New AN FF untitled , COMPLETED !

Hi guys POSTING a new AN ff that I wrote a long itme ago I odnt know wheter u guys are still intrested in AN ... but I still ove them so here goes ...

Part 1 Day 1

Strangers at the Airport

"Oh fo Nikki see there was no need for all that hurrying to get here anyway and now thanks to you we have nothing to do but sit around and be bored" Armaan said with a conceited tone . They were at the Mumbai Airpot flying to Goa to a week long conference organised by a new Drug manufacturing MNC trying to make its roots in India . The company had a huge advertising budget and didnt shy away from using it liberaly they had organised an all India Doctors conference at an exotic hotel in GOA , inticing doctors and hospitals from all over India.
"It's thanks to me we are here on time Armaan , else we would have missed the flight ... now how is it my fault that the flight has been delayed ... " Nikki answered back haughtily , her friend really was too much at times. She had wasted a lot of energy in getting them to the airport in time and here he was scolding her instead ... typical Armaan . She took a deep breath Armaan was after all Armaan

" neways no issue let's look for two seats and wait while... " she continued trying to check her anger and pacify the situation
" No no no Nikki , I can't stand to spend any more time near you , as it is I am sick of hearing your voice since six in the morning ... Armaaan get up , Armaaan have you moved ... are you ready ... Armaan rreally we will miss the flight , armaan hurry ... armaaan armaan .. Im tired of hearing my name from your mouth ... ...I think i'll just ... oh who do we have here ,my ex boss Dr Moody ...let me just go and ..."
"Armaaan where are you going ...? Nikki said ... in the exact accent armaan was imitating quiet well just a few mins ago, as Armaan started walking away from her and she hurried after him.
"arey Nikki that is my ex-boss out there ... see ", Nikki looked in the direction Armaan was pointing but couldn't make out the exact person he was trying to point out ... the airport was crowded thanks to many cancelled flights
"Ex Boss ? ...you mean from Sanjeevani ... so they actualy threw the arrogant man out ...?"
:No ! he actualy doubled the profits ...so they let him stay ...Armaan said with a grudge ... Ex as in I don't work under him anymore ... let's go ... chalke use pakaate hain ..."
"wha ... Armaan ... where are you ..." Nikki cried , running after him as Armaan made his way towards his new target
"Dr Modi ... what a surprise to see you here " he knowingly kept 'pleasant' out of his sentence ...
Abhi turned to notice this person adressing him and gave a reluctant half smile
"... so how is everyone in Sanjeevani doing Dr Shubankar , Dr Keerti ..? Armaan continued, obviously not intrested in knowing how his ex boss himelf was doing.

" ... new interns treating you well ? " he said trying to irk him a bit more.

"...we are ALL doing quiet well DOCTOR Armaan ... and interns ... well they are all the same ... young rebellious , think they own the world ...but they ALL fall in line sooner ...or later ..." he said not a bit pertrubed by Armaan's attempts to undermine him infact to Armaan's he was smirking !
"But tell me How are you doing DOCTOR Armaan... your new hospital ... doing well ...(inspite of you being there his tone seemed to say.

This ex boss was giving back as good as he got from Armaan .. he sure was a tough one Nikki admitted.
"My hospital is very happy with me !" Nikki heard Armaan saying almost defensively ... so Mr Boss had fretted him !
"Oh we do train our Doctors well Doctor Mallik " he said as a last blow . The way he insisted on callin Armaan doctor was insultin in itself.

Nikki was enjoyig the fast failing idea of smart ass Armaan of troubling his ex -boss.. ThIS GUY gave back blow for blow to Armaan , she had been standing behind Armaan , his boss not in her view but her curosity made her step up to catch a full view of this man , she got a mild shock as she did that ...he was unlike what she had imagined, instead of a middle aged boss this guy looked like a smart businessman , just a few years older to them. This guy was Armaan's ex-boss ?
Nikki had suddenly appeared between them and Armaan's attention went to her " Let me introduce my colleague Dr Nikkita Malhotra
Both turned to look at her and she hastily tried to form a polite smile on her face which froze mid way as all this guy did in retun to the introduction was nod his head courteously at her . She was shocked at his attitude ...what arrogance ..!
"So Dr Malhotra do you get anywork done with Dr Armaan around in your hospital" he said to her abdruptly.
SO he was dismissing her as an unresponsible Doctor like Arman ... hot anger rose in her ,she wanted to protest at his assumption ... the next second Nikki was shocked at her self ...what ? she didnt want to be associated with Armaan ? this insolent man was insulting Armaan and even her for being his friend)...he was making her head spin ... and also making anger rise in her like never before .How the situation was defused , when she walked away from him, she didnt remember, but this one encounter with the insolant man was enough to appreciate Armaan's frequent ranting against his monster ex boss.

