Niki and Chatterbox thank you!!!!Do you guys watch Dil mil gaye nowadays? I also post this story on the Dil Mil Gaye blogspot under the name "Socha na tha" since there was already another story there under the name "Jab Dil Miley".
@ Niki, haan maine bohot saara likh liya :D I hope ke tumhe padhne ke liye time mil jaye, I write this story for other readers on the official Dil Mil Gaye blogspot, so it's a kind of commitment, but I always love to post on my own blog as well. I really appreciate you for commenting! Missed your comments, please keep commenting and tell me how you like it, aur please saare parts padhna :)
@ Chatterbox/anonymous, thank you sooo soo much for your compliments on part 13! It was so nice of you! I'm sorry I didn't reply to you in the last part, and yes it was a numbering mistake, so I fixed it :) I really hope you like this part and keep reading and commenting. Do you like dil mil gaye these days? I just wish Armaan and Riddhima would be together...so I write about them in my fan fiction stories :) Keep commenting :D
So, onto part 16
RECAP****************************************
Arm - (moves her hair from in front of her ears and whipers in her ear) Tum ye yellow chudidaar main bohot achi lagrahi ho.
Rid - (felt awkward now and surprised that she felt something nice when he had whispered in her ear, she didn't know what to do)
Armaan sits back on his seat satisfied, with a smile and starts reading a magazine.
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'Breathe...just breathe. Forget all this is happening and JUST BREATHE'
EARLIER**************************************
Atl - (sits up) Yar, boriat horahi hai
Sap - Haan (looking out the window) abhi hum pohonchne hi vaale hongay
Atl - IDEA! (chutki baja ke)
Anj - (covers her ears with a pillow) Sone bhi nahi dete tum log!
Sap - Shaam horahi hai, raat bhi nahi hai, abhi kyun soyen?
Anj - FYI, shayad you don't know, lekin hum logon ko vahan pohonchte hi kitna kaam karna hai, andazaa bhi hai kiya? Doc Keerti ne kaha tha ke purey gaon ko treat karna hai. Tho jitna aaram abhi milsakta hai, vo karlo, right Armaan?
Arm - (yells from a couple of seats in front) What?
Atl - (surprised, stands up, yells accross the bus) Armaan...tu vahan kaise pohonchgaya...aur tu vahan hai, tho phir, main itni der se lori kiss ko suna raha tha? (looks down at the guy sitting in front of him who he had been singing to "chanda mama so gaye, suraj chachoo jagey")
Arm - (turns around amused)
Anj - (sits up finally) Armaan, Ridzi bhi sohrahi hai kiya?
Anjali didn't know that her sister wasn't sleeping. Riddhima couldn't think of sleeping after Armaan had whispered in her ear and she had became red like a tomato. Her heart was racing, and as we all know too well, she's stubborn, tho neend ko bhagane main vo tho expert thi.
Rid - Nahin di, main jaagrahi hoon!
Anj - Tho come sit here, there's a seat next to me.
Rid - (looks at Armaan) umm...main...aati hoon.
Arm - (looks at Riddhima with those eyes...the don't-leave-me eyes and from her hesitation, he could sense that she doesn't want to leave him either) Anji, vo...I think she's feeling kind of bus-sick!
Rid - Kya? (quietly)
Anj - Is everything ok? Main vahan aoon?
Arm - No need...I've got lots of experience with this.
Anj - ok, suit yourself (she was kind of relieved because the one thing she couldn't stand was the smell of vomit, so she dove back under her covers)
Arm - Bull's eye!
(Now it's more like night, so the lights of the bus close...yup...it was a luxury bus)
Rid - (to armaan) tum ne jhoot kyun bola? Main bilkul thik hoon...khamakha mein tum ne di ko pareyshan kar diya!
Arm - Basket...di di di...tum kabhi apney baare main kabhi nahin sochtin?
Rid - Main...of course sochti hoon. Aur abhi mujhe di ke paas jana hai.(looks at him, but not in his eyes...she's not a good liar...she starts getting up)
Arm - (looks at her) Don't go Basket.
Fighting her desire to stay, Riddhima takes her blanket and backpack. She has to go in front of Armaan's seat to get out into the aisle of the bus. Once she's right in front of Armaan, he's sitting down watching her leave with his sad eyes and she's standing up facing him, she attempts to grab the handle on top of her with the hand she's holding her blanket with, but right then, the bus tire goes over a majorly unkept road with lots of holes, and as a result of her not having grabbed anything, she falls forward, bilkul Armaan ki bahon main. As she lets go of the blanket she was holding, it falls right on top of them.
Riddhima and Armaan's lips were inches away from each other's. Her hands were on his chest. Armaan had both arms wrapped around her. They were extremely close. The whole bus was in a rucus.
Ek aur gadda.
Armaan pulls her closer to him by the waist. Inside the airy blanket, it was as if they were completely alone, with no one around them. They were in each other's arms, gazing at each other when Armaan managed to regain conciousness. He pulled the blanket off of them slowly and Riddhima got back up. They were both extremely nervous. She quickly took her blanket, picked up her pillow and headed towards where Anjali was sitting.
Atl - (seeing Riddhima come over, he yells back at Armaan) Armaan, mere bhai, tu vahan akele kya karraha hai, tu bhi aja idhar. Mere paas seat khaali hai.
Arm - (put his hands over his face...'Damn...apney upar control kyun nahi rehta jab uske aas paas hota hun?' and he gets up and heads Atul's way.)
Awhile later, the bus stopped and the doors opened Dr. Keerti stands up to make an important announcement.
Kee - Doctors and interns expecially, can I please have your undivided attention.
(They all looked up)
Kee - Hamare iss visit mein kuch aur interns Sanjeevni ke East branch se humay join karne vaale hain. This is a great learning experience for everyone. So please, do give them a warm welcome.
As she said this, two new passengers got on board the bus. The first was a girl with curly hair in a pony tied with a purple scarf and a purple kurta and jeans. Behind her was a guy wearing jeans and a shirt topped off with a vest.
Kee - Please welcome Dr. Muskaan Chadda and Dr. Rahul Garewal. You may take your seats over there. (she pointed to the back and sat back down)
Atl - Arey Muski!! (he said standing up)
Mus - Oye! Atul! Kaisa hai re? Main tho samjhi tu kabhi phir nahin dikhega! (they high fived each other)
Anj - (gets up from under the covers) Tum ek dusrey ko jaante ho?
Atl - Haan Anji, vo actually hum dono med exams mein partners the.
Mus - Haan yar! Aur kya waat lagadithi humney apney saamne vaalon ki! Yaad hai tujhe? Kaise ghoor ghoor ke humey dekhraha tha! (starts laughing...the muskaan laugh :P)
Rah - (walks up from behind) Bas kar, teri hassi sun ke tho sab apni seats se uthke bhaag jayenge.
Mus - Tujhse kisne kaha hai yahan karhe rehkar mujhe haste dekhneko...chal jaa apney raaste!
Rah - Haan haan! Jaaraha hoon (he turns back around and searches for another seat just in time to hear his name being called...he seemed to recognize the voice)
Arm - Raoool. (he said with a mischievous smile)
Rah - (thinks 'Aww man...not here too.')
Arm - Kya hua? Hairaan hogaya na.
Rah - (turns around) Armaan.
Arm - THE one and only.
Rah - (forced smile) Tu yahan kaise?
Arm - Actually, ye question tho mujhe tujhse poochna chahiye na...vo kya hai, mein tho yahan kaafi dinon se hoon...tu tho bas abhi abhi aya hai...hai ke nahi?
Anj - Hold on, hold on just one second. Ab tum dono bhi ek dusre ko jaante ho?
Arm - Anji, hum dono ek dusre ko college ke days se jaante hain. Kyun Raool?
Rah - Tu sab ki tarha mera naam thik se nahin lesakta?
Arm - You know, mein theek se kehta, lekin jab insaan hi teda sa ho...tho uska naam bhi uss hisaab se lena chahiye na?
Mus - Teri tho bachpan ki aadat hai...sab se problem hai, kadhoos kahinka.
Rah - Tu na...tu tho bas chup kar!
Mus - Kyun, maine tujhse ye mooh kiraye pe naheen liya hai, mera apna hai...jo dil me ayega boloungi...bol kya karlega?
Rah - Tu jaanti nahin hai mujhe...ye jo dandanati phirti hai na...teri bachpan se lekar aaj tak ki saari pol kholdunga.
Mus - (a bit nervous) chal chal...m..main nahin darti!
Arm - (puts his elbow on Rahul's shoulder) Abhi bhi time hai boss...ye blackmailing chod de, aur seedhe raaste pe aaja.
Rah - (jerks his shoulder away)
Atl - Rahul is it? I'm Atul.
Rah - Hi (shakes hands)
Sap - I'm Sapna
Rid - Riddhima
Rah - Nice to meet you (he said smiling and shook her hand)
Arm - (got jealous looking at Riddhima shaking Rahul's hand) Oook...(he took him by the shoulder) we have a lot of catching up to do dude (and brought him to sit on another seat..just to get him away from Riddhima).
The bus arrives at the village. The camp is set up with tents for doctors and interns. They all get off the bus.
Kee - Alright doctors. Make sure your pagers are on, charged and working. It's extremely important. Idhar ka ilaaka kaheen kaheen mountainous hai. Aap sab ko ek area mileyga. Uss area mein jitne patients hain unn ko treat karna hoga. If interns need any consult from doctors, please call them on your pager. (she posted something near a tent) Here are your assigned areas. You will be working in pairs.
Rah - (as he looked at the posted sheet while standing in the crowd of people) Abey yar...meri kismat phooti hai...
Mus - Hat yaar (pushing people out of the way, her eyes widen looking at it) Teri kismat? MERI kismat phooti hai jo tere saat kaam karna pareyga!
Atl - Anji, our area is A-62.
Anj - Atul, let me just grab my backpack (Anji was kind of glad...she wouldn't have to get to know someone new, it was just Atul)
Sap - Kamni? Who's...(she heard Kamni's name being called so she turned around to look, she was standing surrounded by guy interns)
Arm - Hmmm...Basket, lagta hai ke hum dono ka janam janam ka saath hai.
Rid - (she was glad about the fact that she was with Armaan, but at the same time, didn't want to show it.) Please Armaan...kabhi serious bhi hojaya karo.
Arm - What...I'm serious. (cute dimpled smile)
They all headed their ways. There was a lot of walking to do. The village didn't have wide enough roads for vehicles to travel on.
RAHUL AND MUSKAAN
Mus - UFF!! Lagta hai hamara keema nikaljayega tab hi hamara Area H-16 ayega! (she says wiping some sweat from her forehead)
Rah - keema nahin, kichdi...main non-veg nahin khata.
Mus - Oye, zaada smart baane ki koishish nahin kar, aur vo kya tha, Hello ji, hi ji (imitating Rahul sarcastically and shaking an invisible hand trying to show him how he looked like when he was shaking hands with Sapna and Riddhima)!
Rah - Oye! Zadaa nakal mat utaar! Varna main ye saari baat ghar jaate hi aunti ko batadounga.
Mus - OHHH...Rahul is a tadle-tail!
Rah - Acha! Aur uss din tu ne MERA phone cheenke MERI mom ko kya bolatha (imitating Muskaan in a sarcastic voice) Aunti, Rahul kuch khaata nahin hai...(back to his voice) aur pata nahin kya kya, pata hai, tu tho bol ke duty pe chaleegaee, aur puri raat mujhe ek lambi si lecture sunni padi, ke...Rahul beta, tu kahega nahin tho hatta gatta kaise baneyga aur pata nahin kya kya!
Mus - (laughs) tho sahee tho bola aunti ne! Zindagi ek baar milti hai...mujhe dekh, ye ghee, shakkar, thel, ye sab khaane main ho tho mazaa hai...subha subha do char garam garam parathe nahin kahe, tho lanat hai insaan pe!
Rah - Abey...DO CHAR PARATHE? Pata nahin tera khaya hua kahan jaata hai...tujhe dekkhe tho lagta hai bhooki hai! Baat karti hai! Main ye sab khaane lagoon na, tho phool ke mota hojaaoon.
Mus - (serious) haan yaar...phir tho koi ladki tujhse bhool ke bhi shaadi nahin kareygee...ek tho taddle-tail, upar se khadoos, kam-ak...(counting on her fingers)
Rah - Hogaya?
Mus - Nahin...kam-akal, badshakal...(still counting on her fingers)
Rah - Koi nahin mila tho kiya hua...tu hai na...(he puts his arm around her shoulder)
Mus - Hat! (pushes his arm off and pushes him to the side)
They arrive in their area. They start treating a patient when they hear a noise accross the house where they were treating.
***
ATUL AND ANJALI
Atl - Ye lo Anji (hands her a bottle of hand cream)
Anj - Atul, what's this?
Atl - Hand cream. Tum jab Ridzi se baat karrahi thi uss din, tho maine suna tha ke latex gloves se tumhe irritation hoti hai, tho, I went out and bought some of this hand cream. It's supposed to help with allergies.
Anj - Atul...(doesn't know what to say...no guy has done something like this for her before) you didn't have to...
Atl - I wanted to Anji.
Anj - (she puts some on and keeps the tube in her lab pocket)
Atl - Tumhe kabhi kissi bhi cheez ki zarurat ho, just let me know ok?
Anj - Thanks Atul...I don't need anything.
Atl - Anjali ek baat puchoon?
Anj - (she's in a good mood) hmm...
Atl - You know Anji...I hope ke tum kissi aur intern ke saath pair up nahin hona chahti thi...
Anj - No Atul (smiles for once) you're just fine.
Atl - Kyunki maine man hi man me dua mangi thi...ke main tumhare saat pair-up hoon.
Anj - (looks at Atul)
Atl - (as he's walking he notices the road is getting thinner, he sees the poster A-62, it was a mountainous area) Lagta hai pohonchgaye.
Anj - (distracted) oh...(looks around the area) MOUNTAINS????
Atl - Haan...I guess...tum bas dekh ke chalna.
As he says this, they see a vehicle...heading their way...full force, high speed!
***
SAPNA AND KAMNI
They had treated quite a few patients. Actually, only Sapna had treated quite a lot of patients. Kamni was prancing around the interns in the area next to them)
Sap - (shook her head) I can't believe it...kuch log aise bhi hotey hain (to herself as she was heading to the next patient. She hears a commotion and heads to the middle of the centre where many people were gathered. She asks a person in the crowd) Bhaisahab, ye sab kiya hai?
Man - Behenji, yeh log yahan koi cumplecs banana chahrahe hain...aur hamare ghar thodna chahrahe hain.
Sap - (she's stunned) Kya? Aap ka ghar?
Man - Hamara hi nahin, ham sab ka.
Sap - (she heads into the middle of the crowd and sees a young guy around her age in a black suit trying to quiet everyone down).
Guy - Please, aap log humay ek chance dein. Hum sab kuch thik kardeinge.
Sap - (hears voices of the villagers...'Tu kiya sahi kareyga, tum sab log tho yahan hamara ghar thodne aye ho!')
Guy - Nahin, aisa nahin hai, hum aapki madat karne aye hain.
She hears another voice coming from the back. She sees a bald fat man standing on top of a stage-type thing.
Fat - Bass Amit! Bohot ho gayee lallu chappu...ab in saare gavaron se kaho ke apna samaan nikaleyn aur nikal jayen apne gharon se!
RIDDHIMA AND ARMAAN
Rid - (carrying her equipment)
Arm - (also carrying his equipment, they had a bit of climbing to do ahead) Mujhe do Riddhima.
Rid - Kya chahiye?
