InTeJaR... (AR SS) part-5,6: page-27,28 - Page 6

You know when i was reading and came to the part where AR collide and Ridhima fell down, i thought how come Arman didn't hold her from the waist as usual and protected her falling But Mujhe kya pata tha Unki meeting ese hogi..😆

Oho GOD . Ye dono itne alag hai😒 Aur Ridhima ese kyon baat kar rahi hai... Bilkul anpadh type.. BSC ki student ek bhi software company ke barein mein nnahi janti.
Kya hoga in donoka. Arman will be shocked when he will get to know that he has to marry Ridhima. Poor Arman i should say..

Continue soon..

hi di,

i must say nice start
loved it
]cont.soon

Hey Ankitaa...😛

hey Ankita Di..:)
i read this n other ff of ur and they r awesome..:)
well i read the first part n it seems that this ff will be very interesting..:)
really luking forward to read further..;)
plzz continue soon.and add me to ur PM list.;)
thank u >)
tc :)
Preet <3

Awesomeee di!!
so eager to read moreeeee!!!
cont soon!!

Part-2

Anjali dragged her mom to one corner..

Anu: anju ye kya baat hui?? Aise koi khinchta hai kya, mai taayi ji se baat kar rahi thina..

An: mom mujhe kuch jaruri baat karni thi' (anu's on the verge of scolding her but noticed anjali's down face)

Anu: kya hua anju??

An: mom mujhe nahi lagta bhai riddhima ko accept karienge'

Anu: kyu??? (shocked a bit)

An: wo riddhima se mile the..

Anu: kya???? Kab?? Kaise??? (with shock, anjali told her everything..)

An: mujhe nahi pata ki bhai ne aisa kyu kaha, par unhe riddhima pasand nahi aayi..

Anu: (relaxed a bit) bas itni si baat, armaan ko apni bahen ke alava kabhi koi ladki pasand aa hi nahi sakti, uske saamne agar bhagwan bhi uttar kar aayenge na to wo unme bhi kuch na kuch galti nikal dega..

An: mom aap bhai ko bahut jayda under-estimate kar rahi hai, bhai bure nahi hai'

Anu: bura nahi bahut bura hai, shaadi to uski riddhima se hi hoyegi, mai bhi dekhti hun kaise mana karta hai.. (she said this with confidence)

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Anu: armaan ye kya kar raha hai??? (seeing him packing his things ananya asked)

A: maa parso ko flight hai, mai soch raha tha ki mai kal hi nikal jaaun, raunak, chirag, aditya se mil lunga' (anjie came)

An: wo to aap mil hi loge next to next week'.

A: anjie P.J maarne ki aadat nahi gayi na tumhari'

An: bhai aapko meri har baat P.J mai lene ki aadat nahi gayi na???

A: (glaring her who too glared him while tapping on ground and waiting for an answer) anjie for your information, mai parso jaa raha hun waapis aur wo log London aa rahe hai aisa maine suna nahi, to mai kaise millunga unse next to next week?? (slightly slapping her face)

An: (slapping him too) apni shaadi mai'

A: (slapping him again) Poor joke again'

An: (she too slapped him) I cant help it if you find this thing a joke, and for your information, you are not going tomorrow, you are going next month'

A: (looked at anjali) anjie you know na ki mujhe iss tarah ka majak nahi pasand hai'

An: par kon keh raha hai ki mai majak kar rahi hun, aap kal nahi next month jaa rahein hai, chahe to maa se puch lo, nahi to apni tickets dekh lo' (she did cuchi cuing on his chin)

A: what??? (with shock)

An: over to you maa' (she looked at anu) ab aapki baari bolne ki..

A: maaa'. (he looked at anu questionably)

Anu: haan beta, you're not going anywhere, abhi to aaya hai, aise kaise itni jaldi challa jaayega..

A: you must be kidding maa, maine 1 week ki leave lithi'.

Anu: 1 week ki nahi, 1 month ki' (armaan looked at her) tumhare boss ko koi problem nahi hai hai, wo tumhari majburi samajhte hai'.

A: majburi??????

An: bhai majburi hi to hai, shaadi ab ek din mai to ho nahi sakti na'

Anu: exactly.. koi gudde gudiyo ka khel thodi na hai shaadi to 1-2 ghanto mai khatam ho jaayegi' aur tumhare mr. steeve (his boss) iss baat ko samajhte hai'

An: unhone congrats bhi kiya hai aapko'. (anjali teased him for the last time as she knew that after this next 3-4 days she wont get any chance to tease him, she'd already read his bhai's face who's trying hard to control his anger and to listen everything properly before bombarding on his mom, when anu told him that she called Ayesha [armaan's friend cum colleague] to get permission for his 1 month leave..)

A: (with anger) par kyu???

Anu: kyunki iss baar mai teri shaadi karwakar hi bhejungi..

A: maa aap phir se ye shaadi ka topic lekar mere sir par mat chadna'

Anu: aur mai bhi tujhe bata rahi hun armaan, iss baar agar tune iss baat ko taalne ki koshish ki to mujhse bura kuch nahi hoga,

A: aap aisa kaise kar sakti hai maa???? Mujhse puche bina meri shaadi ke baare mai aap kaise soch sakti hai?? (trying hard to control his anger but its getting difficult for him)

Anu: kyu nahi soch sakti armaan, mai teri maa hun, aur waise bhi jab tu khud kuch nahi sochega to mujhe hi sochna padega na'. maine tere liye ladki dekh li hai, bahut achi ladki hai, tu uske saath bahut khush rahega, tumhari kundaliya bhi match ho gayi hai'

A: kyaaaa????? (with anger and shock) aapne kundaliya tak milwa li aur mujhe pata bhi nahi, aapne kin basis par ladki dhundi hai maa??? Aap jaanti bhi hai ki mujhe kaisi life partner chahiye???

Anu: armaan dekh, mai hamesha tujhse jaan ne kikoshish karti hu ki tujhe kaisa partner chahiye, jab tu nahi jawab dega to mai apni choice ke according hi karungi sab'

A: jawaab issliye nahi milta kyunki mai iss baare mai abhi nahi sochta aur naa hi sochna chahta hun'

Anu: tera bas challe to tu kabhi sochega bhi nahi, issliye maine khud hi..

A: (cutting her) aapne soch bhi kaise ki mai aise hi kissi bhi ladki se shaadi karke baith jaunga, shaadi maine karni hai aapne nahi, abhi mai kissi bhi tarah ki responsibility uthane ke liye taiyar nahi hun'

Anu: maine kaha na armaan iss baare mai main teri nahi sunungi, hamesha apni man maani karta hai, par iss baat par nahi'

A: aur maine bhi kaha hai ki mujhe shaadi nahi karni to nahi karni, aapko jo karna hai kar lijiye, mai koi gayein bhains nahi hun jo aap kissi bhi khunti se jaakar mujhe taang degi, meri life ka itna bada decision aapne liya bhi kaise maa, aapke liye jo ladki bahut achi hai jaruri nahi wo mere liye achi hogi'

Like this conversation goes on, anjali closed her ears and moved out to her father, who's sipping tea, very relaxed'

An: dad, ghar mai tufaan aaya hua hai aur aap itne shaant baithe hue hai jaise kuch ho nahi raha.. aapko problem nahi ho rahi, mujhe to surety hai ki aaj mere kaan kharab ho jaayenge'. (anjali's mouth remained open when she saw her dad taking out cotton from his ears)

Billy: tum kuch keh rahi thi beta???

An: (laughed) not fair dad, maa akeli hi bhai se itne important topic par baat kar rahi hai, aapko unka saath dena chahiye tha aur bhai ko samjhana chahiye tha'

Billy: mera dimaag thodi kharab hua hai, armaan se uski shaadi ki baat karne ka matlab hai apne aap ke paer par kulhaadi maarna' (they again closed their ears when heard armaan's blasting and anu equally replying him, finally armaan in anger goes out from house and anu came down in anger) kaha thana ki wo maanega nahi, kyu usse force kar rahi ho???

Anu: kyunki kabhi kabhi bacho ko realize nahi hota ki wo kya kar rahe hai, unhe apna near future to najar aa jaata hai par wo dur ka nahi soch paate, aur ye galti hum to nahi kar sakte na, hum unke kal ko sochkar unka parso to kharab hone nahi de sakte na'

Billy: tum armaan ke gusse ko bhi jaanti ho na, kaise manaogi usse, bahut jiddi hai wo'

Anu: maan na to padega hi, uski har jidd puri hui hai, ek jidd to hum bhi kar sakte hai'. (billy nodded but he's worried as he knew armaan very well, he silently prayed in his heart to make armaan understand his mother's point of view)

Armaan came late at night and without talking to anyone and without having dinner he goes in his room, like he does everytime but this time ananya didn't go to manaofy him and this added fuel to armaan's anger.. 4 days passed, cold war's going on in maliks house, billy's with anu and anjie's trying to manaofy his bhai..

