"We BeLoNg ToGeThEr No MaTtEr WaT"
PART 39
BASKETBALL COURT
A basketball was being dribbled, forming a rhythmic sound. Suddenly it flies up in the air and BOOM, falls through the loop more commonly referred to as a basketball hoop. Armaan was dripping the ball with full force, He mind was wroked up with all the confusions in his life... He remembered the time spent with Riddhima, His Riddhima, 'Armaan... meri... meri shaadi hone wali hai,... so please,... mujhse dur raho...' Riddhima's words ran through his mind a millionth time, He was fuming with anger hearing her say those hurtful words.. Armaan loved Riddhima way more than anything else in his life, Though he tried his best he couldn't get angry on her, He never could, The one whom he loved the most had hurt him, but comparatively his love was beyond his anger or pain she had given him.
How could she just take all the decisions on her own ? Why is she running away from from me ? What's my fault ? What did i do ? Why did she agree to marry Vivek ? Did she never loved me truly ? Is she hurt more than me ?? Every possible questions were running on his mind like thunder.Thump, thump, thump, he dribbled the ball once again, eventually letting it fly through the air, through the hoop, and back to the ground. Armaan didn't catch the ball now. He took his Water bottle and poured it on his face, Letting the chills of water calm him.
'Sach keh rahi hu Armaan, Tum mujhse nahi Tanya se pyaar karte ho...' Those words flashed in his mind yet again. Armaan rushed towards the Mallik Mansion, He knew how to get his Riddhima back. 'Riddhima, tum meri ho aur sirf meri rahogi...' He wispered to himself.
Armaan reached the Mallik Mansion, he saw everyone on the dining table, The mallik's smiled at him warmly... They were waiting for him for the dinner... Pari saw Armaan and ran towards him, she hugged his legs with her little palm. Armaan smiled at her and picked her up in his arms..
'Armaan, Tum agaye, chalo, Dinner karte hai, dekho maine tumhari favorite dinner banaya hai..' Smeeta spoke happily. 'Mom, Aaap sab dinner kar lijiye, Mujhe kuch zaroori kaam hai...' Armaan spoke walking towards his room. 'Armaan, yeh kya baat hue, Hum sab tumhare liye wait kar rahe hai, aur tum aate hi jaane ki baat kar rahe ho?..' Riya spoke pounting. 'Di, please aaj nahi, Main bas thodi der main ajaunga...' He spoke while he gave a chocolate to Pari and she ran towards her mom... Armaan climbed the stairs in hurry...
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Riddhima sat on the couch and was looking at the sky above her, Sleep was miles away from her, Usually when a girl is getting engaged she would have sleepless night dreaming about her new life ahead, while here it was completely opposite, Riddhima was now regretting her decision, She could never give Armaan's place to any other person on this earth, She loved him more than her life itslef, The circumstances had seperated them apart, there was no way out... Riddhima was lost in thoughts. Padma walked in towards Riddhima, she stood and watched Riddhima for a sometime now, Riddhima was so engrossed in thinking so much that she never knew than her mother was there in the room, Padma walked towards Riddhima.
'Riddhima..' She called softly, Riddhima saw her mom and came towards her. 'Ma...Aap??...'. 'Haan beta tumhe yeh dene ayi thi...' She said and forwarded it to Riddhima. It was Riddhima's lehenga, with matching jewelery, bangles sent from the Oberior's. 'Maa.. Yeh sab?...' Riddhima asked.
'Riddhima, kal tumhari aur Vivek ke sagai ke liye hai, Tum yehi pehnogi,...' Riddhima's face fell hearing about her engagement. Riddhima kept staring down, at the carpet beside the bed... Padma shook Riddhima.. 'Riddhima, Kya hua.. Tumhe achi nahi lagi??...' She spoke little sadly. 'Nahi maa, aiesi koi baat nahi hai, achi hai...' Riddhima assured her mother, Padma kissed Riddhima's forehead and walked away.
Riddhima glanced at the lehenga before her, she felt angry watching it, Riddhima felt helpless, She just wanted to run away from the world, Riddhima was hurt and her eyes welled up, Riddhima cried as strong as one hundred daggers sinking into her stomach. Groaning and screaming with anguish, Hes eyes were watery with the sheer pain and her breathing came out in sharp, shallow rasps. Sweat dripped down the side of her face and covered her foreheard in a thin sheen. Her pain was intense.
