New Part 16 (numbering fixed) =)

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.
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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!
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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!)
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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...
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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)
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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