The dinner was a fun for everyone. Except riddhima, others enjoyed the happy time specially Armaan and shilpa.
"oye armaan, ab batana tune shilpa ko kaise propose kiya tha?" muskaan again started the topic. armaan and shilpa looked at each other
"yes guys, come on.. hum dost ha right? so humse share nahi karoge?" anjali said
"armaan yar bata na, main tera champ hoo na, tu apne bhai se share nahi karega" atul said
"guys.. maine bola tha na waisa kuch khass" shilpa tried to cover the topic for armaan but he stopped her and gestured in no
"wase itna kuch khass nahi tha but if you all insist toa hua kuch esa tha.. the next morning mujhe wapas mumbai ana tha, par both of us didnt want that. main yahi chahta tha ke shilpa mujhe roke, aur phir..." armaan was lost of words as flashes came to his mind the way he asked to marry him. shilpa too knew how he was feeling
"haa aur phir, maine armaan ko rokh liya aur uske baad.. usne mujhse" shilpa tried to end the topic as she knew armaan was not feeling comfortable to disclose the personal things which took place between them. After riddhima and his breakup he decided with shilpa to keep their personal moments and things to themselves
"Chooo chweett" nikki said
"manna parega armaan, perfect timing and perfect way" anjali said
"oye hero, ab jab propose kardiya ha toa der kis bat ki?? shadi kab ha???" muskaan asked excitedly
riddhima's expression changed which was noticed by sid. shilpa looked at armaan as both of them had not decided anything about it yet and shilpa very well knew armaan still needed time.
"ab woh muskaan, abtak kuch fix nahi hua ha..par" Shilpa said
"I think tum donoko der nahi karni chahiye, matlab khushi ka mauka hain. aur wasebhi pyaar me ek dusreko intezar nahi karwana chahiye" sid said which left riddhima even more surprised. everyone looked at sid and armaan understood what he meant.
"you're right dude, iss bar der nahi hogi" armaan smiled and replied to sid who also smiled back.
"matlab ke shadi me der nahi yess... anjali iske bad humara number hoga theek ha?" atul asked
"shut up atul... wase armaan, decide karlo kaun ladke wale honge aur kaun ladki wale" anjali said
"oye anjie isme decide kya karna ha?? shilpa ke side se hum girls honge" muskan said
"aur armaan ke side se hum" rahul said
Everyone began to discuss the wedding things on their own. Only armaan shilpa sid and riddhima were quiet.
ArSh on their way back to home.
Armaan was driving the car and shilpa looking outside the window. Soon they reached shilpa's home . Both of them got down from the car.
"armaan woh, aj restaurant me sabne esehi kehdiya shadi ke bareme but jabtak tum ready nahi ho, tabtak yeh baat age nahi baregi dont worry. main sabse kehdungi" shilpa said.
Armaan smiled. She was still thinking that he might change his mind of marrying her. She was so innocent he thought.
"nahi mujhe bura nahi laga, aur wasebhi sahi kaha baki sabne. Tumhe propose kiya ha intezar nahi karwanekeliye" armaan chuckled
"nahi main toa bass" armaan put his finger on her lips.
"Shilpa, yeh meri life ka abtak ka sabse bara aur important faisla hain , tumse shadi karna. pata ha, tumse shadi nahi karta tab bhi main age barchuka tha, meri life me ridhima keliye sare darwaje bohot pehle band hochuke the. Lekin tumse shadi isliye karna chahtu hu kyuki I wanna be happy again. Jaise sid riddhima ke sath age barke khush ha, wase main bhi age barke khush rehna chahta hu and I know right now meri khushi shayed tumhare sath shadi karneme hain" Armaan said holding shilpa's hand. She was on cloud nine which was sort of visible on her face. The way she was looking here and there but not in armaan's eyes, playing with the corner of her dupatta and trying to say something but lost of words. armaan chuckled and clicked his fingers in front of her eyes
"Bracelet" armaan said
"huh? kya hua???" shilpa said
"I know ke tum mujhpar marti ho but esehi sharmati rahogi toa raat se din hojayegi aur hum yahipar khare rahenge" armaan smirked making her go red
"Es..esa ..kuch . nahi hain, .. main tumpar nahi marti..." shilpa tried to free her hand but armaan was in mood of teasing her. He took a step forward
"accha ?? nahi fida ho??? to phir jab tumhare pass ata hu toa tumhari dhadkane itni tezz kyu hojati hain? " armaan said . shilpa was now feeling even more restless as unknowingly armaan was saying all the truth.
