SR FF Love Happens Part 17 Page 49 - Cmpltd - Page 5

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Neet,

Dr.Neet!!🤗

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Scene : Next day evening. Gupta house.

Riddhima had just returned from the hospital and she walked into her room. She'd had a hectic day but she did not feel tired. There was nervous energy coursing through her. She was excited and nervous about her impending meeting with Armaan. Maybe she wouldn't meet him today. Papa had said their flight was at 8. That meant it would be late by the time they got home. They would most probably go straight to bed and that too after such a long flight. Nah. She'd probably see him tomorrow. But what would she say to him? How would they greet each other? They'd become more than friends over the years through letters, but how would it be in person? They hadn't seen each other in 15 years. God, there were so many questions whirling in her head, she felt dizzy with excitement. Riddhima shook her head and decided she needed a shower. She put her things away, grabbed a towel and went into the bathroom. She took her time in the shower and when she came out Shilpa was sitting there frowning.

Riddhima : Kya hua Shilpa? Tumhara chehra ithna uthra hua kyun hai?

Shilpa : Dekho na di 6 baj gaye aur Papa abhi thak nahi aaye..

Riddhima : Arey haan, Papa tho emergency surgery mein hai.. Maine nikalthe waqt un ke liye PA system par announcement suna tha.. Sister Stella batha rahin thi ki koi accident case hai jise kaafi severe head injury hui hai..

Shilpa : Lekin Di, ab Armaan aur Sid ko pick karne airport kaun jaayega?

Riddhima : Patha nahi..

Just then Padma walks in.

Padma : Arey Riddhima.. Tum kab aayi? Bathaya nahi, main coffee bana dethi..

Riddhima : Bass thodi der pehle aayi hoon maa.. Wo zara thak gayi thi tho aathe hi shower lene chali gayi..

Padma : Chalo achcha hua ki tum bhi aa gayi.. Tumhare dad ki secretary ne abhi abhi call kiya tha. Wo keh rahi thi ki tumhare dad kisi emergency surgery mein busy hain aur unhone kaha hai ki agar wo 7 baje thak nahi pahunche tho tum dono jaake Armaan aur Siddhant ko airport se le aana. Wo mujhe dinner ki thayyariyaan karni hain na..

Shilpa : That's great.. Aap tension math lo Mom hum yun gaye aur un dono ko lekar yun aaye..

Padma smiles at Shilpa and leaves.

Shilpa : Oho.. Agar mujhe pehle patha hotha ki humme un dono ko pick karne jaana hai tho main nayi dress khareed lethi..

Riddhima : Shilpa!

Shilpa : Aur nahi tho kya Di.. Shopping karne ke liye koi na koi bahana tho chahiye na..

Riddhima : Dekho Shilpa, main jaanthi hoon ki tum unn dono ke aane ko lekar bahut excited ho but the thing is I don't want to see you hurt.. Tum..

Shilpa : Arey Di, yeh tho sab mazak hai na.. Main jaanthi hoon main thodi romantic types hoon lekin main buddhu nahi hoon.. Aap tension math lo.. Ab jaldi se bathao main kya pehenoon?

Riddhima and Shilpa spend a good one-hour trying to decide what Shilpa should wear. Finally, they select a red kurta and jeans. Riddhima goes over to her cupboard and takes out a blue chudidar and smiles thinking that blue was Armaan's favourite colour too. She decided not to wear her specs and wore her contacts instead.

It was 7:15 and since Dr. Shashank was still out of contact, Riddhima and Shilpa set off to the airport. Riddhima felt her pulse double with each passing second. Padma had given their driver a placard with Sid's and Armaan's name so that they wouldn't have any trouble finding them. But Riddhima knew that her heart would feel Armaan's presence. If they could hear each others' unspoken words across the thousands of miles that separated them, she was sure she could hear his heartbeat when he was close by. Her heart pounding with excitement, Riddhima kept her gaze fixed on the road ahead, the road that would take her to her Armaan.

