PART 9
Once armaan left,
anjali=ridz whats your problem? maine kaha tha na ke esa kuch nahi hain I mean shilpa ko itna kuch kyu sunaya tumne???
ridz (sobbing)=dee main to bass
sid=Enough riddhima !! kamsekam ab yeh mat kehna ke shilpa aur armaan galat the aur tum sahi. Kabhi toa apni galti maan liya karo riddima, galti man lene se koi insaan chota nahi hojata hain. aur mujhe afsos ke sath kehna parraha ha ke tum meri biwi ho aur main chahkar bhi tumhara sath nahi de paya sirf isliye kyuki aj armaan ne jo kiya aur kaha sab sach tha. tum shilpa ko kyu baate suna rahithi? usne kya galat bola ha? woh toa anjali ko kuch zabardasti nahi karrahithi sirf usse samjha rahi thi aur apne dil ki sunneko kehrahi hain but like always tumhe is me bhi shilpa ki galati nazar ati ha right??
ridz=sid.. I'm sorry.. main..
sid=humhe sorry kehnese kya fayda? jisse sorry bolna chahiye woh toa chala gaya
nikki=aur behtar yehi hoga riddhima kuch waqt keliye tum armaan aur shilpa donose door raho samjhi.
Armaan and shilpa were standing in an empty road. Armaan was way too angry while driving so he pulled out the car in an empty road and got down from the car. Shilpa too got down and stood beside him quietly. Anger was visible in his eyes, he was frustrated more than angry. A month ago shilpa was afraid of his anger, those punches he used to attack with scared the hell out of her but now she understood, all it was his inner feelings which he used to express like this. He was different. shilpa slowly put her hand on his shoulder and he closed his eyes knowing she was waiting for him something to say.
shilpa=armaan jo kuch bhi hua uske liye I'm sorry
hearing the word Sorry armaan turned to her and held her tightly from shoulders. Shilpa was taken aback for a second. The old angry armaan was back. Those eyes full of pain and hatred, no sign of love , care, respect
armaan=tum kiss mitti ki bani ho?? huh???? just because woh tumhari behen ha god damn it sirf iss wajase tum apni self respect bhi bhul gayi ho shilpa??? har pal, har bar woh koi na koi bahanese tumhe insult karti rehti hain, aur tum chupchap asoon bahakar sunti ho? kyu??
shilpa=armaan.. dard horaha hain
shilpa hissed in pain , armaan realized what he was doing. He immediately left her and turned around in frustration. shilpa started to weep.
armaan=Im sorry shilpa, I didnt mean to hurt you...
shilpa=mujhe pata hain, its okay..
armaan turned around again and this time he held her gently by shoulders. She looked into his eyes and saw he was actually sorry and also angry.
armaan=shilpa, dont be so good to others. yeh duniya itni acchi nahi ha jitna tum samajhti ho, tumhe chot pouchegi. kitni bar, tumhari acchai main khud nahi dekh paya aur tumhe hurt kiya maine par ab apni akhonke samne wahi sab phirse tumhare sath hote hue main nahi dekh sakta. Shilpa, main janta hu woh tumhari behen hain aur riddhima ko mujhse zyada acchese koi nahi janta hain. uski har ek harkatose wakif hu main, please khudko uske samne as granted mat pesh karo. sablog tumhare jaise itni acche nahi hote.
shilpa didnt know what to say. armaan gently wiped the tears from her cheeks and caressed them.
armaan=chalen?
shilpa nodded in yes and both sat inside the car and drove off. They decided not to drag the topic further as from the next day the marriage rituals were about to begin.
Next Morning
Shilpa was thinking about her parents. Even though her sister was there but she couldnt tell her what relation they did share. It was her wedding, but her sister couldnt do all the rituals for her. She quickly wiped the tears when she heard the door bell and went to open the door.
shilpa=tum log?
anjali, nikki, muskaan , nani and padma along with riddhima were standing at her doorstep holding various gift boxes, big shagun ki thali's , sweets , shopping bags
shilpa=guys yeh sab kya ha??
muskaan=yeh lo, karlo baat are shilpa tu kitni bholi hain, ajse shadi ki rasme shuru horahiha yaad ha na? toa yeh sab shagun hain. Shamko ladke wale ane wale hain so? unhe kya denge hum?
shilpa=par.. yeh sab
padma=dekho beta, humhe pata ha ke yeh sab ladki ke mata pita karte hain par tum khudko akela mat samajhna. hum ha na tumhare sath? hum ladki wale hain aur yeh jo tumhare aur armaan ke sare dost hain, yeh koi rasam adhura nahi chorenge.
shilpa smiled between tears. A moment ago she was upset and feeling lonely but their presence made everything normal for her. Anjali gestured riddhima to say sorry to shilpa for last night's behavior. Even though riddhima didnt want but watching others eyes on her she had to say. shilpa saw riddhima approaching towards her
ridz=woh.. dr shilpa.. I mean shilpa.. kal raat keliye I am sorry.
riddhima said in a plain tone not even looking directly into shilpa's eyes and there was no sort of guilt. It was rather an embarrassing situation for her as she was not habituated of apologzing. Shilpa was happy with the fake sorry riddhima just asked for.
shilpa=its okay, main bhul chuki hu. App bhi bhul jayiye.
shilpa took a step forward to hug riddhima but she backed out and sat on the sofa. anjali nikki and muskaan exchanged looks and decided to divert shilpa's mind.
nikki=accha yeh sab choro, shilpa tum mere sath kitchen me chalo. sabke liye nashta aur coffee banani hain. tabtak yehlog ghar ko decorate karlenge. bohot sara kaam hain.
