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hey pooja....nyce update...liked it...

Hi Pooja...

No you are wrong, it wasn't short... its was TOOOOOO short.

I loved the 3-edged conversation between Armaan's Heart, Soul and Mind. It was written in a very nice way.

Oooo, so he had followed Riddhima to her home after the party. Just hope he doesnt mess with everything...

Thanks for the PM...

Pooja that was so short😒...but nevertheless it was awesome...I loved that convo b/t heart soul and mind...very different n innovative....just awesome!!!...specially d this line was so true:
Its an unwritten rule, that Mind and Heart can never be together when it comes to love.

can't wait for d present to start...update soon😳...Its nice to see Armaan getting jealous of Abhi😛
Love
Moni

Hey Pooja di sorry didnt comment earlier . Actually I couldnt open the page so couldnt read . But I read the other comments and the preface sounded interesting . Do cont soon and thanks for the pm .

awwwwwww

PART 10

It was a new morning, Riddhima woke up early. She knew Abhi would be asleep coz he'd slept late, and checked her cell. There was a message from Shubhu sir, abt the timings of the morning practices. She decided tht there was time, so, dressing herself in a baby pink coloured track suit, with a matching hoodie jacket, her most comfy sneakers, hair tied into a ponytail, cell in one of the pockets and her i-pod clinging to her wrist with her favourite playlist being played, she set off towards the park for her jog after making an important call. She knew they would be waiting for her.

Armaan had not slept after he'd come back at night, today was Chhoti Maa's birthday, and he'd wanted to be the first one to wish her. Every year, he would be second, and he had no idea how. He knew Rahul wished her after him, and it wasnt even chachu, coz chachu wud always wish chhoti maa late, just to tease her, anyways. He came down, saw her praying in the temple and waited for her to finish. As soon as she did, he hugged her from back,

"Happy B'day Chhoti Maa"

"Thank u my sweet heart, but unfortunately, second again, sorry betu"

"No probs there, coz now i'm used to it, being the second one, and now it doesnt matters"

"Awwwwww, ok where is my gift?"

"Actually, i cudnt think of something appropriate, so, i've decided i'll give u whatever u want, promise"

"Maani, think before u promise, coz what i want is very hard for u to give"

"Dont worry Chhoti Maa, u just ask, i promise i'll give it to u"

"Ok, then i want you to stop attending late night parties, coz u never seem to be on time in the morning. And, u shall start morning jogs right from today, it'll improve ur health as well as stamina"

"No Chhoti Maa, i cant stop going to the parties, i love them, i enjoy there with my friends, plz, plz Chhoti maa", he pouted like a small child, and since she cudnt say no to his cute child act, with even cuter pouting, she said,

"Ok, there's a solution, u come back from the party early, sleep early, rise early, and go for jogging. Is that ok?", she added a bit sternly,

Armaan knew this was the most he could bargain, she wont go any far, but little party was better than no party, so.

"Deal from me Chhoti Maa, Happy Birthday again"

"Ok, now hurry off, change and buzz off for jogging"

Armaan moved away to his room, he felt somewhat excited with the idea of jogging, he felt something good was gonna happen. He changed into his white 3/4ths and a black vest, with a matching white jacket, carrying along his i-pod. He was moving listening to the songs, and suddenly found himself in the locality where Riddhima lived. He was shocked, how cud he take this route. Then he remembered, there was a park nearby, he'd seen it last night, so he decided to go there, oblivious to the surprise there.

He entered the park, and saw a huge population of Mumbai in the park. Surprisingly, people from every age group were there, not just older men as he had expected. He decided to warm up first around the short garden and then move on for longer rounds. He had expected people to come forward after recognising him and ask for autographs, but nothing of this types happened. He had been exercising for quite some time and settled on one of the benches to take a break. Chhoti maa was right, it feels nice to come out in the morning. The song on his i-pod changed to a slow and romantic one, and that was when he saw her. She was coming from the other corner. Her pink jacket tied to her waist, white sleeveless top, he was lost in staring at her, oblivious form the world around him. She had stopped to wipe away the drops of water that glistened on her skin, and insted of continuing, she went to the basket ball court nearby. There were few children, some teenagers, just a bit younger than him, boys as well as girls sitting idly. He also moved towards the court, and stood next to a bench near the bushes, where Riddhima cud not notice him.

