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Posted: 7 years ago
^ waise I'd asked a few people if they had it. Punam Di from the blog, Sanju, Paki, Humi. Inme se kisi ke paas nahi thi.
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Posted: 7 years ago

Originally posted by: DMGThings

^ waise I'd asked a few people if they had it. Punam Di from the blog, Sanju, Paki, Humi. Inme se kisi ke paas nahi thi.

check ur inbox.. i pmed u... aayu di k paas thi
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Originally posted by: Prizi

check ur inbox.. i pmed u... aayu di k paas thi



Yes, I got it! Actually mujhe laga maine Aayu se already poocha hai, but nahi poocha tha. :p

Uske paas bohot saari hai. Maine toh poora Dropbox link le liya usse. ;)
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Posted: 7 years ago

Originally posted by: DMGThings



Yes, I got it! Actually mujhe laga maine Aayu se already poocha hai, but nahi poocha tha. :p

Uske paas bohot saari hai. Maine toh poora Dropbox link le liya usse. ;)

haha she's my saviour
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Originally posted by: Prizi

haha she's my saviour



Aayu toh is the best. Aajkal Pune mein busy haina, new job mein settle ho rahi hai. Nahi toh uske bhi bade lambe discussions hote hai yahaan comments mein!
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Posted: 7 years ago
@praggu : link me up too. i have read EDK I guess, that blog have turned into a private one. mai aur aayu di toh uspe ek story bhi padh rahe thai and then that blog suddenly disappeared. :/ 2014-15 somethingish.
anyways, I love AWOTB <3 and TWOS <3


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Originally posted by: Meraki.

@praggu : link me up too. i have read EDK I guess, that blog have turned into a private one. mai aur aayu di toh uspe ek story bhi padh rahe thai and then that blog suddenly disappeared. :/ 2014-15 somethingish.

anyways, I love AWOTB <3 and TWOS <3




Will link you! :)

Why did that blog turn private? Hum bhi hai! Karlo koi invite!
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Posted: 7 years ago

Originally posted by: DMGThings



Aayu toh is the best. Aajkal Pune mein busy haina, new job mein settle ho rahi hai. Nahi toh uske bhi bade lambe discussions hote hai yahaan comments mein!

yeaaa.. she's busy
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Previously On...

Armaan & Riddhima go to finalize a venue. Armaan reminisces.

Track 22 Photograph, Ed Sheeran

The Grand Ballroom of the Four Seasons was beautiful. Riddhima fell in love at first sight. She loved the simple yet elegant decor, the subtle lighting and the happy ambience. She was especially intrigued by the intricately carved chandeliers that lined the wall, looking absolutely ethereal. If she closed her eyes, she could imagine wedding songs playing in one corner, kids chasing each other in another, a few girls teasing the bride, aunties laughing merrily, boys trying to talk to the beautiful girls and failing, and the uncles, talking about everything under the sun as if no one knew better than they did. A typical scene of an Indian wedding.

It felt so amazing.

Armaan, on the other hand, was looking at Riddhima take this place in. The expressions on her face reminded him of the time that the both of them had gone to book a hall for Dr. Shubhankar and Dr. Keerti's wedding.

Palm Grove, Mumbai, 9 years ago.

Riddhima looked around the banquet hall, happy with what they were working with. She'd been very excited to plan the wedding, having witnessed Dr. Shubhankar and Dr. Keerti's relationship grow. She was so happy for them. In those two, Riddhima had found mentors who guided her and friends who cared for her deeply. They were such amazing people and she was so happy that they were finally getting married.

Standing there, planning someone else's wedding, Riddhima couldn't help but blush, thinking about her own wedding to Armaan. They'd finalized the engagement date just a few weeks ago and Riddhima was so happy. Finally, after everything, her and Armaan were going to be one. She couldn't wait.

"Mere baare mein soch rahi thi na?" Armaan whispered in her ear, his hot breath washing over her face as he held her tightly, standing behind her.

"Armaan..." Riddhima whispered, getting lost in the feeling of being so close to him.

"Riddhima," Armaan whispered reverently, turning her around in his arms so that she was facing him.

