Okay now don't stare like that people,I do get free times this week ( God bless our school's passouts who've done so well that we're getting holidays 'coz of them) 😆 So here's the Part!. And,I will reply to your previous comments,just need a lil more time for that :) Read on..and COMMENT,because its long.People not commenting gives me jitters! :P
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Part 11 : Hues of a Rainbow
*Flashback*
25th April,2002.
The search never ended.It was asif she'd found a thousands of worlds to explore in his blue eyes,and that moment was faded away somewhere in the depths of her heart.Only what existed was them together,their breaths counted,their heartbeats racing,and their eyes lost in each other's.He didn't understand what this magnetic attraction was that pulled him towards her,and he,like a puppet,was helplessly drawn towards it.It was magic and madness,and such a beautiful mixture of both that he felt he was actually Living,to the true sense of the word.
Questions innumerable,and she searched the answers in him.What was it that never let her move her gaze away,and wish to hold his hand?Why did she ever feel so happy when he was around,why did her flutter and leap like crazy when he came closer,why did it feel so perfect then? Her mind shouted the questionnare,while her heart just those to be hardly imporant.When he was around,did she need anything else?
Her eyes blinked back as his phone rang.Immediately he looked down and away,like her.What was she thinking?What was he even looking at?Oh no,was he staring at her?That would be uber awkward.Clearing his throat to think staright,he passed a nervous smile at her which she returned while he picked up his call,"Yeah?"
"What 'Yeah'? Dude,lemme speak.",Rahul's voice brought him back to reality.
He smiled a little,"Uhm,yeah.Okay.So,um..What were you saying?"
"I haven't even said anything.YET.Why are you so lost?Thinking of Riddhima?",he could easily catch his teasing tone,and guess that Rahul must've been grinning crazily at the time.But the question was,'How did he know?'
"What?No.Plluueeaasss", he said,rolling his eyes and trying to sound annoyed while she raised her eyebrows at his tone of voice,"I don't have any other work kya?Firstly YOU tell me,Tune phone kyun kiya?"
In his head,he imagined Rahul grinning like crazzy when he said,"Its a Good News."
Now was Armaan's chance,"HAAWWW Rahul Already?Muskaan is such a chupi rustam!You guys already have THE GOOD NEWS,and telling us so LATE? When's the Rahul jr. coming?",he grinned shamelessly.
"SHIT! DUDE,NOT THAT GOOD NEWS! HELL YAAR!",Rahul blasted off and Armaan laughed like crazy,imagining his face which was probably a red tomato-like at the moment.
"Acchaaaww?Rahul modest kyun ban raha hai..Sharma raha hai kya?Arrey bata na,when's our lil kiddo friend coming,heh?",he teased further,and held his stomach as Rahul fumbled to answer.
"Abbey..Kya yaar..Armaan..tu bhi..kuch bhi.."
Armaan burst out laughing and Riddhima curiously looked at him if he had an explanation.
"Oye,Sorry yaar...I was kidding!"
"I know.Saale I'll see you later.First listen,we are going on a camping trip.From College!"
"How can that be possible?First years don't go for the annual college camping..Don't joke yaar!"
"I am NOT joking!Can you believe it!We're leaving today evening and we're gonna stay for 3 days!"
"Rahul you know I'll hang you if this is a LIE."
"THIS ISN'T!Dude Princy ne khud bola!"
"YES!YES! YES!Arrey Princy ki aarti utaro! We're CAAAMPING!"
"Come to college.Jaldi.Tell Riddhima."
"Yes,Ofcourse.Chal bye.ILOVEYOU saale!"
"Chheee,jaake kahin aur gay ban.Not interested,Already committed.",Rahul said in a formal tone before they both laughed and he cut the call.
He looked crazzily happy as he cut the call.Grinning up at her,he couldn't wait to tell her.Camping!It would be such a experience for them.And when his best friend was there..Definitely more exciting.She smiled as she forgot her scratch looking at his happy face,and asked,"Good news?"
His grin widened,"Yes.We're going to camping today.After college.Can you believe it,For 3 days!"
"Really?",she got excited,"Thats exciting!Where?"
"Where?",he got lost,"Uh..I forgot to ask,how stupid na..",he scratched his head
She giggled,"No problem.Lets go,we have to go to college."
