Chapter 5: Friday
On Fire'sday, Dream was reviewing certain of the various treaties and agreements between the dreaming and other states and boundaries and entities, when he was disturbed. – Neil Gaiman, The Kindly ones, Chapter 8 (Issue #64)
Her best friend who was also her roommate was irritated and annoyed at her attitude. She had recited every poem he had uttered and had even tried to mimic his tone but failing miserably. The reason for her roommate's frustration was that she had failed to mention the bookmark to her for couple of days; also that she still didn't know the name of the stranger. She had tried to convince her friend saying that it really didn't matter to her. Knowing a person's name, his background, his job, might influence on her unbiased perception of him. At this point, they were reading each other in the level of blue prints where everything is raw and very clearly defined. The finished product which is presented to society generally hides minor flaws. It also hides fantastic foundation. Her friend however, had thought that she was simply scared to accept something so good in her life. She had zoned out after that, barely paying any heed to her friend's rant. Her experience with men or even people for that matter was very less. She took things by face value and had no interest in games people played with body language, subtlety and wordplay; not that she knew how to play those games in first place. With him, things were black and white and they rarely tread the gray areas. She wasn't comfortable in sharing her insecurities, but with him, it had not really mattered. In the beginning she was honest because she thought she would never see him again. There is always a comfort in talking to people who are strangers because they have such a fresh perspective since they have no clue what others are. But after the first meeting, she was honest with him because she wanted to; because she felt that she could not be otherwise with him. It had been more than a week since he last showed up at her bookstore. It had been a lazy day and she had thought of closing the store a few minutes early and head straight home. She was arguing with her roommate on the phone about not wanting to go to a club when a familiar set of hands placed two cups of steaming coffee on the counter, she hung up stating that she now did have some plans for the evening.
"Was that your best friend who is always looking out for you?" He was smiling.
"That was my best friend who is always badgering me to get a life." She said sourly.
"What's wrong with that?"
"Everyone has a perception of how to lead a life. Many people think that I don't have a life because I don't socialize much. I don't blame them for thinking that way because anything other than what majority of the population does is generally not accepted easily in this society."
"But a man, a human as such is not designed to be a loner. Yes, there are tones of philosophical books which talk about singularity of human existence, but our nature is not designed that way. There is no organism which lives alone. And man especially, since the dawn of evolution has lived in packs."
"Yet, here we are."
"Yes. Here we are." They shared a smile. Both of them knew that being a loner is something that no human would ever want. But most of them would prefer being that way instead of being with other people. Everyone had their reasons for that; some valid and some totally illogical and downright stupid.
"So why then?" She whispered. She knew that if she hadn't asked this question, then he would have. Invariably, they would and should know the reasons for their self inflicted seclusion from social boundaries. He was silent for few moments.
"I think it's the arrogance that I have about my intelligence makes me stay away from a lot of people. Sometimes it's the prejudice that I have about people who party hard that they have no capability of participating in a sane conversation. I start drawing conclusion about people after talking for a few minutes but without making an effort to get to know them further. It's not a conscious decision you know. It takes years to grow and one fine day, you do realize that this is what you have become. I had become a loner in the crowd. I had pushed people away with foolish reasons and even now I am paying the price for it. When I was pushing those people away, I hadn't even realized what I was signing up for."
"Have you changed from the person what you used to be before?"
"Change is never a conscious decision; except the ones that have to be made in point of view which has an influence on entire outlook of one's life. I have tried to be the friend that my best friend wanted me to be when he was going through some personal crisis. He was surprised by my actions and the words I had offered him at that time and he has expressed his gratitude for that. When he said that I was a great friend for him in those difficult times, I felt as if I had accomplished the greatest task in the world. If satisfaction of my friends is the result of me overcoming my prejudices, then I think trying to change my perception to fit better in my social circle was very much worth it."
"Have you ever felt that by changing so, you have lost a little bit of your own identity?"
"Identity is not something predefined and there are no hard and fast rules that it has to be constant for the rest of our lives. Identity is what I show people today how I am. When they meet me years later, some may still see me as how I have been before and some may see me changed. Sometimes people's perception itself changes and they see that everything around them has changed when in reality most of the stuff remains the same."
"So would you go and change your course of life for someone else's sake?" She was intrigued by his personality. She knew that he was not modest about his looks or about his intelligence but to accept that he is a snob was something else entirely.
"I already did." He answered looking at her intently. She didn't want to know about that. She wasn't scared of his answer but she was mostly scared of her own reaction to his answer.
"I wonder what your roommate slash best friend would say if I tell her that I convinced you to take a road trip." He mused idly.
"You would be her friend for life and I would never hear the end of it." There was a fondness in her voice whenever she talked about her friend.
"You care about her very much, don't you?"
"It's hard not to care for a person like her. There have been times when all she cared about is my happiness. Whenever she makes plans, be it for an evening or for a holiday, she always considers me in them. For her, it's natural to be attached to people she loves."
"So sometimes you feel that you don't deserve that kindness. That's why you were questioning me about changes and individuality." She had not understood why her roommate stayed had with her for such a long time. It wasn't a self deprecating statement but a logical deduction based on their quite clashing personalities.
"A relationship to work needs nurturing from every party involved. Between me and her, I feel like I have been the one who is always taking and rarely giving. She doesn't expect anything from me but some days I feel horrible for taking her for granted."
"A relationship also needs all the involved parties to be honest with each other. Sometimes, we might have to make sacrifices to keep the relationship intact or to keep it smooth sailing. Do something for her which would make her happy. It might make you uncomfortable for a while, but seeing her happiness, you might not regret it."
"You know, I never understood the logic behind sacrifices."
"That's the whole point. Sacrifices are illogical and irrational."
"In my younger days, I believed that end justifies the means. But when it came to sacrifices, the whole logic crumbles badly."
"When I started working, I was very much impressed to see people with families balancing their personal and professional life remarkably well. But when you look at them closely, you can see that there are tiny little sacrifices tucked between major bursts of happy times in their lives. A man works for seventy hours in one week, misses his little boy's game, forgets an important anniversary; all this to get a fantastic vacation for his family. In one week, each one of them has been unhappy and has sacrificed a tiny bit of happiness for something bigger."
"But this is along the assumption that this 'something bigger' is much better than the little things that the family has missed in one week. For a little boy, seeing his dad cheer him during a game is much important than spending a week in a resort."
"That's why sacrifices are illogical." They both contemplated on things that were spoken in past few minutes. She broke the silence first.
"Sacrifices in relationship are helpful only till the other party acknowledges it, accepts it and appreciates it. When it becomes an expectation, the relationship reduces to a mere compromise of ideologies." He looked at her. Her face was hidden behind curtain of her hair. He got a feeling that she was not talking about her best friend anymore. No, the tone had too much sorrow to associate it with her roommate.
"I thought I had a good relationship with him. There were no fairytale sequences or over the top romanticism in the way our relationship progressed. It was like a gentle river. All of us invariably have certain amount of expectation from one another. But when that expectation supersedes over any other decision, then there is very little left of that relationship. What started out as a wonderful companionship had reduced to a compromised companionship; not that there was anything left of that." He still couldn't see her face. Perhaps it was her way of dealing things; alone and behind a veil of set of ideologies.
"What exactly went wrong?"
"Nothing and everything I suppose. When relationship becomes stagnant, then even smallest of the ripples seem like tidal waves. We were not able to deal with that. We were in college, we were looking for place to live, searching for jobs, dealing with sudden responsibility of adulthood, student loans, everything. Again, it was nothing that one doesn't face in his or her life. Responsibilities only increased with time. But our patience with each other rather got taxed."
"So you went separate ways?"
"I said good bye to him before our differences turned into something nastier. He was OK with that since he said that being with me was a mistake in the first place. He had managed to reduce three years of my emotions to something that he preferred to forget in his life and used it as a bench mark of what he would never want or go for in his future." She never got over the fact that how an end to an event had nullified everything that led to that end. Had the journey not mattered at all, just because they took different directions when they encountered a fork in the path?
"I don't think that it's possible to forget a person especially after being with that person for three years; at least not you. Please, do not see this as an act of sympathy. He might have said that it was a mistake and perhaps would never want to see you again, but you cannot rule out the fact that the influence that he had on you or vice versa would take sometime to fade away or they might be with you forever, if you let them. Is one person's perception of you has influenced you to such an extent that you lose faith in yourself?"
"I was with that person for three years. That has to account for something." He could not answer her. There is only so much convincing one can do. Unless she changed the perception about herself, she would never free herself from this tangled mess.
"I am trying you know, to get over my own insecurities, my pessimistic view of my own self." She whispered looking at him for the first time since she started talking about her first and only failed relationship.
"I will always be there to help." It wasn't a statement to console her current state of mind. It was a promise he intended to keep for the rest of their lives.
"I know and I am glad that it's you." In that moment she had crossed all the boundaries that were set between them. In that moment, she acknowledged everything that was there between them. In that moment, she realized the inevitable presence of him in her future. And in that moment, she accepted that she loved him as much as he loved her. She found that her acceptance of him wasn't earth shattering or ground breaking. It was as if she finally found a place to rest her permanently aching head. She felt she was home at last.