"Ar... Armaan... Cho... Chodo," Riddhima managed to say. Armaan grinned at her and shook his head negatively.

"Kabhi nahi chodunga," he said.

"Armaan, woh wedding planner dekh legi," Riddhima reasoned.

"Nahi dekhegi," Armaan replied promptly. "Woh ek call attend karne bahaar gayi hai."

Riddhima smiled at that. The two of them got lost in each other's eyes, happy to be together. The past few days hadn't been the easiest, with their constant fights and bickering, but Armaan was so happy that now, they'd taken a step back and were just happy being together.

"Basket," Armaan whispered. "Kaisi hai yeh jagah?"

"Bohot achchi hai," Riddhima replied, smiling.

"Agar tum chaaho, toh main isse humaari shaadi ke liye abhi hi book kar leta hu," he teased.

"Armaan!" Riddhima scolded, swatting his arm.


"Armaan, kya? Arre, as a responsible fiance, meri duty hai ki main apni hone wali wife ki har wish poori karu," he replied.

"Armaan, tum poore paagal ho," Riddhima said.

"Pata hai," was his immediate reply. "Aur yeh bhi pata hai ki tumhe mera yeh paagalpan bohot achcha lagta hai."

Riddhima blushed when she heard that and hid her face in his chest. Armaan grinned and rested his head on hers.

"Armaan... Hum hamesha aise hi rahenge na, saath saath?" Riddhima asked.

"Hamesha," Armaan answered. "Aur tum mujhse door jaane ki koshish toh karo, uthake le aaunga waapas. Tumhe mujhse kabhi koi alag nahi kar sakta."

Riddhima smiled widely. "I love you, Armaan," she said.

"I love you, too, Basket," he replied, kissing her forehead. He hugged her tightly, hiding her in his arms, silently promising himself that he'd never let her go.

Remembering that day brought a few tears to Armaan's eyes. He hadn't been able to keep his promise and Riddhima and him had parted ways in such a cruel way. Another promise he was unable to fulfill, he taunted himself.

"Armaan," El's voice brought him out of his reverie.

"Yes?" He asked her.

"How do you propose to finalize a venue? You haven't even taken a look around!" She scolded. Armaan smiled sheepishly.

Turning to Riddhima, he asked her. "How's it?"

Riddhima smiled and turned to El, saying, "I think this place is absolutely perfect."

El looked at Armaan, raising an eyebrow in question. "Well, you heard the lady. This is it."

El laughed when he said that. "Your wife is going to be a lucky girl, Dr. Mallik. You already know that us ladies know best. Isn't that right, Ridz?" She said, turning to Riddhima.

Though it pained Riddhima to think of Armaan with someone else, she nodded. "Yeah," she whispered lowly.

"Okay. Come with me. We'll talk to the management and get you booked," she ordered. Armaan smiled at her before he and Riddhima followed her out of the room.

One meeting, some negotiations and lot of money later, The Four Seasons was booked for Rohan & Jaanhavi's wedding. Riddhima thought that the hotel was charging an obscene amount of money for renting their ballroom out for five days, but Armaan didn't even bat an eye before writing down a cheque and handing it to the person in charge. He also booked several rooms in the hotel for all their guests and then the duo was on their way back home.

"That was surprisingly quick," Riddhima remarked as Armaan drove them home.

Armaan smiled. "El's the best. She anticipated what kind of place we would like, which is why she kept it at the top of her list. Planning with her is very easy because she understands what her clients need."

"You really like her, don't you?" She asked.

Armaan nodded. "El is... Well, she's great. I really adore her. We work together a lot for various occasions and I've come to care for her. She's an awesome friend."

"That's nice," Riddhima replied. She wanted to say more, ask about his relationship with the woman he so clearly liked so much, but refrained from doing so. She reminded herself that she didn't have the right to ask him anything anymore.

Like earlier, Armaan played music on their way back as a means to drown out the awkward silence between them and Riddhima was all too pleased by the fact.

A pleasant surprise greeted them back home.

"Hey, guys!" Sid exclaimed as soon as they walked through the doors. He was grinning widely and was looking ostensibly happy about something. What, Riddhima couldn't figure out.

