love comes only once (ff), Ch. 9, Pg 55 - Page 8

tht was 2 gud lyked d way atul n anji talked......atul most.......armaan n ridz first meeting was 2 gud........if not for anjis.... 😡 😡 angriness.lol.it was 2 gr8 ....plz continue soon........
luv ur ff
ishiqa

hey mia lovely yaar plz do cont n post the next part asap 👏 👏 👏

Originally posted by: rimjhim187

your ff is pretty addictive...and Atul with attitude is quite a welcome change..so what else do you have in store for us? 😉

tnx rimjhim fer d lovely comment....nxt part's pretty interestin...keep readin!!!😉😉

luv Mia.

Originally posted by: me_coolgul69

tht was 2 gud lyked d way atul n anji talked......atul most.......armaan n ridz first meeting was 2 gud........if not for anjis.... 😡 😡 angriness.lol.it was 2 gr8 ....plz continue soon........
luv ur ff
ishiqa

i wanted atul well equipped to handle angie...a guy wid sauveness nd pizazz!!! m glad u liked it ishiqa nd tnx fer d lovely comment!!

luv Mia.

Originally posted by: prernawaghray

hey mia lovely yaar plz do cont n post the next part asap 👏 👏 👏

tnx prerna....will cont soon!!😉

luv Mia.

wnderful awesome part....very well written 👏 ...ar 1st meeting in the morning 5 wow i hope angie would hav not been there...hehe...anyways loved it....continue soon....sorry 4 late comment

well guys....here's d nxt part....its more of a bridging chapter....m sorry if its a little borin....
plz do bear wid me on dis one!!!! 😉


Chapter 2

Sitting beside her friend's bed in the hosital, Sapna made a very stunning picture... leaning towards the bed with her face resting on her hand she looked thoroughly entrancing.

Dr. Rajiv walking in the ward ignoring it's walls painted an austere white, no adorements to deviate from its austerness and the air heavy with a sterical atmosphere... his concentration focused on the routine morning round... saw her leaning just as she was on the bed and felt like he had been engulfed by a gentle breeze rolling in on a warm balmy night... refreshing and delicate.

The thought made him frown... not such an unusual occurrence... for he was known for his short temper... the fact that he always spoke politely even under its most tremendous influence was what earned him respect and an unflinching dedication of the people around him. It also made him even more attractive, a fact that had he but known would have shocked his temper into gentle compliance.

As it was today he was already running late... the briefing was due in an hour... and he had yet to examine his theatre cases... this coupled with the general OPD duty he had been assinged for today, basically assured him of a very hectic day, with no time for foolish thoughts and yet he felt an odd regret in having to rein in his thoughts to concentrate on the waiting patients. Dismissing her with a forced negligence he turned towards the nurse, taking the file she was holding out to him...

"So... sister, who's first on my list today? And before I forget please inform Nurse Padma that Dr. Keerti is going to be a little late so the interns joining us today should be forwarded to my cabin at 10 sharp, ok??"

"Yes, of course sir, I'll inform madam Padma as soon as we finish this round", replied the nurse before leading him into the ward and to his first patient...

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From her vantage view of the door Sapna followed his frame with her eyes...
"looks good enough to eat doesn't he??" remarked Aditi, with an impish grin!! She had been observing her friend's concentrated gaze with pleasure and an absolute delight... 'its high time she finally let go of the past...' thought Aditi tuning in to Sapna's,

"Aditi, tu kabhi nahi sudhregi na... and I don't know wat ur talking abt.." embarassed at having been caught staring Sapna neverthless felt it was her right to atleast deny...

"Sapna you were staring at him... why don't you admit it huh nd vaise bhi denial is soo pass dese days... bold is in" continued Aditi in a tesing tone

"What bold... what are you talking about... I was just looking at the door nd its not my fault that he happened to be standing there at the exact same time..." remarked Sapna, now thoroughly disgruntled.

She couldn't even gaze at a guy without having someone or the other jumping down her throat, even after knowing full well that she was and probably would be in the not interested mode for quite some time. Feeling her back coming up she decided to nip the conversation in the bud... and continued with the perfect excuse,

"Aditi... sweety, I have to run now... its almost 10 and dats my reporting time!! So I'll see you this evening before I leave ok... now wish me luck... and give my love to Sagar!!" coming across the side of the bed... sapna quickly bent to kiss her friend's forehead before turning to leave without further ado.