While making the coffee shilpa started the conversation,
shilpa=armaan theek ha?
nikki=abhi theek hain, boys uske ghar gaye hain. woh bhi toa akela hain apni shadi par.
suddenly something cracked in shilpa's mind
shilpa=nikki mujhe tumhari help chahiye thi thorisi
nikki=help?? kaisi help?
shilpa=woh main actually soch rahi thi, armaan keliye wedding gift actually so for that I need your help.
nikki=shilpa, isme puchneki koi bat nahi hain, jab help chahiye bata dena okay??
Armaan's house
Armaan was sitting on the sofa, eyes closed, hand on his forehead watching his friends making his house a zoo. They came early morning to make all the arrangements for the evening but rather they seemed to be more confused.
atul=armaan, tu yeh black shirt pehenna aj shamko tujhpe black bohot accha lagta hain
abhi=atul, shirt nahi yeh sherwani pehnega..shadi ki function me shirt kyu pehnega
sid=yeh blue sherwani kaisa hain??
armaan stood up giving deadly glares to his friends.
armaan=tum sab meri madat karne aye ho ya phir mere ghar ko ek chiriyaghar banane keliye??
all of them looked around and saw the mess they had created. armaan gave a fake smile and then headed towards the kitchen to make coffee. sid decided to tease him a bit so he followed him to the kitchen. armaan saw sid smirking at him
armaan=kya hua??
sid=kuch nahi bass kuch soch raha tha
armaan=aur kya soch rahe the tum??
sid=yehi ke bass kuch din aur phir toa tumhare iss chiriya ghar ko ek accha sukun bhara ghar banane keliye koi ane wali hai
armaan was about to put the coffee powder in the boiling water when his hands stopped hearing sid's words. He smiled a bit and then continued to make his coffee
armaan=chirhane keliye yaha aye ho?
sid=are maine kab kuch kaha, sach hi toa kaha.
armaan rolled his eyes and handed him one of the coffee mugs and took rest of them to the living area. He still couldnt believe that his own wedding preparations were going on. His mind went back to his roka ceremony with riddhima. How happy they were and wait !! he mentally stopped himself from thinking further. Whenever he used to think of riddhima he started to feel guilty as it should be shilpa and what was he doing? sometimes he thought was he actually doing the right thing? was he ready to accept shilpa and his relationship? actually what relation did they share?? Those questions could easily drive him insane as one question led to another one. Finally giving up on his thoughts he went to his room to get ready as per his friends instructed him.
Shilpa was sitting in front of the mirror looking at herself. Today was the first function of her wedding ceremony. The girls dressed her up in a yellow pink salwar suit. Shilpa was not fond of heavy makeup but she loved wearing bangles. she looked at her hands full of colorful yellow and pink bangles and the special Kangan he gave. A small smile crept around her face. muskaan gestured nikki to look at shilpa who was blushing. Both of them giggled which was noticed by shilpa
shilpa=tum dono has kyu raheho?
nikki=nahi bass hum yehi dekhraheha ke koi ha yahapar jisse bilkul intezar nahi horaha ha.. barbar usika chehra samne araha ha tabhito uske die hue kangaan ko itna ghur ghur ke dekha jaraha hain.
nikki said in a dramatic way .. shilpa smiled and shook her head down
muskaan=oyehoy, dulhaan toa abhise sharmarahihain.
Anjali came in the room and told them the boys were already here and nani asked to bring shilpa down. shilpa's heart skipped a bit. He was here, today not as a friend, colleague but as her fiance, her groom, her to be husband. she closed her eyes tightly as she could feel her heart thumping up and down. nikki and muskaan finished the touch up of her and then both carefully made her stand. shilpa was feeling so nervous she thought to herself. Her fingers were playing with the end of her dupatta. Her hair was tied in a side long braid and the jhumka's which were moving along with her facial movements.
anjali=shilpa, I must say, aj armaan tujhe dekhega toa bass dekhtahi rahega.. you look so pretty.
shilpa=thanks..
