Part 13: Unbreakable Bond
I ran out of the disc crying and kept running on the street.. Not knowing where was I going.
"Ridzyyy" Nuts called out to me from a distance but I was not in a state to listen to anyone.
I just stopped a taxi
"Kaha jana hai Madam?" Taxi wala asked me
"Kahin bhi jao..lekin bass mujhe yaha se door le jao" I answered, irritated
I couldn't stop crying.
Armaan trusted that idiot Rohit and not me?
But what did I do? Even I did the same.. I didn't trust him. How did he feel at that time?
It really hurts when the person you love the most disowns you when you need them the most.
All the events that happened from Nut's suicide till Armaan humiliating me - Played in my mind.
"Madam, puri raat ghumte rahogi?" Taxi wala asked me
I realised the time - It was 2 AM.
"Bass yehi rokh dejye! Kitne hue?" I asked him for the bill
"Rs. 750!" He answered
"Kya? 750? Dimag kharab hai aapka?" I asked him
"aur nahi tho kya..2 hrs se ghum rahe ho" He said
"Dekho main gussa ho..Mujhe aur gussa math dilao..Main sirf 500 dongi" I said and looked for my purse
BUT I didn't find my purse. Did I leave it in the disc? OH NO!
"Mere pass paise nahi hai! Tata bye" I said nervously and went to get down of the taxi but I realised that I had reached some strange isolated place. I sat back in.
"Aap mujhe wohi jagha wapis le jao.. phir main apke paise de dongi" I said
"Nahi..nahi..Mujhe aap pe bharosa nahi. Waha jaa ke kahoge tata bye bye tho main kya karonga? Bahane nahi Chalenge..Mujhe mere paise do?!!!" He said, getting even more angry
"Pleasee..samjne ki koshish kejye" I requested
"Ya tho paise do ya tho yeh gadi seedhi police station mein rokhengi" He warned
and since I didn't have any money so POLICE STATION was my next stop.
The Taxi wala dragged me inside the police station
"Batameezi ki bhi hadh hote hai" I shouted at him
"Gareeb insaan ko lutt thi ho aur mujhe batameez bolati ho?" He yelled back
"Duniya ke saare PSYCHOS mujhe hi kyun milte hai?" I grumbled
"Ek tho galath karte ho upar se angrezi mein gali bhi dete ho.." He grumbled back
My head was splitting into 2 pieces.
Ever since I've come here..Trouble seems to have fallen in love with me. Grr!
While the taxi wala was complaining to a police man.. I saw the head police man shouting at Armaan.
I rubbed my eyes and saw again. ARMAAN? What is he doing here?
"Bata kyun mara uss ladke ko..Kya nam hai uska..Rohit?" Police man asked Armaan
"Sirf mara.. Jaan se marna chaheye tha" Armaan said, angrily
"Kyun usne tere girlfriend pe line mara?" Police man asked him
Armaan banged his hand on the desk, angrily
Armaan bashed up Rohit???????? For me????? My heart jumped with joy for a second but then I realised the seriousness of the situation.
"Kyun HERO bana hai?" Police man shouted at Armaan "Le teri HEROINE bhi ah gayi" He added looking at me.
Armaan looked at me shocked "Tum yaha kya karr rahe ho?" He asked me sternly
"Le jao ishe aur lock up mein dal do" Police man ordered to put Armaan in the lock up
"Aur beta tumne kya kiya ab?" Police man asked me
"2hrs ke petrol waste karr diya mera aur ab paise nahi de rahe." Taxi wala complaint
''Paise do iska ! '' Police man said
"Nahi..Main nahi doongi" I said on purpose bcos I wanted to join Armaan in jail :D
Jail Lock up - That's the last place I would like to visit
I cannot believe I could ever be so silly. But love makes you walk on roads on which you never dreamt of walking.
Love..Err..I mean friendship! Aur kabhi kabhi galath baat mein bhi dost ka sath de dena is not bad!? Isn't it?
And Yay.. I was in JAIL! But not in Armaan's lock up.
But still I could see him and he could see me. There were only iron bar barriers between us - This reflected the barriers that had come in our relationship.
I looked at Armaan. Kitna misunderstand kiya hai maine ushe..Ek bar nahi bar bar - I thought to myself
I found myself in some imaginary dream world
I went back to our childhood
I saw my friend - 6yr old Armaan
It was only me and him and no one else
He walked towards me.. I stepped back and ran away from him.
I kept running away from him and he kept running behind me
He tried to get hold of me but failed.
Suddenly, he disappeared..And I felt My heart stopped. I closed my eyes.
"Armaan, please don't leave me.. I feel incomplete without you!" My heart cried. I opened my eyes
And found all grown up 18 yr old Armaan in front of me.
I hugged him tight as ever.
~Tujse hi hai meri bandage
Tujse meri jaan hai~
He intensely kissed my forehead then cheeks and headed towards my lips.
My lips trembled feeling Armaan's lips so close to mine.
~Saaya tera mera ashana
Tu mera Armaan hai~
I snapped out of the imaginary dream world.
I found myself blushing.
How filmy was that ! OMG..I've lost it! Totally! Don't you think?