"Yeah.Oh,How's your wound?"
She smiled at his concern,"Okay."
"Are you sure,Basket?"
"Ye-es Armaan.Ofcourse."
"Ok.Wait,One sec.",he took out a large handkerchief and tied it around her leg.She giggled and he raised his eyebrow,"What?"
She laughed again,"Tell me this is a Lame bollywood movie.Guys and handkerchief?And Wasn't the Heroine supposed to do this,the tying thing."
He smiled,"Whatever you call it,I know its friendship.And now,lets go.",she was dumbfounded at his answer,as he helped her stand and said,"Make sure you put band-aid on this,and before that,wash it."
He started walking as he waved away and dazed,she waved back.But suddenly,"Since you mentioned,did you indirectly mean you WANT this to be a Bollywood movie AND you are the Heroine and I'm your HERO?",he came back and said,his grin flashing again.Riddhima came back to her senses,he was back.
Rolling her eyes,she just said,"Thank YOU Armaan.",before walking away.Her heart fluttered at his question and well,the answer..She just didn't know.
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6:00 p.m.
"Move,OYE MOTI HATT!",Muskaan buged Nikki and made her space.
Nikki turned furious,"Oye Moti kise kaha?Hippopotamus ki rishtedar!"
"Accha!toh tu kya hai,Elephants' Mom's Best Friend?"
"Haw!",Nikki's mouth dropped in rage as she answered back,"You're a MOTI MOTI FOOTBALL!"
"You're a..Moti Aunty!"
"Aunty?ARMAAN ISNE MUJHE AUNTY KAHA!",she hit him,complaining.
"Guys,Bas na!",he said irritatedly as Riddhima giggled beside him,"Aur Nikki tu MUJHE kyun mar rahi hai?What have I done?"
"You Should Defend your Friend na!",she whined.
"Kya defend?Khud karo jo karna hai.Now shut up already,the bus is leaving!"
"OhmyGod,inn dono ko to dekho!",Muskaan pointed and Riddhima burst out laughing along with Armaan.
Abhimanyu and Rahul were snoring slightly,already asleep in their seats,sometimes their heads would collide and they would push that away irritably in their sleep,and get back to snoring.The other time,they would let each other's head lay on each other's shoulders,and sleep.It was a sight worth seeing.The bus jerked start and all the students cheered,Abhi and Rahul woke up momentarily and went back to snoring.Nikki and Muskaan wrinkled their noses in disapproval.
"MORON!",Nikki shouted to her boyfriend who murmured in his sleep,'Nik..sleep'
Armaan burst out laughing at Nikki's red face which was followed by,under her breath,"Jerk,Choddungi nahi"
"Tujhe pata hai what these morons did?",Muskaan giggled suddenly out of the blue.
Looking back,interested,Riddhima questioned,"What?"
"Arrey Armaan was right,first years are never taken to the annual camping trip.But these two idiots,they woke up at 5 in the morning,went to Princy's house and started singing loudly and VERY unmusically under his balcony..Princy was,obviously very irritated and told them to stop.They kept singing,and the more Princy begged them to stop,they sang more.Then,obviously..they put a choice that he should allow the first years to go for this trip in order to stop them from singing.The Princy was in half-sleep yaar..He agreed!",Muskaan piped in.
Armaan grinned proudly at his friends asif they were his baby hen and he was their mother.Riddhima giggled as she took in the answer,and then Armaan asked,"What did they sing?"
Nikki giggled now,"Kaanta laga..Hai laga!"
Riddhima put into fits of giggles as all of them joined in.They glanced at Abhi and Rahul who were smiling in their sleep for god knows what,and suddenly Rahul murmured,'Muski bari sexy hai' which made Riddhima smile,Nikki and Armaan grin and Muski blush beet-root.Armaan turned to Riddhima.She was closely engrossed in her book,and was paying no heed to the others who were busy in their own world.Armaan sighed,disappointed.When he finally had got someone he wanted to talk to,she was reading a book instead of paying attention to him?Normally girls would be dying for him to talk to them..But she was hardly bothered.
"KAANTA LAGAAA!",he shouted in her ear and she was left stunned as the book almost fell from her hand.Regaining herself,she glared at him and spanked him hard with the book on his arm,"IDIOT!"
