Part 7
"RIDDHIMMMAAAAAA" everybody came back in hall and were shocked to see Anjali screaming her name. Riddhima lost conscious and fell on the floor.
Armaan saw and ran towards her. "Muskaan paani lao jaldi!" Armaan yelled as he placed Riddhima's head in his lap, patting her cheek lightly. Muskaan brought water and Armaan held Riddhima's face, opening her mouth, he poured water in her mouth. Riddhima coughed and lightly opened her eyes only to see everybody surrounded around her and herself in his arms.
"Beta tum please isse kamre mein lejao" Shashank said while Armaan nodded and picked Riddhima up in his arms. Riddhima unconsciously wrapped her hands around his neck and closed her eyes. Armaan lightly gasped as he felt her nuzzling her nose near his neck.
Going into her room he put her on bed while Riddhima drifted to sleep. "Pata nahi kya hoa hai isse? Aap sab bahar jao, main isse check karleti hu!" Muskaan said while others went out. Armaan was going out but stopped as he heard Muskaan. "Armaan u can stay if u want to!". He nodded his negatively and went outside while Muskaan checked Riddhima.
Coming out, muskaan closed the door of her room and everybody rushed towards her. "Beta kya hua hai Riddhima ko?" Padma cried while Ananya her by the shoulder consoling her. "Maa, maa maa calm down! She is perfectly fine! Bas uska blood pressure low hogaya tha!" Muskaan said while everybody let their breath out and Padma calm down. "Lekin beta uska blood pressure kaise low hoa!" Billy asked.
"Uncle kal afternoon se usne kuch mahi khaya! Means usne vrat khali pett rakha hai!" Muskaan while everybody was shocked. Armaan knew she was hurting herself deliberately. Ananya got shocked as she was the one who went gave fruits to riddhima herself. "Lekin main khud Riddhima ko fruits de karr aayi thi!" Ananya said while others just sighed.
"Chalo aap Sab apna vrat kholo!" Shashank said as Muskaan assured them everything is fine. The ladies went and opened their vrat while Armaan went to his room.
2 days later
MORNING
All were sitting on the dining table when armaan came. Riddhima was sitting beside Ananya. He noticed dark circles beneath her eyes, her pale face, puffed eyes. She was playing with her fork looking at the scrambled eggs in her plate. Armaan just quietly joined them.
"Ahem!" Ananya cleared her throat getting everybody's attention. All looked towards her. "Aaj jab sab yaha Akhate ho hi gaye hai to main Shashank bhai saab se ekk request karna chahti hu!" Ananya said while Shashank nodded.
"Bhaisaab! Aaj main sab ke saamne, aapki beti Riddhima ka haath, apne beta armaan keliye maangna chahti hu!" Ananya said shocking everyone. Billy, Shashank, and Padma smiled while all the youngsters were shocked. Muskaan and Anjali's eyeballs popped out of their sockets while Atul chocked. Riddhima's heart started to beat faster while Armaan was too numb to say anything.
Before Shashank could reply, Armaan stood up angrily, making everyone look at him, even riddhima. "MUJHE YEH RISHTA MANZOOR NAHI HAI! I'm sorry uncle! Aur haan main aap sabko batana bhool gaya! Aaj raat ko meri New York ki flight hai! Mera Basketball tournament shuru hone wala hai 3 dinn baad! Main jaaa raha hun! Sorry Muskan main tumhari shaadi attend nahi karr paonga!" He said and left while Billy glared to at him and Ananya.
"Excuse me!" Riddhima said and ran upstairs to her room. Everybody was shocked by Armaan's outburst and Riddhima's reaction. "Maafi chahti hun bhaisaab! Mujhe nahi pata tha ke armaan iss tara react karega!!!" Ananya joined her hands in front if shashank and padma in tears.
"Aare yeh kya kari ho ananya! Iss mein tumhari kya galati hai? Agar Armaan ko riddhima nahi pasand to issme hum sab kya karr sakte hai?" Shashank said holding ananya's hands while padma kept a hand on her shoulder and smiled lightly.
EVENING
Armaan was at the doorstep with his packed bags. Everyone was there to greet him except riddhima, even the Grewal family. Sid, Atul, and Rahul were going to drop off Armaan to the airport.
