Core of My Existence(AR Story)Nextthreadlink150 - Page 49

Sorry guys for the extreme delay for this update, I was busy and like I said my net was annoying me too. This update is one of the most important parts of my ff , the marriage .

I hope you guys let me know your honest opinions,and silent readers,I wouldnt mind a 'LIKE' if you read it, so that I know you appreciate it too.

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" Oh God ! how am I ever going to make it " Riddhima fumbled with the make up she was applying. Riddhima wasn't used to applying all of this and Armaan also always complimented her on how she looked so beautiful and angelic without it all. But today was a special day , her wedding day ,how could she not look her best today , but she was failing at it, and this was one thing she knew Armaan also couldn't help her with.

She just gave upfrowning and threw the brush in her hand at the mirror in front of her. She was so nervous already, added to that she didn't know why Armaan hadn't bothered giving her, her wedding dress till now, when was he planning to give it to her anyway, after the wedding ?

Oh God he was pretty much capable of surprising ,rather shocking her, what if he did that ? But she smacked herself for being so foolish, he wouldn't obviously. The she realized how Armaan and she couldn't even see each other before the wedding, how would she get ready and how would they make it to the church this way . Lost in her fears and fumbling with everything that she got hold of , she was almost on the verge of tears when someone knocked the door of her room, it obviously had to be Armaan, who else could it be ?

"Oh God what is it Armaan, don't bother me now leave me alone, " she screamt, but the knocking continued, "Armaan don't you get it , leave me ALONE for now, am not in the right mood " but when the knocking still continued she lost her head and pushed her chair towards the door, she was in a bad mood already and to add to that Armaan was annoying her too.

She didn't want him to see her in this state and moreoever they weren't even supposed to meet. She opened the door angrily, about to shout at Armaan but when she looked at who had actually knocked the door she was shocked to the extent that her eyes were filled with tears. She couldn't believe her eyes, her two best friends, were right in front of her ,Nikki and Muskaan .

They both smiled back at her probably feeling the same emotions and both bent and hugged her together . Riddhima was shaking , sobbing too overwhelmed for words, them being here not only bought back beautiful memories but also made her feel immensely happy that both her and Armaan would finally have someone to celebrate the biggest day of their life with them. Not that her happiness would have been any less without them but them being her just doubled the excitement.

They came out of the hug and smiled widely at each other, with tears swimming in their eyes. Nikki bend down and wiped off Riddhima's tears and then kissed her forehead. "You cant afford to cry today sweety, your eyes are going to get puffy and its just going to ruin all the wedding pictures" Nikki spoke in mock concern and Riddhima giggled, but spoke up finally " Muski, Nikki, tum dono yahaan aur who bhi achanak, you guys didn't even tell me that you will be coming here ."

Muskaan spoke suddenly as loud and fast as she usually did not giving anyone a chance to say anything " Achanak ? hum yahan achanak nahi aaye, tera Romeo ye plan kahin hafton se bana raha hai. Pehle toh bas aise hi bula raha tha, lekin phir suddenly tum logon ne shaadi plan karli and then toh he went totally beserk." Muskaan giggled and continued, " He had gotten so hyper, 'Mujhe ye Riddhima ka sabse special din banana hai , I want to make all her dreams about her perfect wedding come true , tum sab log sab kuch chod ke aa jao ', Aur jab humne uske saath mazak kiya ki we may not get a leave toh he screamt at us 'I don't care if Sanjeevani throws you guys out for this leave, but I need you guys here, for Basket, I know it wont be perfect unless she has her family here, and you guys are family', Muskaan said emotionally talking about Her Hero , "He almost broke down on the phone, and that's when we realized ki ye sab uske liye ek mazak nahi , he is struggling to make every moment of your life so beautiful ." Riddhima who was already so emotional leaked a few more tears, touched for the zillionth time by the love Armaan showered on her. Nikki looked at her and bending down holding her hands in hers said " Sach Riddhima, you are very lucky, Armaan tumse bahut pyaar karta hai , you're his princess,"

Riddhima nodded and whispered "I know " . Then Muskaan and Nikki both took her chair towards the dressing table and sitting down besides her started dressing her up , and now Riddhima knew she didn't have to worry , she had calmed down , left all the worries aside, and again all because of Her Armaan and her amazing friends, who had come all the way leaving everything behind just for the both of them.

