Part 12:
"jab voh ute gah tho use bathadena ki mein doctor kai paas gaya hoon. Use kehna meri kal rath tabiyath teek nahi thi"
Ramu: lekin sirji, kya yeh teek hai?
Baba: jab maine thume bhathaya tha ki voh kambakht nein kya keya hai, kya thume sunaye nahin deya.
Ramu: nahin aise koi bhath nahin hai…jaise aap ki marzi.
Baba: yehi tho mein chatha hoon. Teek hai abh mein nikhal tha hoon….mein nahin chatha ki subha subha mein Armaan yaan phir Ridhu sai miloon.
Ramu: teek hai. Aap ka kaam hoa jayegah.
Baba: patha hai iseliyeh thume saath rakha hai.
Baba patted Ramu on the back and walked out of the apartment.
It was 7am, and Armaan had just woken up. He had been hoping the last couple of days were a dream and that nothing of the sort happened. But when he heard Ramu moving about outside the bedroom door he knew he had no such luck.
Armaan got out of his sofabed and quickly shut it. He looked over at Riddhima who was still sleeping. He didn't have the heart to wake her, atleast today he would let her rest. He was about to shatter every dream that she had had. He remembered the converstation they had last night.
Ridz: Armaan, thum kya sochte hoa ki sirf gauri girls yeh sapna lekar bharee hotee hai ki voh ik white dress pehne…thum kya sochte hoa ki hum Hindustani larkhiyon ki vee yehi sapne nahin hote ki hum ik laal joda pehne, chude ki saath. Hum ve chawal upar pekhen, doli mein betein….Yeh sabh nahin hoga mere liyeh.
Armaan: Basket thum bhool rahein hoa…it's a fake marriage ceremony, maine paise diyeh us…um, let's just say Actor koa thake voh nakli shaadi ki rasam read kare.
Ridz: Armaan it's useless thumein apne dil ki bhaath karne mein.
Armaan: Basket aise bhaath math karo..dekho mein jaanta hooon ki thumare ve kuch sapne hai, lekin mein kasam khatha hoon, yeh din khatham hone doh aur mein thumare har sapne koa pura karoonga.
Riddhima looked up at Armaan and thought to herself "kya thum mujhe bahoon mein utaloa gai, kya aise hoga ki jabh thum meri maang mein sindoor dhaloa gai mein apne aap koa adhoori se poori mesoos karh paongi.
Ridz to Armaan: Armaan, mujhse sirf ik vaada karo kit hum jaldi sai jaldi yeh sab khatham kardoh gai.
Armaan: I promise….mera vaada raha ki is kai bhaadh thumari zindagi badal jaye ge, aur phir vaari aye ge thumare sapnoa ki.
Riddhima weakly smiled at Armaan not knowing what her real dreams entailed.
Back to present:
Armaan made his way to the kitchen. The newspaper had been opened up already. Tea had already been drank.
Armaan: Are Ramu, meri chai kahan hai….aur paper ka yeh haal kisne kiya.
Ramu: Armaanji aap kai baba Chai pekarh gai hein, aur unhoa nein paper ka yeh haal kiya hai.
ARmaan: pekarh gai hai? Kahan gai hain baba itni subah koa.
Ramu: voh doctor kai paas gai hain
Armaan: Doctor kai paas…kyun kiya hoa? Mein vee vahan jatha hoon.
Ramu: Nahin.
Armaan: kya.
Ramu: um..mera matlab hain Sirjee nein phone kiya tha aur unhoa nein kahan ki voh doctor kai paas sirf kuch bhatein karne ke liya bhet gay hein, lekin aapkoa aur Riddhima ji koho voh mandir gayaran vaje milengai (11am).
Armaan: teek hai.
Armaan made a cup of tea and walked to his room with it.
Armaan: eh Basket utoa…
Armaan tried calling to Riddhima but she wouldn't wake up. He slowly put his hand on her shoulder and Riddhima turned around and grabbed it and continued sleeping. Armaan smiled, with his other hand he reached down and moved Riddhima's hair that was across her face.
Armaan thought: kya patha tha, basket tho sachee bahut sundar hai. Bahut bahut sundar.
ARmaan quickly shook his head and couldn't believe that he was even thinking this.
He spoke rather loudly,:Riddhima utoa.
Riddhima moved abruptly and then realized she was still hold armaan's hand.
Ridz: um I'm sorry. Mujhe patha nahin tha.
ARmaan: it's okay, hath thoa isee leyeh hota hai, parkharne nein koa.
Ridz: phir be sorry.
Armaan: koi bhath nahin, um, mein thiyar hokar mandir jaana chata hoon. Vaham parh use aadmi koa milna hai baakhi kai paise dhene ke liyeh.
Ridz: teek hai jao…mein saada dus vajeh ponch jaonghee.
Armaan: teek hai.
9am – outside mandir ground:
Baba: kitne paise diyeh the thumkoa armaan malik nein.
