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Part 20 (b)

Riddhima looked at herself in the big mirrors that adorned the walls in Ishaan's studio. She'd been sitting there, doing nothing since the last fifteen minutes. She flipped her cell phone open to see if there were any messages or calls from him. There were none. She frowned in displeasure. She hated it when people were late.

He SAID he'd be there at 3.30! It's four thirty now and he still isn't here?! Ek phone bhi nahi kiya? Arghh ... Armaan Malik, tum aao toh sahi!

She got up and started organizing the room. She kept the discs she was going to use for reference beside the DVD player, turned the T.V on and put in one of the CDs so that it'd be ready to play as soon as he came. Sighing, she lay on the floor, bored to death.

A few minutes later she got up once again. Kya yaar...kitni der kar di ussne! Ab main kya karoon? I might as well put on some music and think of a few random steps...Ish bhi nahi aaya...

She switched on the music and stood motionlessly, feeling the beats. They pumped through her and she sighed. It felt almost cathartic. After a long time she found herself alone with her dancing. The past few days had managed to turn her life upside down. As if work and jealousy wasn't enough, she also had to figure out her feelings towards Armaan now!

Giving out a frustrated sigh she started dancing, losing herself in the music, oblivious to everything around her.

Armaan entered the studio, through the slightly ajar door. He could hear music and wondered if it was Riddhima or just Ishaan's students. He went in and asked the receptionist the directions to the room where Riddhima was. As he walked, he tried to imagine how Riddhima would react. Dude...ussme imagine karne ki kaunsi baat hai? Obviously she's gonna be mad at you! I can't believe I forgot to text her that I was coming late, it's 5 right now...I gotta apologize...that it, is she lets me speak!

Grinning to himself he pushed open the door to the room. The loud music startled him and for a moment he just stood there, trying to make sense of what was happening. Suddenly, he saw Riddhima dance her way around the room. Armaan stared at her, transfixed. She moved with a surreal grace, managing to look fierce as well as enchanting. Wearing a tank top with leggings, she danced without inhibitions, lost completely in the moment. Before he knew it, the song came to an end and Riddhima sat down on the floor, breathing heavily. She drank water from the bottle she'd kept nearby and looked at her phone. A frown settled on her face. He watched her, unable to take his eyes off her.

Riddhima sat on the floor, soaked to the skin after all that dancing. A smile made its way to her face. It'd been long since she'd danced like that. She felt better, calmer now. The songs were still playing and she closed her eyes listening to the music.

Crush [Glee cast version: Originally by Jennifer Paige]

Ahh, crush, ahhh

I see ya blowin' me a kiss
It doesn't take a scientist
To understand what's going on baby
If you see something in my eye
Let's not over-analyze
Don't go too deep with it baby (baby)

So let it be, what it'll be
Don't make a fuss and get crazy over you and me
Here's what I'll do
I'll play loose
not like we have a date with destiny

It's just (aah) a little crush (crush)
Not like I faint every time we touch
It's just (aah) some little thing (crush)
Not like everything I do, depends on you
Sha-la-la-la, Sha-la-la-la

It's raising my adrenaline
You're banging on a heart of tin
Please don't make too much of it baby
Say the word "forever more"
That's not what I'm looking for
All I can commit to is "maybe"

So let it be what it'll be
Don't make a fuss and get crazy over you and me (crazy over you and me)
Here's what I'll do
I'll play loose
Not like we have a date with destiny (Oohoo)

It's just (aah) a little crush (crush)
Not like I faint every time we touch
It's just (aah) some little thing (crush)
Not like everything I do depends on you
Sha-la-la-la, Sha-la-la-la

Vanilla skies
White picket fences in your eyes
A vision of you and me

It's just (aah) a little crush (crush)
Not like I faint every time we touch
It's just (aah) some little thing (crush)
Not like everything I do (everything i do) depends on you
Sha-la-la-la (ahh hey yeah yeah)
Sha-la-la-la
Sha-la-la-la(Oh Babe Not like everything I do Depends on you)
Sha-la-la-la
Sha-la-la-la (ahh hey yeah yeah)
Sha-la-la-la

The song played while Riddhima listened to it intently. Her memories with Armaan flashed in front of her eyes and suddenly laughter bubbled up her throat. The whole song was an antithesis of what she felt! She burst out laughing. All that confusion, the jealousy, everything came out and she felt lighter than she had in a long time.