"Ow!",he protested at once,rubbing his arm,"Basket get off this BORING Book yaar!And Talk to me!"
"Kyun?",she said,irritated,"Who are you?Prime Minister of India?Or SRK?"
"None.I'm...ARMAAN MALLIK.",he brought forward his hand and held it as a display infront of his face.
"Huh!",she srunched up her nose,"You're talking asif you are a very busy person,and have time for only some people and that I'm doing a very bad deed in ignoring you."
"Yes,Ofcourse!",he answered at once,"You know how many people DIE for the mere smile of Armaan Mallik? And you..are engrossed in a Stupid book?For you,its full me,baby..",he said cheekily.
"EWWW!",she at once moved away her face,"Gross,Armaan..Don't Baby me!"
"Basket..",Armaan laughed,"Enough yaar..Why are you so agitated suddenly?"
"Well,I was reading my favourite book,and just got to the Most Romantic Part ever..When",she threw her hands up in frustration,"Urgh,You!"
"Romantic?You know the most romantic person who exists in this world?ME! Talk to me..Saare Books ki romanticism bhul jaogi!"
Riddhima rolled her eyes,trying her best not to give away her smile.But it came anyway,and he grinned,"Anything for that smile..",he whispered.
She hit him with her book again,"Basket Kya yaar!One toh I make u smile,and u hit me!"
She looked at him now,"Stop Flirting...You know your cheeky lines don't work on me!"
He grinned wider,"It does,mere saath hoti ho,toh kitna smile karti ho!Warna hamesha..inn BOORRRING books mein khoyi rehti ho..No,I mean,Seriously,Do you even notice that people would want to talk to you?"
She passed a triumphant,teasing smile,"Accha?That means..You can't even LIVE without talking to me now?"
He sighed dramatically,"Dill hai ke maanta nahi..",he sang.
"Armaan!",she laughed,"You're so cheeky!"
He smiled at her,"Its all so easy with you,Basket."
"Okay,Whatever.Now you mind your own business..Because I want to Read."
"NAAI!",he wailed like a little kid,"We were supposed to talk!"
She rumaged through her handbag and took out her ipod and earphones,"Enjoy yourself..BABY",she said,grinning at him and practically dumping them on his hands.He sighed in defeat and put the earphones in his ears,and switched on the ipod.
Even though there were his favourite songs,he still wanted to talk to her.Sometimes at the flicker of a moment he would glance at her to see if she had finally got off that book,but no..Her eyes moved with the letters,her expression changing each moment.Flipping through the songs again,he found a song he loved from his heart,a song he himself loved to sing.Putting on the song,he closed his eyes.
You're my fire..The one,desire..
Believe what I say..
I want it that way,Tell me Why,
Ain't nothing but a heartache,Tell me Why
Ain't nothing but a Mistake..
Once again,he thought of her.Feeling a tap on the shoulder,he opened his eyes and looked sideways.The tap was Riddhima's head on his shoulder,sleeping peacefully,her beautiful eyes closed to the land of dreams.Her book lay in her hand,lying obliquely on her lap,her fingers inside the page she was reading.He felt like he was losing himself again.Her hair flying slightly on his face like the fragnant wind,his heart pumping almost rhythmically to her breathing,his whole mind dominated by her mere Presence.He wanted to touch her perfect face,the face which glowed in the faint moonlight through the bus window,the face which gave him such a peace in his heart that he himself was surprised.The wind blew on her face,lightly touching her beautiful features and giving shivers to him,thinking how angelic could she be.Everything in the world disappered altogether,all sadness ceased to exist,all he knew..He was lost.In her.
He forgot himself.Nothing else mattered.She was smiling in her sleep and very slowly,she inched closer and held his hand gently,as if it was him she was dreaming about.He smiled at the gesture and words failed him as he tried to describe to himself what he saw infront of his own eyes.Putting his hand in hers securely and switching off the iPod,he gently moved his head to the other side.Enwraped in sleep..They went to explore a land they knew existed..The land of beauitful dreams.He smiled in his sleep,her hand still in his,her head still rested on his shoulder.
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26th April,2002.
"Morning Basket !!",he wished as soon as he got out of his tent.
"Morning Armaan..",she grinned,taking in his appearance.He was in his white sweatshirt and army-checked three quarters.His hair was messed up and his eyes still looked sleepy,but on the whole,Yeah.He was Armaan.
