April 28, 2010

Part 12: Jab Dil Miley

SANJEEVNI

Armaan enters the locker room, still no Riddhima. He goes to Dr. Keerti's cabin for briefing. She gives him the status of the night duty and the new patients. At the end, Armaan gathers enough courage to ask.

Arm - Doctor Keerti, in the interest of knowing how much time I can give to each patient, main jaan sakta hoon agar...I mean...koi aur intern bhi duty pe hai, ya...
Kee - Haan Doctor Armaan, Dr. Riddhima is on night duty as well, vo abhi aap se pehle briefing lekay gayee hain.

Armaan gets out of Dr. Keerti's cabin with his notes closing the door behind him, and keeps looking for Riddhima. As he's walking by a room he stops because of a sudden feeling his heart gets. He looks through the window and sees her. She was carefully dropping some solution into a test tube with her goggles. He looks at her with his arms crossed 'hmmm tho Basket yahan chupi hai'. He smiles like a guy in love and heads inside.

Arm - Riddhima...
Rid - (looks up only briefly enough to say) kya?
Arm - Vo(scratches his head, forgetting what to say)...kya karrahi ho?
Rid - party karrahi hoon...(looks up thinking 'seriously?') dikh nahi raha Armaan...experiment karrahi hoon (she looks back down and carefully pays attention to her experiment, dropping the solution drop by drop, and Armaan looks at her, a dmg wind blows through, and Riddhima notices that Armaan is looking her way, so she stops and looks up)
Arm - (looking away) Vo to bas main yun hi...umm(still trying to formulate his words)
Rid - (one arm on her hip) Armaan tumhe koi kaam nahin hai kiya?
Arm - haan main...
Rid - Tho phir? (puts down her test tube. She's done, so she writes her findings down and heads out the room leaving a nervous Armaan in the experiment room)

Armaan walks out after Riddhima...he wasn't leaving without asking her, he then catches up with her.

Arm - (finally) Main tumse kuch...umm...poochna chahra tha.
Rid - Tho pucho na Armaan.
Arm - (looks at her) Tum uss din mujhe chor kyun ayee thi?
Rid - (stops in her tracks) Armaan...maine Atul ko kahata ke vo tumhe batade, uss ne nahin bataya kiya?
Arm - haan par...apne papa se gaadi mangwaane ki kia zarurat thi? (says in a quieter voice) Main tumhe chod deta.
Rid - (starts walking again) Mujhe tho laga ke tum bohot khush hogay...I mean mujhse chutkara aur vaise bhi...tum ne motorbike itni tez chalahithi...koi itni tez chalatha hai kiya?
Arm - I'm sorry (says genuinely looking down on the ground)
Rid - (stunned, stops walking) Kiya kaha?
Arm - (looks at her) I'm...sorry.
Rid - Doctor Armaan Malik...aur sorry kehrahain hain? Tumhari tabiat tho thik hai? (she says as she puts one hand on his forehead like you do when you check someone's temperature, thinks 'isko kya hogaya?')
Arm - (mesmerized by her beauty once again)
Rid - (shakes her head, puts her papers together) Doctor Armaan Malik, ab aap duty pe chalne ki kripya kareinge? (looks at him, and points a finger at him) Tum mujhe sataanay ke liye aisa karrahe ho na?
Arm - No. Never!
Rid - hmm...tho phir?
Arm - Vo...main...
Rid - Haan haan...vo main...kiya? Children's ward jaana hai. Main samples submit karke aati hoon, aur tum children's ward itne chalo, I'll be there in a bit.

As he's walking towards the children's ward, he's walking forward and looking back to see Riddhima walking away. He runs into someone and hears a thud. He looks down and it's a little girl. The little girl falls, gets up and wipes herself off. Her name is Minnie (Min).

Min - (angrily) Dekh ke nahin chalsakte kiya?
Arm - I'm sorry, tumhe chot tho nahin ayee?
Min - (puts her hand on her mouth and looks back, then at Armaan) Mujhe chupalo, please please please! Main tumse sorry karti hoon, MUJHE please maaf kardo (puts her hands together in a 'forgive me' way) lekin mujhe bachalo! PLEASE!
Arm - (concerned) Kiya hua? Kisssay bachaloon?
Min - Vampire se!
Arm - Vampire? Aur vo bhi Sanjeevni hospital mein...nuh-uh, not possible, I don't believe you (crosses his arms, cuz he now knows that this little girl's just got a wild imagination)
Min - (Grabs his arms and hangs from them, she looks up and Armaan sees her cute innocent little face) Please! Main tumhe na sab se achi chocolate khilaoungi!
Arm - (Sees her innocent little face, how could he not help her, so he bends down on his knee and comes to her level) Sab se achi vaali chocolate?
Min - Haan...jis ke andar cream hoti hai na...vo vali.
Arm - (signals her to lend her ear and puts up two fingers) Mujhe aisi DO chahiyen, and you've got yourself a deal (holds his hand out to shake)
Min - (thinks for a minute and shakes his hand, then quickly hides behind him)

A nurse comes running.

Nur - (to Armaan) Aap ne ek choti si bachi ko dekha idhar se jaate hue? Uss ka blood sample lena hai.
Arm - (he points to behind him with his eyes, but then puts a finger on his mouth, quietly says) don't worry, I'll take care of it.
Nur - (samajh jaati hai) Ok (smiles and leaves)

Armaan turns around and the little girl is sitting there with her hands hiding her face.

Arm - Tho ye thi tumhari vampire?
Min - HAAN!
Arm - Lekin...lag tho nahin rahi thi...I mean vampires ke tho bohot bare bare daant hote hain...and...
Min - Arey, tum kuch nahin jaante! Vo naa har din aati hai, raat ke waqt, mera khoooon lene (makes a face to scare Armaan...but ends up looking cuter than ever.)
Arm - Acha...tho ab?
Min - Ab?
Arm - Meri chocolate (holds out his hand)?
Min - (slaps her forehead) OOOOhhhh haan! (starts running but then stops) Lekin agar uss ne mujhe dekh liya tho?
Arm - hmmm(picks her up and carries her to the children's ward and puts her down on her bed carefully...he had an idea) Arrey...uss nurse se itna mat daro, I'll protect you, don't you worry.
Min - hmmm (puts a finger to her chin) tho tum mujhe har waqt bachaogay?
Arm - (sits beside her on her bed) haan...lekin uss ke liye tumhe ek baat manni pareygi.
Min - Kaunsi baat?
Arm - Tumhe apni ankhen band karni pareyngee, aur sleeve upar.
Min - Tum bhi vampire ho kya?
Arm - Nahin...main ek jadoogar hoon, jo tumhe protect karne ki promise karchuka hai, meri baat nahin manogee?
Min - Dard hoga na? (with tears forming in her eyes)
Arm - Bilkul nahi...main koi aisa vaisa jadoogar nahin hoon, I'm very experienced.
Min - Thik hai (closes her eyes tight anticipating lots of pain and puts up her sleeve, 30 seconds later, she feels a cool sensation on her forearm, so she opens her eyes) Aur kitni der?
Arm - (rubbing a cotton ball dipped in alcohol on her forearm) kya matlab...it's done!
Min - (suprised, her eyes go wide) WOW! Mujhe tho dard bhi nahin hua!
Arm - Dekha, I told you...Dr. Armaan Malik is a jadoogar.
Min - hmmm...doctor bhi ho aur jadoogar bhi?
Arm - Aur tumhara personal guard bhi!
Min - Mere boyfriend bano gay?
Arm - (laughs...'she was so little, yet talked so maturely for her age') Boyfriend?
Min - Haan...aise na, tum mujhe vampires se protect karoge, aur mujhe tumhe chocolates bhi nahin deniparengi...because that would be your job if you were my boyfriend.
Arm - Acha...aisa hai? (tickles her, and she giggles. She's a sweet bubbly little girl but talks very logically)

Riddhima walks in.

Rid - Hello...(looks at the chart quickly) Minnie. Kaisi ho?
Min - Pehle tum batao doctor, tum kaisi ho? Itne saare patients aur sirf 2 doctors...thak gayeen hongeen?
Rid - (surprised at this mature answer) Hmmm..
Min - Main tumhari help karoon?
Arm - Inn se milo Riddhima, hamare children's ward ki choti si Naanima (looks at Riddhima and winks, signalling her to play along)
Rid - (Riddhima understands his signal) main tho bohot thak gayeen hoon...lekin kya karoon...job hai na (sighs like she's tired and sits beside Minnie on her bed)
Min - (sits up) bolo kya karna hai mujhe?
Rid - Tum ye pakro (hands her the end of her stethoscope, the end that goes on the heart) aur apne dil pe rakho, yahan (tells her exactly where), and take deep breaths for me.
Min - (does what she says, while Riddhima listens)
Rid - Good job! (Armaan looks at Riddhima and smiles, now it's his turn)
Arm - Ab, ye lo (hands her a thermometer) aur apne moon mein rakho, under your tongue.
Min - (she does this)
Arm - (leaves the thermometer in for a minute and takes it out and checks it) Perfect! No fever...vaise bhi (bends down at her eye level) fever tho 10 baar sochtha hoga tumhare kareeb aane se pehle.
Min - Haan!
Rid - Ok Minnie, ab tum sojaao, raat ho gayee hai. Ok? Good night.
Min - (lies down...she noticed that Armaan had been smiling and looking at Riddhima all the while)

Armaan is standing behind Riddhima. Both reach for the comforter at once to tuck Minnie in. Armaan reaches from behind Riddhima. They finish tucking Minnie in and Riddhima leaves quietly and closes the children's ward's light, as all are asleep.

Min - PSSST boyfriend (grabs Armaan's lab coat from the back)!
Arm - (whispers) kya hua girlfriend?
Min - Tumhe Doctor Riddhima pasand hai?
Arm - (sits back down) Pata nahin.
Min - (hits him lightly on the head)
Arm - (overreacts) Ow!
Min - Duffer ho bilkul duffer...itni der lagao gay...tho vo nikaljayegi!
Arm - Tho phir main kya karoon?
Min - Uss se baat karo!
Arm - (no matter how little she was, she was right! Riddhima wouldn't be single forever...he had to do something about it...varna vo to itni achi hai ke ussay koi bhi mil jayega)
Min - Ab bhete bhete kya dekh rahe ho? JAO!!
Arm - (stands up starts running towards the door, but then stops, goes back to Minnie and kisses her on the head) Thank you! (runs out)
Min - (laughs and says to herself 'kya duffer boyfriend mila hai!')

SUBMISSION COUNTER

Riddhima is on the phone. There was no one else around the counter, the patients were all sleeping and all other interns and doctors were in the other wards. Armaan has been charting for awhile and he keeps pretending he's still charting thinking 'kab iska phone khatam hoga?'

Rid - (on the phone) Ji di, maine apke charts sahi se check karliye. They're all perfect.
Arm - (still waiting, tapping his foot...)
Rid - Haan di, vo aap ki closet mein rakhi hai.
Arm - (his patience is being tested...)
Rid - Papa se puchlena, ek aur opinion bhi miljayega.
Arm - ('Ye Anji bhi na...apni behen ka peecha hi nahin chodti. Basket, come on...put the phone down' he thinks, shaking his pen)
Rid - Nahin di...aap lelo, main dusra leloungi.
Arm - ('that's it' he thinks. He snatches the phone from Riddhima, and hangs up)
Rid - ARMAAAN!!!
Arm - Kiya?
Rid - TUM apne aap ko kiya samajhte ho?
Arm - Main?
Rid - Haan tum? You think you can go around snatching the phone from everyone? (reaches for the phone again)
Arm - (stands in front of the phone)
Rid - (she tries to reach it from his left)
Arm - (he moves in front of her again)
Rid - (she tries to reach it from his right)
Arm - (he moves to the right in front of her again)
Rid - Armaan, hato yahan se!
Arm - Nahin...pehle tum meri ek baat ka javaab do (serious).
Rid - Aur agar main mana kardoon tho?
Arm - Basket...(he puts the pen down beside him on the counter and doesn't take his eyes off her while doing this, he then takes a step towards her slowly)
Rid - (attempts to correct him) Mera naam Riddhi...(but she stops midway and takes a step back...she lost her string of thought when she stared into his eyes)
Arm - Tum mere saath...(takes another two steps towards her while looking her straight in the eye)
Rid - (she looks at him while she takes a few more steps back)
He keeps moving closer and closer to her.
Rid - (as Armaan keeps approaching her, Riddhima's heartbeats keep getting louder. Suddenly, she hears a beeping sound, it was her pager. She moves back a few steps in a sudden movement and steps to the side and walks away from Armaan. He turns around to look at her...he wasn't gonna let her go this time, he reaches towards Riddhima's hand to stop her, just then, he hears his name being called. He turns back around. He sees Dr. Keerti.)

Kee - Doctor Armaan, apke ek patient ke results vapes aye hain. Aap se baat karna chahraha hai.
Arm - Doctor Keerti, main abhi...
Kee - Aap ke paas aur koi important kaam hai?
Arm - (with his head down) Jee nahin doctor Keerti.
Kee - Tho please...mera time math waste karein!

EXPERIMENT ROOM

Riddhima was in the underground area, in the specialized experiment room, and there was someone else as well. She was told she needed to perfom further experiments on her sample. This other person was doing an experiment and she was too. She heard a fizzing noise and she looked accross the room to the other person who suddenly backed off and ran out the door, which closed behind him.

Rid - (to herself 'ye aise kyun bhaag gaya?') Umm...suniye...aap apna experiment chod ke...(As she was approaching the door, a spark lighted from the other person's experiment and landed on the doorknob. Riddhima touched the doorknob to open the door and her hand burned. She let out a scream) Ahh!

She pulled it back and immediately took a few steps back from that area...away from the door. There was no other door, no other way out. To her horror, as she looked towards the experiment, she saw that sparks were flying left and right and landing in other chemicals that were then causing the fire to grow. She started to remember something that had happened a long time ago. She was now at the furthest corner from the door and kept backing away. She closed her eyes and blocked her face with her hands. She tried to scream out but she couldn't produce a sound. She suddenly felt a strong grip pulling her towards a warm body.