She stopped suddenly when she heard someone say, "Should I be scared of you?"

Armaan looked at her, grinning. He was just going to say "Hi!" when he heard her laugh. He looked at her; her eyes were shining with tears of mirth. He wondered what the big joke was.

Riddhima turned around to see him and narrowed her eyes. He was more than an hour late! "SOMEONE apparently, doesn't have a watch!" she quipped, glaring.

"And hey to you too. Ridhima...I can-"

"It's FIVE right now Armaan! You said you'd be there at 3.30! Itna late?"

"Riddhima, I'm sorry na! Woh kya hai na, clients ki flight late ho gayi thi...aur phir meeting bhi late khatam hui...so I got late!"

"But you could've called or at least texted me!"

He smiled sheepishly. "I uh forgot to do that..."

Riddhima giggled at his adorable expression. She was in a particularly good mood right now and nothing could ruin it.

"Fine, you're forgiven! Ab chalo we don't have a lot of time!"

He smiled and followed her to the T.V. "Er...Riddhima? Tum T.V kyun on kar rahi ho?"

"Woh, I've got about three DVDs which have videos of dance performances. It'll be easier if we can select one from those three! Phir humein choreography pe zyaada dhyaan anhi dena padega, we could just work on our skills! That is, if you don't mind! Agar tumhe naya dance karna hai, toh we'll do that!" she replied.

"Nah. What you said, is fine with me! After all dance ke baare mein tum zyaada jaanti ho!"

She clicked play and the video started. Armaan watched it intently. It was some kind of a show. The dance started and Armaan looked at it in wonder. All the dances were couple dances with Riddhima performing with Ishaan. One of them was what they'd done in the face-off while another one was a complicated dance something like Salsa. But it was the last dance that he loved the most. It was beautifully done and the final result looked absolutely breathtaking. It had a lot of complicated steps but yet it shone with simplicity and understated brilliance.

Even before it got over, Armaan said, "This one!"

Riddhima smiled. "It's my favorite too!"

She took out the DVD and put it in its place. She came and sat down in front of him, crossing her legs, Indian style.

"What now? Riddhima, maine dance toh choose kiya, but it's really tough and then we only have two months! And how do we begin? You have professional training in dance, mera kya?"

"Whoa whoa whoa...chill! I'm not going to leave you to fend for yourself on the stage Armaan!" she said, laughing. "I've chalked out a rough plan, which if we follow, we should be alright."

"Okay..." he said, still a little uncertain.

"See, the first week, I plan to work on the basics. Umm when I say basics, I mean the basics of this particular dance. Baaki sab ke liye humaare paas time nahi hai. By the end of this week, if all goes well, you should be well versed with the nuances of contemporary dancing. Then next week, we shall work on the fllips, the dives, the lifts and all. We need to see if we can do it well. And after that, I think we can start working on the actual dance. My target is, that we finish the whole dance two weeks before the rehearsal."

"Two weeks?! Itna jaldi?"

"Of course! Once we finish with the whole thing, we have to do the sets, the costumes and stuff like that for which I'm not spending anything more than a day! And then there's practice! Tumhe pata nahin, lekin poora dance khatam karne ke baad jo practice hoti hai na, woh sabse important hoti hai! So many mistakes will turn up! Believe, two weeks is the least we can do!"

He nodded. She was amking sense. "Waise, how do you have all these videos of you and Ishaan?"

"Both of us used to go to the same dance academy in uni! Over there, we used to do about 3 shows every year! Hence the videos!"

Armaan frowned. Seemed like she had a lot of history with Ishaan! "Riddhima?"

"Hmm?"

"Umm how do you know Ishaan?"

Riddhima was wearing her balet flats when she heard him ask her this. She grinned and decided to have some fun. "Umm he's my ex-boyfriend!"

It seemed as if his face would be permanently etched with the frown. Ex-boyfriend??!! What the hell?! Koi apne ex ke saath friends kaise reh sakta hai? Ugh...this shit is messing with my brain! Focus on the dance Armaan. Focus.

She looked at him, well aware of what wasa going on in his head. Fighting a laugh, she said, "Ab chalo bhi! We need to start!"

