Continuation of previous chapter:

" Armaan are you okay?"

" Umm....uh.......y.yeah"

" No Armaan you are not ok."

" No riddhima I am fine why are you asking like that? "

"You seem lost today, Is something wrong?"

" No nothing is wrong, just tired"

" Hmm.....ok"

Armaan and Riddhima will be talking while others also will be busy talking and laughing.

Riddhima gets up from table but she slips on the damp floor and lands on Armaan's lap while armaan holds her. They just stay in that position staring at each other while all others will be watching them dreamily.

Sid who is already furious comes to the cafe and watches the love scene in front of him and rages with anger.

Armaan and Riddhima come out of their trance listening to some sound and everyone turn to the direction of the sound.

Sid stood there clapping his hands laughing bitterly looking at Armaan and Riddhima who gains their composure and stands. All of them looked confused at Sid while riddhima stood their confused and nervous.

" Wow......wow what a scene?" Sid says clapping.

" You two should be acting in movies especially in which there are romantic scenes because you two fit just perfect and comfortable doing them" Sid says smiling bitterly stopping his claps .

"What are you saying Sid?" Riddhima asks shocked at his behavior.

" I am saying what I am seeing riddhima,don't act like you don't understand" Sid says angrily looking at her who is taken aback.

" Riddhima slipped due to the water on the floor Sid and I just helped her" armaan says when he looked riddhima hurt by Sid words.

" Oh really but it didn't look like you are helping her but romancing with her" Sid hisses angrily at armaan.

" SID " Armaan shouts getting angry.

" You are misunderstanding Sid, riddhima is getting hurt,watch your words Sid " armaan growls at him looking at riddhima whose tears fall down through her cheek.

"Why are shouting armaan? You shouldn't get angry, I should get angry. SEE THIS" shouting Sid throws the news paper on the table they have been seated.

Everyone gets worried seeing the situation but keeps quiet. Shashank and Keerthi who comes to cafe stood shocked looking at the sight in front of them. They stood there looking and listening at them.

Armaan takes the paper and looks what's in it while riddhima and others also peep to see. There will be a photo published of riddhima holding armaan while falling in the parking lot following by an article about them naming them as love birds.

Riddhima is stunned to see the picture as when and who clicked their picture in such a position.

" It's the picture of that day when riddhima was falling and Armaan holds her,you were also there at that time and saw that,it was just an accident Sid " Shilpa tries to make understand Sid.

" Yeah Sid, I think media was there and clicked the pictures to make news out of this...... that's it." Atul says.

" That's it ha that's it.......I can't believe why can't you people just understand that always riddhima is paired with Armaan in everything in spite of she being my wife" Sid again shouts.

" Oye gadhe.....chilla kyun rahe ho.....pehle bhi tumse kaha tha na humne ki woh log sirf unn dono ko jaanthe hai aur yeh nahi jaanthe hai tum uska pati ho......" Muskaan hisses at him.

" ha yeah kaha tha par zaroori nahi ki har baar yeh hota rahe aur mein chup rahoon" Sid replies back angrily and Riddhima just stood their listening to his sudden outburst with tears flowing.

" Siddhant why are you making a scene out of it in which there was no one's fault that to in front of everyone in the hospital's cafe humiliating riddhima........" Anji shots back at him.

" I am not humiliating her instead I feel humiliated everytime I see something like this" Sid says .

" Tum kehna Kya chaahte ho?" Rahul interrupts him.

" You think fault is mine but you people clearly cannot see your friend's fault in this.......right?" Sid asks everyone while Riddhima just kept looking down and Armaan looks frowning at Sid.

Keerthi and Shashank stood at the entrance of cafe behind everyone listening to their heated arguments.

" Sid bhaiya Kya Kar rahe ho,sab dekh rahe rahe hai......bas keejiye na...... riddhima bhabi ko dekho Kya haalat hai unki........" JP tries to calm him.

" Nahi JP aaj sab clear ho jaana chahiyeh....." Sid says determined.

"  Bahut tamaasha Kar chuke ho......ab jo bhi kehna hai saaf saaf kaho......" Muskaan snaps at him.

