AR:The Sense Of Infinite Spring NOTE IMP pg 96... - Page 68

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Ridhima was staring at a wet Armaan. Her eyes travelled with him as he came towards his locker ruffling his hair. She was leaning towards her locker, dazzled by his eyes which sparkled with mischief in them.

Click!

Click!

"Kahan kho gayi?" Armaan asked as he came towards her. Ridhima came out of her trance and was startled to find him before her.

"Wasn't I dreaming?" She stood upright gazing into his eyes. She was lost in them yet again.

"Dreaming with eyes wide awake? That's a new one'" Armaan said.

"Apparently I was not'"

"You were not' you were thinking about something. Or someone'"

"I just remembered someone as I saw you'" she muttered. She shuffled inside her locker taking out some files.

"Mujhe dekh kar tumhe kiski yaad aayi hogi?" he seemed deep in thought. "Yeah I know' Hrithik Roshan! Nahi?"

"No actually'" her cell rang, her mother was calling. "Mumma!" She spoke as she saw her name flash on the screen.

"What? I mean are you saying this? Mujhe dekh kar tumhe apni mumma ki yaad aati hai? Are you serious?" He was shocked out of his wits. Mujhe dekh kar isse mummy ki yaad aati hai' ridiculous! Huh! Mera kabhi isse zyada mazaak nahi udda! Armaan thought.

Ridhima couldn't help but giggle at Armaan's expression. She pressed the 'answer' button on the cell phone in one hand while she signaled Armaan to excuse her for a few minutes. An already disgusted Armaan just shrugged.

"Haan Mumma, how are you?" Ridhima spoke into the phone. Both the mother and the daughter were equally excited to hear each other's voice after a long time. Meanwhile, Armaan cell also beeped. He had received a message from an unknown number which went like this- "Come down to the cafeteria. A surprise is waiting'J" The message had surely put Armaan into confusion. He was not used to receiving messages from anonymous people who acted as though they were acquaintances. He scratched his head in a comical manner to be giggled at by Ridhima who watched his expressions as she was talking.

"Meet me in the cafeteria after you're finished." Armaan spoke to Ridhima and went downstairs for his 'surprise'!

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What is the big surprise for me? I can't even see the din lights as if anybody is trying to give me a surprise? What is happening around this place? Isn't a surprise supposed to be special? Well, everything is absolutely normal' I guess someone is trying to make a fool out of me! Armaan had started walking out of the cafeteria but a voice stopped him from behind.

"Armaan, at least you should have looked around you carefully before walking out'" The voice went on' "don't rush with things honey'"

Sonali? What is she doing here? I do not remember telling her which hospital I was working in' how did she come to know about it? Armaan turned around to see if it was really her and upon setting his eyes on her, he cursed his stars. He was supposedly in love with her, they were going around. He wondered why he was feeling so. Well, he put on the tirade of being happy on her coming.

"Aww' Sonali tum kab aayi?" he plastered a big, fake smile on his face and went towards her, "kyu aayi?" he murmured and hugged her tightly in a comic way. As he parted from the hug, he cupped his face in a very romantic style only to give her a shock by tapping his hands on her cheeks. Sonalis' eyes were nearly popping out of her sockets by this I-am-surprised-to-see-you behavior of his 'boyfriend'.

"Armaan! What the hell are you doing?" She pushed him away from her, while Armaan stumbled on the chair beside him. His expressions took a turn again and he grew serious.

"How you doing Sonali? I am sorry for that'"

"No! No! It's ok darling. Tum batao kaisa chal raha hai tumhara hospital? Seems pretty nice to me'"

"Of course! Why not? It's the best hospital in town, Sonali' what do you expect?" Sonali kept mum'

"So, why don't you show me around the place?" She said linking her arm through his. Armaan looked at his watch and continued...

"I am sorry Sonali, you have come here at the wrong time. It's just two minutes left to the duty and I can't possibly show you around because firstly, I don't own this place and secondly, this is not a tourist spot. Some serious work is done over here and I can't make fun of it. Why don't you wait in the cafeteria till the lunch? We will talk then. Abhi I got to go'" He marched out of the caf without giving her a second look... Sonali stomped her foot. How dare he treat me like that? She wondered.

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Meanwhile in the locker room'

"Hey Muski!" Ridhima greeted Muskaan as she came in to the locker room.

"Hi Ridzi! Kya baat hai, aaj badi khush lag rahi hai?"

"Nahi aisa kuch nahi hai' tujhse kuch pucchna tha'"

"Bol meri behena, kya baat hai...?" Muskaan went towards Ridhima and put an arm around her shoulders and slightly rocked her. Ridhima looked up at her and smiled. Perhaps my decision is right. I should share this thing with her' already it's a lot to bear alone' Ridhima wondered.

"Yahan nahi, abhi duty mei time hai, chal upar terrace par chalte hain, thike?"

"Ok! Chal.." All the way up to the terrace Ridhima was just wondering about how to start off with what she wanted to talk about with Muski. She was fiddling with the ends of her dupatta nervously. Muskaan looked at the nervous Ridhima and as they opened the door to the terrace, she took old of her and detached it from her dupatta...

"Bol, kya baat hai?" Muskaan asked.

"Muskaan tumhe kabhi pyaar hua hai? Have you ever been in love?" Ridhima moved towards the railings and leaned ahead slightly. Muskaan smiled at her question and shook her head. She could see her back but could imagine the anticipation in her eyes.