"Where do you keep comic books?" The tension of the evening was dissolved and there was warmth in his gaze when he asked her. She guided him to the shelf where comics were stored.
"Is this for you or your kids?" She grinned at him cheekily. He rolled his eyes at her.
"Of course it's for me. And besides, an adult would enjoy humor in Calvin and Hobbs rather than a kid."
"Isn't it kind of ironic? It seems as if the author, Bill Watterson is trying to tell the adults what kids already seem to know."
"The knowledge that we gain during our childhood gets maligned over the period of time. Books like these remind us of that."
"It would be like, you and I would say – 'existential complexity' where as a kid would say 'life sucks'."
"We go on complicating things in our lives by applying too many rules in the name of social etiquette. If you are a kid, if you share the swing for few minutes with another kid during recess, then they are best friends from then on. It's nice that way." They fell silent at that.
He picked up a copy of Calvin and Hobbs: Homicidal psycho jungle cat and asked her to ring it up. He noted that he was short of cash to cover for the book.
"I am running short of cash. Can I pay it later?" He gave her a charming smile.
"We do accept credit cards you know." She raised an eyebrow at him. Even if he had offered his credit card, she would have probably refused it. It looked as if both of them believed that the gift of anonymity was rather intoxicating.
"Put it on my tab please. I will pay it next time." He grinned at her and waved a good bye. As if remembering something, he came back to counter and dropped a thin leather journal around four to five inches long on the counter top. He smiled and left as suddenly as he had come. She felt warmth spread around her when she opened the journal. There were poems, anecdotes, philosophical ramblings scribbled in varied colored inks. It was his of course. This was his way of sharing his private thoughts. As conversation from earlier ran through her head, she decided to take a break from monotony and gave a call to her roommate. She thought she would lose her hearing when her roommate let out a surprise yell when she said that she would go to club that evening. As he had said, the happiness that she sensed in her friend's voice was totally worth the discomfort she would feel for the rest of the evening. Life was changing and for the first time, she welcomed it.
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Tomorrow (Saturday): Where they talk about humanity, life altering instances, miracles. Also, he has surprising news for her.
Saturday, July 4
Chapter 5: Seven Days
Friday, July 3
Episode 72: Rok Sako To Rok Lo
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Rok Sako Toh Rok Lo
Episode:72
Recap: Armaan and Ridhima tell everything to Maya..Maya doesn't forgives thm..Reva and Nakkul are going to Lonavla ... Rex is confused abt Tanvi's strange behaviour...
Scene:1
Rex-Tanvi..Nxt day at General Ward
Tanvi is working wid sum files whn Rex enters the general ward..and sees her talkin wid sum patient..politely..
Tan: Ap apna khayal rakha karen..yeh tablets time pe leni hain ok..main apki wife ko bula ke aati hon!
Pat: Khuda tumhein khush rakhe beta!
Tan: Apko bhi ! (she turns and finds Rex lukin at a frm a distance..she walks upto him) Hey..tum yahn kya krhe ho? tumhari toh duty ...
Rex: Pathlab men hai..janta hn! main tumse milne aya tha!
Tan: Oh..but sorry mujhe kam hai..bye! (she leaves)
Rex: Arey? aise hi chali gayi?
He follows her to the Nurse station and finds her talkin to a lady..
Tan: Jee ab woh bilkul theek hain..ap yeh tablets unhein tym pe de dijiye ga! ok..
Lady: Khuda tumhein khush rakhe..itne kam waqt men tumne jaise iss case ko handle kia hai..hum tumhare bht shukar guzar hain..
Tan: Its ok aunty :)
Lady: Tumne toh humari fees bhi khud ke paison se di..main tumhein duaon ke ilawa aur kya de sakti hon?
Tan: Wahi bht hain..bas mujhe apni duaon men yad rakhiye ga!
Lady: (keeping her hand on her face) Humesha khush raho!
Tan: Main aati hon..
She passes frm the corridor whn suddenly cumone drags her in the fire-escape..Ranbir is shocked...!!
Scene:2
Maya-Abhi
Maya had left for her house the othr day after knowing the biggest truth of her life..she is nw in the Childrens' Ward...lost in the words of Ridhima..
It was all clear to her nw..the day Ridhima joined Sanjeevani..her love for Maya..the way she invited her to her house everytime..and persuading her to call Ridhima and Armaan as "mom and dad"...The photos..she can see all nw..the photos were her's ... she could recognize thm nw..the way they both tried to feel her at home..the way they both showed their love for her..She can see all through nw!! Was is all fake? was all the love and support fake? were they trying to make her respect or love thm? she was confused..of wht to do and wht nt to?
Kid: Di di! di di!!!!!!!!!! (shouts)
Maya: hhuh? han bunty bolo!
Kid: Apko kya hua hai didi? hum toh bht khush the ke aj woh gandi wali doctor nhe ayi!
Maya: Gandi wali?
Kid2: Han woh hain na kya naam hai..Reia..Reia doctor!
Maya: Reva?
Kid: Han Reva! woh bht hi kharoos hain..sahi se baat bhi nhe karti! aur bht pakati hai..!
Maya: (smiles) Woh bht achi hai..bas usse bache nhe ache lagte!
Kid2: Toh achi kahan se hue? Ap kitne ache ho..humein songs sunate ho..poems sunate ho!
Kid: Han didi..aj ap plzz humein koi song sunayen! plz..
Maya: Nhe bunty! aj mera mood nhe hai!
Kid: Kya baat hai didi..aj ap bht udaas ho?
"TUMHARI DIDI KA KUCH KHO GAYA HAI!"
Maya luks at door and finds Abhi standing thr wid a serious face..
Kid: Kho gaya hai? kya?
Kid2: HUmein batayen didi hum dhoond ke denge?
Maya: Kuch nai..(she stands) Tum log sojao..main aati hon!
Kid: (holding her dupatta) Nhe didi..ap humein gana sunao..phir hum soyenge!
Maya: Dekho bili mujhe jana hai..tum sojao!
Kid2: Nhe didi aj ap humein gana sunayen!
Maya: KAHAN AJ MERA MOOD NHE HAI! EK BAAT SAMAJH NHE ATI KYA??(shouts)
The kids get scared..and Abhi is shocked as well..
Maya: (sits dwn on her knee) Dekho bili aj mera mood theek nhe hai..hmm..plz aj mujhe tang mat karo! (carreses his cheek) Bye!
She stands up and walks towards the door..passes Abhi but he holds her hand..
Abhi: Kya hua hai Maya?
Maya: Kuch nhe Abhi!
Ab: Tumhara mood theek nhe hai? kisi ne kuch kaha kya?
Maya: Kahan na kuch nhe Abhi! tum bachon ki tarah behave mat karo..main theek hon!! (sternly)
Ab: Kuch toh hua hai?
Maya: Abhi plz! mera mood theek nhe hai..subha coffee nhe pee the shayad issilye!
Ab: Toh chal ke canteen men coffee peete haina?
Ma: Tum jao mera mood nhe hai..
She is abt to leave the room whn Ridhima enters..Maya luks at her angrilly..a sad expression appears on Ridhima's face..her arms dying to hug her daughter...!!
Rid: Maya! (she calls)
Maya: PLz! mujhe apse baat nhe krni!
Maya again is abt to leave the door whn Ridhima sings ....
Tujhse naraaz nahi zindagi,
Hairaan hoon main
O'hairaan hoon main.....
Maya turns to luk at her..Ridhima's eyes fixed at the floor..as in searching her life..Abhi glances at Maya whoes eyes are full...Ridhima continues..
Tere masoom savalon se pareshan hoon main
O'pareshaan hoon main..
Maya turns around..her back facing Them..she wipes a drop of tear which was flowing dwn her red cheek following another..she couldn't stop herself...
Ridhima continues...nw wid her back on a wall...
Jeene ke liye socha hi nhe...Dard sambhalane honge
Muskuraon toh, Muskurane ke karz utaarne honge
Muskuraon kabhi toh lagata hai
Jaise hontonn pe karz rakhaa hai
Ridhima eyes are red..tears flowing dwn her cheek..as in a race ground..fast as anything..She sits on her knees dwn on the ground..Abhi is also crying but nt practically within heart..he cannot make out whom to support..Armaan has also made an appearance in this scene..and is watchin them on the door...On seeing Ridhima fall he goes and supports her..
Aj agar bhar ayi hai, boondein baras jaayengi
Kal kya pata inke liye aakhen taras jayengi
Jaane kahan gum kahan khoya
Ek aansu jo chupake rakha tha
Tujhse naraz nhe zindagi hairaan hon main...
O'hairaan hon mein..
Tere masoom savalon se..
Pareshan hon main..
O'pareshan hon main...
O'pareshan hon main...
Ridhima lets off a cry of sadness and in the end all Maya could hear was a shout frm Armaan's mouth...saying.."RIDHIMAAA!!!"
Scene:3
Nak-Reva
Nakkul and Reva unaware of whts goin on in the world..are g0in to spend 3 whole days together in lonavla..Nak is happy but is acting normal..on the other hand Reva is also happy and excited but is nt controlling her happiness..
Nak: Sari files le lin?
Reva: Han!!!
Nak: Ohk! Tum gardi men jake betho..main dad se milke ata hon!
