Part6

Breakfast Table

Mr.Mallik, Dr.Shashank, Padma nd Anjie were there when ridhhima came..

"Gud morning papa..." Ridhhima greeted him with her charming smile

"Gud morning beta.. Have you discussed with your team about Sanjeevni..?" Mallik asked  "Not yet papa.. Aaj meeting mein discuss kareinge, Atul bhi hoga na vahan..isliye" Ridhhima replied looking here nd there (just like shilpa used to do) "Okk..spill the beans..What is it beta..?" Mr.Mallik asked glaring ridhhima.. "Umm.vo..no..nothing papa..main chalti hoon, der ho rahi hai.." she said timidly.. Mr.Mallik took a sigh "Ridhhimaaaaa..Say it beta..I know tum Rahul,Muskaan ya Armaan mein se kisi ki sifaarish lekar aayi ho.." "papa..vo..pehle aap promise kijiye ki unpe gussa nai honge.." she said making a baby face nd sitting beside him "See I was so right..Achha chalo I promise..ab batao kya baat hai..?" Ridhhima closed her eyes nd said it all in one go "papa..Apne kal Rahul aur di se shaadi ke liye poocha to wo ghabra gaye thhe.. Phir jab humne kal raat ko baat ki to Rahul said that they wanna get married before Di goes for inspection to Sanjeevni.." Mr.Mallik smiled at his daughter's innocence nd said "Arre to ismein darne wali kya baat hai..I'm so happy.." now changing his exprssions "aur mujhe ek baat batao.. tum hamesha ki tarah kyun aayi ho Rahul ki sifarish karne..shaadi usse karni hai ya tumhe Huhh..?" Ridhhima now relaxed, got up nd stood behind his chair nd hugged him surrounding his neck with her arms nd said very sweetly "Voh isliye papa..kyunki hum sab jaante hain ki aap kabhi bhi mujhe NA nai kehte..Nd you are the best Father in this World..Achha ab main chalti hoon unn dono ko batane Di ki tension ke maare buri halat hai..bye papa..love you.." She said giggling

"Iss ghar ka harr rishta Ridhhima ki vajah se hai.. Pehle mujhe apna papa banaya, mere dono beton ko achha insaan banaya, Pyar karna sikhaya, phir Arav iss ghar mein aya..Aur aaj , ek aur rishta de gayi.." Mr.Mallik said holding onto shashank's hand on the table with wet eyes.. "Socha hi nai thha ke Armaan ke gusse mein Indai jaane ke baad , kabhi usse ya iss ghar mein kisi ko muskurata dekhunga..Lekin na jaane isne kya jaadoo kar diya hai..Isski ek muskurahat se hi saari pareshaniyan dur ho jaati hain.." he looked at shashank nd realised how emotional he got  "Oh..I'm sorry Mr.Gupta maine apne saath aapko bhi emotional kar diya.."  "Nahi Mr.Mallik..Betiyaan hoti hi aisi hain..You're a lucky man ki Ridhhima aapko pita maanti hai..KAYI BAAR BACHE HUMEIN SAHI RAASTA DIKHA TE HAIN..APNE VOH RAASTA APNA LIYA..AUR MAIN NAI APNA PAYA.." "Ji..? main samjha nai Mr.Gupta.." Mr.Mallik asked confused "Umm..kuch nai..Excuse me.." Shashank left the table

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"Aap bhi unki shaadi se khush hain aaj..Yeh sirf aapka gussa hai haina..?apni beti ko itna pyaar milte dekh aapki aakhein nai bhar aati..?"  "Haan Padma.. Main maanta hun ki jab vo dono yahan aaye to main unpe gussa thha kyunki zindagi mein pehli baar main hara thha..Aur aaj Ridhhima ko khush dekhkar main kosta hoon uss pal ko jab maine Armaan ko Sanjeevni se nikala.. Kitna pyar karta hai vo humari beti se.." crying "maine to gusse mein kaha thha ki main usse bhul jaunga lekin vo to sach mein humein bhul gayi Padma.."  "Nai.. Na Ridhhima na Armaan.. koi nai bhula humein..Varna pehle din jab hum yahan aaye thhe to Armaan mera aashirwad nai leta..Aur na hi Arav ke haath mein vo kada hota jo humne Ridhhima ke bache ke liye rakha thha.." Padma said consoling her husband

