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Chapter : Something Unusual
Armaan, Rddhima, Atul, Anjali, Rahul and Muskaan, the all were going to attend the reunion part of Armaan and Rahul's school. Armaan had asked Riddhima to be her partner for the pary and she agreed, even though, Armaan had to do a lot of convincing but she agreed. It was decided that Armaan will pick her up from her house and they both will come to the party premises directly. As usual, Riddhima was the centre of attraction for Armaan but today something unusual was going to happen.
Armaan and Riddhima complemented each other, both of them were wearing the same color, Armaan was in a three piece black suit with a royal blue tie and Riddhima was looking beautiful in a royal blur anarkali suit, which had black colored sequin work. They entered the party hall together, the crowd whistled and hooted for them, actually for Armaan more.
Everything was set, the hall, the decorations and what not. The decorations were made in white, purple and golden colors. Armaan and Riddhima joined their Sanjeevni gang and were discussing about some of Armaan and Rahul's school memories, when an old lady, came and put her hand on Armaan's shoulder. Armaan turned back and when he saw the lady in front of him, he hugged her and said...
Armaan: how are u beautiful..?
Old Lady: u are incorrigible, aren't u...?
Armaan: Jo sudhar jaye, woh ...
Old Lady: Armaan Malik nahi.!
Armaan was grinning, then Rahul came in front of the lady and he too hugged her. Breaking the hug, Rahul asked..
Rahul: how are u Ms. Maartha?
Ms. Maartha: i am fine my child, u have changed a lot and that too for good but this stupid friend of yours he is still the same.
Rahul: oh...just leave him, he is stupid.
Armaan: oyeee...rahoool...
Rahul: oye Armaaan...
Ms. Maartha: arre, stop all this, will u not introduce me to your friends?
Armaan: i will beautiful, come! So guys, yeh hain beautiful..i mean, Ms. Maartha, she was our English teacher and is a mother to me and Rahul." Armaan said in a soft tone.
and, Beautiful, these are our new friends, Atul, Anjali, Muskaan and Riddhima." He introduced his friends to her!
Ms. Maartha, started telling them, Armaan and Rahul's stories. She told them about Armaan's flirtatiousness , his kindness, his pranks and not to forget his bunch of girlfriends. Rahul was a completely different story, he was a nerd back then, he used to study more unlike Armaan. Suddenly out of nowhere, Armaan bend down on his knees in front of Ms. Maartha and asked...
Armaan: will u dance with me, beautiful..?
Ms. Maartha was reluctant at first but agreed. Armaan was dancing with his beautiful and Riddhima was admiring him, she felt that Armaan was adorable, not to forget that he was and still is a big flirt but he's cute, sweet and handsome too. While dancing Armaan's gaze was on Riddhima, he felt like pulling her in his arms, she looked extremely beautiful, to resist. He went on thinking that what is the name of this new feeling, that is causing so much excitement in him. He recalled their first meeting, her smile, their sweet talks, her charm and what not. Is this infatuation or is it love..? Armaan saw Riddhima talking with Rahul, they stood close but not too close. Armaan didn't liked this proximity at all, he felt like Riddhima was his possession and he has all the rights on her. Armaan's brain, went on working like a calculator, calculating whether his feelings for Riddhima are the result of attraction and infatuation or were it those of the first love.
After a short calculating process, Armaan concluded to himself that indeed it was love, the love at first sight. Armaan's brain was interpreting the ideas, of how he will propose Riddhima.
After dancing for a while, Ms. Maartha excused herself from Armaan and Armaan was pulled by a bunch of his old buddies.
Amit: yaar, tu toh hume bhool hi gaya, school khatam ho gaya, toh iska matlab yeh toh nahi ki humaari dosti bhi khatam ho gayi.
Tanya: haan Armaan, Amit is right, mil nahi sakta tha, toh kame se kam, ek phone call ya message hi kar deta, paise hum de dete.
Armaan: itne bhi bure din, nahi aaye hain mere, woh toh bas thoda busy tha, Doctor jo banna tha toh mehnat toh karni hi padti na.
Shivanshi: itna busy ho gaya tha ki tujhe ek second ki bhi fursat nahi mili..?