When Riddhima had been struggling to get ready and almost fighting a war , Armaan had been ready way before time. He hadn't slept the night because of all the excitement and since sleep didn't want to befriend him at all , he just gave up and got off the bed, to get ready . He had done all the chores , followed each thing his long list of 'The Perfect wedding' mentioned in it and had everything set , and was now just counting the minutes before his Ms Gupta would be Mrs Mallik, and his long impending dream would finally come true. Now he was doing what he always did when Riddhima wasn't around, which wasn't something that happened usually, because his Basket was always with him, or rather he would always make sure he was always around her.

He was staring away at a picture of hers, one from their roka. She looked like an angel in that pink lehenga , smiling one of her most beautiful smiles. The same smile now adorned his face, as he looked on dreamily . Suddenly he felt one pair of arms go around his shoulder from the right, and someone whispered in his ears, " Bahut pyaari hai na" , Armaan who was in his 'Basket Land' just said nodded and said "Bahut" in the affirmative. Yet lost in his own world he felt another arm going his shoulder this time from left, " Bahut HOT hai na" Armaan nodded again and said " Hmm bahut" but then just realized that it wasn't his mind that had called his Riddhima hot it was someone else, he looked up in the mirror in front of him only to find Atul and Rahul both sitting next to him holding his shoulders, his eyes widened and their sudden presence made him scream loud ," AHHH " and obviously their reflexes where stronger, and terrified with the way he screamt they screamt back " AHHH ." He shut his ears and annoyingly asked "Chilla kyun rahe ho ? " and Atul spoke in his usual tone " Tu kyun chila raha hai ? " , "Areyy who tum log aise achanak aa jaoge toh chillaun nahi toh aur kya karun " and suddenly he heard the voice he didn't quite like hearing , " Aap shayad bhul rahe hai Dr Mallik ki aapne hi hume yaha bulaya hai " Armaan looked up at Abhimanyu glaring at him and giving him that annoying look of his which Armaan hated so much. Ofcourse then it all came back to him and he remembered that he called them all here and him and Riddhima weren't going to be all alone after all .

He smiled at them and went and took both Atul and Rahul into a rib crashing hug and they both enclosed him in their arms too. All of them grinning like fools and that happiness of meeting each other after so long visible through the tears in their eyes. They came out of their hug and Atul went ahead and wiped Armaans tears .Those tears were for all they had gone through, all of them. The shootout hadn't just affected Armaan and Riddhima, it had affected the gang just as much .They had all been one family since the last 3 years ,gone through every happy and sad time together. The incident had forced them part ways to the extent of being in two different parts of the world, even though physically.

"Arey bhai rota kyun hai , humare aane se itna dukh hua kya" Atul spoke with the intention of cheering Armaan up and Armaan just giggled and wiping his tears , wacked Atul " Champ ! " Atul grinned and Armaan looked at the three and said "Thanks guys ! Yahan aane ke liye, it would have been incomplete without you guys !"

Atul and Rahul both rolled their eyes at Armaan ,Rahul slapped Armaan on his head and said " Kyun be sale U.S aake bade manners aa gaye tujh me hmm " Armaan laughed and then Atul spoke up " Arey isme thanks kehne ki kya baat hai, tum dono ke liye itna special din hai, hum kaise nahi aate, agar nahi bhi bulata toh bhi hum zabardasti aa jate." Armaan smiled feeling touched at the love they all shared and suddenly a new excitement filled his heart, he knew this day would be perfect, even more than he thought it would be.

Armaan was walking outside Riddhima's room impatiently , wanting to glance at his Princess atleast once before he left for the church. He had been knocking on their door but all of them just refused to open the door or for that matter even answer in response. He saw the other three boys giggling , having fun at his expense and glared at them. All three of them shut up looking at his angry glare, while Armaan continued to knock the door. He kept looking back while he did that because he knew the other three were finding it all too funny .

Armaan knocked hard once again to hear a loud " Owww " in return and he jumped in his place to see Nikki glaring at him annoyed ." Tum yaha kya kar rahe ho Armaan , kabse besharamo ki tarah knock kar rahe ho. Let me tell you, that there is no way you are going to get an entry in this room AND there is no way you get to see a glimpse of your Riddhima until the ceremony starts. " Armaan heard the long lecture by his best friend and was so disappointed that he didn't even try to retaliate , just pouted sadly at his luck and began to move out , when Nikki smiled adorably at him and pulled him back. He looked at her with hope but to his disappointment again she just made a cute face at him and giggling hugged him. Inspite of being sad for not having been able to meet Riddhima he couldn't help but let out a smile. With Armaan and Nikki it had always been like that, they never needed words to explain the other what they felt , they understood each other more than anyone could. Armaan didn't find the need to thank her and Nikki didn't need him to tell her how touched or happy he was to see all of them be a part of their Big day.