**FLASHBACK**

-----Ting Tong-----

"Arre Ridhhima Armaan..? Aao na beta..Shashank abhi abhi Sanjeevni ke liye gaye hain.."  "Maa hum aapse milne aaye hain..Aakhri baar.." Ridhhima said "Aakhri baar..?" "Haan maa..Main Armaan se alag hoke nai ji sakti aur yeh baat Dr.Shashank Gupta nai samjhenge.. Isliye hum humesha humesha ke liye India chodkar Armaan ki family ke paas ja rahe hain.." Armaan handed her an envelope "Maa ismein Ridhhima aur maskaan ke resignations hain kyunki Muskaan bhi yahan nai rehna chati.." they bent down to touch padma's feet "Khusk raho bachon..Ruko main abhi aayi.." she came down from her room giving something wrapped in red cloth "yeh lo beta yeh kada tumhare bachpan ka hai.. Isse bache ko buri nazar se bachane ke liye pehnate hain..tum bhi apne bache ko yahi pehnana, mera aashirwad samajhke.." saying so she brushed Ridhhima's hair crying.. "We'll miss you maa.."Armaan said hugging Padma

Few Hours Later

"Padmaa..Padmaa'Yeh envelope..?" shashank asked padma showing her the envelope Armaan handed her.. "voh..Armaan aur Ridhhima aaye thhe..Vo dono Humesha ke liye humari zindagi se aur India se bhi chale gaye..aur Muskaan bhi unn ke saath.." angrily "main usse nai chodunga..Kahan gaye hain voh log..?"  "Ji pata nai..Ridhhima ne bas yehi kaha ke voh dono india ke bahar Armaan ki family ke paas ja rahe hain.." Shashank Gupta had been defeated for the first time in his life.. He was angry.. "Aaj ke baad iss ghar mein koi unn dono ka naam nai lega.. Bhul jao ki iss ghar ki koi Ridhhima naam ki beti thhi.."

**FLASHBACK ENDS**

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Arav's nursery

Armaan was sitting nd relaxing while Ridhhima has been running after her son to make him eat.. "Aravvv.. ruk jao beta.. finish your food.." "nai.. pehle aap mujhe paklo.." Arav said naughtily nd kept running "Arav kya kar rahe ho baby.. stop Arav.." "nai mama..mujhe paklo..tabhi main kahunga.." sighing as she caught him "pakad liyaaa..Bohot shaitaan ho gaye ho aap baby..Ek dum papa jaise.." Arav giggled in response as he saw Padma standing at the door of the nursery.. but both Armaan nd ridhhima didn't notice.. "Hmm.. to main tumhe shaitaan lagta hoon basket..?" Armaan asked "ofcourse..Kabhi kabhi to tum mein aur arav mein koi fark nai lagta mujhe.." she said teasingly "achha..abhi to maine koi shaitaani nai ki tab yeh haal hai jab karunga tab kya karogi..hmm.." he took hold of arav nd tossed him in air nd caught him while he giggled loudly " Ab yeh mera beta hai to meri tarah hi hoga na..Cutie pie nd Apple of every girl's eye.."  "Ji nai yeh mera beta hai aur yeh meri tarah hi shareef hoga.. tumhari tarah flirt nai.."  "Oye madam.. agar main flirt nai karta to aap sharmaati kis baat pe.." as he said it she blushed "bilkul aise hi.. you look so beautiful when you blush, my love" Her cheeks were deep crimson now "Armaan kuch to sharam karo..Do ssal ka beta hai yahan tumhara aur tum ho ke flirt kar rahe ho.."  "Arre to achha hai na voh bhi seekh lega.. aage jaake ani Girlfriends ke sath problem nai hogi usse.." he said cheekily "Girlfriends..? Armaan tum kitni ladkiyaan laana chate ho iski zindagi mein..?" she said with mocking anger "zyada nai basket.. par kya karun yeh HUMARA beta hai.. you know he has inherited his features from the most beautiful lady nd the most handsome man on this Earth.. to tum hi socho.." giggling "armaan sudhar jao.. do do bachon ko samhalna mere bas ki nai hai.." he was shocked "Basket tumne mujhe pehle kyun nai bataya.. do do bache.. you mean main phirse.." before he could complete "Shut up Armaan main Tumhari aur Arav ki baat kar rahi thhi.. tum kisi bache se kam ho kya.."

"nai.." they heard Arav saying it with a sweet dimply smile nd burst out laughing..