Reva: OK!! listen!
Nak: hmm?
Reva: Jaldi aana!!
Nak: Huh? oh ok..(confused)
Reva goes and sits in the car while Nakkul goes to Atul's cabin..
Nak: Dad!
At: Han Nakkul aaa! sit!
Nak: Nhe Dad..woh hum jane wale the..socha apse mil lon!
At: Hmm..main tumse hi milne ane wala tha..
Nak: Kyun Dad? koi khaas baat?
At: Han..Reva ke bare men!
Nak: Reva ke bare men?
At: Yes! woh bht excited hai tumhare saath jane ke liye!
Nak: Seems!
At: Lekin tum usse itna baav mat dena!
Nak: Kyun?
At: Kyunki ladki se jitna door bagho ge woh utna hi tumhare kareeb ayegi! samjhe?
Nak: Oh..
At: Nw listen...bzz..bzz..Got it?
Nak: Ok dad! i'll giv it a shot!
At: Gud! and yes..
Nak: Hmm?
At: Apni yeh chocolate boy image ko yahi chorke jao! try to be like Ranbir and Abhi!
Nak: Ok dad! bye..
At: Take care!!
He goes and sits in the car..strts to drive it..Reva is wearing a skirt and white sleeve-less shirt..wid her hair open..while Nak is wearing a inner shirt wid a over shirt and jeans...lukin veryyy cute! After a period of 15 min silence finally Reva speaks up!
Reva: Nak!
Nak: Hmm? (still lukin forward)
Reva: Koi song chalo na?
Nak: Mera mood nhe hai!
Reva: Mera hai!
Nak: Toh laga lo..mujhse pooch kyun rahe ho?
Reva: Ohk..(she puts on the radio) Koi acha song nhe hai..(she changes many channels but soon switches it off) Boring! tumhare paas koi CD'S nhe hai kya?
Nak: Khud hi check krlo!!!
Reva: Ohk!
She opens the cabit...thr r loads of CD'S in it..
Reva: W0w! itni sari CD'S!!
She chcks the lists on every CD...
Reva: Heyy..English songs!
She puts on a cd..
"How do i breathe..(2)
Feels so different being here..
I was so used to be nxt to u..
Life for me is not the same..
There's no one to talk to.."
Reva: Boring! (she changes again)
"Its been so long..
That i haven't seen ur face..
I try da be strong..
But the strength i hv is washing away..
It won't be long.."
Reva: Boring!!!!!!!! (she changes again)
"I need u boo..
I gotta see u boo..
And the hearts all over the world tonite..
Say the hearts all over the world tonite.."
Reva: Nw thts more like it! Tmhare paas english songs toh hain..but itne boring? tum bilkul dukhi atmaa lagte ho!
Nak: Relle? thnx madame!
Reva: Ur welcum..but itne sad songs? aisa lagta hai ke jaise kisi ladki ne tumhein dump...(she stops and he luks at her)
Nak: Ek ladki..hai..(he again luks at the front and continues to drive...)
"And oh
I'm into you
And girl no
One else would do
Cuz with every kiss
And every hug
You make me
Fall in love
And now I
Know I can be the only one
I bet its hearts all over the world tonight
With the love of their life
Who feel
What I feel when I'm
With you, with you, with you, with you, with you
Girl
With you, with you, with you, with you, with you"
She glances at him..he is so busy in driving tht he doesn't evn notice her..
Reva: Yeh toh mujhe notice hi nhe krha!
Nak: Huh? kuch kaha?
Reva: Nai toh!
Nak: Oh..(again continues to drive)
Reva: Kya karon???? (she luks at the window to find sum old ladies sitting thr cookin meal..) Hey Nak stop the car! (she shouts)
Nak: Kya hua? (confused)
Reva: Woh dekho!
Nak: (luks at the ladies) Han toh?
Reva: Dey r cukin!
Nak: Yea toh?
Reva: Oh idiot! lets go and hv sumthin! suna hai yeh log bht acha pakate hain!
Nak: Fields men?
Reva: Yea..yeh koi gaon lagta hai! its an old village..lets go..main India men kabhi village nhe dekha!
Nak: But Reva we r gettin late!
Reva: tumhein jana hai tum jao..main yahi pe rukne wali hon..(she gets dwn frm the car and heads towards the ladies) Namaste! (She greets thm) Ap yahn kya paka rahi hai?
The ladies luk at her..Nak also lukin at a cheerful Reva outta the window...Her scarf which she has tied around her neck is flying...she knows tht Nak won't leave her alone here..
Lady: Namaste! beta hum parahte bana rahe hain!
Reva: Wow! parhate! actually hum bht door se ayen hain! agar ap humein..
Lady: Han beti zaror..betho!
She sits..and watches thm grind the flour..
Reva: Yeh kafi difficult hota hoga na?
Lady: Kya?
Reva: Ahh..mera matlab mushkil hota hoga na!
Lady: han..lekin ab humein addat hogayi hai!
Reva: Main try karon?
Lady:huh?
Reva: Malab main koshish karon?
Lady: Zaror! yeh lo...
Nak: tum nhe kr paogi! (Nak cumz sayin)
Reva: Kyun nhe?
Nak: Coz yeh garibon ka kaam hai...tum jaise ameer isse nhe karsakte!
Reva: Dekho Nak u're insulting me! main yeh krke dikhaongi!
Nak: Ok try it..m g0in for a nap..
He goes to the field full of crops..keeps his bag dwn and lies dwn..
Reva: Ahh...(she strts to grind..after a while) Hogaya?
Lady: Han beti!
Reva: W0w maine krlia!! (she shouts)
Nak sits up and luks at her.." I knew u could do it..main janta tha ke tum kr logi!" Thn again acts to sleep keeping cap on face...Reva luks at him sleeping!
Lady: Yeh lo..!
She hands her a plate of parhatta..Reva starts to eat..and thn takes another plate and goes to Nak..
Reva: Hmm..bht tasty hai!
Nak doesn't wakes up..
Reva: (again repeats this tym more louder) BHT TASTY HAI!!! ("SHEESH..HE IS NT LISTENING!) NAKKUL!!! (she shouts)
Nak: Hmm..kya hai Reva! (widout removing the cap)
Reva: Khao na! maine banaya hai!
Nak: Mujhe marne ka shok nhe hai!
Reva: Nak! yeh lo..plz..thora sa taste karo...
Nak: Mujhe neend arahi hai!
Reva: Theek hai! phir bhoke maro..main jarahi ho..
She turns to leave..Nak holds her hand still lying on the ground..pulls her towrds himself..and she falls rite on him..dropping the plate..
Nak: Mujhe bhi bhuk lagi hai...(softly) Tum aise kaise ja sakti ho?
Reva: (very close to him) Main..tum...woh..
Nak: Hmm?
Reva: Khao..phir..main..
Nak: Tum khilao! (very bravely)
Reva: Woh..tum..m..(confused)
He stands up ... dropping her on the ground...
Nak: Mujhe toh bht bhuk lagi hai..(he goes to the ladies)
Leaving Reva confused.."Main..main kya krhi hon?" Tht was the question in her mind..She stands up and follows him..
Scene:4
Fire-escape
Chris has pulled Tanvi into the fire-escape..Unknown to thm Rex who has been following Tanvi just to scare her..is nw standing watching thm outside..shocked as well as confused..
Chris: Hey babes!
Tan: Tumhari himmat kaise hue mujhe chone ki!
Chris: Oh...m real sorry! Baby..i hv got every rite to touch u..after all u're..(moving his finger on her cheek)
Tan: I said dun touch me!! (pushing his hand bak)
Chris: Oops! sorry...well well..u knw why i dragged u in?
Tan: I dun wanna knw..(she is abt to go outside but he pulls her bak)
Chris: No no no..u cannot leave widout listening to me..
Tan: I DUN WANT TO!
Chris: U will hv to..listn..i just called u here to giv u a warning..actually nt warning but to inform u..tht ur so called BOYFRIEND RANBIR...is gnna breathe his last breath today!
Tan: Listn Chris..i'm nt intrested in ur silly talks..nw let me go!
Chris: OK..u wanna leave? sure u can..but do consider my warning...(thn cumin closer to her) Bye babes..
She rushes outta the room..widout noticing a shocked Ranbir..Chris cumz out and luks at Ranbir..
Chris: Hey Rex!
Rex: wht were u doin here?
Chris: Oh nutthin..just wondering around! tc..! (he leaves)
Rex: Chris? Tanvi ke saath? i dun get it? nhe..hw can u evn think abt tht Ranbir? tu ja aur jake Tanvi se baat kr..but..agar maine usse yeh poocha..toh usse bura lagega! Forget it..u're imagining things!! thts all..!!
Scene:5
O.PT.
Armaan,Abhi and Maya are w8in outside the O.P.T...
Abhi: Ridhima maam ko achanak kya hogya?
Arm: WOh kafi tensed thi..i dunno wht happened?
On the othr side Maya is standing on one corner..holding the pillar tightly..was it bcoz of her? Ridhima ki jo condition thi..was it coz of her? She luks at the door of O.P.T..! The doc cumz out!
Arm: Doctor Ridhima?