Arman and Nikki disembarked at their destination tired and disheveled..but more dissapointment awaited them as their shuttle was going to be half an hour late..tiredly they walked to the exit where nikki noticed subconciously a uniformed driver holding a plackard for DR mODI ...whoever this dr modi was, he was one lucky guy , he was obviously going to the confrence in a big chaufer driven car and they were going shuttle ...a just treatment to non consequential junior doctors like them .

As Abhi sat in his car his mind wandered to dr Armaan's new GF ..he had ended up offending her un intentionaly ...why was even basic decent conversation so difficult for him ...or was it that he still bore a grudge against armaan...

it was no wonder Armaan had ended up with a bfl girl AGAIN ...but wasnt she a bit short in height ...she wsnt as great as Armaans taste in girls ... his taste was for tall model's not short and cute doctors...

Suddenly he noticed the very people he was thinking about at the airport exit and offered them a lift to the resort . Armaan sat in front ..obviously he wldnt make Nikki sit with the chauffer

As Nikki apprehensively sat with Abhi she was surprised as he addressed her
'so which discipline are u working in ... abhi tried to make polite conversation but as soon as nikki answered he clamed up and got busy in his thoughts...

this guy as weired ... he insulted her then offered them a lift ...he started a conversation and then clamed up.

Abhi was at a loss ...he had wanted to make up for his rudeness and also to make himself and her comfortable ..he had tried to make small talk ...but now what ?...he was not much of a conversationalist ...and also not wanting to get too friendly with armaan's girl fried... he had clamed up...

For the first time in his life he did not know how to behave and ...what to feel ...

Thanks for your comments guys ... realy appreciate .. hers the next part hope you enjoy , cause ersonal I love this FF !

Part 2 Confusion and Prejudice

They had reached their destination ... Armaan's EX-boss had not spoken a single word to her during the whole 40 minute trip ... was he rude arrogant or just anti-social ... she thought should thank him but what shd she say ... shd she call him Sir ... She didnt want to call this rude man Sir ...and there was so much confusion , he wasn't as bad as she had assumed ...maybe just confused. She got down and collected her bags ...wanting to get away from this confusing man and have a look around the resort ..maybe walk to the beach...anyways she was here to have fun .

She cldnt wait anymore as soon as her luggage was in her room , she ran towards the beach ... all her tiredness forgotten ...

After an hour at the beach she came to the coffee shop .. she was famished ! she sat on the bar counter and placed her order ... a voice distracted her and she looked around for its source,a group of middle aged doctors seemed to be catching up on some work related conversation , she noticed amy's ex boss there ... God this guy was borrring ... she made a face , but why should she get so offened wid the way HE was leading his life ... she went to wash her hands before her order arrived.

As Abhi's group dispersed he was the last to leave .. his eyes fell on an order awaiting its owner on the counter ... burger fries and a large choclate shake ... ewww just the thought of what it would take to burn all of this off made him shiver inwardly... he could never afford to eat this nemore ... Nikki walked in and Abhi looked at her order and then at her with a smirk

... ofcourse who else but u would order such a thing this smirk seemed to say ...

who was he to judge her ?? she though anger rising and filling her eyes

"Dr Malhotra arent u coming for the confrence ... its in hall no 2 ", he said and she momentarily forgot about the new insult and a new problem arose ... would he think her totaly irresonsible if he learnt that she had no intension of attending the conference ?

Nikki came out of the conference hall making a face and wringing her hands ...
why the hell had she attended the confrence she didnt know ... why shd she bother if Armans Ex boss would not think highly of her .. maybe he didnt think highly of her anyways . In the confusion and irritation she took angry strides to her room to cool down a bit before dinner.

