*|One Year From DMG|* UPDATED P67/68|7th Aug,'011 - Page 8

Riddhima sighed with a smile playing on her lips as the video ended with their car driving off. She never got enough of watching this. But the best part of her wedding was what happened after that. Their FIRST NIGHT together as husband and wife. She closed her eyes and leaned back on the couch as all those memories came rushing back to her.

Flashback:

Riddhima had decided that she was not going to cry on her bidaai like the other girls and would be brave and bid everyone goodbye happily. She was adamant that her marriage should be a happy affair with no tears and also because she had challenged Armaan that she would not cry. Being the sentimental, emotional fool that she was Armaan knew that Riddhima would cry buckets when the bidaai happened and had teased her about it. She had challenged him that she would not cry and had wanted to prove him wrong. She had even managed (with great difficulty though) to not cry during their last goodbyes.

But now that she was sitting in the car she couldn't control her tears as she saw the figures of her family and her house becoming smaller and smaller as the car sped away. 25 years of her life she had lived in that house with her family and now she was leaving them forever and going to live with her husband. She would not be seeing them everyday. This thought brought a fresh bout of tears in her eyes and she burst out crying burying her face in her hands.

Armaan had been opening his sherwani buttons to get more comfortable as the heavy material and was making him itchy, when he suddenly heard a loud wail coming from next to him. He looked sideways at Riddhima and was alarmed to see her crying with her face buried inside her hands.

Armaan: Basket….wat happened???..Are you OK???.....Basket???...Riddhima….Look here baby….Wat happened???

Saying this he separated her hands from her face, cupped her face and made her face him.

He wiped her tears away with his thumb. Wat happened Basket???...Pls don't cry….

His "please don't cry" seemed to have an opposite effect on her because she started wailing even more loudly now and hugged him burying her face in his chest and sobbing into it. Armaan tried to calm her down by stoking her hair gently with one hand and her forearms with the other. He kept placing kisses on her forehead trying to reassure her that he was there for her.

After a while…when Riddhima had calmed down a bit.

Armaan: Basket can I ask you something?????

Riddhima: Hmmmm

Armaan: Woh…Actually…Hmmm…Basket you are happy that we got married na??

Riddhima looked up in surprise

Riddhima: Huh!!! What???

Armaan: I mean..Tum khush ho na??? You don't regret that we got married right??? See I know you love your family a lot and now you have to leave them because of me…U will miss them a lot…and I know that my house is very messy and I'm not exactly the perfect husband material and now you have to live in my house with me …But I promise I will keep you happy and will try to be the perfect husband for you…And I'll clean up the house and make it like your house. I'll just need some time…and…and…your not regretting getting married to me na??? I mean…..You are not sad .Right??????

Riddhima's eyes widened in surprise. She din't understand what he was saying and most importantly WHY he was saying all this. Was he joking?? Was he pulling her leg?? She looked at his eyes…No he was not joking. He looked serious. It sounded like he actually meant what he was saying..

Riddhima: Armaan tum kya bol rahe ho?? Why will I be sad or regret anything?? Why do you think that???

Armaan: Well you are crying so much….I know you really LOVE to cry but like THIS???…I mean you cry so much only when you are very sad and I don't want you to be sad….I thought maybe you are regretting getting married to me and leaving your family…and

Riddhima stopped him from continuing his ranting by placing her finger on his lips.

Riddhima: Shhhhhhh. Just shut up and listen to me. First of all. I DON"T love to cry. Secondly I am crying now because I am sad that I am leaving my family. I have lived with them for 25 years and for any girl leaving the place which you called your home to go to a new "home" is a very emotional feeling. I will miss them A LOT. And yes that does make me emotional and hence I am crying. and Thirdly…How dare you say that the most special day of my life is something to regret ??? I am the HAPPIEST person in the world right now. This is the most awesome day of my life…I just got married to the man of my dreams..to the love of my life…I am going to his house and WE are going to build our HOME there. I am soooo looking forward to my beautiful future with him. I feel like the luckiest person on this earth. And I love cleaning so his house being messy is not a problem. AND Don't you dare say that my husband is not "perfect husband material" because I KNOW he will be the most caring, loving, sweet, awesome, romantic, kind, understanding, lovable, cute husband EVER…I will not hear a word against him..Understood????….And please don't spoil my happy mood now by saying stupid lame things like what you just said right now…

Armaan heard all this in silence and with each word of hers his lips curved into a deeper smile.

Armaan: Oye Hoyee!!! So your really THIS happy???

