|TheLightWhichCouldn'tShine|AR FF|Chap6-61| - Page 22

Originally posted by: Rapunzzel

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Originally posted by: anamika2010

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Originally posted by: anumeha_rajat

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Oh Yeah! I Do hate him. I Can never forget the way he used to tease me for my braces when I first had them up in 2nd grade, and the other when he lifted up my skirt in 11th grade just because he wanted to proove his friends that he isn't scared of girls. I Hate him & will never forgive him for making me feel more uglier than I Am.

*Flashback*

It was one usual day, the same way I Yelled & pled to my dad, "I Don't wanna go to school! I Hate it!" I Yelled as I Sat up on the bed with messy hair, and ugly expressions.

"Sweetheart, childrens love school. What's the matter with you?" Dad asked me. What's the matter with me? Well, he should have been thinking that before getting me in the same school where armaan studies!
I Glared at him, and he backed off, "Ok Ok fine! I Know you hate him. But he is just abother boy, playing pranks & making people laugh! And Oh C'mon! You can't skip your school everyday with one or the other excuse just for the sake of not facing him!"

And I Had to give up. I Frowned, got up from my bed and went it to take a bath. I Dressed up in casuals, took my bag, made another lazy expression, and went to school without having my breakfast.
"Hey Ridz!" I Turned around as I Saw Armaan standing with a stick in his hands. I rolled my eyes and ignored him. I Went inside my class and sat in the last bench, as I Wanted to be alone & away from everything.

"Hey!" Oh-God. Chape!

I Frowned, and looked away again.

"Why are you upset with me? And if it is for the Chewengum prank that I Played yesterday, then Chilll. It was just a prank!" I Heard his stupid explainaition which meant literally N-O-T-H-I-N-G to me. I Got up, and stared back, "Just Two Words... 'f**k Off'. "

And then came an instant reply, "Would love to.. With you!" He winked as I Made one disguisting expression, which told him to get lost. Accidently, my pen fell down and so I Bent down to pick it up. And what happened next, was, is & will always remain the most embarassing moment of my life.

I Went numb, I Felt something cold inside my skirt at the back, and by the time I Realized, it had turned all as some mess. I Slapped my hands back and flipped around to give him a shocked expression.

Oh! So that stick was in his hands for this purpose, "f**k You Asshole! How dare you? How dare you lift up my skirt, Cheapster!" I Yelled.

"Chilll.. I'm sorry about it. But I Had to do it, my friends gave my a dare telling me to do something against you which would get your temper up, and then I Will be able to show them I Am not scared of you." He said with easiness. The nerve of him!

I Felt disguisting, as the way he treated me as shit in his life. Just for the sake of prooving his heroism to his friends he did such a thing to a girl. More than his looks, his attitude made me hate him!

My eyes had welled up and I Ran out of the class. I Hear him shouting something behind, with a serious expression, "Sorr..." And that is all what I Could hear.

It was the end of it. I Never saw him again ever in my life after that!

*Flashback over*

"Lost somewhere or what?"

I Stared at him and then at myself, "N..Nothing! Just remembering the old times." Yeah.. The Old Times.

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When I Came out after helping my dad I Saw armaan going through a heavy album, near the corner-table of the living room. He smiled & his eyes twinkled. I Never had the courage to go up to him, snatch the object from his hands, and ask him, "What the hell is making you smile? The way you bullied me?".

And I Could have easily done that, but don't know why, I Never felt like doing so. He wasn't the same guy I Guess.

After a while we all started up with the dinner, there was complete silence. Although I Didn't liked Sid Uncle, I Don't know why, but stilll, Somehow I managed to pass a few lazy smiles at him whenever he glanced at me. And I Never, for once had the courage to look at armaan.

"So..." Sid Uncle started with a topic. "Riddhima! What are you doing nowadays? Job? Institute? or planning for some vacations? or simply enjoying your life?" He asked with some attitude in his voice. How could I Tell him that I wasn't doing either of it. Job? Umm.. Not exactly, Institute? Yeah right, another way of adding more books in my life, Vacations? Umm.. This word doesn't fits up in my dictionary, Enjoying life? Yeah Right, Enjoying life!?!

"Umm.. Not exactly this!" I Mumbled as armaan & dad looked forward to an answer. "I..I work in a library!" I Said.

I Could feel silence occuring the environment, sid uncle choked, and armaan had his hand hung half mid way of taking the wine glass, he looked at dad and then me. My dad looked down & again looked up, "Oh Yes!" He said with enthusiasum, "She is a librarian, she works in the same library where her mother used to! And which is I Guess the best thing for her!" As he said the last line with a daddy-like smile. I Could observe armaan smiling after hearing what dad said, "Well You Know.. That's better than anything you could do." Armaan said. For the first time, I felt like thanking him for such a positive responce.