"Nahi, abhi tak toh nahi hua... kyu?" Muskaan smiled at her as she joined her.

"Nahi voh aise hi... when do you know that you have fallen in love?"

"Mujhe nahi pata...I never fallen in love as yet... but tu toh yeh bata sakti hai, hai na?"

Ridhima could not reply... no words came out of her mouth, but only the memories of Armaan and her flashed in front of her eyes and she could not help but smile.

"Agaya unth(camel) pahad ke neeche!! Agaya unth pahad ke neeche!! The camel is now under the hill, the camel is now under the hill!!" Muskaan sang and danced around as Ridhima blushed getting what she meant by that song. "Bata, bata kaun hai voh khushnaseeb(lucky one) bhala??" Muskaan asked as she ended up hugging her.

"Voh... voh'"

"Voh hai Armaan...! Hai na?" Muskaan grinned at a blushing Ridhima. Ridhima, who could not face Muskaan just hugged her tightly and spoke in soft whispers.

"I love him Muski' I love him... I love Armaan!" Muskaan patted Ridhima's back as she heard her confess her feelings for Armaan. I knew it! It was so evident on Ridhima's and Armaan's faces... who could have missed it? I am so happy for her! Muski thought.

"Toh, ab kya karna hai?" she asked her.

"Ab? Ab kya karenge? Neeche jayenge aur duty karenge..."

"Arre duffer! Voh toh mujhe bhi pata hai... I meant now how do you want to approach this further?"

"I don't know Muskaan... mujhe nahi pata ki main karungi... I don't know how feels about me..."

"Then we'll find out! Go and tell him that you love him' and Ta Da! Problem solved!"

"No Muskaan, I am not going to tell him... Agar voh mujhse naraaz ho gaya toh?" She looked tensed than ever' "I am not going to tell him..." ' She started imagining all sorts of reactions from Armaan's end if she told him that she was in love with him. She was a nervous wreck... "how can tell him?"

"Arre, agar batayegi nahi toh pata kaise chalega ki voh tujhse pyaar karta hai ki nahi?" Muskaan started walking around Ridhima in circles. "Batana toh padega..."

"We're not telling anyone anything... We are just going and attending to our duties... I don't want to face Dr. Keerti's wrath, isiliye chal ab mere saath..." She dragged Muskaan downstairs without giving her a chance to speak..."

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"Hey Armaan, how you?" Atul came in striding to the locker room after the duties were over.

"I am fine bro. Tu bata... How's Anji?"

"Anji is fine, good actually...," he said turning to a deeper shade of red' "kyu?"

"Nahi aise hi... tum dono aajkal ek dusre ke saath hi dikhte ho... Jaise fevicol ka jod ho!"

"Abbe chup kar ab... you listen to me... I saw one girl sitting in the cafeteria today... you know her?"

"Oh! The one who is wearing skimpy clothes that might fall of any moment... and also who was throwing tantrums around the place unnecessarily... I saw her sitting at one table sulking." She said it one go as she entered into the locker room, clearly frustrated. "Heck! Pata nahi kahan kahan se aa jaate hain log!"

"Aasmaan se take, khajur mein atke!" Atul hi-fived Ridhima. Meanwhile Armaan stood there gaping at the two of them. In front his own eyes, he watched his girlfriend being made fun of. Nevertheless, he couldn't help but giggle on the way they said it all. He had deliberately not gone to see her at lunch time.

"Chal, let's go and see what other things she is upto."

Later in the evening...

Ridhima and Atul had the surprise of their lives when they saw Sonali hugging Armaan just as they had entered. Rahul, Anjali and Muskaan had joined them after some time. Armaan was feeling awkward to the limit. Of course, Sonali was going over the top with her I-love-you-so-much behavior. Atul was amused. He wondered why Armaan didn't say anything when he and Ridhima were making fun of her. On the other had Ridhima was surprised as well as shocked, and one part of her wanted to go and thrash Sonali. All throughout the evening Sonali was sticking to Armaan. She didn't even let go of him even for a second. On top of that, she was behaving like a torn flower who needed immediate attention from a special doctor, who was undoubtedly Armaan. Armaan was also losing his cool with her as the evening went by. He was getting more and more frustrated.

Sonali could see that Armaan was constantly stealing glances at Ridhima. Ridhima and Sonali were total opposites. Sonali was arrogant, while Ridhima was very humble and the variation in their clothing styles was as much evident.

"Ridhima, will pass me the bowl of soup please?" Sonali asked, nearly batting her eyelashes.

"Sure!" Ridhima did as she was asked and passed it to her. Sonali, being the drama queen that she was deliberately tumbled the bowl as it was being handed over to her in a way that the soup spilled on her and Ridhima too. But the best part was that Sonali was wearing a mini skirt while Ridhima wore a suit. The soup burnt the exposed part of her thigh while it did little damage to Ridhima. As soon as the soup made contact with her skin, she squealed with pain.

"Aaaahhh..!! Owwww'!!!" Sonali screamed, while Ridhima and Muskaan giggled as they saw through what she was trying to do. "Armaan..it's burning man! Do something!"

"Jao jao Armaan, dekho bechari ko kitni chot aayi hai..isse toh hospital mein admit karna padega, nahi?" Anjali spoke with sarcasm in her voice getting the same reaction as before from Ridhima and Muskaan, getting a dirty look from Sonali.

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So I promised an update by today and here it is, right in front of your eyes. I know this was a bit pathetic, bear with me, I didn't know how to take this one forward...

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