On 5^th day anu heard armaan's talking on phone and happily thanking him, when he put down his phone, he saw his mother whose back was facing him, he called anjali, anjali came down and asked what happened??

A: meri tickets confirm ho gayi hai, mai parso raat ko jaa raha hu waapis' (anjali's shocked and looked helplessly at her mother who left after clearing the corner of her eyes, anjali felt bad for her mother..)

2 days passed, armaan started feeling suffocated from inside as he didn't see his mother from past 2 days, and moreover this time his mother didn't reacted after knowing that he's leaving soon like everytime, he made a face as he's not liking this at all, finally after packing his bags, he thought to talk to his mother a bit and finally say goodbye to everyone' he goes down and saw his dad who's going in room, looking very tired..

A: dad.. (billy stopped) mom kaha hai???

Billy: tumhe achanak unki kaha se yaad aa gayi??? Tumhe kya matlab ki wo kaha hai???

A: (felt weird) aise kyu baat kar rahe ho aap???

Billy: humne kabhi pucha ki tu kyu aur kaise itni kadwi kadwi baatein bol

leta hai??

A: dad please paheliyan mai baatein mat kijiye, mujhe daer ho rahi hai, mom kaha hai ye bataiye'

Billy: to kyu waqt barbaad kar rahe ho armaan, bina mile hi nikal jao, tumhara pal pal kimti hai, usse yun barbaad mat karo' (armaan made a face at his dad's weird behavior, then he looked at anjali)

A: anjie mom kaha hai, tu bata' (anjali looked at her dad, then at her bhai, armaan noted sadness in her eyes, he knew that this sadness is not coz of his going back to London, something serious happened for sure) anjali maa kaha hai??? (he said in a strict tone and then placed her hand on his head, anjali cleared her eyes)

An: hospital mai admit hai..

A: (with shock) what????

An: haanji, wo aaj subah seediyo se niche gir gayi thi B.P low hone ke kaaran, 4-5 days se kuch khaya nahi tha, issliye' (from armaan's hands baggage dropped down)

A: aur tum logo ne mujhe batana bhi jaruri nahi samjha..

An: wo bhai maa ne mana kiya tha, wo aapki life mai aur jayda interfere nahi karna chahti thi aur naahi aapke kissi raaste par rukawat ban na chahti hai, issliye aapko batane se mana kiya tha.. (she handed him tiffin) ye maa ne aapke liye laddu banaye the, inhe le jaiyega aur aap pareshan na ho,mai maa ka dhyan rakhungi, aapki flight ka time hone waala hai, mere khyal se aapko jaana chahiye' (armaan can feel anjie's disappointment from her words, he's angry that such a big thing'd not told to him, he neglected everything then and quickly rushes to hospital, though anjie and billy tried to send him to airport but how can he go, he's not heartless that much, anu opened her eyes when heard "maa")

Anu: tu gaya nahi abhi tak????

A: maa ye sab kya hai??? Kyu kar rahi ho ye sab???

Anu: maine kuch nahi kiya armaan..

A: 5 dino se aapne kuch nahi khaya aur phir bhi keh rahi ho maine kuch nahi kiya..

Anu: kaise khaungi jab maa ke aage uska bacha bhuka rahega, maa ki bhuk to apne aap hi mar jaati hai..

A: to aap aise topic shuru hi kyu karti ho?? Aapko pata hai na ki mai shaadi ke liye taiyar nahi hu, aap iss baat ko samajhkar topic khatam kyu nahi kar deti..

Anu: to tu kyu nahi samajh jaata iss baar, har baar mera samajhna jaruri hai, kya bete ka koi farj nahi hota, dekh armaan maine tujhe waapis jaane se nahi roka, tu jaa sakta hai, aur tujhe meri fikar karne ki bhi jarurat nahi hai kabhi bhi, anjali hai mera dhyan rakhne ke liye par agar tu mujhse baat karna chahta hai aur chahta hai ki hamara rishta hamesha jaise rahe to tujhe shaadi karni hi hogi, faisla tera hai, hum maanenge'

A: maa aap itni jidd kyu kar rahi hai??? Aapko lagta hai ki iss tarah dabaab daalkar, meri shaadi karwakar aap mujhe kabhi khush dekh paayengi'

Anu: mujhe kuch nahi sun na armaan, tumhare faisle ke alava.. (she turned her face, armaan again felt as if his anger is raising, he didn't like his mother's blackmailing, obviously he cant leave his mother then armaan mumbled "par iska matlab ye nahi ki mai apni jindagi ke saath itna bada khilwaad karu", he moved out and found his dad standing..)

A: dad aap maa ko samjhate kyu nahi ki wo apni jidd chod de..

Billy: armaan anu ne tumhe choice de di hai, ab hume tumhare decision ka wait hai'.

A: par..

Billy: (cut him) tum hamesha yahi kyu expect karte ho ki hum tumhe samjhe, kabhi tum hamare point se kyu nahi sochte??? Top companies join karna aur bahut jayda knowledge hona, iska matlab ye nahi hota ki tumhe jindagi jeeni aati hai, ya bahut experience hai, jitney marji bade ho jao, par hamare liye hamesha bache hi rahoge, maa- baap kabhi bache ka bura nahi chahte, hum samajhte hai tumhari baato ko par kabhi tum bhi to koshish kar sakte ho, kya ho gaya agar tumhari maa chahti hai kitum shaadi kar lo, settle ho jao properly, unki khushi ke liye tum itna nahi kar sakte, pehli baar kuch maang rahi hai, umeed kar rahi hai tumse, tumhe to khushi khushi accept kar lena chahiye tha..

A: chahe uske liye meri khushiyan hi kyu na daav par lag jaaye..

Billy: tumhari khushiyo ke liye hi tumhari maa tumse lad rahi hai armaan, wo tumhari khushiyan daav par nahi laga rahi, balki tumhari jindagi ko khushiyo se bandhna chahti hai.. kuch galat to nahi chahti wo bhi, har maa ko intejar hota hai apne bete ke sir par sehra saja dekhne ka, usse apni family ke saath khush dekhne ka, kaha galat hai tumhari maa???? (armaan looked at anjali)

An: I'm with maa this time..

A: atleast koi to samjho mujhe..

An: bhai aisa nahi hai ki mai aapko nahi samajh rahi par kya hum maa ko ek khushi nahi de sakte??? Bachpan se wo hume khushiyan baant ti aayi hai kya uss maa ke liye hum apni life ka chotta sa decision nahi badal sakte, sab same rahega bas ab aapke saath aapka hamsafar hoga jo aapke sapne ko pura karne ka saffar aur jayda acha bana dega, pehle maa par mujhe gussa aa raha tha ki wo aapko force kar rahi hai, par inn 5 dino mai unki haalat dekhkar acha nahi laga, dukh hua ki wo khud ko saja de rahi thi hamari khushiyan paane ke liye, bhai seriously maa ne bahutachi ladki ko chunna hai aapke liye, wo aapki life mai kabhi problem nahi banegi.. (armaan left from there in anger)

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An: (while entering in room) bhai aap ab tak taiyar nahi hue, jaldi chaliye taayaji, chachaji bhi aa gaye hai, aapka intejar ho raha hai, padma aunty ke ghar se bhi phone aa chukka hai'. (she settled down next to armaan, but he didn't react) kya hua bhai???

A: nothing..

An: phir aapka muh kyu uttra hua hai???

A: (trying hard to not to be rude at all) aisa kuch nahi hai, chal ab niche jaa, mom ki help kar, mai bhi taiyar hota hun' (anjali nodded and left, where as armaan banged his hand on wall in irritation..)

Riddhima's house..

Pa: riddhu achi si taiyar hoja, ananya bhabhi aur aate hi honge' (Riddhima's sitting in front of mirror, wearing bangles, she's in thoughts when rahul came)

Ra: kya hua riddz kaha ghum hai???

R: umm kahi nahi bhai'

Ra: bolo mere teddy bear ko kya hua???? (putting arm around her shoulder)

R: bhai mujhe darr lag raha hai, maine maa ko keh to diya ki wo jaisa chahte hai waisa hi kare par ab lag raha hai jaise sab kuch bahut jaldi ho raha hai, I mean I'm still baby, shaadi ki responsibility mai utha paungi ya nahi ye mujhe nahi pata, upar se aaj armaan dekhne aa rahein hai, mai unse kya baat karungi, kya kahungi, kya puchungi, kahi unhe kuch bura na lag jaye ya kahi mai kuch jayda na bol dun'

Ra: are bas bas bas' (riddhimalooked him, then hugged him)

R: bhai mujhe bahut darr lag raha hai'

Ra: are darne ki kya baat hai, kissi jaanwar se thodi mil rahi hai jo tujhe khaa jayega, apni tarah insaan se hi mil rahi hai'. (he giggled, riddhima smacked him, rahul hugged her)dekh ridhu darne ki koi baat nahi hai, hum sab haina tere saath, jobhi tu puchna chahe armaan se puch lena..