Doc: Oh she is fine! thora sa chakkar agaya tha! Bht weakness hai..ap plz unka dhyan kijiye..main neend ka injection laga dia hai..unhein aaraam karne den..!!
Armaan goes to the window..and peeps inside it...Thr lies on the bed..a sleepy mother...sadness can be seen on her face..nw also..whn she is sleepy..she coughs a bit..but thn sleeps..queitly..Armaan wipes a tear flowing dwn his cheek...Maya cumz and puts her hand on his shoulder..Armaan feels tht its his own daughter's hand...
Maya: Don't worry...she will be fine..."SIR" (saying this she leaves)
The word "papa" has nw been changed to "sir".There couldn't be more painful thing thn this for Armaan..He luks at her goin back..Abhi assures him tht he will take care of Maya..he follows her to the terrace..
On reaching the terrace Maya cries out loud..
Maya: Khush honge na ap bht? (lukin at the sky) Meri zindagi ko khel bana dia hai apne!! Bht maza araha haina mujhe yun tarapte dekh..! Pehle mere mom dad mujhse cheen liye..aur ab itne saalon bad jab mujhe pata chala hai ke woh meri ankhon ke samne hi the..tab meri maa ko hi...W0w! u're amazing! kya game banaya hai apne! Bravo!! enjoy ok? aur kar bhi kya sakte hain ap? bachpan se apki pooja krti ayi hon main..aur apne? apne mere saath kya kiya?
Abhi cumz and keeps his hand on her's..She turns to luk at him..hugs him..
Maya: Abhi! mere..mere mom dad..zinda hain! and u knw...u knw kon hain?
Ab: Janta hon..
Maya: Armaan sir aur Ridhima maam! woh donon jinko main apne maa baap se bhi zyada chahti thi..un donon ne mere saath ... mere saath dhoka kia! itna bara!! Can u believe this? unhone mujhe ek stranger ko de dia..only to save her own father?? Mera istamaal kia..(crying out loud..still hugging him)
Ab: Janta hon Maya..ke unhone yeh kyun kia! lekin tum jo krhi ho woh bhi theek nai hai!
Maya is shocked..Hw does he knws this? Separating frm the hug she fixes her questioning eyes on him!
Maya: Kya matlab?
Abhi: Han Maya...main janta tha ke woh tumhare parents hain!
Maya: (she moves a step bak frm him) Tum jante the? Abhi..u mean to say...ke tum jante the?
Abhi: Han..mujhe Ridhima mam ne sub kuch bata dia tha!
Maya: Oh..Ridhima maam ne! ab samjhi! unhone tumhein bhi bata dia tha..take tum unki taraf dari karsako mere samne!
Abhi: Tum jaisa sochrhi ho Maya waisa kuch nhe hai!
Maya: Main jaisa sochrhi thi woh galat tha..mujhe laga ke tum mujhse sacha pyar krte ho..but no! i was wrong! tum mujhse agar pyar krte toh mujhe zaror batate!
Abhi: Listen Maya aisi baat nhe hai..
Maya: Maine tumse yeh umeed nhe ki thi..tum sub logon ne mil ke mere saath dhoka kiya hai..u too? u hv also betrayed me Abhi! u hv also...!! Chee..!!
She runs away frm there..leaving Abhi shocked..
Abhi: Afsos toh iss baat ka hai Maya..ke tum mujhe kabhi samajh hi nhe payi..!!
Scene:6
Nak-Reva
Nakkul is sitting wid the ladies and is having sum meal..He moves his eyes round the field in search of Reva..but couldn't find her...
Suddenly he hears...
"I can marry me a rich man..never hv to work again..!"
He stands up and runs towards the field..he searches for her around...
Nak: "REVA!! KAHAN HO TUM?? REVA!!!"
Reva: Main yahan hon Nak!!
He turns to find her..."Kahan?" he repeats!..."Arey idhar udhar kya dekhrhe ho? upar dekho na!" she says..
He luks up to find her sitting on a "TREE!!!"
Nak: REVA TUM?? YAHAN KYA KRHI HO? AUR AUR..UPAR KAISE CHARI???
Reva: Yahan ek ladder para tha..bas uss se char gai!
Nak: Tumne? tumne bhang pee hai???
Reva: Bang? woh kya hota hai?
Nak: I mean beer??
Reva: Oh..nhe..maine toh juice pia hai..brown colour ka!
Nak: brown colour ka?? juice??
"Arey..yeh pagal ladki ne meri sari botal khali kardi!"
Nak turns to find a man...nt standing but trying to stand..Abt to fall whn Nak catches him..
Nak: Bhai sahab control..sambhaliye apne ap ko..!
Reva: Nak main yahan se koodon?
Nak: Nai Reva ek sec..arey bhai sahab!
Guy: Arey mere paise kon dega? isne meri sari batli pee li..maine abhi thori si hi pee thi..
Nak: Thori si? thori si peene se yeh hal hota hai..agar poori pee hoti toh ap?
Reva: Nakkul! main koodon??
Nak: NHE!! MAIN AATA HON! Hey bhagvan yahan yeh admi..aur wahan ! ek second Reva main aata hon..(he makes the guy sit on the ground) Ap yahan ruken..Main ata hon..jana mat kahin..
Reva: Main arahi hon!! 5...4...3...
Nak: Nai..ek sec..kya karon..kya karon?? main aata hon..
Reva: 2...1 !! Main arahi hon!!!
Nak: Nhe Reva!!
She jumps dwn but fortunetely Nak catches her..and she lands in his arms..
Reva: Yaay!! tumne mujhe bacha liya..wow!!
Nak: Tum pagal ho! upar charne ki kya zarorat thi?
Reva: Unhi! hehehe..!!
Nak: idiot! (he luks at the man) Arey yeh kahan chale gaye?? (he makes Reva stand) Tum ruko..hello uncle !! (he walks to the place whr the man was sitting) Uncle! hello..!! (he luks dwn) Oh..(the man had fallen dwn) Uncle..!! (he picks him up) Yar do do...!! (he goes to the ladies) Suniye jee?
Lady: Kahiye!! (blushing)
Nak: Err..yeh .. yeh admi ko ap janti hain?
Lady2: Arey yeh toh mere pati hain! sara din peete rehte ho!! (she holds the man frm one arm and takes him wid her)
Nak: Sambhalke! Phew!! ek se toh jaan chutti..! REVA!!!
He turns around to find her..but she is nt thr...!!
Nak: Kahan gayi????!!
"Hmm...la la la..!!"
He runs to the place frm whr her voice is cumin.."Reva!" he shouts.."Kahan ho tum"...Finally he reaches a place whr all the herd are kept...he opens the shed..and finds her standing on chair..!!
Nak: Reva?? tum upar kya krhi ho? neech utro gir jaogi! (he goes to her and makes her cum dwn frm the chair) Tum sojao..plzz meri maa!! warna affat ajayegi!
He makes her lie on the ground whr sum piece of crops are kept...she smiles at him..he keeps his hand on her eyes...and whn he moves away his hand her eyes are closed...!! He stands up frm tht place and goes to a window frm wich he can see the beautiful view outside..the cool wind is blowing softly! He turns bak to find her sleeping soundly..lukin very cute..! He removes his jacket and keeps it on her..After a while Reva wakes up...her head paining alot..she luks around..
Reva: Chee..itni gandi jagah..main..yahan kaise ayi?
Nak: Uth gayin ap?
She luks around to find Nak cumin wid two plastic mugs of coffee..
Reva: Yeh..main yahan kaise?
Nak: Apne bhang pee li thi!
Reva: Bhang? u mean bear?
Nak: Yes..in ur words beer!
Reva: lekin maine toh juice..oh yes..(she remembers) Woh admi..aur maine ... pee liya..!
He starts to laugh..
Reva: Ismein hasne ki kya baat hai?
Nak: Unhi! Hehe..
Reva: Nak stop it! aur yeh tumhare haath men kya hai?
Nak: Hmm..lo..coffee hai!
Reva: Coffee? yahan kaise?
Nak: Yahan se nai..paas men hi ek chotta sa shop hai..wahan se laya hon!
Reva: Specially mere liye? (lovingly)
Nak: (luks at her for a while) Nhe...main toh apne liye laya tha..phir socha tum agar dekho gi toh bht kil kil karo gi..so tumhare liye bhi le lia..ap peeyo aur chalo bht late horaha hai!
He takes his cup and goes outside..
Reva: Mano na mano Mister..main janti hon ke tum mere liye laye the!! Ab bacho tum ruko..yeh jo nakhre krhe ho..abhi tumhein seedha krti hon!!
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Precap: "MITWAA...!!!"
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Soo guys!! hope u liked it..kafi mehnat ki hai maine..specially wid this Reva-Nak part..hope u all liked it!!
Prats,
I hope u liked the song part..i tried to make it sound gud!! Hope u liked it..! :)
Ok guys thts all for 2day..plzz do comment! See u all nxt tym till thn u ppl take care of urself and other's around u..!
Love,
Catherine
Chapter 4: Seven Days
Author's Notes: This chapter covers poetry and its influence on life. This by far is my favorite chapter.