Scene : Mumbai Airport. Arrivals terminal.

Siddhant : I still don't think this is a good idea dude. I mean what's the point?

Armaan : What's the point in anything in life Sid? Life is just to chill and enjoy.

Siddhant : How does any of this come under chilling or enjoying?

Armaan : Where is your adventurous streak man? We are going to head out on our own.

Siddhnat : But this isn't America Armaan, This is India..

Armaan : I know, and that makes it all the more fun.. So chill dude..

Sid pulls off his bag from the conveyor belt. They were standing at the baggage claim area.

Siddhant : I seriously don't see the point in all of this..

Armaan ; That's because you are not Armaan man..

Siddhant : And I'd rather not be Armaan..

Sid lets out a sigh of frustration. They get all their bags and start to walk towards the exit. Suddenly Armaan stops.

Armaan : Oh teri!!

Sid ; Ab kya hua?

Armaan : Wo dekh..

Sid looks to where Armaan is pointing and he sees a placard with his and Armaan's name on it. But what really captures Sid's attention is the girl holding the placard. The placard covered her face but she was wearing a blue churidar and Sid's heart stopped.

Riddhima was feeling highly awkward and embarrassed standing there holding a placard. The driver had asked to go to the restroom and Shilpa had bumped into some old friend and was chatting away. Riddhima had no option but to hold the placard and stand there. She covered her face with the placard so that no one would have to see her. All of a sudden, Riddhima's heart skipped a beat. He is here, her heart told her and Riddhima closed her eyes. Yes, he was here and she could feel him with every nerve ending in her body. She slowly opened her eyes and gently lowered the placard.

Sid stood there watching as the placard was slowly lowered but before he could even see her eyes, Armaan pulled him aside.

Sid : Kya kar raha hai?

Armaan : Abbe tu ne dekha nahi? Wo ladki hamare naam ka placard lekar khadi hai.. Us ne humme dekh liya tho?

Sid : Idiot, humme yahan pandrah saalon mein kisi nahi dekha.. Humme yahan koi nahi pehchaanega..

Armaan : Arey haan, correct.. yeh baath tho main bhool hi gaya..

Sid : Ab chalein?

Armaan : Haan chal chal chal..

As they emerge from behind the wall, Sid's eyes immediately scan the crowd but now, a guy in a driver's uniform was holding the placard. He felt utterly disappointed.

Sid (mumbling to himself) : Yeh Armaan aur iske plan!!

Armaan : Tu ne kuch kaha?

Sid : Nahi tho..

Armaan : Achcha chal..

As they are about to leave the terminal, Sid stops for a minute. A gentle breeze picks up and Sid feels his heart skip a beat. She was here, somewhere. He looks around and just as he turns to his right, a lady blocks his vision and he does not see Riddhima who is standing just a few feet away talking on the phone. When the lady moves away, Sid walks out of the terminal and Riddhima walks in the opposite direction.

Riddhima goes up to Shilpa who is still talking to her friend.

Riddhima : Shilpa..

Shilpa : Haan di.. Wo dono aa gaye?

Riddhima : nahi wo actually abhi papa ka phone aaya.. Papa batha rahe the ki Shekhar Uncle ne bathaya ki unn dono ki koi connecting flight miss ho gayi tho wo aaj nahi pahunch paayenge.. Shayad kal aayenge..

Shilpa (frowning) : Oh.. How sad na?

Riddhima : Hmmm..

Though she was trying hard not to show it, Riddhima was terribly disappointed. She was sure she'd felt Armaan's presence but then if he hadn't come whose presence had she felt? Or was she just so excited she thought she felt something when she didn't actually? She shook her head and heaved a sigh.

Shilpa : Arey dekho aap bhi depressed ho gayin.. Chalo depression kam karne ke liye ice cream khaathe hain..

Riddhima : Shilpa, bahut raath ho gayi hai, humme ghar jaana chahiye..