R: par mere paas to bahut long list hai bhai, kya kya puchungi??? Aur agar unhe kuch bura lag gaya to???

Ra: ohh ho, jara hume bhi to pata challe ki aisa kya hai uss lambi list mai, batana to jara'

R: usse pyar se baat karni aani chahiye, I hate it jab koi husband apni wife se gusse se baat karta hai, usse dher saara pyaar karna aana chahiye, usse time management aani chahiye ki kaise apni job, apne parents, apne friends aur apni wife ko thoda thoda alag time de taaki kissi ko na lage ki naye rishto ke bante hi purane rishto ki dor kamjor padne lagi hai, unhe sabko special feel karwana aana chahiye, ghumne ka bahut shownk hona chahiye, har holiday par hume kahi daily life se dur le jaaye..

Ra: hume means???? Wah bete shaadi hui nahi bache ke sapne abhi se dekhne lagi..

R: nahi bhai, hume means puri family' means mum-pa, bhai-bahen..

Ra: par tera husband tere mum-pa ko kyu ghumane le jaayega..

R: oh ho bhai, mere husband ke mum-pa mere mum pa hue na, mai unki baat kar rahi thi' (rahul made "ohhh" face) mujhe saari duniya dikhaye, dher saara enjoy kare hum, sab khush rahe pyari pyari si family bankar.. (rahul made a face) kya hua???

Ra: tu aaj armaan se ye sab puchne waali hai??? Ye teri long list hai??? Beta teri to shaadi ho gayi' (he made a yuk face)

R: kyu??

Ra: ye koi baatein hoti hai puchne waali??

R: ofcourse hoti hai, mere liye jaan na jaruri hai ki wo mujhe pyar karega ya nahi, wo mujhe saari duniya se protect kar paayega ya nahi'

Ra: ridhu ye baatein puchne waali nahi hoti, waqt ke saath hi tumhe inn baato ka jawaab milta hai, aise koi nahi bata sakta ki koi tumse kitna pyar karega, karega bhi ya nahi..

R: wahi to bhai, waqt hi to nahi hai na, aaj dikhaenge aur next week marriage ho jaaegi, phir mai kaise jaanungi unko?? Aur jaane bina shaadi karna to risky haina'

Ra: riddhu shaadi se pehle jaana hua aur shaadi ke baad jaan ne mai bahut difference hota hai, shaadi se pehle tumne kuch ghanto hi baat karni hai, milna hai to kuch palon ke lie hi milna hai, aur bahut waajib si baat hai ki tum uss waqt mai apni actual personality ko chuppakar thodi face personality mai miloge ya baat karoge..

R: matlab??

Ra: matlab ye kitum shaddi se pehle kabhi bhi apne partner ko jaannahi sakte, uski uppar waali layer ko to tum samajh jaoge par andar se wo kya hai ye shaadi ke baad hi clear hota hai, for eg. Tumhe ye to pata chal jaayega ki tumhare partner ko gussa aa raha hai, par uss gusse ki kitni gehrayi hai ye tum kabhi phone par bat karne se nahi naap paoge,

wo actual tumhe uske saath jab tum 24 hrs rahogi tabhi pata challega, koi kitna acha hai, kya positivities hai, kya negativities hai ye sab tumhe uske saath rehkar hi pata challega, issliye hi to kehte hai ki shaadi se pehle kuch aur baat hoti hai aur shaadi ke baad kuch aur, kyunki shaadi se pehle sirf khushiyo ki hi adla badli hoti hai jisme koi dukh nahi hota,

koi responsibility ka ehsaas nahi hota, ek panchi ki tarah tum log pure aasmaan mai ghumte ho par shaadi ke baad sukh,dukh, responsibilities sab ka bhar pad jaata hai, naya hi roop najar aata hai apne partner ka kyunki ab tum usse internally bhi samajhne lagte ho, jo kabhi acha lagta hai to kabhi bura,

issliye shaadi se pehle jaan na ya naa jaan na jayda matter nahi karta kyunki shaadi ke baad phir naye sire se sab shuru hota hai' issliye tujhe ghabrane ki jarurat nahi hai' samjhi teddy bear' (hitting on her head, riddhima nodded and again hugged her bro..) chal ab jaldi se taiyar hoja, nahi to bui mujhe maar daalegi' (riddhima nodded, still in thoughts, thinking about armaan)

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Anu: challiye padma bhabhi ab riddhima ko bula lijiye' (armaan felt slight weird when heard this name, but before he could understand anything, he heard bangles voice, he makes face and anjali elbowed him to look above, riddhima's coming, armaan uninterestedly raised his eyes, riddhima's wearing a pink and black chudidaar with little bangles in one hand and bracelet on other, she hardly applied any cream on her face, natural and beautiful..

Armaan loked at her face, he felt as if he'd seen that face before but where, as on marriage riddhima's hair style's different, was wearing lehnga and now she's looking different totally, armaan wondered where he'd seen her, ananya got up and holds riddhima's hand and made her sit next to her, riddhima's looking very nervous, she looks here and there and tried to find her mom, ananya caressed her hair..

Anu: ridhima itna ghabrane ki jarurat nahi hai beta, hum tera koi test nahi le rahe hai, jaise padma bhabhi waisi hi mai bhi teri maa hun aur jab teri ek maa tere paas baithi hai to kyu dusri ko dhund rahi hai??? (riddhima looked her and found a pool of love in anu's eyes, riddhima smiled and nervously holds anu's hand, anu smiled and took her in embrace) bahut hi pyari hai riddhima, padma bhabhi'. (then looked at armaan) haina armaan??? (armaan's kind of shocked with this sudden question, he looked at his mom and got angry a bit)

A: aisa hi hoga mom, agar aisa aapko lagta hai to' (armaan said this with a smile and anu showed him eyes for giving this answer, riddhima slightly raised her eyes and looked at armaan from anu's shoulder, then again lowered her eyes, she couldn't deny the fact that she liked him at first sight, and again he's looking very dashing in formals, riddhima's heart beats raised a bit with the thought that he's going to be her husband..)

Anjali: waise riddhima tumne uss din marriage mai nahi bataya tha ki tumhe bhai kaise lage, ab to bata do???? (riddhima goes all red again, where as armaan got up as an instant when he reminded where he'd seen riddhima, he looked at riddhima with utter shock and anger' where as everyone's surprised)

Anu: armaan kya hua ??? (armaan now looked at his mom with anger)

Padma: kya hua armaan beta???

A: (tried to control himself) kuch nahi aunty, wo washroom'

Pa: ohhh, aage se left side' (all smiled relievingly and talked about everything)

Armaan closed himself in washroom and hurtfully hit his hand on wall mumbling "to ye anpad ladki dhundi hai aapne mere liye, kaisa badla le rahi ho aap mujhse maa, kiss gunaah ki saja de rahi ho, sirf aapki kkhushi ke liye maine shaadi ke liye han ki , aapne meri kamjori ka khub fayda uthaya maa, jeete jee mujhe aag mai dhakka maar rahi ho, aisi kya galti hui mujhse, kyu maa kyu???? Aap meri iss anpad gawaar ladki ke saath khushiyan dhundne challi hai, kaha jaanti hai aap mujhe???? Aapne socha bhi kaise ki ye ladki mereliye khushiyan lekar aayegi, aapne mere liye khushiyan nahi sirf dukh chunne hai, sirf aur sirf dukh, iss bewajah saja ke liye mai aapko kabhi maaf nahi karunga maa, kabhi nahi' par aapko saja dene ki jagah mai khud ko saja dunga, karunga mai aapki pasand se shaadi, aap khush hongi na mujhe ek nalaiyak ladki ke saath bandhkar, to lo aapke liye ye bhi sahi'."

He again punched on wall and finally moved out..

Anu: padma bhabhi mujhe lagta hai ab armaan aur riddhima ko akele bhej dena chahiye taaki ye decide kar sake ki ye ek dusre.

A: (cutting her) mom I don't need time, I'm ready for this marriage' (all looked at him with shock, anu got up)

Anu: phir se bol??? (armaan didn't speak) sach??? (she placed her hand on armaan's face, who nodded, anu jumped with excitement and hugged him) armaan tu sach keh raha hai, tune mujhe khush kar diya bete..

A: jab aap meri khushiyo ke baare mai itna soch sakti hai to mai kyu nahi' (armaan said this in taunting way but anu didn't notice it, where as billy and anjie's surprised a bit, but then anjie too hugged her bhai)

An: congrats bhai, to aapko riddhima itni pasand aayi ki aapko uss se baat bhi nahi karne ki jarurat nahi lagi, great bhai'. (then she hugged riddhima) ab se aap meri bhabhi hui' congratsss bhabhi'.. (padma, shashank, billy, anu exchanged their happiness, but riddhima kept on sitting there)

Don't know why but she's not happy, she's confused totally' everyone's congratulating her, hugging her but she kept on looking at armaan, she doesn't know him but still she's feeling that she can read his eyes which no one's reading right now'

She goes in room, everyone thought that may be she's blushing but she's upset, she's sad, she closed her room and settled down on floor, tears started flowing down from her eyes, she kept on asking herselfki "wo ro kyu rahi hai, kya hua hai, wo khud shaadi karna chahti thi to ab jab uski shaadi pucki ho gayi to wok hush kyu nahi hai, wo khud hi chhati thi ki armaan haan kare uske liye, jab usne haan ki to kyu khushi nahi hui????"