Walking down the corridor... towards the hospital's general reception area... Sapna thought about her conversation with Aditi... replaying the whole deal word by word she recalled a similar conversation they had had on that one fateful moment leading to her marriage. She had just turned 18, into her second yr. of med school when she had seen Aditya...
Aditya Malik. It had been love at first sight for her... his one look... that one direct gaze in her direction had pierced her soul... and waltzed right into her heart. She had loved him from that moment with everything she had, blindly and with the single stream devotion of a naivet... but he had loved her even beyond that... however the true essence of love she had discovered only after he had gone. The strenght to pick up the shattered peices and juggle them to form a pattern akin to living and not just surviving had been his ultimate gift to her.
'Aditya'... she thought murmuring that name, savouring its essence... 'wish me luck darling... today is my first step towards fulfilling our dream... the dream that you saw and I envisioned'... feeling the now familiar poignant pain that just snaked up on her, before fisting itself against her heart, whenever she thought of him.
'Time just makes the throb go down from a powerful drum to a dull clunk, but the pain still remains... haunting the wide empty corridors of the soul' thought Sapna, 'still pain doesn't stop life, it actually becomes a part of life, gluing the past with the everchanging present' she reminded herself and vowed that she would be damned if she gave up on the one thing that was keeping her alive... the one being for whom she presented a picture of absolute contentment and blissful nonchallance... she was her reason now and she would live for her even if she had to survive for herself to accomplish that!!
Rigoured with a confidence stemming from the need to act and establish... Sapna squared her shoulders and rounded the corner to welcome her future with a ready embrace and perfect rhythm.

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'I just knew we would be late'... screamed angali... mentally berating herself for not foreseeing the traffic situation!!
Tapping her fingers impatiently at the steering wheel she watched in irritation the car in front of her crawl an inch further... and turned to face ridhima sitting beside her...

"Can you believe this... ye traffic ko bhi na aaj hi hona tha... here we are sitting in this car when we were supossed to be reporting at sanjeevani at exactly this minute!! Ridhima... we are sooo dead!!" said Anjali and thinking about keerti aunty's strictures continued in a tone of near panic,

"You know we should take a U turn and head straight back home because Keerti aunty's definetely gonna send us packing, you know the weight she puts on punctuality... we might as well save her the time and the effort and send ourselves packing right back home!!"

Sensing her sister's hysteria even before her voiced dire straits prediction, Ridhima decided to take the flippant route... after all she thought if that doesn't work then nothing will, 'because if Angie di gets into her panic mode then god help us all!!' with these impressions running through her head Rhidhima answered,

"di, aap bhi na... enough now, our traffic is notorious the world round, keerti aunty will understand!! Infact lemme call her up now and tell her our situation, everything will be just fine."

Looking at her punching in the numbers so calmly, Angie decided she couldn't have asked for a better sister even if she had the option of customising one!! 'So what if they weren't real sisters', she thought, 'there bond ran much deeper than that'... and beyond anything she was most panicky now because ridzi would be late and all because of her... on her most important day of life too!!

Ohh, if only she hadn't gotten so angry at those guys in the park...then she would never have lost track of time so completely and taken the worst possible route to sanjeevani!! Silently cursing herself, Anjali pulled the car in gear and bridged the gap... while listening to ridhima talking... feeling her slight ray of hope getting dimmer and dimmer by Ridhima's each spoken word....

"Aunty...you are gonna be late!! But that's just perfect na..." wow... thought ridhima... 'even aunty's going to be late...we'll be there long before she arrives..'

her happiness however was shortlived...
"What... you are not taking the initiall briefing... omg!! Dr. RAJIV is doing it... god we are sooo dead!!"
seeing her future crash right before her eyes... Rhidhima signed off the phone and turned to face Anjali thinking...
'this was just what they needed!!' With the weight of their situation crashing on her she muttered with helpless sarcasm..... 'Perfect just perfect...give me a break god!!... of all the days you got only today to dole out all the unpleasantries huh...'