"I know I'm Hot,Sorry..Irrestible.You dun have to stare like that.",he teased and she rolled his eyes.
"Whatever."
"Denial is the first stage of acceptance,Madame..",he grinned,"And you don't look so bad yourself..Hm.."
"Okay.Uh,Move.",she said,passing a small glare,and trying to ignore the effect his husky voice was having on her heart.She strode past him to the nearby sink in the little hut,to brush her teeth.
"Baasskkettt..",he sang,determined to see the adorable expression on her face which he loved.
"Mmph..Gph..",she shook her hands to move him away,between her brushing,"Aauu"
Armaan laughed," 'Mmph','Gph' and 'Aau'..Nicknames for me?",he grinned with one more of his lame jokes.
Riddhima washed her mouth and face,wiped it with the small towel and glared,"I said,Move..Go Away."
"MAAARR DALAA!",Armaan sang in mock disappointment,holding his heart,"You broke my heart,Riddhima..",he sniffed fakely at her.
"Aww?",Riddhima said in a sugary tone,"You want a cellotape?",then burst out laughing at her own words.
Armaan's grin faded with her words.He pushed past her and brushed his teeth,glancing at her with attitude.She smiled to herself.He was so cute,still the Ammu she knew.It made her want to pull his cheeks.She pouted at him,and he just,"Huh!"-ed with fake attitude.
"Ammuuu..",she called as he was about to walk past her.
"Kya hai?",he said,not looking at her.She stood infront of him and held her ears,"Shoollyyy..bura laga?"
He supressed his urge to smile,could she get any cuter?He nodded indifferently,but after a pause,"Its okay.Itni cutely kisi ko sorry bolo gi toh koi bhi man jayega.",he grinned.
She smiled at him,"You find me cute?"
"And beautiful..and sexy,and maybe you do look very H-",he started shamelessly.
"URGH!",She smacked his arm lightly and strode away in frustration while he grinned.He was back to himself.
Teasing her,laughing with her,holding her hand,running after her,taking care of her,protecting her and making her smile..It was like he was living his childhood again,with a touch of adolescene this time. It was different with her,he had to admit,she was indeed very beautiful and it did let sparks fly in the air.It set his heart fluttering when she was close,and he didn't even want to know what he was feeling.He was happy.She had brought colours and happiness into his life that he had forgotten somewhere,she was like the Hues of a Rainbow to him.
Sharply at 9,they were told to make their breakfasts by the campside.The gang formed a group and everyone was bickering who would make and what,when,"I'll make it!",Armaan volunteered. Almost as an instant reaction,everyone's faces lost its colour. Riddhima looked around skeptically.
"What say?",he said at the silent reaction. His friends looked around at each other for something,hoping that SOMEONE would answer.They gulped.Armaan making breakfast? Then it would surely be the last breakfast of their lives.
"Uh..",Muski managed out and nodded at Riddhima who seemed confused and passed a smile to Armaan. Armaan beamed at her and said,"Yeah,done then! I'm making breakfast! Will be back in 10 guys!",he walked away excitedly and the gang held Riddhima,"WHAT DID YOU DOOO?"
"Why?Armaan making breakfast is a Problem?",she said,puzzled.
"PROBLEM?",Nikki blasted off at her,"OYE,TU JANTI HAI TUNE KYA KIYA! DUUFFERRR!",She spanked her cousin's head.
"Ow!Nikki I'll give you one Punch and you'll be down! Mind that woman!",Riddhima warned.
Nikki's mood calmed down immediately and she smiled sheepishly,"Soorrryy.."
"Its okay.Guys tell me Problem kya hai!"
"Ridzi.",Muski held her hand and Anjali looked worried,"Listen.Armaan PERFECT hai,lekin Usko..He Can't Cook."
Anjali nodded,"He Ehem..Made Pasta on Atul's birthday once...Which Er.."
"Was Burnt.",Muski sighed.
"WHAT?",Riddhima looked around her friends who had sad expressions as if it was their Examination Day,"OhGod!",she panicked,"What do we do now?"
"Sit and Die..",Rahul groaned.
"Wait.Wait.You mean,you guys NEVER told him how he cooked?",she asked,panicked.
