Okay Guys! Its Sunday and as promised..I'm posting the part !! I'm Really Really Happy to get All of your comments..It just overwhelmes me! <33 Love You All !<3 You guys really are So Sweeet !! So,Its a REAL pleasure to be writing for you all..Enjoyyy! ***
Part 3 : Questions Left Unanswered
Her heartbeats rose as she felt pressure on her fingers.His eyelids fluttered in intervals,and she continuously rubbed his fingers in the hope of soothing him.Right then,she wanted nothing more in her life-Except for him to be okay.Thanking God silently for hearing her prayer,she whispered to him,"I here..Look Armaan..I'm here.."
Nikki had witnessed the whole scene and had called for Dr.Keerti.She burst in the scene,passed a smile for Riddhima and polietly asked her to leave.Hesitantly,she slowly slipped her hands from Armaan's and watched him a last time before leaving the room.Her eyes didn't leave the scene . She felt tensed and her hands folded themselves,in nervousness.
She kept the whole of her attention on him.The doctor's hands worked swiftly and gave orders to the nurses who burst in and out of the ICU.As a doctor,Riddhima wasn't supposed to be frazled up seeing a patient like this..She had handled many difficult cases herself,but this wasn't just anyone..This was her life inside.Her Armaan.
She longed to see him.She hoped he was alright and a distant part of her mind wondered if he was still the same Armaan she fell in love with.Her imaptient but adorable,angry but hugely possessive,always making her smile,and not to forget..Always Romantic Armaan.The nights alone in her Delhi apartment came flashing in her mind,as she remembered,how she used to cry holding his picture.
Unknown to herself,a lone tear escaped her eye as she thought about him,and shw whispered once again,"I kept my promise Armaan.."
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He remembered seeing her a last time,and as he drowned into unconciousness,he murmured,"Don't go,Riddhima..Don't go.." All this time,while he was struggling for life,he had this strange feeling in his heart telling him that she was there.He could feel her near.
Finally being able to open his eyes again,Armaan could see a huge white room,with the noise of beeping near him.Getting his senses back,he finally understood it was a patient's room- no wait,the ICU in Sanjeevani and that Dr.Keerti had a file in her hand and was looking through it intently.Feeling his head,he found it was covered in plaster.
"Dr.Keerti ?",said softly.
She turned to face him,"Finally Armaan..",she smiled,"So,how do you feel?"
He looked at her,"Fine except my head..It hurts.",he winced.
Dr.Keerti confirmed,nodding,"Yes,thats the area that actually got hurt.Take rest,Armaan..Although your injuries are much better now,you've lost a pretty good amount of blood and might be feeling weak for a day or two."
He smiled a small smile at her as she left the room,and he felt his head again.It was feeling pretty heavy.The rest of his body felt normal but it was like his head would burst out any moment. Even among that,he thought,'Riddhima..Where are you?Were you a dream,or reality?'
It was asif God listened to his prayers and Armaan felt a gush of wind blowing across his face.His eyes opened automatically as he fixed his gaze on the door.He saw her for the second time in 7 years - she stood with her back to him as she talked to Dr.Keerti.For a moment his pain disappered altogether.His eyes scanned her as she turned,her glossy blck hair ruffled,her emrald-green eyes red,which made it evident that she had been crying,along with her tracksuit covered in blood.
She'd sved him.She was his saviour,and he smiled at the thought.His heart started beating franctically as she opened the doow,her eyes fixed on him,her lips trembling slightly.
"Armaan.",she choked out.Her voice made him feel alive,so much more than he had been,but the feeling that he'd lost her returned,piercing his heart.Sniffing back her tears,she suddenly came towards him,and threw her arms around him,sobbing in his chest.
Before he could react to what was happening,his senses froze feeling familiar pairs of arms around him.She was crying uncontrollably,and very carefully,he wound his arms wound her.The feeling of her in his arms was overwhelming and it occured to him that he could pass his life with that feeling forever.