Then riddhima innerself screamed "haan mai chahti thi ki wo haan kar de mere liye, par aise nahi, aise bina jaane nahi, kuch bhi to nahi jaante wo mere baare mai, mai unke baare mai kuch nahi jaanti, phir kaise shaadi ho sakti hai??? Unn sawaalo ka kaun jawaab dega jo mai armaan se puchna chahti thi, mai kaise jaanugi ki armaan ke dil mai kya hai?? Wo apni would be wife se kya expect karte hai.. kaise shaadi karienge??

Armaan ne aise kaise haan kar diya, agar unke paas koi sawaal nahi tha to jaruri to nahi tha ki mere paas bhi nahi hoga.. ab kya karun mai?? Na mai sabke saamne ye keh sakti ki mai armaan se akele mai baat karna chahti hun na bina baat kiye shaanti milegi, kaha phas gayi mai, na khush ho sakti hun puri tarah, na sapne saja sakti hun, kyu mujhe itna darr lag raha hai??? Kya armaan wohi hai jiska mai na jaane kab se intejar kar rahi thi??? Kya hoga hamara aane waala kal???

Her innerself once again answered her "Intejar'.." intejar karo, khud pata chal jaayega aane waala kal kya hoga'''

To be continued'

Precap:

R: atul mujhe kissi bhi tarah armaan se ek baar akele milna hai..

At: to problem kya hai?? Armaan se keh do kitum unse milna chahti ho..

R: nahi atul mai ye nahi kar sakti, mere paas unka number bhi nahi hai aur mai pehle kadam uthati hui achi nahi lagti..

At: to tum chahti kya ho???

R: kissi tarah anjali ko convince karo ki wo armaan ko lekar restaurant aaye'

Stay tunned'

Ankita'

Part-3

In both families preparations started, their marriage date's fixed on 15^th feb and on 18^th feb both're leaving for London, everyone's so excited but persons who're going to marry're not happy at all, riddhima's badly tensed and armaan's pressurizing himself to do marriage quietly for his family's sake, he's least interested in his own marriage, on other side riddhima's becoming restless day by day,

first of all marriage's fear's haunting her and then she didn't exchanged a word with armaan, she didn't wanna get married like this, she wanna know whats going on in armaan's mind and heart, she asked padma if she could meet armaan for once before marriage but she said whats the need, and moreover they're from bride's side, they've to take every step very carefully,

riddhima again tried to convince her saying "armaan se baat kiye bina mai kaise shaadi kar sakti hun unse", padma said "par problem kya hai riddhu, armaan bahut acha ladka hai, anjali se to teri baat hoti rehti hai, usne bhi to bataya hi hoga na tujhe, phir bhi tu satisfied nahi hai, aur usne tujhe pehli najar mai hi pasand kar liya, aur kya chahiye?? Hum bhi to yahi chahte thena…",

riddhima didn't say anything further but in heart thought "maa armaan anjie ke liye to ache honge hi kyunki wo unki bahen hai, par kya ye jaruri hai ki wo mere liye bhi ache honge, mai to unke liye stranger hun aur agar armaan mujhe pasand karte hai to 1 week mai unhone ek baar bhi mujhse baat karne ki koshish kyu nahi ki, milna, cards bhejna to dur 1 phone call bhi nahi, infact unhone mujhse mera number bhi nahi liya, kyu kar rahe hai wo ye sab agar mai unhe pasand thi to…"

riddhima's sitting in room, as usual in thoughts looking at her ring.. (their engagement's done on the same day when armaan said yes for marriage, though riddhima's quiet disturbed with everything, she wants some time but padma made her understand, she reluctantly agreed..though she liked armaan at first sight and she started loving him from the day it's declared officially that he's the one for her yet she's very restless, she came out from thoughts when heard atul's call…

At: ridzie, dekh teri dresses aa gayi hai, teri designer keh rahi thi ki tu try kar liyo ek baar aur jobhi kami hogi, ek saath wo ghar aakar theek kar degi… (riddhima nodded and then again started looking outside, atul felt weird) ridzie… (she looked him) kya hua??

R: kuch nahi..

At: riddhima… (she knew that now she has to speak as riddhima means he's giving her some order which she's do) riddhima bolo kya hua?? Tum to har chotti chotti khushiyo ke liye sabse pehle excited hokar apni dresses ke baare mai sochti thi, hajaar baar try kar karke humara sir khaati thi ye puchkar ki mai kaisi lag rahi hu, aur ab itna bada occasion hai, teri dresses tere saamne padi hai aur tu excited nahi hai, tera sapna pura hone jaa raha hai aur tu excited nahi hai??? Aisa kya hua hai???

R: (controlling her tears) mujhe kuch bhi acha nahi lag raha atul..

At: matlab???

R: atulmera dum ghut raha hai, mujhe samajh nahi aa raha mai kya karun, mai ye time aise pareshan hokar nahi nikalna chahti, meri shaadi hai, kitna intejar kiya hai iss moment ka aur sab kuch ajeeb sa hota jaa raha hai, jaisa socha tha waisa kuch bhi nahi ho paa raha..

At: riddhima tu kya kehna chahti hai nahi samajh aa raha..

R: mai armaan se milna chahti hun atul, maa ne mana kiya hai, par pehli baar mai unke baato se convince nahi ho paa rahi, mera armaan se baat karna bahut jaruri hai, nahi to mai apni shaadi ko enjoy nahi kar paungi aur mai aisa nahi chahti, mujhe kissi bhi tarah armaan se ek baar akele milna hai..

At: to problem kya hai?? Armaan se keh do ki tum unse milna chahti ho..

R: nahi atul mai ye nahi kar sakti, mere paas unka number bhi nahi hai aur mai pehle kadam uthati hui achi nahi lagti, akele armaan ki baat hoti to kuch aur baat thi par armaan ke saath unke parents bhi hai, mera har kadam mere unke saath relationship ko affect kar sakta hai, mai nahi chahti ki mai relations ke ban ne se pehle hi unhe apne ek galat kadam se ghum kar dun, abhi bahut kachi dorr hai hamare rishto ki, ek galti unn rishto ko aur kacha kar degi, har kadam sochkar rakhna padega taaki kuch bhi affect na ho…

At: to tum chahti kya ho???

R: kissi bhi tarah anjali ko convince karo ki wo armaan ko lekar restaurant aaye aur tum yaha maa se kuch bhi kehkar mujhe armaan se milwa lao, ek baar unse baat ho jayegi to mere mann se bhoj uttar jaayega, bas ek baar, sirf 10 minutes…

At: par unn 10 min mai tu baat kya karegi ridzie???

R: mujhe nahi pata atul, par bas itna pata hai ki mujhe unse kissi bhi tarah shaadi se pehle milna hai… 1 week reh gaya hai marriage ko, kal se sab rasmein start ho jaayengi, mai nahi shaant ho paungi unse mile bina… (atul nodded and finally he called anjali, he knew that anjali's very thoughtful, so he asked her to help her bhai n bhabhi to meet atleast once before marriage, he didn't explain her about riddhima's restlessness coz he didn't want her to be tense for no reason as he knew anjali values his bhai's happiness a lot and she'll be low if found his bhai's happiness in danger..)

Anjali immediately got ready for the meeting and goes to armaan and asked him to help in selecting a dress for her as she's very confused, armaan forcefully gets ready and goes with anjali, when they reached in front of restaurant, anjali said that she's hungry, first they'll have some meals then only they'll proceed further, they entered in restaurant and anjali spotted riddhima and atul, she smiled and moved to them..

An: bhabhi aap??? (trying to act surprised) aap yaha kaise??? (armaan's shocked to see riddhima, then things registered to his mind and he glared at anjali) oops sorry bhai.. he hee… surpriseeeeeeee.. atul aur maine socha ki kyu na aapko shaadi se pehle milwa de, dono bechain ho rahein honge na baat karne ke liye par gharwaalo ke kaaran apni feelings chuppa lete honge...

A: (gritting teeths) ye kaisa majak hai anjali??

An: aapko surprise pasand nahi aaya??? (armaan glared her again) rehne do, mujhe pata hai ki aapke mann mai laddu phut rahe honge, uppar ka dikhawa karne ki koi jarurat nahi hai…

(riddhima kept on looking at armaan, trying to read his expressions, in between anjali made armaan sit on chair next to riddhima, her heart beat raised a bit and her cheeks goes rosy when while sitting armaan's hand slightl brushed against her hand that's on table, they ordered food, AR didn't exchanged a single word, finally)

An: aap dono ko bolna nahi aata kya??? Ya kissi ne aapki jeebh ko pakad

rakha hai??? Bol kyu nahi rahe ho???