Armaan held the hand of a scared Riddhima and pulled her towards him. There was no way to go back out because although he entered the room by jumping through the sparks and fire that was now almost everywhere, he couldn't go back out from there because it was too dangerous, especially for Riddhima. She was scared. He put her against a wall and stood in front of her, completely blocking her from the sparks that were flying in the room. She burried her face in his chest and grabbed his collar with her one hand, all the while her eyes were still closed, but she felt a certain comfort and familiarity. He searched around in his pockets for his pager so he could call someone and get them to call for help. No pager...he must have dropped it when he was jumping through the fire to get inside. He cupped one side of her face that was slightly exposed with one hand and put his face down onto her head and gently caressed her hair. He then caught sight of her hand that was burnt. He held it in his. She was sobbing with her face still burried in his chest and he could feel her tears dripping and landing where his heart was. They burned through his skin and onto his heart like acid and ached, really badly. He held her hand, it was red from the burnt doorknob. It stung Riddhima. He cupped her delicate hand in his hand and brought it up. He blew on it softly and kissed it once tenderly. He just wanted her pain to stop. His eyes got teary from watching her hurting like this. The room had gotten extremely hot.

Arm - Riddhima, don't worry, main tumhe kuch nahin honay dounga! Riddhima...

He didn't hear a sound anymore, there was no more noise from her, no more sobbing. He held her in an embrace, and next, to his horror, he felt her body go lifeless, her one hand dropped from his and her other hand let go of his collar.

Arm - (he yelled) RIDDHIMA!!!

No answer.

He then remembered 'she must have a pager too'. He searched her labcoat for it but nothing, then he searched her labcoat's inside pocket and there it was...he tried to dial a number but with vain attempt. The batteries of her pager had melted.

Arm - (A tear dropped from his eyes and he separated himself from her just enough to see her face, but not so much that any spark might reach her. He put a hand under her chin and lifted her face up to his. It was riddled with tears, but the tears had stopped. Her eyes were closed, not tightly, but just peacefully. Her face was still, her lips didn't utter a sound. It was then that he realized that she had fainted.)

Arm - Riddhima! Wake up! RIDDHIMA!! (lightly grazing her cheek with his fingers)

He said cupping her face with his warm hands. More tears dropped from his eyes.

Arm - (he yelled out as loud as he could) KOI HAI??? Koi...KOI HAI???(but his voice was cracking from watching Riddhima so lifeless. He then remembered that this underground Experiment Room was soundproofed so all the noise wouldn't bother the patients upstairs. Fierce and large tears dripped from his eyes at his helplessness to do anything. He grabbed the heaviest thing within his reach, a brown container filled with glass test tubes exerting his muscles, and threw it towards the door and hoped that a noise that loud would get through to people outside. 'CRASH' all the glass test tubes broke and scattered around the ground, but no one came. He couldn't move towards the door because the fire was all around that area.

He didn't know what to do. He looked around the room frantically trying to spot anything that he could use to call for help. He then saw the solution to his problems. The blue button they press when something critical happens in the hospital. He reached out to press the blue button. It was out of his reach. He couldn't let go of Riddhima. Flames were building around that area slowly. Now, he was sweating abundantly and felt slightly dizzy. He could feel sweat trickle down his back and pretty soon, the only area that would be free from fire would be the corner they were both standing in...so he would have do something quickly. He looked at Riddhima and at the moment, he knew it...he loved her. 'Why her? Why did she have to be in danger like this? Nothing else matters, lekin Riddhima ko kuch nahin hona chahiye!' he thought as he strived to reach that button...

Simmy

April 25, 2010

Part 11: Jab Dil Miley

RECAP***
As much as Armaan tries not to think about her, he falls asleep with Riddhima's thoughts in his dreams.
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Like every morning, Riddhima wakes up to her alarm clock to find Anjali in deep sleep. She gets up, organizes her files to bring them to work and wears her running attire. She takes soft steps to be careful not to wake anyone else in the house. She decides to head to the park for her jog. She comes back home awhile later, showers and heads to the dinner table. There she finds Naani cooking nashta like every morning. She comes and hugs her from behind.

Rid - Naani!!
Naa - Arrey, meri bachi, kesi hai?
Rid - Aap mera intezaar kyun nahi karte? Maine aapse kaha hua hai na, ke main jogging se vapes aake nashta aap ke saat banaya karoungi. (she sees the onions still need to be cut aur parathas ke liye aata goundna hai, so she gets to work)
Naa - Beta, tum aur Anjali ko puray din kaam karna hota hai, main tho ghar mein hi hoti hoon.
Rid - Phir bhi! Meri pyaari si Naani ko itna thakne ki koi zarurat nahin hai (smiles) main hoon na.
They finish up making all the breakfast and Riddhima runs upstairs see if Anjali is awake.

Anj - Ridzi!!
Rid - Kya hua Di?
Anj - Mujhe samaj nahin aaraha...main iss dress ke saath kaunse shoes pehnoun?
Rid - Hmmm..iss dress ke saath purple shoes would be nice, haan di?
Anj - Mere paas nahin hain...
Rid - Aap mere borrow karlo!
Anj - Thanks!

Riddhima hears her name being called, so she heads to her Papa's room.

Sha - Riddhima betay...ye tie...
Rid - Papa! Aap ko abhi tak tie banni nahin ayee?
Sha - Kya karoon, bhura ho raha hoon. Ab zyada kuch yaad reh bhi nahin sakta.
Rid - Mere Papa ko koi bhura nahin kahega!
Sha - (smiles at her) Acha nahin kehte! Shaitan! Chalo, Ram Singh tumhe aur Anjali ko lejayega.
Rid - Alright papa...(hesitantly)aap abhi tak mujhse naraaz ho kiya?
Sha - Nahin tho...lekin precautionary measures...that's all (he still didn't want them to drive. He was very protective of them both.)

ARMAAN'S HOUSE

The alarm bell rings. He reaches out and hits the snooze button several times in an attempt to shut it. 'Ssshhh....chup...chup!'. He throws a pillow at his alarm clock. He was still dreaming of her. Awhile later, he's still only half concious, he raises his head as he's lying on his bed, spread out, on his stomach, and opens his eyes. He feels the soft touch of someone else's hand on his forehead getting his hair out of the way and then fingers going through his hair. He then feels someone's breath near his ear whispering "Good morning". It's Riddhima. This morning was different. He felt an excitement that he hadn't felt in awhile...or even never. It was just a different morning for him. "Riddhima...tum (he says dreamily)" He sits up and tries to touch her.

His alarm bell rings once more, urging him to awaken completely. "SHIT!". 'Kya ho raha hai mujhe...spare me...mere khayalon mein, phir khwabon mein aur phir mere kamre mein...it's like she's got a backstage pass! No no, no no no (tries to reason)!!" He gets up and realizes that he has no time for breakfast so he grabs a toast, puts butter onto it sloppily and grabs it with his mouth. He's only got time to change his clothes, organize his files and get to Sanjeevni isse pehle ke Gabbar uski khichdi bana de.

When he heads outside, the rays of the sun hit his face. It's a sunny day today. He's putting on his coat and he's got into one sleeve and he takes a look at his motorbike with half of his toast hanging out of his mouth, he freezes, his mouth opens in awe and he drops his toast. She's sitting on the backseat of his motorbike in a pink shalwar kameez suit with her dupatta, smiling at him. An angelic brown-eyed beauty. He takes a few more steps and arrives at his motorbike. He reaches out to touch her face, but she dissapears, and he realizes that it was only an imagination of Riddhima. Dissapointed he shakes the feeling off, sits on his motorbike, puts on his helmet and zooms away to Sanjeevni.

He stops at a traffic light, and who does he see in the traffic police (TrP)'s uniform...none other than Riddhima.

Arm - (dreamily) Riddhima...
TrP - Hello!!
Arm - (still dreamily) hi...
TrP - Apni gaari jaldi yahan se hatao ...light green hogayee hai! Vaise, tum thero...tumhe fine lagaounga...aaj kal ke larke pata nahin apney aap ko kia samajhte hain!
Arm - (comes back from his dreamy state to reality) Oh..shi...I...I mean...Sorry...vo green ho gayee? Vo kya hai na Mr...(looks at his badge) Nadiadwala, kabhi kabar mujhe color blindness ke attacks aathe hain (shaitan Armaan trying to get out of the situation as fast as he could :P) .
TrP - Kiya? Kabhi kabar?
Arm - Ji...ab kya karoon...ghar me khane ko itna kam hotha hai, pappu aur tappu ke fees mein hi saara paisa chala jaata hai. Main tho doctor ko dikha bhi nahee sakta. Aur jab main stress letha hoon, tho mujhe ye sab shuroo hojatha hai (fakes sad face). Ab iss economy mein insaan kare bhi tho kiya kare?
TrP - (gets a bit emotional) Maaf karna bhai (sympathetically) pata nahin tha...aap jayie...stress mat lejeeay
Arm - (innocently, mazloom sa face, asks) par vo...fine?
TrP - Koi baat nahin, aap bas, pappu aur tappu ka khayal rakhna.
Arm - (forgets about his story he just told for a second, then remembers) pappu aur tap...oh haan...vo aapko duayen denge. Shukriya (fakes a sob and gets the hell out of there)

He reaches Sajeevni and the doors to the hospital slide open. He sees someone mopping the floor. She turns around and he sees Riddhima in this nurse's uniform. He goes into his dream again and going up to the nurse, grabs the mop she's mopping with.

Nur - Yeh aap kiya karrahe hain (shyly)
Arm - (dreamy) Main...
Nur - Haan ji...aap (looks away in an ultra shy giddy smile and fixes her hair)
Arm - (approaches her, still holding the mop) tum...
Nur - Haye ji...aap tho bare vo hain
Arm - vo...

He feels a tap on his shoulder. He turns around. It's Atul! He turns back around toward the nurse, who he now sees for herself, since he's out of his dream again. He lets out a scream, and hearing him, the nurse does the same, and hearing this, Atul screams out.

Arm - AAHHH!
Nur - AHH!!
Atl - AAAAAAAA!!

They hear 3 distinct laughs in the background. Sapna, Anjali and Riddhima are standing there laughin away at Armaan and Atul, Armaan doesn't dare turn around. They all take a second to breathe. Phir shuroo huyi Atul ki inquiry.

Atl - CHI!! Arman chi!! Main tujhe kiya samajhtha tha...aur tu kiya nikla
Arm - M...m...maine kia kiya Champ?
Atl - Tu iss nurse ke saath? Chi chi chi...main soch bhi nahin sakta tha!
Arm - Nahin nahin...main tho...vo (thinks 'think hard Armaan...think') haan...main tho nurse ko yeh kehne waala tha ke (turns to the nurse, sees a spray bottle for cleaning floors, picks it up) yeh...tum ye kyun use karti ho (in a fake angry tone)? huh?
Nur - Main tho ji, yeh hi...aaj wardboy nahin tha, tho maine socha ke main hi kuch kardeti hoon ji, vaise jaante hain aap, ke main bartan bhi bohot achey saaf karti hoon, aur khana bhi bohoooot acha banati hoon ji (shy)...
Arm - VO sab important NAHIN hai...ye...ye solution, bohot bohot kharab hai...ummm...tum vo...harpic use kiya karo...haan harpic (satisfied at his victory, looks towards Atul) yehi tho main samjhane vaala tha.
Atl - Oh acha acha acha...main samjha ke...maaf karde mujhe mere bhai (satisfied) Chal der horahi hai, breifing ke liye jaana hai.

The girls are still laughing, Armaan neechay nazrein karke apne spot pe aake khara hojatha hai. His ears are red hot from the embarassment but in all this he can hear her laugh. He can't see her face because Atul and Anjali are standing between them but he can hear her chuckle. 'Kuch tho acha kiya tu ne Armaan...Basket ko hasadia...lekin aaj main puchke rahounga ke vo kyun mujhe batae bina chalee gayee'. Dr. Keerti arrives.

Kee - Interns!
All - Jee Doctor keerti (like they do in an army...bass salute karna baaki tha)
Kee - Aaj aap sab ki duties badleingee. It's time for the second rotation.
Atl - (extremely happy that he won't have to work alone in the path lab) Yes mam! (a bit over the top loud)
Kee - DOCtor Atul! Aap itna chillarahe hain, kahein tho, main aap logon ki duties same rakhdoon, shayad aap ko apni apni duties ko appreciate karne ke liye time chahiye?
Arm - (that means he still gets to work with Riddhima) yes ma'am
Atl - no ma'am (at the same time as Armaan. They both look towards one another.)
Kee - (shifts her attention to Armaan) Dr. Armaan, aap ka hukm sar ankhon par. Aap aisa karein ke saath saath mera position bhi lelein...akhir Dr. Atul aur aap, dono decisions apna khud hi lerahe hain...tho...meri kya zarurat hai? Kyun Dr. Armaan?
Arm - No ma'am (embarassed) aap jo decision lengee, vo sabse thik hoga.
Kee - tho phir, mere orders dehan se suniye, Dr. Atul and Dr. Armaan, to the cancer ward, Dr. Anjali, children's ward, Dr. Sapna, path lab, and Dr. Riddhima, Emergencies ward. Now get working interns.
All - Yes doctor Keerti.

They head to the locker room. Once they reach there, Armaan takes a look at Riddhima. She's wearing a light pink shalwar kameez suit, just like in his daydream on the motorbike this morning. 'Is this a dream, or reality? I can't tell' He looks at her long and hard trying to catch a glimpse of her face that she now hid behind the locker door. He takes off his coat.

Riddhima looks at Armaan, and starts chuckling trying to contain her laughter. Sapna and Anjali look over at Riddhima, then at Armaan, and start laughing as well. Atul hides his face behind his locker out of embarassment for his friend.