"armaan please..mera hath choroo na" shilpa said trying to hide her smile.But armaan was having fun watching her blushing, stealing glances of him. Armaan let go her hand with a smile
"theek hain, aj keliye kafi hain. good night" he winked at her and within a moment he was gone. shilpa smiled caressing her wrist and went inside her house.
Next Morning
Armaan was the first one to come to the hospital. He opened his locker and began to check some of the files and old papers. Between them he found the same Bangle and Payal which he had given to riddhima. A quick recap came to his mind of all those time when he gave these to her and every time she didn't kept the value of them. Armaan chuckled and was about to put them back inside when he saw shilpa entering with nikki. They seemed to be smiling and having fun on some topic. Armaan then again saw the bangle and payal and back at shilpa's face.
"Hi Armaan" Nikki snapped the locker which broke armaan's trance. He smiled back and waved a hi. Shilpa too smiled and waved at him and he just passed a sweet Hi
"Yeh kangan aur payal maine riddhima ko diya tha par ab jab riddhima mere zindagi me nahi ha toa.. (looked at shilpa) mujhe yeh shilpa ko dena chahiye? Shilpa ke sath apni zindagi ki nayi shurawat karne jaraha hu par kya yeh kangaan aur payal usse deneka sahi waqt hua ha?"
"armaan kaha kho gaye?" shilpa asked and armaan quickly put back them inside the locker
"kuch nahi bass.. ek case ke bareme soch raha tha"Armaan said
"umm breifing me abhi time ha so coffee peene chale? nikki aur baki sab bhi cafe me hain" shilpa asked and armaan just nodded in yes
CAFE
"Guys, listen aj raat ko humare gharpar dinner hain so sabko ana hain. Maine dr kirti and dr shubhankar ko bhi invite kiya hain" anjali said
"anjali finally aj tum apne dad se humare bareme baat karogi?" atul asked excitedly
"Shut up atul.. Dinner isliye hain kyuki nani aur mom chandigarh se wapas aye hain and isiliye sabko aj dinner pe bulaya hain. Aur wasebhi nani and mom bohot excited hae shilpa se milne keliye" anjali said
"mujhse par kyu??" shilpa asked
"woh actually, armaan nani aur padma aunty ka fav ha na isiliye jab unhe armaan aur tumhari shadi ke bareme pata chala woh dono khushise pagal hogayi hain" sid said.
Armaan chuckled remembering how he used to be pampered by nani and padma.
"hum zarur ayenge anjie" armaan said.
"Great ab jab aunty ji aur nani agaye hain toa shadi ki date jaldse jald nikal jayegi kitna maza ayega" muskaan blurted.
Nikki was observing armaan who seemed to be lost and quiet. she looked at shilpa who was normal and joking around with rahul and sid. Nikki understood something was going inside armaan's head.
"armaan mujhe 5 locker room e akar milo abhi" nikki whispered to him and left.