" tamaasha? Seriously guys.......I am saying truth.....truth of your friend" Sid says bitterly.

" You are blaming armaan......but for what?" Anji asks shocked.

" For what?..........Ok listen then.........
For everything.............
For coming between me and riddhima always............
For coming between a husband and wife relationship............
For using his tricks on riddhima to remind their past................
For confusing riddhima always whenever she tries to move on in her life............
For trying to snatch my wife away from me................" Sid spats bitterly while everyone stood shocked in their places.

Shilpa and JP cannot believe that Sid can think and act such low as they know what armaan is.

Riddhima stood speechless shutting her eyes tightly to control her pain with tears flowing continuously.

Anger bubbles in Muskaan and Rahul then looks at armaan who stood shocked holding back his tears looking down.

" Armaan has always come in between us , whenever we tried to move on or whenever we decide to give this marriage a chance.......always directly or indirectly he came between us."

" Why can't he move on?......there are many girls out there who are interested in him........he can just give them a chance and move on or at least try but no he was just back of riddhima always even knowing she is a married woman......." Sid says angrily while armaan tries to control his anger by balling his fists tightly,clenching his jaws and closing his eyes.

" And you know what is the sad part in all this is riddhima my wife doesn't allow him to move on.........
Whenever armaan tries to distant himself from riddhima she gets worried............
Whenever armaan tries to involve himself in other activities or get busy in his work she gets paranoid, scared,tensed and cries that armaan is losing himself because of her...........
Whenever he is little close to any girl or his friend or even Shilpa she gets jealous and angry..........." Sid says sadly  blinking his tears away.

Everyone looks sadly at riddhima who  slomps on the chair and cries closing her eyes.

Armaan couldn't bear looking at her crying and he gets angry on Sid who is  insulting riddhima in front of everyone.

" Enough Sid........ Enough,now stop it. I will not tolerate any more words against her........you are accusing me I can bear but I cannot bear one more word that hurts her" Armaan warns Sid going all red with anger pointing finger at him.

" Did I say anything wrong armaan? No. I am just saying the truth that's it. She does not move on in her life and also doesn't let you to move on in your life........" Sid replies to armaan.

" Armaan didn't not come between you two Siddhant but you came in between them....their love......their life" Atul says angrily.

" Agar aaj tum na hote inn dono ke beech mein, toh yeh dono kab ke mil chuke hote......tumhaara bakwaas sunte hue yaha khade nahi hote........samjha tumne" Muskaan spats at him furiously pointing finger at him.

" Things have happened in our lives and she got married to you,that doesn't mean you can blame them for everything" Anji snaps at him.

" Oh really.......if there is nothing wrong in armaan and his intentions then why can't he just move on " Sid asks angrily.

" Oh god! Armaan loves riddhima so much that he cannot forget her and give her place to some random girl Mr. Siddhant.......this is called true love and you don't understand it." Rahul says glaring at him .

" There is no need of finding any random girl Dr. Rahul , one girl is there who loves him but he ignores her,hurts her,pushes her away because he wants riddhima back and snatch her away from me" Sid says and everyone looks at him confused while armaan narrows his eyes confused and Shilpa gets tensed praying to God.

" Kyaa bakwaas Kar rahe ho tum......kahaaniya bana Raha hai armaan par saara blame daalne ke liye" Muskaan interrupts him.

" I don't need to make any stories I said what is truth. Infact riddhima also knows that girl's feelings as she was jealous of her. And you guys want to know who is that girl? She is shilpa." Sid finishes angrily and Armaan gets frozen while Shilpa falls in her seat covering her face with her hands crying and everyone looks shocked at her.

Listening to her sobs armaan comes out of his trance and stares at her crying. He doesn't understand anything ,he stood there just confused.

" DAD!!!!....."- Anji

" Sir when did you come?"- Atul

" Everything is fine Sir just a small misunderstanding"- Rahul

" I heard everything doctors" Shashank says looking at Sid who looks away.

Shashank looks at armaan who turns to other side to hide his pain.

Keerthi goes to riddhima and places her hand on her shoulder squeezing to comfort her.

Shashank looks at riddhima who will be looking down to hide her tears from him.