At: I think ye dono humse Sharma rahe hai, waise bhi agar tum jaisi bak bak karne waali ladki hogi saath mai to kaise bol paayenge dono, chalo mai tumhe bahar ghuma kar laata hun..

anjali showed him eyes pointing to her bhai, riddhima smiled a bit when saw this, wher as armaan's uncomfortable so he didn't notice anything, they left, again A-R kept mum, riddhima's in dilemma that whether to take initiative and talk to him or she should wait, but how much?? "wo to kuch bol hi nahi rahe",

finally after 5 minutes she decides to take initiative as she doesn't wanna regret later that she wasted her time, she looked at armaan and fidgeted with her dupatta, then closed her eyes and asked god to give her strength.."

R: (with lowered eyes) mujhe aapse…(in low tone)

A: ( cutting her) look I've some very important work, I'm sorry but I've to go… (he got up, riddhima's surprised)

R: (but gathering some strength thinking about their future) only 5 minutes please…. (before armaan could say anything his cell started ringing, he picked up his cell and said "haan mai bas aa raha hun", then looked at riddhima)

A: ummm sorry, but have to go… (riddhima smiled a bit, forcefully, in heart feeling very embarrassed and very weird..) byee… (and he rushed out without waiting for her, riddhima kept on sitting there and looking at his retreating figure, armaan took a breathe of relief when came out from restaurant, gave blessings to his friend who called him at accurate time, actually he gave miss call to his friend and his friend called him back seeing his miss call and he's saved..)

Riddhima got up and with heavy heart moved out, atul asked her with eyes, she shaked her head to say that they didn't exchange words, atul later on asked riddhima to not to worry, everything will be fine, riddhima tried to ignore everything and tried to involve herself completely in ceremonies yet her eyes remained fixed on her cell if by any chance armaan'll give her a call, but…………

Mehendi ceremony's going on, ladies explained if mehendi color darkens then her husband'll love her to the fullest, riddhima tried to get her answers from her mehendi, she thought to take test of her married life with this mehendi,till night she kept on waiting and finally with raised heart beats asked her mother to remove mehendi,

she closed her eyes tightly, wishing in her heart "kaash meri saari uljhanne bemayne ho, kaash jaisa mujhe feel hoo raha hai, mera darr sab galat ho….", she opened her eyes and was shocked when saw very light orangish color of mehendi on her hands and legs, tears started breaming in her eyes, she hides it from her mother and goes in her room,

outside sangeet ceremony's going on and inside riddhima's crying, after sometime she got balanced and thought to call armaan, but again her inner side asked her if that'll sound good in her sasural and what will armaan think about her, but finally decided to call armaan, she dialed anjali's number, and nervously asked her to give her cell to armaan…

An: agar aapne bhai se baat karni thi to unke cell par call karte bhabhi.. (in a teasing tone)

R: wo number…

An: khair chodiye, pehle aap ye bataiye ki aapki mehendi ka color kaisa chada hai???

R: wo..

An: (cutting her) aap bhai se pyar karne lagi ho na???? (riddhima for a moment didn't breathe, everything stopped around her, not a single word came out from her mouth..) bolo na.. waise aap bolo ya na bolo, aapke pyar ki gehrayi bhai ke haatho par najar aa rahi hai.. bhai ke haath par jo shagun ke liye mehendi lagai thi uska color ek dum dark brown ho gaya hai… not bad riddhima bhabhi,

3 mulakatton mai hi itna pyar ho gaya, aage kya hoga??? (she teased her, riddhima's in thoughts.. "pyar…" armaan's image flashed before her eyes and a small little smile crept on her lips, she thought "may be mai sach mai unse pyar karne lagi hun, unki jagah mai kabhi sapno mai bhi kissi aur ko imagine nahi kar sakti….") bhabhi waise aapko darr lag raha hai kya???? Kal aapki shaadi hai, nervousness feel ho rahi hai?? Aap kuch bol kyu nahi rahi hai???hmm lagta hai bas bhai se hi baat karni hai, nanad ki to ab koi value hi nahi rahi???

R: (smiled a bit) aisa kabhi nahi ho sakta anjie, tum meri nanad se pehle dost ho, tumhari value kabhi bhi danger zone mai nahi aa sakti…(anjali smiled, then handed her cell to armaan)

A: kiski call hai anjie???

An: khud dekh lo bhai…

A: anjie tu bhi na… (then placed cell on his ears) hello…(riddhima's heart beat raced for a moment..) helloooo… koi hai??? (riddhima's lips shivered, words didn't wait enough to reach on her lips, they're already dead, armaan's on the verge of saying again "who's this", but stopped, his face expressions changed, he's looking slightl disturbed, he kept standing there not mumbling a single word as if he understood who's on the other side..)

R: (with little fear and nervousness) hello…. (finally armaan's guess came out to be true, he felt suffocated a bit, didn't mumble a single word, riddhima felt slightly bad, while looking her hands) wo..

A: (cutting her) wo mom bula rahi hai, may be some work..

R: (politely n nervously cutting him) mujhe aapse baat karni hai, please only 5 minutes… bahut jaruri hai..

A: par..

R: (cutting him again) please, mai jayda time nahi lungi, sirf kuch sawaalo ka jawaab jaan na chahti hun… (before armaan could say anything, his mom came)

Anu: armaan yaha kya kar raha hai?? Mai saare ghar mai tujhe dhund aai, chall ab, haldi rasam shuru hone waali hai…

A: ji mom…. (then putting phone on his ears) I've to go, sorry.. byee… (and without listening her answer he cut the call..)

Riddhima sits on bed and again tears flow down, she looks at her engagement ring and kisses it than places it near her heart, don't know when she slept down, padma came to call her as outside sangeet's going on, but when she saw her sleeping, she didn't make any sound and covered her with blanket and settled next to her,

kept on caressing her head, all the moments came in front of her eyes, the day when she saw her daughter for the first time, when she started walking on her own and fills the whole house with her anklets music, she started going school, then college, tears full of love started flowing down from her eyes,

she blessed her a lot in heart thinking "kal tu parayi ho jayegi, humse bahut dur challi jayegi, saat samundar paar, 23 saal moh mamta daal kar, hume apna banakar, hamare hotto par khushiya sajakar kal humse alag ho jaayegi, kaise dungi apne dil ke tukde ko, kaise rahungi iss ghar mai, kaatne ko aaya karega ye ghar",

she hugged her and mumbled "bhagwan kare ki teri jindagi bas khushiyon se bhari ho, phullon se tere raaste saje ho, kaante kya hote hai tujhe kabhi ehsaas na ho..", she kissed her, riddhima in sleep placed her head on her mother's lap and holds her mother's finger tightly,

padma again cried remembering her daughter's first day in this world, then also she holded her finger with her very small palms in the same way and today also she's sleeping in that way only, she thought "betiyan itni jaldi badi kyu ho jaati hai….",

On door shashank's standing, he too's crying, his feelings cant be expressed in words, he's thinking how'll he handle his heart in other's hand, padma looked him and came to him..

Sh: tumne riddhima ko bataya???

Pa: nahi shashank, agar riddhima ko pata chal gaya ki wo 3 dino baad London challi jaayegi, wo kabhi shaadi nahi karegi, armaan jaisa ladka milna mushkil hai, uppar se hum armaan aur unki family ko ache se jaante hai, kissi aur anjaan ke haath mai apni ladki ko dene se acha hai kissi jaan pehchaan waale mai shaadi karo, aur mujhe pata hai ki riddhu ko aisi family nahi mil sakti,

anu bhabhi, billy bhaisahab sab riddhu se bahut pyar karienge aur armaan mai koi buri aadat nahi hai, aaj kal aise ladke milte kaha hai, tabhi humne iss rishte ke liye haan kithi, warna riddhu ko itna dur mai kabhi nahi bhej paati, par agar riddhu ko ye baat pehle bata dete to wo kabhi bhi iss rishte ke liye haan na karti, tabhi humne ye chupaya, ek baar shaadi ho jaane dijiye, phir usse pata chal hi jaayega..