"Anything..*sniff* ",she could hear in bits and pieces what she was saying,"Could've h-ha-happened ..I-Armaan..I..*sniff* was so worried..I'd..I'd..d-die.."
Her words made him realise that she still loved him.But after 7 years...could finally his dreams come true?Could finally they re-unite?
The questions in his own mind were left unanswered as she left him and sat beside him,her tears giving way.He yearned to touch her..Her tears hurt him and all he wanted was to wipe them off. Not having courage to do so,he distended his arms from hers,then looked away as she sat down beside him.
He wanted to say so much,but it was as if he'd lost his voice.Wiping her tears,she said softly,"Are you okay?" the simple question made his heart leap.It meant to her whether he was alright.But the thing that was bothering him since he'd seen her came flashing back and he didn't have the courage to look into her eyes.
Hesistantly,he looked at her,and fixing his gaze on the emrald-green eyes he yearned to see,He asked,"Why are you here?",very softly. His eyes held no anger..And it startled her.He'd changed so much.There was no longer the boyish,impatient,angry Armaan..She felt a pang of guilt and pain envelop her,the same pain which was probably killing him in his heart.Armaan was more calm and composed now..And only looked pale.
"Why,Riddhima?",he asked again. He knew that no matter what,even if they both loved and yearned for each other..They couldn't be together.He would never let her take a desicion she'd regret all her life.She didn't answer. Silently she played with her fingers,fighting her tears back. After a long pause,she finally looked up at him.
"Don't we both know the answer,Armaan?",she whispered,putting her head down again.
He passed a weak smile to her,"Thats not the answer to my question,Riddhima."
"Some Questions..",she quietly said,"Are better left unanswered..Because.."
"Because?"
There was silence in the room again.It was defeaning,and it made Riddhima more broken than ever as she wiped the tears from her eyes hurriedly and tried to smile. She wanted to see him happy,atleast for these two days..The pain,the loss,she wanted him and herself to forget everything for a while.So she held Armaan hand with her trembling fingers and smiled up at him,saying,"Forget it na Armaan..Tell me,How have you been?You work here,right? I-"
She cut off,getting no response from him.He was looking down at their hands interwined together,and she knew what she was feeling,he felt the same. A jolt of happiness ran through her,and she softly continued,"Its great to see you here..Its been so long..I-I've missed you." Saying this,she looked up at him, and she was startled. He was looking fixedly at her hand,and his expression explained so many things- Pain,Loss,Guilt and Mostly,Sadness.She watched him closely as he picked her hand up to his face for a closer look,as if he was trying to make himself believe what his eyes witnessed.
Riddhima gasped as she realized what he was looking at. Covering her sniff with the free hand,she wanted to say something,but it stopped her when he whispered,looking stunned at the thing,"You're..Engaged.."
Her engagement ring.She had expected this moment..But not so soon. She watched as her heart constricted,as if blood had frozen in its tracks in her veins.It pained so much that it was unbearable.He,on the other hand,left her hand abrupty as it fell to the bed,and held his head,his eyes bloodred once more..his tears spilled out. It hurt both of them so much,that there was a defeaning silence again.
Armaan felt as if life had been sucked from him.Her voice seemed to fade away,his vision was blurred. All that could flash in his mind was..She was engaged.She was getting married.To someone else.He had lost her completely and now,there was no hope of getting her back.He couldn't..She couldn't..Armaan wanted to cry more,but his senses stood frozen and numb with shock. Gathering strength in him,he looked at her,to see her standing,her hands in her eyes as she tried to block her tears,he felt his heart breaking into more pieces.
"Riddhima..",he said,his voice broken as she slowly sobbed.
"Listen to me,Basket..",he said again. This time,Riddhima looked at him and even within so much pain,her heart leaped at his,'Basket'..she loved it when he called her that. 7 years,she had waited..she had yearned to hear that small word from him. It made her feel asif she was his Riddhima.
She slowly sat down,and he looked at her and said,"Are you happy?"