While they were yet in the hug , Abhi just came and pulled Nikki away possessively and stood in front of her , glaring at Armaan "Bas Bas Dr Mallik enough of the reunion for today, and please don't forget aaj aapki shaadi hai, who bhi Dr Riddhima ke saath , and she is just a door across, toh apni had mai rahiye " Nikki giggled at Abhi's words and blushed at the way he was always so protective towards her. Armaan just made a face at him , imitating what he said and then looked at Nikki pleadingly was just about to talk to her when Abhi interrupted again," Dr Mallik why don't you just let it be, shaadi se pehle you aren't supposed to meet your bride, don't waste your and her time and lets leave for the church."

Armaan was getting angrier by the minute, cursing himself and his over excitement for his wedding which had made him invite 'Mr Moody' for the wedding. He saw Nikki give him a sympathetic look and go back into the room shutting it behind her. Armaan just gave Abhi a cold glare and turned while Abhi spoke again much to Armaans annoyance " BTW Dr Mallik, I had the fortune to meet Dr Riddhima a while back and I must admit aap bahut lucky hai," Armaan smiled slightly and was about to turn around to thank him when Abhi spoke up " I haven't seen a hotter bride ever before ," and that did it , hearing this made Armaans hands curl into fists and he was about to go punch Abhi on his face when both Rahul and Atul rushed to him and pulled him back " Shant mere bhai ,shant, gehri saans le aur raise behave kar jaise Mr Modi naam ko koi insaan zinda hi nahi hai , " Atul told Armaan while Abhi looked up at him shocked while Atul was trying to pull Armaan away ,while Rahul did the same from the other side and said " Breath in , breath out ." Armaan calmed himself down and actually taking a deep breath got out of their hold walking off to the cab he had called for all the boys while they all just laughed at his state and his impatience to meet his Basket.

All the boys had reached the church, obviously way before time owing to Armaans impatience . The church was decorated beautifully with white drapes and flowers, all in white ,as per Riddhima's liking, since she loved white so much. Armaan seemed to have taken every word of her dream very seriously and done everything to make the wedding the most beautiful day of her life. Dressed in his black tuxedo looking dashing as ever, Armaan stood inside the church as usual looking impatiently at the door waiting for his Riddhima to arrive. As if his prayers had been finally answered he saw their car driving in . His face broke into a smile, because he knew he would finally get to see his Riddhima. He had dreamt of this day many a times, when his Basket would be dressed as his bride and his dream was finally going to come true.His excitment knew no bounds and even though they had been each others life partners even till today, an official wedding made it all even special.

As the car drove in Riddhima started feeling nervous again. She had calmed down initially when both Nikki and Muskaan sorted her out and not only dressed her up beautifully but also their presence had done a lot to cheer her up.

She had been amazed when they had bought her bridal dress to her, it was the one Armaan had chosen for her they said, but she didn't need them to tell her that, because she knew it .She just had to have one look at the dress to know it was chosen by him. It was a beautiful white dress, her favourite colour and exactly the way she had described it to him . She felt overwhelmed with all his love and concern.

BUT as much as she was excited for this day and and as much as this was what she had always wanted , it was her wedding day , and she was nervous as hell. She felt something weird in her stomach , which was troubling to the extent of making her feel dizzy.She just wanted to be with Armaan, she had to see him to calm herself down. The car stopped in front of the church and Riddhima looked around to see where Armaan was. Her eyes stopped wandering when she saw him come out of the church ,standing at the doorway, slightly smiling himself. Her heart skipped a beat when she saw him , he looked dashing , and she couldn't stop staring at the dimple that adorned his face. His happiness and excitement was infectious and she felt herself smiling too now.