Arm - Tumhara medical equipment.
Rid - Nahin, it's fine, main apna khud hi carry karsakti hoon.
Arm - mujhpe bharosa nahin hai? (looks at her)
Rid - (nazrein churake) nahin, aisi baath nahin hai, bas...sabko apna sab kuch khud hi carry karna chahiye.
Arm - hmm...yeh baat bhi thik hai. (he takes whatever equipment he had in his hand and puts in into his backpack strapped on his back, then he comes close to Riddhima and bends down...he's about to pick her up)
Rid - (jumps back) ye kiya karrahe ho? (startled)
Arm - Tum hi ne tho kaha tha...
Rid - Maine...maine vo cheezon ke baare main kaha tha.
Arm - Ohhhh..acha (looks at the shy Riddhima with his cute dimpled smile)
They reach an escalated area. Armaan climbs up and extends his hand out to Riddhima.
Rid - (has no choice but to grab his hand, no trees around, she gives her hand into Armaan's)
Arm - (he pulls her up towards himself to get her up the escalated area. He didn't look back and fell onto his back as Riddhima lost her balance because of this too. They rolled down the other side of the hill, which wasn't too steep. Riddhima felt utterly weird with the weight of Armaan's body on her for an instant. They finally landed on the bottom of the hill, with Armaan on top looking at her deep into her eyes. He had to stop himself from moving a few strands of hair from in front of her face. She looked at him. She quickly took her hands away from him. She felt the butterflies in her stomach, then her cheeks went hot red. He looked away as soon as he noticed the her dupatta was off of her. He saw it a couple of inches away, so he got up and she sat up too. He grabbed it and draped it around her. A moment later, they heard someone running their way. It was one of the village kids. He grabbed Armaan's hand and led him to his house hurriedly. Riddhima was still thinhking about what happened. She followed, but a couple of steps behind. The kid's name was Rohan.
Arm - Hey...kahan leke jaarahe ho?
Roh - Bappu ke paas...tussi doctor ho
Arm - Haan beta, main doctor hoon, kiya hua bappu ko?
Roh - Khaansi...bohot bohot khaansi.
Arm - Chalo! (he saw that the kid couldn't run too well...he was limping, so he carried him and ran, following his instructions of how to get there)
A woman comes to block his way when he tries to enter.
Wom - KOIIIII NAHIN JAYEGA ANDAR! (she screams)
Arm - (hears severe coughing) Ye kaisi baat karraheen hain aap...andar banda itna khaans raha hai, aap please hateeye raaste se.
Wom - Khanstha hai tho khansne do, marta hai THO MARNE DO!
Arm - Raasta dein! Main doctor hoon, aur apna kaam karne aya hoon, hataye!
Wom - VO KISSI KI MADAT KE LAYAK NAHIN HAI!
Arm - (by this time, he was getting mega-angry, the one thing he couldn't stand was when a patient needed treatment and he wasn't able to give it. He thought it was useless to argue, so he ran around the back and got through from the other door. It was quite a dilapited hut. He took the patient's vital signs, gave him his waterbottle to drink water 'may stop the coughing' and as he started paying more attention he knew what the signs were pointing to...Tuberculosis!)
***
RAHUL AND MUSKAAN
Rah - Oye Muski, tujhe avaaz sunaee di?
Mus - Haan na, chal (tucks her stethoscope in her lab coat)
They arrive inside a hut and see a startling view. A patient was lying there covered in blood. Muskaan freaks at the sight of all that blood and a woman lying there in the puddle of blood. Rahul quickly pulls her hand with him and they head inside.
Rah - Muskaan, give me maximum thickness gauze and a wrapparound. We'll need towels too (he looks towards some of the people standing around in hopes of a towel...but nothing, they all just stand there, few of them with tears). Toliyan chahiye hain, ya koi bhi kapre (he looks at Muskaan)
Mus - Haan, main laathi hoon (she stands up and sees a closet, she opens it and gets whatever towels she finds and whatever clothes she thinks are suitable to wrap around the bleeding woman)
Rah - (in this time, he hooks a portable monitor to her heart, to receive her heartbeats)
Mus - (heading Rahul's way)
Rah - (When Rahul looks up her way with an extended hand for the towels and clothes, his eyes can't believe the horror)
Mus - (she stands there with the towels, next to a man...who is holding a gun to her head)
Man - (with a gun to Muskan's head he looks at Rahul, points to the bleeding woman and says) ISS LADKI KO KOI NAHI HAATH LAGAYEGA VARNA...
***
ATUL AND ANJALI
The vehicle coming in at full force is too large for the road. Atul and Anjali are on this road and try to run ahead in fear. One wheel of the vehicle slides off and it vears in a circle, Anji has no choice but to run into the other direction. But right then, the vehicle heads into the same direction as her, and with no ground left for her feet, she slips and her foot misses the ground. The rock under her other foot breaks...
Atl - (had slipped off the shallow end but gotten up quickly. He expected Anji to be right behind him but as he looked to his side, he saw it...she slipped off the DEEP end and was hanging off a branch) ANJALIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (he screamed in horror)
***
SAPNA
Guy - Sir, please, let me deal with them, main araam se explain karta hoon.
Sap - (finally screams out) YE KOI TAREEKA HAI INN LOGON SE BAAT KARNE KA? (She's fuming with anger)
Fat - (gets down from the stage, angry as hell and heads right for...Sapna)
RIDDHIMA AND ARMAAN
Arm - Tuberculosis..fever, productive cough, weakness, sweating, underweight (he keeps on remembering more and more symptoms and lists them out loud. The patient seemed to fit each and every one) Tuberculosis...infectious disease caught by...breathing in the infectious air.
The man lying there, his name is Sunil. He's in a weary state, unable to talk and when he tries, he just coughs.
Arm - (He hears the door open...his first thought 'RIDDHIMA!' he panicks. He does NOT want her here...SHE CAN'T BE HERE AND BREATHE IN THIS AIR) NIKAL JAO YAHAN SE!
Rid - (taken aback) Armaan, sirf main hoon...Riddhima!
Arm - (he grabs a glass he sees on the table, he throws it down on the ground to make her stand away and screams as loud as he could) JUST GET LOST!
Rid - (She sees the patient...and she knew it by just looking at the way he was weak, coughing so much, difficulty breathing...it wasn't uncommon, but she knew exactly what it was)
Arm - (he heard the door close behind him...'she's gone'...he thought. He felt an arm on his shoulder and turned around)
PRESENT***********************************
Armaan, Riddhima, Rahul, Muskaan, Sapna, Atul, Anjali:
'Breathe...just breathe. Forget all this is happening and JUST BREATHE'
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Simmy
May 23, 2010
May 16, 2010
Part 15
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A thunder was heard, followed by a hollow wind. The whole terrace and the garden around them was misted and fresh. Water was dripping everywhere and they were both soaking wet. He took her wrist, pulled her close to him, looked into her eyes and said:
Arm - Riddhima. I love you.
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Riddhima's breath stopped. She couldn't believe her ears. She never thought she'd hear this from Armaan. She was astounded.
Armaan was still holding her wrist, like he would never ever let go. The rain pitter pattered around them. Armaan's eyes were full of love. Riddhima felt something so deep looking into his eyes that she never felt before for anyone. Her heart wanted to go closer to him. She did what her heart told her to do. She went closer to him, and put the palm of her other hand on his cheek and stroked it once gently. He put his other hand onto hers and half-kissed the palm of her hand and his eyes closed with reassurance on receiving such a response....but then, Riddhima remembered...
...all those times that she'd seen Anjali with a guy close to her. They would tell her they loved her and then break her heart. She would get enraged and then cry and tell Riddhima to NEVER fall in love.
NEVER FALL IN LOVE.
She pulled both her hands free abruptly. When pulling her wrist from his grip, Riddhima ki chudi ka ek ghungroo toot ke girgaya. She took a few steps back. Armaan was left bewildered and trying to figure out what he had done wrong. She turned around. Her trying to get rid of these feelings. Him left confused. She ran past him and inside Sanjeevni. Armaan was about to run after her when he stopped. He was about to step on the ghungroo. He knelt down, picked it up and put it into his pocket quickly. He then ran after her, down the stairs and into the hallway.
Riddhima reached her room and closed the door and locked it. He knocked on it.
Arm - Riddhima (knocking) Darvaza kholo Riddhima! Please, open the door.
Rid - (hesitantly and wondering what she should do. She wanted to open it. But part of her just wouldn't let her...she backed away from the door.)
Arm - (He didn't know what else to do. He was about to knock harder and he stopped upon seeing a patient walking by. It was still night. He didn't want anyone to think anything wrong about Riddhima letting a man in her room at this hour at night. A tear ran down his cheek that he didn't notice because he was still dripping wet. His hand lowered and he put his back to the wall near his door. He sat down slowly and pulled out the ghungru from his pocket.)
Rid - (She sat on her bed and pulled back her hair. 'Yeh sab kiya horaha hai? Armaan mujhse pyaar...nahin, aisa nahin hosakta...aur agar main usko pyaar nahin karti, tho mujhe itni fikr kyun horahi hai? Kya main ussey pyaar karti hoon? Kya vo bhi? Itne din usne mera khayal rakha..vo sab yun hi tha? Kya vo bhi unn larkon ki tarhan mera dil akhir main tod dega?' she thought. She walked to the bathroom and looked herself in the mirror. She looked at the palm of her hand where he had kissed her. She remembered all her moments with him.)
FLASHBACKS****************************
The med-exams, how he had worked with her, how he had gotten close to her to get her to eat something.
How he had always joked around with her and made her laugh.
Their moments in the basketball court.
Their ride on Armaan's "baby"...
Little things like how he kissed her finger.
How he was so good with kids.
And most of all...
How he cared for her, especially in the past few days.
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NEXT MORNING
RIDDHIMA'S ROOM
Rid - (hears a knock. She had fallen asleep. She got up from her bed and opened the door)
Anj - Ridzi! Itni der se tumhare door pe knock karrahi thi! Kahan thi?
Rid - Di...vo..
Anj - (seeing her hair slightly wet, she takes her hair in her hand) ye tumhare baal geelay kyun hain? Aur tumhari ankhein, itni sooji hui hain...are you ok?
Rid - Haan di, vo bass main (nervous)...I was working on Radhaa's case. Thodi der hogaee raat ko.
Anj - (entered the room and closed the door behind her) Tujhe kiya hogaya hai Ridzi? Papa ko pata chalgaya aur tumko aisay dekh liya, tho vo itna BARA fuss kardeinge. You know how Papa is with his laadli daughter.
Rid - ('Oh no' she thought) Nahin nahin di...please Papa ko nahin batana! Please!
Anj - Pata hai, pata hai...tumhe unki lecture nahin sunni...I can do at least that much for my little sis. Acha suno...(keeps talking)
Rid - (head feels really heavy. She looks towards the door and gets lost in the thoughts of what happened the night before...she was half-expecting Armaan to walk in...'lekin vo kyun ayega...maine jo kya hai uske baad' she was sadenned)
Anj - RIDZI!
Rid - (comes out of her thoughts) haan di...
Anj - What's happened? Kahan kho gaee thi?
Rid - Main sun rahi hoon di...
Anj - Oh acha (puts her hands on her hips) tho abhi abhi maine kiya bola?
Rid - umm...
Anj - agar koi problem hai tho...I mean if you don't want me here..then...
Rid - (she doesn't want her to get disheartened, so she turns to her) I'm sorry Di...ab batao, I'm all ears.
Anj - Main kehrahi thi ke Dr. Keerti ne decide kiya hai ke hum Panchgani jaane vaale hain. Udhar ek gaaon hai aur udhar doctors ki zarurat hai.
Rid - Acha? That's great!!!
Anj - (not too excited-sounding) What do you mean great? We're gonna be leaving a busy Sanjeevni jahan har waqt koi na koi extremely interesting surgery hoti rehti hai and all these cool cases, and kis liye? To treat kids who have a cold and give them injections? Seriously Ridz?
Rid - Haan di...vahan bachey hongay jinko hamari bohot zarurat hogi. Aur socho ke kitna khush hongay vo, and how much we're going to impact their health!
Anj - (rolls her eyes) I'm never going to understand you.
Riddhima got discharged. She was all better now. Anjali and her were informed that their Papa was gone on an out-of-town trip for an important meeting. He had been delaying it because he did not want to leave Riddhima, but before leaving he made 100% sure that she was alright. He even left a care package for her and a letter telling her to becareful and that he'd be back soon.
Riddhima couldn't see Armaan anywhere.
DUTY STATION
Atl - (walks to the duty counter singing) Tunak tunak tun tunak tunak tun tunak tunak tun tanana..(sees Riddhima) HEY!! Ridz, tum yahan?
Rid - (Checking her duties at the duty station, she looks at Atul) Hey Atul!
Atl - It's so nice to see you back! (high fives her)
Rid - Thanks! Uss kamrey se nikal ke itna acha lagraha hai.
Atl - (opens a binder, writes his data in) Ridz, tum ne vo news suni?
Rid - vo Panchgani vaali?
Atl - Maine tho apne bags abhi se pack karliye!
Rid - Atul? Kya?...Di tho batarahi thi ke Dr. Keerti ne aaj hi bataya hai.
Atl - Arey, samjhakaro, vo...mere tho bass 1 labcoat, and 2 pairs of clothes...hum larkon ki yehi tho baatein hain.
Rid - (smiles...she hadn't smiled that much today...because she kept thinking about what she had done to Armaan)
Atl - Acha Ridz, tum ne Anji ko dekha hai?
Rid - Di abhi locker room main hai...koi khaas baat?
Atl - Nahin bas, main Anji ke liye kuch laya hoon (holds up a beautiful flower)...let me go check in the locker room
Rid - Suno Atul...tum ne (she decided she'd ask)...Armaan ko kahin dekha?
Atl - Nahin, sorry Ridz (he says running to the locker room...he turns back) Actually, try the Emergency ward...uski aaj duty vahan hai.
Rid - Thanks!
EMERGENCY WARD
Sapna is fixing up a patient's gash wound. She's just about done when Riddhima enters.
Sap - Riddhima! Welcome back!
Rid - Thanks Sapna.
Sap - (Sapna takes her gloves off and tells Riddhima to take a look at the patient's wound, she then brings her to the side) Riddhima, ek jagged laceration that injured some tendons and muscles.
Rid - Hmm...Tho you applied some antibacterial disinfectant...
Sap - Haan, aur maine stitch kardia, but I'm not sure if I should give him painkillers.
Rid - Agar he's had allergic reactions, tho nahin do.
Sap - That's what I thought. I just needed confirmation.
Rid - No problem!
Sap - Chalo, tum ne tho meri itni help kardi, ab tum batao, tumhari kiya help karoon?
Rid - (smiles again at Sapna, she loved her friends for making her feel so good...she then remembered Armaan again...his thought just wouldn't leave her mind) Actually Sapna, tumne Armaan ko dekha hai?
Sap - (thinks) nahin abhi tho nahin, he was here awhile ago, lekin abhi thodi der pehle kahin chalagaya.
Rid - Oh.
Sap - Ussay koi zaruri kaam hai?
Rid - Haan...actually vo...umm...case, Raadha ka case, uss ke liye kuch baat karni thi usssey (she didn't want to lie, but she couldn't tell her).
Sap - Oh I see...agar vo nazar aya, tho I'll definitely let him know.
Riddhima thanked Sapna and went out of the Emergency ward. Who else could she ask?
CHILDREN'S WARD
Kids were running around. Everyone was restless. They couldn't control them. Minnie was sitting on her bed reading a magazine. Other doctors were trying to calm them down.
