"Ab saare dard...sab takleefein...khatm ...aaj main aazad ho jaoongi..."Riddhima smiled amidst the tears falling down her eyes.
"Riddhima...chalo neechey sab intezaar kar rahe hain ...its time for pheras!" An excited Anjali hugs her sister...
"Chalo Di..."Riddhima nods, smiling back at her, happy with the fact that the pain will last only for a few more moments, ahead of it will be a bliss...
Sitting besides Siddhant before the holy fire, brought back memories... how she and Armaan used to dream of getting married like a fairytale! How they used to decide the number of kids they'd have after marriage, fight and then cuddle up each other...
"Mangalam bhagwaan vishnu ...
mangalam garudadhwaja...
mangalam pundarikaksha..
mangalaya tannohari..."
"Var aur vadhu pheron ke liye khade ho jaayein..."Panditjee announces.
Sid looks at Riddhima, who has a distinct calmness on her face today...He smiles at her, but she doesn't smile back...Being helped by Kirti and Padma, she stands up...
"Riddhima...tum yeh shaadi nahin kar sakti..."A soft voice speaks,loud enough to stun everyone present in the Mandap
"...kyunki wo mujhse pyaar karti hai...apne Armaan se..."
Hearing the words, she closes her eyes tight, she fears, a final heartbreak, if it happens to be a dream...No! he it's just a dream...he isn't here....he isn't...
"Dr.Armaan...!"Shashank's voice make her open her eyes...Yes, he s there...her Armaan is back!
"Ar...m..mm...aa..aa...n" Her heart stops beating , eyes stop blinking....
She looks at him, tears flushing her pale face.He looks at him, her heart's desire...HER ARMAAN!
Running towards him throwing the ganthabandhan duppata away, in fire, she goes close to him.She sobs, pathetically, looking at him smiling in tears...He was still the same, very same.
Her chest heaves in and out, only his name coming out of her lips...'Ar...maan"
He extends her arms, to welcome her, back to the place, she belonged the most...he was there to take her in arms, to make all her miseries wither away...to make her his!
She hugs him back, clutching him very tightly, and sobbing hysterically.She hits his chest several times, wailing aloud..."kyun kiya mere saath aisa....armaan kyun kiya mere saath aisa...kyun..."she felt weak at her knees, and went down, holding his leg...
"main nahin jee sakti tumhaare bina...mujhe maaf kar do...mujhe chod ke mutt jao...armaan...main aur nahin seh sakti..."Armaan bends down as well, taking her in arms, rubbing her back, trying to feel the reality, that they are together!
Siddhant looks at the couple, with pained heart but yet, swelling with gladness.She had got, what she deserved and desired!...and he was happy as long as Riddhima was!
"Armaan...main raat-din sochti rehti ki mujhse kya galti ho gayi jo tumne mujhe chod diya?maine paagalon ki tarah tumhe dhoondha ...main kahan kahan nahin gayi apne armaan ko dhoondhne aur ...tum...tum mujhe wahaan...Pa..Panchgani mein mile bhi toh...tum uss raat woh chitthi...Armaan kyun itni badi saza di tumne ..."Armaan listens to her quietly, as she cries her heart out, hitting his chest time and again...
"...Mama-Papa ne mujhe shaadi ke liye majboor kar diya tha Armaan...saari duniya mere khilaf thi...main..main lad sakti thi samaj se par...par tum bhi toh mere saath nahin they na... main.. main... Armaan..."
"Riddhima...maaf kar do mujhe...I..I didn't know ki..ki...meri basket itni ziddi hai ki..mere kehne par bhi mujhe bhoolegi nahin...main...main tumhaari zindagi barbaad nahin karna chahta tha...main..."He wipes his own tears and then cups her face...
"Main aa gaya hun na Basket...??bas...tumne bahut aanson baha liye...ab tum aur nahin ro-gi...ab hamari zindagi mein sirf pyaar aur...aur khushiyaan honge...jai..jaise kehta hain na..wo ..we'll be happy ever after..."He smiled, kissing her forehead..
"Ab bahut der ho gayi hai Armaan....bahut der..."She says, burrying her head in his neck...
"Nahin riddhima...der nahin hui hai...abhi hamari shaadi nahin hui...aur...aap dono milkar ab apni nayi zindagi shuru karoge...saath mein..."Siddhant gets up from the mandap, moving towards them...Armaan smiles at him.
"Haan Riddhima...aur...tum...dek...Rid...Riddhima...RIDDHIMA!..."He parts her and looks at her, she had fainted...
"Rid...Riddhima...!" Shashank runs to his daughter...
"OMG!...Dr.Armaan...inke...she's frothing!"Siddhant declares!