As they were moving out of the nursery they saw padma there nd stopped when Arav asked "mama yeh kaun hain..? yeh to yahan bohot der se khadi hain.." Ridhhima didn't want to answer arav's question ut Armaan did "Arav yeh aapki nani hain.." Ridhhima glared at him while he gave an assuring nod "aaiye maa.." Ridhhima finally said "Padma came in nd blessed Arav "Thankyou beta.. tumne mujhe paraya nai kiya.. tum nai jaanti main kitni khush hoon tumhein yahan apne parivaar mein khush dekh kar.. Sach bataun beta.. to arav ko pehli baar dekhke tumhari yaad aayi thhi mujhe.. tu bhi bachpan mein itni hi shaitaan thhi.." Arav interrupted "matlab main papa ki talah nai mama ki talah shaitaan hoon.. haina nani..?" They had a hearty laugh on what arav said.. Armaan left after a while for the two ladies to catch up while Arav was still there playing.. They had a few sweet mother nd Daughter talks nd Finally Ridhhima had her One of the Three lost relationships back with her'

Part 7

Drona  [New Character Enters here]

"hey Muski.. hey Rids..hey Armaan''!" a handsome man with sweet face entered in the conference room nd greeted his friends.. "hey buddy.." armaan said looking up from the file.. "hi bhaiya.." ridhhima said with a smile.. "oye hi ke bache.. kal kahan thha.. We've been calling you..?" muskaan said in mocking anger.. "arre yar I had a date.. samjha kar na.. why have you been calling me nd why are we in this conference room..?" "bhaiya we were calling you to give the news about the Love Birds of our house who are a to-be-couple soon'.." Ridhhima said teasing muskaan "what'.? But how..?I know they don't have those guts to talk to Jai uncle about it on there own.." "yup you're right but as usual Ridhhima did it for us.." muskaan said with a sheepish grin "Ridhhima..I suppose we're here for the meeting.. but Ms.AnjaliShashankGupta is still not here for the presentation.." armaan said irritably "hey whose this AnjaliShashankGupta..? nd why are we waiting for her..?" the man asked confused "Bhaiya she is here for the deal reagarding Sanjeevni.. If we are convinced by today's presentation then all four of us will be going there for inspection nd helping them come out of their financial crisis.. Nd armaan we're here before time, there are still 5 mins. left.." she said calming armaan "okk fine..if she's not here in 5mins. I'll leave for my duty.." as soon as he finished his sentence Anjie enetered carrying her laptop, wearing a jeans nd a top with her hair loose.. She saw an only face there that was unknown to her coz she knew AR nd muskaan already.. "What a handsome man.. He looks so cute.." she thought looking at him as he extended his hand "Hi..I'm Dr.Atul Joshi.." she sumhow managed to say it "Hi I'm Dr.Anjali Gupta.. Nice meeting you.." the meeting was over soon.. In the whole meeting Atul nd Anjie were getting distracted looking at each other.. All Atul could do was just gazing her through out the meeting while on the otherhand anjie was getting concious nd blushing sumtime.. After the meeting as soon as Anjie was out of the conference hall, she thought to wait for Atul to come but she heard Armaan saying "Finally.. why can't we now say it to dad that we're not convinced nd are for sure not interested in this deal.. The Gupta Family's chapter is over then.." "but why are you saying this Armaan..?" Atul asked confused "bhaiya you remember I told you about my Family.. Well that was my Elder sister Anjali Gupta nd my father is the dean of Sanjeevni.." Ridhhima said explaining to atul "Ohh..okk..I'll do as you guys want..I'm with you for anything you say.." atul said putting a hand on Ridhhima's shoulder but he still can't push Anjali out of his mind..

"Nai bhaiya no need for that..We'll be fair in this deal..Ms.Gupta gave a pretty gus presentation nd we'll help Sanjeevni..Thats my opinioon.." Ridhhima says "Guys even I'm with Rids.." Atul said with his innocent smile "Ridhhima kyun..? Why are you doing this.. They'll not change at any cost.." Armaan says  impateintly "Armaan vo issliye coz yeh Papa ka commitment hai..Nd secondly I think we owe atleast this much to Sanjeevni..Agar Sanjeevni na hota to hum kabhi na milte Armaan.. Plzzz do it for us'" Ridhhima said with a smile as she knew Armaan would say YES now.. "Okk fine.. but if anything happens, don't balme me then.." "So guys kab chalna hai inspection ke liye..?" Muskaan asked thinking of her's nd Rahul's wedding .. "Why are you in a hurry..? Jai uncle se baat karte hain then we'll decide.." Atul said studying her impateince "Bahiya yeh inspection ki nai balki shaadi ki jaldi hai.. Kyun Dii'?" Ridhhima said giggling

"Ab chalein..We'll talk to dad about their wedding in the evening nd go next week to India.." Armaan moved out followed by all of them but noone noticed anjie is still there except Atul.. "Ummm..Dr.Atul..can we..talk for sometime.." Anjie said fumbling

"Sure why not Ms.Gupta.." "please call me Anjali.."..