At dinner it was loads of fun meeting some ex colleagues, friends and former teachers and bosses... this conf was a welcome break from her daily routine ... she cldnt really dream of holidays for a few yrs now anyways .. and this was her only chance ... .

She looked around and noticed armaan's boss Again chatting with people well above his age group ... God this man was a workaholic.

Abhi sat with some acquaintences and his eyes met Armaan's girl friends who seemed to be looking his way. He noticed that Armaan was missing and she seemed to be sitting with some friends and whiling away her time in obviously useless gossip. He had achieved this position by not wasting away time like this girl was wasting right now ... if he had gone abt like she was right now ... he would be a maried man with two kids , working as a senior doctor and worrying abt his monthly EMI's ... but thank god ... he had neither a wife, children nor emi's to worry abt. And look at this girl smiling , laughing and wasting her time with her friends ..but what was it to him ...she was not his concern ... he shook his head and went back to his conversation with his colleagues.

He was glad he had come for this confrence ... he was meeting the right kind of people for Sanjevanis future...

Part 3 day 2 Breaking some Prejudice -forming new ones

Nikki had gotten up early in the morning , she really wanted to be nowhere but the beach today ..there was a popular rockface very near this resort that she had wanted to visit , taking a long walk from her resort she went to the rock face. She sat there with the calmness of the sea about her, loved to see the waves coming and crashing on the rocks , the sun had not risen but there was light already , she was duelling with the sea. Mentaly she was challenging the sea that she was out of its reach ... The sea was formidable but she was stronger ... the waves would come but they would break before they reached her ,as if in a response to her teasing ..a huge wave came and crashed on her ,drenching her badly .. to her misfortune it started raining slightly and the breeze threatened to make her cold ... she looked around and noticed a caf just a few steps away .

It was a nice caf with open walls so that the visitors could enjoy the wind about ..surprisingly the caf was almost full even at this time of the day ...she looked around for an empty seat when her eyes fell on him ... Their eyes met and he invited her to join him as there was not an empty table in site. She sat down and the wind made her shiver a little ,seeing her shivering he offered her his jacket ... It seemed he had come here on a jog , as he had come well equipped with his sports jacket etc... It was cold and she was starving now , she needed some food to make her feel warm but she was feeling apprehensive of what to order without getting judged about it by Mr Perfect... , inspite of him she decided to feed herself well ..she orders omlete , ham and coffee and looked defiantly at amy ex boss ready for any sarcastic comment he might have for her , but he seemed to be looking at her neutraly enough and she felt a little deflated.

She was surprised and slightly shocked because as Abhi's order arrived he seemed to have ordered the same things already ..omlette ham toast and coffee ... Soon both got down to the serious business of eating , you felt more hungry when you were in such a cool holiday destination . Abhi looked up from his plate and unknown to him got lost in Nikki's animated face . The childlike vigour with which she was attacking her food was a mesmerising watch. Unknown to him he was lost in the sight before him , noticing the silence Nikki looked up to see Abhi's gaze on her face. He had an amused smile on his face which she cldnt undersatand the reason behind , she lifted her eyebrows in question , A bhi shook his head, smirked and automaticaly his hand rises to wipe out sauce at the corner of her lips ...

Before Nikki cld realise what had happened Abhi s question distracted her

... So ...Dr Nikita how do u find work ...

Nikita ; I like my work saving lives ,helping people ..and you ?

I like running my hospital in the most efficient manner and ensuring best results . Getting efficient work out of my staff...

I like giving my dedication to all my patients , Nikita cut in , he seemed to treat the hospital as a business and not as a service to people and she wanted to show him that this was not about profits but dedication.

You are wrong here Dr Nikita ... instead of paying attention to a few patients at one time , imagine how many patients you can treat in that time , its not about dedication it's about proficiency ..

Is that all that matters to you DR Modi ... I heard you threw out some patient from your hospital ...

Yes your information is correct I threw out patients who were just occupying beds to let in more patients to be treated.

And it had nothing to do with the fact that new patients could pay you well ? she asked eyebrows raised in annoyance

If there is a patient who has lost his memory and otherwise is physicaly fit , he is not meant to stay at our hospital there are other places for such cases.