Locker room
"oye nikki kya hua? ese achanak kyu bulaya?" armaan asked coming to the locker room finding nikki alone
"yehi toa main janna chahti hu ke tumhe kya hua ha?? subhah se notice karrahihu ke tum kuch khoye khoye aur lost ho. sab theek ha na?" nikki asked
"nikki kuch bhi yaar, sab theek ha tu bhi na.."armaan tried to change the topic
"armaan, topic change karneki toa sochna mat, main tumhe kitni acchese janti hu yeh tum bhi jante ho. Best friend hu tumhari so please mujhse chupaneka koi fayda nahi hain. so, seedhe seedhe bataw kya hua ha? tum khush nahi ho sab kuch jo horaha hain?"nikki said
Armaan chuckled and rolled his eyes
"khush??? khushi kya hoti ha..shayed main bhul gaya hu nikki. Khushiya jaise mera sath chahti nahi. Kabhi kabhi sochta hu ke akhir main iss duniya me kyu hu. kisiko bhi meri zarurat nahi hain" armaan said
"Shut up armaan, kya bakwas karraheho? riddhima ne kuch kaha ya phir shilpa se jhagra hua?" nikki was worried
"nahi, shilpa ne kuch nahi kaha. woh toa kabhi kuch kehti hi nahi ha, jo main bolta hu, jaise bolta hu wasehi sab karti hain. Kabhi uske jaise ladki nahi dekhi yaar, dilki itni saaf hain, kabhi zaban nahi larati hain.. aur .."
"Armaan ek baat sach sach kaho, tum yeh shadi jo karraheho I mean you are ready for it right? ya phir riddhima ne jo usdin..party mein..kaha??? " nikki asked
"nahi yaar, meri is faislese riddhima ka koi lena dena nahi hain. Shadi karneka decision mera khudka hain. And I'm ready for it.. but main soch raha hu, shilpa ke bareme. uski kya galti ha? yeh shadi kahi main uspar thop toa nahi raha hu? woh bohot acchi hain. I admit main usse pasand karta hu but yeh pasand dost ki jaise ha ya phir usse zyada shayed abtak main nahi samjha nikki.. bohot confusion lagta ha yaar, riddhima ka pyar dil se nikal nahi paya toa usse kahi dafna diya.. uske chorke janeki waja shayed mujhe age bareneka motivation deti hain... jab jab jis wajase usse khush nahi karpaya sochta hu kya sachme shilpa ko woh sab kuch de paunga ya nahi.. bohot confusion ha yaar," armaan sat down on the bench moving fingers through his head. Nikki sat beside him and holded his hand
"Armaan, mere sirf ek sawal ka jawab do.. Kya tum apni zindagi mein riddhima ki jagah shilpa ko dene keliye tayyar ho???" armaan looked at nikki . She had a firm look waiting for a straight answer
"armaan, shilpa ek bohot acchi ladki hain. jeetna maine usse dekha ha aur jana hain, woh riddhima se bhi seedhi saadhi ladki hain. dilki saaf hain, woh apne andar apne akelepan ko chupanekeliye ek alag hi chehra sabko dikhati hain. par woh esi nahi hain. Usse pyar chahiye armaan. usne har kadam par tumhara sath diya hain. jab jab tumne usse thukraya , jab jab tum girne wale the woh shilpa thi jisne tumhe sahara diya, tumhare sath khari thi. Jab koi nahi tha tumhari dil ki bat samajhnekeliye, shilpa ek anjaan ladki hokar bhi tumhare pass thi. Armaan yeh kafi nahi ha? yeh batanekeliye ke shilpa ke sath tumne jo age barneka decision liya ha woh kitna sahi hain. Armaan hum tumhare dost hain, tumhari khushi chahte hain and as your friends and family we can see you being happy with shilpa. Woh ladki jo tumhare sath apna ghar , apna future sajaneka sapna dekhrahiha. Isiliye maine tumse pucha, tumhari confusion ka ek hi sawal hain. Jis din tum riddhima ko puri tarahse apni dil, dimag aur zindagi se nikaloge usidin shilpa ko apni zindagi mein wahi jaga aur pyaar de paoge. main yeh nahi kehrahihu ke tumhe usse abhi pyarr karna parega, par kamsekam woh tumhara sath dena chahti hain usski khatir hi sahi ek aur baar koshish karlo. armaan pehle tumhe bhi lagta tha ke riddhima ke bina tum jee nahi paoge khush nahi reh paoge par humare nazar se dekho, tum khush ho. Tumne riddhima ko apni life se nikal diya hain, uske lie tumhare dil me koi jaga nahi ha but pyaar, pyaar kahi na kahi abhibi ha jo tumne dafna ke rakha ha dil ke kisi kone me. Woh pyaar tabhi khatam hoga jab tum shilpa ko ek chance doge, usse woh pyar doge jo woh deserve karti hain. Mujhe jo kehna tha maine keh diya baki tum khud samajhdar ho" nikki passed a smile and left armaan alone to think whatever she just said.