Actor: um…use nein mujhe bees hazaar pehle diyeh the aur kaam hone ki baadh use nein kaha tha voh mujhe thee dhengai.
Baba: teek hai, dekho is bag mein ik laakh rupai hain, agar thum chatha hoa yeh thumare ban sakhthe hain lekin plan thora change hoa jayegah.
Actor: kaise.
Baba: thum abhi Armaan koa phone karogai aur ise bhathao gai ki thumari jaagah koi aur ayagah. Ik nay aadmi, aur voh shaadi karvaygah. Lekin uskai saath koi aise vaise bhath math karnee kyun ki voh ik naya aadmi hai kaam ki liyeh.
Actor: Agar Armaan koa maloom parhe gaya tho voh mujhe bahut marega.
Baba: aur agar thum nein mera kaam nahin kiya, tho thumein ik lakh thoa kiya, ik phute korhee bhi nahin milegee. Soach loa.
Actor: teek hai teek hai…mein phone lagatha hoon.
The Actor rings up ARmaan.
Armaan was just putting on his shirt when he saw his phone ringing and displaying an unknown caller on the display.
Armaan: hello, kaun hai?
Actor: Mr. Malik, mein peter hoon aap ka nakli pandit.
Armaan: tumne mujhe ghar pai phone kyun keeya. Ik ghante mein tho mein aajao gha, aur sarhe ki sarhe paise bhi dhoonga.
Actor/peter: aise bhaath nahin, mujhe koi aur kaam parh gaya hai, isileeyeh mein apna koi doorse aadmi bhej rahan hoon.
Armaan: doosra aadmi….kya voh teek kaam karhega.
Actor/Peter: aap fikar math karoh…bas itni bhaath hai ki aap uskai saath is deal ki bhare zikar math karma. Voh nervous hoa jayegah aur aapkai kaam mein rukhavat aa jayegee.
Armaan: teek hai, kaam hona chayeh.
Actor/peter: hoa jayegah.
The actor and armaan hung up the phone.
Actor: aap ka kaam hogayah. Abh mere paise.
Baba: yeh loa thumari paise, aur agar mujhe thumari aas paas ki hawa ki mushq via aya, thoa samaj lena ki thumari baaki ki zindigi jail mein kathao gai. Samjeh.
Actor: samajhgaya..paise.
Baba handed over the money to the Actor. And thought to himself Armaan ki is mohra koa mein raaste sai hata leyeh, abh dekhte ki Armaan yeh shaadi kaise rokhta hai.
Armaan quickly finished getting ready.
Armaan: yo Basket mein thumein mandir mein milongah. Teek hai.
Riddhima was trying to wear her shaadi ka jhora in the bathroom.
Ridz: teek hai….10:30 sharp mein vahan pai aajaoon ghe.
Armaan: good see you then.
With that Armaan quickly left the apartment. He had to go the bank and take out the rest of the money to hand to Peter's man.
Riddhima slowly opened the bathroom to make sure that Armaan was no longer in the room. After realizing she was alone, she walked into the bedroom. She walked to a mirror. And shyly raised her eyes to meet her reflection in the mirror.
What she saw made her lower her gaze. She felt so right wearing these clothes, everything was perfect, the bindi, the tikka, the ghagra choli, the chunni, the bangles and even the gajra. She a tear fall on her cheek and how she wished her father was here today. But then she realized that she was bein silly there was no truth to this. She made her way to the family room she had to call herself a taxi.
Ramu: Riddhima ji, aap.
Ramu couldn't believe his eyes, he couldn't believe how beautiful Riddhima looked.
Riddhima: kya Ramu kaka. Sabh teek hain na…aise dangh sai meine kapreh khabie pehne nahin.
Ramu: Aap nein yeh sabh kuch bhil kul teek dhang sai pehne hai…..Aap tho bilkul Armaan ki….kuch bhe nahin.
Riddhima: kya kehna vale then.
Ramu: by god ki promise khao ki aap naraz nahin hoa gai meri bhaath sai.
Riddhima: Kaka, mein aapsai kaise naraaz hoa sakthi hoon.
Ramu: toh phir teek hai, aap tho bilkul Armaan ji ki Ma ki jaise dhikthee hoa jabh unki shaadi Sirji kai beta sai hoi the.
Riddhima: acha.
Ramu: haan bibiji, Armaan ji ki maan ve aap ki tharan bahut bahut khubsorath the. Itne khubsoorat the ki unki mooh dikhay ki rasam doh din takh chalee.
Riddhima: Kaka, aap bhi naan. Aap ki bhathon sai lagtha hai kai aapnein baba kai saath zyaada time bhathaye hai…aap koa thoa shutee ki zaroorath parh gaye hai.
Ramu: aap naraz hoi?
Riddhima: nahin.
Riddhima hugged Kaka.
Riddhima: ab mein chaltein hoon…suna hai ki Malik Family ki men mera intezaar karh rahein hai mandir mein.
Ramu: jee aap jayeh…good luck jee.