Anj - Chalo guys, milte hain lunch ke waqt. I can't believe ke Dr. Keerti put me in the CHILDREN'S ward...I hate kids!
Sap - Kyun Anjali? Kids tho itne cute hote hain, motu motu, gappu gappu se.
Atl - Anji ko rone vaale kids pasand nahin hongay, right Anji?
Anj - Koi bhi kids nahin Atul! Ridzi, main jaarahi hoon...aur Armaan...tumhe aaj pagal kuthe ne kaata hai kiya?
Arm - What? mujhe?
Atl - Anji, suno tho...(goes after Anjali)
Sap - Ok guys, main bhi chalti hoon (looks at Armaan and smiles slightly laughing once more and leaves)
Arm - Tum sab paglon ki tarha hass rahe ho...aur mujhse kehrahe ho, ke paagal kuthay ne mujhe kaata hai? (he yells out after Anji, Atul and Sapna...he can still hear a chuckle in the backgound)
Rid - (trying to contain herself, hides her smile behind her file)
Arm - (Angry, still turned away from Riddhima, with his head down, eyes closed trying to control his anger and both arms on his hips) Ab tum kyun has rahi ho??
Rid - Kuch nahin...
Arm - (crosses his arms) nahin bolo...I'm listening.
Rid - (She can't help it anymore, she laughs and points at his shirt) tumhari kapre
Arm - (He opens his eyes and he looks down at his shirt and at his pants...they're both inside out...laughs a bit like he knew all the long, but you can tell he's totally embarassed) vo to um...yeh yeh...main...(jumps down from the bench and is about to run to the change room)
Rid - (calls out after him) Armaan!
Arm - (stops and turns around...it's the first time in the whole day they're face to face as Riddhima is walking towards him...his heart skips a beat and everything around him turns into a blur...except for her. Everything about her was so different from all the other girls he'd ever met in his whole life. He had dreamed about her all night, and seen her all day, but she looked even more beautiful in reality than in his dreams. He looked at her face as he thought "god probably took extra spare time to make her, she's so perfect." )
Rid - (She reaches onto his head and shakes off pieces of confetti from his hair. He felt the touch of Riddhima's hand in his hair and it felt like silk was touching him. He relishes in the moment with his eyes closed. She grabs the biggest piece of confetti, a heart, and puts it in front of him and with a smiling inquisitive look, raises her eyebrows) yeh...koi naya fashion statement hai Armaan?
Arm - (opens his eyes and looks at the paper heart and remembers that when he was looking for his files, he pulled out an old briefcase and down with it came last year's confetti decorations from his last birthday) Vo...
Rid - (He looks at the confetti paper heart, puts out his hand...and then gazes into her eyes dreamily. She waves her hand in front of him with vain attempt and so puts the heart into his hand. Their hands touch, and all those feelings Armaan had felt came back to him, intensified. She turns around, grabs her files and heads out thinking 'pata nahin ye larka kahan khoya rehta hai')
Arm - (to himself he utters lovingly) Basket...(watches her go...and when she's gone, he looks at the confetti paper heart in his hand. He opens his locker and puts that little heart into a corner of his locker for safekeeping)

Armaan heads to the cancer ward...hoping he'll catch Riddhima on the way to the cancer ward, but no sign of her. She must be busy in her cases already. Says to himself 'Beta, abhi to tum ne usko dekha hai...tho abhi phir kyun dhoond raha hai?'.

Atl - Thank god mujhe akele kaam nahin karna parrha hai...it gets so lonely yar. Lekin aaj hum dono bhai bhai...bilkul Munnabhai aur Circuit ki tarhan, saat milke kaam kareinge!
Arm - (They're both charting records. He thinks...he can't tell anyone about how he's seeing Riddhima everywhere and how he forgets everything when he looks at her, so he gets an idea) Champ...
Atl - Bol Armaan
Arm - Nahin, chod...forget it.
Atl - Bol na Armaan...aise mat kar.
Arm - Mera ek dost hai...
Atl - Hain? Tumhara ek hi dost hai? Koi baat nahin yaar, main tujhe apne doston se milvaoonga na...mere tho bohot dost hain.
Arm - Champ, I meant mera ek dost hai...vo usse na...ajeeb se khwaab aathe hain
Atl - Punar janam ke?
Arm - kya? Puna what?
Atl - Armaan...punar janam...(says it slowly)
Arm - Chod na yaar...(turning around to face the other way, says hesitantly)...actually ussey kisi larki ke khwab aate hain.
Atl - (stops charting)
Arm - Tujhe kabhi aye kya?
Atl - Haan Armaan (looking scarred)
Arm - Atul? (turns around to look at him and waves his hand in front of Atul)
Atl - Maine kal, ek bohot bhayanak khwab dekha, Dr. Keerti hum sub ko round up karke humay kichad main push-ups karvarahi thin.
Arm - (whistles loudly to get Atul back) Abey yar...aise nahin...ek khoobsurat larki ke khwab aye...aur vo har jagaa dikhti hai...ussay...mere friend ko (he quickly adds)
Atl - Kya? Armaan, tu sach bata, kaheen uss nurse ke saath tera chakkar tho nahin.
Arm - PLEASE (dramatically puts his hand up, all acting) Tu ne apne bhai ko itna girahua samjha hai? I can't believe it.
Atl - Acha acha, sorry yar, main sunta hoon na...bol.
Arm - kal raat se, usse khwab aarahe hain, vo larki har jaga nazar aati hai ussay, u know like, everywhere and all the time.
Atl - Arrey, that's simple yaar....tumhare dost ko love hogaya hai.
Arm - LOVE???(he drops his file)
Atl - You know...pyaar, ishq, mohabbat, prem, love (he says in a sing song voice) Kar de mushkil jeena, ishq kamee...(stops and realizes what he's about to say...so shuts his mouth and goes back to charting)
Arm - Nahin, nahi re...usse pyaar nahin hosakta...vo tho bas yun hi larkiyon ke peeche hota hai...har hafte, ek naee larki pasand aati hai.
Atl - (faces Armaan) Ye jo tumhara dost hai, usko pehle kissi larki ke khwab aye kya.
Arm - (thinks)
Atl - Film actresses ko chod ke...
Arm - oh (scratches his head)...nahin...
Atl - Ussay kabhi har jaga ek larki dikhi?
Arm - Nope
Atl - Uss ne uss larki se judi hui koi nishani bachaneki koishish ki?
Arm - (thinks to the confetti paper heart this morning...he could never think of throwing it away) Haan (surprised at how accurate was going)
Atl - Vo jab uss larki ko dekhta hai, tho kiya vo sab kuch bhooljata hai?
Arm - Haan (loudly)...(realizes) I mean...uss ne mujhe bataya ye baat
Atl - Tu likkay rakhle Armaan...tere dost ko pyaar hogaya hai (goes to attend to the patient, leaving a surprised and bewildered Armaan to his realization of his feelings).

After Armaan attends his patient, he heads towards the Reception area to collect his samples. As he's walking that way, he sees Riddhima a couple of steps ahead of him. He calls her out.
Arm - Basket...
Arm - (once more) Basket!

But she doesn't hear him. She keeps on walking and pretty soon he loses her because he has to wait since they were shifting patient beds on the floor. He finally decided that the only time he could meet her and ask was going to have to be lunchtime...lekin itni der intezaar karna pareyga. He entered a supply closet to get some bandaids for his patients, and shut the door behind him. She'd been on his mind the whole day. He just couldn't get her out. He leans with his back against the door and rests on one foot with his arms crossed. He was so helpless. He'd have to wait.

Lunch time finally arrives and he darts to the lunchroom.

LUNCHROOM

Sap - Hi Armaan
Anj - Hey Armaan
Atl - Armaan, tu aagaya, kahan rehgaya tha?
Arm - Main supply closet mein se supplies gather karrahatha (looks around...no Riddhima...but he can't ask right out, so he sits down) hmm...hum me se koi ek hai nahin kiya? (asks casually while unwrapping his sandwich)
Anj - Ridzi ko ghar jaana para.
Arm - Is everything fine? (worried)
Anj - Gabbar ne Ridzi ko double-duty dee hai. Tho vo abhi rest karne gayee hai, she has to come back for the night duty.
Arm - Oh (suddenly, he doesn't feel hungry anymore, he puts down his sandwich)
Atl - Aur pata hai Armaan, Gabbar ek aur target dhoondrahi hai.
Arm - kya?
Sap - Haan...I heard ke hum me se ek aur ki night duty lagay gee...
Arm - (his face lights up...but he controls his happiness)
Anj - I'm out...main tho karchuki hoon.
Sap - Mujhe soch soch ke dar lagraha hai...mummy-jee pata nahin kya reaction deyngee.
Atl - Aur meri suzie..
ALL glare at Atul. They never thought that Atul had a girlfriend, let alone a wife.
Anj - Suzie?
Atl - meri choti si raat ki raani ka kya hoga?
Anj - (everyone's eyes widen) Atul...NIGHT QUEEN??
Atl - haan...bechari, pyaasi rehjayegi (Atul was talking about his little plant but he's too innocent to notice that all he says can be taken a totally different way)
Anj - disgusting!
Arm - Uh...okay then..acha...tho, tum logon main se koi bhi nahin karnachahta hai? (Armaan ke dil mein tho laddoo phoot rahe hain)
Anj,Sap,Atl - NO!
Arm - oh (goes about eating his sandwich...he thinks '3, 2, 1')
Sap - Armaaan...
Arm - (innocently) haan?
Atl - yaar...tu hamara kitna acha dost hai
Sap - Aur kitna khayal rakhte ho na
Arm - vo to hai.
Atl - tho kiya night duty...tum...mera matlab...please please please Armaan
Sap - Pleeeease...
Arm - (sighs) ab agar tum dono itna hi insist karrahe ho...tho...fine. Since I am the best friend ever.
Sap - THE BEST!
Anj - (suspicious) tum itni jaldi kaise maan gaye.
Arm - ('uh-oh...pakrajayega tu...Basket jitni seedi hai, uski behen outni hee tez hai')
Arm - Haan...tho, mera ek condition hai na.
Sap - Bolo...
Arm - Mere 3 days off pakke...jab bhi main mangoon, aur tum me se ek ko, baari baari, cover karne pareingay.
Anj - I knew it.
Atl - Chalo, koi nahin, ye bhi maan lete hain.

They all disperse and Armaan heads to Dr. Keerti's cabin.

Kee - Ji Dr. Armaan, boliye?
Arm - Doctor Keerti, I want to volunteer, night duty ke liye.
Kee - (surprised, no intern's done that before) Main pooch sakti hoon kyun?
Arm - Well...koi khaas reason nahin, maine socha ke, aap kisi ko pick kareingee, it might as well be me.
Kee - Fine, Dr. Armaan, tho ab aap ghar jayie, take a few hours of sleep aur night duty ke hours pe report karein, it can get really hectic.
Arm - Jee Dr. Keerti (grinning, 'mission accomplished' he thinks to himself).

He gets out of the cabin, closes the door behind him and shouts 'YES' Raising hia arm up in the air. He gathers his things and leaves for 4 hours of well-deserved rest. He thinks about what Atul had said "pyaar hogaya hai".

GUPTA HOUSE

Riddhima awakes from her 4 hours of slumber. That's all she was gonna get today since she's on night duty. She hears the door open and hears Anjali.
Anj - Naani! Fridge mein salad rakhi hai kya?
Naa - Haan Anjali beta (goes to the entrance to greet her)
Anj - Mujhe bohot bhuk lagi hai, I'm starving!
Naa - Ye lo beti (brings a plate of Anji's salad)
Anj - Thanks Naani.

Riddhima gets up and ready and comes down.

Rid - Hi di! (comes and hugs her)
Anj - Hey Ridzi...you won't believe what happened today!
Rid - (sits down at the table with her and starts eating) Kya hua?
Anj - Aaj, Armaan VOLUNTEERED for night duty!
Rid - Kiya? Nahin nahin di...aap ne ghalat suna hoga...Armaan aur volunteer...vo bhi night duty ke liye?
Anj - Ya Ridzi...pehle tho mujhe bhi yakeen nahin aya...lekin phir uss ne vo condition lagayee na (explains the whole thing)
Rid - Ohhhh...tho aisi baat hai (finishing up her dinner)
Anj - Acha sun...mera ek case hai, teri opinion leni thi.
Rid - Of course di, kab?
Anj - Actually, we'll do it tomorrow. Tu bas meri charting dehan se karna...I heard ke koi intern of the month award hota hai...won't it be fabulous agar mujhe miljaye?
Rid - Of course di! You're the best, aap ko hi milnachahiye. Ok ab main chalti hoon.
Anj - Oh haan...don't forget dad's weird rule...you have to get the driver to drive you. Pata nahin aur kitnay din chalega (sighs)
Rid - Will do Di, ok bye (hugs both naani and anji and heads out for night duty).

April 19, 2010

Part 10: Jab Dil Miley

***RECAP
Riddhima opens her eyes and feels armaan's refreshing scent, the scent of his cologne, all too close to her and senses that they have stopped. She quickly jerks back, letting go of his well-built waist.
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Rid - Vo main...mujhe pata nahin chala...ke kab hum ruk gaye...(looking down at the ground)
Arm - It's ok Riddhima...um...(heart racing, thinking of something to say to her)..vo...helmet...
Rid - oh haan, yeh lo (takes off her helmet and hands it to Armaan)
Arm - Thanks...Basket, vo...

