Originally posted by: nureat01
CHAPTER 17: Some steps back, some steps forward 👏
'What do you mean you don't know??' he said, 'Your Mummy is going to have my head if you're not home before dark, you know that, right?'
''Yeh Mummy kabhi samajhti kyun nahin hai??!' she thought to herself as she walked off, 'She just wants to pretend as if this is some part-time 'game' that I'm playing and not a real job!' she ranted in her mind, 'Of course!' she laughed sarcastically, 'Asli 'job' to shaadi karke ghar sambhalna hi hota hai unki nazron mein. Aur upar se yeh bodyguard mere peeche laga ke rakha hua hai! Uff!!' hear ! hear! grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nurse's station: Awesomely written part!! the human element is just too mind-blwoing here, as is the casual ease of the conversation you have brought out...never does your writing drag , and i am amazed as always at the pace , the ease and the reality that you are able to instill.
'Oye hoye! Mera pyara champ sharma raha hai?' said Armaan, noticing his blush anyways, 'Awwwww' he pinched one of Atul's cheeks. 'Kya Champ ko lowe showe ho gaya hai?? Haan?'
Atul turned even redder, 'Armaan yaar'aisa kucch nahin'' armaan-atul interaction , where both are equals and buddies! before the champuization of atul and the dedudification of armaan
Meanwhile, Armaan contined to grin at him, totally enjoying himself. when was the last time we saw the on-screen armaan with that expression...aaaaaaaaah i loved it!
'Armaaaaaaaaan!' laughed Sapna when she finally managed to catch her breath. 'Humare pyare, pyaaaaaare, but thooooooode se buddhu Armaan,' she said, tweaking his chin. adorable saps'-armaan interaction!!! loved it always!
'Ummm'with his plants, of course!' she replied to Armaan, 'Come now, Armaan! I thought you would've figured that out! Who else could it be?? Atul ke plants uski jaan hain, haina Atul?' she nudged him. neat escape!
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'Riddhima!' called out Sapna, noticing Angie and Ridz hurrying over. 'Hiiiiiii!'
Armaan turned around upon hearing her name and watching his favorite target approaching, thoughts of Atul and his potential love interest were temporarily driven from his mind. replaced by other thoughts , that woh jaane na will lead him where!
'Hey Gorgeous!' he greeted Angie in his usual way, giving her a hug. Atul stiffened slightly, but only Sapna noticed and shook her head in amusement. aaaaaaah, should i sing another song here?
'Oh shut up, you loser!' retorted Riddhima. 'Like you're one to talk! Mr. I'll-wear-two-collared-full-sleeved-shirts-all the time. Yeah, that's realllllllll fashionable.' She rolled her eyes.
Armaan grinned back at her, and leaning in, said, 'Kyun? Tumhein pasand nahin hai?? If you want, I can take one off? Or do you want me to take both of them off?' he smirked.
Riddhima gaped at him in shock, her jaw dropping open, 'What??!!! Maine'.Tum'' she sputtered uselessly.
'Chi Chi Riddhima!' he said suddenly, shaking his head at her. 'What are you thinking?? You think I'm going to take them off right now?! I meant, changing out from them into something else later on! Tumhari kismet itni aasani se nahin chamakne waali! My god! Yeh aaj kal ki ladkiyaan!' he finished in mock horror, shaking his head. awesome! i soooooooooo miss it..this was ar for me, not hte simpering nonsense we see now!
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Dr. Keerti finally reached the Nurse's Station and as she rattled off the various announcements and duties assigned for the day, varying thoughts ran through the minds of each of the interns in front of her. awesome scene, almost surreal, but yet soooooo dmg...and saps always the intuitive, slightly detached but infinitely more sensible and wise on-looker. where did her wisdom go while choosing amit i wonder!
Anjali surreptitiously looked at Atul from under the corner of her eyes, and found him looking back at her. She started inwardly, and them smiled at him and nodded politely before looking to the front towards Dr. Keerti again. 'God Anjali!' she chided herself inwardly, 'Why are you acting this way? He's not an idiot! He's bound to notice that you're a little distant this morning! Why??!' A voice inside her head answered in a small tone, 'I don't know! I really don't! I just'.he'it's like something's changed but I don't know what! And he'he looks at me as if he knows something about me that even I don't! And it's disconcerting to say the least!' jaane na kahaan woh duniya hai...jahaan meri zindagi mujhse itni khafaa nahin!
Atul returned Angie's polite smile and sighed to himself, 'So she's trying to block me off again'.Great, Atul! First she couldn't stand you, then she mellowed a bit and finally became friends with you, and now she seems to have promoted you to the status of politely formal colleague! Congratulations!' he thought to himself a littly glumly, all his euphoria over last night fading. 'Practically back to square one.' kahin toh hogi woh....
'He hasn't picked an easy person to love,' she thought to herself. 'But then,' she paused, 'Is it really about choice?' After a few moments, she blinked and came out of her deep analysis. 'Whew, Sapna!' she muttered to herself, 'Kahin Mummy ka asar tujh pe bhi to nahin hone laga?? Ab tu bhi har jagah jodiyaan banaati phir rahi hai!'but when is love easy? and isnt it always easier to maker others' pairs!
Anjali turned to the board and felt a warm glow of happiness spreading throughout her as she saw her name up on top. 'Yes!' she thought to herself. 'Almost there! No one could stop her from winning the award now!'yipppppppppeeeeeeeee!! now dont make her lose it! just kidding!
After they'd both subsided, Atul replied to her original question, 'I can understand yaar'I think that question is there in my subconscious in some way or the other even now. When I first started to fall for her, I thought I was going crazy. We couldn't be more different from each other'.in every possible way!'
He paused for a moment, but Sapna didn't say anything, waiting for him to finish, and not wanting to break his chain of thought.
He sighed, 'I don't know when it happened yaar. One moment, she was AnJALI, and the next she was the girl whose one smile lights up my entire world. There are so many layers hidden beneath that icy avatar that she tries to maintain in front of the entire world. And every little glimpse I got of the girl behind the Ice Princess'the one who has an unexpected vulnerability that just calls to me in ways I can't explain. I don't know'' he said, looking off into the distance talking to himself almost now, 'I see her and I just want to take her in my arms and take away all that pain'to fill her life with joy instead of this pain that seems to be so deeply embedded within her'.I'I don't even know if I'm making any sense,' he finished with a rueful laugh. he does make perfect sense doesnt he? and u have soooooo caught the essence of his confusion and his dilemma. and this where i got it...kahin toh hogi woh duniya jo mere paas hai, jahaan main jahaan tu aur bas tere mere jazbaat hain....where is that place really?
'Pata nahin, yaar,' replid Atul with a sigh. 'For the first time yesterday, she actually seemed to sense something as well'.but now she's pulled back again'and she's treating me like a polite stranger.'
'Hmmm'.I see,' said Sapna thoughtfully. 'Don't worry, yaar Attul. Ab I'm on board, na! We will figure something out!'
'Oh god yaar, ab please thanks mat bolna phir se!' she interrupted.
'Actually Sapna,' he said in amusement, 'Main to puchhne waala tha'.Jignesh ka kya haal hai?' he wiggled his eyebrows. 👏
'Atttul!!!!!!!' she started after him, and he ran off laughing ahead of her.
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