Kid1- Humey davaai nahin khaani!
Kid2- Humey force nahin karsakte!!
Doc1- Dekho bache, abhi tum achi tarha se davaai khao, aur hum lollipop dengay tumhe.
All kids in unison - NO NO NO NO NO!!
Riddhima walks in. Minnie looks up at her.
Rid - (comes and sits on Minnie's bed)
Min - Dr. Riddhima, aap yahan?
Rid - Kyun? Main nahin aasakti kya?
Min - nahin nahin, maine tho bass ye socha ke...
Rid - Kya socha?
Min - Chodo. Vaise boyfriend ko kya hua?
Rid - (her heart skipped a beat....had something happened to Armaan?) Kya hua Armaan ko?
Min - (she knew it...Riddhima liked Armaan too, that's why she jumped up so suddenly...'I'm such a smart cookie' she thought) Nahin nahin...kuch nahin...
Rid - (still worried) tum ne uss ko dekha kahin?
Min - Thodi der pehle aya tha..lekin pata nahin kyun, aaj hamari chocolates bhi nahin yaad rahin ussey aur chehra kuch utra utra sa lagraha tha.
Rid - (she knew why...she was guilty of it. She reached in her pockets and pulled out the few lollipops she kept for some child patients) Ye lo.
Min - (her eyes lit up) Lollipops!!
Rid - Ab chalo, apney saarey chehlon se kaho ke ye sab shaitani chodein, aur chup chap araam se davaai kahein. (she said to Minnie smiling)
Minnie signalled all the kids over to her bed, and they divided up the candy and ate their medicine making a face.
Riddhima headed out of the children's ward. 'Armaan...tum kahan ho'.
She runs into Dr. Keerti in the hallway.
Kee - Dr. Riddhima, acha hua aap yahan mill gayeen. Aap se Panchgani ki Sanjeevni visit ke baare me batana tha.
Rid - Doctor Keerti, actually Di ne...mera matlab Dr. Anjali ne mujhe bataya tha.
Kee - Alright great, tho hum kal nikal rahe hain.
Rid - Sure mam...ummm...Dr. Keerti, aap ne Armaan ko kahin dekha?
Kee - Dr. Armaan tho half-day leke gaye hain. Kuch patients the jinko zaruri attend karna tha, aur phir vo chaleygaye. Koi kaam tha Dr. Riddhima?
Rid - No mam, main bus...vo Raadha ka...
Kee - Arrey haan, main uss baare mein bhi aap se baat karne vaali thi, actually Panchgani se vapsi mein hum ne socha ke aap aur doctor Armaan (she gets paged for an emergency as she's saying this)...oh, emergency, looks like we'll need to talk later(runs to attend)
ARMAAN'S HOUSE
Armaan arrives at his house, opens his door and goes to his balcony. He could see the sunset from there. It always made him realize that the day had ended and a new one was going to begin.
Arm - New day, new beginning (he said putting his hands on the railing of his balcony.)
He was still hurt from the fact that Riddhima had responded like this. But this was Armaan Malik, and this was the first time Armaan Malik had ever loved, so no way was he ever going to give up.
Arm - (he smiled at one thought that had stuck with him the whole way through...when he told Riddhima he loved her, he was sure he saw that same love in her eyes. She had unknowingly admitted by coming closer to him, caressing his cheek with such tenderness...) Iss se ye tho pata chalta hai ke Riddhima bhi mujhse...pyaar karti hai....lekin Basket thoda sharmati hai, darti hai. Actually uska sharmana, yun reserved rehna..that's one of the reasons that..I'm crazy for her. Akhir kab tak pyaar chupa payogi Basket...ek na ek din tho, sach samne aajayega. (He said smiling with his arms crossed.)
GUPTA HOUSE
Anj - Saarey bags pack hogaye Ridz?
Rid - Haan Di, I was thinking ke bachon ke liye kuch lejaoon
Anj - UFF (puts her hand on her head) Koi zarurat nahin hai...that's just gonna spoil them more!
Riddhima secretly kept little toys from her childhood as well as a few chocolates and candies for the kids, without Anji knowing.
She was just about to go to bed when she went to close the window. The sun had set. The wind blew making her lost in her thoughts.
Rid - (thinks 'Aaj puray din Armaan ko nahin dikha. Half day lekar chalagaya. Maine usko kitna hurt kiya hoga, lekin main usse pyaar kese kar sakti hoon? Vo itna alag hai mujhse, aur vese bhi, uss ne aaj tak kitni larkiyon ko I love you kaha hoga. Lekin uski dost hone ke naatey, mujhe ussay sorry kehna chahiye. Abhi vo kal mileyga then, I'll say sorry.')
And she went to bed.
NEXT DAY
SANJEEVNI LOCKER ROOM
Everyone was there talking and organizing their things.
Atl - Oye Ridz...ye chocolates aur toys...(when he sees some things fall out of her suitcase)
Rid - Shhh....di ko pata nahin chalna chahiye.
Anj - Kiya nahin pata chalnachahiye?
Sap - Anjali...ye file (diverting her attention)
Rid - (signals a thanks to Sapna)
Armaan walks in.
Arm - Hey guys!
Atl - Armaan, hum briefing ke liye jaane wale hain.
Arm - Sure, main abhi aata hoon.
Anj - Ridz...tum aajana jaldi.
Armaan and Riddhima are left alone. Riddhima has her face in her locker and doesn't know how to say sorry to Armaan. 'Kahan se shuroo karoon?' she thought 'vo mujhse baat bhi karega ya nahin...kaise kahoon'.
As she's thinking this, some wrapped sandwiches appear before her. Armaan is holding them out. She was surprised to see him acting so normal.
Rid - Armaan, iss ki zarurat nahin hai...ab mein bilkul thik hoon
Arm - Haan haan...jaanta hoon....Kiya karoon aadat si parh gayi hai.
Rid - Armaan, jo sab hua tha..vo uss ke liye...I'm...I'm sorry.
Arm - (he looks at her) Sorry? for what?
Rid - Armaan, maine jaise react kiya, uss ke liye...
Arm - Arey Basket, tum bhi kiya purani baatein leke beth gayeen.
Rid - umm...lekin, main aur tum...
Arm - (takes a step towards her) main aur tum (he says lovingly)
Rid - (uneasy again) hum...
Arm - (one step closer to her, she is against her locker) Hum...
Rid - I mean, I'm sure ke tumne vo baat ghalti se kehdi hogi...umm...hum dono sirf achey dost bhi banke rehsakte hain...
Arm - (looks down)
Rid - (tries to peer at him) umm tho...
Arm - (puts his head back up and with a smile) uh...dekhounga...sochunga...kal padson kuch kahounga...
Rid - Kiya? (she looks at him, kind of surprised, and walks away.'As always, full of himself!' she thinks)
Arm - (watches her go) Sirf dosti, aur vo bhi tumse? Nuh huh Basket, impossible. (naughty grin)
BUS
Atl - Arey ye Armaan kahan rehjaata hai?
Arm - Kissi ne bulaya SUPARMAAN ko?
Atl - Arrey va yaar! (he pulls out a spoon from his inside coat pocket) Kahan hai soup?
Arm - Soup?
Atl - Abhi tu ne kaha na, Soup Armaan.
Arm - Champ, tu bhi na, aur ye chamcha kahan se aya?
Atl - Tu dekhegana, tho pagal hojaye ga. (opens his coat up) Ye dekh (he sees the inside of his coat has a spoon, a fork, a butter knife, some talcum powder, and all the necessary utilities they could think of)
Arm - Vaaqi main Champ...(sarcastically, restraining himslef from laughing) fantastic! Laga reh! (pats his back)
Arm - (looks around...no Riddhima)
Rid - (walks in right at that moment. Jaise Armaan ne yun yaad kia aur uss ke yaad karte hi, vo aagyee. She had changed into a light yellow chudidar and she looked as lovely as ever.)
Arm - (sitting down, he stopped to stare at her for a bit)
Rid - (She lifted her luggage over her head to put it in the compartment of the bus, obviously her being so delicate, she was having a bit of difficulty getting it in)
Arm - (without asking, he gets up and while everyone else is busy in their own thing, he gives Riddhima a hand by giving her luggage a push, standing behind her)
Rid - Thanks.
Kee - settle down everyone.
Dr. Keerti sits at the front of the bus with all the other senior doctors. While all the interns sit at the back. Riddhima is sitting on the windowside and Armaan in another seat by the window. Another intern comes to sit beside him. She's wearing a short skirt and her name is Kamni.
Kam - Hi, can I sit here?
Arm - Umm..vo vahan aur bhi seats khaali hain, you don't want a seat by the window?
Kam - No...It's alright, so can I?
Arm - (before he says anything, she sits down. She's blocking Armaan's view of Riddhima...'Isko bhi aur kahin jaga nahin mili!' he starts looking out the window).
The bus starts going.
Along the way, everyone was quite tired so they all started falling asleep. Armaan feels a hand on his lap. He looks beside him and he sees Kamni smiling at him in a flirty way.
Arm - Ah!
Kam - Kya hua?
Arm - Main vo umm...('wow' he thinks 'if any girl did this to me before, it would seem completely normal lekin ab tho, bohot hi ajeeb lagta hai!') Mujhe actually...I need to stand up, pair sun horaha hai.
Kam - Oh, ok.
Arm - (he gets up closes an open button of his shirt and goes to sit beside Riddhima.)
Rid - (she had her head against the window and her eyes were closed, feeling the wind in her hair.)
Arm - (puts his hand on hers)
Rid - (her eyes open) Armaan ye kiya karrahe ho?
Arm - Kya?
Rid - Maine kaha tha na ke..
Arm - Main tumhari har dafa help karta hoon...ab tumne hi kaha tha ke tum aur main, hum dost hain, ab dost hone ke naate, tumhara farz banta hai ke tum meri thodi tho help karo right?
Rid - Tum please...
Arm - Udhar dekhrahi ho? Meri seat ke paas...vo ladki bohot chipku hai..
Rid - (looks over at Kamni) Tho main kiya karoon?
Arm - (puts his other hand on her hand and pulls her hand near his heart) Ab uski taraf nahin dekhna, tum bass smile karo. Smile...
Rid - (smiles forcingly)
Arm - (Kamni is looking at Armaan, he smiles at her and takes Riddhima's hand and kisses it lightly. Riddhima is surprised at this and starts to take her hand away when he looks at her with his intense eyes and she shys away. Kamni looks away pissed off. Now if Armaan wanted, he could have left Riddhima's hand, but he didn't. He interlocked her fingers with his and started playing with her fingers)
Rid - (looked over at him and couldn't help smiling to herself. 'Jab aise gum sum rehta hai...tho it's kind of cute....lekin nahin, hum bas dost hain, just friends' she kept repeating the last part as if to memorize it. Her eyes fall on Kamni. 'Ab ye tho nahin dekhrahi' she takes her hand away)
Arm - Basket...ek baat kahoon?
Rid - Thoda halke bolo varna...
Arm - Ohh...(raises his eyebrows)...tum chahti ho ke main thoda halke boloon, whisper karoon?
Rid - Haan.
Arm - (moves her hair from in front of her ears and whipers in her ear) Tum ye yellow chudidaar main bohot achi lagrahi ho.
Rid - (felt awkward now and surprised that she felt something nice when he had whispered in her ear, she didn't know what to do)
Armaan sits back on his seat satisfied, with a smile and starts reading a magazine.
A thunder was heard, followed by a hollow wind. The whole terrace and the garden around them was misted and fresh. Water was dripping everywhere and they were both soaking wet. He took her wrist, pulled her close to him, looked into her eyes and said:
Arm - Riddhima. I love you.
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Riddhima's breath stopped. She couldn't believe her ears. She never thought she'd hear this from Armaan. She was astounded.
Armaan was still holding her wrist, like he would never ever let go. The rain pitter pattered around them. Armaan's eyes were full of love. Riddhima felt something so deep looking into his eyes that she never felt before for anyone. Her heart wanted to go closer to him. She did what her heart told her to do. She went closer to him, and put the palm of her other hand on his cheek and stroked it once gently. He put his other hand onto hers and half-kissed the palm of her hand and his eyes closed with reassurance on receiving such a response....but then, Riddhima remembered...
...all those times that she'd seen Anjali with a guy close to her. They would tell her they loved her and then break her heart. She would get enraged and then cry and tell Riddhima to NEVER fall in love.
NEVER FALL IN LOVE.
She pulled both her hands free abruptly. When pulling her wrist from his grip, Riddhima ki chudi ka ek ghungroo toot ke girgaya. She took a few steps back. Armaan was left bewildered and trying to figure out what he had done wrong. She turned around. Her trying to get rid of these feelings. Him left confused. She ran past him and inside Sanjeevni. Armaan was about to run after her when he stopped. He was about to step on the ghungroo. He knelt down, picked it up and put it into his pocket quickly. He then ran after her, down the stairs and into the hallway.
Riddhima reached her room and closed the door and locked it. He knocked on it.
Arm - Riddhima (knocking) Darvaza kholo Riddhima! Please, open the door.
Rid - (hesitantly and wondering what she should do. She wanted to open it. But part of her just wouldn't let her...she backed away from the door.)
Arm - (He didn't know what else to do. He was about to knock harder and he stopped upon seeing a patient walking by. It was still night. He didn't want anyone to think anything wrong about Riddhima letting a man in her room at this hour at night. A tear ran down his cheek that he didn't notice because he was still dripping wet. His hand lowered and he put his back to the wall near his door. He sat down slowly and pulled out the ghungru from his pocket.)
Rid - (She sat on her bed and pulled back her hair. 'Yeh sab kiya horaha hai? Armaan mujhse pyaar...nahin, aisa nahin hosakta...aur agar main usko pyaar nahin karti, tho mujhe itni fikr kyun horahi hai? Kya main ussey pyaar karti hoon? Kya vo bhi? Itne din usne mera khayal rakha..vo sab yun hi tha? Kya vo bhi unn larkon ki tarhan mera dil akhir main tod dega?' she thought. She walked to the bathroom and looked herself in the mirror. She looked at the palm of her hand where he had kissed her. She remembered all her moments with him.)
FLASHBACKS****************************
The med-exams, how he had worked with her, how he had gotten close to her to get her to eat something.
How he had always joked around with her and made her laugh.
Their moments in the basketball court.
Their ride on Armaan's "baby"...
Little things like how he kissed her finger.
How he was so good with kids.
And most of all...
How he cared for her, especially in the past few days.
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NEXT MORNING
RIDDHIMA'S ROOM
Rid - (hears a knock. She had fallen asleep. She got up from her bed and opened the door)
Anj - Ridzi! Itni der se tumhare door pe knock karrahi thi! Kahan thi?
Rid - Di...vo..
Anj - (seeing her hair slightly wet, she takes her hair in her hand) ye tumhare baal geelay kyun hain? Aur tumhari ankhein, itni sooji hui hain...are you ok?
Rid - Haan di, vo bass main (nervous)...I was working on Radhaa's case. Thodi der hogaee raat ko.
Anj - (entered the room and closed the door behind her) Tujhe kiya hogaya hai Ridzi? Papa ko pata chalgaya aur tumko aisay dekh liya, tho vo itna BARA fuss kardeinge. You know how Papa is with his laadli daughter.
Rid - ('Oh no' she thought) Nahin nahin di...please Papa ko nahin batana! Please!
Anj - Pata hai, pata hai...tumhe unki lecture nahin sunni...I can do at least that much for my little sis. Acha suno...(keeps talking)
Rid - (head feels really heavy. She looks towards the door and gets lost in the thoughts of what happened the night before...she was half-expecting Armaan to walk in...'lekin vo kyun ayega...maine jo kya hai uske baad' she was sadenned)
Anj - RIDZI!