(Atul screams from behind Armaan)
Atl - Finally! Tum log pohonchgaye!
Arm - Hey champ (mumbling under his breath sarcastically "vaah...kiya great timing hai teri bhi")
Atl - kuch bola tu ne Armaan?
Arm - nahin...nahin tho...
Rid - Atul, di aur sapna aagayeen?
Atl - haan ridzi, vo log popcorn ke liye lineup mein khari hain..mujhe bahar rakha tha tum dono ki nigranee karne ke liye...James Bond ki tarhan
Rid - So sweet Atul (gives him her beautiful loving smile)
(Riddhima Atul and Armaan walk towards the lineup and greet Anji and Sapna.)
Rid - Di...aap ke liye butter popcorn? Ya phir salty?
Anj - (cooled down about the whole situation, afterall, they are sisters) Ridzi, maine hum dono ke liye order karliya...I know you like butter popcorn
Rid - Thank you di! Aur I'm so sorry ke vo...
Anj - It's ok Ridzi, mujhe itna ghussa nahin hona chahiye tha.
Rid - (Hugs her di and she hugs her back)
Atl - Arrey, hum me se kissi do log ko seat bachane ke liye andar jaana chahiye varna bari sari hui seats mileyngi humay
Arm - Riddhima...chalo (Atul looks at Armaan with an inquisitive look)...uh, vaise bhi tum itna butter popcorn khahogi tho moti hojaogi...
Rid - Shut up Armaan...tumhe kiya lagta hai, jaise ke TUM bohot perfect ho? huh?
Arm - Aisa question hi kyun poochti ho jiska jawab paani se bhi zaada CLEAR hai?
Rid - Please!! Tum na...
Sap - Arrey arrey, tum dono abhi phir se larne lagey? Chalo! Chalo Armaan (pulls him by the sleeve towards the theater. They search for seats.)

Sap - yahan kaisa hai?
Arm - bohot kareeb hai
Sap - (picks another set of seats) yahan kaisa rahega?
Arm - Haan! Perfect seats!
They signal Atul Anji and Riddhima to come their way.
Sap - (still only with Armaan) Vaise...agar tum dono main itni larai rehti hai, to iss puray raaste tum logon ki kaise bani rahi?
Arm - bass, Sapna (looking at Riddhima as she's coming their way with Atul and Anjali. She looks like an angel to Armaan in this dark room) some things are just...impossible to explain.
Sap - (confused)
(Atul jumps into a seat)
Atl - ahh (settles comfortably with his popcorn)...yaar bare dinon ke baad ek picture naseeb hui hai. Anji baito na...
Anj - Chill...betrahi hoon!
Sap - Riddhima...come, ye seat tumhare liye bachaaee hai.
Anj - (quickly sits in the seat beside Sapna and looks at Riddhima) Oh...Ridz...if you want, I can move.
Rid - Naheen naheen di, aap araam se behto, main dusri seat leleti hoon.
Rid - (looks around. The only seat left is the one beside Armaan. She sits down beside him rather grudgingly and when he is reassured that she sat down right next to him, Armaan starts chatting with Anjali, to make it seem casual)
Arm - hey beautiful! tho...rasta kaisa raha?
Anj - mat pucho tho hi acha hai. Itne saare bumps on the road aur hamari speed...it was so slow! Humse zaada tez tho road pe choonti chal rahi thi. (Saying it so Sapna could hear)
Sap - Anjali, vo mummy ne rakshey vaale uncle se kehrakha hai ke slow chalana..iss liye...
Anj - ek to tum, upar se tumhari family...I just don't get you all...pata hai Sapna, tum kuch zyada hi old fashioned ho...aaj dunya kahan se kahan phonchgayee aur tum log vaheen ke vaheen, stuck in time...(talks to Sapna, or rather lectures her on her being so old-fashioned.)

Arm - (glances over at Riddhima. She's waiting for the movie to start. She's sitting as far away from him as possible while sitting in the seat right next to him and staring at the screen. Armaan looks at the armrest between their seats. He slowly puts it up so there is nothing left between him and Riddhima.)
Rid - (realizes what Armaan is doing) Ye kya karrahe ho?
Arm - Mujhe armrest nahin pasand Basket...they're so bothersome...aur vesay bhi ek pareshani tho already mere paas behti hai na (raises both eyebrows as he looks at her)
Rid - Who me? Main tumhe pareshani dikhti hoon? (pulls armrest back down in its place) Aur mujhe pasand hai! Vapes lagao isse sahi tarha se.
Arm - Nahin! (pulls it back up)
Rid - Armaan main...(pulls it back down in its place between them)
Arm - haan Riddhima...(with a mischievous cute look, he pulls it back up)
Rid - Uff! (She turns and puts her hand on the armrest to pull it back down one last time and looks at Armaan with anger, and the next thing she sees, that her heart realizes before her eyes, is the intense gaze of Armaan. He looks at her with an emotion she never knew existed. There wasn't even a spec of anger in his gaze...but something else she couldn't quite put her finger on the emotion. He's about to place his hand on hers to stop her from pulling it down but she takes her hand away.)
Arm - (in a soft voice) kya hua basket?
Rid - Main...(self-conscious, and sees that the movie has started) picture shuroo ho gayee...(points at the screen.)
Arm - hmm (smiles to himself, his cute little dimpled smile, still looking at her without her noticing. Throughout the movie he gazes at Riddhima without making it apparent. Her expressions change with every event in the movie. She starts getting worried at the suspenseful parts and pouting at the sad parts and getting tears in her eyes when the lovers in the movie separate. She gets lost in the moments of the movie...and Armaan...well, vo tho Riddhima ki jheel jaisi kaali ankhon mein doob jata hai. He savours her every expression and watches the movie through them. When she gets tears in her eyes, he instinctively wants to reach over and wipe them off her face and give her a long and tight hug, but he stops himself.)

About halfway through the movie, a guy comes to sit in the empty seat next to Riddhima. Black gelled hair, he's wearing a heavy chain around his neck and a couple of large rings in his hands.

Guy - Hi. I'm vivek (extending his hand out to Riddhima to shake hers)
Rid - (distracted from the movie, but she doesn't want to be impolite) Uh...Hi.
Viv - And you are...
Rid - Umm (thinks 'maybe agar main apna naam batadoon, then he'll stop asking me questions and leave me alone') Riddhima...I'm Riddhima. (his hand is still extended as if waiting for her to shake it. Riddhima shakes his hand.)
Viv - Aap se milke bohot bohot khushi huee. Itne sundar haath hain aapke aur aapka chehra tho..wow.
Rid - Excuse me!(He keeps shaking her hand, and Riddhima starts to dislike him. She abruptly pulls her hand away from his) movie (points at the screen).
Viv - Arrey, aap se acchee cheez iss kamrey main hai hi nahi jo hamara attention deserve karti hai.
Rid - (doesn't pay attention. She scoots over a bit, and in doing so, scoots over near Armaan who notices all this)
Viv - (scoots near Riddhima's seat inch by inch)

Armaan overhears it.

Arm - (places his arm over Riddhima's lap and his hand where her seat ends as if to say that 'iss ke kareeb aane ki sochna bhi mat !' his face is sideways to hers and inches away from her face. He addresses Vivek in an angry tone that Riddhima could clearly see in his eyes and sense in his voice. He tries to control it as much as possible.) Aap yahan movie dekhne ayen hai na? Tho kripya karke apni ankhen screen par, aur haat paaoon apne paas rakhiye!
Viv - Tujhe kiya problem hai. Hum to bas kisi ko admire karrahethe (looks at Riddhima with an utterly ghunda-type disgusting look).
Arm - Teri tho...(he's about to stand up and give this Vivek dude a piece of his mind, when Riddhima stops him by the arm)
Rid - Armaan, please.
Arm - Riddhima...yeh...
Rid - Jaane do Armaan.
Anj - Kya hua guys?
Rid - Nahin...kuch nahin di. Armaan...please...just let it go.
Arm - (with anger still bubbling inside, he sits back down and quietly whispers in Riddhima's ear) Tum meri jaga pe aajaao. Ye character mujhe chichora sa lagraha hai. I don't want him to sit near you at all.
Rid - (Wishing exactly what Armaan had just said, agrees)
Arm - (Stands up and waits for Riddhima to scooch over to his seat. As soon as she does so, he sits between Vivek and Riddhima. After he sits down, the first thing he does is look over at Riddhima, who seems quite bothered by the whole situation. Her hand on the edge of her seat. He puts his hand on Riddhima's to comfort her by giving her hand a gentle and light squeeze and shakes his head in a motion as if to say 'you're safe now'. She looks at him and then his hand on top of hers. She feels the warmth and heat of Armaan's strong manly hand enveloping her own slender hand. The comfort she felt now sitting between her di and Armaan, who she knew for a short time till now, but was feeling immensely secure next to, unlike the feeling she had sitting next to Vivek. This time she didn't pull her hand away from under Armaan's.

Viv - (moves away from what is now Armaan's seat and starts staring at the screen.)
Arm - (moves the armrest between him and vivek down and purposely ends up hitting Viveks's arm hard with it, which was in the way)
Viv - AAAHH!!
Arm - Ohoho...mujhe tho dikha hee nahi ke that's your arm man...mujhe laga koi toothpick pari hui hai...dard...dard tho nahi hua (asks with a fake concern pasted on his face) arrey, main bhi kaisa pagal hoon na, tumhe kaise dard hoga...you look like a brave guy huh? (taps his back hard, purposely, to which Vivek gives another yelp)
Viv - AHHH....kya karrahe ho? P..p...pagal ho kya?
Arm - Nahin, Armaan hoon. Disgusted to meet you. (Armaan holds his hand out with the thought that if vivek decides to shake it, he could probably make him do a 180 rotation thereby causing him to land on his head. Yeah...that's how angry he was.)

Somebody from the back tells them to stop yelling.

Viv - (gets up, feeling insulted) Dekhlounga tumhe! Dekhlounga!
Arm - Abay chup! Pata nahin kin gutters se aajaati hai tujh jaisi gandagee.
Viv - (walks off in anger)

Arm - (looks at Riddhima. She's still a bit bothered. He says quietly.) Basket..
Rid - Haan?
Arm - It's ok, vo chalagaya...kaho tho, I can see it through, abhi door nahin gaya hai. (looks at Vivek about to step out of the theater...Armaan's ready to do it.)
Rid - nahin Armaan, tum aisa kuch nahin karoge. Please.
Arm - (Riddhima's eyes make his heart melt instantly and all feelings of hate go away...now he felt something completely different) Thik hai...lekin phir kabhi dikha na...tho uski khair nahin hai.
Rid - (smiles) Thanks.
Arm - (smiles back at her, then, still with his hand over hers like it was the most natural thing in the world and so forgetting that he's doing this, he relaxes back on his seat and starts watching the movie.)
Rid - Armaan...
Arm - Haan Basket?
Rid - Kuch nahin (she thought to not disturb him anymore, she'd caused enough trouble for today...she tried to inch her hand out little by little, but there suddenly came such a loud blasting sound from the scene in the movie in which a car crashed, and pretty soon Riddhima was completely taken in by the movie.)

The movie ends. The lights open.

Sap - WOW! That was such an amazing movie!
Anj - Mujhe tho koi khaas nahin lagi. The car crash was so fake! Saara CGI tha.
Atl - Kya love story thi!
Sap - Dekha...Atul ko bhi pasand ayee!
Atl - Nahin mera matlab love story tho mast thi, lekin (looking at Anji) car crash tho...ekdam fake...jaise Anji ne kaha, right Anji.
Anj - (looks at Atul with a 'whatever' look) Ridz
Rid - (Armaan and Riddhima's hands separate) Ji di?
Arm - Main bike lekar aatha hoon (quickly walks off...his heart felt like a connection just broke, like some of it has been left behind as he walked away from Riddhima. He was excited at the thought of Riddhima with him on the way back to their houses.)
Anj - Armaan arey....suno tho...(but Armaan leaves too quickly, so Anji turns to Riddhima) Papa ne call kiya tha mere cell par, unhone gaari bheji hai...driver bahar hai, he'll be driving us back home.
Rid - Thik hai di (they all walk towards the parking lot. Riddhima looks around for Armaan but he's nowhere to be found.) Di, mujhe pata hai ke Armaan ne bike park kahan ki hai, main usse batake aajaaoun?
Anj - Ridzi, we really need to get going.
Atl - Don't worry Ridz, maine apni bike vahan khari ki hai, tho main bathadounga Armaan ko...Bye Anji, apna khayal rakhna.
Anj - I know Atul, Chal Ridz.
Rid - (still looking around the parking lot) Ok, bye Sapna and Atul (sits in the car)
Atl&Sap - bye!!

Armaan arrives with his motorbike, only Atul is left.

Arm - Hey Champ, yeh Basket kahan rehgayee yar?
Atl - Armaan, finally... usske papa ne gaari bhejee thee, tho vo usme gayee hai...aur Anjali bhi (sighs)
Arm - Oh (His excitement vanishes. Armaan wonders why Riddhima didn't let him know. Thinks 'Aisi kya baat thi, I could have driven her home')

ARMAAN'S HOUSE

Armaan arrives at his house. The whole way, he'd been thinking about why Riddhima didn't let him drive her home. Did she not want to spend more time with him? Did she hate him that much? Did she not want him to know where she lives? Why was he thinking about her? He thought.

Arm - Main kyun uske baare mein sochraha hoon? Vaise, usko itni problem thi kiya mujhse, ke papa se gari bulvali? Mujhe kiya pari hai, bulvali tho bulvali...lekin...no no...ye tu kiya soch raha hai Armaan...cool it, just be cool...cool (goes to the kitchen and pours himself a glass of water. When he looks at the water in the glass, he sees Riddhima's image in it)
A breeze blows through the window, caressing Armaan's face...

Asmaani rang ho
pyaar ki boond ho
roshni ho
dhoop ho
chahaton ki goonj ho

He goes to his room, takes out a towel and heads to the shower. As he feels the cool sensation of the water dripping onto his body, he thinks about how Riddhima grabbed him tightly, he thinks about how having her right next to him was such a wonderful feeling.

aanchal mein hai dhanak chandni
haaton mein vo chand hai
gairon se bhi hai wasta
apno mein pehchan hai
ta ra rap ta ri ra
ta ra rap ta ri ra
ta ra rap ta ri ra
tu zindagi

He clears the water from his eyes with his hands and looks at it longingly. He remembers how tiny and delicate her hand felt in his.

mera izhar hai
pyaar hi pyaar hai
yaaron ki yar hai
tu zindagi

He gets out of the shower and sees his cellphone. He could call her and ask, but then remembers 'mere paas tho uska phone number hi nahin hai'. With a tinge of dissapointment at his forgetfulness of not asking for her number, he puts on his clean shirt to head to bed. He closes his eyes.

tujhse main kiya kahoon
tu hi mera sukoon
sang tere rahoon
tu zindagi...