He pulled her into a tight hug, surprising her, but she hugged him back, keeping up with the charade. Sid is your husband, she reminded herself.

"You're not gonna believe who's here!" He exclaimed once he'd let Riddhima go. Armaan, who'd been trying to give them space, turned back at his comment.

"Who?" He asked.

"Oh, dude! You're gonna love it!" Sid exclaimed, tugging on Armaan's hand and pulling him into the living room, where everyone had gathered.

"So, who's here?" Armaan asked, coming to a stop. Sid smiled smugly.

"I am!" A pretty lady in green screamed, running to Armaan and pulling him in a tight hug.

Both Sid & Riddhima were surprised at this.

"Shilpa!" Armaan exclaimed, delighted, hugging her back. "Kaisi ho?"



Shilpa and Armaan had met accidently about 2 years ago. Since then, they'd become really good friends. In fact, Shilpa was close to all of them - Armaan, Rahul, Jaanhavi & Tamanna.

She let go off him and smiled before saying, "Ekdum first class."

She then turned to Riddhima and gave her a hesitant smile before greeting her. Riddhima shook her head and pulled her into a light hug. No matter what the circumstances, the issues they'd had, Riddhima had really liked Shilpa.

"It's good to see you," she said.

"It's good to see you, too," Shilpa replied.

Armaan grinned at their exchange and then started looking around, as if searching for something. Or rather, someone. Who he was sure would be attached to Shilpa at the hip.

"Armaan?" Riddhima called tentatively. "Kya dhoond rahe ho?"

Armaan grinned slyly and turned to Shilpa. "Bata du?" He asked.

Shilpa made a face at him. "Shut up, Armaan!" She exclaimed. Armaan just laughed.

"Tu Shilpa se kya pooch raha hai. Batana. Kya dhoond raha hai?" Sid asked impatiently.

"Is Shilpa ka hi saamaan dhoond raha hu," Armaan replied. Before Sid could ask what he meant by it, Armaan asked Shilpa, "Kyu, baby, tumhaara woh dukhi sa boyfriend nahi dikh raha. Aaya nahi hai kya?"

"Armaan!" Shilpa screeched. "He's not my boyfriend!"

Armaan giggled. "Oho. Still?" He asked. "No issues. He will be soon."

"Hah," Shilpa snorted. "You wish."

"No," Armaan grinned. "You wish."

"ARMAAN! Main maarungi!" She exclaimed.

"Kyu, kyu? Usse kyu maaregi?" Rahul asked, coming to stand beside Armaan, throwing an arm around his shoulder. "Aisa kya galat bola usne? Poora din toh tum dono chipke rehte ho. Kisiko bhi yehi lagega na?" He asked cheekily. Armaan and him shared a hi5 while guffawing loudly.

That was it for Shilpa and she made her way to them, intent on hitting the two boys. But, Armaan & Rahul, both of whom had anticipated this, were faster.

They ran around the house for a few minutes before Armaan came to a stopping, huffing. Shilpa smashed into him and started hitting him. Armaan just chuckled and took her into a hug, stopping her assault on him.

"I missed you, yaar, Shilpa!" He exclaimed.

"I didn't miss you at all," she replied snidely.

"Of course you didn't! You missed him only so much. Humaare liye time kahaan tere paas?" He asked smugly.

"Armaan!" Shilpa scolded, swatting his arm. He only laughed harder.

"Waise," he said, "I think now you should stop all this flying back and forth. Ab, settle toh tune yahin hona hai. So, why don't you move here?"

"Main yahaan kyu hone lagi settle?" She asked.

Armaan giggled. "Stupid question! Arre, baby. Tera sasural haina yahaan?"

Shilpa's only reply was a hard smack on his chest. "Stop it," she warned.

"Fine, fine," Armaan replied, raising his hands in surrender. "I won't say anything. But, seriously. Where's Karan?" He asked.

"He's gone to meet Uncle and Aunty," Shilpa replied. "But, I wanted to see Jaanhavi and Tamanna, so I came here."

"You wound me, Shilpa!" Armaan cried dramatically. "You didn't want to see me?"

Shilpa laughed. "Drama Queen!" She said, tweaking his nose affectionately.

