Chapter 1 - Ahluwalia
A young 23 year old girl lay in her bed protected by a soft fur blanket with a picture frame in her hand and tears oozing out of her gorgeous green eyes. She was thinking about someone very dear to her. Someone who she loved and cared for more than anyone. She was mumbling something when all of a sudden the door flew open and there stood a handsome young man. Slowly, slowly he comes and sits beside the girl.
"Riddhima? Why are you crying baby? What happened?"
"I'm going to miss you so much Sid. Please don't go, don't leave me"
"Riddhima I have to go honey. Please try to understand. And you know I hate tears right? Please stop crying, please!" He pleaded her as he could bear anything in the world but those precious tears coming out of her beautiful eyes.
"Okay" she wipes the tears away and smiles "r u happy now?" and sees him nod.
"Bye Sid, I love you!"
"But Riddhima aren't you going to come see me off?"
"No I am sorry Sid but I am not really feeling well."
"Why? What happened? Are you okay? I'll just go call a doctor"
"No Sid it's not that bad, its just ... uhmm ... actually ... ahh ... woh ... I uhmm have FOOD POISIONING ... yeah woh kal bahar ke gol gappe kuch zyada hi kha liye the shayad. Isiliye mein nahi aa paungi... im sorry Sid"
"koi baat nahi Riddhima mein yahin ruk jata hoon, flight postpone kar wa doon ga. Tumhe is halat mein nahi chod ke ja sakta aur uncle aunty ko bata deta hoon."
"nahi Sid ruko, mein theek ho jaon gi, tum jao lekin mujhe yahin per bye kehna hoga. Bye Sid"
"Riddhimaaa, fine lekin please apna khayal rakhna aur mujhey call zaroor karna mein masi ke saath hi rehne wala hoon. Theek hai?"
He kisses her forehead and leaves the room after tucking her in bed and giving her a long lecture to keep away from shaitaniyan and take care of herself. As soon as Sid left, Riddhima burst into tears. She couldn't bear the distance between her best buddy and suddenly remembered the gift she had made for him. Haw, I forgot to give him the gift. No I have to somehow get this to him. But how? Uhmm .. idea ill take a taxi myself waise bhi ek bhi gadi nahi hai.
She gets up from her bed, quickly changes and runs outside the house to catch a taxi.
Oh god mujhe kyun nahi yaad raha use gift dena? Ek toh itni garmi ho rahi hai upar se taxi bhi nahi mili, is stupid se rickshaw mein beth kar jana padh raha hai. Please God, airport jaldi se aa jaye, mein aur bardassht nahi kar sakti.
"lo madam, airport aa gaya"
"shit kuch aur mangti toh mil jata, hmph! Kitna hua?"
"madam 150 rupees"
"eh pagal samjha hai kya? 50 rupee mein main supermarket se ghar pohanch jati hoon aur tum 150 rupees mang rahe ho"
"eh madam supermarket kareeb hai, airport nahi .. ab jaldi se mera paisa nikalo warna hum police ko bulaye ga. Samjhi kya? Chalo paise do?"
"theek hai, theek hai .. yeh lo tumhare 150."
She quickly grabs the gift and her purse and quickly runs inside the airport trying to find her way to the terminal. Finally after 15 mins she finds the terminal. She looks up and it says arrival'.
Ohmigod, this is arrival. Someone help me where is the departure? Oh God, Sid please don't leave without meeting me, Please.
She quickly turns around and runs the other way. She finally stops when she sees the departure' sign and Sid moving towards the gate. oh no, Sid stop!!!! She starts running again but falls over someone's bag. "AAAHHH" she stops screaming after she hears someone continuously call her. She slowly opens her eyes and is stunned to see the beauty in front of her eyes. "am I dead?" she asks the ocean blue eyes that were boring into hers. "uhmm no im sorry about that. I just put the bag down right now and you came running. I am really sorry. Are you hurt in anyway?" But Riddhima wasn't conscious anymore. She had lost her self completely after listening to the angelic voice and feeling the strong arms around her waist holding her tight.
Was this man standing in front of me real or was he just a figment of my imgagination? A dream? If it was a dream, then I would never want to wake up. A shiver ran through my spine as I touched his cheek and I was so glad he didn't disappear from my vision. He was truly a Greek God. Ahh, whats happening to me? *breathes* oh I was holding my breath. Phew, I would've died right here, right now. But I wouldn't have minded if it was in his arms.Whoa, Control Riddhima, Control. Wait a second, how did I even land up here? I was running and I bumped into him but why was I running? Ohmigod, SID.
I quickly push him away and run towards the terminal. Sid, WAIT! I run even more quickly as he nears the gate. And finally "caught you".
Siddhant was shocked as to how Riddhima all of a sudden came here. Riddhima was suppose to be sick so how is she here? Am I dreaming? *pinch* "aaaoooww"
"Riddhima what are you doing here?"
"Siddhant Modi, you idiot, moron, loser, I've been running after you since the last 5 mins. Did you know how embarrassing it was? Atleast take you headphones off when you're at the freak'in airport!"
"But Riddhima, you said you were sick that's why you couldn't come to see me off? How come you're here?"
"Well, I lied I wasn't really sick ... if I would've come here then I wouldn't have let you go, I would've cried my eyes out .. and I didn't want to spend my precious beautiful tears on a jerk like you."
"Then how come you are here?"
"First reason, how can I not see my best friend for the last time ... well at least for 3 years, but that's still a very long time, okay? And I forgot to give you this gift."
She hands him a simple yet elegant silver box with a pink ribbon.
"before you say anything Sid about the pink ribbon and how its not your style. I packed it in a hurry so don't you dare. And anyhow pink is my favourite colour. You know how much I love pink. So don't you dare say anything about it. Plus it looks so good with silver and you know what .."
Sid stops her mid-way as he knew that this non-stop talking of hers will make him miss his flight. "acha acha meri maa, theek hai nahi kehta pink ko kuch, khush? Lekin is mein hai kya?"
"bola na Sid yeh tumhara gift hai. Acha chalo ab jao warna flight miss ho jayegi. Aur haan apna khayal rakhna, khana theek se khana, wahan thand bohat hoti hai toh kapde zara dhang ke pehena .."
There she goes again *sigh* im gonna miss her so much. "haan haan mein apna khayal rakhun ga lekin mujhe teri chinta ho rahi hai Riddhima. Tu waise hi apna khayal nahi rakhti hai aur phir uncle aunty bhi lonavla jaa rahe hain. Riddhima tu Geet ke ghar chali ja na, whats the problem in that? Tujhe company bhi mil jaye gi. aur tu bore bhi nahi hogi. Ek hafte ki hi toh baat hai. Phir Arohi aur Nupur apne camp se wapas aa jayein ge aur thode dino baad Khushi Di bhi aa jayein gi.
"theek hai baba mein chali jaon gi, ab khush? lekin abhi tum jao warna tumhari flight miss ho jayegi aur phir sara ilzaam mujh par dal doge, aur mujhe is waqt tumhe naraaz nahi karna. So go, okay? Take care of yourself and have fun don't just be engrossed in your studies. And don't forget to call me when you reach USA"
They finally bid each other good-bye with slight tears in their eyes.
Edited by Princessangel - 12 years ago
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