And as much as he tries not to think about her, he falls asleep with Riddhima's thoughts in his dreams.

April 13, 2010

Part 9: Jab Dil Miley

It was the end of the first day for the interns in Sanjeevni. During the day, Riddhima and Armaan did not see each other because their patients and procedures kept them busy for the rest of the day. Doctor Keerti had also given some details about Armaan and Riddhima's first medical mission: Radhaa's heart. Since Anjali had to do an extra-duty, Sapna had to go back to her house and they were all dead tired by the end, they all decided that they would go to the movies the next day.


GUPTA HOUSE

The next morning, the alarm rings. Anjali puts a pillow on top of her head and screams in agony.

Anj - (whinning) Jogging tumhe karni hoti hai, tho alarm laga ke saari dunya ko uthana zuroori hai kia Ridz? Vo bhi subha subha 5:30 am ko?
Rid - (smiling as she puts her clothes on) Sorry di, lekin aap bhi chalo na mere saath jogging ke liye? Aap dekhna, it's so fresh outside, din ka start ekdam amazing hoga!
Anj - No way Ridz! Papa ne mujhe extra duty pe lagadiya tha...abhi I just want a long slumber...aur 7:00 am se pehle main nahin uthne vaali!
Rid - Ok di, aap so jayo (she goes over to Anjali and kisses her on the cheek) have some rest for one and a half more hours.

Riddhima zips up and is ready to take off on her jogging. She'd been missing being out at this time to take in the fresh air before the day starts because she hadn't been able to do it for some days now. She thinks 'sab kuch itna thik raha sanjeevni main, I was so worried, and for nothing'. Thinking this, she smiles to herself. She stops for a short break to drink some water from her waterbottle near the basketball court and as she's doing this, she feels a thump and suddenly realizes that something had landed on her head with quite a force. She looks down and realizes it's a ball. Then she hears a familiar voice.

Arm - Bull's eye!
Rid - (astonished, turns around and completely forgetting about yesterday's little incident outside Shashank's office between her and Armaan...she yells out in anger) Tum?
Arm - Yeh question to mujhe tumse poochna chahiye! Mere peeche peeche kyun aajaati ho...tumhe na, medicine mein nahin, police force mein hona chahiye tha...kyunki jab tum kisika peecha karti ho na, tho vo chahke bhi tumse door nahin jasakta!
Rid - (still holding the ball) Bohot smart samajhte ho apnay aap ko jo mujhe yeh suggestions deterehte ho?
Arm - (taking steps towards her) Samajhta nahin hoon...as a matter of fact...main hoon.
Rid - Agar aisi baat hai tho...abhi tak mujhse ball kese nahin lepaye?
Arm - (goes near her to grab the ball but as soon as his hands come near the basketball that Riddhima's holding, she starts dribbling it) Come on Riddhima...you're going to embarass yourself...basketball me score karna tumhare bass ki baat nahin hai. (with a smug grin)
Rid - Kya hua Armaan...ball haath mein nahin aarahee? (she says menacingly and dribbles past Armaan)
Arm - Kya Riddhima...you don't want to do this...varna bohot pachtaogi.

Armaan turns around and tries to grab hold of the ball, instead he ends up knocking into Riddhima and sending her for a fall to the ground. She lands on the ground and following this, Armaan loses his balance and falls as well right next to her. She looks straight in his eyes. Her piercing eyes seemed to be talking to him and he felt like a tiny little current had gone through him as he was so close to her and her bare shoulder was touching his. Then he suddenly remembered that that's exactly how he felt the last time he was close to her. 'What is this?' he thought still looking into her deep dark eyes. Riddhima still determined to score that basket quickly gets up and starts dribbling the ball again. She was only a few inches away from the basket. By the time Armaan realized that she had gotten back to the game, she had already thrown the ball into the air and even though Armaan jumped to stop it, the ball landed perfectly in the basket. Armaan turns around to look at her. She was wiping the dirt off her clothes with a swift motion and the wind blew, wrapping her hair around her beautiful face which she then secured into a ponytail.

Rid - Agli baar, dusron ko underestimate karne se pehle, do bar sochna zuroor.
Arm - (at a loss of words) Basket...
Rid - Kya kaha?
Arm - Maine kaha...
Rid - (her cellphone rings) Oh no!!! Late horaha hai!! (grabs her waterbottle and runs out of the basketball court towards her house)
Arm - (shouts) Yo basket...Sanjeevni main milrahe hain na?
Rid - (hears Armaan loud and clear and turns around) Haan...meri bad luck ke mujhe tumko Sanjeevni main bhi sehnaparta hai.
Arm - (quietly to himself) aur meri good luck...basket. (looking at his watch, he realizes that it's time to get home too)

ARMAAN'S HOUSE

Armaan arrives at his house, that's unusually large for a bachelor pad. He unlocks the door and plumps down onto his comfortable sofa. Thinks 'I still got about half an hour' and closes his eyes and as he's doing that, an image of Riddhima enters his head. Her hair is open like it was in the basketball court and the wind is blowing it into her face and then he sees a hand touching her face contouring her forehead, then touching her cheek while pushing her hair out of the way and tucking it behind her ears. As he concentrates, he sees that that hand belongs to him. His eyes open in surprise.

Arm - (talking to himself) main pagal horaha hoon...I've gone mad...ya that's it...ab mujhe Sanjeevni main doctor ke vajaye, patient banna parega, vo bhi mental patient. Riddhima...main uss ke baare mein kyun sochraha hoon, vo bhi aise? Main sub larkiyon ko chorke...yahan tak ke katrina aur kareena ko bhi chorke Riddhima ke baare mein sochraha hoon? (reassuring himself) nahin nahin...main tho Armaan hoon...Armaan Malik...koi era gera mental patient nahin...(he hears a ring)Great...ab mere kaan bhi bajne lagey...(realizes it's the alarm clock and quickly heads to his room to get ready)

SANJEEVNI

The day at Sanjeevni went quite busy for the interns. There were many emergencies and so many patients came in and the interns got a really good feel for the Emergency ward. They got a quick briefing from Dr. Keerti and were busy with their patients the whole day. They were all tired, but not tired enough to forget about their celebration this time. They all went to their locker rooms to put away their things and get ready for some relaxing time at the movies!

LOCKER ROOM

Atl - Thak gaye yar! Arey haan Sapna, tum chalrahi ho na?
Sap - Atul, mein chalna to chahti hoon lekin main mummy se kaise kahoon ke...
Atl - Kyun? We're all friends yar...aisi kya baat hai batao na.
Sap - mere papa-ji thore...well...hamari puri family kaafi conservative hai
Arm - To kya hua? Hum hain na, koi bhi tumhe chehre na, to main aur Atul uss ko achee thara se dekh leynge! (gunda style) Kyun champ?
Atl - b..b...b..bilkul armaan bilkul (brings him to the side) yar, tere paas itne dolay sholay hain na
Arm - (laughs) haan...vo to hai (comedically puts his sleeve up and pulls up his collar)
Atl - To tu larkon se fight karna aur mein tere peeche driving force bankay rahounga
Arm - ok done! (they shake on it)
Atl - hann Sapna...to hum kehrahe the ke of course, hum tumhari raksha kareyngay!
Sap - Lekin mummy-jee nahin manayngee!
Atl - Arey yar unko call lagao...phir dekha jayega
Sap - Na baba na...tum dono larke ho, chahe tum mere dost hi ho...lekin tumhari avaaz sunkay tho vo mujhe bilkul hi naheen aneydengee...
Atl - Arey to Ridzi baat karleygi na!! Lo dekho vo aagayee

Armaan turned around so quickly. He hadn't seen her the whole day. He'd wanted to see her, tease her, watch her go red in anger and then cool down and punch him on his arm like she did that day. She was walking towards him and he just stared at this ethereal pure beauty dressed in white that was Riddhima. Atul accidentally nudges Armaan.

Atl - Sorry Armaan
Arm - It's...it's ok Champ (hides his face behind his locker)
Atl - Ridz! Acha hua tum aagayeen...hum...
Rid - Haan haan atul, maine sab sunliya tha. Sapna, mujhe mila ke do na.
(Sapna calls her mom. Anji walks in and doesn't say much...rearranging her locker...she doesn't like Sapna one bit anymore. Riddhima talks to Sapna's mom and she agrees to let Sapna go...but only if her raksha driver drives her to and from the theater)
Arm - (in his teasing mode) Arrey Anji, kahan ghayab ho gayeen thi? Vaise tum dono behnain ho, mujhe yakeen nahin aata..I mean ek itni laraku, bilkul basket (looks at Riddhima) aur ek itni awesome and beautiful (winks at Anji, still looking at Ridz from the corner of his eye to watch for her chidahua reaction).
Rid - (hides her face behind the locker door mumbling under her breath 'pagal, stupid, idiot, pehle tho ball maari, sorry bhi nahin kaha, phir kehta hai ke main ladaku hoon')
Anj - Armaan...shut up (of course Anji knows by now that he's saying it to make ridz annoyed) Acha...ab hum chalein...main bike lekey...

("DR. RIDDHIMA REPORT TO DR. SHASHANK'S OFFICE")

Arm - Arey!!! Ye kaisa hospital hai yaar...duty ke baad bhi doctor ko bulathe hain?
Rid - Koi baat nahin, koi kaam hoga, tum log jao, main dekhloungi.
Arm - No way! (in a loud voice)(everyone stares at him)...I mean...tumhe hi kyun bulaya? Tum special ho kya?
Sap - Nahin...hum tumhara wait kareynge...tum jaake dekho.
Anj - ya ridz, go and check what's up.
Rid - ok

SHASHANK'S OFFICE
Sha - Sit Riddhima
Rid - Kya hua Dr. Shashank?
Sha - abhi maine tumhe doctor shashank hokay nahi lekin tumhare papa ke haq se bulaya hai.
Rid - Kya hua papa...aap ki avaaz mein ghussa kyun...
Sha - Riddhima tum ye kaise karsakti ho? Aur mujhe bataya bhi nahin????
Rid - (worried) kya papa?
Sha - gaari pe aaj mujhe dent mila! Ram Singh se pucha to uss ne mujhe bataya ke tumne drive ki thi med exam pe? Tumhara accident hua aur tumne mujhe batana bhi zuroori nahin samjha?!
Rid - (Shashank sounded so angry and worried. He was trying his best to control his anger but Riddhima knew he was so serious. Her eyes started to well up) Papa, mein aapko batane hi wali thi...
Sha - tho bataya kyun nahin???
Rid - Main apko pareshan nahin karna chahti thi papa...main..
Sha - Riddhima...tumne ye nahi socha ke tumhare naa bataane se mujhe kitni parishani hogi, kitna dukh hoga...ke meri hi beti mere saat hi apni mushkil share nahin karsakti? Bas aaj se, tum aur Anjali dono gari nahin chalao gi.
Rid - (tears flowing down her cheeks, stands up, is very nervous) I'm sorry papa.
Sha - (sees how terribly sorry Riddhima is and goes to her side and sits her down and calmly explains) bete aap mujhe trust karogi to main apko trust karsakounga na?
Rid - Papa (between her sobs)...main...phir aisa nahin karoungi, I promise papa, main...I'm so sorry papa, main apko dukhana nahin chahti thi...I'm sor...
Sha - It's ok beta (hugs her like a dad hugs his little girl) mera acha bacha hai na...ab rona band karo shabash(he wipes her tears)...I wanna see a smile. Accident main kuch serious tho nahin hua, tum theek ho na? Aur next time...
Rid - Nahin papa (still sobbing), nothing serious happened aur main thik hoon (smiling though still sobbing). Next time, kuch bhi ho, main pakka aap ko bataooungi.
Sha - Good. Tum aur Anjali mere liye sab kuch ho, agar tumhe kuch hojaye to main nahin sehpaounga.
(Awhile of cheering up ridzi gets beeped on her beeper, she looks and it's armaan)
Rid - Papa vo...
Sha - Kya hua beta kaun tha?
Rid - hum sab, mera matlab main, Anjali di, Sapna, Armaan aur Atul movie dekhne jaarahethe...lekin main mana kardeti hoon unko abhi...
Sha - Kyun? Aap kushi se jao, sab ke saat milo jhulo...ab inn logon ka saat lambay time ke liye hai.
Rid - Par Papa...main gari...
Sha - Haan...gari to nahin milsakti aur na Anjali motorbike chalayegi...raat honevali hai, aur abhee to tumhara accident...atul armaan aur sapna ke saat chali jaana tum dono...vo log bhi to jaarahe hain.
Rid - (Riddhima didn't want to argue at all. She was so happy he agreed to let her go and was happy to see he wasn't angry or sad or hurt anymore) ok papa.
Sha - Jao and have a good time, aur haan...be careful out there.
Rid - ji. Love you papa.
Sha - Love you too betay.

Riddhima leaves and heads to the locker room.