Every heartbeat sent a surge of pain, as if her life were being torn apart. She wanted to cry out for help, but she couldn't bring enough air into her lungs. Riddhima's heart was on fire. Tears stream her cheeks. Like fountains her eyes filled with tears. Like rain in the winter, her cheeks poured the truth. Mascara darkened under her swollen eyes of crying... Her eyes fell on the lehenga.. Riddhima picked it up in anger and threw the lehenga off her bed on the floor... Riddhima glanced angrily at the lehenga, She saw somebody's feet , Riddhima surveyed her eyes from the legs and looked at the person standing before her.. It was Anjali, who looked shocked watching Riddhima throw away her lehenga, Anjali picked it up and walked towards Riddhima. Riddhima stopped crying and turned away.
'Ridzy?...' Anjali spoke worried.. While Riddhima turned away from Anjali and brushed off her cheeks, hiding her tears, Anjali walked towards her and kept a hand on her shoulder. 'Ridzy, are you okay?..' 'Ha... ha.. di...' riddhima replied. 'Fir, tune yeh lehenga ayese??...' Riddhima spoke cutting off Anjali in the middle 'Kya farak padta hai di, Sab khatam ho chuka hai...' She spoke with a glintch of irritation.
'Ridzy, please sab kuch bhul jaa, aur apne ane waale zindagi ke baaare main soch...' Anjali spoke while Riddhima glared at her.. 'acha toh fir, tu abhi tak soyi kyu nahi, Kal sab se zyada khubsoorat toh tumhe hi dikhna hai, haina, And no more crying okay.. ??...' Anjali tried to cheer Riddhima. Riddhima looked at her and gave a small smile. 'Acha, Ridzy tu araam kar.. hmm ??...' She spoke and hugged Riddhima.. and looked up at Riddhima while riddhima nodded her head. Anjali went out of the room...
Riddhima felt hollow, she went towards her warddrobe and took out some pictures of her's and Armaan's. Those pictures were the sweet moments shared between Armaan and Riddhima.. Holding them in her hand she fell on the floor beside the bed, It was particularly painful period of time in her life.She was trying to keep her head high but was dying inside whenever something reminds her of Armaan.The fragmented memories came together like pieces of a puzzle, The details of the past were revealed like a sculpture's features being chipped away with each remembered memory and before she knew Riddhima dozed off to sleep while crying itself...
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BAJAJ MANSION
Armaan reached Baajaj House, As he stepped onto the sidewalk, he observed the Mansion looked a little different. Armaan walked towards the house. He tabed the doorbell, Hearing a faint 'ding dong' he huffed, waiting for someone to come to the door. It was, moments later, opened by a servant, her hair pulled back into a tight bun.
'Arre Armaan baba, aap, andar ajeye na...' parwati the maid spoke smiligly and making way for Armaan.
Armaan walked in to the house, as he walked inside he watched Mr. Bajaj sitting along with his beautiful wife Tulsi, The Bajaj's seemed to notice Armaan walking towards them and they instantly got up and smilighly at him...
'Hello uncle, Hello Aunty...' he greeted them both.. Mr. and Mrs. bajaj seemed to be happy with his presence.. 'hello, Armaan, long time, How are you?...' mr. bajaj spoke gently.. 'Um.. Uncle is Tanya there??...' Armaan blurred. 'Ah, Armaan, Tanya is up in her room... with one of her friend...' Mr. Bajaj spoke smiling. Armaan smiled back and headed towards her room.
Armaan climbed up the stairs, hurriedly and went towards her room, Tanya's room was slightly open, He could hear 2 people talking, One was tanya's voice, he could catch her voice soon enough and the other was maybe Ricky's.. Armaan peeped inside the room, through the narrow opening, only to find Ricky and Tanya laughing at something... Armaan was suprised to find Ricky there, How could he be Tanya's friend ?? he tougth... the same Ricky who wanted to marry Tanya, Who Tanya wanted to refuse marrying him, How she wanted to reject him, Watching both of them confortable with each other's company Armaan looked shocked, How could she be with him,Armaan wondered,walking a little further he could hear them talk..