"Armaan!" I called out to him
But as usual he ignored me
"Jo hue ushe tum bhool nahi sakhte..Hum phir se dost nahi bann sakhte?" I requested again
He didn't answer
"Jaante ho maine galath kiya and I'm a jerk" I said
"Agree!" He finally answered
That means he is listening.
"Lekin tum ushe bade jerk ho" I said
His grumpy face turned grumpier
"Maine tumhe uss din hurt kiya aur tumne mujhe aaj hurt kiya. So hisab barabar hua! Main tumhe maaf karte ho aur tum bhi mujhe karo?" I tried to make him understand
"Blah blah blah" He teased me and closed his ears
"Jinka bada dil hota hai..Wo maaf karr dete hai..aur tumare bada dil hai na? Ya chota sa hai?" I asked him, making a sad face
"Aye..Kise bache se baat karr rahe ho kya?" He snapped back at me
"Tum ladki jaise bhav khana bandh kab karonge?" I asked him
"Jab tum ladko jaise sorry board lekar mere peche bhagna bandh karongi" He said
"Tho tum mujhe maaf karo?" I said again
"Never" He said and turned his face
OMG! This guy is soo difficult!
Armaan's dad bailed him out.
He paid my taxi bill with fine and took me out as well.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
It was 4 am - I was looking out for another taxi but I remembered I didn't have money so I choose to walk it out. I kept walking. Armaan stopped his car in front of me and honked.
I ignored him and kept walking. If he has ego then even I've self respect huh!
"Sit in the car" Armaan shouted
"NO" I said, stubbornly
"Kyun mujhe phir se jail bhejna ka irradha hai?" He asked, irritated
"Jail?" I asked, confused
"Obviously, itne raat akeli sadko pe ghumongi and like you have a habit of falling into trouble so phir se koi tumhe chedanga and I will bash them and end up in jail!" He explained the consequences of not sitting in his car
He had a point so without any argument I sat in his car.
He drove a little distance
I found him starring at me thru the car's front mirror.
I looked into his eyes.
And our eyes got locked.
Armaan's love for me over took the anger for few seconds.
In those few seconds he dropped the plastered mask and his true feelings showed up in his eyes/face.
I felt myself melting away once again.
But then he broke the moment and looked away.
"Armaan?" I said
"Shut up!" He snapped
"10 days se aise karr rahe ho..Mujse baat nahi karte..Mere taraf dekhte bhi nahi..No pranks!! Not that I miss you.." I tried to lie
He kept quiet but I knew he was listening
"But don't you miss me?" I asked
"NO!" Phat came the reply from him "I don't miss you.. I don't know you.. I don't wanna talk to you.." He added, angrily
"Kya yeh tumara final answer hai? Sure?" I asked
"HAAN!" He said
"Like really really baat nahi karni?" I asked again
"Really really baat nahi karni!" He said, getting irritated with me now
"Par abhi tho baat karr rahe ho!" I said
"Nahi, main baat nahi karr raha..Tum baat karr rahe ho" He corrected
"Par tum reply de rahe ho" I said
"Nahi, main koi reply nahi de raha!" He replied
"Abhi tho reply diya yane tum mujse baat karr rahe ho!" I said
"NOOO WAYS! And Now SHUT UP!" He said irritated
"I won't shut up till..." I paused as he stopped the car between the road
He loosened his seat belt and came close to me.
"Better shut up or..." He warned he will kiss me if I speak one more word - Armaan's only trick to shut me up was back.
I touched my cheeks to his cheeks "Maine jhut kaha that I don't miss you!" I whispered in his ears
I gave him a light hug "I really miss you" I said, softly.
I laid my head on his shoulder.
~Ishq leta hai kaise imtehan
Ishq mein jeeyon, ishq mein maro, Ishq hi mera bhagwan~
And then slowly he hugged me back.
His touch - send shivers thru my whole body.
This time, I felt Armaan melting away too.
~Ishq mein jalte hai hum raat din
Haan yeh mera dil na mane tere bin tere bin~
We stayed like that for sometime.
I wish this time, this moment could be paused forever.
~Haye Rabba, Tu hi meri jaan, Tu hi jahaan
Tu hi meri manzil, tere ishq mein, Main qurbaan~
He abruptly broke the hug and started driving in full speed.
He stopped outside Nut's house.
"LEAVE!" He said, rudely
"Do you have any split personality disorder?" Finally I asked him the question that was running in my mind from days "Kabhi pyaar kabhi var" I added
He turned on the music in full volume..Cos he didn't wanna hear me or answer me.
Grr..This guy! I got down of the car and walked away.
But he didn't leave till the time I reached home.
"Care bhi karta hai..Hate bhi karta hai..Kya karta hai..Kya nahi karta..Kuch predict nahi kar sakhte" I kept grumbling to myself
"Post midnight date pe gayi thi Armaan ke sath?" Nut's asked me, sleepily
I was about to explain her the story but she fell asleep again.
I was too exhausted so I just dropped myself on the bed and fell asleep as well.
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Next day, I left early for college.