Rid - (comes out of her thoughts) haan di...
Anj - What's happened? Kahan kho gaee thi?
Rid - Main sun rahi hoon di...
Anj - Oh acha (puts her hands on her hips) tho abhi abhi maine kiya bola?
Rid - umm...
Anj - agar koi problem hai tho...I mean if you don't want me here..then...
Rid - (she doesn't want her to get disheartened, so she turns to her) I'm sorry Di...ab batao, I'm all ears.
Anj - Main kehrahi thi ke Dr. Keerti ne decide kiya hai ke hum Panchgani jaane vaale hain. Udhar ek gaaon hai aur udhar doctors ki zarurat hai.
Rid - Acha? That's great!!!
Anj - (not too excited-sounding) What do you mean great? We're gonna be leaving a busy Sanjeevni jahan har waqt koi na koi extremely interesting surgery hoti rehti hai and all these cool cases, and kis liye? To treat kids who have a cold and give them injections? Seriously Ridz?
Rid - Haan di...vahan bachey hongay jinko hamari bohot zarurat hogi. Aur socho ke kitna khush hongay vo, and how much we're going to impact their health!
Anj - (rolls her eyes) I'm never going to understand you.
Riddhima got discharged. She was all better now. Anjali and her were informed that their Papa was gone on an out-of-town trip for an important meeting. He had been delaying it because he did not want to leave Riddhima, but before leaving he made 100% sure that she was alright. He even left a care package for her and a letter telling her to becareful and that he'd be back soon.
Riddhima couldn't see Armaan anywhere.
DUTY STATION
Atl - (walks to the duty counter singing) Tunak tunak tun tunak tunak tun tunak tunak tun tanana..(sees Riddhima) HEY!! Ridz, tum yahan?
Rid - (Checking her duties at the duty station, she looks at Atul) Hey Atul!
Atl - It's so nice to see you back! (high fives her)
Rid - Thanks! Uss kamrey se nikal ke itna acha lagraha hai.
Atl - (opens a binder, writes his data in) Ridz, tum ne vo news suni?
Rid - vo Panchgani vaali?
Atl - Maine tho apne bags abhi se pack karliye!
Rid - Atul? Kya?...Di tho batarahi thi ke Dr. Keerti ne aaj hi bataya hai.
Atl - Arey, samjhakaro, vo...mere tho bass 1 labcoat, and 2 pairs of clothes...hum larkon ki yehi tho baatein hain.
Rid - (smiles...she hadn't smiled that much today...because she kept thinking about what she had done to Armaan)
Atl - Acha Ridz, tum ne Anji ko dekha hai?
Rid - Di abhi locker room main hai...koi khaas baat?
Atl - Nahin bas, main Anji ke liye kuch laya hoon (holds up a beautiful flower)...let me go check in the locker room
Rid - Suno Atul...tum ne (she decided she'd ask)...Armaan ko kahin dekha?
Atl - Nahin, sorry Ridz (he says running to the locker room...he turns back) Actually, try the Emergency ward...uski aaj duty vahan hai.
Rid - Thanks!
EMERGENCY WARD
Sapna is fixing up a patient's gash wound. She's just about done when Riddhima enters.
Sap - Riddhima! Welcome back!
Rid - Thanks Sapna.
Sap - (Sapna takes her gloves off and tells Riddhima to take a look at the patient's wound, she then brings her to the side) Riddhima, ek jagged laceration that injured some tendons and muscles.
Rid - Hmm...Tho you applied some antibacterial disinfectant...
Sap - Haan, aur maine stitch kardia, but I'm not sure if I should give him painkillers.
Rid - Agar he's had allergic reactions, tho nahin do.
Sap - That's what I thought. I just needed confirmation.
Rid - No problem!
Sap - Chalo, tum ne tho meri itni help kardi, ab tum batao, tumhari kiya help karoon?
Rid - (smiles again at Sapna, she loved her friends for making her feel so good...she then remembered Armaan again...his thought just wouldn't leave her mind) Actually Sapna, tumne Armaan ko dekha hai?
Sap - (thinks) nahin abhi tho nahin, he was here awhile ago, lekin abhi thodi der pehle kahin chalagaya.
Rid - Oh.
Sap - Ussay koi zaruri kaam hai?
Rid - Haan...actually vo...umm...case, Raadha ka case, uss ke liye kuch baat karni thi usssey (she didn't want to lie, but she couldn't tell her).
Sap - Oh I see...agar vo nazar aya, tho I'll definitely let him know.
Riddhima thanked Sapna and went out of the Emergency ward. Who else could she ask?
CHILDREN'S WARD
Kids were running around. Everyone was restless. They couldn't control them. Minnie was sitting on her bed reading a magazine. Other doctors were trying to calm them down.
Kid1- Humey davaai nahin khaani!
Kid2- Humey force nahin karsakte!!
Doc1- Dekho bache, abhi tum achi tarha se davaai khao, aur hum lollipop dengay tumhe.
All kids in unison - NO NO NO NO NO!!
Riddhima walks in. Minnie looks up at her.
Rid - (comes and sits on Minnie's bed)
Min - Dr. Riddhima, aap yahan?
Rid - Kyun? Main nahin aasakti kya?
Min - nahin nahin, maine tho bass ye socha ke...
Rid - Kya socha?
Min - Chodo. Vaise boyfriend ko kya hua?
Rid - (her heart skipped a beat....had something happened to Armaan?) Kya hua Armaan ko?
Min - (she knew it...Riddhima liked Armaan too, that's why she jumped up so suddenly...'I'm such a smart cookie' she thought) Nahin nahin...kuch nahin...
Rid - (still worried) tum ne uss ko dekha kahin?
Min - Thodi der pehle aya tha..lekin pata nahin kyun, aaj hamari chocolates bhi nahin yaad rahin ussey aur chehra kuch utra utra sa lagraha tha.
Rid - (she knew why...she was guilty of it. She reached in her pockets and pulled out the few lollipops she kept for some child patients) Ye lo.
Min - (her eyes lit up) Lollipops!!
Rid - Ab chalo, apney saarey chehlon se kaho ke ye sab shaitani chodein, aur chup chap araam se davaai kahein. (she said to Minnie smiling)
Minnie signalled all the kids over to her bed, and they divided up the candy and ate their medicine making a face.
Riddhima headed out of the children's ward. 'Armaan...tum kahan ho'.
She runs into Dr. Keerti in the hallway.
Kee - Dr. Riddhima, acha hua aap yahan mill gayeen. Aap se Panchgani ki Sanjeevni visit ke baare me batana tha.
Rid - Doctor Keerti, actually Di ne...mera matlab Dr. Anjali ne mujhe bataya tha.
Kee - Alright great, tho hum kal nikal rahe hain.
Rid - Sure mam...ummm...Dr. Keerti, aap ne Armaan ko kahin dekha?
Kee - Dr. Armaan tho half-day leke gaye hain. Kuch patients the jinko zaruri attend karna tha, aur phir vo chaleygaye. Koi kaam tha Dr. Riddhima?
Rid - No mam, main bus...vo Raadha ka...
Kee - Arrey haan, main uss baare mein bhi aap se baat karne vaali thi, actually Panchgani se vapsi mein hum ne socha ke aap aur doctor Armaan (she gets paged for an emergency as she's saying this)...oh, emergency, looks like we'll need to talk later(runs to attend)
ARMAAN'S HOUSE
Armaan arrives at his house, opens his door and goes to his balcony. He could see the sunset from there. It always made him realize that the day had ended and a new one was going to begin.
Arm - New day, new beginning (he said putting his hands on the railing of his balcony.)
He was still hurt from the fact that Riddhima had responded like this. But this was Armaan Malik, and this was the first time Armaan Malik had ever loved, so no way was he ever going to give up.
Arm - (he smiled at one thought that had stuck with him the whole way through...when he told Riddhima he loved her, he was sure he saw that same love in her eyes. She had unknowingly admitted by coming closer to him, caressing his cheek with such tenderness...) Iss se ye tho pata chalta hai ke Riddhima bhi mujhse...pyaar karti hai....lekin Basket thoda sharmati hai, darti hai. Actually uska sharmana, yun reserved rehna..that's one of the reasons that..I'm crazy for her. Akhir kab tak pyaar chupa payogi Basket...ek na ek din tho, sach samne aajayega. (He said smiling with his arms crossed.)
GUPTA HOUSE
Anj - Saarey bags pack hogaye Ridz?
Rid - Haan Di, I was thinking ke bachon ke liye kuch lejaoon
Anj - UFF (puts her hand on her head) Koi zarurat nahin hai...that's just gonna spoil them more!
Riddhima secretly kept little toys from her childhood as well as a few chocolates and candies for the kids, without Anji knowing.
She was just about to go to bed when she went to close the window. The sun had set. The wind blew making her lost in her thoughts.
Rid - (thinks 'Aaj puray din Armaan ko nahin dikha. Half day lekar chalagaya. Maine usko kitna hurt kiya hoga, lekin main usse pyaar kese kar sakti hoon? Vo itna alag hai mujhse, aur vese bhi, uss ne aaj tak kitni larkiyon ko I love you kaha hoga. Lekin uski dost hone ke naatey, mujhe ussay sorry kehna chahiye. Abhi vo kal mileyga then, I'll say sorry.')
And she went to bed.
NEXT DAY
SANJEEVNI LOCKER ROOM
Everyone was there talking and organizing their things.
Atl - Oye Ridz...ye chocolates aur toys...(when he sees some things fall out of her suitcase)
Rid - Shhh....di ko pata nahin chalna chahiye.
Anj - Kiya nahin pata chalnachahiye?
Sap - Anjali...ye file (diverting her attention)
Rid - (signals a thanks to Sapna)
Armaan walks in.
Arm - Hey guys!
Atl - Armaan, hum briefing ke liye jaane wale hain.
Arm - Sure, main abhi aata hoon.
Anj - Ridz...tum aajana jaldi.
Armaan and Riddhima are left alone. Riddhima has her face in her locker and doesn't know how to say sorry to Armaan. 'Kahan se shuroo karoon?' she thought 'vo mujhse baat bhi karega ya nahin...kaise kahoon'.
As she's thinking this, some wrapped sandwiches appear before her. Armaan is holding them out. She was surprised to see him acting so normal.
Rid - Armaan, iss ki zarurat nahin hai...ab mein bilkul thik hoon
Arm - Haan haan...jaanta hoon....Kiya karoon aadat si parh gayi hai.
Rid - Armaan, jo sab hua tha..vo uss ke liye...I'm...I'm sorry.
Arm - (he looks at her) Sorry? for what?
Rid - Armaan, maine jaise react kiya, uss ke liye...
Arm - Arey Basket, tum bhi kiya purani baatein leke beth gayeen.
Rid - umm...lekin, main aur tum...
Arm - (takes a step towards her) main aur tum (he says lovingly)
Rid - (uneasy again) hum...
Arm - (one step closer to her, she is against her locker) Hum...
Rid - I mean, I'm sure ke tumne vo baat ghalti se kehdi hogi...umm...hum dono sirf achey dost bhi banke rehsakte hain...
Arm - (looks down)
Rid - (tries to peer at him) umm tho...
Arm - (puts his head back up and with a smile) uh...dekhounga...sochunga...kal padson kuch kahounga...
Rid - Kiya? (she looks at him, kind of surprised, and walks away.'As always, full of himself!' she thinks)
Arm - (watches her go) Sirf dosti, aur vo bhi tumse? Nuh huh Basket, impossible. (naughty grin)
BUS
Atl - Arey ye Armaan kahan rehjaata hai?
Arm - Kissi ne bulaya SUPARMAAN ko?
Atl - Arrey va yaar! (he pulls out a spoon from his inside coat pocket) Kahan hai soup?
Arm - Soup?
Atl - Abhi tu ne kaha na, Soup Armaan.
Arm - Champ, tu bhi na, aur ye chamcha kahan se aya?
Atl - Tu dekhegana, tho pagal hojaye ga. (opens his coat up) Ye dekh (he sees the inside of his coat has a spoon, a fork, a butter knife, some talcum powder, and all the necessary utilities they could think of)
Arm - Vaaqi main Champ...(sarcastically, restraining himslef from laughing) fantastic! Laga reh! (pats his back)
Arm - (looks around...no Riddhima)
Rid - (walks in right at that moment. Jaise Armaan ne yun yaad kia aur uss ke yaad karte hi, vo aagyee. She had changed into a light yellow chudidar and she looked as lovely as ever.)
Arm - (sitting down, he stopped to stare at her for a bit)
Rid - (She lifted her luggage over her head to put it in the compartment of the bus, obviously her being so delicate, she was having a bit of difficulty getting it in)
Arm - (without asking, he gets up and while everyone else is busy in their own thing, he gives Riddhima a hand by giving her luggage a push, standing behind her)
Rid - Thanks.
Kee - settle down everyone.
Dr. Keerti sits at the front of the bus with all the other senior doctors. While all the interns sit at the back. Riddhima is sitting on the windowside and Armaan in another seat by the window. Another intern comes to sit beside him. She's wearing a short skirt and her name is Kamni.
Kam - Hi, can I sit here?
Arm - Umm..vo vahan aur bhi seats khaali hain, you don't want a seat by the window?
Kam - No...It's alright, so can I?
Arm - (before he says anything, she sits down. She's blocking Armaan's view of Riddhima...'Isko bhi aur kahin jaga nahin mili!' he starts looking out the window).
The bus starts going.
Along the way, everyone was quite tired so they all started falling asleep. Armaan feels a hand on his lap. He looks beside him and he sees Kamni smiling at him in a flirty way.
Arm - Ah!
Kam - Kya hua?
Arm - Main vo umm...('wow' he thinks 'if any girl did this to me before, it would seem completely normal lekin ab tho, bohot hi ajeeb lagta hai!') Mujhe actually...I need to stand up, pair sun horaha hai.
Kam - Oh, ok.
Arm - (he gets up closes an open button of his shirt and goes to sit beside Riddhima.)
Rid - (she had her head against the window and her eyes were closed, feeling the wind in her hair.)
Arm - (puts his hand on hers)
Rid - (her eyes open) Armaan ye kiya karrahe ho?
Arm - Kya?
Rid - Maine kaha tha na ke..
Arm - Main tumhari har dafa help karta hoon...ab tumne hi kaha tha ke tum aur main, hum dost hain, ab dost hone ke naate, tumhara farz banta hai ke tum meri thodi tho help karo right?
Rid - Tum please...
Arm - Udhar dekhrahi ho? Meri seat ke paas...vo ladki bohot chipku hai..
Rid - (looks over at Kamni) Tho main kiya karoon?
Arm - (puts his other hand on her hand and pulls her hand near his heart) Ab uski taraf nahin dekhna, tum bass smile karo. Smile...
Rid - (smiles forcingly)
Arm - (Kamni is looking at Armaan, he smiles at her and takes Riddhima's hand and kisses it lightly. Riddhima is surprised at this and starts to take her hand away when he looks at her with his intense eyes and she shys away. Kamni looks away pissed off. Now if Armaan wanted, he could have left Riddhima's hand, but he didn't. He interlocked her fingers with his and started playing with her fingers)
Rid - (looked over at him and couldn't help smiling to herself. 'Jab aise gum sum rehta hai...tho it's kind of cute....lekin nahin, hum bas dost hain, just friends' she kept repeating the last part as if to memorize it. Her eyes fall on Kamni. 'Ab ye tho nahin dekhrahi' she takes her hand away)
Arm - Basket...ek baat kahoon?