'Whoa Man... That was awful, Isn't it??...' ricky spoke. 'Yeah baby,...' she spoke smiling..'Tanya, Tumne ye sab kaise kar leti ho? Huh ?? Gosh..' he sighted.. 'Yeh toh mera daye haat ka khel hai...' She declared proudly.. sipping a glass of vodka.. 'I know... Uss din... Humne uss Armaan aur Riddhima ko bhi phasaya tha.. aur aaj tumhare us duffer cousin ko...' said ricky laughing. 'Hahaha... Yeah right..Mujhe jo chahiye woh main paakar hi rehti hu.. Chahe wo Armaan ho ya fir woh factory...' tanya said arrogantly. 'Yeah... exactly...' He spoke smiling..
Armaan's eyes widened hearing it, What were they talking about, 'Chahe wo Armaan ho ya fir woh Factory..' what does than mean ?? Armaan's face was filled with confusions...His trace was broken by Ricky's talk..
'Maza toh Riddhima ka chehra dekhkar aya, Sweet heart, usne toh sab sach maan liya..' He said laughing harder.. 'Yeah, Riddhima apne ap ko samajti kya hai, huh?? Maine kitne baar usse Armaan se dur karna chaha lekin, jitna main unhe dur karne lagti, woh dono aur paas ajate,...' 'Fir, Humne woh plan banaya.. Jaha Armaan khud Riddhima ke saamne yeh kahega ki woh usse nahi tumse pyar karta hai. Drama hi sahi par Armaan ne apne aap kaha ...' ricky said laughing and remembering their plan of seperating AR.
Armaan's hands closed into fists and he recalled the evening, Things seemed to get clearer with each passing second, Armaan seemed to boil in anger,He now understood that it was Tanya's and Ricky's plan to seperate them, Tanya's boyfriend Raj, her marriage to Ricky, Tanya's request to help her, All those were said to him just to seperate him and Riddhima..he crouched forward, His pulse speld up and he was breathing very shallow. His muscles grew tense. He felt his temperature rising, he could almost feel his blood boiling in his veins hearing them. The seperation he and Riddhima had to go through flashed in his mind, Riddhima's betrayal, Armaan's helplessness, The pain and hurt they shared in these couple of days boiled him more,Word after word that flowed from Tanya's lips angered Armaan more by the second. All he wanted to do now was expose Tanya, Armaan took out his cellphone and switched on the record button, His patience was running out and his temper was flaring. Rage boiled through his body. He barely had a chance to think of his actions. The only thought running through his head was getting her to shut up.
'Armaan ko kehna pada, Usse thodi pata tha ki waha Riddhima bhi... .' 'Tanya...' He shouted out loud... and turned her around fiercely towards himself, her word was observed by the sight in front of her.. and
*SLAP*
Armaan pursed his lips and threw his hand forward as hard as he could, whipping it across Tanya's face. The crack of skin contacting skin echoed off the walls. The noise that the slap radiated off of the walls and back to their ears. Vibrations of pain started in Armaan's palm and spread all the way to his finger tips. Armaan's palm was bright red, the same red mark that matched the one on Tanya's face.
At first Tanya didn't even know what had happened in a fraction of second. It was tingling for a moment, Her face face got really warm... Tanya stared at Armaan with her eyes wide as she clutched her cheek in shock and pain,and gave a stern look to Armaan. Armaan held her through her left shoulder, clutching her angrily..
Armaan: How dare you.. He took a step forward, his voice was so loud and thunderous that Tanya didn't pay attention to what he said just the way he said it shocked her. Armaan had become a whole different person of rage. The tension in Armaan's voice, with
An urgent and menacing sound he blasted at her..