Chapter 4: Thursday
On Thirstday, the king of dreams walked in the waking world. He stood briefly at the side of the hall, watching a young woman with a guitar tell an audience of a dream she had had, in a song. – Neil Gaiman, The Kindly ones, Chapter 8 (Issue #64)
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She was talking to one of her employee who was just leaving for the day. The two of them were the last ones left in the deserted bookstore. They heard the familiar tinkle of opening of the door and she could see that her employee was about to yell that the store was closing but it never came. She turned around to see that he was standing by the counter and she caught her employee was blatantly staring at him. The way he looked tonight, anyone with two X chromosomes would be staring at him. Dinner jackets had never looked better. He looked amused to see two women staring at him unabashedly. He placed coffee cups on the counter and waved a hello at her. She locked the door when her employee left and turned to see that both he and their coffees were missing. She found him standing by a window at the back of the store waiting for her. She thanked him as he handed her a cup.
“You have plans for tonight?” She asked him pointing at his attire.
“I had plans, yes. There is a party tonight for which I was told that my attendance was mandatory. This party was arranged in the garden and when I arrived there, the evening frivolities had begun. It’s a beautiful autumn evening and somehow the noise was kind of running my mood to enjoy the evening. Then I found myself driving here. So, here I am.”
“You are not a fan of parties?” During their last meeting, both of them had been brooding and the whole conversation had had a melancholic ring to it. Sitting in darkness hadn’t helped to cheer them up either.
“I am not fan of anything that involves too loud atmosphere. I feel that I cannot even hear my own thinking.” He chuckled and continued.
“I don’t mind going to parties occasionally. But it gets tiresome when one has to pretend something that he or she is not feeling. It is too beautiful of an evening to be spent with strangers and acquaintances.” She didn’t hide the smile that was blossoming on her face. She was under strict orders from her roommate that she had to find out everything about the man who was currently sipping coffee and looking out of the window. She had felt exasperated at her roommate’s continuous innuendos and unashamed teasing.
“But you are a fan of autumn.” It wasn’t a question. He had made it quite obvious in past few statements.
“There is something melancholic and romantic about this season. It’s an end to glorious golden summer and onset of white winter, thus the melancholy. Then you have purple skies, occasional rain, beautiful color which adds to the romantic element.”
“I honestly didn’t peg you for a romantic; sensitive yes, but not exactly the romantic type.”
“Autumn makes me romantic I guess. I especially love taking a stroll in the park amidst fallen leaves. The color has an amount of charm associated to it, but it’s the onset of the white winter makes them look even more beautiful.”
“When we know that something that we love is going to disappear even if it were for a few months, that invariably becomes the most beautiful and treasured thing for us in the world.” Her subtle insinuation wasn’t missed on him. He smiled in acceptance. She had an uncanny ability to summarize everything that he was feeling in a few sentences only. He found that utterly charming.
“Who is your favorite?” She asked him.
“You know, almost every famous poet or author has at least one poem on autumn. A few of them have even had a handful. Poems by John Keats and William Blake are my favorite. Other than that, I generally enjoy poetry by H.W. Longfellow and P.B. Shelly”
“Recite your favorite verse please.” She was looking like a little girl asking her mom for extra few minutes on the swing. Her enthusiasm curbed his desire to deny her. At that moment, he wondered if he could deny her anything at all.
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
“Ode to Autumn, John Keats.” She said, recognizing the words. She liked the way he recited poetry. There was an enchanting hum in his voice when he ended a note. It reverberated in the space around them making the ambiance truly poetic. She found warmth around her even when the evening was chilly. Was this how autumn was truly supposed to feel?
“It’s amazing in the way he builds up everything that leads to changing of seasons. How boisterous summer reduces to bleak winters, how both spring and autumn sport colors but each gets interpreted in a completely different way.”
“You have a Byronic soul.” She blurted out before she could edit things that came to her impulsively. He laughed. She joined in his laughter a moment later. On an impulse, he recited another verse.
Birds are darting through the air,
Singing, building without rest;
Life is stirring everywhere,
Save within my lonely breast
She was actually surprised at the tone of his voice. It seemed as if he was trying to tell her something which he could not have possibly done so without this verse. She had read it before, of course. But that poem had never stirred the feelings that she was currently feeling. It was as if the poet had summed up the feelings for every lonely heart in this world.
“Autumn within, Longfellow. He is my favorite poet you know.”
“I assumed as much. His poetry is generally an allegory to something parallel in an average man’s life. When I read this poem back in high school for the first time, I understood the autumn part of it. After high school, the first time I remembered this poem was when I had my first taste of loneliness.”
Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower.
“Albert Camus. I didn’t take you for a reader in philosophy.” He sounded surprised.
“I am not that much into philosophy, quite honestly speaking. But these are the closest words that would describe autumn for me. Beginning of autumn celebrates life and its end decorates death.” He was stumped by her words. Never was he so utterly attracted by someone’s words. He decided to find out more about her perception about poetry.
“Why Longfellow?”
“Therapy.” He stared at her for a moment.
“You lost me.” He looked genuinely confused.
“If one makes an effort to understand his poetry, then one can actually write a book on self-help or self-motivation kinds.”
“I see a point there.” She gave him an example to emphasize herself better.
The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight,
But they while their companions slept were toiling upwards in the night.
“This verse is not exactly therapeutic, but it’s extremely motivating. Everyone knows that if you work hard, you will definitely reap the benefits. But to tell the same thing in poetic way truly soothes a frazzled mind. When nothing seems to be working and life in general seem to be overwhelming, I take shelter in these poems.”
“When did you discover Longfellow?”
“In high school, we were asked to write an essay. While searching for potential candidates, I came across Ladder of St. Augustine. I fell in love with that poem. The simplicity in which he writes always blows my mind.”
“It’s a little more than that I think. Keats, gives you a visual glory where as Longfellow gives you a new perceptive about yourself.” They fell silent with their thoughts.
“Sometimes, poetry was an escape from reality. The meaning of words changed with my mood. Sometimes the lines that soothed me, made no sense the other times. It was fascinating to see how interpretation of a poem dependent on a person’s perspective rather than the original intent.”
“Isn’t it true for every sense of literary works? An author would write a story which most likely would be influenced by society, culture, upbringing and his own experiences. A person cannot rule out the influence of his own personal life on the words that he pens down.”
“The same logic is extended to readers also correct?”
“Yes. The way I see poetry is very much different from the way you perceive. For you, a poem has to be intellectually stimulating where as for me it has to be emotion stirring.”
“There is this poem by William Blake, which I don’t remember fully, but the initial lines were stunning.”
To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.
“Auguries of Innocence.” He recognized it. He thought it would be something that someone like her would like. For him, the verse had simply translated to – get the big picture. But after talking to her about so many things in their last few meetings, he was sure her point of view on this is going to be drastically different from what he thought about it. And he couldn’t wait to hear about it.
“My father is Chief of Police in a small town. Mostly it’s a peaceful town and there are rarely too many disturbances. I had just moved to my father’s house and I heard that there was some case with vandalism of personal property. My father along with some of his associates had been to this run down place and no one had heard from them for a while. I got a call a few hours later stating that the arrests had gone wrong and my father was in surgery. When I waited for doctors to tell me something – anything, I felt that it was the worst and longest hours of my life. An uncertainty of future of a loved on can make even an hour feel like time is stretching till infinity.”
“It’s a matter of perception. Because I feel that even an eternity that I spend with you would be like spending just an hour.” He said it as if he was going to buy a cup of coffee to her; casual and forthright.
“Then isn’t it a matter of circumstance that influence the perception of poetry?” His earlier statement had caught her unguarded. But looking at the way they were heading, it was an inevitable outcome. She was delighted in the fact that this strange attraction that she had for a stranger was working both ways. But his words had an absolution while she was still hovering her feet over the boundaries.
“Perhaps you are right.” He idly mused. The silence that they shared was one that of mutual consent. She remembered to give him an update on her financial situation.
“My partner has found someone who is ready to invest in this book store.” The day she had heard the news, she was worried for a minute. Her lawyer had convinced that the new buyers of the other half were pretty decent people. However he was surprised that the people who were buying were very well established and had never invested in these kinds of businesses. She told him the same thing.
“Are you happy now?” He asked her.
“I am relieved. Happiness is a state of mind that I am a little weary about. I prefer to be content or satisfied.”
“Why is that?” He was surprised.
“Happiness is truly achieved when sadness completes its course. I honestly don’t want any of that.”
“You really are absurd.” He smiled. She simply shrugged.
“The people who are buying out from my partner didn’t even visit this store before the made a deal. Everything happened between two different set of lawyers.”
“You wished to meet them?”
“I would have liked to. They have given me complete freedom in maintenance and execution of my plans for this store and they will provide me full financial backing. But the whole idea of partnership is sort of defeated you know. Its more like one party invests and the other party executes.”
“Isn’t that relationship good; when one gives and the other takes and the one that takes gives back in a different form?”
“I guess it is.” She sighed. Apparently she wasn’t explaining it well enough or he was one of those people who believed in keeping business and people relationship completely different.
“You don’t believe in that, do you?” She looked up. He gave her a tender look.
“No. I don’t. I am glad about the fact that my new partners are really nice people who are ready to trust me with a lot of responsibility but I just assumed that even they would be actively involved in running the bookstore.” He couldn’t reply to that. With a silent agreement, they walked towards cash counter. On his way, he picked up a bookmark from nearby shelf.