Rid - Thoda halke bolo varna...
Arm - Ohh...(raises his eyebrows)...tum chahti ho ke main thoda halke boloon, whisper karoon?
Rid - Haan.
Arm - (moves her hair from in front of her ears and whipers in her ear) Tum ye yellow chudidaar main bohot achi lagrahi ho.
Rid - (felt awkward now and surprised that she felt something nice when he had whispered in her ear, she didn't know what to do)
Armaan sits back on his seat satisfied, with a smile and starts reading a magazine.
May 13, 2010
Part 14
*****PRECAP****************************
Armaan ka izhaar.
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LIBRARY
Rid - (walked in, the library was dark. It was night. She couldn't find the switch. She had a few things in her hands. 'Yeh Armaan kahan rehgaya.' She agreed to come here because it was the only time that Shashank was off duty and at the house. Anjali, Naani and Shashank all stayed with Riddhima both nights at the hospital, but tonight, Anjali had to be on duty, and Riddhima insisted that Naani and Shashank take some rest, otherwise vo bhook hartal kardegi. Finally, she got some time...to work on Raadha's case.)
It had been only two days since the fire incident. Riddhima was feeling much better and the doctor had said that she is completely out of danger now. In these two days the hospital was busy as usual. Shashank had forbidden Riddhima to work. She knew very well that he said this out of love, just like Anjali had brought her hospital food everyday out of love...and Riddhima didn't dare to say no to her, she didn't want to hurt her feelings. After Anjali gave Riddhima the food and left the room, Armaan would sneak in and bring her cafeteria food or...his special andey vaala sandwich. Then Atul would come and take the bland patient food away quietly, and Sapna would usually come give her updates on current patients, new patients, and interesting cases. They had a whole system going.
Dr. Keerti had given Armaan and Riddhima the go signal on preparing the presentation for patient Radhaa's heart transplant. Lekin Riddhima apne patient ko beech raaste main kaise chod sakti thi? So she decided to work on it without her Papa knowing. They needed the finishing touches on the presentation.
Rid - (She saw a bit of light) Kaun hai? (she whispered calmly as she approached the light...she couldn't see anything beyond her own hands it was so dark...she kept walking towards the light and put her things down, and upon reaching the source of light, she almost slipped back on a book that was lying on the floor...)
Arm - (...caught her right in time. With one hand he held her hand and put her arm over his shoulder and with his other hand he held her slender waist. She had closed her eyes so tight. The light of the lantern shone on her face. He studied every inch of it. Her extremely curled and fluttery eyelashes, her cute little nose, her rosy cheeks and her beautiful lips that looked all that much more beautiful in this light. Her scent was intoxicatingly amazing.)
Rid - (opens her eyes. Riddhima took a breath in sync with Armaan. She saw him in the same light that he saw her, in lantern light. Everything beyond him was dark.)
Arm - Riddhima (he said with all the feeling in the world) mujhe tumse kuch kehna hai.
Rid - Armaan...
(She finally blinked and noticed how close they were. She removed her arm from around his shoulder and was full on embarassed she had let this happen, he let go of her waist hesitantly. She stood back up on her feet and carefully made her way to the lantern. She carried it to the light switch and switched the light on, the light was dim).
Arm - (Picked up the things she had brought and put them down on a nearby table. He looked at Riddhima and pulled out a chair.)
Rid - (came and sat down, she put the lantern down onto the table) (trying to change the mood) lagta hai ke light weak hai...
Arm - haan (he said looking at her, still living in the moment smoothly ruffling his hair where Riddhima had touched it).
Rid - (pulled out her things, trying really hard to cover all the chemistry between them. She tried to find her pen, searching her bag.)
Arm - (He held her pen in front of her, he had found it on the ground.)
Rid - Thanks (held the pen to take it)
Arm - (he held it and she held it, so he knew he had all her attention) Riddhima mujhe tum se kuch bohot zaruri kehna hai. Riddhima I...
Rid - (interrupts him) Yeh (pulls up the laptop and brings up a file on it) tum ne file computer lab vaale computer se apne email pe bheja tha?
Arm - (wants to tell her so badly, but decides that he needs her full and undivided attention for it, so first he had to solve this case's presentation with her) Nahin...main abhi karke aata hoon, I'll be right back.
Rid - Thik hai.
Armaan grabs his keys and heads to the computer lab. He gets there, opens the computer and emails the document. He heads back to the library.
Arm - Abhi check karo, phohonchgaya hoga.
Rid - (sitting on the chair, she presses a few buttons on the laptop) Nahin...you sure ke you emailed it?
Arm - Haan, I'm sure, let me check. (He stands behind her seat and bends down to the level of the laptop screen. His chest was touching her back. His arms surrounding her chair, and his fingers busy typing on the keyboard. She shrunk to the middle of her chair, concious of his touch. His face was next to hers. He was looking on the screen and clicking around and typing. She looked next to her at him).
Rid - (thinks 'Ye mujhe kya horaha hai?' 'Armaan...tum mujhse kya kehna chahte ho?' she thought...'main tumhare aas paas hoti hoon tho ghabra kyun jaati hoon?')
Arm - (his eyes fall on her) (lovingly gazing at her, he asks) Tumne kuch kaha Basket? (he could hear the beats of her heart, and he was sure he heard a question).
Rid - (quickly looking away) Nahin...she tried to get off from her seat. His arms were on both sides of the chair since his hands were resting on the laptop's keyboard. So she stood up, tried to reach accross the table and couldn't get the book she needed and she landed back down on the chair with a light thud.)
Arm - (Armaan was watching her. She looked at him, embarassed of her defeat)
Rid - Vo...umm...thodi si jaaga chahiye...I need to get out of this seat.
Arm - (put his finger to his lips) Ssshhh!
Rid - Armaan vo book...
Arm - (Her arms were on the armrest now. He turned her seat around holding the back of the chair. He was at eye level with her. The chair had wheels and turned smoothly. Riddhima was face to face with Armaan once again. He put his hands on hers and started pushing the chair back gently. He went around the table and stopped pushing the chair when they reached the other side of the table) Station aagaya madam (he said smiling) Aur koi hukm?
Rid - (blushed) Umm...nahin (he was still holding her hands down with his. She looked down at their hands on top of each other. He did the same, with his naughty smile)
Arm - Kya hua Riddhima, koi problem? (he said innocently, even though he knew what was going through her mind)
Rid - Haan (but she didn't want him to think that HE was the problem)...nahin...(confused)
Arm - Saaf saaf bolo Riddhima. Koi...problem?
Rid - Mujhe jaane do Armaan. Mera haath chodo. (she said quietly)
Arm - (He let go of one hand) Lo chod diya.
Rid - Armaan, dusra bhi.
Arm - mmm hmm (shaking his head in a no) tum ne sirf "Mera haath" kahata.
Rid - (She couldn't do this anymore. She was extremely concious around Armaan and when Armaan did things like this, she got even more concious. She got up suddenly, releasing her other hand).
Armaan had anticipated this. He stood up straight and put his hands in his pocket. She had gotten up grabbed the book and gone to sit on the other seat. She opened the book and turned to a specific page. She started taking notes. He could sense the heat. He turned on the fan. Armaan sat on the seat accross from her. With her as an inspiration, he didn't need anything else, not any thoughts besides hers because she brang out the best in him, not the music from his mp3...because the music came all on its own...
Kaise batayen
kyun tujh ko chahen
yaara bataa na payen
She was busy flipping through the pages, working intently taking notes. The wind from the fan blew her hair. He got to work but kept looking up at her every once in awhile.
Baatein dilon ki,
dekho jo baki,
aankhen tujhe samjhae.
Tu Jaane naaaa...aaaa
Tu jaane na...
She kept him going this late in the hour. After an hour of intense work, he got up and went to the kitchen and got some coffee. He poured it into two mugs. It was 2 am now. When he came back, he found Riddhima still busy at work, lekin apni neend se bhari ankhein kabhi kabhi 2 second ke liye band karti, phir kholti. He went to her, knelt down on one knee and gave her the steamy cup of coffee. As soon as she took it, she pulled back away from him.
Milkay bhi hum na milay
Tum se na jaane kyun
Milon ke hain faasle
Tum se najaane kyun
Anjaane hain silsilay
Tum se najaane kyun
Sapne hain palkon talay
Tum se najaane kyunnnn...
Riddhima ko neend ka nasha tha, she raised her eyes that felt so heavy. She just wanted to go to sleep right then and there. She held the cup with both hands and drank a sip of the warm coffee he had brought her. Armaan smiled at her struggle to stay awake. There's something about her.
Kaise bataayen
Kyun tujh ko chahein
Yaara bataa na payen
Baatein dilon ki
Dekho jo baaki
Ankhein tujhe samjahen
Tu jaane naaa...
Tu jaane na
He put a bookmark into the book she was flipping through and closed it. She tried to protest but he put his fingers onto her lips which made her be quiet. He took her hand and led her to the open garden and terrace on the roof of Sanjeevni. The air was fresh and there was a light mist. She had never seen this place before. He looked at her and she could see her image in his eyes that spoke to her.
nigaahon mein dekho meri jo hai bas gaya
woh hai milta tumse hubahu
Jaane teri aankhein thi ya baatein thi wajaaah
huye tum jo dil ki aarzoo
Tum se batana hai
ek afsana hai
Dil ne ye maana hai
Meri saari sansein judi
Tumse najaane kyun
saari baatein shuroo
Tum se najaane kyunnn...
Tu jaane naaaa...
Tu jaane na
A few moments of gazing, she felt a drop of water land on her cheek. Armaan felt a few more. Before they both knew it, it started raining. He took off his labcoat and put it over their heads and signalled Riddhima to come back inside. Riddhima had felt so trapped in that hospital room where no one would let her get out because they thought she was weak. They didn't know that this was exactly what she needed. Her eyes didn't feel heavy anymore, she looved this weather. Riddhima hadn't been out in the rain in forever. She laughed at Armaan's idea to stay away from the rain 'Itna acha weather? As if!'. She completely forgot about him, and ran out onto the open terrace. Armaan thought 'Aaj tho main tumhe bataake hi rahounga!'
khayaalon mein laakhon baatein yuun toh keh gaya
bola kuchh na tere saamne
huye na begaane bhi tum hoke aur ke
dekho tum na mere hi bane
Dil ke safay pe jo
Tera naam likha hai
Mitana bhi chaho tho
Kabhi bhi yeh na mitay
Tumse najaane kyun
Ab hongay kam faaslay
Tum se najaane kyunnn
Tu jaane naaaa...
Tu jaane na...
She took off her shoes aur apne paoon se jo terrace pe paani jama hua tha, chalkaane lagi. She pulled back her hair that was coming onto her face, she was soaking wet. She held out her hands to the sky. He was dripping from in no time. He laughed out loud and stroked his hair back. She was standing near a water-fountain. He went near her and she turned around and splashed his shirt. He looked down at his shirt and started laughing and she laughed out loud herself. Armaan had never seen her laugh so freely with him like this. He felt like he owned the world. He splashed her back and she held her hands out in front of her face playfully.
Kaise bataayen kyun tujhako chaahen
Yaara bata na paayen
Baatein dilon ki dekho jo baaki
Aankhein tujhe samjhaayen
A thunder was heard, followed by a hollow wind. The whole terrace and the garden around them was misted and fresh. Water was dripping everywhere and they were both soaking wet. He took her wrist, pulled her close to him, looked into her eyes and said:
Arm - Riddhima. I love you.
****tu jaane na, tu jaane na****
Simmy
Armaan ka izhaar.
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LIBRARY
Rid - (walked in, the library was dark. It was night. She couldn't find the switch. She had a few things in her hands. 'Yeh Armaan kahan rehgaya.' She agreed to come here because it was the only time that Shashank was off duty and at the house. Anjali, Naani and Shashank all stayed with Riddhima both nights at the hospital, but tonight, Anjali had to be on duty, and Riddhima insisted that Naani and Shashank take some rest, otherwise vo bhook hartal kardegi. Finally, she got some time...to work on Raadha's case.)
It had been only two days since the fire incident. Riddhima was feeling much better and the doctor had said that she is completely out of danger now. In these two days the hospital was busy as usual. Shashank had forbidden Riddhima to work. She knew very well that he said this out of love, just like Anjali had brought her hospital food everyday out of love...and Riddhima didn't dare to say no to her, she didn't want to hurt her feelings. After Anjali gave Riddhima the food and left the room, Armaan would sneak in and bring her cafeteria food or...his special andey vaala sandwich. Then Atul would come and take the bland patient food away quietly, and Sapna would usually come give her updates on current patients, new patients, and interesting cases. They had a whole system going.
Dr. Keerti had given Armaan and Riddhima the go signal on preparing the presentation for patient Radhaa's heart transplant. Lekin Riddhima apne patient ko beech raaste main kaise chod sakti thi? So she decided to work on it without her Papa knowing. They needed the finishing touches on the presentation.
Rid - (She saw a bit of light) Kaun hai? (she whispered calmly as she approached the light...she couldn't see anything beyond her own hands it was so dark...she kept walking towards the light and put her things down, and upon reaching the source of light, she almost slipped back on a book that was lying on the floor...)
Arm - (...caught her right in time. With one hand he held her hand and put her arm over his shoulder and with his other hand he held her slender waist. She had closed her eyes so tight. The light of the lantern shone on her face. He studied every inch of it. Her extremely curled and fluttery eyelashes, her cute little nose, her rosy cheeks and her beautiful lips that looked all that much more beautiful in this light. Her scent was intoxicatingly amazing.)
Rid - (opens her eyes. Riddhima took a breath in sync with Armaan. She saw him in the same light that he saw her, in lantern light. Everything beyond him was dark.)
Arm - Riddhima (he said with all the feeling in the world) mujhe tumse kuch kehna hai.
Rid - Armaan...
(She finally blinked and noticed how close they were. She removed her arm from around his shoulder and was full on embarassed she had let this happen, he let go of her waist hesitantly. She stood back up on her feet and carefully made her way to the lantern. She carried it to the light switch and switched the light on, the light was dim).
Arm - (Picked up the things she had brought and put them down on a nearby table. He looked at Riddhima and pulled out a chair.)
Rid - (came and sat down, she put the lantern down onto the table) (trying to change the mood) lagta hai ke light weak hai...
Arm - haan (he said looking at her, still living in the moment smoothly ruffling his hair where Riddhima had touched it).
Rid - (pulled out her things, trying really hard to cover all the chemistry between them. She tried to find her pen, searching her bag.)
Arm - (He held her pen in front of her, he had found it on the ground.)
Rid - Thanks (held the pen to take it)
Arm - (he held it and she held it, so he knew he had all her attention) Riddhima mujhe tum se kuch bohot zaruri kehna hai. Riddhima I...
Rid - (interrupts him) Yeh (pulls up the laptop and brings up a file on it) tum ne file computer lab vaale computer se apne email pe bheja tha?
Arm - (wants to tell her so badly, but decides that he needs her full and undivided attention for it, so first he had to solve this case's presentation with her) Nahin...main abhi karke aata hoon, I'll be right back.
Rid - Thik hai.
Armaan grabs his keys and heads to the computer lab. He gets there, opens the computer and emails the document. He heads back to the library.
Arm - Abhi check karo, phohonchgaya hoga.
Rid - (sitting on the chair, she presses a few buttons on the laptop) Nahin...you sure ke you emailed it?