"Hey buddies, how is everyone today?"

"Hi Riddhima di, hey Ridzi", they all got up with sudden excitement, and rushed to hug her.

"Finally, u've come. We thought u wont come today", one of the boys said,

"Awww Sanju, i know i am late, and am sorry for this, but u guys know na, there was this boring party yesterday, and i came home late. And henceforth, all my schedule was disturbed", Riddhima replied,

"Yeah di, mom was telling me that u were there. She told me that u looked extremely pretty in the saree, but she still likes u in casuals better", one of the girls spoke up,

"Really, thank her from me Radhi, thats very kind of her to say that, anyways lets start", Riddhima said,

"Ridzi, where is Champ?", another one popped up, to which Riddhima replied,

"Well your Champ is still sleeping Sidaq, quite tired u see. He can join later on, so today's captains, Sanju and Swasmit, start selecting ur teams"

The teams were like in one team Sanju, Radhika, Kashish, Aimee, Mohit, Nidha, Mrinalini, Drishti, Tahmina, Sanjana, Cornelia and Riddhima, whereas Sidaq, Ruby, Moni, Sanam, Naureen, Maanu, Niha, Maha, Aisha, Swaami and Priya in the other team. Thats when Sidaq spoke up,

"Ridzi, my team is one player less"

"Ok, u can take Jack", Riddhima said, thats when Armaan looked in the direction she pointed to, the two big guys he'd seen yesterday, were coming, slightly jogging, humphing and sweating badly.

"So Jacky and Macky, u guys are giving Adnan Sami a competition in losing weight, are you? How much have you lost, huh?", Sanju joked,

"Sanju, with Ridzi on their sides, trust me, day will come when they'll be blown away by the wind", Sidaq muttered, audible enough for everyone,

The group started laughing, but felt silent as they saw Jack and Mack give them deadly stares,

"Riddhima di, how do u manage to identify them from the other, they are identical twins?", a girl asked whom Armaan recalled vaguely, Tahmina,

"Tarm, thats such a silly question, its easy to identify them, the one who's lost more weight is Jack", it was Maha who answered,

"Really Maha, thats a nice one, ok guys tell me, who is Jack amongst you both?", Sanjana winked towards her friends and asked, Jack and Mack looked at each other for a few minutes, and not to their surprise, both raised their hands together. The crowd again gathered into fits of laughter.

"But Maha, why did u say that the one who lost more weight is Jack, why not Mack, i mean they still look identical?", it was Nidha who came up with the question,

"I'll tell you why, havent u heard of the nursery rhyme , 'Jack and Jill went up the hill, to fetch a pail of water, Jack fell down and broke his crown, and Jill came tumbling after', so since Jack visited the hill also, apart from this exercise, naturally he's lost more weight", Niha answered as everyone started laughing again,

"Hey Niha, nice wits, but how do you know that Mack is not actually Jill in a disguise, to escape embarassment from everyone", Aimee further asked, everyone was waiting for Niha to come up with something good, but instead Drishti answered,

"Thats because i once caught him staring at my neighbour, a 60 years fat old lady"

"But that reason is not applicable, after all its the generation of Dostana, right guys?", Mohit said, this led to a huge laughter again, and thats when Riddhima decided to interfere,

"Ok guys, thats enough for today, come on warm up for the match, everybody disperse", and immediately all of them went for warming up.