He looked so innocent and cute when he said this that Riddhima could not stop herself smiling at his cuteness. She caressed his dimples with her fingers and then on an impulse leaned in and placed a gentle kiss on his lips. Armaan was caught unawares by this gesture of hers and was so shocked that he din't even respond. By the time his brain processed the kiss and send the signals to his lips to respond she had broken the kiss. She looked at him with all the love in her eyes.

Riddhima: Armaan…. You are the best thing to have happened to me…This day is the BESTEST day of my life…No one can possibly be happier than what I am today….I can never ever regret any moment that I spend with you because you are my life. And without the moments that I spend with you my life would be lifeless..and Thank you for marrying me and completing me. I love you very very very very very much. Don't you EVER forget that.

Armaan din't say anything. He just captured her lips with his and kissed her hard conveying all his feelings for her with the kiss. Riddhima reciprocated the kiss with equal fervor. Both the lovers put in all their unspoken and spoken feelings into it. The kiss was gentle at first but as time passed it became more passionate. Both of them were getting into the moment and with each passing second their passion was rising. The fact that subconsciously both of them knew that now that were married they did not have any restrictions and did not need to hold back did not help matters. Armaan deepened the kiss and Riddhima parted her lips giving him entry into her mouth. Her hands which were on his chest all this while snaked up to his neck and then to his hair and rested there as she ran her finger through his hair pulling him closer to herself. Armaan's one hand was on her waist playing havoc with her bare skin while his other hand ran up and down her back feeling her all over. Riddhima decided to shift into a more comfortable position so she turned on her seat and laid back on the backrest. Armaan shifted along with her without breaking the kiss so that he was almost on top of her.

GUYSSSSSSSSSS. Stop It….Get a ROOM…Guyssss. Yuck…Ewwwwwww. Guysssss. STOP IT. Helllooooooo. …..HONKKKKKK. HONNKKKKK.

Armaan and Riddhima were distracted as they heard the honking of the car horn and someone's voice shouting. Armaan broke the kiss and looked up irritated and ready to kill the person who had disturbed them. WHAT???? he said angrily as he looked at the driver.

Rahul: What to you mean by… WHAT???? Go get a room man. …Spare my eyes the torture….EWWWW.. what is wrong with you'll?? How desperate are you'll?? I know you just got married and this is your "First Night" and all but please at least wait to reach your bedroom before you start off. Like do you need to do stuff right in front of my eyes.?? Yuck…I think my innocent brain is tarnished forever….

Armaan and Riddhima's eyes widened in surprise and then shock. They had completely forgotten that 1. They were in a car and were not alone but with a driver. and 2. The driver was Rahul. Both of them were highly embarrassed that they had lost control like this in front of him and they knew they would be teased for life about this. Riddhima was so embarrassed that she did not even have the courage to look up at Rahul and meet his eyes. She mumbled a quite "Sorry" and buried her face in Armaan's chest to hide her embarrassment. Armaan was irritated more than embarrassed.

Armaan: Shut up Rahul. Cut the crap. You are supposed to be looking ahead at the road while driving. Why do you care what we do behind here.?? And if you have a problem with what you see then DON'T SEE. Simple. Look ahead. And as if you are some innocent child who is seeing all this first time. Do I need to remind you about what happened on 15^th March 2003. What you were caught watching????

It was Rahul's turn to be embarrassed now.

Rahul: Shut up Armaan. Don't make me open my mouth. Then I will have to tell Riddhima about what happened on 2^nd August 2004. (he said smirking at Armaan)

Armaan: Phsshhhhh! Don't you dare open your mouth. I will kill you. I SWEAR.

Riddhima was suddenly interested in their conversation. She looked up at both of them with a curious look on her face.

Riddhima: What are you guys talking about?? What happened on 2^nd August Rahul??

Armaan and Rahul both got scared now. They din't know what to say.

Armaan: Nothing baby. He's just mad. Kuch bhi bol raha hai. Ignore him.

Rahul: Yeah. I'm just talking crap Riddhima. Nothing happened. I was just joking.

Riddhima: Ya Right!! I don't believe you. Tell me na what happened??? Please Rahul.

Rahul (Gulping in fright) he looked at Armaan. Armaan was signaling him with his eyes not to tell her anything.

Rahul: I told you na. Its nothing Riddhima. I don't even remember. I was trying to scare Armaan.

Riddhima: Armaan you will tell me right?? You said we will not hide anything from each other?? Wat were you'll talking about.??? please tell me na. I am your wife. I have the right to know.