Sh: pata nahi paraye desh mai kaise rahegi meri bachi, kaise jeeyunga uske bina mai, ab kiska chehra dekhkar aankhein khollunga… (padma placed her hand on his shoulder, shashank looked at riddhima) meri riddhima jiski aawaj sun ne se hi mera har dard mera har dukh mujhse kosso dur bhaag jaata tha, kaise kal kissi aur ke haath mai apne kaleje(heart) ka haath dunga…

Pa: shashank aapko to garv karna chahiye apni kismat par, hume kanadaan karne ka mauka mil raha hai, kanyadaan se bada koi daan nahi hota shashank, jaise hi beti ka janam hota hai, maa-baap bas issi din ka to intejar karte hai ki kab hum apni beti ka kanyadaan karke iss duniya ke sabse jayda ameer logo mai aa jaayenge, aur wo din aa gaya hai shashank, hamara intejar khatam hone jaa raha hai, kal hamari beti ek baar phir hume ameer bana degi, pehli baar hamari godd mai aakar hume ameer kiya tha…

Sh: ye betiyon ka rishta bhi kitna pyara aur ajeeb sa hota hai, jab aati hai tab bhi khushiyan laati hai aur jab jaati hai dusre ghar tab bhi apne piche khushiyan chod jaati hai, tum theek keh rahi ho padma, jab se riddhima ko pehli baar maine apni godd mai liya tha, tab se sapna dekha tha, tab se intejar kiya tha apni riddhima ko dulhan ke roop mai dekhne ka, wo din aa gaya.. mai dukhi nahi hun, maikhush hun… bahut khush hun… (he cleared his tears, they hugged each other and looked at their life)

15^th feb…

Everyone's rushing here and there, checking for preparations, armaan's

sitting in room, looking at everyone from window thinking "aaj meri jindagi bik(sell) jaayegi mamta ke naam par, kyu kiya maa, kyu kiya mera sauda apni mamta ki kassam dekar, kya milega aapko???"

Riddhima's sitting in front of mirror and beauticeans're making her ready, her cheeks were red as everyone's complimenting her for her mehendi color, in morning when she got up she's shocked to see her hands and legs as mehendi color's transformed to black, orange's nowhere to be seen, she blushed and smiled too, she's less scared and less nervous today…

Its 10 at night, all the guests have already arrived, rasmein's going on stage, after sometime everyone turned as they saw camers turned to main door and from there riddhima's coming slowly slowly cladded in red heavy lehnga with stone and sequesnce work all over, she's looking just out of the world with jewellery and lehenga, red color's suiting her,

her rozyness's adding more beauty in her, she's glowing, everyone kept on looking at her, her parents sweared in heart that their daughter didn't look this much beautiful before, padma quickly came to her and quietly put kaajal behind her ear,armaan on anjali insistence looked at riddhima, no doubt he too forgot to blink his eyes for a minute but then started looking down,

anjali asked him to give his hand to riddhima so that she can come up, first armaan refused but then got up on his mom and sister's insistence and forwarded his hand, riddhima who's standing near stairs, thinking how'll she step up with that heavy lehenga raised her eyes when saw one hand, she's surprised to see armaan, then nervously placed her hand on his hand,

all the girls who're coming with riddhima goes back and riddhima stepped forward, on last step her lehenga got tangled in her sandal and she looses balance, out of fear she holds armaan with one hand on his shoulder and one on his chest and armaan too instantly holds her with his arm around her waist,

riddhima looked at armaan, her heart was thumping badly, she started looking down after a bit, still holding him, slightly blushing, armaan leaves her and goes back to his seat, anjali makes riddhima sit next to armaan, riddhima's heart's still beating with his touch, armaan's in thoughts before their jaimala thinking whether he's doing gud with his life or not,

he's putting his life on stake, then looked at riddhima who's looking down and thought her life's also on stake, then looking at his mother he didn't give his feelings an another thought, he put garland in riddhima's neck, riddhima too with shivering hands put garland in his neck…

To be continued…

Precap:

Riddhima while taking pheras started shaking badly out of nervousness, armaan who's at the back of her felt as if she's on the verge of falling, he moved his hand forward and holds her hand, riddhima turned and looked him with little closing eyes and was on the verge of falling but armaan quickly moved his arm around her and holds her firmly, riddhima opened her eyes after a moment when heard her name and looked around….

Stay tunned..

Ankita…

Part-4

After photos Armaan-riddhima're brought down to stage, armaan's school friends and 2-3 friends from London kept on chatting with riddhima, in between kept on teasing AR, armaan's least interested and wondering if he'd kept all the things as day after tomorrow he's finally going to London, he'll meet his second love i.e his job after such a long time,

riddhima's chatting with anjali trying to learn about her new parents and relatives, they all settled on dinner table, everyone asked armaan and riddhima to eat in one plate and then they started cheering up, armaan glared everyone and then moved plate towards riddhima and dragged one more plate from center for himself,

riddhima raised her eyes a little and after looking him she again lowered her eyes, then everyone asked them to feed each other, when everyone forced them, riddhima made a small bite and slightly raised her hand, then looked at armaan but her hand came down when she saw armaann eating himself, she felt embarrassed and then again didn't dare to raise her eyes,

anjali understood that riddhima felt bad, she gave her side hug and mumbled "wo kya hai na bhai hamesha se sharmilla raha hai, budhu ki ladkiyon ke maamle mai hamesha se knowledge bahut kam rahi hai, aaltu faaltu cheezo ki puri knowledge hai par jaruri baato ke bare mai nahi pata,

iss se ye puch lo ki windows ki troubleshooting kaise hoti hai, konsa project kaise aur konsi language mai ache se ban sakta hai par isse ye nahi pata ki ladkiyo se kaise baat karte hai" anjali kept on glaring at armaan, armaan too makes a face on her comment where as riddhima smiled a bit,

anjali said "aaj apni bhabhi ko bas mai hi khillaungi, bhai ke haatho se baad mai khaana hi hai", she winked making riddhima smile more and started feeding her, anjali felt relaxed seeing smile on riddhima's lips, panditji called them for pheras..

Both settled on mandap, shashank and padma started doing kanyadaan of riddhima and riddhima kept on looking her parents, her eyes started getting misty thinking "ab mumma-papa kaise rahenge??? Mai apne mai kaise itna ulajh gayi ki mumma-papa ke bare mai soch bhi nahi payi, sab kuch itna jaldi jaldi kaise aur kyu ho raha hai???"

Panditji says "ab se aapki beti malik pariwaar ki amanat hui, ab se inka hi hak aapki beti par", riddhima kept on looking at panditji, then her parents thinking "22 saalon ka rishta kaise ek hi pal mai chutt gaya, kaise jinhone 22 saalo tak mujhe paala, bada kiya unka mujhpar se hak khatam ho gaya 1 hi pal mai…",

her eyes started falling with this thought, panditji asked them to stand up for pheras, padma helped riddhima in standing up, with in a moment riddhima's in her past, in her childhood age when her parents used to make her stand up again when she falls down, always holds her when she feared to fall down, she looked her mother and holds her hand tightly, padma looked at her only daughter,

in riddhima's eyes there's a pleading "please mujhe ab bhi thaame hi rakhna maa jaise bachpan se thaame rakha, mere paas hi rehna hamesha…", padma smiled with moist eyes and caressed her head then deatangled her hand from her grip thinking "maa ki aatma to hamesha se hi bacho mai hoti hai bitiya.."

Riddhima moved forward for her first phera with lots of confusion in her heart, fear for her future and grief of getting away from her dear relations, relations that held her tightly from her tender age, due to which she's here today, she's feeling as if she's in between the ocean where she's not sure that her boat'll reach the shore or not, she kept on moving with confusion…

With the start of 3 phera she started shaking badly out of nervousness, armaan who's at the back of her and was kind of noticing her body language, he felt her shaking and felt weird wondering "abhi kuch daer pehle to theek thaak thi, ye achanak aise kyu ghum rahi hai", he felt as if she's on the verge of falling, he intantly moved his hand forward and holds her hand,

riddhima turned and looked him with falling eyes, armaan tightens his grip around her hand more so as to support her, but after having his support riddhima goes more weak and tear escaped from her eyes, she lost her balance and was on the verge of falling

but armaan quickly moved forward and stood right at the back of her so that she wont fall down and moved his arm around her shoulder and holds her firmly, anjali who's on the verge of rushing for offering help to her bhabhi's caught by anu, anu asked her to stay here only, armaan'll take care of riddhima and in her heart thinking " mujhe pata tha ki mai koi galati nahi kar rahi hun, I'm proud of my son"

Riddhima opened her eyes after a moment when heard her name and looked around, everyone's looking at her with tensed eyes, padma and shashank asked her if she's fine, riddhima nodded, then looked at armaan on whom her body's resting, she unconsciously placed her hand on his hand that's on her shoulder and instantly her heart said some lines out of her first most fear….

"Mere dil ko tum chura ke sanam najrein nahi churana

Kissi baat par, kissi mod par mujhse na ruth jaana

Aisa na ho ki dil mera tute aur bikhar jaaye…."

Riddhima kept on looking him and armaan adverted his gaze and tried to balance her and after that he quickly moved back leaving her shoulder and tried to detangle his hand from her hand but riddhima kept on holding him as she feared that she'll fall again and armaan too realized that she's not ok fully so he didn't struggle and they completed rest of their pheras..