The gang shook their heads,"We didn't want to upset him,yaar..However he is,hai toh humara dost hi na..",Atul said.
"OhGod.",Riddhima said again,"What do we do?"
"GUYS!",came his excited Voice from the back.They gulped and sent up a silent prayer to keep them alive. Turning slowly,they smiled a half-fake,half-scared smile.They were standing in a group and saw Armaan with a plate with a fully,100 percent burnt BLACK toast,with Yellow butter coming out from the sides. Muskaan held herself back from crying out,the guys flinched at their own condition,Anjali and Nikki passed each other sad glances,while Riddhima stared in shock.
"Yeah,Uhm..Lil burnt I know..Lekin it'll be okay..",he said,smiling sheepishly.
Weren't it for the toast,Riddhima would've have noticed how adorable he looked.But the plate in his hands was something like her Worst Nightmare. Lil Burnt,Are YOU KIDDING ME?,she wanted to shout but didn't.
"Yeah,Trial basis.Rahul,Atul,Abhi?",Armaan passed his shining smile to them and held up the plate.
Rahul cleared his throat to think staright,"Uhm.I'm on a diet..",Abhi Punched him,"Sorry,WE are on a Diet."
"WHAT?",Armaan almost shouted in shock,"You are..On Diet? You Are GUYS,not Girls.Rahul why do you need a diet? If u dun eat waise bhi you'll disappear in thin air!",he exclaimed.
"Pyaar ke liye toh log jaan de dete hai,Armaan..toh Khana kya cheez hai?",Atul said philosophically.Abhi nodded.
"Huh?",Armaan's face srunched up,"You guys are keeping Diet for..the Girls?",All the boys nodded furiously.
"Uh,Okay.Then.Girls?",he said,beaming up at the three girls.They gulped and looked at each other.
"Um..Kya hai na,Armaan.",Anjali started,"We..Um..Can't eat without the boys.Woh nahi khayenge,aur hum khayenge?"
"Ya,ya..If they can prove their love for US,why can't WE?"
"Fine.Prove your love.",he got irritated and got to Riddhima,"Tum bhi nahi khaogi,toh bata do kya bahana hai?I know even YOU don't want to appreciate my effort.",his face fell with disappointment.
Her heart cringed at his saddened face,"No,Armaan.I'm hungry.Mai khaungi.",she smiled.
"REALLY?",he echoed,beaming at her.
"Yup.Not here,but.Lets go..",she held the plate and took it to the rocks by the brook,leaving him dumbfounded.
She struggled all by herself,and took one small bit for him.It was something she couldn't describe and wanted to Spit.It was Terribly Terrible,in a few words. She closed her eyes and flinched whenever she bit on the piece,digesting it very carefully.Even my childhood milk was better,she thought dimly while her face changed expressions.
"Its terrible,isn't it?",his voice made her open her eyes.He was sitting beside her with a small smile.
"Um..What? No..No ways..",she pretended to frown and say that it was the best thing she'd ever eaten.
"Riddhima,why did u eat it? Why didn't u refuse like the others?",he asked.
She sighed,understanding that she knew,"Because the others aren't your best friends,Armaan.I Am.I didn't want you to be Sad.It doesn't suit you."
"So to see me happy,you ate this CRAP I made?",she smiled sheepishly.
"Uhm..",was all she could say.He was touched and thought what good work had he done to deserve a best friend like her.There was a slight pause,and said,"Its terrible,isn't it,Basket?"
"Are you KIDDING me?",she looked at him shocked,"Its,Sorry Armaan..But HORRIBLY terrible."
"Yeah?",he grinned and she nodded,"Gimme.",he said and took a bite from the same place she'd bitten the bread from. Immediately,he spit it out,"Chee!Oh Shit its,Epitome of Crapness! How did u manage to eat this..EW!",he said at his own creation,she giggled.
"No..seriously,Urgh!",he wrinkled his nose and threw it away,"HOW?"
"For you.",she whispered.
He smiled a heart-felt touched smile,"Thanks again,Basket."
"Dosti mein no sorry,no thank you,mere SRK ne kaha tha.",she grinned.
"TUMHARA SRK?"
"Yup.Jealous?",she winked.
"No,sweetheart.Makes it easier,whenever he's not around,I can take my chance.",he winked back.