Arm - Haan, I'm sure, let me check. (He stands behind her seat and bends down to the level of the laptop screen. His chest was touching her back. His arms surrounding her chair, and his fingers busy typing on the keyboard. She shrunk to the middle of her chair, concious of his touch. His face was next to hers. He was looking on the screen and clicking around and typing. She looked next to her at him).
Rid - (thinks 'Ye mujhe kya horaha hai?' 'Armaan...tum mujhse kya kehna chahte ho?' she thought...'main tumhare aas paas hoti hoon tho ghabra kyun jaati hoon?')
Arm - (his eyes fall on her) (lovingly gazing at her, he asks) Tumne kuch kaha Basket? (he could hear the beats of her heart, and he was sure he heard a question).
Rid - (quickly looking away) Nahin...she tried to get off from her seat. His arms were on both sides of the chair since his hands were resting on the laptop's keyboard. So she stood up, tried to reach accross the table and couldn't get the book she needed and she landed back down on the chair with a light thud.)
Arm - (Armaan was watching her. She looked at him, embarassed of her defeat)
Rid - Vo...umm...thodi si jaaga chahiye...I need to get out of this seat.
Arm - (put his finger to his lips) Ssshhh!
Rid - Armaan vo book...
Arm - (Her arms were on the armrest now. He turned her seat around holding the back of the chair. He was at eye level with her. The chair had wheels and turned smoothly. Riddhima was face to face with Armaan once again. He put his hands on hers and started pushing the chair back gently. He went around the table and stopped pushing the chair when they reached the other side of the table) Station aagaya madam (he said smiling) Aur koi hukm?
Rid - (blushed) Umm...nahin (he was still holding her hands down with his. She looked down at their hands on top of each other. He did the same, with his naughty smile)
Arm - Kya hua Riddhima, koi problem? (he said innocently, even though he knew what was going through her mind)
Rid - Haan (but she didn't want him to think that HE was the problem)...nahin...(confused)
Arm - Saaf saaf bolo Riddhima. Koi...problem?
Rid - Mujhe jaane do Armaan. Mera haath chodo. (she said quietly)
Arm - (He let go of one hand) Lo chod diya.
Rid - Armaan, dusra bhi.
Arm - mmm hmm (shaking his head in a no) tum ne sirf "Mera haath" kahata.
Rid - (She couldn't do this anymore. She was extremely concious around Armaan and when Armaan did things like this, she got even more concious. She got up suddenly, releasing her other hand).
Armaan had anticipated this. He stood up straight and put his hands in his pocket. She had gotten up grabbed the book and gone to sit on the other seat. She opened the book and turned to a specific page. She started taking notes. He could sense the heat. He turned on the fan. Armaan sat on the seat accross from her. With her as an inspiration, he didn't need anything else, not any thoughts besides hers because she brang out the best in him, not the music from his mp3...because the music came all on its own...
Kaise batayen
kyun tujh ko chahen
yaara bataa na payen
She was busy flipping through the pages, working intently taking notes. The wind from the fan blew her hair. He got to work but kept looking up at her every once in awhile.
Baatein dilon ki,
dekho jo baki,
aankhen tujhe samjhae.
Tu Jaane naaaa...aaaa
Tu jaane na...
She kept him going this late in the hour. After an hour of intense work, he got up and went to the kitchen and got some coffee. He poured it into two mugs. It was 2 am now. When he came back, he found Riddhima still busy at work, lekin apni neend se bhari ankhein kabhi kabhi 2 second ke liye band karti, phir kholti. He went to her, knelt down on one knee and gave her the steamy cup of coffee. As soon as she took it, she pulled back away from him.
Milkay bhi hum na milay
Tum se na jaane kyun
Milon ke hain faasle
Tum se najaane kyun
Anjaane hain silsilay
Tum se najaane kyun
Sapne hain palkon talay
Tum se najaane kyunnnn...
Riddhima ko neend ka nasha tha, she raised her eyes that felt so heavy. She just wanted to go to sleep right then and there. She held the cup with both hands and drank a sip of the warm coffee he had brought her. Armaan smiled at her struggle to stay awake. There's something about her.
Kaise bataayen
Kyun tujh ko chahein
Yaara bataa na payen
Baatein dilon ki
Dekho jo baaki
Ankhein tujhe samjahen
Tu jaane naaa...
Tu jaane na
He put a bookmark into the book she was flipping through and closed it. She tried to protest but he put his fingers onto her lips which made her be quiet. He took her hand and led her to the open garden and terrace on the roof of Sanjeevni. The air was fresh and there was a light mist. She had never seen this place before. He looked at her and she could see her image in his eyes that spoke to her.
nigaahon mein dekho meri jo hai bas gaya
woh hai milta tumse hubahu
Jaane teri aankhein thi ya baatein thi wajaaah
huye tum jo dil ki aarzoo
Tum se batana hai
ek afsana hai
Dil ne ye maana hai
Meri saari sansein judi
Tumse najaane kyun
saari baatein shuroo
Tum se najaane kyunnn...
Tu jaane naaaa...
Tu jaane na
A few moments of gazing, she felt a drop of water land on her cheek. Armaan felt a few more. Before they both knew it, it started raining. He took off his labcoat and put it over their heads and signalled Riddhima to come back inside. Riddhima had felt so trapped in that hospital room where no one would let her get out because they thought she was weak. They didn't know that this was exactly what she needed. Her eyes didn't feel heavy anymore, she looved this weather. Riddhima hadn't been out in the rain in forever. She laughed at Armaan's idea to stay away from the rain 'Itna acha weather? As if!'. She completely forgot about him, and ran out onto the open terrace. Armaan thought 'Aaj tho main tumhe bataake hi rahounga!'
khayaalon mein laakhon baatein yuun toh keh gaya
bola kuchh na tere saamne
huye na begaane bhi tum hoke aur ke
dekho tum na mere hi bane
Dil ke safay pe jo
Tera naam likha hai
Mitana bhi chaho tho
Kabhi bhi yeh na mitay
Tumse najaane kyun
Ab hongay kam faaslay
Tum se najaane kyunnn
Tu jaane naaaa...
Tu jaane na...
She took off her shoes aur apne paoon se jo terrace pe paani jama hua tha, chalkaane lagi. She pulled back her hair that was coming onto her face, she was soaking wet. She held out her hands to the sky. He was dripping from in no time. He laughed out loud and stroked his hair back. She was standing near a water-fountain. He went near her and she turned around and splashed his shirt. He looked down at his shirt and started laughing and she laughed out loud herself. Armaan had never seen her laugh so freely with him like this. He felt like he owned the world. He splashed her back and she held her hands out in front of her face playfully.
Kaise bataayen kyun tujhako chaahen
Yaara bata na paayen
Baatein dilon ki dekho jo baaki
Aankhein tujhe samjhaayen
A thunder was heard, followed by a hollow wind. The whole terrace and the garden around them was misted and fresh. Water was dripping everywhere and they were both soaking wet. He took her wrist, pulled her close to him, looked into her eyes and said:
Arm - Riddhima. I love you.
****tu jaane na, tu jaane na****
Simmy
May 8, 2010
Part 13: Jab Dil Miley
*BEEP BEEP BEEP*
Armaan heard the alarm clock. He woke up in one fell swoop. He didn't try to shut it like usual because he had some very important things to do. Today, his sloppy bread and butter and adha sadha lunch wouldn't do. He brushed his teeth, took a quick refreshing shower and promptly got to work. He had to fry an egg and toast the toast just right...and some people may not ever have guessed it, but this was a big task for a guy like Armaan, what with his limited cooking skills.
FLASHBACK******************************
Sanjeevni's underground area was buzzing with people. The fire fighters had just gotten to the experiment room and were busy trying to extinguish the fire. As soon as some flames died down, they reached the corner where Armaan was standing shielding Riddhima with his body now covered in sweat from the flames. The doctors were on the scene as well and among them was Dr. Keerti.
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He put the toast down on the counter. 'Ab...Ah...eggs of course' he thought, putting his finger up in the air like a genius.
FLASHBACK******************************
Arm - COMING THROUGH!! JAGA CHAHIYE!! MOVE MOVE MOVE!! (he yelled hurriedly to anybody and everybody in their way waving his hand in a 'move outta the way' motion, holding the stretcher with his other hand, directing the way to the Emergency Room, then looking at Riddhima and then at the Emergency room then back at her and back at the doors of that ER. The trip to that room seemed never-ending to Armaan).
Kee - (giving the nurse details on Riddhima's condition as she runs along with the stretcher) BP low hai, pulse weak, breathing faint...Doctor Shashank ko phone kijay jaldi!!!
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He looked at the eggs inquisitively thinking. 'Yeh thodte kaise hain thake ande main shell nahin jaye...vo kya kehte hain...andey ka fanda...what does that mean anyways?'. Since he only had two eggs, he decided he needed to get it right the first time. Afterall, it had to be perfect. So he opened his computer and searched up a youtube video on how to fry eggs. He had plenty of time because he woke up at 4:30.
FLAHSBACK*******************************
Kee - Aap yaheen rukain Dr. Armaan.
Arm - Nahin Dr. keerti, main Riddhima ke saat andar chalounga (with determination looking dr. Keerti straight in the eye)
Kee - Dr. Armaan, main aap se kehrahi hoon that you are not allowed in the ER, aap concious hain lekin apki health phir bhi bohot khatre main hai...aap ko abhi ke abhi check up karana hai (and with that they arrived to the ER)
Arm - Dr. Keerti, main Riddhima ke saath chalounga.
Kee - Aap bas ilaaj main rukavat baneyngay, agar aap itna help karna chahte hain, tho in darvaazon ke bahar intezaar karein! (she said sternly)
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He cracked the eggs as they showed in the most detailed Youtube video he could find "How to make an Ommelette for Beginners". He got his fork and started mixing in the spices. He looked at the bowl and the eggs inside it in liquid form.
Arm - Meri izzat ka falouda mat banana, bus apna omelette banalena, meri liye itna hi kafi hai.
FLASHBACK********************************
Just a few moments had passed when he heard Anjali running towards the ER and Dr. Shashank as well. A doctor intercepted their way. Dr. Shashank headed straight inside. The doctor in charge of Riddhima's case stopped Anjali from coming in. She argued with the doctor but it was useless. They wouldn't let her in. Armaan was watching through the glass door but at seeing Anjali feel as helpless as he did when he went through the same thing moments ago, he instictively went to hug her, he sat her down on the bench and sat down with her
Anj - I'm her sister Armaan...main uski behen hoon...mujhe andar jaana hai, Ridzy ko dekhna hai...it's not fair!!! (angry and tearing up)
Arm - Sshhh, I know...I know...(putting her arm around Anji aur uska kandha sehlata hai in a reasurring way)
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He poured the mixture in the pan...'turning out pretty good' he thought to himself, 'Agar main doctor nahin hota na, tho I'd probably end up a cook...not bad for a beginner' he thought as he moved the pan around to spread the egg evenly.
FLASHBACK**********************************
Sha - Ji Doctor...aik bohot bura hadsa...(looks at Anjali who looks back at him with teary eyes as she recalled the horrible event) jiss main Riddhima ne bohot kuch khodia...aur hum ne bhi...(Anjali put a hand on Shashank's arm) Hamare ghar main bohot buri tarha se aag lagi jab Riddhima choti si thi aur iss sab mein meri dono betiyon ne...Riddhima aur Anjali ne...(broken voice) apni Ma...(he couldn't continue)
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Now for the toast. He put it in the toaster and waited while twiddling his thumbs.
FLASHBACK************************************
Dr. - Riddhima ki condition aisi hai ke agar vo aur stress le tho vo khatre main aasakti hai, stress can cause her to go unconcious again. Jo aaj incident hua tha made her relive her past and all the bad things that happened in that fire. Tho aaj jo fire ka incident hua hai, aap Riddhima ko yaad dilaane ki koishish bilkul mat keejayga. The more she thinks about it, the more she'll remember the last incident, the more stress she'll take. She'll most likely not remember much about this fire initially lekin haan, agar uss ko apne aap se yaad aye...without trying to think too much about it, tho uss ke baare main hum kuch nahin karsakte zahir hai, and that's what we want...instead of someone else trying to get her to remember about it, we need to let her own mind remind herself at her own pace. Lekin apni taraf se, aap puri koishish kareeayga that you keep her thinking about other things. Aur haan, VERY IMPORTANT, aap uss ke saat normal tareekay se act karein, mera matlab aap sab ka behaviour uss ke saat normal rehnachahiye, sudden changes in behaviour can trigger more pressure on her, and cause her to overthink everything, in this case, it can lead her to thinking about the events of the fire again.
Still wearing his burned labcoat covered with ashes, Armaan was walking and stopped outside the door as soon as he had heard the name "Riddhima" from the doctor and had been listening intently through the partially open door the whole time without anyone's knowledge. He was shocked.
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He was watching so intently. Suddenly, the toast popped up and the sudden movement made him jump up a little. He got the toast out quickly and put it on the plate. Then he started putting the egg into the toast.
Finally, he puts his masterpiece lunch into the container and keeps some freshly squeezed juice in a thermos. He puts all of it into a bag. Then he goes to his room and picks up his bag. There he sees the confetti heart that he kept in his locker and had brought home and put into a special tiny transparent glass container. He looked at it.
Arm - Hmmm...tho Basket ke saat abhi normal act karna pareyga...kuch din ke liye ye baat chupani pareygi that...that I love her. (smiles) Koi gal nahin basket, tumhare liye tho jaan hazir hai, tho yeh chota sa chupan chupayee ka khel kya cheez hai? Chalo, mujhe kuch din aur miljayenge tumhe satane ke liye. Tho look out Basket, vapes aaraha hai vo purana Armaan...but for you, and only for you...with a dash of love...and a pinch a masti (smiles).
SANJEEVNI
Anj - Ridzy!! Khao na! Itni der se, you've only been saying "kha rahi hoon, khaati hoon" lekin yeh kiya huh? tumhari plate vaise hi padi hai?
Atl - Haan Ridz...tum khao...healthy khana hai.
Rid - Di...Atul...mujhe vaaki mein bhook nahin hai.
Sap - Riddhima, tum khao gi nahin tho jaldi thik kaise hogi? Yeh weakness aise thodi na jayega.
Rid - (deeply touched that they all cared about her so much) Guys, tum log pleeease meri fikr nahin karo, main bilkul thik hoon. I'm completely fine.
Armaan enters.
Arm - Haan, vo tho clearly dhik raha hai.
Atl - Arey Armaan yar...tum hi samjhao Ridz ko.
(Atul, Sapna and Anjali get paged)
Atl - Oye! Gabbar ka page!
Anj - Chalo...duty time.
Sap - Arey...Armaan ko page nahi aya?
Dr. Keerti walks up from behind.
Kee - jee nahin, Dr. Armaan ko maine leave di hai.
Atl - leave?
Kee - Haan vo f....(her eyes fall on Armaan who signals her not to mention the fire...she suddenly remembers what they had all talked about and how they weren't supposed to mention anything related to the fire incident)
Kee - filhaal...presentation tayaar karna hai doctor Armaan ko..iss liye.
Anj - Doctor Keerti, can I get leave too...vo...
Kee - DOCtor Anjali, aapki behen ab thik hain, you don't need to worry. Vaise bhi hospital main doctors ki zarurat hai.
Anj - Yes doctor Keerti.
Keerti, Sapna and Atul walk out. Before Anjali walks out...
Anj - Ridzy, I'm gonna be back to check in later, tum jaldi jaldi khao come on!
Riddhima sees that the only person left in the room is Armaan. She tries to sit up but still feels very week and dehydrated.