"Whatever! Does that helps you financially?" Sid uncle asked as he poured some more red wine for himself. "Um Maybe not that much. But yes! I Feel great. Damn up the money thing!" And I, said it with attitude. I Continued with my food after my so-called-attitude-filled-answer as armaan & dad glanced at each other & smiled.

I Ended my dinner with a smile playing on my lips. Armaan, Sid Uncle & dad, still continued with their food, as I Got up with my plate in my hand, and instantly my eyes caught up with it. My body got numbed, as I Stood like a numb-Zombie with a plate in my hand. "What's the matter sweetheart?" Dad asked, I Adjusted myself and said, "N..No..Nothing!" I Mumbled as I Saw dad continuing with the dinner again. My eyes welled up and I Went in the kitchen, Armaan was a bit spektical, he looked at the direction my eyes were drwaling apun a few seconds ago, and he smiled as he saw the clock, it was 12. It was my mother's birthday.

I, immediately after the dinner, went up to my room & locked it. I Missed Her.

After an hour or something, I heard a knock on my door, I Ignored it, thinking that it must be dad and he would go thinking that I've slept if I Don't open up the door. But no! "I Know you're not sleeping Riddhima!"

It was some other voice. I Looked up and opened the door, "Your still here?" I Asked. It was Armaan.

"Sweetdish?" He raised a plate having Banana Sundae with a cute expectant expression. I Coudln't help but smile. I Let him in, we sat in the balcony, on the same bench, where I met the new He.

"You love the banana flavour right?" He asked cutely after staring at me for whole 17 seconds, while I licked the remaining ice-cream off the spoon, As I Observed. I Looked up at him, I Smiled back. "You still remember, though." I Complimented him.

"Oh C'mon. How can I Forget? Although we have fought like a hell lot. But still I've changed myself." He commanded a statement this time.

"And what does that suppose to mean, exactly?" I Asked.

"You exactly know what it means!" He said with a sigh as he took off the empty bowl & spoon from my hand and kept it aside. I Still wanted him to give me a big answer, and so I Asked him to continue, "Ohk!" He sighed, "Um.. Actually leave it. You will get to know it yourself once we interact closely!"

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After the over-formal conversation that I & Armaan shared, Sid uncle & he had to go. Thank God! I was waiting for this moment. What do they think of themselves? I Know they are very nice people who helped my dad in his tough time, but they never leave a chance to taunt us either.

"We-Can-Bloody-Manage-Without-You-Asshole" I Wanted to stamp it on my face and stand around sid uncle 24/7 just to bloody make his realize that he is not required in the family.

As we both tried to continue the conversation after the sweet Ice-Cream session, my dad called both of us down. Armaan excused himself from coming down by saying he needs 10 more minutes. We chatted for those long, really long 10 minutes and finally came down.

"What did stuck you up there?" My dad asked. We both glanced and he passed me a shy smile.

"Nothingg. Just chatting a bit." He said casually, "It feel great to see her again" Now this things hell confuses me again. My dad smiled, and said "Siddhant is waiting for you outside! Riddhima, would you mind seeing him off, I am tired. Just need to wind up & sleep."
I Excused, "I Have a headache, he can go himself." I Looked at armaan as he protested, "No! Come na, we'll talk more!" And he dragged me by my arm. I could hear my dad smiling behind. We both walked, and as we reached the door, I Feel a piece of joyment of the moment cutting away slowly, eroding the value of my smile, and making it all vacant again. With a sad smile, I Sighed, and said, "Thanks for coming. It was nice to see you after so long!" Well, Umm.. That was too formal.

"Yeah!" He flashed his dimples, deep in, looked down & looked up again, he raised his two hands up in the air, demanding for a hug. "Can I Get a hug? From my great friend?"

"Can you work it with a handshake!?" I Shrugged, as I Watch him pass me a shy smile, and then into a sad pout. "Seriously, you would never change!" He commented. Yeah I would, Never.

"Ohk, so that's it. Bye!" I Sighed in disbeleif, shook hands with him, his clod fingers clinges apun my delicate feminine fingers, and it felt, cold * complete, like a bunch of flower actually gets complete when it has a flower. "Hmm Yah!" He mumbled uner his breath. "Bye!"

He walked pass by me, I Stood outside the main door, with a thin shawl rapped around me as it was cold, he walked looking down with his hands in his pockett, Don't know why? Suddenly I found myself collecting a few words to say something to him, my emotions did it all this time.
"Hey Armaan!" I Shouted in a whispery way, he looked back at me. And I Said,

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