"Im sorry uncle agar mera tournament na hota to main zaroor rukta muskaan ki shaadi keliye!" Armaan but Shashank just smiled and took him into a hug. "Koi baat nahi beta! Agar tumhe Ridhima nahi pasand to koi zabardasti thodi na hai!" Shashank said while Armaan looked down. He took ashirwaad from Padma and Shashank. He hugged Ananya who just stood like a statue. She knew he loved Ridhima and because of his outburst in the morning she was highly pissed off at him. He went towards Billy who shot him cold and angry glares. He just bent down and took ashirwaad.
He greeted the youngsters and the. Left with Sid, Rahul, and Atul.
At the Airport
Sid hugged armaan and said "ekk baar phir sochle, woh bohot pyar karti hai tujhse!". Armaan let out a sad chuckle and said "nahi...main usse maafi maangne ki koshish ki lekin ussne inkaar kardia!".
"Take care of her and give her all love she deserves." Armaan said and left while Sid stood there sighing.
Next day
Only 1 week was left to RaMus marriage. Functions had started already. Shashank and Billy were standing in the lawn, supervising the workers as they were putting up the tent for tonight's Dandiya function. Both familes were gonna play and dance on dandiya tunes. "Shashank, I'm really sorry for whatever Armaan did! He shouldn't have behaved like that! Riddhima is a very nice girl and he shouldn't have rejected her." Billy said with Shame as he was very ashamed of Armaan's outburst and refusal. Shashank just smiled and said "come on yaar it's okay! If he doesn't like Riddhima we can't force him to marry her." Shashank patted his back and said "cheer up!".
Inside the house, all the ladies were sitting in the hall selecting sarees for tonight's function. "Why don't you have any good sarees?" Padma scolded the man who was showing them sarees. "Check out this green one ma'am" he showed a beautiful green saree with blue sequenced embroidery on it. She liked it and bought it. Ananya and Anjali brought a red and orange saree. While Muskaan bought a yellow and orange saree and Riddhima bought a orange and red lehnga choli.
"Riddhima go put this stuff in your room" Riddhima nodded and was putting the stuff on her bed when she heard the news on TV which caught her attention.
"Armaan Mallik, basketball champion is back for the NBA championship this year. Famous basketball player was seen last night partying with his team and some girls. Rumours are spreading that the cool dude got a new girlfriend but when we asked him he said no they are just friends. Stay tuned we'll be right back"
And the ads came up while Riddhima made a disgusted face and thought "how many girlfriends is he gonna make". She turned off the tv and took out a pill as she had a headache.
USA
Armaan was sitting on a stool while the bartender made drinks. A tall guy came and sat next to him and ordered vodka. "Oye aren't you gonna dance?" He said while Armaan gulped down his drink "no I don't feel like Rajeev". Rajeev was another bb player in Armaan's team and was his best friend from the team. Rajeev knew all about his past, girlfriends, family, etc. "So how was your trip to India?" Rajeev asked while holding a girl by her waist and kissing cheek. "I met her" Armaan said in a angry low voice.
"WHAT?" Rajeev shouted. Armaan told him all about what happened in India and how he tried to apologize but she refused. "Dude when she was ready to claim you back, then why did u say no when Aunty was asking for her hand in marriage?" Rajeev asked putting a hand on his shoulder. "It's not that simple dude. She never said she wanted me back!"
"Then what was that huh? Tere liye vrat rakhna, aunty se jooth bolna that she got a sore voice cuz of chaat not vinegar?" Rajeev said while Armaan closed his eyes tight to control his anger.
Armaan's House
Armaan came in to his house and directly went to his kitchen and took out his red wine bottle. Armaan mostly lived in US and sometimes went to Dubai. He took the whole bottle and went to the living room. He drunk the whole bottle and passed out on the couch.
India
Everybody was dancing to dandiya expect Riddhima. She was kind of missing Armaan but still didn't listen to her heart and listened to her mind who said she hated him. Atul came towards her as Anjali wasn't gonna play. He took her towards the lawn under the tent where all were dancing. Soon Armaan was forgotten as Atul danced with her and made her laugh on his funny dandiya steps.
MidNight
Riddhima was in her room and she got a phone call. "Hello?" She said. "Yes it's me Riddhima Gupta!".
"Really thank you so much" she got happy and thanked god.
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hi guys!
Its been a while I updated this story!
I wrote this part during a 6 hr drive! Phewww!
And now posting it!
Its dedicated to ChristinaAthaide and Flamming_fire! (Sanju)
Hope you all liked it!
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Love humaira
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