“You are buying that?” She asked him as he took out his wallet and when he took out a pen, she continued.
“For me?”
“Of course” He grinned at her. She rolled her eyes and accepted cash. He dropped the bookmark into her open palm and wished her a gentle goodbye. Once he disappeared into the night, she turned the bookmark around to see his words in his neat writing.
I want to bottle your laughter and hang it around my neck,
I want to see your brilliant smile reflecting in my tea cup.
I want to paint a little picture with my pocket full of dreams,
In every stroke of that picture there is a dream of you and me.
As she ran her fingers on the words, she knew that the words were written just for her, by him.
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Tomorrow (Friday): Where they talk about their childhood dreams, failed relationships and best friends.
Weekend Special 3
Weekend special 3
I guess u all enjoyed the last one so lets do again something interesting
1) Any scene in which u desperately wanted to be there with your favorite character replacing his or her costar
2) Any scene when your fav character is alone u wanted to be desperately there with him or her
1) My favorite is armaan u all know kash main har scene main ridhima hoti lolls
But if one scene then I guess fire escape scene was tooooooo gud and in the song raat ka nasha isn’t that great lolls. One more scene I want to replace when armaan came to ridhima house and there scene when atul sees them mind-blowing
2) when he was alone I desperately wants to be with him in the shower scene before fight with modi hot na and when he is alone and crying I just want to be with him to console him to tell him don’t cry I am with u always
Now wating for your response this is all for fun guys so enjoy agar boring lage to bol Dena I will stop it
Love u karan
Karan ki dewani mithila
Thursday, July 2
Episode 71: Rok Sako To Rok Lo
Missing KaSh alot :( pls cum bak..!! 
Rok Sako Toh Rok Lo
Episode:71
Scene:1
Juhi's cabin...(Flashback)
(continued)
"Ridhima!" he said softly but in a sad voice..
She sniff's again..he repeats..
"Main janta hon ke tum hi ho..mujhse baat kro Ridhima! main tumhari awaz sunne ko taras gaya hon...!" He says sadly..
Rid: (tries hard to control herself) Armaan!! (she calls softly)
As if his wounded heart has nw been pampered by sumone...
Rid: Armaan...(she begins to sob) I love u Armaan!
Arm: (hears the three words after such a long tym) I love u too Ridhima!
Rid: Main tumhare bagair nhe rehsakti Armaan! Nai rehsakti...mere pait men humare pyar ki nishani hai...Di kehrhi thi ke woh mera abortion karwayengi..but main yeh nai krsakti Armaan! Main humare pyar ki nishani ko nai maar...(she stops as she hears a sound outside the door) Kon hai! kon hai wahan?
The door opens..a dark figure enters...wid hand on chest...Ridhima gasps in horor!!!
"PAPA!!!" she shouts as the phone falls frm her hand...she runs to her father as Dr.Shashank falls dwn...she supports him..his hand on his chest..
Rid: Papa!! papa..!! Maa...di!! jaldi ayen!! maa!! Papa! (supporting her father) Papa apko kya hogaya?
Padma and Anjy enter..
Anj: Dad!
Pad: Shashank! apko kya hogaya??
Anj: I'll call the ambulence!
The ambulence arrives frm Sanjeevani and thn takes Shashank to hospital along wid Padma,Anjy and Ridhima...
AT THE SANJEEVANI...O.P.T
Shashank has been admitted in the O.P.T...Padma is crying outside the ward while Anjy is consoling her..Ridhima has sum othr tensions along wid this..
Rid: Hey Baghvan papa ko kya hogya?? kahin unhone meri batein toh nai sun li? oh GOd! ab kya hoga?
Armaan who has been informed abt Shashank's heart-attack cumz running...Ridhima luks at him..she starts to walk towards him but Anjy holds her hand...! She luks at her wid hope...
Rid: Di plz..plz mujhe jane do..i wanna meet him..di plz!
Anj: No!
Ridhima luks at Armaan hopelessly...Armaan cumz to console Padma..
Arm: Mam! dun worry sub theek hojayega!
Anj: (before Padma culd say anything) Humein tumhari consolation ki zarurat nai hai! apni yeh jhoti batein le kar jao yahan se..!
Rid: Di plz!
Arm: Anjy jaisa tum soch rhi ho..
Anj: DUn u dare take my name alrite!!!
Arm: Anjy meri baat suno..jaisa tum sochrhi ho waisa nai hai..main...
Anj: Tum jaise bhi ho main ab tumhein jan gayi hon..tum itni had tak gir sakte ho mujhe pata nai tha!
Rid: Di plz! (begging her)
Anj: No Ridzi! isne jo kia woh galat kia!
Rid: Di aisi baat nhe hai!
Arm: No need to beg her Ridhima! U knw wht Anjy tum har cheez ko apni taraf se dekhna chahti ho..although woh cheez aisi ho ya na ho!
Anj: Oh really? thnx alot for the comment!
Rid: Di plz ap donon yeh band karen! (keeping her hand on stomach) Ap...Ahh..
The three of thm luk at her...Ridhima falls as Armaan rushes and catches her...
Arm: Ridhima !! Ridhima!!
Rid: Armaan...(almost unconcious)
Pad: Ridhima beta...kya hua?? Ridhima!
Armaan lifts her up and takes her towards the I.C.U...Anjy is also worried...Padma is abt to go after thm whn Anjy stops her..
Anjy: Ap jante ho ke Ridhima ko kya hua hai Mom?
Pad: Kya hua hai usse? Batao Anjali!
Anj: She is pregnant mom!! woh Armaan ke bache ki maa banne wali hai!
Pad: WHAT??!!
Anj: Yes..apki ladli beti ne..chee! (she leaves)
Pad: Maa? (she is shocked) Ridhima? Nahi..aisa nhe hosakta! Ridhima aisa nai karsakti!
She remembers whn she asked Ridhima abt a month before ...
Pad: Ridhima beta tum bht moti hogayi ho? (teasingly)
Anj: Haan mom..aj kal bht oily fuds khati haina isiliye!
Pad: Beta toh tum koi GYM join karo na!
Rid: (confused) Haan mom...
Pad: Ok! take care beta!
She leaves...
Rid: Di!
ANj: Its ok Ridhima!
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The doctor cumz out of the O.P.T...Padma luks at him..thn rushes to him...
Pad: Ab kaise hain woh?
Doc: He is outta danger..unko bht hi serious heart-attack hua tha!
Pad: Ab ... ab kaise hain?
Doc: He is fine nw..but make sure he doesn't undergo any shock! And yes woh abhi unconcious hain..unhein jaisi hi hosh ayega hum apko inform kardenge!
Pad: Thnk u Doctor! (the doc leaves) Hey Baghvan! yeh kya hogaya? main kya karon? Ridhima...!!
She goes towards the I.C.U and sees Armaan coming out....She hears Ridhima screaming!
Arm: (turns around to find Padma standing thr in anger) Aunty !
She slaps him!
Pad: Chee! tumhein sharam nhe aati Armaan? main tumhein ek bht hi shareef ladka samajhti thi! but tum...tum itne girre hue nikle?
Arm: Maam...
Pad: Mujhe Anjali ne sab bata diya hai! Tum itne...
They hear Ridhima's shout again...Armaan goes to the door...peeps inside frm the window...Padma cumz to him and pulls him bak...
Pad: Tumhara meri beti par koi haq nai..usse jitna door raho ge utna tumhare liye behtar hoga! Tumne jo galti ki hai..uski saza tumhein milke rahe gi! Nw leave!
Arm: Maam plz..plz mujhe apni Ridhima se ek baar milne den..plz..maam plz..(sitting on his knees) Mam plz i beg u...!!
The doc cumz out...
Doc: Congrats beti hue hai!
Arm: Beti! Ab Ridhima kaisi hai?
Doc: She is ok..but time se pehle delivery karne ki wajah se thori der unhein under observation rakhna hoga!
Arm: oh..aur meri beti!
Doc: Are u her fatheR?
Pad: (interrupts) No! unke father marr chuke hain!!
Armaan luks at her in shock!! Tears cumin in his swollen eyes...
Pad: Thnx Juhi!
Juhi: Ur welcum Padma! (She leaves)
Pad: Tum Ridhima se nhe mil sakte..aur agar koshish bhi ki toh acha nhe hoga!
Arm: .......... (lukin dwn and crying)
Padma goes inside the I.C.U...Armaan again peeps inside frm the window..crying...She goes and sits nxt to her...
Pad: Ridhima!
Rid: (opens her eyes) Maa...Armaan kahan hai?
Pad: Tum kaisi ho? (ignoring the question)
Rid: Main theek hon maa..Armaan kahan hai?
Pad: Tumhari beti paida hue hai!
Rid: Maa Armaan kahan hai? ap mere sawal ka jawab kyun nai deti?
Pad: Tum aaram karo...
Rid: nai maa...mujhe Armaan se milna hai!
Pad: Tum abhi kissi se nai mil sakti!
Rid: Nai maa..pplz mujhe Armaan se milne den..plz..kahan hai woh? usse bulayen...Armaan!! (shouts) Armaan!!
Pad: Woh yahan nai hai!