Arm - Hey hey...easy (reaches for her, holds her from her back and lets her get up)
Rid - (apprehensive) I'm ok...tumhe kaam hoga...tum jasakte ho, mera matlab you don't need to stay here...seriously, I'm fine.
Arm - Haan haan...tum tho Krish ki beti ho na...super duper human?
Rid - (smiles)
Arm - Tho (pulls up a seat)...ye khake dikhao (uss ke aage vo tray karta hai that Anjali brought. It's patient food. The bland and tasteless hospital food for patients)
Rid - Mujhe bhook nahin hai.
Arm - Oh really?
Rid - Haan...I'm not hungry (she tucks a piece of hair behind her ear with her finger)
Arm - (thinks 'Oye Hoye') Acha...tho Basket ko bhook nahin hai? (he gets up from his chair and goes outside. Riddhima wonders ke vo aise suddenly kyun chalagaya. He comes back a few moments later with something that looked like a toy in his hand. He sits on Riddhima's bed next to her.)
Rid - (confused by the toy in his hand, she fails to notice that he's sitting on her hospital bed with her, right next to her) Armaan...toy? Tum koi chote bache ho kya?
Arm - (puts his finger to her lips) Sshhh! Lie detector kee insult nahin karte!
Rid - (moves his finger from her lips with her hand) What? Tum pagal ho gaye ho? Ye? Lie detector?
Arm - (stretching out his hand) lao, haath do.
Rid - No way...main nahin...tum na, vaaqi main pagal hogaye ho.
Arm - Basket...haath do!
Rid - (looks at him weirded out)
Arm - (instead of waiting, he gently grabs her hand and puts it on top of the toy)
Rid - ARMAAN!!!
Arm - Chup! Ab tumhe bas han ya na mein answer karna hai.
Rid - (trying to realease her hand) Mera haath tho chodo.
Arm - Thik hai...choddounga...bass itna batado ke kya tumhe bhook hai?
Rid - No Armaan for the last time, mujhe bhook nahin....
She hears an electronic sound, it comes out of the toy-like thing Armaan was holding. "Jhoot Bola, Jhoot bola"
Rid - (looks down in surprise at the toy) Ye, issay kaise pata ke...
Arm - Ke sahi main tumhe bhook lagi hai? (he says pulling his face closer to hers)
Rid - Haan...(she just noticed that she admitted what she hadn't been wanting anyone to know. She was hungry, but this hospital food just made her want to well...it wasn't the best smelling food on earth)
Arm - (she looks into his eyes and he looks at her and both Armaan and Riddhima get lost in an eyelock for a few seconds into each other's hypnotizing eyes. His hand was still on top of hers so he lifted it with the palm of his hand to the back of hers and directed it to his chest where his heart was. Her hand was touching his chest...just like she always touched his heart for him.)
Arm - Dekha Basket...ye toy thak vo baat janta hai jo mere dil ne tumhe dekhte hi samajh liya tha. Bas tumse sunna baki tha (he says quietly and smiling)
Rid - (surprised to hear this coming from him) Ye kya kehrahe ho? Tum aise kyun...
Arm - (lets go of her hand...he didn't want her to see all of his love right now because he didn't want her to overthink anything...he didn't want to hurt her. He pulls back)
Rid - (still keeps thinking about it) Tum...
Arm - (stands up, backs away until he reaches the sofa. He turns around for a second and thinks 'Basket, mera bass chaley tho main abhi tumhe sab kuch batadoon...ke main tumse kitna pyaar karta hoon lekin I don't want anything bad to happen to you...I'm sorry Basket' runs a hand through his hair. When he turns around, he finds Riddhima still thinking)
Arm - (shakes off his helplessness and grabs the lunchbox with the lunch he'd prepared this morning. He goes and sits back on his chair next to her. He pulls out his egg sandwich that he'd made and puts down his thermos with the juice. He looks at Riddhima aur uske samne chutki bajata hai, which causes her to come back from her thoughts)
Rid - Sorry...mujhe pata nahin kya...umm
Arm - No problems.
Rid - (notices his khana...ande ka sandwich...and it smelled appetizing too, unlike the hospital food)
Arm - Uh...Maine socha ke tum apna lunch karrahi ho...to main bhi kyun na...I hope you don't mind.
Rid - No..of course not.
Arm - Tho khao na (he says as he takes a bite of his sandwich mischievously)
Rid - (looks at him, and then back at her food. The food looked like it was alive!! She picked up the plate and wrinkled her nose)
Arm - ('Oye Hoye, kya adayen hain')
Rid - (thought 'Main jaise hi iss hospital ki in charge banoungi, I'm gonna change the hospital food first thing...patients bicharon ko yeh khana parta hai? Isse acha tho cafeteria main milsakta hai..)
As she is holding the plate up to herself, a andey ka sandwich wrapped and everything appears before her eyes. Armaan is holding it up to her. She puts her plate down.
Arm - Ye lo.
Rid - Nahin, it's alright mujhe bhook...
Arm - PHIR JHOOT? Aur tum kiya thodi original nahin hosakti, har bar vohi jhoot use karti ho...tumhari jhoot-machine mein kuch kharabi hai kya?
Rid - Armaan...please
Arm - Nahin nahin...tum batado, main spare bike parts lene jaaraha hoon kal, tho, I mean I can pick up some parts for your jhoot-machine. Ya phir you can borrow some of mine...
Rid - I know...tum tho jhoot bohot achi tarhan se bol lete ho (laughs)
Arm - Acha! Meri hi billi mujhi ko meow? Chalo jaldi lo ye andey ka sandwich. Main jaanta hoon tumhara kitna dil chahra hoga.
Rid - It's ok...ye tumhara lunch hai...
Arm - Hmmm...shayad tumhe yaad nahin hai...
Rid - Kya?
Arm - Med-exam ke din...jab tumne apni food tray gira di thi tho
RIDDIMHA FLASHBACK*******************************
Rid - I know...vo line bohot lambi hai, aur vaise bhi, mujhe bhook nahi hai.
Arm - Well... line to lambi hai, lekin main yeh mannay ko tayar bilkul nahin hoon ke 4 ghante ki intense exertion ke baad tumhe bhook nahin hain...that's a lie. (he puts his tray forward)
Rid - (looks at him)
Arm - Mujhe kaho gi kya? Come on Riddhima..meri selection itni bhi buri nahin hai (points at the tray), I mean egg salad sandwich and greek salad...it's good stuff.
Rid - Nahin, I'm fine, really.
Arm - ACHA! To aisi baat hai (Armaan gets up from his end of the bench and goes to sit on her end)
Arm - Now, for every second that you don't eat the sandwich or the salad, main tumhare aur kareeb ata jaaoonga
Rid - Kya? tumhe kya hogaya hai? Apne aap ko kya samajhte ho? Tum jo bologay sab karaynge? You're not the boss of this world Armaan (he keeps inching closer to her)
Arm - Soch lo...mujhe jo chahiye hota hai, vo main haasil karke rehta hoon.
Rid - (heart starts beating fast...'he wouldn't')
Arm - (reaches for her hand)
Rid - (pulls her hand away and quickly grabs a sandwich) Ok ok...you win...maine le liya...dekho...sandwich...in my hand (she puts it right between them in front of his face)...le liya maine...le liya.
Arm - (inches away and smiles) that's like a good girl.
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Riddhima felt a presence next to her. She feels someone breathing near her ear and whispering in it.
Arm - Kuch yaad aya?
Rid - (turns her head sideways to look at him. They were only a few inches away from each other. He was smiling and still holding out the sandwich. She looked at him and then looked down at the sandwich. He kept inching closer and her hand slowly reached for the sandwich. Armaan felt her grab the sandwich from his hand 'Game over' he thought to himself and backed away...although he really wanted to stay right there in front of her and keep going closer.)
Rid - (unwwraps the sandwich) Cafeteria se laye ho?
Arm - nope
Rid - tho phir bahar vaale breakfast place se?
Arm - nahin
Rid - Tho phir? (she says and takes a bite)
Arm - Maine khud apne mubarak haton se banaya hai. (he says proudly)
Rid - (looks at him in surprise) really Armaan?
Arm - mmm hmm...kaisa laga?
Rid - Umm...wow...I mean mujhe nahin pata tha ke tum lunch apna khud hi banate ho...aur vo bhi itna acha (smiles and takes another bite)
Arm - (ecstatic that she liked it....finally all that work and getting up early paid off...just to see that smile on her face)
Rid - Roz banate ho?
Arm - No way man! Itna jhanjhat roz? (puts his hands together) Spare me!
Rid - I'm...I'm so sorry...vo tumne itni mushkil se banaya hoga...aur maine khalia...
Arm - Arrey, Basket..ek tho maine tumhare liye banaya tha!
Rid - Oh...I see...sab ke liye ek ek banaya tha.
Arm - Main tumhe pagal lagta hoon kya?
Rid - Tho tumne yeh sirf mere liye...iss ki zarurat nahin thi Armaan
Arm - Pata hai pata hai (masti sooj rahi hai ab) maine socha ke tumhe jitne din weakness rahe gi, utne din tum hospital bed pe pari rahogi queen ki tarha...aur unn dinon ke liye, mujhe tumhara bhi saara kaam karna pareyga...iss liye, better you get well as soon as possible.
Rid - (finished her sandwich) Acha aisa hai?
Arm - (pours some juice) Juice?
Rid - Thanks Armaan.
Arm - (smiles, he hands her the juice in a glass. She reaches to grab it but as soon as her burnt hand comes into contact with cold glass of juice, it starts to hurt)
Rid - Ouch!
Arm - (puts the glass down immediately and takes her hand) Yeh tum bhi na...dekh ke. Abhi tak vo dava nahin lagaee na tum ne?
Rid - Armaan, vo bas, main bhool gayee...
Arm - Basket...tum bhi na, bilkul basket ho. Abhi ruko. (He goes to the reception counter gets Riddhima's new prescription for burn cream. He then quickly runs to the cafeteria and grabs a mug with a handle)
Rid - Main karloungi.
Arm - Bachon jaisi baatein mat karo. Haath agey karo.
Rid - Mujhe do, main khud karloungi.
Arm - (he listens to her and gives it...knowing full well what's gonna happen next. Putting that cream on is much like pulling a band-aid off except 10 times worse. Putting it on yourself is close to impossible because it stings so much.)
Rid - (gets some onto her finger and starts trying to rub it on) Ouch....(she can't do it right obviously, the burning and stinging mixed together doesn't make the whole situation too enjoyable)
Arm - (arms crossed) Ho gaya Riddhima? Lagalee?
Rid - (looks up like a guilty kid) Nahin...bohot dard horaha hai.
Arm - (smiles at this kid-like Riddhima. He uncrosses his arms pulls up his sleeve like he's going to war and sits down onto her bed. He takes the cream from her, gets it out onto his finger and starts rubbing it in the palm of her hand slowly. She closes her eyes anicipating pain. Then she feels a cool sensation instead of stinging and burning. She opens her eyes and Armaan's full attention is on her hand. He blows on it delicately when he carefully puts the cream on to give her hand a cooler sensation instead of stinging. She looks at him. Uss ki zakham ke liye itni fikr. Armaan doesn't see her looking. For Riddhima, it's the first time she looks at him without him looking back. Vo usse jee bhar ke dekhti hai. She thinks 'Armaan hamesha se aisa hi tha? Itna hi caring? Aaj alag sa kyun lagraha hai?')
Armaan heard the alarm clock. He woke up in one fell swoop. He didn't try to shut it like usual because he had some very important things to do. Today, his sloppy bread and butter and adha sadha lunch wouldn't do. He brushed his teeth, took a quick refreshing shower and promptly got to work. He had to fry an egg and toast the toast just right...and some people may not ever have guessed it, but this was a big task for a guy like Armaan, what with his limited cooking skills.
FLASHBACK******************************
Sanjeevni's underground area was buzzing with people. The fire fighters had just gotten to the experiment room and were busy trying to extinguish the fire. As soon as some flames died down, they reached the corner where Armaan was standing shielding Riddhima with his body now covered in sweat from the flames. The doctors were on the scene as well and among them was Dr. Keerti.
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He put the toast down on the counter. 'Ab...Ah...eggs of course' he thought, putting his finger up in the air like a genius.
FLASHBACK******************************
Arm - COMING THROUGH!! JAGA CHAHIYE!! MOVE MOVE MOVE!! (he yelled hurriedly to anybody and everybody in their way waving his hand in a 'move outta the way' motion, holding the stretcher with his other hand, directing the way to the Emergency Room, then looking at Riddhima and then at the Emergency room then back at her and back at the doors of that ER. The trip to that room seemed never-ending to Armaan).
Kee - (giving the nurse details on Riddhima's condition as she runs along with the stretcher) BP low hai, pulse weak, breathing faint...Doctor Shashank ko phone kijay jaldi!!!
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He looked at the eggs inquisitively thinking. 'Yeh thodte kaise hain thake ande main shell nahin jaye...vo kya kehte hain...andey ka fanda...what does that mean anyways?'. Since he only had two eggs, he decided he needed to get it right the first time. Afterall, it had to be perfect. So he opened his computer and searched up a youtube video on how to fry eggs. He had plenty of time because he woke up at 4:30.
FLAHSBACK*******************************
Kee - Aap yaheen rukain Dr. Armaan.
Arm - Nahin Dr. keerti, main Riddhima ke saat andar chalounga (with determination looking dr. Keerti straight in the eye)
Kee - Dr. Armaan, main aap se kehrahi hoon that you are not allowed in the ER, aap concious hain lekin apki health phir bhi bohot khatre main hai...aap ko abhi ke abhi check up karana hai (and with that they arrived to the ER)
Arm - Dr. Keerti, main Riddhima ke saath chalounga.
Kee - Aap bas ilaaj main rukavat baneyngay, agar aap itna help karna chahte hain, tho in darvaazon ke bahar intezaar karein! (she said sternly)
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He cracked the eggs as they showed in the most detailed Youtube video he could find "How to make an Ommelette for Beginners". He got his fork and started mixing in the spices. He looked at the bowl and the eggs inside it in liquid form.
Arm - Meri izzat ka falouda mat banana, bus apna omelette banalena, meri liye itna hi kafi hai.
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Just a few moments had passed when he heard Anjali running towards the ER and Dr. Shashank as well. A doctor intercepted their way. Dr. Shashank headed straight inside. The doctor in charge of Riddhima's case stopped Anjali from coming in. She argued with the doctor but it was useless. They wouldn't let her in. Armaan was watching through the glass door but at seeing Anjali feel as helpless as he did when he went through the same thing moments ago, he instictively went to hug her, he sat her down on the bench and sat down with her
Anj - I'm her sister Armaan...main uski behen hoon...mujhe andar jaana hai, Ridzy ko dekhna hai...it's not fair!!! (angry and tearing up)
Arm - Sshhh, I know...I know...(putting her arm around Anji aur uska kandha sehlata hai in a reasurring way)
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He poured the mixture in the pan...'turning out pretty good' he thought to himself, 'Agar main doctor nahin hota na, tho I'd probably end up a cook...not bad for a beginner' he thought as he moved the pan around to spread the egg evenly.
FLASHBACK**********************************
Sha - Ji Doctor...aik bohot bura hadsa...(looks at Anjali who looks back at him with teary eyes as she recalled the horrible event) jiss main Riddhima ne bohot kuch khodia...aur hum ne bhi...(Anjali put a hand on Shashank's arm) Hamare ghar main bohot buri tarha se aag lagi jab Riddhima choti si thi aur iss sab mein meri dono betiyon ne...Riddhima aur Anjali ne...(broken voice) apni Ma...(he couldn't continue)
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Now for the toast. He put it in the toaster and waited while twiddling his thumbs.
