and bringing immense happiness in our lives. Thank you all for being there for us, always!'

Nikki squeezed his hand which she had been holding, and she also joined him and said .....'Thank you everyone!' with watery eyes.

Armaan was the first one to react .... he got up from his seat and walked towards then with a big smile on his handsome face. He lifted Nikki off the ground and swirled her around holding her in a tight hug. Then as Ridhima joined them too, congratulating both of them, hugging Nikki tightly and telling her how happy she was for both of them. Nikki could not hide the tears in her eyes, which showed how happy she was. Armaan hugged Abhi and congratulating him too, and thumping his back said,

'Dr. Modi ..... here .....' then taking Nikki's hand and putting it in Abhi's said, 'abhi se Nikki is your responsibility ..... I have kept her out of trouble till now ..... but now she is your headache ....... you need all the best wishes in the world ..... ' he said smiling, winking at him, making fun of Nikki. And Nikki twitching her mouth from left to right to left at Armaan, and pulling her tongue out at him said, 'Hain hain, you will be only too happy to get rid of me, haina? I was always a trouble for you, haina? I was always a headache for you, wasn't I?' and they all burst into a laughter. Then Armaan continued,

'But on a serious note, I love this girl. She is very special. You better take good care of her, else ....' he said raising his hand as if ready to punch Abhi's face. But Abhi smiled at him, pulled Nikki close to his side, and looking down into her eyes said,

'I promise ...... I'll always take care of her.'

Then everyone came over one after other .... congratulating them ..... wishing them a happy married life. Her friends were busy pulling her leg and making fun of her, as she was blushing profusely. Toasts were proposed one after the other .... for their health, for their happiness, and a special toast for Dr. Modi for his "Himmat" in taking such a bold step .....of getting married to his ......'Chikita'.

As yet another perfect day came to an end .... Abhi and Nikki were headed to the airport ......for their long honeymoon aboard a luxury cruise sailing around the world for two full months.

THE END

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n annie i have read all ur updates for this challenge bt did nt comment till now bt wantd to tell u ur a damn good writer... love the way u describe the scenes🤗... n not to forget regular with ur updates n the pm... thn u for the pms' n continue writing...

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