Riddhima wanted to shout, NO! HOW THE HELL DO YOU THINK MY LIFE WOULD BE COMPLETE WITHOUT YOU?! But she didn't..She gave no answer.Armaan brushed off the question as he realised what her silence meant. He wiped off the tears sliding down and looked startled as she said,"Armaan..I'm here for 2 more days.I want to life my life one last time,Armaan..One last time..I want to stay with you..Just 2 days.." ,her eyes pleaded him,and he looked away. He couldn't give a answer to that..He so wanted it..but he knew it wasn't right..But,wasn't everything fair in love and war?
"No,Riddhima..You can't.You're En-En..Engaged..",he stammered to say the word,"to someone else..",he closed his eyes and his hand curled into a fist as he continued,"It wouldn't be fair to your..Fiance.."
"Armaan please..",her voice was less audible now,but it held so much pain that Armaan couldn't look into her eyes.
"Riddhima,I want to stay alone..You go home and rest..You look tired.."
"Armaan-"
"Please Riddhima.",he said it all in that sentence.Riddhima got up to go as tears threatened to overwhelm her,but before leaving the room she turned and said,"Armaan?Is it still the same with you?"
She looked at Armaan trying to block his tears,and he said in a hoarse voice,"Go,Riddhima.."
Riddhima ran out and sobbed uncontrollably in Nikki's embrace,realising that every question..had been left unanswered..
***
Riddhima left her home as she told a goodbye to her parents.She smiled,thinking of what Nikki had suggested. She had come home after meeting Armaan,and then..she was going over to Nikki's after which she would go to Armaan's house.Nikki had informed him that Armaan had insisted to go home and rest..and Dr.Keerti had granted him leave for 2 days.She was so heartbroken that Nikki agreed to help her.And She knew,no matter what Armaan says..He loved her and even he wanted to spend time with her..So be it. These magical,two days,Riddhima agreed,would be the best days in both their lives. It was perfectly planned.
Even if it was for the exchange of life,Riddhima knew she wouldn't have missed these two days with Armaan. She had told her parents that she was going to Nikki's and didn't even bother to her what would happen if she got caught. It no longer mattered..What mattered was these two days,which the only person she loved..Her Armaan.She wanted to live one last time..and tell him what she felt,This one last time..she knew,mattered like no other.
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"Armaan! How could you! Why didn't you tell me!"
"Sid yaar stop acting like a Baby!"
"Shut up,Saale ! You had an accident...and you're coming back to your home! Idiot,You can't even take care of yourself!"
Armaan laughed at his words," Okay,Okay Mr.Siddhant Modi,I'm ready to go back to the hospital if you tell me what your 'Riddhi' s real name is ! "
"SHUT UP !",Sid scolded. He was devasted.His best friend had got hurt,and all he could think about was blackmailing him!
"Bata na!"
"NO way! I'm coming down there after 2 days..first you tell me,how did it happen?"
Armaan's face fell. He didn't want to talk about Riddhima,but all these years,He had hid nothing from Sid..After all,they were best friends.
"I saw her..",he said softly.
Sid gasped from the other side,"You mean..You...Your,Basket?"
Armaan sighed. Sid understood the answer,"Armaan.."
"Sid,I need some rest. "
Sid nodded from the other side as he understood he didn't want to talk about her,"Take care dude."
"Thanks Sid."
He cut the call,and thought about Riddhima..He wondered what would've happened if he'd agreed to spend two days with Riddhima.It would be the best days of his life..Or worst? The most painful? He sighed again..His questions left unanswered..
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Okay Guys! So I might tell you..That the next two parts will be fully AR and their masti and their cuteness,and it will be VERYY happy parts,and after that you will come to know the mystery and all ! I gave you all one more shock here..YES! You all got it right,you aren't dreaming,Sid is Armaan's best friend,but both of them dun know abt Riddhima,'coz Sid calles Riddhima 'Riddhi' to Armaan and Armaan calls her 'Basket' ! Stay Tuned for mooree..And COMMENT and LIKE!
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Maitree.
Edited by MaitreeluvKajen - 14 years ago
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