I went to the locker Room and opened Armaan's locker and kept - A drawing - This drawing was one of my childhood memory with Armaan that I had kept with me for years.
I wish he remembers it? I looked at the drawing and went into flashback
>>>>Flashback 12years ago<<<<
6years old Armaan dragged me and made me sit on a stool.
"Maintain that pose!" He ordered me
"Photo nikal rahe ho?" I asked him
"Nah! MF Husain.. urf Armaan Malik is gonna paint you..Tum bhi kya yaad rakhogi" He said
"OK but make a nice one" I said, grinning
Armaan concentrated on the painting book with his tongue out. He looked at me and then Painted. It seemed he painted every detail about me.
First time someone was painting me..I was really excited.
"Are you done?" I asked, after an hour
"Arre miss-piece ko master piece mein convert karne ke liye time lagta hai... thodi dair aur..." He said
"Miss-piece???? Ok whatever but Make it quick.. My hand is paining in this statue pose" I grumbled
After another hour "READYYY!!!!!!!!" He screamed, excited
"Show me.. Show me" I ran to him and pulled the book "ahhh!!!" I yelled seeing the painting.
Painting = A fat girl with weird hair and red cheeks in anger
"Yeh main ho?" I asked him, angrily
"After 20yrs..Tum sab mummy's jaise moti ho jaogi...tho gusse mein aise hi lagogi" He said
Grr..I banged his head with the same book
I took the pencil and made a sketch of Armaan on back-side of the same paper.
"aur yeh tum ho...20yrs badh!" I told him, pointing at the sketch I made
Skech = A man with longgg nose, big stomach and bald
"My nose is not that long.." He corrected
"20yrs badh bann jayenge... Jhut bolte bolte! Wo story nai suna.. jitna jhut bolte hai uthna hi nose lamba hota jaata hai? Aur tum itna khate ho tho tumara stomach bhi itna bada ho jayenga." I explained my sketch "Aur bald issliye..kyunki" I added
"Kyun ki tumare sath reh reh ke..Main khud aapne saare baal kech loonga.. hai na?" He completed my sentence, angrily
"Exactly!" I said in agreement while he made a grumpy face
>>>>Present<<<<
I snapped back to present moment.
I left the drawing in his locker and closed it.
I heard Armaan's voice..He was heading towards the locker room.
So I hid behind the changing room curtain.
He opened his locker and found the drawing.
He kept starring at it then a small smile came on his lips.
That means he remembers it!
The smile increased as he re-collected our childhood memories.
He kept the drawing back in his locker and took out a photo frame.
He opened my locker and kept it there. He left for classes.
I opened my locker and found the photo frame
Photo = 6yr old Armaan and 5yr old Ridhima with chocolate-mustache and chocolate-beard
>>>>Flashback 12years ago<<<<<
"Armaan, Dekho maine kya banaya hai..chocolate cream cake!!" I said, excited
"Tumne banaya hai?" He asked, shocked
"Haan! Taste karo" I said
"Are you mad? I can't take that risk" He said, suspecting the cake
"Kyun? Varna tho bade kathro ke khiladi bante ho aur ek cake taste karne se darte ho?" I teased him
"Kathro ke khiladi tho main ho lekin iska matlab yeh nahi ke main suicide karo" He said, rudely
"How rude is that? Subha se itne mehnaat se bana rahe ho and you can't even taste it..just to make me happy?" I said, making a sad face
"NO WAYS!" He said, stubbornly
I got angry and smashed the whole cake on his face
He got angry and pulled me and touched his face to my face in process applying all chocolate cream on my face.
>>>>Present<<<<
I snapped back to present moment.
"Kash pahele jaise ho sakhta humari dosti" I said to myself
"Ho sakhta hai" Armaan whispered in my ears
I turned and found him close to me
"I'm SO"---RRY I was gonna say but he cut me
"I know thoda cliche hai but dosti mein No sorry No Thanku..Basket!" He said, and hit me playfully on my head
I was left shocked
"urm urm" He cleared his throat "Friends again?" He extended a friendship hand
"Abhi mera mood nahi hai" I turned my face and showed some attitude
He turned me towards him hardly and stared at me.
"Sooch lo basket..Offer sirf limited time thak hai" Armaan teased me
"FRIENDS!!" I said immediately, with all smiles
He had got a chocolate cake from the canteen in advance "Let's celebrate!!" He added, giving me a wicked grin
His intentions didn't seem to be good.
"Nahi Armaan" I stepped back
"Haan Ridhima" He stepped forward
"Nooo" I said, closing my eyes
"Yess" He said, wickedly grinning
SMASH! He smashed the cake on my face - And with this my bratty friend was back in my life.
Grr.. I was left with my mouth opened.
I touched my cheek to his and transferred some cake cream on his face/shirt.
After that we both tasted the cake..It was yum! And today it tasted even more better.
Today, I realized one thing - No circumstance, situation or person can destroy the relation which is built on a strong foundation. And Armaan and my relation was just like that - Unbreakable!
To be continued..
The part was a bit filmy 😆 but I hope you liked reading it?
Please do leave your Comments and let me know how was the part 😳
~Ritu~
Edited by Ms.Goody - 13 years ago
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