GUPTA HOUSE
Armaan came with rahul muskaan nikki and abhi. When he entered he straight went to nani, took blessings and then hugged her
"Jeete raho beta, khud tarakki karo" nani said caressing his face
"kaisi ho aap nani? kitna miss kiya apko aur aunty ko " armaan said taking blessings from padma
"isiliye toa jaise hi pata chala tumhare bareme, dour ke main aur maji chale ayen. waise tum akele aye ho? shilpa kaha hain?" padma asked
"aunty woh anjali aur atul ke sath dusri gari me arahi hain. " armaan said. Meanwhile sid and riddhima too joined. armaan passed a cold look to riddhima and smile to sid.
"chalo bhai, ab toa jaldi jaldi bass shadi ki tayyariya shuru karni hain" nani said. Nikki looked at armaan who was also looking at her
"nani, itni kya jaldi ha? matlab shadi to honi hain par ap abhi abhi aye ho.." nikki tried to stop but
"are nahi nahi, mere armaan ki shadi hain, dhoom dhaam se sab hoga, sab dekhte rahenge" nani expressed her excitement. Riddhima was in no mood to be there so she excused herself and went inside the kitchen.
"armaan beta, zara andar ana mere sath"padma took him inside with her to the bedroom
"kya hua aunty kuch problem hain? " armaan asked. She brought three boxes of necklaces
"inmese main ek shilpa ko dena chahti hu so tum choose karo. " she said
"aunty in sab ki kya zarurat hain?? " armaan said
"zarurat kaise nahi ha? dekho beta main janti hu tumhare aur riddhima ke beech jo hua usse tumhara dil bohot dukha hain, par tum yeh bhi jante ho ke maine tumhe humesha riddhima anjali jaisa pyaar kiya hain. Mere liye tumne humesha ek bete jaisa farz pura kiya hain, mere har acche bure waqt me tum the toa kya ab tumhare zindagi ki itne bare khushi ke waqt me main ek maa honeka farz nahi ada kar sakti??? padma said
"kaisi baat karrahiha ap aunty, ap mere sirf kehneki nahi, sachme meri maa jaisi hain aur wasebhi jo bhi mere aur riddhima ke beech me hua uski wajase main ap par ya phir nani ya dr shashank kisise naraz nahi hu, woh sab meri keesmat me likha tha" armaan said sadly
"beta, agar keesmat humse kuch cheenleti ha na toa phir dusrehi pal me khushiya deti hain. aur woh khushiya tumhare zindagi me shilpa ke roop me ayi hain" padma said.
At that very moment shilpa came with anjali atul. Armaan and padma saw her from the bedroom. she was smiling taking blessings from nani , hugged her and sat beside her. Armaan and padma smiled
"dekho usse, kitni khush hain, tum bohot khushkismat ho armaan, zindagi tumhe ek aur mauka derahiha hain. isse hath mat jane do aur seenese lagalo. phir dekhna tum khud mujhse akar kahoge tumhara faisla sahi tha.. samjhe? " Armaan smiled and nodded in yes. He chose one of the jewelery sets and asked padma he will join them in few minutes. Armaan recalled what nikki told him this morning, what padma told him, what he had promised to himself and what riddhima did to him. He took a deep breathe, wiped away his moist eyes and came outside. He saw shilpa was laughing and talking with everyone and nani had already called the panditji.
"nani koi mohrat nikla ya nahi??" rahul asked
"bhai yeh toa pareshani hogayi. ek bohot shub mohrat nikla hain agle hafte . usdin shadi keliye bohot accha shagun hain par iske pehle sagai ka koi shub mohrat nahi hain aur agle hafte ke baad 3 mahine tak koi accha din nahi hain. " nani said
"nani.. itna sab karneki zarurat nahi hain.. simple shadi theek ha aur wasebhi sagai ki koi zarurat nahi hain" armaan said
"tujhe nahi ha par shilpa ko toa hain, shadi ladkiki zindagi me ek bar hota hain aur har ladki usse khushiose aur acchese karna chahti hain samjha?? " nani scolded.