Armaan was in a fix. He din't know what to say. "Shit..Why is basket not letting this go?. If I know her well she will not let it go till I tell her something. What should I do now?. I can't tell her the truth. What will she think about me?" He looked at Rahul pleading for help.

Rahul: Ok…We've reached. Get down fast guys. Everyone's waiting. Can we discuss all this later.

Armaan looked relieved and thanked his stars. Riddhima still looked at him suspiciously and said " You will tell me later right??"

Armaan: Ofcourse sweetheart. (he thought that now that he had time he would think of a good excuse and tell her. For all he knew she would even forget about it).

Armaan and Riddhima got down from the car. They were greeted by Billy, Ananya, Muskaan, Nikita and Atul. Ananya brought a pooja thali and did all the necessary ceremonies for the entry of the newly wed bride into her new home.

After the "rasams" got over all of them moved to the living room. They discussed about marriage and what all happened there. After a while Armaan was getting impatient. He wanted to spend time with Riddhima alone. It was their "first night" after all. And these morons were not leaving. He tried giving them many hints but none of them seemed to get it.

Armaan: Guys I think its really getting late. Everyone must be so tired na. I think we should all go to sleep now.

Muskaan: Shut up Armaan. Stop acting like a bhudha. Wat tired?? This is your first night as a married man. Such a special day in your life. Are you going to waste this time sleeping.??? This day does not come every day…All of us are going to celebrate the night together ok. No one is sleeping now.

Armaan: But Muskaan…Wait a minute…Wat do you mean we are going to celebrate TOGETHER??? U guys have to go home right?? You WILL go home…

Atul: Kya yaar Armaan. Do you think we are going to leave both of you'll alone on such a special day. We are all going to be together today. We will not let you and Ridzy feel lonely . Don't worry mere bhai hum sab tumhare saath hai. And anyway its too late now. My landlady will not let me in. So Billy uncle said we can all stay here tonight. Haina uncle?

Billy: Arre Atul. Kitni baar kaha hai. Don't call me uncle. Anyway Armaan he's right I invited all of them to stay here tonight.

Armaan's jaw dropped open in shock. ALL of them will stay here tonight, on HIS SUHAAG RAAT. This can't be happening. He had so many plans for today. They can't spoil them like this. NO WAY. He was NOT going to let this happen.

Armaan: Come on Guys…Wat is WRONG wih you'll. You can't do this to me. I mean you don't have to stay here today. Riddhima and I won't feel lonely. Haina Riddhima??

He gave Riddhima a pleading look asking her to play along.

Riddhima wanted to laugh at Armaan's shocked and helpless look but then she felt sorry for him and more over she wanted to be alone with him too.

Riddhima: Yeah Armaan is right. You don't have to stay awake for us. No need for all this trouble. Everyone should rest now. Even I am really tired. We can all hang out in the morning.

Muskaan: Oye Ridzy tu bhi. What is this yaar. Why are both of you'll acting like spoil sports?? We had planned so much for tonight. I mean we were going to play so many games and chit chat the whole night. We were all so excited for tonight. Now both of you'll are acting like this. Its not fair.

Armaan: What do you mean YOU were excited for tonight??? What about ME?? I mean US?? I mean …What the Heck guys. It is our FIRST NIGHT for god sake. Understand!

Riddhima looked at Armaan in shock. How could he state all this so explicitly. She suddenly felt very embarrassed. She glared at Armaan asking him to shut up. But Armaan din't care. He had tried saying it indirectly but now enough was enough.

Niki: So???? Armaan you are going to spend the rest of your life with her. All your nights after today will be together. Don't act like such a despo…You are the first couple to get married in our group. We wanted to celebrate that with you'll. In the wedding all of us were so busy we hardly got to spend time together. We have so many things to discuss. Is it too much to expect our best friends to spend one night of fun with us as a group??

Armaan: What is it that you have to discuss TONIGHT.?? Can't it wait for another day.?? How can you be so insensitive yaar.?? Can't you understand my problem??

Niki: Arre what problem?? Armaan can you hear yourself?? U don't have any self control kya?? Anyway according to a survey 70% of couples don't even do "it" on their first night. So you can relax. Its not a compulsion you know. Its not like people will judge you if you don't do anything.

Armaan: Oh Really!!! I don't care about your stupid survey. I and Riddhima want to do
"IT" tonight and…….

