Part 4 -
A few months had passed. It was now the day before prom. Riddhima had managed to avoid everyone who had asked her. She and Armaan would meet at the dance itself then just conveniently spend the entire dance together. Today was the last day of school. Riddhima walked into homeroom where Armaan was waiting for class to begin. She was dressed in a cute yellow summer dress with a white cardigan. Her hair was tied back in a ponytail. She as usual had Armaan's neckalace on, but tucked inside her dress. She had always managed to somehow avoid the matter whenever someone asked her what it was. She blushed as her thoughts went back to the day before.
Flashback:
Armaan had taken her to his apartment and given her such a romantic surprise. His room was covered in photographs of her. Some candids, and some with her posing. she looked beautiful in each and every one.
Armaan sat on the floor of his bedroom with his legs crossed and she sat on his lap with her back towards him. His hands were wrapped around her and he was placing kisses along her neck.
"I love you armaan" Armaan smiled and looked up at her. "I love you too Shona. I don't know how much longer I can wait. I just want to marry you right after your graduation and have you all to myself. I love you so much!" Riddhima blushed, then she felt armaan kiss her cheek. Riddhima began playing with his fingers. "riddhima hum shaadi kab karenge?" riddhima felt herself blushing. "armaan tum kab karna chate ho?" armaan smiled. "hmm i want to marry you right now" riddhima blushed and slightly slapped his arm. "armaann" armaan smiled, "waise toh i was serious par, i was thinking on your graduation day itself i'll asking mumma (remember he calls her mom mom too) and uncle for your hand in marriage. Phir we'll get married immediately! Don't worry shaadi ki baad bhi tum uni jaogi. after all we will both be at GWU na? hmm atul and Anji are marrying this summer, toh kyun na hum bhi unke saath hi?" riddhima blushed deeply. "oye hoye shona."
It was in that position that Armaan's sister Nikki caught them. She had come home from college as her college had just ended. Armaan and riddhima embarrassingly explained to Nikki that they had secretly been dating and they love each other deeply. Armaan also expressed his desire to marry her right after graduation, that is if they can convince her parents. Nikki seemed hesitant about something, but she didnt speak much.
Flashback ends
Armaan smiled looking at Riddhima, knowing exactly what she was thinking about. Soon enough homeroom and business class were both over and the duo went about their days. It was break time when armaan was walking to his empty classroom with a cup of coffee. He then spotted Riddhima walking down the hallway when a boy stopped her. "Hey Ridz, um u have a prom date yet?" Riddhima smiled politely, "um actually, woh it's a long story, but i think Mandy is still available." The boy seemed visiblely dejected, but walked away. Seeing the hallway empty except for the duo Armaan quickly pulled her into his classroom and locked the door. Luckily for them all the windows and blinds were closed.
next bit ages 16+ until next red note
Armaan pushed Riddhima against a wall and quickly captured her lips. He had been trying to watch her all day. She looked so beautiful and mindblowingly hot today that he just couldn't take it anymore. He furiously kissed her. he felt her responding too. She was so fed up of having to maintain her distance from him. Amidst the kiss she felt his hand crawling up her thigh. He quickly pulled her underwear off. She then began unbelting his belt and jeans. he broke the kiss and pulled his jeans down slightly, and quickly entered her. riddhima gasped before armaan quickly captured her lips again. One of his arms were around his neck while the other was against the wall. Armaan broke the kiss and moved his mouth lower to her cleavage. He began kissing, licking, and kissing, her cleavage furiously. He felt riddhima wrap her legs around him. he moved his mouth back to meet hers and caught her in yet another passionate kiss. suddenly they heard the alarm on armaan's phone go off. Riddhima suddenly jolted back to reality and broke the kiss. Armaan, hum school mein hain! class will start soon! Armaan realized what was happening, and quickly seperated from riddhima. They quickly rearranged their clothes and themselves. armaan gave riddhima a peck on the lips and smiled. "i love you so much." riddhima smiled back "i love you too" armaan then smiled naughtily, "waise shona we can tell our grandchildren we made love in a hotel room, the shower and bathtub, your bedroom floor, my living room, aur ab the classroom. woh bhi sab shaadi se pehle! wow imagine shaadi ki baad..." armaan's sentence was left incomplete as riddhima slapped his chest and hid her face their in embarrassment.
okay not yet dirty minds its safe for your clean yet to be dirtyfied minds!!