Saaraansh: arre, Shivanshi, samja kar yaar, Armaan sirf padhai mein hi nahi, balki kisi aur cheez mein hi busy tha..!" he added mischievously.
Armaan: what..?
Arshiya ( smirking ): humme sab pata hai, along with studies u were busy in your fights right...!
Armaan ( narrowing his eyes ): fights...ahaan..!
Kartik: bas-bas, ab innocent banne ki koi zaroorat nahi hai, humme pata hai, ki woh bhi tere saath, tere hi college mein padhti thi aur tu usse lade bina reh kaise sakta hai." he winked at Armaan.
Amit: oh ho..yaad aaya, Armaan yaar, tera toh din usse ladte hue shuru hota tha aur uspar hi khatam hota tha. Humme toh aaj tak yeh pata nahi chala ki tu aur SHILPA itna ladte aur zhagadte kyon the...? " he genuinely questioned him.
Armaan: Shilpa...who Shilpa." a confused Armaan asked.
Tanya: tujhe kaise yaad hoga, tunne toh kabhi usse uske naam se bulaya hi nahi, humesha usse Shilpa ki jagah, SHIPPU keh kar bulata tha." she sang along.
Armaan: woh..woh JANGLI BILLI, SHIPPU MALHOTRA, mere liye KHATRA..." roared Armaan.
Kartik: dekha, abhi toh usse mila bhi nahi aur uske naam se hi bhadak gaya. Hai kya tum dono ke beech, jo tumhe alag ho kar bhi alag nahi rakhti...?
Armaan: oh..please! aisa kuch bhi nahi hai, i just...just...i just don't like her.
Saaraansh: but sach bata, woh tere hi college mein thi, hai na..?
Armaan: haan thi toh, mujhe uske hone na hone se koi farak nahi padta, waise uuumm...woh yahan aayi nahi..?
Shivanshi: ae lo! abhi toh keh raha tha ki uske hone na hone se tujhe koi farak nahi padta aur ab dekho, usike baare mein pooch raha hai, waise woh yahan nahi hai.." she said smirking wickedly.
Armaan: kyon..?
Amit: tu bada interest le raha hai, acha baba, actually yeh toh humm bhi nahi pata ki woh kahan chali gayi, atlab, school khatam hone ke baad ek do baar hum usse mile bhi but, college khatam hone ke baad woh toh gayab hi ho gayi.
Tanya: sometimes i think, ki hum sab friends the na, humaara group ek tha, but teri aur Shilpa ki kabhi friendship nahi hui. Hum toh sab, alag alag ho gaye the but Shilpa toh tere saath hi thi na, ek hi college mein the tum dono, toh tujhe toh pata hi hoga uske baare mein.
Armaan: main koi uska P.A. hoon, jo uske baare mein puri information rakhunga, jangli billi...huh.
Kartik: jo bhi ho, she was innocently gorgeous, so beautiful and cute." he added softly.
Saaraansh: specially uski woh badi-badi green eyes." he said this dreamily, as if himself imaginig her.
Tanya: she was an awesome friend. I miss her a lot.
Armaan: tum logon ko main yahan khada acha nahi lag raha, jo mere saamne uske gungaan kar rahe ho.
Shivanshi: ab bas bhi karo Armaan, chalo acha hum tumhaari Shippu ke baare mein baat nahi karenge!
Armaan: you...
And by this he left from there, ignoring the pleadings of his friends, he marched out of the party premises, started his car and zoomed off, without Riddhima. He couldn't control himself anymore. Shilpa, even her name brought out his inner feelings which he forgot, not forgot actually but was ignoring and was successfull too. He didn't know, why Shilpa, her name even a mere thought of hers bring out unknown emotions in him, he looses his so-called self control too, which makes him angry. He don't like all tis, specially the fact of being controlled.
On the other hand Rahul, soon came to know about what made Armaan leave the party, he lied to the Sanjeevni gang that Armaan wasn't feeling well so he went back home. After the party ended Rahul and Atul dropped the girls to their homes and they themselves went to their respective homes.
Sleep was far away from Armaan's eyes, he kept on tossing on the bed. Whenever he closed his eyes, he saw her almond shaped green eyes..
He was confused, he wanted and he should think about Riddhima...but Shilpa wasn't letting him do so, this made Armaan dislike Shilpa more!
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