And in next hour they're standing on main door, malliks're ready to take bidaai from gupta's, after greeting everyone gupta's turned to riddhima, rahul, padma, shashank looked at riddhima who started crying uncontrollably, she hides herself in her mother's arms, everyone cried, armaan's feeling quiet irritated, he doesn't like all this rona dhona..

Finally after sometime anu holds riddhima's hand and said "ek maa se dusri maa ke paas aa rahi ho, ro kyu rahi ho??? Pehli maa ne bahut laad pyaar diya ab dusri maa ko mauka nahi dogi???" riddhima looked her and then hugged her while nodding, anu caressed her head and asked padma shashank to not to worry about her, they nodded and after final greetings they left…

Soon riddhima's in front of her new house which's fully decorated with lights and flowers, anu and anjali helped riddhima to come out from car, after rituals riddhima entered in her new house, they played games in which riddhima scored mainly coz armaan's least interested in playing games, he's feeling sleepy, armaan said that he's going in his room, anjali said "ok aap jao, par bhabhi hamare saath hi rahegi 2 dino tak", armaan makes a face like if he cares and he left, after changing his clothes he fell on bed as if nothing happened…

On other side anjali asked riddhima "bhabhi aapko to koi problem nahi hai na, waise bhi London mai jaakar aapko bhai ke saath time hi time milega, chahe to har roj suhaag raat manayega hume kya, par ye 2 din aap hamare saath hi rahengi, phir pata nahi kab mauka millega…" riddhima goes red on hearing "suhaag raat" and thought they're going to London for their honey moon,

after changing clothes riddhima chatted with all the relatives and then goes to anu who's resting on sofa, she very quietly sits on mattress and placed her head on anu's lap, anu opened her eyes and gave a surprising smile, then caressed her head with love, everyone's tired so all retired to their room,

but riddhima kept on chatting with her mother-in-law who soon converted into her mother, after few hours anu took riddhima to her room, anu switched on the lights of room where armaan's sleeping unconsciously on whole bed, riddhima's slightly surprised and confused a bit, seeing her anu said wait I'll ask armaan to move..

R: (stopping her) maa rehne dijiye na, kahin neend na tut jaaye, bahut thake hue hai, mai kahi aur so jaati hun…

Anu: nahi beta, kahi aur nahi yahin soyogi, yehi tumhara room hai, aaj ki tumhari adjustment ki kahi use aadat na pad jaaye.. (pointing to armaan, anu removed his clothes from bed, then slightly shifted armaan, and asked riddhima to rest, riddhima nodded, anu left saying bolt the door, riddhima did so and quietly moved towards bed with raised heart beats,

as soon as she settled on bed she felt something new inside her, she wondered what's new, why she's behaving like she's first time sitting on a bed but then realized that the new's armaan, new is their relation, HUSBAND-WIFE relation, though in past she'd shared her bed with others (family members n friends, ulta dimaag ni challane ka) also but with armaan she'll not only share her bed, but also she'll share herself ,

her heart skipped a beat as she visualized armaan's closeness with her, she looked at armaan and with beating heart she properly settled on bed and with shivering hands took hold of blanket which's partially on armaan and slowly slowly slid down in bed and then switched off the lights, for sometime she kept on going red and some of her weird visualizations kept her awake and when she' asleep she herself don't know..

armaan makes a face when heard knocks on door and placed pillow on his head and took a turn with closed eyes, but when knocks get louder, he partially opened his eyes, then closed his eyes after making a face and then opened his eyes widely as he saw some unknown face in front of his eyes, and then picture started falling on its place,

last 15 days rolled in front of his eyes, and then he thought "ye mere room mai kya kar rahi hai", then realized his position in which he's lying, his hand around her waist, his one leg curled on riddhima's thighs and his face's on her long hairs very close to her face, he quickly jerked himself up and wonder what she's doing on his bed, he quickly got up and rushed out from room..

On door anjali teased his brother but he starred her angrily and without saying anything goes down, where as anjali with her cousins entered in room and waked riddhima up, riddhima too's confused at first, then greeted her SIL's

and without letting them notice she quietly looked at her other side of bed with last night thoughts in mind, but found bed empty, her face slightly get down but when anjali told her that she's to get ready as they have to go their house for pagphera rassam she excitedly climbed down from bed.. Where as armaan goes to ananya..

A: mom ye sab kya hai??

Anu: (unknown) kya hua armaan??

A: riddhima mere room mai, mere bed par kya kar rahi thi???

Anu: ye kaisa silly question hai armaan?? Riddhima tumhari biwi hai, tumhare room mai hi rahegi aur ab tumhara room uska bhi utna hi hai jitna tumhara hai, wo tumhare saath hi rahegi…. Aur ab jaldi se taiyar ho jao, tumhe riddhima ko lekar apni sasural jaana hai pagphere ki rassam ke liye…

A: noways mom, mai kahi nahi jaayunga, aap challe jaiye.. (anu glared at armaan..)

Anu: armaan ab tum naye rishte se judd gaye ho, itni bachkaani harkateein tumhe shobha nahi deti, tumhe iss rishte se judi har rassam ko nibhana hoga, har chotti si rassam se lekar riddhima tak ki khushiyo ki jimmedaari tumpar hai aur kabhi iss jimmedaari se bhaagne ki koshish mat karna…

A: maine kaha tha na ki mai abhi iss jimmedaari ke liye taiyar nahi hun..

Anu: wo tumne kabhi nahi hona tha, har cheez ka waqt hota hai armaan, dekh lena aage chalkar tum shaadi ko jimmedaari kam aur jindagi jayda samjhoge..

A: aisa kabhi nahi hoga mom, kabhi bhi nahi… (saying so armaan left and anu kept on looking at her son's retreating figure mumbling "aisa hoga beta, mai tumhare liye laayi hi aisi pari hun jo apne pyaar se, apni maasumiyat se, apne bachpane se tumhari jindagi ko mehka degi, riddhima ko iss aasha se hi ghar par layi thi par kuch ghante bitane ke baad meri aasha yakeen mai badal gayi aur aise hi tum bhi badal jaoge")

Riddhima came down after getting ready in a beautiful mehroon color saree with light make-up and jewellery looking very beautiful, armaan's having breakfast, his eyes unconsciously goes up and for a moment he again forgot to blink his eyes, riddhima slowly slowly came down and touched everyone's feet, anu asked her to have breakfast, armaan quickly got up when anjali made riddhima sit next to him, anjali felt bad but riddhima kept on smiling, after breakfast anu called riddhima in her room…

Anu: riddhima aaj raat ki tumhari flight hai, waise to tumhari packing ho rakhi hai, but beta dekh lo aur kuch to nahi le jaana inn 4 suitcases ke alava..

R: (while looking at suitcases) par maa itna saara luggage ka kya karna hai?? Ek bag enough nahi rahega???

Anu: riddhima tum 1 mahine ke liye nahi jaa rahi ho bache, pata nahi kitna time rehna hai tumhe wahan, aur abhi nayi jagah hogi tumhare liye, tumhare paas saara saaman hona jaruri hai, waha kaha tum jaaogi saaman lene abhi…

R: (with shock) pata nahi kitna time ka matlab??

Anu : haan, pata nahi ki ab tum kab waapis aaoge, 5 saal, 10 saal ya phir hamesha wahi rahoge…

R: maa aap ye kya keh rahi hai?? Hum to bas ghumne hi jaa rahein hai waha, itna time hum waha kyu rahenge…

Anu: riddhima tum aise kyu bol rahi ho jaise tumhe kuch pata nahi, tum waha ghumne nahi rehne ke liye jaa rahi ho… (riddhima sits on bed with shock, kept on looking at anu, armaan came and asked anu if they could go now, anu nodded) riddhu padma bhabhi se puchna mat bhulna ki passport unhone konse bag mai rakha hai tumhara…

R: maa ko pata hai ki hum London jaa rahe hai???

Anu: riddhima ye kaisa sawaal hai bache??? Unhone hi to tumhari saari taiyari ki hai, unhe kaise nahi pata hoga??? (anu smiled and caressed her head, and came out from room asking her to get ready, riddhima kept on sitting there with tears in her eyes, anjali came in after sometime and asked her if she's ready and took her outside, riddhima settled in car,

armaan asked anjali to accompany them, they reached house with in no time, padma's already waiting for them at door with pooja plate in hands, riddhima very quietly moved out, padma blessed armaan and did their aarti, then she looked at her daughter whom she wanted to hug tightly but she's looking lost, padma gave her surprise look when found her daughter exceptionally quiet,

before she could say anything to riddhima, she found her daughter moving in house completely lost, padma called riddhima but she didn't listen, she entered in her father's study room and picked up one very old walkman and pressed its play button, a song started playing, tear rolled down from her eyes

when heard first line of the song "babul ki duayein leti jaa…" and she instantly entered in her adolescence age, when she's in 3^rd class, when she didn't know the meaning of "babul", her father used to like this song a lot, that time they didn't have any music system, so her father waits for this song to be played on T.V, his birthday came,

riddhima from her little piggy bank gifted him 1 walkman with his favorite

songs cassette in it , that day her father cried a lot, riddhima got worried and innocently asked "papa aapko gift acha nahi laga kya???" shashank shaked his head saying he liked it, riddhima questioned him "phir aap ro kyu raho ho??? Jab aap mere liye gifts late ho mai to bahut khush hoti hun, mai to nahi roti, phir aap kyu???",

shashank smiled a bit when his daughter cleared his tears, shashank hugged her and said "ye gift mere liye bahut keemti hai, mai waada karta hun aapse, iss gift ko apni jaan se jayda sambhal kar rakhunga, jiss din tum apne ghar jaaogi yahi gaana gaakar vida karunga apni laadli ko",

that time riddhima didn't understand much, his father never changed any other cassette, and kept that walkman very carefully, no one's allowed to touch that little gift, riddhima came in present when felt hand on her head, she stopped walkman and wiped her tear…

Sh: yaha kya kar rahi hai meri bitiya rani???