"Hey Jack and Mack, i really appreciate what u do for them, but i am still telling you, you need not join us here, you can keep a watch from a little far away, you're allowed that much. Moreover, Abhi will soon join me", Riddhima said,

"No Miss Riddhima, we love to be a part of the entertainment for your friends, this way we get to see more of you and your laughter. Thats whats most important for us. You are the first boss ever who doesnt throws stardum tantrums, and treat us like equals", one of them, whom Armaan supposed was either Jack or Mack, spoke. Next, the other one said,

"Yes Miss Riddhima, to be honest, you are a sweet heart. Your dad is also very good, but you are the best boss we've ever had. Most charming, most civilised and our closest friend. People didnt treat us nicely, when we were bouncers in the discos previously, but with you, we enjoy as we would do with our friends. When you can disturb your time table for these tiny n older naughty ones, then we dont mind too, coz we love to make you happy"

"Awwwww, thats so sweet of you both, now go and be seated in the stands, u r the refrees, wait for us to finish warming up", Riddhima said.

They were going to take their seats, when Kashish came upto them and spoke,

"Hey Jack and Mack, you know what, i wanted to give you this card, its from all of us, to thank you, for bearing with us and our silly jokes everyday. We know you do all this purposely for us, and we wanted to say that we are very greatful", giving a card, she ran off. They opened the beautiful card to see everyone's name signed in there, with a large thank you and many good wishes.

"It was the best day of our life when boss hired us to be Miss Riddhima's bodyguards"

"We cudnt have been more lucky, its all becase of Miss Riddhima"

Armaan had heard their wordings, and just coz it was his work, Mind had to forcefully make him believe that the boss was Abhimanyu Modi, who paid the bodyguards.

Then Armaan saw one of those guys come near the bench and tie his shoe laces. Armaan tried to start a conversation,

"Hey dude"

"Hi", he replied, without looking, when he was done with his laces, he looked upto Armaan,

"I am Swaami, and, arent u Armaan Mallik, the tennis star?",

Armaan's face flushed with pride at being recognised finally, but trying to keep his calm, he answered in modesty,

"Yeah, i am"

"I thought so, u know what, u look better than ur newspaper pics n tv clippings. If i hadnt seen u in personal, i wud keep on believing my whole life that a monkey was ever the best tennis player of my country", Swaami added as a matter of fact.

Armaan was shocked, no, he was about to faint. It was his cool dude reputation he wanted to save, so he did not faint, but this guy next to him, he had murdered his cool dude rep
with God knows the most dangerous weapon on earth, 'words of insult'. Somehow, he was intigrued, not angry, but curious at he guy's bluntness.

"You know Swaami, i have such a reputation in the society, all the girls go gaga over my looks. I am a big celebrity, and u talk to me as if i am an old friend, whom u r punishing for not answering ur hundreds of missed calls"

Just then, one of the girls, who seemed to have heard the conversation, came up and spoke,

"Thats what your problem is Armaan, u think u're too big a celebrity. But i guess u did not notice, none of the people in the park paid u any attention, no extra drama, coz, we are quite used to the celebs like u", Armaan recognised her as Sanam.

"You know what, at first i'd been shocked, but it really feels good, that u guys r talking wht u actually feel, and not for the sake of making me happy. Will u be my friends?", Armaan asked hopefully, it was again Sanam who replied,

"We dont befriend celebs so soon, but we believe in giving chances", with that, she put her hand forward, which Armaan shook.

"Sanam, Swaami, what r u guys upto, come soon", a girl shouted,

"Yes Ruby, we'll just be there, i've found our team a new player, Armaan, u'll play for us?", Sanam replied to the girl Armaan now knew was Ruby, but, her answer had in another shock n a question for him, he was being counted as the new player, oh no, oh yes, this cudnt be happening. God was being kind to him, even God wanted him to punish Riddhima, so he was giving out this platinum oppurtinity. Armaan was clever enuf to grab this chance with both his hands as well as legs, and replied,

"Off course, i'd love to", Sanam walked off with Swaami, perhaps to tell the others abt him, and another girl joined him, she introduced herself as Moni. Armaan was quite intigrued by then, so he decided to ask his question to Moni, as they walked towards the court,

"Hey Moni, tell me sumthing, people everywhere love to have popular people around them, like for example, wherever i go, all rush to me for autographs, pics, and wht not. I've seen girls going crazy for me, so why is it so different here? I understand that maybe the elder people dont recognise, but how come u youngsters are behaving so normally with me?"