Armaan saw Nikki and Muskaan both getting Riddhima out of the car , he saw Riddhima loosing her balance in their hold, while they tried settling her in the wheelchair, he was about to go ahead when Rahul stopped him and calmly said " Relax Armaan, they will manage ," Armaan did stop but one look at Riddhima and he knew she wasn't ok. He didn't need her to tell him that she was conscious, ofcourse she would be. She wasn't used to being around so many people, and all of them fussing around her just because she couldn't manage by herself. He could see that like every other girl , she was nervous for her wedding day too, wanting it to go perfect and was struggling to keep her emotions and fears in check lest she ruined it. But he had to assure her , had to calm her down and tell her, that this day would be nothing but perfect, because it was meant to be. He wanted her to realize that nothing would change how special this day was for them, it was special because of her, and their love for each other, and no other fear stood a chance then.

"Do you take Ms Riddhima Gupta to be your lawfully wedded wife " Armaan heard the father speak , he looked at Riddhima who had turned a shade of pink he had never seen on her before. Ever since they had walked in the church , the gang hadn't left a chance to tease them, and as much as both of them were embarrassed they were enjoying these moments to the best. The teasing and leg pulling was a part of a perfect wedding isn't it ? Rather they both would have missed out on all this fun had they not made it for the wedding. Armaan looked at Riddhima to look up at him , before he answered. He heard Rahul nudge him saying " Having second thoughts Dr Mallik ? " and at once Riddhima looked up at him , looking into his eyes for her answer but he knew it wasn't for the question Rahul had asked. He smiled and with all the love he had for her and loudly said " I do ."

While everyone was cheering and clapping Armaan was looking at Riddhima, his eyes brimming with tears, he couldn't hold himself from going upto her and take him in her arms today , the feeling of happiness that took over him after he had said those two words were unmatchable to anything .He had waited so long for this day, to have her as his own, in every right, and having been granted the only person he ever needed in his life, his eyes poured with this feeling of satisfaction and contentment.

"Do you take Mr Armaan Mallik to be your lawfully wedded husband " Riddhima who hadn't left looking into Armaan eyes ever since he had made his promise, looked at those eyes making a promise of being with her, follow her like her own shadow, protect her, to love her, till the end of time. She didn't need any assurance now, didn't feel any fear, she knew they would be ok, his love made her feel confident of herself, she felt proud to have chosen this man for herself and she knew that now no one could pull them apart, and this time she wouldn't let anyone do that either. She answered back softly yet with all the love and pride " I do " and everyone clapped for them , happy and rejoicing the moment along with the both, who couldn't look anywhere but into each others eyes, waiting to be alone to celebrate this moment all by themselves .

Armaan then removed the ring he had got for his Basket and Riddhima's eyes widened at the solitaire shining in his hands. She felt no less than a princess in the way he was treating her, showering so much love on her. He had done so much for her today , called all their friends to be a part of their wedding , planned it all according to her wishes, made her feel complete and fulfilled her every dream . He held her hands softly in his and slid the ring into her finger and kissed her right where the ring adorned her fingers while Riddhima shut her eyes letting the feeling sink in .

Nikki then gave Riddhima Armaans ring, while Armaan looked at her excitedly , Riddhima couldn't help but giggle at his excitement.She held his hand firmly and looked at him deeply, promising the same to him , of loving him more than anyone and anything else, and promising to trust him and their love over everything, she slid the ring in his finger too.

"You may now kiss the Bride" father spoke and that set all of them laughing and Riddhima turn another shade of pink , "Oyye Hoyye " Armaan sighed and Riddhima glared at him . "Kya Armaan waise toh kabse Riddhima kaha hai,kab ayegi kar raha tha, aur ab shaadi ho gayi, toh kiss bhi nahi kar raha , kahi Riddhima se darta toh nai hai na, " Atul teased Armaan , which made Armaan blush for once. Armaan looked at Riddhima raising his eyes questioningly with a smirk on his face , and she smiled at him nodding her head slightly . Armaan was surprised for the second time in a day ,and while the others were yet teasing him about how he was the typical "Joru Ka Ghulam " he bend down and suddenly picked Riddhima in his arms and holding her close to himself, placed his lips on hers. Riddhima was taken aback but didn't take long to respond and feeling his lips on hers deepened the kiss, pulling him closer. Riddhima took her hand upto his hair caressing them slightly , which made Armaan smile against her lips.

They did not bother that their friends were looking at them, that they would die out of embarrassment later , all they cared about was each other. They had both waited endlessly for this day to come into their life and the happiness and peace that they felt today surpassed everything else. They both knew what they meant for each other, they were the Core of each other's Existence and they would give up on their life but would not let the other be alone ever again.