FLASHBACK************************************
Dr. - Riddhima ki condition aisi hai ke agar vo aur stress le tho vo khatre main aasakti hai, stress can cause her to go unconcious again. Jo aaj incident hua tha made her relive her past and all the bad things that happened in that fire. Tho aaj jo fire ka incident hua hai, aap Riddhima ko yaad dilaane ki koishish bilkul mat keejayga. The more she thinks about it, the more she'll remember the last incident, the more stress she'll take. She'll most likely not remember much about this fire initially lekin haan, agar uss ko apne aap se yaad aye...without trying to think too much about it, tho uss ke baare main hum kuch nahin karsakte zahir hai, and that's what we want...instead of someone else trying to get her to remember about it, we need to let her own mind remind herself at her own pace. Lekin apni taraf se, aap puri koishish kareeayga that you keep her thinking about other things. Aur haan, VERY IMPORTANT, aap uss ke saat normal tareekay se act karein, mera matlab aap sab ka behaviour uss ke saat normal rehnachahiye, sudden changes in behaviour can trigger more pressure on her, and cause her to overthink everything, in this case, it can lead her to thinking about the events of the fire again.
Still wearing his burned labcoat covered with ashes, Armaan was walking and stopped outside the door as soon as he had heard the name "Riddhima" from the doctor and had been listening intently through the partially open door the whole time without anyone's knowledge. He was shocked.
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He was watching so intently. Suddenly, the toast popped up and the sudden movement made him jump up a little. He got the toast out quickly and put it on the plate. Then he started putting the egg into the toast.
Finally, he puts his masterpiece lunch into the container and keeps some freshly squeezed juice in a thermos. He puts all of it into a bag. Then he goes to his room and picks up his bag. There he sees the confetti heart that he kept in his locker and had brought home and put into a special tiny transparent glass container. He looked at it.
Arm - Hmmm...tho Basket ke saat abhi normal act karna pareyga...kuch din ke liye ye baat chupani pareygi that...that I love her. (smiles) Koi gal nahin basket, tumhare liye tho jaan hazir hai, tho yeh chota sa chupan chupayee ka khel kya cheez hai? Chalo, mujhe kuch din aur miljayenge tumhe satane ke liye. Tho look out Basket, vapes aaraha hai vo purana Armaan...but for you, and only for you...with a dash of love...and a pinch a masti (smiles).
SANJEEVNI
Anj - Ridzy!! Khao na! Itni der se, you've only been saying "kha rahi hoon, khaati hoon" lekin yeh kiya huh? tumhari plate vaise hi padi hai?
Atl - Haan Ridz...tum khao...healthy khana hai.
Rid - Di...Atul...mujhe vaaki mein bhook nahin hai.
Sap - Riddhima, tum khao gi nahin tho jaldi thik kaise hogi? Yeh weakness aise thodi na jayega.
Rid - (deeply touched that they all cared about her so much) Guys, tum log pleeease meri fikr nahin karo, main bilkul thik hoon. I'm completely fine.
Armaan enters.
Arm - Haan, vo tho clearly dhik raha hai.
Atl - Arey Armaan yar...tum hi samjhao Ridz ko.
(Atul, Sapna and Anjali get paged)
Atl - Oye! Gabbar ka page!
Anj - Chalo...duty time.
Sap - Arey...Armaan ko page nahi aya?
Dr. Keerti walks up from behind.
Kee - jee nahin, Dr. Armaan ko maine leave di hai.
Atl - leave?
Kee - Haan vo f....(her eyes fall on Armaan who signals her not to mention the fire...she suddenly remembers what they had all talked about and how they weren't supposed to mention anything related to the fire incident)
Kee - filhaal...presentation tayaar karna hai doctor Armaan ko..iss liye.
Anj - Doctor Keerti, can I get leave too...vo...
Kee - DOCtor Anjali, aapki behen ab thik hain, you don't need to worry. Vaise bhi hospital main doctors ki zarurat hai.
Anj - Yes doctor Keerti.
Keerti, Sapna and Atul walk out. Before Anjali walks out...
Anj - Ridzy, I'm gonna be back to check in later, tum jaldi jaldi khao come on!
Riddhima sees that the only person left in the room is Armaan. She tries to sit up but still feels very week and dehydrated.
Arm - Hey hey...easy (reaches for her, holds her from her back and lets her get up)
Rid - (apprehensive) I'm ok...tumhe kaam hoga...tum jasakte ho, mera matlab you don't need to stay here...seriously, I'm fine.
Arm - Haan haan...tum tho Krish ki beti ho na...super duper human?
Rid - (smiles)
Arm - Tho (pulls up a seat)...ye khake dikhao (uss ke aage vo tray karta hai that Anjali brought. It's patient food. The bland and tasteless hospital food for patients)
Rid - Mujhe bhook nahin hai.
Arm - Oh really?
Rid - Haan...I'm not hungry (she tucks a piece of hair behind her ear with her finger)
Arm - (thinks 'Oye Hoye') Acha...tho Basket ko bhook nahin hai? (he gets up from his chair and goes outside. Riddhima wonders ke vo aise suddenly kyun chalagaya. He comes back a few moments later with something that looked like a toy in his hand. He sits on Riddhima's bed next to her.)
Rid - (confused by the toy in his hand, she fails to notice that he's sitting on her hospital bed with her, right next to her) Armaan...toy? Tum koi chote bache ho kya?
Arm - (puts his finger to her lips) Sshhh! Lie detector kee insult nahin karte!
Rid - (moves his finger from her lips with her hand) What? Tum pagal ho gaye ho? Ye? Lie detector?
Arm - (stretching out his hand) lao, haath do.
Rid - No way...main nahin...tum na, vaaqi main pagal hogaye ho.
Arm - Basket...haath do!
Rid - (looks at him weirded out)
Arm - (instead of waiting, he gently grabs her hand and puts it on top of the toy)
Rid - ARMAAN!!!
Arm - Chup! Ab tumhe bas han ya na mein answer karna hai.
Rid - (trying to realease her hand) Mera haath tho chodo.
Arm - Thik hai...choddounga...bass itna batado ke kya tumhe bhook hai?
Rid - No Armaan for the last time, mujhe bhook nahin....
She hears an electronic sound, it comes out of the toy-like thing Armaan was holding. "Jhoot Bola, Jhoot bola"
Rid - (looks down in surprise at the toy) Ye, issay kaise pata ke...
Arm - Ke sahi main tumhe bhook lagi hai? (he says pulling his face closer to hers)
Rid - Haan...(she just noticed that she admitted what she hadn't been wanting anyone to know. She was hungry, but this hospital food just made her want to well...it wasn't the best smelling food on earth)
Arm - (she looks into his eyes and he looks at her and both Armaan and Riddhima get lost in an eyelock for a few seconds into each other's hypnotizing eyes. His hand was still on top of hers so he lifted it with the palm of his hand to the back of hers and directed it to his chest where his heart was. Her hand was touching his chest...just like she always touched his heart for him.)
Arm - Dekha Basket...ye toy thak vo baat janta hai jo mere dil ne tumhe dekhte hi samajh liya tha. Bas tumse sunna baki tha (he says quietly and smiling)
Rid - (surprised to hear this coming from him) Ye kya kehrahe ho? Tum aise kyun...
Arm - (lets go of her hand...he didn't want her to see all of his love right now because he didn't want her to overthink anything...he didn't want to hurt her. He pulls back)
Rid - (still keeps thinking about it) Tum...
Arm - (stands up, backs away until he reaches the sofa. He turns around for a second and thinks 'Basket, mera bass chaley tho main abhi tumhe sab kuch batadoon...ke main tumse kitna pyaar karta hoon lekin I don't want anything bad to happen to you...I'm sorry Basket' runs a hand through his hair. When he turns around, he finds Riddhima still thinking)
Arm - (shakes off his helplessness and grabs the lunchbox with the lunch he'd prepared this morning. He goes and sits back on his chair next to her. He pulls out his egg sandwich that he'd made and puts down his thermos with the juice. He looks at Riddhima aur uske samne chutki bajata hai, which causes her to come back from her thoughts)
Rid - Sorry...mujhe pata nahin kya...umm
Arm - No problems.
Rid - (notices his khana...ande ka sandwich...and it smelled appetizing too, unlike the hospital food)
Arm - Uh...Maine socha ke tum apna lunch karrahi ho...to main bhi kyun na...I hope you don't mind.
Rid - No..of course not.
Arm - Tho khao na (he says as he takes a bite of his sandwich mischievously)
Rid - (looks at him, and then back at her food. The food looked like it was alive!! She picked up the plate and wrinkled her nose)
Arm - ('Oye Hoye, kya adayen hain')
Rid - (thought 'Main jaise hi iss hospital ki in charge banoungi, I'm gonna change the hospital food first thing...patients bicharon ko yeh khana parta hai? Isse acha tho cafeteria main milsakta hai..)
As she is holding the plate up to herself, a andey ka sandwich wrapped and everything appears before her eyes. Armaan is holding it up to her. She puts her plate down.
Arm - Ye lo.
Rid - Nahin, it's alright mujhe bhook...
Arm - PHIR JHOOT? Aur tum kiya thodi original nahin hosakti, har bar vohi jhoot use karti ho...tumhari jhoot-machine mein kuch kharabi hai kya?
Rid - Armaan...please
Arm - Nahin nahin...tum batado, main spare bike parts lene jaaraha hoon kal, tho, I mean I can pick up some parts for your jhoot-machine. Ya phir you can borrow some of mine...
Rid - I know...tum tho jhoot bohot achi tarhan se bol lete ho (laughs)
Arm - Acha! Meri hi billi mujhi ko meow? Chalo jaldi lo ye andey ka sandwich. Main jaanta hoon tumhara kitna dil chahra hoga.
Rid - It's ok...ye tumhara lunch hai...
Arm - Hmmm...shayad tumhe yaad nahin hai...
Rid - Kya?
Arm - Med-exam ke din...jab tumne apni food tray gira di thi tho
RIDDIMHA FLASHBACK*******************************
Rid - I know...vo line bohot lambi hai, aur vaise bhi, mujhe bhook nahi hai.
Arm - Well... line to lambi hai, lekin main yeh mannay ko tayar bilkul nahin hoon ke 4 ghante ki intense exertion ke baad tumhe bhook nahin hain...that's a lie. (he puts his tray forward)
Rid - (looks at him)
Arm - Mujhe kaho gi kya? Come on Riddhima..meri selection itni bhi buri nahin hai (points at the tray), I mean egg salad sandwich and greek salad...it's good stuff.
Rid - Nahin, I'm fine, really.
Arm - ACHA! To aisi baat hai (Armaan gets up from his end of the bench and goes to sit on her end)
Arm - Now, for every second that you don't eat the sandwich or the salad, main tumhare aur kareeb ata jaaoonga
Rid - Kya? tumhe kya hogaya hai? Apne aap ko kya samajhte ho? Tum jo bologay sab karaynge? You're not the boss of this world Armaan (he keeps inching closer to her)
Arm - Soch lo...mujhe jo chahiye hota hai, vo main haasil karke rehta hoon.
Rid - (heart starts beating fast...'he wouldn't')
Arm - (reaches for her hand)
Rid - (pulls her hand away and quickly grabs a sandwich) Ok ok...you win...maine le liya...dekho...sandwich...in my hand (she puts it right between them in front of his face)...le liya maine...le liya.
Arm - (inches away and smiles) that's like a good girl.
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Riddhima felt a presence next to her. She feels someone breathing near her ear and whispering in it.
Arm - Kuch yaad aya?
Rid - (turns her head sideways to look at him. They were only a few inches away from each other. He was smiling and still holding out the sandwich. She looked at him and then looked down at the sandwich. He kept inching closer and her hand slowly reached for the sandwich. Armaan felt her grab the sandwich from his hand 'Game over' he thought to himself and backed away...although he really wanted to stay right there in front of her and keep going closer.)
Rid - (unwwraps the sandwich) Cafeteria se laye ho?
Arm - nope
Rid - tho phir bahar vaale breakfast place se?
Arm - nahin
Rid - Tho phir? (she says and takes a bite)
Arm - Maine khud apne mubarak haton se banaya hai. (he says proudly)
Rid - (looks at him in surprise) really Armaan?
Arm - mmm hmm...kaisa laga?
Rid - Umm...wow...I mean mujhe nahin pata tha ke tum lunch apna khud hi banate ho...aur vo bhi itna acha (smiles and takes another bite)
Arm - (ecstatic that she liked it....finally all that work and getting up early paid off...just to see that smile on her face)
Rid - Roz banate ho?
Arm - No way man! Itna jhanjhat roz? (puts his hands together) Spare me!
Rid - I'm...I'm so sorry...vo tumne itni mushkil se banaya hoga...aur maine khalia...
Arm - Arrey, Basket..ek tho maine tumhare liye banaya tha!
Rid - Oh...I see...sab ke liye ek ek banaya tha.
Arm - Main tumhe pagal lagta hoon kya?
Rid - Tho tumne yeh sirf mere liye...iss ki zarurat nahin thi Armaan
Arm - Pata hai pata hai (masti sooj rahi hai ab) maine socha ke tumhe jitne din weakness rahe gi, utne din tum hospital bed pe pari rahogi queen ki tarha...aur unn dinon ke liye, mujhe tumhara bhi saara kaam karna pareyga...iss liye, better you get well as soon as possible.
Rid - (finished her sandwich) Acha aisa hai?
Arm - (pours some juice) Juice?
Rid - Thanks Armaan.
Arm - (smiles, he hands her the juice in a glass. She reaches to grab it but as soon as her burnt hand comes into contact with cold glass of juice, it starts to hurt)
Rid - Ouch!
Arm - (puts the glass down immediately and takes her hand) Yeh tum bhi na...dekh ke. Abhi tak vo dava nahin lagaee na tum ne?
Rid - Armaan, vo bas, main bhool gayee...
Arm - Basket...tum bhi na, bilkul basket ho. Abhi ruko. (He goes to the reception counter gets Riddhima's new prescription for burn cream. He then quickly runs to the cafeteria and grabs a mug with a handle)
Rid - Main karloungi.
Arm - Bachon jaisi baatein mat karo. Haath agey karo.
Rid - Mujhe do, main khud karloungi.
Arm - (he listens to her and gives it...knowing full well what's gonna happen next. Putting that cream on is much like pulling a band-aid off except 10 times worse. Putting it on yourself is close to impossible because it stings so much.)
Rid - (gets some onto her finger and starts trying to rub it on) Ouch....(she can't do it right obviously, the burning and stinging mixed together doesn't make the whole situation too enjoyable)
Arm - (arms crossed) Ho gaya Riddhima? Lagalee?
Rid - (looks up like a guilty kid) Nahin...bohot dard horaha hai.
Arm - (smiles at this kid-like Riddhima. He uncrosses his arms pulls up his sleeve like he's going to war and sits down onto her bed. He takes the cream from her, gets it out onto his finger and starts rubbing it in the palm of her hand slowly. She closes her eyes anicipating pain. Then she feels a cool sensation instead of stinging and burning. She opens her eyes and Armaan's full attention is on her hand. He blows on it delicately when he carefully puts the cream on to give her hand a cooler sensation instead of stinging. She looks at him. Uss ki zakham ke liye itni fikr. Armaan doesn't see her looking. For Riddhima, it's the first time she looks at him without him looking back. Vo usse jee bhar ke dekhti hai. She thinks 'Armaan hamesha se aisa hi tha? Itna hi caring? Aaj alag sa kyun lagraha hai?')
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