Moni laughed after she saw the frown and the cute pout take over Armaan's face, and she decided the best answer that wudnt hurt him,

"Look Armaan, to be honest enuf, we also love to see and meet u people, even we used to go crazy for u all, but one incident changed our lives, and after that, our perspective towards u famous guys has changed"

Just then another girl jumped between them from nowhere,

"Woh oh, Moni, are u telling him the story about the 'I hate stardom' girl?",

"Yup Maanu, wanna join?"

"Hey, how abt we both narrate it, turnwise?"

"Cool, i'll start, so listen Armaan, it's like there used to be a girl, it was a bit hard for her to trust on ant=y relation, she took her time, but when she did relate herself to u, it was hard to withdraw, for u as well as her", Moni started, and Armaan was listening with full attention, then Maanu continued,

"It was her daily routine to go to the park, play there, with her siblings n friends, and within very less time, she was the favourite of everyone there"

"She spent almost her full childhood there, but then one day, she went away, no one knew why and where, but she was gone, taking away the happiness of all the people with her", Moni sighed,

"Yeah, people continued coming to the park, just in the hope tht they wud meet her again. After a few years passed, their wish was granted, she did come back to the park, only to meet all them, but, it was an ufortunate day for her", Maanu appeared sad,

"When she did come back, all the people who earlier knew her, rushed to meet her, but, also the others rushed to her, who had come to know her coz she was a celebrity now. They all jumped on her from here and there, asking for autographs, photographs, bombarding her with questions, and so much more", Moni continued,

"In fact, she was suddenly pushed so hard, that she fell down, and later on people realised tht her arm was fractured. She hadnt come with security, coz she thought it was only her people she was to meet, she didnt know her stardom wud lead her to all this. Poor soul, u know, she was so hurt, physically, as well as emotionally, that she ran off from there", Maanu said,

"Well, not exactly ran off, but kind of, coz her security had suddenly come there, and they took her away, and while going away, she was shouting 'I hate stardom, i hate celebs, i hate my fame and i hate u people'. Actually, she used to stay away from media, and disclosedonly her professional life, so the mob obviously got crazy over her, but after that day, she did not come back here", Moni said,

"The people who knew her previously felt as if again their most precious treasure had been taken away, and went back living their life in the hope of meeting her someday. The other people of the park realised this, and decided to apologise. They all collected, and went to her house, thankfully, they were allowed in. They asked for forgiveness, and after reassuring her, they were forgiven", Maanu finally smiled,

"Yup, but since then, it has been the trend of the people in park, to treat everyone normally, like normal people. So, the output is in front of u", Moni finished off,

"But guys, why the name 'I hate stardom'", Armaan was puzzled,

"Coz whenever she used to come to the park, she wud meet the people and say, 'I hate stardom', and then laugh off", another girl came in front of him,

"Wo Naureen, u scared us, yeah Armaan, in fact when those people were coming back from her house, she said 'I hate stardom' and winked at them", Moni said,

"But Naureen what r u doing here?", Maanu asked,

"Guys hurry up, everyone's waiting, or else u'll be chopped right now", Naureen answered,

"Yeah, Armaan, coz of ur story, we'll be gonners, lets hurry, c'mon", saying this, Moni and Maanu hurried off, Armaan also went following them with Naureen,

"Hey Naureen, nice story, but how do u all know the details,like the winking part"

"Oh that, its b'coz it was us people who had gone that day to Riddhima's house", she said and ran off, while a shocked Armaan followed her slowly.
So, Riddhima was the favourite of the people there, no wonder, people seemed so confortable with her. When he was having the conversations with all those people there, he had observed tht elder people had come to her, she had touched their feet, hugged them, n met all of them with ease. The result was, so many of them were sitting their in the stands, probably, to watch her play. Finally, he reached the court,