shilpa said sweetly then they head for downstairs. armaan was sitting with shashank and laughing. riddhima came out of the kitchen with drinks in her hand. armaan's eyes fell on her but he immediately moved his gaze. riddhima put the tray in front of him and then stood beside sid. sid gave her a cold look and continued to tease armaan along with abhi , rahul and atul. armaan was still thinking about his decision when he heard the sound of her payals. His friends gasped and let out "WOH" which was indicating she was here. He looked up to their direction and saw her coming down holding nikki's hands with muskaan on the other side and anjali behind. Once again, armaan was sure whatever decision he made was absolutely right because the girl in front of him cannot be a wrong decision. She was nervous armaan thought, just like he was. She was so nervous that she wasnt even looking at him but only staring at nikki or looking down. Armaan stood up and took a step forward towards her. Nikki stopped which also made shilpa stop taking steps further. shilpa looked at nikki who gestured her to look infront with a huge grin. Shilpa lifted her eyelids and saw him. With his ever so beautiful smirk he forwarded his hand to her. Both of them could hear the sound of "clearing throats" , giggling but they ignored it. Time stopped for both of them. Shilpa's nervousness was gone having his one glance. She happily put her hand on his and he led both of them to the sofa. Nani came and put kala teeka behind both of their ears.
nani=kisiki nazar na lage mere baccho ko. rab ne banadi jodi.
shilpa and armaan blushed hearing nani. Padma came forward and put a red and golden veil over shilpa's head. Then she did the arti of both of them and put teeka on their temple. anjali and muskaan helped her passing the shagun thali's on behalf of girls side On the other hand Sid and rahul gave them shagun they bought for shilpa. Shilpa's eyes went on riddhima who was standing beside sid, she had no expression on her face, actually she did. Anger, disappointment. Armaan looked at shilpa and saw her looking at riddhima. He understood she was feeling sad, even though she had someone from her family she couldnt tell her. Armaan who had been holding her hand from a long time squeezed her palm . Shilpa blinked her eyes and looked at him. He gave her an assuring smile and she smiled back. Padma put two bangles around shilpa's hands.
padma=yeh sab jante ha ke maine humesha armaan ko ek bete jaisa pyaar kiya ha, toa uss nate tum meri bahu hui. Isiliye yeh tumhare liye. Now it was armaan who became a bit sad and shilpa noticed it. Yes, he did miss his parents alot. After his roka with riddhima, the last thing armaan knew about them was they were going to get divorce. Though shashank used to keep in touch with billi but armaan being the stubborn boy, didnt look back. shilpa understood his pain but didnt say anything as he himself didnt talk to her regarding this matter.
Once the rasam was over, armaan and shilpa took blessings from nani, padma , shashank and hugged their friends except riddhima. Not from heart, being surrounded by everyone riddhima congratulated armaan and shilpa. shilpa happily thanked her and armaan just rolled his eyes.
nani=accha ab suno sablog. kal mehendi hain, parso sangeet, uske baad haldi ha aur phir shadi .. theek ha na?
everyone clapped in excitement. The newly couple exchanged looks and smiled at eachother. They were still holding their hands, rather armaan was holding her hand.
While everyone were busy deciding what to wear on the functions, on what song they will perform, armaan and shilpa went to the terrace. Everything was new to them, they were officially engaged now. Both were nervous, lost of words but it was shilpa who was a bit more excited as the very next day she was going to have his name on her palm. Thinking of that moment her cheeks turned into red.
shilpa=sabkuch kitna ajeeb lagraha ha na?
shilpa started the talk. they were looking at the stars. hearing her voice armaan turned his gaze towards her. She looked even more beautiful in the moonlitnight, he thought. Her eyes were glowing, she had the prettiest smile on her face. Before that armaan used to hear brides have a different glow before their marriage today he could actually see it on his bride's face. Shilpa not getting any reply from him looked at him and saw him staring at her without any blink. She blushed and moved her gaze from him. Armaan smirked watching his affect on her.
armaan=mujhe nahi pata tha ke tum mujhse itna sharmati ho... dhanno??
shilpa giggled hearing the name "dhanno" she started to remember their first dance. How they used to hate each other, fight everytime. all those problems, unsuual situations they faced together.
shilpa=ktina larte the na hum armaan ? us waqt hum ek dusreke barmee kuch bhi nahi jante the , shayed isiliye ek dusreko itna judge karte the.
armaan=sahi kaha tumne, actually life hoti ha itni unpredictable. kabhi sapne me bhi nahi socha tha ke ekdin esa ayega ke hum donoki shadi hogi.
shilpa looked at him. She didnt know what came into her mind
shilpa=armaan tum khush ho na iss shadi se???
The smile armaan had on his face was gone. His hands turned into fist. not because she asked this question but because he didnt have the answer . He had, yes he was happy but it wasnt coming on his lips. He was afraid shilpa might take it in a wrong way. He looked at her , her eyes were waiting for him to say something. She was looking forward with hopeful eyes. Before armaan could say anything muskaan came there and dragged shilpa with her downstairs. Before leaving shilpa looked one last time at armaan hoping she would get her answer but armaan still had the same expression on his face.
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