Continuation of previous chapter:-

" Again it's happening......same as before......" Anji says with tears falling from her eyes.

" Anjali it's ok ,ridz and Armaan will be fine don't worry" Rahul consoles.

" Nahi.....Anji sahi keh rahi wahi ho Raha hai Jo ek saal pehle hua tha......
Pehle jaisa haadsa......
Pehle jaisa ridz musibat mein padna......
Pehle jaisa armaan ka chale jaana ridzy ko bachaane.......
Aur.....aur......." Muskaan stops saying and cries while others like Shilpa,Sid , JP just stood listening to them.

" Nahi aisa nahi ho sakta iss baar......pichle baar ki tarah kuch nahi hoga......hey baghwaan hamaare dosthon ko kuch mat hone Dena......."
Atul prays in fear.

" Aap log Kya keh rahe hai?" Shilpa asks them in fear.

" Ek saal pehle bhi aisa hi hua tha.....
Armaan aur riddhima ka engagement tha uss din.....hum sab bahut kush the ,armaan aur ridzy ka kushi ka toh koi tikaana hi nahi tha......par...." Muski trails off remembering that awful day which destroyed everything.

Atul and Anjali explains them everything which happened on that day.

Sid,Shilpa listens to them keenly as they don't know nothing about it. Shilpa thinks that there is nothing like AR 's love in the whole world when she understood what they did for each other. Sid also feels same but he is tensed now as riddhima is danger inside.

" Uss din ne humse apna sab kuch cheen liya......our love,our friendship,sanjeevani,happiness.......humaara paagalpan and......and ourselves also......." Saying this Muskaan cries and Rahul hugs her tightly to console her.

" And today that all is happening again and I am afraid what we are going to lose today......." Saying this Anjali cries falling on her knees and Atul hugs her crying.

Sid,Shilpa and JP also cries silently seeing them. Shashank and keerthi also cries listening to their conversation and prays to God that they both should be fine.

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"ARMAAAAAANNNNNN" riddhima screams and falls down.

Armaan closes his eyes with tears and fell unconscious.

Riddhima will be unable to take Armaan's situation and faints.
( Sad version of Title song of dill Mill gayye plays in the background ).

The police with the help of volunteers take them outside on the stretchers while everyone looks shocked at them on stretchers lying unconscious. They all rushes to them and takes them to Sanjeevani praying that nothing should happen to them.

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Basket....I love you.......

I love you too Armaan......

Mein Armaan Mallik tumse waadha karta Hoon ki mein tumse hamesha pyaar karoonga.......

Hoye....hoye.......

Armaan tum mujhse itna ladthe kyun ho........

Basket tum itna rothe kyun ho........

Armaan....yeh kya kar rahe ho........

Maine waadha Kiya tha na riddhima.....ki.....mein tumhe chod Kar kabhi nahi jaaunga........

Armaaannnn............

Riddhhiiimmmaaaa............

ARMAAANNNN..............

BASKET.............
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Riddhima who is unconscious on the hospital bed gets all the flashes of Armaan, their love , shootout and today's accident...........

"ARMAAAAAANNNNNN.............."

Riddhima shouts and sits on her bed panting looking at her surroundings for armaan.

Sid who sat near her bed jerks from his seat and rushes to riddhima to hold her and says her to calm down.

" Armaan....armaan kaha hai? Kaisa hai?..... Kaha hai armaan?......" Riddhima will be continously ranting her questions shivering with fear.

Sid feels happy that riddhima got conscious but gets disappointed as she is worried only about armaan and nothing else.

" Riddhima Sshhh....it's ok ,everything is fine......" Sid tries to pacify her.

" Nahi.....mujhe armaan ke paas jaana hai.......I want to see him......" Saying this riddhima jumps off her bed and runs to the door.

Sid tries to control her but riddhima wriggles in his hold and runs out of the room.

On the other hand gang will be waiting outside the ICU where Armaan's treatment is going on. Shashank,keerthi will be inside treating him. They turn and see a tensed riddhima running through the corridors searching. When ridz finds her friends she runs towards them.......

" Di armaan kaisa hai? kaha hai woh?......" Ridz asks them worriedly while Sid came running behind her.

" Armaan ka treatment chal Raha hai andhar, don't worry sab teek ho jaayega" Atul says patting her back.