Hmmm, well not everything was wrong today, she rectified thinking about the excellent start of the day. Never had she enjoyed being knocked down as much as she had enjoyed it today...and if she was perfectly honest with herself then she wouldn't mind a repeat!! Armaan... she said the name softly, testing its weight on her lips, feeling the perfect ease with which the name just rolled of her, 'like it was the most natural thing in the world for her to say it'...thought Ridhima with a soft smile.
Easily slipping into her dreamy mood, she played around with the memory, tracing his eyes and feeling the softness of his hair with her imagination. And the way he had stared, the intensity of his eyes had robbed her of her senses, lifting her to heights that she hadn't even known existed, leaving her heady with a brew more intoxicating than wine. In all her yrs she had never felt anything even remotely similar to her experience today... with him. She could have sworn she heard the bells tinkling and music drifting, making her heart thud to its gentle beats, with a certainity in her bones she felt sure that no one could ever make her heart dance again the way it danced today, and that Ridhima thought was the icing, since the chances of them ever crossing path was well into the negate...

Fate it seems had other plans!!


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Rounding the corner just in time to slip his convertible in the last available slot, Armaan switched of the ignition, ignoring the screech of burned tyres as the car beside them braked an inch from his own, he turned to look at Atul staring ahead with a smile that spoke volumes...
"Dekh Atul... enough is bloody enough now ok!! Just stop giving me that look... she meant nothing to me except a good start to the morning...AND for the last effing time I WAS ABSOLUTELY NOT STARING!! So just cut it the bloody hell out..." said Armaan heatedly, stiffling the urge to scream in frustation.
Firstly he was unable to even explain his reaction to himself, and now this Atul!! Seeing him desperately trying to stiffle his peals of laughter, Armaan had the sudden urge to plant a fist on him, just to get hin to stop laughing, but that he felt would be too dignified an attempt and not nearly as satisfying as blasting him with ignorance, so not really worth the effort!!!
Straightening himself up Armaan got down from the car and without waiting to see if Atul followed strode towards the hospital entrance.

More than a little annoyed at his outburst, Armaan felt a confusion that had been growing since his encounter this morning. He prided himself for the control he afforded on his emotions, but today his were on a spree. The speed of their deviation was baffling to him.

Even more irritating was the fact that try as he may, he was simply unable to erase the memory of that stunning face from his concious. The fact that he had dated even better looking girls did absolutely nothing to dim the force of her radiance. Where he couldn't even remember the faces of these ladies, he could remember her every single feature in minute detail. Even the strands of hair that had escaped from her coil and damp with beads of sweat, curling adoringly behind her ears. Her laugh teased his senses even being within the recesses of his memory.

Shaking himself from his reverie, Armaan tried to concentrate on the issue at hand. He wanted to be indifferent to her and dismiss her memory but his persona refused to obey him on this, he felt like he had been thrust into a fight with himself, a fight that he was steadily loosing, and that realisation made alarms go off with a frenzy in his brain!!

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Following Armaan, Atul thought it prudent to keep a safe distance between them. Judging from his outburst in the car Atul felt he had pushed Armaan to the brink for today and any further refrence to their morning fiasco should be kept strictly off limits!!
Checking his watch, he picked up his pace a little and rounded the corner to join his friend talking with the nurse at hand, giving them the instructions for their programme, while leading them to their Dr. in charge's cabin.

Walking through the door he almost crashed into Armaan's suddenly still frame. With a hot retort ready to roll of his tongue Atul sidestepped and looking at Armaan's stunned features followed his gaze only to freeze himself!!
'Well, well' he thought after recovering from the initiall shock, 'Mrs. Sapna, here and with Armaan in the same vicinity, hmm, today sure was turning out to be a very interesting day'!! So thinking Atul stepped to the side leaning on the doorway with his arms crossed across his chest non-challantly, and waited for the show to begin!!




Hope it wasn't too bad guys, plz do comment, i'll be waiting for them!! 😉 😉

dat was gud! i luv da way u seem 2 describe evryting wid sooo much detail n perfection...thumbs up Mia (hope u dont mind if u call u dat - i jus luuuv ur name!!)

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tc n upd8 soon...
Marisha

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i luv reading ffs....n ur specially!thumbs up 2 u! 👍🏼

i love ur detailness in ur ff...it is simply amazing...i loved his pt...it was not boring...i liked sapna past suspence, aul armi friendship n ofcurse ridz n angie sis relationship....ur rocking gurl...i loved every bit of the pt