Riddhima: ENOUGH. STOP IT guys. Muskaan, Niki, Atul, Rahul you all can stay here. We will all spend the night together. Armaan they are right. We should spend today with them. We have a lot to catch up. Anyway they have duties from tomorrow so we will hardly get time then. So that is settled then. No more arguments.

Riddhima took in a deep breath a looked at Armaan. His mouth was hanging open and he had a "I can't believe you backstabbed me" look. She felt bad for him but she could'nt help it. The conversation was becoming too embarrassing for her. Armaan just would'nt stop and she was afraid of what he would say next. He seemed to have forgotten it but she had not forgotten that her father-in-law was in the room and however cool he might be she was not comfortable discussing her love life in front of him. Already what Armaan had said in the end had made her want to bury herself under ground for the rest of her life. She had no choice but to put an end to this.

Armaan felt cheated when he heard Riddhima take their side. Atleast SHE should have understood the importance of tonight. It was right that "technically" they could do "it" anyday but there was always something special about the first day after the wedding. And more over he was so looking forward for this night. He felt like some one had stabbed him in the back. He gave Riddhima a pleading "Please don't do this" look. All he got back was a "I am sorry-I am helpless look". Dejected he gave up and looked down.

Muskaan: Great Ridzy. I love you. I knew you would understand. I am so excited. We are all going to have so much fun. She did a little jig expressing her excitement.

Armaan rolled his eyes. He took a nearby cushion and buried his face in it disappointed.

Riddhima's heart went out to him. But there was nothing she could do now. Billy and Ananya excused themselves saying they had some work and went in.

The gang began discussing the happenings of their wedding and the gossips about people who came there. Armaan was least interested and din't even look up as he kept his head on the cushion. Riddhima tried to look interested but kept stealing glances at Armaan trying to catch his attention. She knew Armaan would be mad at her. Niki suggested that they should play some games now. Rahul came up with Dumb charades. Boys vs Girls. Armaan absolutely refused to act when his chance came. When Rahul tried convincing him he gave him such a deadly stare that he decided to not push his luck. The only time Armaan participated in the game was when it was Riddhima's turn to act. He volunteered to give Riddhima the film's name. He went and whispered "Dhokebaaz" in her ears. Riddhima looked at him in anger.

Riddhima: What did you call me???

Armaan: I din't call you anything basket. That is the name of the movie. And BTW before you argue it IS a movie. I have seen it. It stars Shatrugan Sinha.

Riddhima: Fine….Whatever. she rolled her eyes and went to act out the movie.

After some time suddenly Atul got up from his seat.

Atul: Guys. 1'o clock ho gaye. Now we should all go to sleep. Chalo Chalo Armaan and Riddhima apne kamre mein jaao aur change kar lo. Come one guys we have to go...I mean we have to sleep.

Muskaan: Oh!! 1'o clock??/ Oh shit…Atul you are right. Armaan Riddhima you should go to your room now and change. You'll must be uncomfortable in these clothes na. Yeah go now. Fast.

Saying this she pulled and extremely shocked Riddhima from the sofa and gave her a slight push towards her room.

Armaan looked at them shock. What just happened?? Did they not want to spend the whole night talking??? How come they changed their mind suddenly?? Something was fishy?? When another part of his brain said "Shut up Armaan. This is what you wanted. What does it matter WHY they did it. They are going to leave Riddhima and you alone. Your night is not spoilt. Be happy". Suddenly filled with a surge of relief and happiness he went and hugged Atul who initiated the idea.

Armaan: Champ. Champ. I luv you. Tu hi mera bhai hai. He kissed Atul on the cheek and hugged him tighter

Atul: Ha Ha Theek hai Armaan. Chalo ab jaake ready ho. Varna late ho jaayega.

Armaan: Ready? Late??

Atul: Mera matlab hai..Samajh na yaar. Ready means,…Change your clothes and get READY to sleep…varna raath mein aur bhi LATE ho jaayega. Like abhi its 1 o clock then it will be 2 o clock. So 2 it LATER than 1.

Armaan: Huh!! Ok Ok..watever.

Atul then pushed Armaan towards the room too. The gang pushed both AR into their bedroom and closed the door.

Shocked and surprised by the sudden turn of events both Armaan and Riddhima looked at each other and rolled their eyes.

Armaan: WHAT was THAT??

Riddhima: I have NO IDEA….

Riddhima proceeded towards the dressing table while Armaan plonked himself on the bed and lay down with his legs still dangling down.