Riddhima goes near the door and see through it. She sees armaan lying there unconscious with oxygen mask, glucose ,blood tubes attached to him.
He has wounds on his body which were treated and bandaged which are caused by the glass pieces.

She just stares at him through glass door with tears flowing out of her eyes.

" Ridzy come sit here armaan will be ok" Muski says to her but her senses were not working.

" Di aap fikar mat kariyeh kuch nahi hoga armaan ko......." Shilpa says but kept mum when she noticed riddhima is not responding.

" Ridz ,Are you okay?......ridz?" Anji tries to ask her but ridz kept mum.

" Riddhima please say something, see here,talk to us........riddhima" Sid says while grabbing her shoulders forcing her to look at him but in vain she just looks at him with no emotions and again turn to see armaan.

Rahul comes to her,holds her hand and stares at armaan as riddhima does.

"Yaad hai riddhima kitni baar yeh paagal aisa harkat Kar chuka hai.......ek jagah kaamosh se rahta hi nahi.......koi bhi musibat ho hamesha pehla kada rahta tha uska saamna Karne ke liye apni jaan ki fikar bhi nahi karte hue......"
Saying this Rahul looks at her who also looks at him with tears. While everyone also looks at them with tears.

" Tum jaante ho na tumhaare liye woh kisi bhi hadh tak jaa sakta hai......pehle bhi kahi baar apne zindagi katre mein daal Kar tumhe bachaya tha......infact hum sab ko bhi bachaya tha........" Rahul says smiling sadly and looks at her who nods her head with tears.

" Armaan ne aaj bhi wahi kiya hai.....usse kuch ho jaata toh?" Riddhima asks crying while everyone smiles as she is responding to Rahul.

Rahul holds her and make her sit on the chair nearby and kneels down in front of her.......

" He loves you so much......more than his life and more than anything in this world........he will save you at any cost even putting his life at stake.......we all know this.......we have seen this many times him doing it......but he also won everytime riddhima. He is a fighter......he can do anything for his loved ones especially when it comes to you.......but he will come out of it, you see like everytime. He will be fine and will be talking to us in sometime ok.......now don't worry, he will be alright." Rahul assures to her smiling while riddhima bends and hugs him with tears. Everyone looks at them and smiles while Sid, Shilpa and JP just stood there staring at them.

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Riddhima just sat there staring at space and everyone left her alone for sometime as she needs some space.

After a while Shashank and keerthi comes out of ICU and all of them rushes to them.

" Everything is fine doctors ,armaan has some wounds on hands and legs ,a major wound on his body due to the fall of burnt rod on him. All the wounds have been treated and he is still unconscious ." Shashank assures them and glances at Riddhima who will be just looking down blankly.

" We will shift him to the ward when he will get conscious and you all go and take some rest" keerthi says and walks off from there.

Shashank goes near riddhima and holds her hand.

" Are you okay riddhima? " Shashank asks with concern but she kept quiet.

" Riddhima Armaan is fine now.....there is nothing serious and nothing to worry....ok......."Shashank again assures her while looks at him and nods her head in yes.

" You can meet armaan in the morning when he is conscious,now go and rest for a while" saying this Shashank goes from there.

" Ridz let's go now come on" Anji says but she is numb without any movement.

" We will come morning now we will go home it's already past midnight" Rahul tries to convince her and Muski signs everyone to let her be here and they all walks away from there.

"Riddhima get up we need to go home" Sid shakes her body but she just sits numb as she was not in her senses thinking about armaan.

" Riddhima....." Sid yells at her to which she looks up.

" You go home I will come afterwards" saying this she gets up glances at  armaan once and goes towards locker room and Sid follows her.

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Riddhima splashes water on her face,comes and sits on the bench in the locker room. Sid observes her and doesn't like the way riddhima is behaving. He was getting angry on how bothered she is about armaan without caring about anybody else.

Riddhima moves to ICU where armaan is there and goes inside the room. She slowly takes steps towards armaan with heavy heart and warm tears in her eyes. Her heart aches seeing him in this situation and curses herself for being responsible for his state. She goes and sits near the bed on which armaan is laying.

Sid sees this and goes away from there angrily .

Riddhima gets hold of Armaan's hand and cries saying sorry to him. She sits there just watching him and remincing all their memories with tears flowing continuously.

To be continued.........

Love AR.