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).
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