LOCKER ROOM

Arm - (Armaan sitting on the bench trying to dial Riddhima's beeper again looks up) Agayeen jhansi ki raani!! kahan regayi thi Basket? Itni der say beep karraha hoon
Rid -(takes his beeper from him) Armaan, ye beeper kam ke liye hai, koi khel ke liye nahin (gives it back to him)
(Anjali walks in)
Anj - (angry) Ridz!! Tu itni irresponsible hogi mujhe bilkul nahin pata tha!!!
Rid - (thinks 'lagta hai papa ne di ko motorbike lejane se bhi mana kar dia')di main...
Anj - teri vaja se, papa ne mujhe motorbike leyjaane se mana kardia
Rid - Ahista di...I'm sorry di, main uss vaqt aaj bataane vali thi aap ko
(Armaan, Atul and Sapna are confused and kind of surprised at how rudely Anjali was talking to Riddhima. Riddhima starts to tear up again, she was quite embarassed by all this and sad that she dissapointed her di.)
Anj - Mujhe batadeti to main garage se gaari thik karvadeti aur papa ko pata nahin chalta...lekin tum to Ridz ho na...aisi baatein batana hi bhool jaati ho aur phir tumhare saat saat mujhe bhi saza lagjaati hai.
Atl - Arey koi batayega hua kiya hai?
Anj - Ridz ki vaja se main apni motorbike nahin leyjasakti to hum movie nahin jaasakte.
Atl - ye kaise ho sakta hai...of course jaasakti ho...vo bhi tum dono
Anj - kaise? tumhaari choti si bicycle pe? (Anjali gets a little rude when she gets angry)
Arm - nahin yaar anji...meri motorbike hazir hai na. I can take one of you (looked towards Riddhima innocently trying to catch her glance)
Rid - (Riddhima shot an angry look at Armaan)
Sap - Aur mein apnay rakshay mein ek aur ko lejasakti hoon.
Atl - dekha anji...problem solved! (smiles at her)
Anj - (thinks for awhile 'agar Sapna aur Ridz saat bhet gayeen tho abhi to Ridz bhi mujhse naraaz hogi aur Sapna iss ka faida utha ke uss ki bohot achi friend banjayegi, aur main aisa honay nahin doungi!') Main Sapna ke riksha main chali jaoungi.
Rid - Nahin nahin di, aap kaise...aap armaan ke saat jao, main Sapna ke saat chali jaoungi. (looking at Armaan) Vaise bhi mujhe Armaan ke saath jaane ka koi shauk nahin hai!!
Arm - Vaise tho mujhe bhi tumhaare saat waqt guzaarne ka koi shauk nahin hai Basket...main tho Anji ko offer karraha tha. Tum ne tho pehli mulakat mein hi meri baby ko almost maardala...ab pata nahin kiya kardogi
Rid - (realized she was back at square one talking about the accident...and stopped talking)
Anj - Ridz, teri vaaja se ye saari problem hui hai na?
Rid - (embarassed, shakes her head in a yes)
Anj - tho pehli choice meri hai, it's only fair.
Ridz quietly agrees. They all get going and start heading to the front parking lot.
Arm - Yo Basket...kahan jaarahi ho?
Rid - Parking lot, aur kahan?
Arm - Hamari savari uss taraf hai (points to the back parking lot with both hands)
Rid - (looks at Anjali and makes a last attempt and looks at her with a "I'm so sorry look")
Atl&Sap&Arm to each other - See you guys there!

BACK PARKING LOT
Riddhima is still lost in her thoughts ke vo apni di ko kaise manaye. Armaan sees her innocent face looking so sad and walking towards his motorbike with him, but she's not with him, vo bilkul khoyee hui hai with tears in her eyes...tears of sadness. For some reason Armaan ko dard honeylaga Riddhima ka utra hua chehra dekh kay, tho he decided 'aaj ka mission: basket ko khush karna')
Arm - (softly) Riddhima.
Rid - (keeps walking without having heard Armaan)
Arm - hey Basket (holds her hand to stop her)
Rid - (looks towards Armaan but doesn't raise her eyes. A tear slithers down her cheek and with a broken voice, she manages to say something) kya Armaan?
Arm - Jaanti ho...aik baat
Rid - (wipes the tear off her cheek. She didn't want Armaan to see her like this, crying over something) kaunsi baat?
Arm - (hastily, like he's confessing something) Mujhe bari vali needles se bohot darr lagta hai
Rid - (realizes that Armaan just admitted that he's afraid of something. Her agony vanishes and a tear drops from her cheek into the palm of Armaan's hand.) KIYA?? TUM? Aur needles se darte ho?
Arm - SSSshhhhhhh ahista...aas pass log sunleynge. Vo main vaise tho nahin darta...bas jab mere lagti hai tho...(looks over at Riddhima thinking 'mission complete')
Rid - (puts a hand in front of her mouth and forces herself to stop laughing but she can't help it and she cracks) tumm...hahahahha...Tum doctor hokay needles se darte ho???? hahahah

She's in hysterics now and can't stop laughing, for some odd reason itni chohti si baat ne iss gham bharay moment mein Riddhima ko itna hasaya...While Riddhima was holding her stomach laughing away, Armaan secretly took a look at the palm of his hand that was wet from Riddhima's tear and thought to himself 'uss ki ankhon main, you tears are not welcome...sirf hassi ke tears are welcome'! and started laughing at the sound of her laughter...he laughed for awhile and then eventually stopped when he looked at Riddhima. He forgot everything that was around him and just saw her. Her white dupatta was flowing in the air and her silky black hair followed her dupatta with the flow. Her laugh was so innocent and pleasant and her beautiful dark eyes were gleaming from the reflection of the sun and he thought 'god...I could watch her laugh all day, was she always this beautiful from the start? Ye hamesha khush rahe yun hi hasti rahe' and he can't help laugh again because this girl brings a smile to his face. They finally gain their control back but are still chuckling.

Rid - Armaan! Tum bhi na, bilkul bacche ho!
Arm - Kyunki main needles se darta hoon?....I mean vaise tho nahin darta lekin..
Rid - haan haan janti hoon, sirf jab tumhe lagni hoti hai tho...phir bhi (smiles again, closing her eyes like a little girl) bilkul bache ho! They headed to the motorbike.

Armaan sits on the motorbike. Riddhima sits too. She hesitates and then just sits and doesn't hold Armaan from the back (like you usually are supposed to do when you're the person in the back on a motorbike :P)

Arm - Riddhima...
Rid - Umm haan?
Arm - thik se pakro
Rid - (holds the side of the motorbike)pakar liya.
Arm - mujhe Riddhima...mujhe thik se pakro
Rid - nahin...I'm fine
Arm - main puch nahin raha hoon...bol raha hoon.
Rid - Armaan aise thik hai.
Arm - to phir thik hai...main atul ko phone karta hoon aur uss ko batadeta hoon ke hamara ticket naa le
Rid - Kyun?
Arm - Kyunke main tumhe yun to nahi leke jaane vaala...too unsafe.
Rid - Acha theek hai...pakarti hoon na...just wait.
Riddhima holds Armaan by putting her hands on both his shoulders. He looks back at her.
Arm - ye tumhari di ki scooty nahin hai...ye Armaan Malik ki fast motorbike hai! (he takes both her hands while still sitting on the bike and places her hands to wrap around his waist. She's kind of embarassed. She's never been so close to a guy before.)
Arm - that's better. Ready?
Rid - Haan (she says quietly)
Armaan kicks it off and zooms away. Riddhima closes her eyes tightly and is scared for her life so she grabs onto Armaan even tighter without thinking about what she's doing. Armaan can feel this and his heart starts beating faster *thump thump thump*, he gets chills down his spine and tries to concentrate on driving the motorbike. He can't help smile. Without thinking about it twice, he picks the longer route to get to the movies. Riddhima opens her eyes.
Rid - (screams) Armaaaaaan...mujhe abhi nahin marna! I want to live!! Aahista chalaaaao!!!
Arm - (while driving, screams back) Fikr nahin karo Riddhima! Main ek bohot ache doctor ko jaanta hoon...jo bari se bari problem theek karsakta hai...actually problems usse dekhte hi bhaag jaati hain!
Rid - Kaun?
Arm - Me of course!
Rid - Mardaloungi tumhe Armaan!
Arm - Tum mujhe nahin marsaktin!
Rid - tumhe kaise pata ke main kiya karsakti hoon aur nahin?
Arm - Issliye kyun ki tumhari zindagi abhi mere haathon mein hain (increases the speed)! To agar mujhe mardalogi tho tum kaise bachogi?
Rid - Armaaan!!!!!!
They reach a bump and the whole motorbike shakes and this causes Riddhima to scoot closer to Armaan, their bodies collide. Unaware, she starts praying for all to be well under her breath and closes her eyes again tightly. She's never went this fast on a motorbike before. She ducks behind Armaan even more and ends up resting her head on Armaan's back.

They finally reach the parking lot of the theater and Armaan puts the motorbike in park. He looks down at his waist and is surprised to see that Riddhima's hands are still around him and her fingers of one hand are intertwined with those of her other hand, that's how tightly she's grabbed on. He takes the key out of his motorbike slowly subconciously trying to not disturb Riddhima so the moment could last just a tiny bit longer. Riddhima was still praying under her breath and was so afraid that for a minute she didn't notice that they had stopped. Armaan kept looking down at her hands and his own hands, as if on their own, reached for hers. As soon as the tip of his fingers touched her tender soft hands, Riddhima quivered and then realized that they had stopped so she quickly let go of Armaan.



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Simmy

April 7, 2010

Part 8: Jab Dil Miley

Arm - (They reach Dr. Shashank's office. Armaan quickly runs a hand through his hair and buttons his lab coat to the top. Riddhima stares at him curiously 'itna nervous horaha hai buddu kahin ka') Main kaisa lag raha hoon?
Rid - Itne nervous mat ho, you look fine.
Arm - (stops fiddling)Oye hoye...so now I look fine? (nudges her shoulder with his) Admit it, you missed me!
Rid - Uff Armaan!! Tum kabhi nahin sudrogay!
Arm - from the exam day to today...tumhara har pal mere baghair kat nahin raha tha...right?
Rid - In your dreams!
Arm - Dekhlena, aik din, jo aaj mujhe pata hai, vo tumhe bhi pata lag jahega (stares in her eyes)
Rid - (catches his glance. She can't help but stare into his deep blue eyes) kiya?
Arm - yehi..
Rid - kiya?
Arm - yehi...ke hum abhi andar nahin gaye, to hamara sanjeevani mein pehla din hamara akhri din hoga!
Rid - (hits him hard on the shoulder)
Arm - OUCH!
Rid - you deserve that
Arm - (jokingly acting like he's in pain) Riddhima...I think I've got a bruise. Haat itnay nazuk hain aur lagte itne zor se hain!
Rid - Ab chalo bhi!
(They enter Dr. Shashank's office. He was on the phone)
Sha - Dr. Armaan, Dr. Riddhima, just one moment.
Arm - sure
Sha - (on the phone) Mr. Deshmuk, I will call you later. Thank you.
Rid - Apnay hume bulaya?
Sha - Haan betay...
Arm - (confused)
Sha - (realizes his mistake. He's so used to calling Riddhima betay out of love that he doesn't notice usually, but now, he knows he needs to watch it)I mean betheeay. Sit.
Arm - (confusion settled) oh thank you sir.
Sha - (to Arm and Rid) tho, according to my understanding, patient raadha ka case aap dono ko mila hai?
Rid - Yes Sir, humay hi mila hai
Sha - ok, good good. kya ap dono nai uska diagnosis kiya?

Armaan shows doctor shashank the scans and riddhima explains the patient's present conditions. Dr. Shashank is very satisfied throughout.

Arm - sir, humay lagta hai ke Raadha ko heart translpant milna chahiye. She deserves it.
Sha - you're absolutely right Dr. Armaan. Aur issi liye maine aap dono ko idhar bulaya tha. Aap dono ko delhi jaakay uss heart ka intezaam karna hoga.
Rid - par, hum delhi...yahan patient ka khayal kaun rakhega?
Sha - Dr. Keerti yahan patient ko dekh leyngi.
Rid - Lekin Dr., iss heart ko via airplane kyun nahi bhejdete?
Sha - vo iss liye ke hum ek aur hospital ke saat compete karrahe hain iss dil ke liye. Hamare patient ko bhi chahiye aur dusray hospital ke patient ko bhi zarurat hai jeenay ke liye. To aap Sanjeevani ki taraf se jayengay aur yeh dil lene jayengay. Can you do that?
Arm - Hum puri koishish kareyngay (is weirdly excited for this...he's just not sure why exactly)
Rid - Yes sir.
Sha - Great! That's exactly what I expect from interns like yourself. Keep up the good work.
Arm&rid - thank you sir.
Sha - Main details Dr. Keerti ko dedounga. Delhi ke aik gaon main jaana hoga. Aap ko details Dr. keerti se miljayengi. Ab aap dono vapes kaam pe jaasakte hain.
They both get up and leave.
Arm - Wow!
Rid - Kiya hua?
Arm - Main to samajtha tha ke yeh bohot karhus type ke doctor hongay, par ye to bilkul easy going and smooth...Dr. Shashank nahin but Shanky
Rid - Yeh kiya badtamizi hai? Aise naam kyun bighar rahe ho. It's DR. SHASHANK for your information
Arm - come on, Shanky takes less effort to say.
Rid - Nahin karo armaan
Arm - mera mooh hai, main to kahunga...shanky
Rid - Shut up!
Arm - Shanky shanky shanky! (smiles, he loves teasing her)
Riddhima puts her finger on Armaan's mouth to shut him. She doesn't like him calling her papa like that. She looks in his eyes. She just wants him to be quiet. For a second Armaan becomes quiet and stares back at her, and automatically, riddhima ki nazrein nichay hojathi hain. Then, he lightly kisses her finger. She quickly takes it away and looks down. Armaan comes closer to her and with his hand, he tucks her hair behind her ears and going right up to her so she could feel the breath of his whisper, he whispers "Admit it, you missed me.".

April 5, 2010

Part 7: Jab Dil Miley

GENERAL WARD
Riddhima and Armaan are shocked.
Rid - Yeh kaise ho sakta hai Armaan? Yeh to sirf...aur iski tho...aur yeh last week se hospital main 14 times admit ho chuki hai?
Arm - I know 14 times!!!...iss patient ko aaj admit kisne kiya tha?
Rid - pata nahin, lekin pata lagana pareyga.
Arm - tell you what, tum patient se pucho, main itnay kuch scans karke ata hoon. It doesn't seem like a pregnancy case anymore.
Rid - Ok (Ridz is worried and Armaan can see it clearly)
Arm - (he holds her lightly by the shoulders and turns her around) Hey, you don't worry, it's probably not that bad pehle doctors probably couldn't figure it out.
Armaan heads to the Scans room to request some scans be done. Riddhima heads to the patient's side and talks to her, but after awhile the patient starts coughing so Riddhima thinks it's better to leave her to rest.