"Lets go have REAL Breakfast!",she giggled and jumped up to trot to the campside.Armaan smiled quietly to himself.She was more special to him than he could ever imagine.
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"OYE!Thik se khade raho!",Muskaan nugded her boyfriend.
"You think I look okay,Atul?",Anjali settled her hair.
"Pario ki Pari..",Atul whispered and Anjali rolled her eyes.
"Dhang ke kapde nai hai kya?Wearing a White T-shirt asif you've come to someone's death!",Nikki said.
"Baby its okay.I KNOW.You look so cute,haina?"
"Huh!I always look cute.But I think we should pose properly."
"Enough!",Armaan blasted off,"Camera man nahi hu main! Aur tum log Fashion magazine ke picture nahi khichwa rahe! Comeon Dudes!",he said irritably and Riddhima giggled.
"Oh.Sorry,Armaan.",they all said in a chorus.
Endless photos were captured in his camera.Of friends,of Riddhima and himself,of Riddhima alone,priceless expressions of Abhi while Nikki battered on,Nikki's model-type poses,Muskaan's sticking out tongue,Rahul and Muskaan blushing,Atul watering the plants,Atul and Anjali's dancing pose,Anjali's giggle,Riddhima's laugh,Armaan's grin,memorable moments.He was about to click photos of his teachers eating away like they'd got food for the first time ever in their lives,when Riddhima decided to pester him.
She took the water pipe,put on the tap,and held it infront of his camera,threatening him to splash water all over it. He looked extremely alarmed and as she moved forward,he moved backwards,till finally,
"Riddhima not on my camera yaar!",he protested,and the water came slowshing down on him,wetting him from top to toe.
"GGOOTTCCHAAA!",she squealed excitedly,giggling at his stunned face.His face changed colours,and looking terribly annoyed he said,"You're not getting away..",as they broke into a run.
She laughed and giggled as he chased her like back in their childhood years,he couldn't wipe off that playful smile on his face as they toppled over the campsides,pushed their friends around,and he ran behind her.
She paused,taking quick breaths as she leaned on the wall of the back door.She looked ahead and her heartbeat almost stopped.The blue eyes were back to enchanting her,as their rapid heartbeats made their minds question themselves.He stared right into her eyes,feeling oddly happy as she searched his eyes.Holding her hand,he leaned closer.She closed her eyes,what the hell was happening to her?
Her heartbeats rose,as very huskily he whispered,"I got you too..",and then,the whole bucket of water came down on her,wetting her,as after a while,not only he..but she herself laughed madly.Best friends they were indeed,but did they understand what was happening to them?
"PYAARR HUA IKRAAR HUA HAIII..",Atul sang in his loudest voice,bringing them out of their trance.Armaan grinned at her.She smiled back.
"Armaan",she giggled,"You look funny when you're wet!"
Armaan's grin faded into a soft smile of remembrance,"You still say that...What you used to say when we were small.."
"Because you're still so like that!",she ruffled his hair,and giggled to her own self,"Ammu!"
"Basket!",he said in response,smiling at the crazy and childish turn the conversation had taken,and she looked adorable while saying it.
"Well,then..Let me show you something.",he said looking at her.
"Hm?"
She peeked over his shoulder excitedly as he browsed his mobile gallery.Finding what he wanted,his large grin plastered itself across his face and he said,"Here.",handing her the phone.
Riddhima wanted to hold on to the moment forever.What he showed her was a picture of them together,both in vampire costumes,flaring their fake fangs at the screen.It looked far from being scary.The two little vampires were uber-cute.The scene at once flashed in her mind,and she smiled. She remembered they had bickered so much on who looked cuter and who should get into Rajeev's lap first. However,Rajeev being the lovable person he was,had picked both of them together in his lap.
"Earth calling Gupta.",his voice whispered in her ear and she turned to look at him.
"Armaan..How did you..Where did you..find this?",she mumbled.
"Well,Thank Mom.She was showing me the old albums yesterday,and I found this.Remember?"
"Yeah.We were in the.."
"4th standard.",he completed,grinning,"We had that Junior Fancy Dress Show.We both were partners.."
"Yeah.I remember.We seriously scared off those idiots!"
"And everyone called you Vampira afterwards!",Armaan said and started laughing.