Shilpa : Ghar hi tho jaa rahe hain, aur waise bhi ice cream waala tho raasthe mein hi hai na.. Chalo chalo chalo..

Shilpa drags a reluctant Riddhima out of the terminal. Riddhima casts one final backward glance and scans the crowd but sees nothing or no one that could make her heart skip a beat. Maybe she'd imagined it all.. She had been so excited.. that had to be it..

Riddhima's and Shilpa's car pulls up in front of an ice cream vendor on a deserted street. At the far end of the street, close to a deserted bus stop, a taxi comes to a stop. Shilpa gets out of their car and goes up to the ice cream vendor to get the ice creams. Out of the taxi, Armaan, Sid and the driver step out.

Armaan : Kya hua bhai sahab?

Driver : Patha nahi sahab ya tho tyre puncture ya gaadi kharab ho gayi.. Dekhtha hoon..

Sid : Great! So much for your sense of adventure Armaan..

Armaan : Ab how am I supposed to know ki Indian cars and roads are so bad man?

Driver : Oh bhai sahab hamare India ke baare mein kuch math bolna!!

Sid : Arey nahi nahi bhaiyya uske kehne ka mathlab wo nahi tha.. Aap pls gaadi theek kijiye.. Armaan tu chup rahega pls?

Armaan : What's the problem man?

Sid : What's the problem? You are the problem.. Achche khaase Dr. Shashank hamare liye gaadi bhej rahe the.. Lekin nahi.. Tumhe tho sense of adventure chahiye.. Lets explore Mumbai man (imitating Armaan).. Ab karo explore iss sunsaan sadak par..

Armaan : Hey I've heard the guy is a Hitler.. I thought Hitler ke saath travel karne se achcha hai hum khud hi chale jaayein..

Sid : Yeah right..

Just then thunder rolls and lightning strikes. It starts to rain heavily. The driver and Armaan quickly rush back into the car.

Armaan : Oh man! I hate it when it rains.. I hate the rain and I hate getting wet.. God!! Now its getting bad.. Sid, tum..

He turns to the seat beside him but Sid is not there..

Armaan : Sid? Sid?!!

He sees Sid standing outside, soaking in the rain..

Driver : Arey sahab ko bolo ki andar aake bait jaayein..

Armaan : Rehne do.. Mera bhai na, thoda paagal hai.. Usse baarish mein bheegna achcha lagtha hai..

Sid is standing in the rain with his arms open, getting drenched.

Further down the road, Riddhima and Shilpa are having ice cream in the car when it starts to rain. On an impulse, Riddhima steps out of the car.

Shilpa : Kya kar rahi ho di? Bheeg jaogi.. Di.. Di..

Sid felt that his heart had forgotten how to beat when the girl turned towards him and looked at him. Her wet hair clung to her face and he could not see her face or eyes properly, but he knew her eyes were on him. He had this inexplicably overwhelming urge to walk up to her, hold her face in his hands, move her hair away from her face and gaze into those eyes. Somehow he knew those eyes would be the most beautiful eyes ever. Sid runs a nervous hand through his hair.

It was as if she was in a dream, Riddhima felt. Her gaze was locked with a tall, handsome stranger, whose face she couldn't even make out, except during the occassional strikes of lightning, on a deserted street while both of them enjoyed the rain. She felt a pull towards the stranger. As if destiny had been conspiring for a very long time to bring them together right here, right now, just like this and it had finally happened. They stood there unable to speak or move, as if speaking, moving or even breathing would break the this moment that destiny had orchestered just for them.

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*EDITED*
Hey Neet
It was beautiful. Finally SR met ☺️. Quite filmy but still lovely. HAYEEEE I just can't wait for their official meeting. Neet PLZ don't change his name. I really want this FF the way it is going because I know that at the end Riddhima is going to b Sid's. I don't have any issues. Again I wanna thank U for starting this FF. Now continue soon PLZ😊

Hello everyone!!

Neet it was fabulous!!

as i said in ur other ff also