Riddhima: thank you jee.
Riddhima smiled at Ramu and then phone the local taxi company to take her to the mandir.
At the mandir:
Armaan: are aap yahan pai aur is waqt.
Baba: thum kya sochte hoa ki mein apne lothe pothe ki shaadi ki ik second koa miss karongah.
Armaan: nahin, mera naseeb kahan itna acha hai.
Baba: kya bolo?
Armaan: kuch nahin Babaji. Chaloa Devi Ma ki darshan karhein.
Baba: zaroor.
Armaan walked up the stairs to the mandir where he saw a young looking man looking awkward in Pandit clothing.
Armaan thought to himself that this must peter's man.
ARmaan: baba mein yeh thees hazar laya tha, dhan ki liyeh, mein use pandit koa dhedhoon.
Baba: zaroor beta aise nek kaam peh dheri nahin karne chayeh.
Armaan: chaloa teek hai.
Armaan walked over to the pandit and them remembered Peter telling him that he shoud not talk to the pandit as he is a new man to the group and may mess everything up if he gets nervous.
Baba was following ARmaan and for a split second got nervous. Would he be found out.
Armaan to the pandit: aur kuch nahin kahoon gah, lekin yeh paise aap kai liyeh.
The real pandit looked in the bag and was very surprised.
Real Pandit: yeh kis liyeh.
Armaan: yehi samaj loa ki yeh ik dakhshina hai aap ki aaj kai kaam ki liyeh.
Real Pandit: Mandir sai aap koa shukriyah.
Armaan: no problem dude!
Real Pandit: huh?
Armaan: koi bhath nahin jee.
Armaan felt like everything was going to according to plan. He and Riddhima would be married in a fake ceremony and then a week later he and Riddhima would have a fake fight and end everything. He smiled to himself, what a fool proof plan.
Baba felt like everything was going accoriding to his plan. In an hour or so, Armaan would be married to Ridhima in a union that no one would be able to break.
Baba: ARmaan beta, yeh ridhu kahan hai. Shaadi ka shubh murat nikhal na jaye.
ARmaan: kya farak partha hai.
Baba: thum kya pusar pusar bhole jah rahe hoa.
Armaan: nahin kuch bhi nahin, maine kaha mein phone lagatha hoon.
ARmaan turned around to get a better signal on his phone and he slowly dialed Riddhima's cell phone.
At the same second Riddhima emerged walking up the Mandir steps. Baba saw her first. He was amazed at how beautiful looked. She really did resemble ARmaan's mother. Baba knew that with Riddhima entering their family, it would really be a family. That missing piece would be there again. As Riddhima walked up the steps a slight wind blew making Riddhima cover her face.
Baba: Armaan phone chore…Aa gaye hai.
Armaan turned to see a girl walking up the steps of the mandir covering her face with her hand to keep out the wind from her eyes.
Armaan felt something tingle in his being. He felt warm all of a sudden. He felt as if the ground from under his feet was moving all on its own.
The girl moved her hand away from her face and revealed herself to be Riddhima.
Armaan whispered to himself slowly: Basket. Thum itni sundar……
Armaan kept looking at Riddhima, he couldn't take his eyes of her. She was so beautiful that he felt if he looked away he might miss something. He wanted to keep this moment with him forever.
Ridz: mein aah gaye Baba. Jaise aap nein kahan tha.
Baba smiled at Riddhima: mujhe maloom tha ki meri Riddhu mujhe nahin naraaz kareghe…aur dekho aaj pehli bhaar mere Armaan ki bolthi bhand hui hai.
Riddhima looked at Armaan and realized he was still looking at her and a small smile had emerged on his lips. Riddhima walked to Armaan..
Ridz: Armaan….Armaan.
Armaan thought to himself: hai bhagwan..yeh pari jaise sirf dikhthee nahin, yeh toh pari jaise mera naam bhi bhulathe hai…
Ridz: armaan kahan hoa thum.
Armaan: huh…kahin bhi nahin, yahin hoon. Sirf kuch hospital ki bhare mein soch raha tha.
Ridz smiled at him…his dedication to the hospital was one of her favourite qualities of Armaan.
Baba: chalo bachoa shure karein. Pandit jee bhatayeh kahan bhete.
Real Pandit…: Beta thum yahan parh betoa..aur beti thum uskai khabe paase.
Armaan and Riddhima took their seats.
The pandit began the prayers. Armaan stole one quick glance at Riddhima and then told himself to stop this nonsense. He was having a fake marriage ceremony with Basket,
He then told himself: Lights, Sound and…..um…um….
He had looked at Riddhima again and couldn't remember what he was going to say next.
Baba smiled to himself….He was finally getting what he wanted, he was witnessing
Armaan and Ridhu's saath phere.
Part 13:
Riddhima feels uncomfortable. She feels this is too real. Baba ties the knot for Armaan and Riddhima. Riddhima enters the apartment and is astonished at the preparations.
Edited by soni2004 - 17 years ago
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