Chapter 5 : Best Friends
" Sach se kitna bhaagogi Riddhima, I love you, iss baat ko koi nahi badal sakta, tum bhi nahi. I promise you, ki main tumhe apna bana kar rahunga. ", Armaan vowed.
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" I really need you, only you can help me out now. Main Riddhima se bohot pyaar karta hoon, aur usse apna banana chata hoon. ", Armaan confessed to someone on phone.
" Yo don't worry about anything, i will handle everything, bas tumhe wahi karna hoga, jo main tumse kahunga. " Armaan answered.
" Ok, phhir kal milte hain, i will pick you up at 8 in the morning, is that ok with you ? " he questioned.
" Thanks yaar, you are really a best friend, take care, bye " he ended the call.
" Get ready Miss Riddhima Gupta, itni aasaani se tumhe khud se door nahi jaane doonga. Armaan Malik never fails, he's the winner, always..! Ab dekhte hain ki kaise tum mera pyaar accept nahi karti. " he smirked.
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" Arre, yeh yahaan tum sab log kiska wait kar rahe ho ? Koi V.I.P. aa raha hai, jo uska welcome karne ke liye tum logon ko yahaan khade rehne ki saza mili hui hai ! " Anjali asked, Rahul who was standing at the reception area along with Muskaan, Atul and Riddhima.
" Aise koi baat nahi hai, Anjie, bas aaj koi nayi intern Sanjeevni join karne waali hai, bas ussika wait kar rahe hain. " Rahul answered.
" Yeh hero kahin dikhayi nahi de raha hai, kahin aaj phhir se late toh nahi ho gaya ? " Muskaan giggled at Armaan's habit of coming late.
" Kahin Armaan meri wajah se toh nahi...kahin mere na kehne ki wajah se woh...maine usse bohot hurt kiya hai, mujhe usse samjhaana chahiye tha, ki he's only my best friend and i do like him but love..." Riddhima thought.
" Arre Ridz kahan kho gayi ? " Atul sked Riddhima, waving his hand in front of her.
" Huh...nahin kuch nahi..bas woh Armaan.." she wasn't able to complete her sentence as someone interrupted.
" Aapne bulaya aur hum chale aaye "
There he stood, looking handsome as always.
" Arre Armaan kahan tha tu...humme toh laga ki aaj phhir se late hone ka iraada hai tera. " Rahul said.
" Kuch nahi yaar, bas aise hi kissi se milne chala gaya tha...someone special " Armaan replied, he looked at Riddhima intently while saying the last two words.
Riddhima just lowered her eyes, not wanting to meet his gaze.
" Someone special...haan...kaun hai woh " Anjali teased.
" Arre Angel aisi koi baat nahi hai...bas ek puraani friend hai meri..abhi toh yahin thi, aati hi hogi. " Armaan calmly replied.
" Kahin woh Shilpa...but...nahin aisa nahi ho sakta, yeh dono kabhi friends ho hi nahi sakte...shayad koi ur hi hogi. " Rahul thought.
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She was looking beautiful in the pink and blue short kurti and white capris. Her open hair added huge effect in her beauty, her eyes, her smile, everything about her was beautiful.
The men were constantly gazing at her, the women were jealous of her beauty.
She entered Sanjeevni as if she owned it. There she saw him, he was taking with his friends, and by observing the looks, he gave to a girl, she concluded that, indeed that girl was Riddhima.
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" Hiccup...hiccup..."
" Abe oye khote, tujhe kya hogaya, aaj tujhe itni hichkiyaan kyon aa rahi hain ? " Muskaan questioned Rahul, who was constantly hiccuping.
" Oye Muski, mujhe zara pinch toh karna, kahin main sapna toh nahi dekh raha?" Rahul asked Muskaan, who looked irritated with Rahul's behavior.
" Oye khote, ghadhe, kankhajoore, tu mujhe chodkar kisi sapna ke baare mein soch raha hai "
She, from a distance, smiled at Rahul's behavior.
" NIKKI.." Rahul asked in utter disbelief.
" Ab yeh Nikki...haye...aur kitni ladkiyaan hai teri list mein " Muskaan asked Rahul, sobbing.
" shssh...Muski, tum bhi na, kya ka kya bana deti ho..." Rahul replied before walking towards her.
He slowly raised a hand and touched her face, at this she laughed.
" Oye teri...tu toh sach mein yahin par hai..!" Rahul shrieked.
" Haan Rahoool, yeh Nikki hi hai..." Armaan added.
" Nikki..? " the others asked.
" Haan, Nikki..Nikita Malhotra, meri aur Rahul ki best friend, ham teeno ek hi college mein the " Armaan told them.
" Hello guys ! " Nikki happily greeted, " I really missed you two " she said while pointing at Armaan and Rahul.
" Huh...ab kyon aayi ho yahan, jab chali gayi thi, tab hamaari yaad nahi aayi. Bina kuch kahe, bina kuch bataye, bas yunhi gayab ho gayi. " Rahul complained.
" Ab toh aa gayi hoon na, maaf kardo..please..please" Nikki made a cute face.
" You know what i am a magnanimous person...but still i am not ready to forgive you " Rahul was angry now.
" hawww..Kyon...? " Nikki asked.
Rahul was angry, very angry indeed. Nikki, Armaan and Rahul studied in the same college. They were the best friends. Though they had a huge group of friends but these three were the best ones. Nikki abruptly left the college in the mid semester and she didn't even told about, why she left the college, where was she going and when she will be back. Rahul and Nikki were close to each other, just like a brother and a sister. They were like real siblings. When Nikki left so abruptly, Rahul was the one who was more effected, he really missed his cute sis. And now, when she is back, Rahul is angry because he feels that Nikki didn't even trusted him with her secrets and didn't told him that why she left. The two of them were arguing, while Armaan was was watching the duo silently yet smilingly and the rest, ( Atul, Anjali, Muskaan and Riddhima ) were staring wide at the duo and stood open mouthed.
" Acha ji main haari ab maan jao na..." Nikki cutely pouted.
" Tum na mere saamne aisi surat mat banao, main iss baar tumhe maaf nahi karne waala. " Rahul declared.
" Yaar ab maaf kar bhi de usse..." Armaan requested.
Rahul just nodded in negative and left the reception area.
" Yaar Nikki yeh toh chala gaya, itni aasaani se maanne waala nahi hai yeh, iske nakhre toh ladkiyon se bhi zyada hai, na jaane ab tujhe kitne papad bechne padenge isse manane ke liye. " Armaan hugged Nikki sideways.
" Jaanti hoon, tabhi toh maine Rahul ka nickname basanti rakha tha " she chuckled.
" Usse toh main mana hi loongi, ab yahin par jo hoon, tum mujhe baaki sab toh toh introduce karwa do. " Nikki demanded
" Arre haan, guys..yehi hai Sanjeevni ki nayi intern aur Basanti..i mean Rahul aur meri best friend Nikita " Armaan said, " And Nikki, yeh hai Atul, the great plant lover,...this is Anjali, the Angel,...Muskaan, our chatterbox and this is...Riddhima" Armaan introduced the others happily but he ignored Riddhima.
The others felt weird at Armaan's cold behaviour towards Riddhima, while Riddhima felt guilty because she thinks that she, herself, is the reason for Armaan's such behaviour.
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Edited by dmegha - 12 years ago
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