"Sanam are u sure, u want a new player, i mean, its ok with me if Sadiq agrees", Riddhima was speaking,

"Ok Ridzi, i dont mind as well, he can play until Champ comes", Sidaq answered,

"Done, so Ridzi, meet our new player, Armaan Mallik, another famous tennis player, cool na", Sanam spoke, and put me forward. I cud see the shock in her eyes, and the display of emotions on her face showed tht she was calculating how to react, and finally, she spoke, putting forward her hand, so much to my shock,

"Hi Armaan, i'm Ragz, naam to suna hee hoga"

This led to a huge laughter from around me, and i noticed everyone had gathered around us. I felt the same feeling like i had felt on the farewell ball day. Now that i saw her eyes, i felt as if they were speaking 'Dude, this s my territory'. Suddenly, all my confidence had gone away, i felt lonely, as memories of past haunted me. Then again, my plan striked me, and i knew i had to do it. So, regaining my senses, i took her hand,

"Hi, i'm Mallik, Armaan Mallik"

"Guys, stop being so filmy", another girl shouted,

"Yes, Aisha is right, stop being so filmy", now it was Priya,

"What Priya means is that we want something original, right Priya?", Cornelia said, as she passed a wink to Priya,

"Leave it guys, Ridzi, lets start the match, shall we", as Mrinalini came in, the crowd muttered, 'spoilsport'.

Author's Note- Guys, the match began, n u all know how a typical Armaan-Riddhima match takes place, Riddhima was trying to win the match, n Armaan was consequently getting lost in her, cool na. So i wont bother putting it all in, already this scene is too long, i suppose.

Finally, everyone played the match nicely, some cheatings here n there from both sides, and resultingly, Sanju's team won, that is the team with Riddhima. All the people in the stands had cheered, and watched the match with full enthusiasm. As always, Riddhima was happy, and she started with her daily routine of saying byes to them. She had forgotten that Armaan was also present there, and she either hugged them all, or pulled their cheeks, to wish them bye. Everyone knew how ecstatic Riddhima used to be everyday when she won the match, it was very rare when they managed to defeat her with Champ, but, they never regretted losing.

Suddenly Armaan saw Abhimanyu Modi coming towards the court, and one look at him, Armaan knew he wasnt happy. But as crowd realised his presence, shouts of 'Champ, Champ' started. He smiled seeing them as they all narrated the details of the match. Modi went forward to Riddhima and muttered something angrily in her ear which made her laugh. Armaan's heart skipped a beat, he was mesmerized by her pure laughter, how cud someone look so beautiful, this was a question he asked himslf again and again. Armaan was confused like hell, now, he was supposed to be hating Riddhima, then why all these feelings, why? He came out of his stance and realised that Modi was talking to the people as Riddhima was saying her byes, well she said byes like this, Mrinalini, to be precise, Mina had told him. Well, nice way to go away, huh. So busy was he in his thoughts that he didnt realise tht Riddhima was hugging Aisha and Priya, who were standing at his side. He didnt even know when he was pulled in a hug, as he was out of it, he felt Riddhima pull his cheeks in a cute manner, and rush off from there. Armaan felt as if he was on top of the world, he felt like flying on cloud nine. The so sweet feeling inside him wasnt leaving him, he hadnt felt so good ever in his life. He saw Riddhima leave the park with Modi, and others came to hug him, to say good bye.

Aimee, Kashish and Tahmina hugged a very lost Armaan, but Armaan did not get any different feeling this time, like he got with Riddhima. So, he once again hugged Aimee, this time, squeezin her, n muttered,

"Nah, its not there", next he went to Kashish, his hug even more tighter,

"Nope, still not there", now he went to Tahmina, poor girl, how did she even breathe,

"No no, i dont feel so", and guess wht, he saw Swaami and Sidaq coming from the other sidw, n rushed off to hug them, making them both fall down, with Armaan on the top, surely a sight to watch,

"No no no, i'll try myself", saying this, he hugged himself, but in vain.