"mm ab sharmana band karo aur jao run off to class. It's your last day. Enjoy. waise i dont know how much more memorable the day can get after our little romantic rendezvous." Riddhima smiled while blushing and ran off to class. Lucky for them the hallway was once again empty and nobody had noticed she had been missing long.
Soon the day and prom had passed by quickly.
It was soon the day before graduation. Riddhima had just found something very important out and rushed to Armaan's home to inform him. She entered without knocking as she knew where the spare key was kept. She slowly made her way towards Armaan's room but paused as she heard Nikki speaking on the phone to someone.
"No yaar, I'm so worried. Armaan is making such a stupid mistake! He is dead set on marrying this girl immediately! He knows that its a bad choice, he should be focusing on his career now, but no he is chasing this girl! Its like okay forget college and his career even. He knows that if he marries her then he wont get any of the inheritance from mom and dad. Forget marrying her, he's not even supposed to be dating her! He'll be broke! He is ruining his life! I'm telling you this riddhima should just do him a favor and leave him!"
Riddhima was stunned. She had no idea he was facing so many problems because of her. She was so confused, what should she do? Making her mind up quickly she went towards Armaan's room.
Armaan was stepping out of his bathroom in his towel after having showered. He smiled widely upon seeing his lady love. He walked over to her and held her waist and was leaning in to give her a kiss when he felt her push him away.
"Jaan? kya hua?" Armaan asked her worried, as she had never done that before. "Armaan i'm sorry, par it's just not working...I've been thinking so much about it and well i think its more lust and attraction. I'm sorry par I dont love you." Armaan froze. His eyes welled up.
Riddhima's hands were clentched. She could feel her nails digging into her skin as she lied to him blatantly.
"Shona, please aise mazaak mat karna" Riddhima turned away from him. "im sorry par its not a joke. I'm sorry par yehi saach hain." She took his chain off and place it on his bedside table. She then ran away quickly running out the door. Armaan tried to stop her but she had escaped.
Armaan tried calling her but she wouldnt pick up. He fell to the floor crying and letting the tears engulf him.
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On the other hand, only Riddhima knew how hard it was to lie and break up with Armaan. She loved him so much, but she would do anything for him. Riddhima went home and cried her heart out. She then noticed a letter on her desk. It was from Yale. She had been waitlisted initially, but she was now accepted. Trying to regain herself, she called the GWU admissions office and told them she would not be joining. She then called Yale and accepted the offer but as a part time student only. She then called her cousin shilpa.
Riddhima made some arrangements and packed her bags. As she heard her parents driving up, she quickly hid her bags and wiped her tears.
The next day she woke up early and attended graduation. She could sense Armaan trying to speak with her, but she managed to avoid him. After a nice family dinner, she went back home with her family. Around 2 in the morning, Riddhima got up and got dressed. She looked outside, and sure enough a taxi was waiting. She took her bags downstairs and place the letter she had written to her parents on her pillow. She took a peak into her parents and Anjali's room, knowing she'd never see them again. Shedding another tear, she stepped out of the house for the last time, knowing she was going far far away.
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3 years later (hehe i know hamesha ki tarah leap!):
do watch this video as its exactly what is happening, and i wont bother giving descriptions - not this is not a vm, its an actual scene from DMG...
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pyeAkDlGOU[/YOUTUBE]
Shilpa looked around trying to find the owner of the voice, but it was in vain. The owner of the passionate voice was gone. It was then her eyes fell on a photograph lying on the piano. it seemed he had left it there. Curiously she went towards it and was shocked.
It was a photo of her cousin Riddhima, and Arima's father! She stood their stunned.
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Armaan ran back to the room he had been in. How could he be so careless? how could he forget the picture of Riddhima and him there?