Rid: Nhe maa..woh yahin hai..main usse mehsoos karsakti hon..woh mujhe aise chorke nai jasakta! Armaan!! (shouts)
The door opens and Armaan enters...Ridhima luks at him...smiles teary smile..Padma lukin at him angrilly...
Rid: Armaan!!
He cumz to her..wid tears in his eyes...she asks him to sit nxt to her..he obeys..Padma stands up and leaves..
Arm: Kaisi ho?
Rid: Tumhare bagair bilkul adhori! :(
Arm: Yeh toh meri line hua karti thi! (tries to smile)
Rid: Toh kya hua? aj maine bol di...
Arm: Ridhima...
Rid: Hmm...
Arm: I love u !
Rid: I love ... i love u too Armaan! (hugs him)
Arm: (still huggin) Ridhima!
RId: Armaan!
Arm: (separates) main tumse shaadi krna chahta hon...kya tum mujhse shaadi karogi?
Tears flow outta her eyes..she luks at him sadly...
Rid: Haan Armaan!
The nurse enters and brings the baby girl inside the room...
Nurse: Apki beti bht khoobsurat hai!
She hands the girl to Ridhima...
Rid: Bilkul tumpe gai hai Armaan!
Arm: Nai iski ankhen tumhare jaisi hain!
Rid: Nai iski naak tumhare jaisi hai..lambi! (teases)
Arm: itni bhi lambi nai hai!!
Rid: Armaan! Papa kaise hai?
Arm: Unhein heart-attack hua tha!
Rid: (GASPS) Ab..ab kaise hain ?
Arm: he is fine nw...
Rid: Woh...woh humein accept to karenge na?
Arm: I hope so...
Padma enters again wid Juhi...
Pad: Ridhima!
Rid: Ma..
Pad: Tumne jo galti ki woh main sudhar toh nai sakti...tumhare papa ab theek hai..magar Doctor ne kaha hai ke agar unhein koi shock mila toh woh...(starts to cry) Har maa baap ka sapna hota hai..ke unki beti ki shaadi ho...woh usse vidaa karen..jab uska pehla bacha ho tab woh ashirvaad dene aye...lekin woh sub humare naseeb men nai tha shayad...aj main tumse apne pati ki zindagi mangti hon...(she holds her dupatta) Armaan...mujhe meri pati ki zindagi lota toh...agar unhein kuch hogaya toh main...
Armaan holds her hands..
Pad: Armaan..tum Ridhima ko samjhao...
Ar: Maam hum kya krsakte hain?
Padma luks at Ridhima and thn Armaan...
Pad: Armaan..main tumse tumhari beti mangne ayi hon...!!
Ridhima hugs her daughter tightly...
Rid: Maa...ap kehna kya chahti hain???
Pad: Ridhima..tumhein apni beti ko...Juhi ko dena hoga!
Ridhima utters a shocking cry...
Rid: NHE!! MAIN APNI BACHI KO KAHIN NHE JANE DONGI!
Pad: Armaan! jaise tum Ridhima ke bagair nhe reh sakte ... waise hi main bhi Shashank ke bagari nhe rehsakti..Woh Ridhima ko bht chahte hain..agar unhein yeh pata chal gaya toh...
Arm: Main apki baat samajhta hon Maam...par...
Pad: Armaan..bas kuch hi dinon ki baat hai..jab Shashank theek hojayenge tab main khud unse tum donon ki baat karongi! par plz..abhi ke liye meri baat man lo!! Main tumhare pair parti hon..(almost touches his feet but he stops her)
Arm: nhe Aunty !! apka poora haq banta hai hum par!! Apko poora haq hai humse lene ka...apko apka pati milega..zaror milega..phir uske liye bhale mujhe apni beti...
Rid: NHE!! NHE ARMAAN..MAIN APNI BETI NHE DONGI!! KABHI NHE...!!
Arm: Maam dun worry main Ridhima se baat karonga!
Padma and Juhi leave..
OUTSIDE:
Juhi: Thnk u Padma! Mera koi bhi baccha nai hai..tumne meri yeh kami poori kar di! Thnx alot..!!
After an hour Armaan cumz out wid the baby girl in his hands...he kisses her fore-head thn lukin at Juhi he says...
Arm: Humari Maya ka khayal rakhiye ga! plz...
Juhi: Hmm...(she takes the baby and kisses her cheek softly)
Armaan lukin at the sleeping baby...
Juhi: Han Armaan thnx alot! Main tumhara yeh ehsaan zindagi bhar nai bhulongi!! mera koi baccha nai hai..tumne meri yeh kami poori ki hai thnk u so much! main iska poora khayal rakhongi! I promise!
Arm: (tears in his eyes as he sees his baby goin away wid Juhi) ....
Pad: Thnx alot Armaan! Ab sub theek hojayega! Tumhara bht bht shukriya!!
Arm: Its ok maam...! (crying bitterly in his heart)
After a few days Shashank gets discharged along wid Ridhima...things get bak to normal...Armaan and Ridhima would sneak outta their houses and go to meet their 'Pari' at Juhi's house...Days were goin smooth until one day..
Shash: Padma! Padma! (sitting on the sofa) Arey kahan reh gayi?
Padma cumz running frm the kitchen..
Pad: Jee? kya hua? aj ap itni jaldi agaye?
Shas: haan bhai itni khushi ki jo baat hai! arey Ridhima kahan hai?
Pad: WOh apne kamre men hai!
Shas: Chalo phir usse wahin baat krte hain!
Pad: Lekin baat kya hai?
Shas: Main batata hon..chalo..
They head towards her room..she is reading a love-story! Shashank knocks on the door...
Rid: Arey Papa...ayen na!
She stands up..
Sha: Arey betho betho..!
They both sit while Padma stands..
Rid: Ap mujhe neeche bula lete!
Sha: Nhe theek hai..tumse baat krni thi!
Rid: Jee khahiye?
Sha: Humne tumse mere dost Dr.Mehra ke bete ke bare men baat ki thi!
Rid: jee?
Padma understands the situation and is lukin at Ridhima in horror...afraid tht she mite tell him anythin!
Sha: Main chahta hon ke tum usse milon!
Rid: Kyun papa?
Sha: Tum usse milon..pasand karo! Beta mujhe woh ladka bht pasand hai! (Ridhima lukin at him in shock) I really like him!
Rid: Par papa!
Sha: I knw beta..Tum itni jaldi shaadi nhe karna chahti..but har kissi ko ek na ek din shaadi krni parti hai..Main abhi aata hon..(he leaves)
Rid: Apne kaha tha ke ap..
Pad: I'm sorry Beta..main unse baat krne ki koshish krti hon...!!
She also leaves..Ridhima's eyes are nw full...She falls on the bed and starts to cry...After a while she dials Armaan's number...
Arm: hello Basket!!
Rid: Armaan! (she starts to cry) Armaan...woh log meri shaadi krhe hain!
Arm: KYA???!!! MAGAR AUNTY NE TOH...
Rid: (she tells him the whole story) ARMAAN MAIN TUMHARE BAGAIR NHE REHSAKTI...MAIN ARAHI HON!!
Arm: RIdhima listn..hello! (she has disconnected the phone)
After an hour at Armaan's house..the bell rings...he opens the door to find her standing wid tears in her eyes...she rushes into his arms...
Arm: Ridhima tum...
Rid: Armaan main tumhare bagair nhe reh sakti!! plz...plzz mujhee apna lo..main tumhari bahein nhe chorna chahti!! Plz..
Armaan holds her face..
Arm: Calm dwn Ridhima!
Rid: Armaan plz..mujhse shaadi krlo..main kisi aur ke saath nhe rehsakti!! plz...!!
Arm: Ridhima main tumhein kisi aur ka nhe hone donga..u're only mine..calm dwn kuch nhe hoga!
Rid: Mujhe bht darr lagrha hai..kahin meri shaadi...
Arm: Kuch nhe hoga!!
Rid: Armaan mujhe tumse shaadi krni hai! Abhi!!
Arm: Magar Ridhima..
Rid: Nhe Armaan! chalo mere saath...
She takes him to a small temple in Armaan's house...thr is a thali..she givz it to him..
Rid: Yeh sindoor lo Armaan..aur mujhe humesha ke liye apna bana do...ab mujhe aur tumhare bagair nhe jeena...main marr jaongi!
Armaan luks at the thali..and thn Ridhima..who has lost all her shine..all the freshness of her face..she luked soo dull...all tired up!! He again luks at the sindoor..."Main marr jaongi tumhare bagair" says Ridhima..he luks at the tears flowing frm her eyes..he can feel the pain..the load on her heart...He takes the sindoor in his fingers..
Arm: Aj ke baad...tum sirf meri hogi...sirf meri..main vaada krta honke gum ko tumhein chone bhi nhe donga..humesha khushi ko tum apne aas paas paogi..
Rid: AB yeh sindoor meri mang men bhar do Armaan..mujhse aur intizaar nhe hota...
He obeys..she closes her eyes as he puts a small pinch of sindoor on her forehead...!! She opens her eyes and hugs him...tightly...!!
Arm: Ridhima! humein tumhare parents ko batana hoga..
Rid: Nhe Armaan! main unke paas nhe jaongi!