Riddhima watched the scene before her unfold with morbid fascination. Armaan seemed to be so at ease with Shilpa, so comfortable. She hadn't known that he'd been in touch with her after she'd left Sanjeevani. Riddhima never did understand why Shilpa had left. Sure, there had been issues with her, and even with Armaan - Riddhima suspected that Shilpa was in love with him while he didn't exactly return her feelings, a fact that had made her uncharacteristically smug at the time. But, she hadn't ever thought that Shilpa would leave because of that. Yes, she was a prankster who didn't take anything seriously, but she was a damn good doctor. She reminded Riddhima so much of Armaan in the early days, but slowly, the light had left her eyes. Riddhima had wanted to ask her what was going on, to help her through it, but Shilpa's growing closeness to Armaan had been a thorn in her side and she couldn't bring herself to talk to Shilpa, in case she said something untoward.

She'd been shocked when Shilpa had left so abruptly. And, in the months that had followed, Riddhima found herself missing Shilpa and her brazen nature. So, now, seeing her after so long made Riddhima happy, even if seeing Armaan so close to her hurt.

The camaraderie they shared now, the obvious affection they had for each other, pricked her. Why couldn't Armaan be like that with her? Why was there so much uneasiness and hesitance in their interactions? She didn't know the answer, and she was afraid to ask him.

Sighing to herself, Riddhima made her way to the couch, where currently, Anjali was asking Shilpa all about her life in the past 7 years. Shilpa was answering the questions vaguely, with a deer caught in headlights look on her face, which confused Riddhima. What could she possibly have to hide? Riddhima thought.

However, before she could probe further, Armaan came to Shilpa's rescue, obviously sensing her discomfort. This silent understanding that he seemed to possess hurt Riddhima even more.

"Rahul!" A voice called from the doorway, distracting everyone. Again.



A handsome young man stood there, grinning.

"Hey, man!" Rahul exclaimed, rushing to him and pulling him in a tight hug. Armaan followed suit, as did Tamanna. Then, the guy walked to where Jaanhavi was sitting on the couch and hugged her too, sitting next to her.

When the hugging session was over, Rahul introduced him to the others. "Guys! This is Karan, a very good friend. Karan, these people are from Sanjeevani, Mumbai. They're really good friends of Armaan and I from way back."

Karan smiled at them all and introductions were made. However, when he heard the names Anjali and Riddhima, Karan sucked in a harsh breath, his politeness morphing into shock.

Armaan noticed this and before he could ask anything, Shashank walked in to the room, bringing his own worst nightmare to life.

xxx

I hope you guys liked my 'bomb'. :P

And the flashback! :)

Ab toh bohot drama hona hai. Mazze aayenge. LOL!

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Loving can hurt
Loving can hurt sometimes
But it's the only thing that I know
When it gets hard
You know it can get hard sometimes
It is the only thing that makes us feel alive

We keep this love in a photograph
We made these memories for ourselves
Where our eyes are never closing
Hearts are never broken
Times forever frozen still

So you can keep me
Inside the pocket
Of your ripped jeans
Holdin' me closer
'Til our eyes meet
You won't ever be alone
Wait for me to come home

Loving can heal
Loving can mend your soul
And it's the only thing that I know (know)
I swear it will get easier
Remember that with every piece of ya
And it's the only thing we take with us when we die

We keep this love in this photograph
We made these memories for ourselves
Where our eyes are never closing
Hearts were never broken
Times forever frozen still

So you can keep me
Inside the pocket
Of your ripped jeans
Holdin' me closer
'Til our eyes meet
You won't ever be alone

And if you hurt me
That's OK, baby, only words bleed
Inside these pages you just hold me
And I won't ever let you go

Wait for me to come home [4x]

Oh you can fit me
Inside the necklace you got when you were 16
Next to your heartbeat
Where I should be
Keep it deep within your soul

And if you hurt me
Well, that's OK, baby, only words bleed
Inside these pages you just hold me
And I won't ever let you go

When I'm away
I will remember how you kissed me
Under the lamppost
Back on 6th street
Hearing you whisper through the phone,
"Wait for me to come home."

- Photograph, Ed Sheeran

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