"nahi nani, armaan sahi kehraha hain matlab simple shadi theek hain" shilpa took armaan's side and everyone was like "Aaahhaaa" shilpa blushed and armaan smiled
"sahi kaha maji ne.. ab shadi ha toa sare functions acchese honge aur yahi honge. mere samne.."padma said
"par sagai ka kya karna ha? I mean aj toa hum ring bhi nahi laye" anjali said
"dont worry anjie, sagai aj hogi ab hogi isi waqt hogi" armaan caught everyone's attention.
"abhi? par kaise beta? koi shubh mohrat bhi toa nahi hain" nani said
"nani, khushiya mohrat nahi, hum khud late hain. aur wasebhi apnoka sath ho aur baro ka ashirwad ho toa khushiya esehi humare pass ajati hain." armaan went to shilpa and forwarded his hand. Shilpa shyly put her hand on his and stood up. He brought her to the centre where everyone could watch them. Everybody was confused when did armaan buy the ring and all that.
"I'm sorry shilpa, mere pass tumhe pehnanekelie ring to nahi hain but.. I have something else jo mere life mein bohot khass hain" saying armaan took out the bangle and payal from his pocket which left surprised everyone and riddhima shocked. She didnt imagine that armaan would give that to somebody else. Shilpa looked at it and then at riddhima who was fuming. armaan made her look into his eyes.
"ek bar galtise yeh galat insaan ko pehna diya tha" armaan said and everyone understood what he meant.
"Iss bar sahi insaan ko dene jaraha hu, Jo sahi maineme inki respect karega. " Armaan said [Asmani rang ho played] He took her right hand and put the bangle slowly around her wrist. Everyone clapped and cheered. Then he sat on his knees and slowly one by one he made her wear those payal's.
"Aj sahi maineme riddhima ki jagah shilpa ko deneki koshish ki ha jo kamiyab hui hain. Thanks nikki, jo tune mujhse subhah kaha wahi karraha hu, riddhima ko dilse mitaneka yehi ek rasta hain, shilpa ko apne dil me woh jaga aur pyar dena jo woh deserve karti hain. Yeh shilpa ko dete hue thora dard hua par khushi bhi horahiha kyuki main janta hu shilpa deserves it. Dard isliye nahi kyuki yeh riddhima ko nahi mila, dard isliye kyuki riddhima ne har bar inhe thukraya aur aj shilpa ne inhe dilse apnaya" armaan thought to himself. Nikki and muskaan throwed flower petals over the couple. Armaan holded her hand and shilpa smiled. The duo took blessings from nani and padma and hugged their friends
"chalo bhai, sagai toa hogayi.. ab agle shukravar ko shadi hain... sari ladkiya shilpa ki side se aur tum sab ladke armaan ke side se theke ha? " nani said.
"armaan yeh kangan aur payal yeh toa ... tumne mujhe??" shilpa asked armaan when the duo got chance to talk alone
"kyu?? accha nahi laga?" armaan said
"nahi armaan, yeh toa mere lie anmol hain par inpar toa riddhima ka haqq" armaan stopped her in between
"inpar riddhima ka haq tha, woh haq jo usne gawaya hain.. yeh ab tumhare hawale hain shilpa. yeh kangan iss bat ka gawa ha ke abse meri anewali zindagi tumhare naam hain. I know ke shayed yeh sab jaldi horaha hain, main khud bohot sari cheeze lekar confused hu but.."
"armaan, its okay, main samajhti hu aur koi bhi baat ho, pareshani confusion tum mujhse akar kehsakte ho. hum dost hain pehle, please mujhse kabhi kuch chupana mat aur yeh kangan aur payal humesha main apne pass rakhungi" shilpa said caressing the kangan and armaan smiled at her.
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