Arm: No Ridhima..humein batana hoga..!
Flashback Over
Armaan is still standing while Ridhima is crying..Maya sitting on the sofa..
Arm: (continues) Hum Dr.Shashank ke ghar gaye..par hona kya tha..unhone humein kabool nhe kia..
Rid: Papa ne mujhe apni beti maanne se inkar kar dia..aur mujhe ghar se nikal dia..(she cries evn louder) Main kya krti Maya..main majboor thi..apne pyar ke hathon..
Arm: Humne Juhi ko phone kia...
FLASHBACK
"The number u hv dialed is currently switched off"
Arm: Shit!
Rid: Kya hua?
Arm: Uska phone off hai!
Rid: Armaan..Maya!
Arm: (he can see the nervousness on her face) Kuch nai hoga..chalo uske ghar chalte hain..
They drive to her house...
Scene:2
Pathlab
Tanvi and Rex are bak to Sanjeevani and r working in the Pathlab..
Rex: Waise Tanvi...tumhein bar bar mujhe khone ka darr kyun lagta hai?
Tan: (luks at him) Kyun? aise kyun pochrhe ho?
Rex: Nhe bas unhi!
Tan: Iss saval ka jawab mere paas bhi nhe..!
Rex: (turns to her) Tanvi! kabhi yeh mat sochna ke main tumhein chorke jaonga..tum mera pehla aur akhiri pyar ho..i won't ever leave u..ever!
Tan: I love u Ranbir..main tumse bht pyar krti hon..tumhein kabhi khona nhe chahti! (hugs him)
Rex: Main bhi!
The door opens and he enters...
"Excuse me!"
Dey seperate...
Rex: Oh hi Chris!
Chris: Sorry i turned up at a rong tym..
Rex: No no its fine!
Chris: well i wanted to convey sumthin!
Rex: Yes?
Chris: Anjali maam is callin u!
Rex: Me?
Chris: Yes!
Rex: Alrite..Tanvi i'll be bak
Tan: Jaldi aana!
Rex: Hmm..(smiles and leaves)
Chris: SOoOo...Romance was g0in on huh?
Tan: Whts ur problem?
Chris: Nutthin..just chckin! hw did ya liked my surprise?
Tan: Why did ya lie to me?
Chris: Lie? i wanted to giv u a surprise!
Tan: Tht wasn't a gud joke!
Chris: I knw..i also hate silly jokes!
Tan: Get outta here Chris!
Chris: Oh my my! i just wanted to say..
Tan: I dun wanna hear a word outa ur mouth!
Chris: BUt u hv to...
Tan: LISTN TO ME VERY CAREFULLY! THIS TIME I'M SPARING U..BUT THE NXT TYM IF U TRIED TO ....
Chris: Ahh Baby! anger on ur nose..luks cute!
Tan: U'RE IMPOSSIBLE!!
She turns to leave but he catches her hand and pulls her towrds himself...
Chris: (angrilly) YOU Listn to me very carefully! this tym i hv SPARED ur boyfriend Ranbir!! but the nxt time watch out ! As u won't see him again..(leaves her and smiles)) Hv a nice day doll..bye!!
He leaves and Ranbir enters...
Rex: Chala gaya?
Tan: Huh..haa..nn..
Rex: Kuch kaha usne?
Tan: (remembers.."U WON'T SEE HIM AGAIN")
Rex: Hullo..kya hua?
Tan: Kkk..kuch nhe..main abhi aati hon!
Rex: Kahan jarhi ho?
Tan: Thora kaam hai!
Rex: Pata nhe Chris ne mujhse jhoot kyun kaha!
Tan: Jhoot??
Rex: Haan ke Anjali maam is calling me..Anjali maam toh Sanjeevani aayi hi nhe!
Tan: Arey haan..aj mom nhe ayi..phir Chris ne..("OH SHIT! JUST TO TALK TO ME??")
Rex: I wonder kya baat hoskti hai!
Tan: Choro usse..woh pagal hai..tum apna kam karo..main aati hon..(she leaves)
Rex: Chris Tanvi se kya kehrha tha? aur Tanvi mujhse jhoot kyun kehrhi hai?
Scene:3
Nakkul-Reva
Reva is working in the general ward...Whn she sees Nakkul cumin frm the front..she smiles as he cumz nearer to her...and kisses her cheek...an unusual smiles appears on her face..she blushes..
Nurse: (shouts) Dr.Reva..apko Dr.Atul ne bulaya hai!!!
Reva: Huh..!! (she luks around..) Nak!
Nurse: Jee?
Reva: Abhi Dr.Nakkul yahan the?
Nurse: Jee nhe..apko Dr.Atul ne bulaya hai!
Reva: Acha..(the nurse leaves) Yeh..kya horaha hai?? why m i wondering abt Nakkul??
SHe goes to Atul's cabin and knocks the door...
"May I cum in sir?"
Atul: Yes!
She enters..
At: Plz sit!
Reva: (after sitting) Jee Sir? apne mujhe bulaya tha?
At: Jee..apko ek case attend krne ke liye lonavla jana hoga!
Reva: Lonavla?
At: Jee..!
Reva: Sir main..main wahan nhe jasakti!
At: par kyun?
Reva: Sir..main..
At: Apke saath DR.NAKKUL bhi jayenge!
Reva: NAKKUL!!! (gets excited)
At:Yes woh bhi jayenge!
Reva: Ok sir main jaongi..kab jana hai?
At: kal shaam ko 7 baje!
Reva: OK..!
At: Apko wahan jaake sare patients ko chck krna hai..aur unki files mujhe lake submit krni hai!
Reva: Ok sir!!
At: Gud! nw u may leave!
She hurries outta the room..slamming the door behind...
At: Chalo beta Nakkul..tumhari setting toh maine kr di..baqi kam tera!
Reva jumps around in joy..around the General ward...thn corridor..thn finally Locker room...
Reva: (stopping at her locker) Yeh..yeh main kya krhi hon? Nakkul ke saath jane ke liye itni khushi?? u hv to calm dwn Reva! tujhe kya horaha hai? (she sees Nakkul standing at the door smiling at her) NOO!! (she shakes herself) Wahan koi nhe hai!! chillaxx!!!!
Scene:4
Juhi's cabin
Armaan continues..
Arm: hum donon uske ghar gaye par..
Flashbak
Rid: Darwaza toh lock hai? yeh dekho tala!!
Arm: Tala?
Rid: Armaan woh..woh chali gayi..woh chali gayi Armaan!!! (shouts)
A lady cumz frm behind...
Lady: jee apko kya chahiye?
Arm: Yahan pe..yahan pe ek aurat rehti thi..Juhi Mehra ! ap bata sakte hain ke woh kahan hai?
Lady: Woh toh kal raat hi yeh flat chorke chali gayi!
Rid: Kahan???
Lady: I'm sorry! woh mujhe nai pata!
She leaves and Ridhima falls in his arms..almst unconcious..
Arm: RIDHIMA!!
Rid: Woh chali gayi Armaan..meri beti ko leke...chali gayi..chali gayi...
FLASHBAK OVER
Arm: Humne Juhi ko dhodne ki bht koshish ki..magar woh nhe mili..fir akhir kar woh humein Sanjeevani men wapis mili..ussi din humne soch lia tha ke hum tumhein wapis paa ke rahen ge...Humne Sanjeevani sirf isiliye join kia tha!
Maya lukin at thm blankly..her face wet wid tears...she glances at Juhi..who is also crying...the whole situation is soo tensed..
Maya: Aur apne..apne aisa kyun kia Juhi aunty?
Juhi: Mujhe Padma ne bataya ke Armaan aur Ridhima ne shaadi krli hai..main darr gayi thi ke woh tumhein mujhse cheen lenge..isiliye main wahan se yahan shift hogayi!!
Maya: Chee..ap sub logon ko sirf apni pari hai..kisi ko apne pita ki..kisi ko apne pati ki ... aur kisi ko apni mamta ki..par kisi ne yeh nhe socha ke mera kya hoga..meri parwa kisi ne nhe ki!! Mujhe uss gurya ki tarah phek diya jo ek bache ko behlane ke liye kharidi jati hai..U PPL WERE EXCHANGING ME??? Ap ne yeh nhe socha ke main kya chahti hon?? mere zindagi ke saath khelte rahe...!!! Ek khilone ki tarah mujhe istamal kia...
Rid: Maya humein maaf kr do..
Maya: Maaf?? Apne meri zindagi ka mazak bana kr rakh diya..aur ap samajhte hain ke main apko maaf krdon gi?? Main marr bhi gayi na toh bhi ap logon ko maaf nhe karongi!! kabhi nhe!! I HATE U ALL!!! HATE U!!! (she shouts)
She leaves the room crying...Juhi turns to AR...
Juhi: Sub tum logon ki wajah se hua hai..tum log ja Sanjeevani aate na yeh hota!!! (she leaves the room)
Ridhima sits on her knees...crying out loud...Armaan cumz and hugs her...shattered today she hugs him bak...
Arm: Usse waqt do Ridhima..she will be fine..!!
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Thts all guys! hpe u all liked it! C u all nxt tym till thn u ppl take care of urself and othrs around u! Hv a blast :)
Love,
Catherine