"Ok listen u all, come here and pull my cheeks, as hard as u can, okay, no, just do as i say", he spoke again, as he saw them abt to protest, everyone thought he'd gone crazy, but, for their new friendship, they started pulling his cheek. To everyone he'd react like 'no, nah, nope, u're not right' etc etc. Almost when everyone was done, an old man came to Armaan, n shouted angrily, and all the others decided to go off,

"Armaan, wht is happening here? Whats this non sense? You've become a laughing stock for everyone, can u even acknowledge that?",

But dear Armaan was not in his senses, he was still searching for the amazing feeling that had come to him,

"Dude, pull my cheeks and hug me"

"Are u crazy u dumb boy?"

"Areh just do as i say, c'mon, fast"

The old man reluctantly pulled his cheek, n hugged him,

"No dude, i still dont get it, how's that possible"

Next Armaan was left wondering, and when he realised his surroundings, he was in his house. He hugged everyone he met on his way, and finally entered his room with a smile on his face. He stood in front of his mirror, and smiled deeing his own reflection, still remembering thegood sweet feeling. He tried pulling his cheek, hugged himself, but failed. Suddenly he decided to come down n talk to Chhoti Maa, even her hug hadnt helped, but maybe talking to her cud. He got fresh, took a shower, n came down all smiling, and heard the conversation below,

"Nandini, u dont know, it was very strange, trust me, he had no senses, i'm sure he's lost them. One second he's smiling, then suddenly confused, just muttering one thing, 'No, nope, nah' n sumthing like this", the old man was speaking,

"Dad, aapko aise hee lag raha hai, maybe he's just confused abt something", another man, younger than th old man was speaking,

"Haan dad, Karan is right, i know Maani is behaving strange, but maybe coz he's thinking abt something deep. Early in the morning, he was normal, wished me and went for the jog, but still if u feel, i'll talk to him", he. heard Chhoti Maa, Nandini Mallik, defending his silly behaviour in front of his daadu (the old man in the story), Vikram Mallik, and his chachu, Karan Mallik.

Author jumps in again- Ok people, i know its kinda late, but lets meet the people in the story, so as to get their proper images in the mind.

Riddhima's Family:

Vikram Mallik

Balwinder Mallik

Ananya Mallik

(sorry, didnt get her pic, she's the same from the show)

Karan Mallik

Nandini Mallik

Rahul Mallik

Armaan Mallik (it was so tough to select one pic)

Abhimanyu's Family:

Riddhima's Friends:

Armaan's Friends:

Atul Joshi

Veer Vardhan Singh

Ayesha Sharma Vardhan Singh

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Ok friends, i guess thats it for the day, i know i am super late, but i was giving my 12 boards ke final practicals. I know its a strong excuse guys, lol. Anyways, i'm still wondering how did i even manage this part, but, i know its not what u guys expected. Its way down ur expectations, and nothing much happened here, but in my next part, lots of things will happen at the same time, hopefully. I have high plans for the next one, and i'll be lucky if i manage it. Enuf of these boring speeches, now i want some, no actually, lots of comments, good and bad, and many more likes. Do tell me how u think was the part,plz, i am waiting eagerly for many comments.

hey
awesome part!!!!!!!
the last part was really funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hope they fall in love soon..n armaan doesnt do anything stupid!
cont soon..
thanx for the pm

Hey pooja...

I m really really sorry for not comenting ur earlier parts..nowdays i m really pissed of by my result actually.. Nd abt dis part..it was awesome...d new characters of kids r really nice....armaan is so cuteee...wen he's finding ridz's touch in others.. I really love dis part...nd finally armaan's heart is taking over his mind..nd really hope he realises his love for her soon...
U surely is brilliant writer..
Thanx for d pm

Luv u
Takecare