PATH LAB
Anj - Hi, yeh samples mujhe test karwane hain. I need them by 12:00
Atl - Oh hi Anjali. Fikr not, yeh tumhe 12 bajay se pehli miljayengay.
Anj - You know what actually, mujhe abhi abhi chayeeain, tho, you just do it now and I'll wait.
Atl - Sure, pehle deeep freeze karne hongay, it'll take a few minutes.
Anj - Fine, main wait karloungi. (Anjali sits down)
Atl - (sees that she seems kind of lost) Sab kuch thik hai Anjali?
Anj - Ya, everything's ok
Atl - Nahin, matlab, agar koi baat hai, to tum mujhe bata sakti ho.
Anj - Mujhe Ridzi se baat karni hai.
Atl - Vo to shayad busy hai, general ward mein bhir lagi hui hai, itne saare log hain! Koi problem hai, tho, you can share it with me Anjali.
Anj - Sample tayaar hai? (Anjali doesn't let someone in her life bubble easily!)
Atl - Ya, it's almost done. (does the final step and hands it to her)
Anj - Thanks.
Atl - Are you sure main tumhare koi aur kaam nahin asakta?
Anj - Please, mujhe apna kam karna hai (Anjali kind of missed Riddhima a little. She wanted to tell her how Sapna had made her look bad in front of Dr. Keerti. She thought 'iss atul ko to main janti bhi nahin hoon...iss ko kia batana' She leaves to go back to the Cancer Ward)

GENERAL WARD
Rid - (sees Armaan) Armaan, tum ne vo tests karaliye?
Arm - Haan, tum chalo, main tumhe raaste main batata hoon.
Rid - ok (they start walking towards the cafeteria)
Arm - It's much worse than we thought. Hum to uss 16-year old larki ko pregnant samaj rahe the because she was showing all the symptoms. Lekin, baat isse bhi zada buri hai.
Rid - What?
Arm - All these times that she went to every hospital, uss ko heart attacks ke symptoms dikhe.
Rid - But she's only 16!
Arm - Jaanta hoon (opens the caf doors and lets riddhima go first)
Rid - Are you absolutely sure?
Arm - I know, main bhi hairaan rehgaya tha! This girl has had at least 10 heart attacks if not more. Aur yeh sirf 16 years old hai. Dusray hospitals main gayee, tho unno ne iss ka treatment deny kardia aur koi reason bhi nahin diya
Rid - I know the reason.
Arm - kiya?
Rid - Come on Armaan, aur kiya reason ho sakta hai. Uss ki family paise wali nahin hai.
(They see Sapna and she waves at them)
Sap - Guys, over here!
Rid - Hey Sapna! Kaisa raha din?
Sap - Quite good. Mera aik patient to bohot hi sweet hai, and even more, Dr. Keerti complemented me!
Arm - A complement from Gabbar? Riddhima, kuch seeko Sapna se! (pulls up his seat next to Ridz)
Rid - Shut up Armaan
Arm - Acha vo main patient ko...
Sap - No way! yahan par no patient talk, yeh lunch room hai, no patient talk allowed
Arm - fair enough Sapna, no patient talk (charming smile)
Rid - Aray, Di kahan hai?
Arm - Aur Atul bhi pata nahin...
Sap - Atul ne kaha tha ke vo buss abhi ayega, aur Anjali ko kuch kam tha
Rid - Oh, chalo, phir lunch hum karte hain
Arm - Allow me ladies
Sap - Oh I already have one
Rid - Main apna leloungi
Arm - Aray jodha-ji, jab aap ka akbar baadshah yahan karha hai, to aap ko uthnay ki kia zarurat hai. Sandwich? Vohi Ande vala? Cool (he goes to the counter)
Rid - (embarassed in front of Sapna)
Sap - Riddhima, yeh kia tha? well, lagta hai ke tum dono ki khub ban rahi hai
Rid - Aisi koi baat nahin hai Sapna, actually ek chota sa secret...(whispers) I kind of hate him...he irritates me, jaise abhi...
Arm - (is back, and Riddhima didn't notice. She had leaned in to whisper this to Sapna, so he leans over Riddhima to see how long it will take for her to figure it out.)
Arm - tum girls mere baare mein to baat nahin karrahin thi?
Sap - Aray, hato vahan se, Riddhima ko aise tang nahi karo! (laughs)
Rid - (turns around) Armaan!!! (pushes him away, he starts laughing, she's slightly angry and moves to Sapna's side and Sapna and Armaan are both chucking now, Anjali walks in, she could see them, but they couldn't see her)
Anj - (thinks 'ye to ridzi ki jaise best friend ban gayee...stupid Sapna! Pehle mera patient, phir meri behen, god I hate her!')
Arm - (in hysterics...itna laugh kar raha riddhima ka surprised face dekh ke aur us ko angry karke, armaan ke ansoo nikal aye) your face...it was just so...red...hahahahha....like a tomato!!!
Rid - Tum na...Sapna, main jaarahi hoon...ye bohot tang karta hai...
Sap - Armaan...stop it!! (she gets a call on her cell phone) oh guys, mummy-ji ki call hai, main baat karke aati hoon. (gets up and leaves)
Riddhima looks at Armaan slightly angry and starts to leave and goes past armaan and Armaan grabs her hand.
Arm - Kahan jaa rahi ho Riddhima?
Rid - Tum se matlab? Hath choro mera
Arm - (leaves her hand) actually...tum jao...ye anday ka sandwich main khud hi khalounga. (picks up the sandwich and puts it in front of her face)Tumhe chahiye tho nahin?
Rid - (thinks 'bhook to lag rahi hai, pure din mein khana jo nahin khaya' and reaches out to grab it)
Arm - (quickly takes a bite out of it and offers it to her again)
Rid - Ew...main tumhaara jhoota nahin kahoungi!! Tum na...just...nevermind!!
Arm - Haan haan, main bohot bura hoon na?
Rid - Sabse buray ho! Tum doctor kaise bangaye?...na manners, na khayal!
(Sapna comes back)
Arm - Oh hello...doctor bannay ke liye akal ki zarurat hoti hai...jo tumhaare paas to hai nahi (points a finger at her)
Rid - (twists his finger in anger)
Arm - Ouch!
Sap - guys...kyun larai karrahe ho...chalo khana khaate hain.
Arm - isse bachke rehna sapna, yeh bite karti hai! (holding his finger like a kid)

Atl - (is walking to the caf and sees anji standing there) Hey, Anji, kya hua?
Anj - (quickly looks away from sapna, armaan and riddhima) nothing Atul!
Atl - to chalo na, mere pet main chuhay daur rahe hain!
Anj - fine, let's go.

Armaan and riddhima are sitting on the sofa-bench type thing on one side of the table now and gotten rid of the chairs. Anji across from ridz and Sapna with her. Armaan scoots over to let Atul sit too. He scoots over more and more to make everybody fit to the point where his shoulder is behind Riddhima's, touching.
'There's that rose smell again' he thinks and looks over at Riddhima. She's busy talking to Anjali now, and doesn't notice his glance.

Sap - guys, next time, hum uss wali table pe betengay, this one's too small.
Arm - I think this one's perfect. (still looking at Riddhima who's talking with her di.)
Atl - Nahin yaar...aaj ke liye thik hai, lekin kal se, hum yahan nahin behtaingay, vo kia hai nai, kahne ke baad main gol gappe ki taran gol hoja tha hoon...aur ye bench bohot kam pare ga.
Sap - (laughs) tum bhi na atul!
Rid - vaise this is good food.
Sap - you know guys, humay celebrate karna chahiye
Rid - Haan! We should go to dinner
Atl - Haan yaar, hamara internship ka pehla din...
Anj - No way...dinner's boring
Arm - Right..Anji you're right, we should go to a bar
Rid - no, humay dinner karna chahiye...bars are too noisy, hum baat bhi nahi karpayengay aur itne saare ajeeb se log vahan...
Arm - (Turns to Riddhima and he's close to her face) Tumhari chik chik pak pak kaun sunna chahta vaise bhi...
Rid - Armaan!!!!!!!!
Arm - Jhoot hamesha karva hota hai Riddhima. Hum bar jayengay!
Rid - Nahin, hum dinner jayengay!
Arm - BAR!
Rid - (angry)DINNER!
Arm - (slightly louder than her)BAR BAR BAR!!
Rid - DINNER DINNER DINNER!
Atl - (waves his hand in front of them) Guys Guys Guys...na hum bar jayengay, na dinner!
(Riddima and Armaan both look his way)
Rid&Arm - To phir?
Atl - Hum movies jayengay!
Sap - great idea Atul. Mujhe vaise bhi vo movie dekhni hai, naee wali, Hrithik Roshan ki
Anj - Mujhe koi hindi movie nahin dekhni, just English
Sap - Nahin nahin Anji, vo English movie hi hai, bus Hrithik Roshan hero hai...kia naam tha...haan, Kites.
Arm - par...
Atl - tu chup kar Armaan...anji ko bol ne de, it all depends on you now Anji because majority wins
Anj - Fine, Kites dekhne chaleynge
Atl&Sap - YES!
Arm - Fine, chalo, at least it's better than dinner
Rid - Pleease! At least it's a thousand times better than going to a bar!
("ALL INTERNS REPORT TO THE DUTY STATION IMMEDIATELY")
Atl - (jumps up)...gabbar ne bulaya!!
Arm - hahaha...man, that never gets old!
Anj - (sighs) And boys never grow up!
Sap - (they all start getting ready to leave) Tho, guys kitne baje wali movie?
Atl - vohi 9:00 pm vali showing
Sap - Oh no...I don't think...main nahin aasakti
Arm - Kya matlab yaar...it's an intern-first-day-on-the-job celebration. Aisa mauka phir nahin ayega.
Anj - Guys, uss bichari ko tang kyun karrahe ho? Nahin aana chahti to nahin aye (looks at Sapna with a dirty look)
Rid - Guys, we should get going, Sapna, meet us at the end of the day, tumhe vaise aana hi pareyga, it's our first outing.
Sap - Main...koishish karoungi...mummy-ji se pouchna pareyga.
(DR. ARMAAN AND DR. RIDDHIMA REPORT TO DR. SHASHANK'S OFFICE)
Arm - Uh...guys? Did the guy stuck in the intercom just tell us to go to Dr. Shashank's office? On our FIRST day? God save us!
Rid - Par kyun bulaya hoga?
Anj - Tum log yahan karay raho gay, to pata kaise chalayga?
Arm - Chalo!! (grabs Riddhima's hand and pulls her toward the rasta to go to Shashank's office, they start walking that way. The others don't really notice, they're busy putting on their lab coats.)
Rid - Easy Armaan, itni jaldi ki kya zarurat hai (apna haat armaan ke haath se chuda liya).
Arm - you see, pehle din, aur chief surgeon ne bulava dia hai
Rid - Oh...so now who's the one worrying about itni si baat? huh?
Arm - Koi aur intern, no problem, Gabbar, no problem, but Dr. Shashank, bohot bari problem.
Rid - Kya??? Problem? Mere pa..
Arm - (Stops and looks at riddhima) Kya kya kya?
Rid - (thinks 'oh no, iss ko pata chalgaya ke Dr. Shashank hi meray papa hain to bohot bura hojayega')
Rid - Umm...vo mere pa...aaas ek idea hai.
Arm - (completely unaware of what Riddhima was thinking, excitedly asks) Oh...kaisa idea? bolo na!
Rid - Tum bohot nicely baat karna.
Arm - That's all?
Rid - yeah
Arm - kya phatichar idea hai Riddhima! Yeh to main pehle se hi karne wala tha!
Rid - oh ok. (thinks 'thank god, he didn't suspect anything')

Lovely jodi!

April 4, 2010

Part 6: Jab Dil Miley

A few days after they had taken the med exam, Riddhima and Anjali's dad, Shashank was to come back. They were both very excited to see their dad since lately he had been going to so many conferences as Sanjeevani hospital's chief directing doctor to secure funding, that they hardly got to see him. Ridz and Anji went to meet him at the airport.
Shashank=Sha


AIRPORT
Rid&Anj - PAPA! (rush to hug Shashank)
Sha - Riddhima, Anjali! It's so good to see you both! Itnay dinon kay baad milay ho tum dono. Tum logon ka exam kaisa raha? How did you do?
Rid - I'm so happy aap vapes aagaye papa! Pata hai, hume aaj results bhi milnay vale hain. Its so exiciting! Aur apki conference kaisi rahin?
Anj - Papa! Aap hamare liye kiya kiya leke aye hain?
Sha - Riddhima, our conferences were successful betay, aur Anjali, aap dono ke liye dher saaray gifts leke aya hoon. Lekin abhi to humay airport se chalna chaiye. Chalein ghar, yeh puri luggage gifts say bharey hain.

When they get home, naani tells them that their results are here. They open them and discover that they both did great. They're ecstatic! Shashank tells them that they would be a great addition to Sanjeevni. They spend the rest of the day in this daze and catching up with their dad.

SANJEEVNI HOSPITAL
Rid - Di, looks like we're the first ones here.
Anj - Haan yaar, it looks like it. Lekin Ridz, at least is bahane se hume sab se clean lockers mil gaye.
Rid - Acha, di, vo...mujhe aap se kuch kehna hai, par...aap please zada ghussa mat hona.
Anj - Kya hua ridz?
Rid - vo...uss din medical exam ke din
Anj - Ya...tho...
Rid - Actually...