"Haww!",she said,putting her hands on her hips,"Armaan!"
"Yes,Vampira?"
"ARRRMAAN!",she said in a more irritated tone,"You want me to hit you?",she glared.
"Awwhhh No!I'm so scareeed!",he said in a mock act of crying.
"Just to remind you,Varun called you Vampo."
"Haahhahahaa I had scared off that geek,he was LITERALLY crying in class!"
"It was not funny okay.You just had a Personal grudge against him."
"OOH PLUEAS.He just LOURVED you,running behind you like a puppy,and thats why you also L-"
"OHNO ARMAAN MALLIK.DONT.EVEN.THINK.OF.THAT."
"Awwhh Vampira ko sharam aa rahi hai?"
"EWWW Armaan Please,I hated Varun!He was such a NERD!"
"Okay,so you hated that Geek.Good.But you remember that day so well na?Vampo and Vampira!",he grinned.
Riddhima giggled,her anger dissolved away in their moments of togetherness.
***
8:00p.m.
"Anjali!",Atul ran behind her,with a aloe vera plant.
"KYA HAI ATUL?",She blasted off,irritated.
"Ehem..Anjali..Woh,Um,Tum Moti ko paani de dogi please?She wants water from you only.."
"Who the hell in the world is MOTI?"
"She!",Atul said,looking lovingly at his plant,"Yeh aloe vera plant!"
"URRGGHH!",Anjali threw up her hands in frustration and Atul followed her,continuously calling out her name.
They had all sat around the campfire,Armaan and Rahul humming songs with their guitars,the girls talking and giggling among themselves,in which Muski was full-on blabbering about how she had a HUGE Crush on Rahul earlier,which turned to love..blah blah,Riddhima was being embarressed by asking her the silliest questions about Armaan.She yearned to walk into the forest,she always loved adventures,but the Darkness of the night..Well,not a good prospect.She just wanted to get out of the blabber and feel the breeze on her face,the moonlight shining over the place.
"Uhm,girls..Are you sure you're not boring Basket?",he asked,suddenly appearing.
"Acccha?Tujhe bari chinta hai Ridzi ki?",Nikki grinned wide.
"Oye HOOYEEE Hero,Itna Pyyyaar?"
"Why Babes?Feeling Jealous?",Armaan asked cheekily.
"Armaan!",Riddhima scowled.
"Kya Basket,I'm doing this to take you out of here,and you are ki-"
"Ok.Ok.Le ja,Hero.Humare paas to kam nahi hai na,jo Ridzi se jalous honge.."
"Ya.SHOOO!",Nikki shooed them away and continued to talk to Muskaan.
"What was that,Armaan?",she questioned.
"What?",he asked innocently.
"Armaan!"
"Whatever,Basket.Chalo.",he said,holding her hand and dragging her towards the jungle.
"Where are we going?",she asked.
"For a walk."
"Uhm..In this darkness.."
"Afraid?",he whispered,"Dun need to be,Main hoon na!"
"I'm not Scared OKAY.Just asking."
"Toh walk na.",he grinned.
So they went,bickering all the way and sometimes even smiling and laughing for no solid reason.She was trusting him,and it was making her happier and stronger than she'd even imagined.All the moments with him were so special that she could actually know she was living her life in a different way.
"Uhm,Armaan..Dun mind me asking,where are we going,again?"
"Arrey Basket don't worry,we're just-",he looked behind but cut off suddenly,"Shit.",he mumbled.
His eyes searched frantically around the darkness in the torch light for one flicker of familarity,and there was none.Hoe stupid could he have been? How did he just forget everything when she was around?
"We're just WHAT?",Riddhima asked,her voice holding a little panic.
"Uhm.There..Well..might be a possibility."
"WHAT?ARMAAN!"
"Riddhima..",he started,his voice shaking,"I think..We might be..Well,Lost."
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(COMPLETE)
EDITED, Over.The part,I mean.😆
Those who are grinning,This was for you LMAAOO😆Okay this is Esp for Sanaa,Radhika and My Basket who I miss like hell !! <33 LOVE YOU GUYS!Oye What are you staring? JUST COMMENT FAST!! RAADDDZZZYY I want Biggy comment :D
Love,
Maitree
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Edited by ..Maitree.. - 14 years ago
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