Armaan: Basket..I'm pissed off at you. How could you do that to me ?? You deserted me in front of everyone. Atleast you should have supported me na.?? I was all alone there. U know how lonely and unloved I felt..What happened to the promise of supporting me through all highs and lows. U forgot ur promise so soon…I am HURT.

Riddhima: Armaan stop being over dramatic. I had no other choice since you decided to cross all levels of cheapness. Do you have any idea how embarrassed I was. U kept talking about doing "it" in front of uncle and aunty. Was I supposed to sit there and let u continue like that..

Armaan got up from his sleeping posture and sat up and looked at Riddhima.

Armaan: Basket. They were not getting the hint. So I had to……….

He stopped as he saw the sight in front of him. Riddhima was standing in front of the mirror with her back facing him. She was struggling to remove her jewellery. She had removed the pins on the dupatta of her lehenga and the dupatta was almost falling off from her shoulder. The moon light was falling on her reflection. She looked positively radiant. Armaan's breath caught in his throat and he got up and moved towards her his hear beat racing

Riddhima gasped as she felt his hands creeping on her waist. He hugged her from behind and kissed her cheek. "You look so beautiful" Riddhima looked at him through the mirror and blushed seeing the passion in his eyes. "Oye Hoyee. Basket. One day you will kill me with this blush of yours. Do you have any idea how tempting you look when you blush?"

Riddhima din't know how to answer that so she blushed some more. "Armaan let me change first. This heavy jewellery is killing me"….

"AWWW. Basket let me do the honours. I am your husband after all". Saying this he winked at her and bent towards here ear and removed one earing. He kissed her bare earlobe. Riddhima gasped as his lips touched her skin. He did the same with her second earing too. Then he turned her around and hugged her nuzzling his face in her hair. His hands crept up from her waist to her neck where he unclasped the hook of her necklace. He now began kissing her bare neck. He trailed kisses from her below her ears to her shoulder and then kissed her throat up and down and moved towards the other side of her neck. Armaan's touches were igniting feelings and sensations in her which she never knew existed. Riddhima gasped and heaved with every touch of his. Her reaction only increased his passion. She grabbed the back of his sherwani with one hand and ran the other hand through his hair pulling him closer to her. Armaan ran his hand all over her back. Riddhima din't know when he did it but she suddenly found her dupatta on the floor. Her blouse was almost backless and Armaan was running his hands all over her back as he kissed her neck. Having kissed ever inch of her neck he now moved toward her waist. She was wearing a waist band and he wanted that off her asap. Armaan began running his hand over her waist searching for the hook. His touches were tickling her and she began giggling.

Basket what is this?? Stop moving let me remove this.

Armaan its tickling me..Hahaha..Stop…Stop..

Armaan was enjoying seeing her reaction and began tickling her even more. She tried to move back and he tried to hold her. Riddhima got away from his hold and began running away from him. He tried to catch her but she dodged him. They ran around the room for a while and finally he managed to get hold of her but both of them ended up falling on the bed. Both were out of breath. Armaan suddenly turned so that he was on top of Riddhima now and said " Can I remove it now. I won't tickle promise." Riddhima nodded and closed her eyes. He moved towards her waist and kissed her passionately all along her waist band. He tried removing the band with his fingers but the hook was too tight. He finally went ahead and unhooked it with his teeth. Riddhima moaned as his lips touched her waist and she held on to the bed sheet tightly with one hand and ran the other hand through his hair. Armaan now began sucking her navel and trailed kisses all throughout her stomach. Riddhima moaned louder as the passion in both of them began rising. Armaan moved from her stomach to her chest and kissed her there. He then moved towards her throat finally till her chin trailing kisses all along. He came up for air and Riddhima took over kissing his neck and chest. Finally he took her lips in hers and kissed her passionately. Riddhima reciprocated equally. The kiss deepened and Armaan began kneading her waist with one hand. With the other he tried to unhook her choli from behind. Riddhima ran both her hands all over Armaan's back and shoulders trying to bring him closer to her. Just when Armaan was about to unhook her choli…

KNOCK KNOCK…

Armaan & Riddhima ignored it.

Knock..Knock..THUD. THUD THUD….

Open Up…What are you'll doing. Open the door. Oye Armaan, Riddhima KHOLOOOO.

They broke the kiss and looked towards the door irritated.

Arre Armaan KHOL. THUD THUD THUD…..

Armaan: What the…….What do they want now?? I HATE them...I HATE them…I will KILL THEM….

He got up from the bed to open the door while Riddhima got up and went to cover herself up with her dupatta.