Before Ridz could finish talking about the whole accident that happened, they were interrupted. 2 new people walked in. (Atul = Atl) (Sapna = Sap)

Atl - Hi guys! Tum log bhi yahan naye interns ho?
Rid - (looks over..and thinks 'I guess I'll just tell di later, mujhe abhi iss sab ke baare mein nahi sochna chahiye, it's my first day at Sajeevni, time to start fresh') Hi, ya we're here for that too.
Atl - Oh! Great! Mera naam Atul hai (puts his hand forward to Anji. She just looks at him and instead of shaking his hand, opens her locker and starts organizing her things. Atul is kind of hurt about this.)
Rid - (thinks 'Di bhi na...' She gets up and goes to meet Atul)I'm Ridz, it's nice to meet you.(she says to Atul and shakes his hand.)
Sap - I'm Sapna. It's nice to meet you guys too. So I'm guessing Sanjeevni aap sab ki first choice thi?
Atl - Definitely, itna acha hospital, the top hospital. Lekin you know what guys, ab jab hum sub dost ho gaye hain and we're going to be spending the next years together, no aap janab. Done?
Rid - (laughs) Done!
Sap - Done! (laughs as well)
Anj - (butts in) Excuse me, hum abhi abhi milay hain, to itni jaldi dost kaise ban gaye? We're doctors here aur hamare beech main colleagues ka relation hi hona chahiye.
Rid - (whispers) Di! Aap ko kiya ho gaya hai?
Anj - Tum chup raho Ridzy! I'm going to the Duty Station. Tumhe aana hai to aajana.
Rid - Di...(That's not fair, she thought 'Di aisa kyun behave karti hai? Kitna bura laga hoga bichaare Atul and Sapna ko.') Guys vo...she's not feeling very well you know, vo tabiat thori...
Sap - Tum dono aik dusre ko jaante ho?
Rid - Ya, we're sisters
Sap - oh...
Atl - No problem yaar, chalta hai. Aaj nahi to kal ho jaye gi dosti. Don't worry about it. Mujhe lagta hai ke hum sab ko ek huge dose of laughter de pathke de jhatke ki zarurat hai!
Sap - Well said Atul. Chalo ab chalein guys varna we're going to be late.

They all lined up at the duty station. Dr. Keerti was their senior doctor.(Dr. Keerti = Kee) They were still talking when she came.

Kee - Aap sab yahan interns hain. Start acting like interns.
Rid,Sap,Atl,Anj - Sorry Doctor.
Right at that moment, a guy walks in. Muscular and very professional looking in the crisp lab coat. It's our Armaan. Some nurses briefly stop what they're doing and look at him. The interns look his way. Ridz thinks that he seems familiar
Rid - (thinks 'yeh to...oh my god, ye to armaan hai! Yeh yahan kaise?' Dr keerti turns around)
Kee - (Time is 12:00) To aap yahan park main mazay laine aye hain?
Arm - (thinks 'she looks like a senior doctor type') Jee nahin (he says seriously)
Kee - Aap aik minute late hain. Ek minute ki ehmiyat kia hoti hai, aap jaante bhi hain?
Arm - Yes maam, I mean doctor. Lekin..
Kee - Oh, to ab aap mujhe excuse bhi dengay?
Arm - No doctor, no excuses, lekin abhi to exactly 12:00 bajay hain.
Kee - (looks at her watch and then at the clock. The clock did say 12:00) Anyways, aap sab ko aaj duties deyay jayenge...
Arm - (heads towards all the interns to line up with them. He then sees that Riddhima is there too and goes to stand next to her. Out of the corner of her eye, Anjali is perplexed.)
Arm - (whispers to Riddhima) oye, tumne vaada kiya tha ke mujhe tum stalk nahin karogi.
Rid - (whipers) Shut up Armaan! Dr. Keerti sun leyngee.
Arm - Kyun? Darti ho?
Rid - Nahin! Lekin main apna pehla din shanti se guzarna chahti hoon (still whispering)
Kee - DR. RIDDHIMA! Aap ko koi problem hai? Ya aap khare khare thak gayeen hain? Hum aap ke liye ek comfortable si chair mangwade? Actually, aap sab ke liye laaday the hain aur iss hospital ko hospital ke instead, lounge bana de the hain? What do you think Dr. Riddhima?
Rid - (mega embarassed) No doctor Keerti. I'm so...so sorry.
Kee - Next time, I won't take sorries anymore so you all better behave. Dr. Riddhima general ward mein, Dr. Anjali, cancer ward, Dr. Atul, path lab, Dr. Sapna cancer ward as well and Dr. Armaan, general ward. Now disperse and to your wards immediately. (She then leaves)
Arm - Wow! Yeh to yaar, bilkul Sholay waale Gabbar ka female version hai.
Rid - Armaan please! vo sunlengi.
Atl - Actually you're right. Kiya pata kaan kitne lambay hain! (Armaan and Atul both laugh)
Arm - Man...champion! (high fives atul)
Sap - guys come on...
Anj - Ridzi, tum aik dusre ko jaantay ho?
Rid - Di vo...
Arm - Oh...to Riddhima tumne abhi tak nahin bataya? (jokingly)
Anj - Kiya nahin bataya Ridz?
Rid - Nothing di. Aap iss ki baat nahin suno, Yeh to yun hi...
Arm - (laughs) I'm Armaan. (holds out his hand)
Anj - Anji (shakes his hand)
Atl - (wonders why Anji acted so differently with him) I'm Atul yaar.
Arm - Cool. Nice to you meet you champ.
Sap - Sapna (shakes hand)
("ALL INTERNS REPORT TO THEIR WARDS")
Rid - Humay chalna chahiye.
Arm - After you...(holds out his hand and shows the path to the general ward.)
(They all head to their respective wards)
Arm - To tumne mujhe zaada miss tho nahin kiya
Rid - (ignoring Armaan and walking quickly)
Arm - Tumnay mere gham mein rat poison tho nahin khaliya? Aur iss liye tum bol nahin sakti. Riddhima, iss ki kya zarurat thi. Tum mujhe aik avaaz tho dethi, main bhaaga bhaaga ata. (comes in front of her. She tries to move to the left. He blocks her path. Same when she goes to the right, he blocks her path)
Arm - Kya hua? Tum vaaki main bolna bhool gayeen? No worries, ye hospital hai we can get you completely cured with speech therapy, aur doctor Armaan ke saath, you have nothing to fear!
Rid - Armaan please!
Arm - Ah! Bolti bhi hai...Riddhima, aisa kya ho gaya...
Rid - Forget it, tumhe nahin samaj ayegi.
Arm - Aray, batao na,
Rid - Armaan just go
Arm - that's a great idea Riddhima...except tum yeh bhool rahi ho ke meri aur tumhari duty saat hai. Riddhima...seriously. Kya hua?
Rid - Tumne mujhe itne trouble main daal diya....aur dr. keerti...
Arm - Bas? Itni si baat hai?
Rid - Tumhaare liye itni si baat hogi!
Arm - ok fine! fine babaI'm sorry...maaf kardo
Rid - Armaan abhi abhi maine tumse kiya kaha...seriousness...
Rid - (opens the door to the ward)
Arm - Acha suno, main kehrahata...(As soon as the doors open, all the nurses in the ward see them. The nurses in this ward being all females and our Armaan being the good-looking hunk he is, vo nurses Armaan pe toot pari)
N1 - Dr. Armaan, sir aap ko kitni nurses ki zarurat hai?
N2 - Dr. Armaan, main Neeta, I looove patients, you know...aap mujhe apni duty pe rakhlein please
N3 - Dr. Armaan, aap ko hospital kaisa laga, maine yeh phool apne haton se sajaaye hain!
Arm - Ladies...ladies...one....one secoond...I... (he's trying to squeeze past the nurses to catch up with Riddhima, but the nurses just won't let him go)
Rid - (keeps walking)
Arm - Aray...Riddhima...kahan jaa rahi ho...mera wait to karo
Rid - Main hamaray pehle patient ko dekhne jaarahi hoon...tumhe time milay to aajana.(she replies back, laughing at him)
Arm - But Riddhima...(sighs 'logon ki kiya ghalat timing hoti hai')

CANCER WARD
Anj - Dr. Sapna, hand me the chart
Sap - (hands her the chart)
Anj - (takes up all the space)
Sap - Anjali, main inkay vital signs leleti hoon
Anj - that won't be necessary Dr. Sapna, main khud ye kaam karsakti hoon
Sap - I'm sure ke tum karsakti ho, lekin ye hum dono ke patient hain tho...
Anj - Please...tumhe to khush hona chahiye ke main ye sab kam karrahi hoon...tum aaram se bet sakti ho...oulta tum mujh pe hi ghussa ho rahi ho?
Sap - nahin Anjali, main to bas itna kehrahi thi ke mujhe bhi practical experience chahiye, to patients ko treat hum dono ko karna chahiye...
Anj - EXCUSE ME! Maine medical exam pass kiya hai aur main yahan intern hoon, aur jald doctor bhi ban jaoungee, so I deserve to be called DOCTOR Anjali, not JUST Anjali, hum koi chaddi buddies nahin hain ke tum mujhe Anjali Anjali kaho, hum sirf aur sirf colleagues hain, so...
(the patient, hearing all this screaming from Anjali, his heartbeat starts rising. Anjali quickly grabs the electrocuters to give him a shock. Sapna stops her)
Sap - In ko shock ki zarurat nahin hai.
Anj - Kya matlab? Can't you see, iss patient ki heartbeat
Sap - Jaanti hoon, lekin positive shock tab dete hain jab heartbeat bohot low ho. He just needs to calm down (sits next to the patient) Uncle, aap fikr mat karein, sab thik ho jayega. Aap bas shant ho jayeeai. (then, she puts an oxygen mask on him)
(Hearing all the commotion, Dr. Keerti walks in)
Kee - Dr. Sapna, kya hua?
Sap - Ab sab thik hai Dr. Keerti, voh inki heartbeat bohot high ho gayee thi, iss liye maine inko oxygen administer kar diya jab thori kam huyee.
Anj - (still standing surprised at what just happened)
Kee - Good job Dr. Sapna. (looks at Anjali and sees that she has shockers/ electrocuting blocks in her hands) Dr. ANJALI. Aap in shockers ke saat kya karraheen thi? Aap ko kya nahin pata ke jab heartbeat tez ho, tho shockers istamal nahin kartay? Aap ko kya hogaya?
Anj - Dr. Keerti main tho...
Kee - Bas! Aaap apni excuses Dr. Shashank ke liye bachake rakhna. Abhi aap mere under hain and my advice is that for the rest of the day, Dr. Sapna will be handling the treatments aur aap charting karaingee. In your break hours, aap library se heartbeat and shock ke bare main parh kai, mujhe apne words main 5-page report likhain gi, so that you never do this mistake again.
Anj - Lekin Dr. Keerti...
Kee - Get to work. Understood?
Anj - Yes Dr. Keerti. (glares at Sapna)

PATH LAB
Atl - (mixing liquids in a testube and charting and singing)aray pappu can't dance sala...hmm hmmm..aray pappu nach nahin sakta
Arm - (Armaan runs inside the path lab and sees Atul, he closes the door)
Atl - (surprised) Aray Armaan, ye kya karraha hai bhai
Arm - SHhhhhhh!!! Vo sunlayngee
Atl - kaun?
Arm - Nurses...bahar sab nurses
Atl - KIYA??? Oun nurses ne tumhe dekha andar aate hue?
Arm - han
Atl - Aur mujhe bhi dekha?
Arm - haan
Atl - Aur ye bhi dekha ke tumne darvaaza band kardiya?
Arm - haan
Atl - (worried) Armaan...tu ne darvaaza kyun band kiya yar? Kaheen mujhe lekar ghalat eraday to nahin hain...niyat mein khot tho nahin aagayee?
Arm - KIYA? What nonsense! kya kahejaaraha hai yaar...I'm a straight man!
Atl - nahin main bas check karraha tha...aaj kal larke Dostana ko dekh kiya kiya nahin karnay lagay...you know..
Arm - Aisi koi baat nahin hai...lekin mujhe bacha le yaar...ye nurses peecha nahin chor rahin
Atl - Tu to mera dost hai yaar, aur dost ke liye jaan bhi qurbaan, ye to bohot chota sa kaam hai. Aa...idhar chup ja.
Arm - Thanks champ! (he hides)
Nurses open the door and ask for him.
Atl - Dr. Armaan yahan nahin hai, chalo sab kaam pe jaao, shabash
They all head back out.
Arm - Thanks champ, tu ne meri jaan bachalee...varna yeh nurses to mujhe kacha chabajateen!
Atl - Are nahin yaar...koi bhi problem ho...tu sida apnay iss bahi ke paas aana...
Arm - Wait a minute, wait a minute! Tum aik Bhai bhi ho?
Atl - Haan..tumhara bahi
Arm - Oh Acha acha...main samjha underground and all...2 second ke liye
Atl - that would be so cool yar...phir mujhpe movie banti...AtulBhai MBBS...kya mast idea hai yaar.
Arm - Ok, AtulBhai, thanks so much, aur aap ko ab main disturb nahin karounga, chalta hoon
Atl - Seeya dude!
Arm - Later champ!

Riddhima is in the general ward and just starts looking at the patient's chart. (Patient=P1)
Rid - Aap kaisi feel karrahi hain?
P1 - thora dizzy, chakkar aarahe hain
(Armaan walks in)
P1 - Oultiyaan bhi aarahin theen. Pata nahin kyun.
Arm - Aap ko kab se yeh conditions hain?
P1 - kuch dinon se...yehi 10 dinon se
Rid - oh ok. To main apko ek glucose drip laga deti hoon. Aap ko energy mileygi isse.
Arm - Good idea. It'll also help with the fever. Ab aap rest karein, even better, aap so jayen, aap ki body ko rest ki zarurat hai.
(Armaan brings Riddhima to the side)
Arm - Mujhe lagta hai yeh pregnancy ka case hai.
Rid - Kya?
Arm - I think...
Rid - Vaise you're right, chakkar, oultiyan, tez bukhar aur fatigue, mujhe bhi aisa lagta hai.
(As they flipped the pages and carefully studied the chart, they saw one thing that caught their eye)
Rid - Armaan, yeh dekho!
(They both stared at it)

What was so surprising about this patient? Tune in to find out in the next epi!