He ran back and was confused to see a girl standing there holding the picture and crying. He quickly ran up to her and grabbed the picture. Sure enough it was his picture with riddhima. he kissed the picture letting his tear escape. He then remembered the girl and looked up at her. "sorry woh it fell from my set of photos i carry, aur well its really special to me." Armaan indicated the large set of photos he was holding.
Shilpa still stunned, took the pictures from his hold and began looking through them. She couldn hold back her tears as she saw they were all of riddhima, some with both of them, but predominantly of her. There wasnt a single picture in which she wasn't in.
"itna pyaar karte ho tum use abhi bhi armaan?" Armaan looked up at her confused. "apne jaan se bhi zyada, par i'm sorry i didnt recognize you. wait kya tum mere riddhima ko jaante ho? do you know where she is? is she here?" Armaan looked around eagerly hoping to see riddhima. He had spent the last 3 years searching for her.
"haan, main riddhima ki cousin, Shilpa hoon. Actually I am her only family member who knows where she is, because came to stay with me and my husband Sid initially. She lives in this town. Near my house actuually" Armaan broke into a smile, while crying heavily. "please le chalo mujhe uski paas. I need to see her. please"
Shilpa knew everything, why riddhima had broken up with him and why she had left. She knew he deserved to know. If he was still so much in love with her, he deserved to her.
Shilpa shook her head. "She wont be home at this time. She's probably at the park"
Armaan didn't have to think twice. He immediately asked which park.
Shilpa then led Armaan to the park.
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrJ7_-F8mUI[/YOUTUBE]
Armaan hugged Riddhima tightly feeling her presence. He loved her so much. How could he leave her? He knew whatever she had said wasn't true, but why had she done so? He loved her so much she couldnt have not felt the love.
Riddhima was stunned to see Armaan back. At first she felt she was imagining him again, but when he engulfed her in a hug she realized he was real.
Their thoughts were interrupted as they heard, "mumma anima iceam...mumma eh kaun?"
Armaan seperated from the hug and looked down at the little girl tugging Riddhima's pants. She had deep blue eyes and dimples. In short, she looked exactly like a female replica of Armaan.
Armaan looked back in forth between the little girl and Riddhima. Riddhima stood there still stunned.
It didn't take Armaan long to realize that the little girl had to be his daughter. Her looks, her features, even her appeared age all indicated he was the father. Armaan felt his eyes well up even more realizing he had a daughter he didnt know about. He had missed out on so much of her life. He looked at Riddhima who slightly nodded indicating she was his daughter after all. Armaan immeadiately bent down and began kissing Arima's face all over, then engulfed her in a hug.
Arima then slightly seperated from him and looked at his face.
She then put her little hand on her mouth saying "HAWW, mumma papa?"
Arima had seen pictures of Armaan with her mom before. When she was old enough to ask she did and riddhima explained it was her papa.
Riddhima nodded to her assuring her it was her papa. Arima then threw herself at Armaan hugging him tightly. She had always wished to meet her papa. Even her cousin, Sonu had his papa Sid, only Arima didn have her papa with her.
Armaan hugged his daughter absorbing the moment.
Shilpa then interrupted feeling that Armaan and Riddhima needed to talk. She took Arima promising her ice cream and that she could meet her papa after her ice cream treat. Shilpa then turned to riddhima and said, "he deserves to know the full truth Riddhima."
After shilpa left with Arima, armaan turned to riddhima. riddhima sighed as she knew it was truth time. She gestured towards the bench where they then went and sat.
Riddhima closed her eyes and said the first thing that came to her. "i"m sorry armaan." Armaan looked at her stunned. "Sorry? kis liye riddhima? for leaving me 3 years ago without a proper explanation, for breaking my heart and my dreams?, for leaving without any warning, for not even giving me a chance to ask ki kya hua or to tell you how I felt, for making me search high and low for you for the past 3 years?, for turning me into a zinda laash?, for hiding the fact that i have a daughter from me?, for taking away the opportunity to go through the pregnancy factor with u, for taking away the opportunity of witnessing my baby's birth, for depriving me the chance to be apart of the first two years of her life? all you have to say is sorry?"