Time passed by easily enough as she explained him everything she knew about the dance form. He listened to her his interest level rising. He liked the contemporary from what she'd described. It had a sense of freedom to it. You could do any song and then there was a variety of steps too. It was going to be an entertaining two months.

It was almost eight when they were finished. They hadn't done any dancing today; she'd just explained it all to him. She was closing the zip of her bag when she heard his phone beep, beside her. "Armaaan! You've got an email! It's from your mom!"

He wondered what it was. Probably nothing important. "I'm washing my face, padh ke bataao kya hai! I'm sure it's nothing serious!"

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah!"

She opened the mail.

Beta, look what I found! Yeh video Nikki ke paas tha! Are you taking care of yourself?

Below that was a video. Riddhima pressed the play button. The videp played and she laughed till tears were streaming down her face.

The video had Armaan in it when he was four years old. He was running around pretending to be an aeroplane and giggling. At the end of the video he walked up to the camera, turned around and shook his butt cutely. She laughed until she couldn't breathe.

Armaan came out, his face wet and saw Riddhima laughing. For the second time he wondered if anything was wrong with her. He asked her what was the matter and she just pointed to the video and continued laughing.

Armaan snatched the phone from her hand and the saw the whole thing, his face turning redder every second. No wonder she was laughing! He put his phone in his pocket and looked at her, embarrassed to no end.

Riddhima saw him looking at her, embarrassed. Her face had gone red from laughing. She walked up to him and spontaneously, she pulled his cheeks! "Aww Armaan you were adorable!"

He frowned. "WERE?"

In reply she did an imitation of him in that video.

Armaan narrowed his eyes in mock anger. "You...you...tum ruko!" Riddhima ran before he could catch her and soon they were running around the studio, their laughter echoing in the room.

He caught her a few minutes later and grabbed her from the waist, turning her around. She laughed and struggled to get out of his hold. "Riddhima, I'm going to tickle you if you don't stop!"

"Fine! But I'm not ticklish!" she said, hoping she could convince him.

"We'll see about that!" He started tickling her while she squealed. They played around like that until she backed up against the wall and he stood there close to her.

Riddhima's eyes flew to his face, her face flustered from all that laughing and now this proximity. She looked into his eyes that were looking at her intently, the laughter suddenly halting. She wondered what the hell happened to her when she came this close to him. I go kaput, that's what happens! Move away before you both do something stupid, Riddhima!

She shifted slightly, breaking the spell. Armaan moved his hands away, stepping back.

"Umm see you tomorrow?" she asked, hoping to change the subject.

"See you tomorrow." He confirmed.

"Be on time!" she said, as they both walked out of the door.

"Yes Ma'am!" He winked at her, making her shake her head at his insane ways.

As they walked in the opposite directions, they only had one thought in their minds ' It was going to be a long two months...maybe even longer than they'd thought.

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So the parts done...I don't think it turned out that well but meh.

About the next update...I don't know but keep pestering me, I love it 😆

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xoxo

Aanya

**Edited**

I WANT MORE AR MOMENTS NOWWW!!!!! *Crying and bawling like a stubborn baby* They are shooo adorable...!! you can give them atleast a COUPLE more moments..!! But ur last line gave me hope...'it's gonna be along two months..' yeahhh it will.!!! Esp if you update sooo irragularly like that..!!😆

now back to the part..the cutest bit was NO DOUBT..it won hands down..the video of Armaan when he was 4!!! I had my mouth open imagining what Armaan would be going through..all that embarrassment..I think I myself must have blushed because I felt the way I did when my dad always teases me infront of a huge group of people..about the sort of wierd things I did..!! and he never lets it go..!! lolx..

Then their small intimate moment...hee hee hee..awwhh..it left me craving for more..!! hence i say..i WANT MORE AR MOMENTS NOWW!!! 😭 And Hawww...Armaan made Riddhima wait for a whole 1.5 hours..??!!! Doesn't he know not to make a girl wait??!! idiot kahinka..I think Riddhimalet him off tooo easily..!! Maybe she should make him more jealous with more videos of her and Ishaan..😉..Yes..and she can tell him..Payback's a bitch!!! LOL!!

continue supperrr sooon..!! coz I'll start pestering you if you don't!! 😊 I was being understanding all this time..but now Mujhe chahiye chahiye chahiye!!! lolxx

Love,

Sanaa

haha..armaan's video z too cute...

thx 4 da pm

amoon