It's not a case we are talking about Dr M but a living breathing person .

But obviously you don't think this way , I guess if you had been thinking like I do you wouldn't have risen to your position so easily ...

You have no right to comment about my personal life , because you know nothing about it any ways... Dr Nikita

I have no intrest in knowing anything abt you any way , and she gets up and walks away in a huff , cursing the heartless man.

Abhi was sick of people judging him because he had reached such a position ,

he had reached here because of his hardwork and thinking from his brain , and he hated the way the world judged him without knowing anything about him.

He looked at the bigger picture ... treating more people with your expertise rather than giving them your quality time to a few , this was not a charity for lost causes this was about saving lives , in the count of things number of people saved mattered and not individuals .

And here was another person judging him to be heartless jst because he became successful so fast and he is sick that he is always misunderstood as if being an achiever was his fault.

The mornings events had left his angry and the afternoon conference was going to be the right distraction that his mind wanted right now , he thought while getting ready for the conference.

This mornings interaction with the formidable boss Dr Modi was enough brush with authoritative figures for today for Nikki and she was no way going for the conference , she met up with her friends and decided to spend the day at the beach or the pool.

Spending time with her friends, Armaans ex boss's thoughts sometimes strayed in and she made a face ... that arrogant man ... And sometimes she felt fear rise in her ..how would he react if he found out that she was not attending this conference, then she chided herself cmon Nikki he is not ur boss and you are not in school anymore ...forget it and enjoy ur day here with your friends . After spending some time at the beach her friends decided to rest a bit and then meet at the open bar near the pool for the evening.

In the eve , Nikki was enjoying her self with her friends , A group of four including Sujoy her old friend from mediacl school and her broke away from the main group and took a table. Nikki felt a mixture of emotions rise in her when she noticed that Armaan's boss was seated facing her on the table just in front of them and as if just to show her how wrong in her judgement she was he was now chilling out with his friends, having a few beers. Nikki kept looking at him, he seemed to be relaxed and enjoying the evening , lost in conversation with his friends, his left arm casualy resting at the back of the sofa where a beautiful girl with curly hair and dimples was sitting. He suddenly looked up and Nikki looked away hastily but repeatedly inspite of her best efforts her eyes went back to him and the girl ...

She firmed up her mind to not look at him ,but her eyes betrayed her again as they rose to look at him once again but this time she found his seat empty , she looked around and found that he was danching with Curly Sue now .

When her group decided to dance she thought this was the best way to keep herself busy , her thought were straying when she sat idle like this , it was strange that she was yet not over the fight she had had with him this morning, it was very unlike her to feel so guilty and conscious of him specialy when she knew she had not been wrong in her argument.

She moved to the dance floor with Sujoy and started to move to the music Sujoy was fun company and kept her laughing through out the dance , this was fun way to relax many times her eyes betrayed her and fell on him , quiet a few times she found that he was looking at her too , each time she wld look away and promsise to not be so conscious of him but her eyes wld betray her again and again.

After the dance they again moved to the bar and started chatting about their fun filled days in medical College. " Hey do you remember Nikita when we were on duty in Lady Harding and ... Nikita's eyes went round as she realized what Sujiy was gonna talk about .. and she warned him with her eyes . But he continued unperturbed

... and you jumped on your patient ...

Sujoy .. no

And then you shouted in his ear .. chuha .. chuhaaa...

Sujoy keep quiet

You not only fractured his leg ... But also he had a ear drum rupture ...

Sujoy what are you saying .. Nikki continued to try to stop him

...but you still did not get into trouble as the poor patient had a crush on you and he ...

Sujoyyy what are you saying shut up ...

...and he turned up at your PG with flowers and followed you around for three months ... It was only when Dean Saxena caught hold of him and threatened him with charges that he stopped stalking you ...

Nikki saw her ears turning read at the recounting of that incident but Embarrasment turned to mortification because she lifted her eyes to find that Armaan's Ex boss , the formidable Dr Modi was smiling at her predictament. She walks away in a huff thoroughly embarrassed

Sujoy partner calls after her' Nikki'... Nikki ... ruko to ...

Abhi stood smiling there ...Nikki ... Her name was Nikki !