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"So.. How do you like it here..?" Atul asked formally "Its gud.. but things have changed a lot.." she said sadly "things do change when we change Anjali'" he said sincerely .. She looked at hin for a while nd then spoke "You do know everything about me nd Ridhhima.. right..?" "Yeah..I was the only one in whom she confided enough to share all her griefs other than Armaan.." "So you guys must be great friends.. coz rids doesn't confide on people that easily.." anjie asked again this time with a smile "Yup..actually I'm Armaan's childhood friend nd Rids takes me as a brother.." he said with a smile too.. "You guys are really lucky to have her.." "Even you had her in your life but you just ignored your own sister when she needed you right..?" he said in a lil rude tone.. "No.. Noone knows the truth behind my behaviour.. Armaan was a really gud friend of mine then why would I be unhappy with their marriage.." she said "So whats the truth..? nd Why don't you say it if it can get you back to your sister..?" atul said irritably "I can't..coz I don't want dad to be alone.. Mom is happy with the marriage but dad was hurt coz Rids chose Armaan  on Dad.." she sighed "I would have lost my father if not a sister atul.. forget it you won't understand it.." "well certainly I do.. nd even Rids would when she'll know the truth.." he said with a reassuring smile "No please.. Don't tell her anything.. dad needs me right now.. nd you know how Armaan nd Rids have been reacting towards him these days.. So plz.. I confided in you.." "don't worry you have a friend.." he said squeezing her hand.. As they came into contact they felt a sudden shiver.. But managed to stay normal.. The feeling was inexplicable.. Anjali had never felt anything like this for any man.. Nd Atul's mind was literally stuck on Anjali, his 'New Friend'..

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In the evening all the people in Mallik Mansion were happy.. Guptas were happy as they got the deal nd Malliks were happy as after three days Rahul nd Muski are to be married..

Atul, Rahul, Muskaan, Armaan nd Ridhhima were sitting in the lounge nd Arav was set free run around nd play.. he was playing with a ball when he suddenly kicked it hard nd it went into the guest room where Shashank , Padma nd Anjali were sitting nd talking.. They stopped when they saw Arav coming in abit scared "Nani meli ball..?" he said looking at Padma.. Padma bent down on her knees nd extended her hand to Arav as so call him near.. he came closer to ask "nani yeh kaun hai..?" he pointed to Anjie nd Shashank "beta yeh aapki'." Before Padma could complete Ridhhima came in searching for Arav.. "Hmm..to aap yahan ho.." walking towards Arav "mama aapko kabse dhund rahi thhi baby.. chalo.." she said smiling nd picking up Arav "maa aap bhi aaiye na.. Hum bahar Di aur Rahul ki shaadi ki planning kar rahe hain.." "Nai beta tum log  karo taiyaari..kuch kaam ho to bata dena okk.." she said brushing Arav's hair "Ms.Gupta..Bhaiya aapko bahar bula rahe hain..If u want you are welcome to join us.." as she said so nd was walking out of the room Arav asked "mama yeh kaun hain..?" "beta yeh dadu k saath kaam karte hain..ab chale maasi aapko bula rahi thhi.." she said kissing Arav "haan mama..Lekin kal chachu keh rahe thhe ke vo meri maasi nai ab se vo meri chachi hogi..Maasi, chachi kaise hogi mama..?" Arav asked making a confused baby face.. Ridhhima had a hearty laugh at her son's question nd said "BBeta maasi se hi pooch lena..She's the perfect person to tell you this okk.." as she moved out of the room still laughing at Arav's question , in the room Shashank was almost in tears as Ridhhima only referred him to as Mr.Malik's colleague while Anjie followed them to the lounge to meet Atul, witnessing the whole chat between Ridhhima nd Arav.. as they were seated after all the hi's.. Ridhhima said with a smile addressing muskaan "Di..Arav aapse kuch poochna chahta hai.." as she said it Anjie immideately looked at Ridhhima she thought Ridhhima was addressing her as 'Di' but she kept quiet as she saw Ridhhima looking at Maskaan nd not her.. Certainly Atul did notice this nd gave her hand an assuring squeeze.. "haan Arav kya pochna hai aapko..poocho'"Muskaan said in a adorable tone.. He again asked the same question "maasi aap meri chachi kaise hogi..? aap to meri maasi ho na..?" hearing this all of them laughed too while Muskaan blushed..

They had all their planning done with even Anjali involved as "Atul's Friend" for which she thanked him.. As they were done nd were hell tiered everyone retiered to their rooms as next three days are gonna be really hectic'

THIS WAS A LONG ND A SUFFICIENT PART I SUPPOSE..
NEXT UPDATE IN 3-4 DAYS.. Rahul nd Muski getting married..
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frnd.of.frndz2009-02-10 11:44:35