He looks at Shilpa who tries to make a straight face to show that she is alright.

Sighs

He goes to the table,picks up the newspaper and reads the news. He goes to Sid holding the paper in his hands.

" You are accusing armaan because of this? You are hurting my daughter because of this? You are creating a show in the hospital all because of this?" Shashank says angrily and throws away the paper.

" No Sir not only because of this but also for many things that are happening past few days..........like how they are being paired up for everything, like how they care for each other, like how they act like they don't love each other anymore but eventually everything comes and stops at their love, like how riddhima cannot move on from her past and makes both of our lives miserable, like how armaan cannot leave riddhima behind and move on in his life,like......like everything." Sid finishes his ranting and looks at Shashank.

" Aap yeh saari baatein Ghar jaake akhele mein bhi toh Kar sakte hain.....yaha sab ke saamne iss tarah tamaasha karke kya saabit karna chaahthe hai aap? " Shashank questions him.

" Dr. Shashank I will tell you why Sid had done like this" Shilpa interrupts while everyone looks at her and she  continues.............

" Sid did all these to prove himself as victim by accusing Armaan. Right Sid?" Shilpa asks him standing right in front of him .

" No I was angry, I couldn't handle all this anymore and I want answers " sid says with a frown.

" Before going further I want to say something to you and everyone over here and you may find your answers also" Shilpa says with challenging look.

" I want to confess somethings. Yes, I loved armaan but reasons are different. I was surely attracted to armaan because of his nature, kindness and maybe for his looks also as you all know any girl would be attracted to him. To overcome my feelings and all I started to ignore and avoid him totally. Then I came to know that Armaan and Riddhima once loved each other. I felt bad and when I saw how badly armaan was in love with her I thought my feelings are wrong and I shouldn't feel like this as I.I. I considered riddhima as my sister." Shilpa pauses and takes a deep breath to continue while armaan was totally shocked at this reveletion.

"After some days I found a diary in a dust bin. I opened it and read it. I got fascinated and mesmerized by the content in it. It was not only a diary it was a heart of a boy and his feelings that showed how much he loved a girl. By reading their love story I became a fan of that boy because I didn't know that a boy can love a girl so much. Eventually I came to know that the owner diary is none other than Armaan and the boy & girl are Armaan and Riddhima. First I was shocked but understood their situation later. As I came to know how great was their love I felt my feelings are nothing towards armaan as my love was just a drop of water when compared to their love of ocean." Shilpa pauses to see everyone listening to her intently.She goes near armaan and hold his hands.

" Armaan it's true that I loved you once but I got to know that was just infatuation after reading your diary and came to know what true love is. When you offered your friendship and help I was so overwhelmed. I realised that your friendship matters to me more than anything in my life not even my love and my feelings for you. I don't have anybody in this world armaan and your friendship matters me the most. I don't want to lose your friendship at any cost. Please Armaan if  I have hurted you or you are angry on me,sorry armaan....... give me any punishment but please don't break our friendship......please Armaan" Shilpa says to him with tears and his freinds smile at her as they know what he will do.

" You are so stupid Shilpa why I will lose such an amazing freind like you. You will always be my friend no matter what happens and where we are ok." Armaan says smiling at her and she nods smiling.

" I am warning you Dr. Shilpa don't you ever dare to say that you don't have anybody in this world. We all are here for you. I am here as your friend and always be there for you. My friends are your friends too. You have sanjeevani and most importantly you have riddhima your elder sister here." Armaan glares at her playfully and she looks at everyone who nods at her smiling accepting her as their friend.

"Thank you" Shilpa says and cries looking at armaan who wipes her tears and hugs her to comfort her and Riddhima & Shashank smiles with tears looking proudly at armaan.

" You did not commit any crime Shilpa and you need not explain yourself to me and anyone " armaan says seriously releasing her from hug.

" Yeah but some things are needed to be cleared out armaan ,I am happy you understood and  also I have some unfinished business" Shilpa says and turns to Sid.

" You said you need answers right Sid? But before that I need some answers from you" Shilpa says standing in front of him with pointed look.
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To be continued..............

Oh my God!!!!! This is the longest chapter till now.
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