R: (with wrenching heart) unn lamhon ko jeene ki koshish kar rahi hun jo kuch palon mai hamesha ke liye mujhse chin liye jaayenge…

Sh: kya matlab??? (riddhima kept mum, and again played song, shashank took walkman from her hands and stopped the song, riddhima looked him, shashank placed his hand on her head lovingly and said..)

Naazo se tujhe paala maine kaliyo ki tarah phoolon ki tarah..

(from riddhima's eyes tears again dropped, she turned quickly and moved out from room, her past moved with her)

bacchpan mai jhullaya hai tujhko baaho ne meri jhullon ki tarah

(she found her father's image standing in common room and her tinner as well as her teenage image running happily around his father, her father caressing her head with love, appreciating her for her success, blessing her and throwing her in air, then rocking her in his arms..)

mere baag ki ey naajuk daali tujhe har pal nayi bahar mile…

(riddhima again looked at her father who placed his hand on his heart saying that she's his heart and he'll always pray for her happiness..)

maayake ki kabhi na yaad aaye..

(riddhima screamed before he could complete "bassssss", shashank looked at her with shock, padma, rahul too came in..)

R: bas kariye, iss gaane se mujhe nafrat ho gayi hai, mujhse meri jindagi cheen kar meri khushiyon ki duayein aap kabhi nahi maang paaoge papa… kabhi nahi… (saying so she rushed in drawing room where armaan and anjali're sitting, riddhima quickly cleared her tears and settled next to armaan quietly, armaan felt little weird and looked at riddhima quietly, anjali asked riddhima if she's ok, riddhima nodded..)

Everyone behaved normally in front of armaan and anjali, after few time when riddhima finds intolerable to sit, she stood up..

R: (looking at armaan) mujhe lagta hai hume nikalna chahiye… (again all made face)

Pa: riddhu..

R: wo hume aaj hi jaana hai na HAMESHA KE LIYE London, to thodi taiyari bhi karni hogi… (riddhima looked at her parents with sad face) challiye armaan… (don't know why but at present she felt only armaan's her own, rest all are strangers specially her parents, where as armaan again felt little different when heard his name from riddhima's lips, he starred at her and finally got up, they greeted each other but riddhima without uttering a single word started moving out, when)

Sh: riddhima…. (she stopped and without turning..)

R: itna acha gift diya hai papa aap logo ne mujhe ki mai jindagi bhar nahi bhul paungi, khud se dur karna hi tha to waise hi keh diya hota, meri shaadi ka bahana kyu banaya… sahi mayne mai aapne mera daan kar diya tha parso raat ko…

Ra: riddhu paagal ho gayi hai kya?? Aise bhi koi baat karta hai apne mummy papa se???, jo kuch bhi hua hai sirf teri khushiyon ke liye hua hai..

R: meri khushiyo ka bahana mat banaiyega bhai, aap to mere best buddy the, aapne mere saath aisa kyu kiya?? Kya aap bhi nahi jaante the ki meri khushiya kaha rehne mai hai??? (she didn't turn and rushed in car..)

In car anjali's following radio song, armaan's trying to change the song but anjali kept on warning him, riddhima broke down completely when heard lines..

Mai teri baahon ke jhulle mai pali babul,

jaa rahi hun chodke teri gali babul

Khubsurat ye jamane yaad aayenge,

chah kar bhi hum tumhe na bhul paayenge,

mushkil daaman ko chudana lagta hai,

dulhan ka to dil deewana lagta hai…

she hides her face in her palms and cried, when anjali placed her hand on her shoulder, she completely broke down, anjali worriedly asked armaan to stop the car, armaan irritatedly stopped the car, anjali opened the front door and removed riddhima's hands, riddhima hugged her tightly and cried, anjali helplessly looked at armaan, armaan made a face, anjali glared at armaan in anger and asked him to help her, armaan started looking other side…

An: kya hua bhabhi???

R: (after 5 minutes gets balanced and looked at anjali, then cleared her tears) I'm sorry…

An: bhabhi sorry kyu??? Bolliye kya hua???

R: kuch nahi…(then looked at armaan) I'm sorry… (armaan didn't react) hume challna chahiye, anu maa intejar kar rahi hogi… (armaan thought "mai sahi tha, ye ladki hai hi ajeeb, pata ni maa ko iss ladki mai kya najar aaya..", armaan from side mirror looked at riddhima who's looking outside the car, and then placed water bottle in her lap, riddhima looked at armaan)

A: (with straight face) paani peekar apna muh saaf kar lo, aisi haalat mai maa ke saamne gayi to hajaro sawaal puchengi…(riddhima took bottle and started looking here and there and mumbled "towel kaha rakh diya maine", she's finally ready to dip her saree's corner in bottle but found armaan's hanky in her lap, anjali from back teased)

An: ohh hoo aaj tak kabhi bahen ke liye to rumaal nahi nikla chahe wo jitna marji chillati rahe aur biwi ke bina kahe hi uski godd mai rumaal rakh diya..

(for lightening the mood, armaan glared her and thought to himself "atleast tumhe itni akal to hai ki kapdo se haath-muh nahi ponchte par ye maharani to……." He shaked his head and again thought "pata ni maa ko kya mil gaya mujhe isske saath baandh kar, kuch bhi akal nahi hai isse….."

They reached home, riddhima behaved perfectly as if nothing happened, rahul tried to call her, but she didn't respond, then rahul messaged her "gudiya(rahul very rarely calls her like this when he's extremely emotional) maamaji-maamiji ne jo bhi kiya sirf aur sirf teri khushiyon ke liye kiya, unhe laga armaan jaisa ladka tujhe kabhi nahi millega issliye unhone ye kadam uthaya, tujhe dukh hai to unka dukh bhi kam nahi hai, unhe bhi tujhse dur rehna padega, please aise ruthkar mat jaiyo, unhe mat saja de, maa-baap hai wo tere, sirf teri khushiyan chahte hai…"

In between ananya asked riddhima to get ready, riddhima's totally horrified and slowly slowly got up, anu gave her instructions but she's really far from her surroundings, with in 2 hours they're on airport, riddhima's feeling that slowly slowly someone's taking her soul away, shashank-rahul,padma,atul everyone's there, riddhima took blessings from her in-laws, then from her friends, in between kept on ordering her tears not to flow down from her eyes..

She reached near shashank-padma and kept on staring them, shashank opened his arms, ridhima cleared her tear and turned from them, her father cried, their announcement's made, riddhima moved forward, rahul kept on shaking his head thinking "aisa mat kar riddhu, na khud chaen se reh payegi naahi maama-maami, aisa mat kar please"

Riddhima with heavy steps moved forward, as she's on the verge of entering, she turned and came rushing to her parents and hugged them tightly, cried badly mumbling "aap mere bina reh sakte ho par mai ye kabhi nahi seekh paungi.. kabhi nahi…" everyone cried, riddhima rushed back and entered in without looking back…

Everyone kept on looking at their retreating figure and then consoled each other, with in an hour they saw their plane touching the sky, padma kept on waving her hand, rahul consoled her and everyone with heavy steps left for their homes…

To be continued…

Precap:

A: dekho mai abhi se saaf saaf keh raha hun, mujhe apne kaamo mai, apni life mai kissi ki bhi interference nahi pasand hai, tumhara jo mann kare karo but for god sake don't interfere in my life…

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An: bhai bhabhi keh rahi thi ki wo koi DNS market jaa rahi hai, waha koi sale lagi hui hai, bahut excited lag rahi thi……..(where as armaan's totally shocked)

Stay tunned…

Ankita..

hey Di..:) well the second part was very nice..:)
Anu is doing great job in blackmailing Armaan but still is right in her situation..:)
Armaan is being soo mean to Ridz..he just made an assumptions she is illiterate..how rude..!!!!
didnt even felt the need to meet n talk to her first... and poor Ridz..i feel bad for her..but again as ur ff title..Intezaar..:)
tc and continue soon..:)
Preet <3