Riddhima closed her eyes letting the tears fall.. "i..i dont know what else to..i dont know how to...i'm sorry for lying to you, i'm sorry for running away and hiding this from you, i'm sorry for everything, par i was doing it all for you armaan.... i didnt know how else to..."
Armaan looked at her confused. "for me? you hurt me for me? you hurt yourself for me?" Riddhima sighed knowing she had to tell him the events of that day.
"Armaan, the day before graduation, I was in the mall alone. I wanted to get you a present, par mein store mein behosh ho gayi thi. The next thing I knew i was in a clinic and the doctor was congratulating me for being 2 weeks pregnant. I was so happy Armaan! I knew ki you wanted to marry me soon anyways. I had a feeling you'd be so happy! I was over the moon! Phir straight away i made my way to your place. I entered using the spare key. Phir on my way to your room i overheard your sister on the phone. She was talking to someone about you. About how you were making such a big mistake and ruining your life by being with me. You would lose everything your parents left for you. She said ki your life will be ruined and you'd be so much better off if i left you. Aur...I didnt know what to do. I was so confused. ek taraf tha humara pyaar, humara hone wala baacha, par dusre taraaf your past, your life. How could I make you leave everything you were for us? toh i lied to you aur left before you could see my tears or see through my lie. Phir i managed to avoid you at graduation aur I called gwu and told them i wouldnt be attending. remember i was waitlisted at Yale? well they sent me a letter saying there was room. By chance my cousin shilpa lived near there. so i accepted yale, but as a part time student as it would be hard during pregnancy. phir i called and told shilpa everything. I left a note for my family and left in the middle of the night. Aur I've been here since. Shilpa and her husband Sid helped me a lot especially during my pregnancy days. Phir after Arima was a year old, I had enough savings and got my apartment. aur well we've been living. my soul purpose for living had become arima. If it weren't for her toh main kab ka marchuka hota."
Riddhima looked up at armaan after she finished speaking to see Armaan's reaction. It seemd his eyes were filled with more tears then before. It was hard to make out his expression. He seemed to be dazed and slightly confused maybe.
he whispered to her "itna pyaar karte ho mujhse?"
she whispered back "apne jaan se bhi zyada"
he looked at her intently then spoke a bit louder, "toh how could you not know that you were so much more important then money or inheritance! all that was nikki's interest! never mine! i worked my way through college! i made myself who i am myself! i never needed any of that anyways! why do you think i took up that teaching gig? aur you know that huge company Heavenly Desires? I am the ceo of that company. I started interning and such at high school, aur phir by the time i finished my undergrad toh I had started my own business. But I would give up everything in the blink of an eye if it meant having you by my side. All that is nothing without you in mylife. Its like telling a someone you are taking his oxygen away so he can afford to buy food. without his oxygen he will die? so whats the need for food anyways?"
riddhima looked at Armaan and understood how wrong she had been. She began crying badly nd hid herself in the sanctuary she once called her home - his chest. He wrapped his arms around her tightly letting his tears flow as well. "i love you shona. I always have and always will"
"i love you too armaan i love you too. soo much..." Armaan slightly seperated her from the hug and captured her lips in a kiss. They kissed each other passionately and fiercely releasing all their pent up emotions. They told each other how much they missed each other and love each other through the kiss.
when they seperate they smiled. "marry me" it was more of an order than a question. Riddhima smiled before responding. "haan"
armaan smiled naughtily, "waise you said you were two weeks pregnant right?" riddhima nodded, "haan kyun?" armaan smiled and said, "woh baas i was thinking 2 weeks meaning we conceived her that passionate day in my classroom. The day before prom. that was exactly 2 weeks before. waise that was so hot na? aur arima is probably the only child who can grow up and say she was conceived in a classroom against a wall behind the teachers desk." Riddhima blushed and smacked his chest lightly, "armaannn" armaan smiled and kissed her cheek, "kya arrmaann? hmm lekin you have to admit ki its true. Its so unique na?"
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THE END!
Edited by ammy_ka_ashu - 14 years ago
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