'How dare you do this with us?? Tumhari himaat kaise hue??...' Armaan spoke in a firm and angry voice. Tanya seemed frightened with Armaan's anger... 'Aooch, Armaan , leave me, Ahh...' she cried... Armaan wouldn't let go of her, He clentched her arm more firmly, The pain Armaan was giving Tanya right now was nothing compared to the pain Armaan and Riddhima suffered... It wasn't the physical pain they suffered but mental trauma was beyond words to be pinned down. 'Tumne mujhe aur Riddhima ko alag karne ke kiye Tum etna niche kaise gir sakti ho? Huh.. Tumhe kya laga ki Riddhima mujhse dur chali jayegi toh main tumhare paas baghta hua aoonga ??...' His voice was deep and angry..
Ricky stood rooted to the ground watching the turn of events, watching Tanya's in Armaan's hard hold, Ricky jumped in.. 'Armaan, please, meri baat...' Ricky spoke while he tried to get Armaan's hand off from Tanya's arm..Ricky's mouth was shut instantly when Armaan raised his hand towards him, stopping him from uttering any single word..
'Chup bilkul chup... Warna aaj mujhse bura koi nahi hoga...' Armaan spoke loud clenching his fist, his booming voice seemingly shook the room. Ricky was frightened. Armaan's voice was reverberated long after he finished speaking, .. Ricky had not heard such a threatening sound in all his life. Ricky suddenly stood up quitely.. Armaan turned towards Tanya... 'Tanya, common speak up...' He shook tanya hard... 'Tumhe yeh sab karke kya mila huh ? Khushi ? Wah kya solid plan banaya tha tumne, Mere samne ek lachar dost ki tarah behave kiya, Tumhe dukhi dekhkar main tumhe help karne ki kosish ki... Lekin mujhe kya pata tha.. main apne hi pairon main khuladi mar raha hu ?? Kyu kiya tumne ayesa huh ?? Kyu ??...' Armaan seemed to get angrier daily...
'Tumhare liye kiya...' Tanya shouted back...Armaan stared at her and pushed her harder away from himself... while Tanya continued.. weeping... 'Main tumse pyaar karti thi Armaan, Salon se tumse pyaar kiya hai maine, Tumhare saath hamesha se sirf main hi thi, Maine tumhe paane ke liye kya kuch nahi kiya par badle main mujhe kya mila ? Dhoka ? Armaan maine kitni kosish kiya, Kosish ki ki tum bhi mujhse pyaar karne lago, Lekin.. tumne kabhi mujhe dekha hi nahi...Armaan kyu tumne mere ankhon mein apne liye kabhi pyaar nahi dekha ??...' Tanya spoke crying... She blurred out all the hidden feelings... Armaan looked away from her...
'Aur.. Riddhima... Riddhima ko tumhare sath dekhkar mera dam ghuta tha, Woh meri jagah thi pehele bhi aur aaj bhi, Jab jab maine Riddhima aur tumhe saath main khush dekha main jalne lagi, Tadapne lagi, Riddhima se bahooth pehele maine pyaar kiya tha tumse. Woh meri jagah thi Armaan... Sirf meri. aur maine yeh sab kuch sirf tumhare pyaar main kiya Armaan... Sirf tumhare pyaar main...' Tanya spoke crying... while
Armaan shouted 'Galat... Tumhara pyaar sirf dikhawa hai aur kuch nahi...Tanya pyaar dil se hota hai, zabardasti nahi... Aur tumne jo kiya.. uske liye main tumhe kabhi maaf nahi kar paonga.. Aaaj tumhare wajah se meri Riddhima... meri Riddhima kisi aur se shaadi karne ke liye tayaar hogayi.. Kitni ajeeb baat haina Tanya, ek tum ho jo pyaar ko cheena chaha aur ek Riddhima hai jo mere pyaar main apne pyaar ko kurbaan karne chali thi... pata hai kyu ?? kyuki Riddhima mujhse sacha pyaar karti hai aur tum... Tanya tumhe toh pyaar ka matlab bhi nahi pata... Pyaar main jhoot ya dhoka nahi hota... Kher... Tum jaisi ladki si ab mera koi bhi rishta nahi raha... mera pyaar tumhe kabhi bhi hasil nahi ho payega... chahe Riddhima meri saath ho ya na ho... Zindagi main sacha pyaar sirf ek baar hi hota hai... aur main sirf aur sirf Riddhima se pyaar karta hun...' Saying so Armaan turned around and fumbled outside in anger...!!!
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