The Distance Between Us

Track Forty Three - The Scientist

Previously On...

Billy and Jaanhavi's father, Avinash arrive. Armaan has them arrested. It is revealed that the two abused Jaanhavi which is why no one associates with them.

Armaan & Nikki make up. Nikki finds out that Sid stopped Armaan's attempts to reach out to her and confronts him in front of Riddhima & Abhi, which leads to all three of the abandoning him.

Armaan gets restraining orders against Billy & Avinash. He then spends a lot of time with Padma, talking about Bua Maa.

Track 43 - The Scientist, Coldplay

"OH MY GODS!" Nikki squealed. "THIS IS EVEN BETTER THAN I IMAGINED. IT'S THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!"

She jumped on Armaan's back, hugging him around his neck. "Thank you, thank you, thank you! You're the best!" She declared. Armaan laughed at her childish antics and shook his head. Some things never did change. Most of all, his relationship with Nikki. Almost 25 years now, and they'd seen so many ups and downs, and yet, she remained his best friend, as he remained hers, and they always found their way back to each other. It was soothing, having her back. Armaan felt like his life was almost complete now. As complete as it would be. No one would ever be able to fill the void that Riddhima left in his life. He'd accepted that and made his peace with it.

"Okay, okay," he laughed. "Get down, you loon! You don't want Brooke to think you're a hooligan, do you?" He asked, rhetorically.

"BROOKE DAVIS IS HERE?" Anjali shouted.

"Of course she's here! Where do you think she'd be?" Armaan questioned.

"She's here and you didn't even tell us!" Anjali shrieked. "This is not the outfit I wanted to be dressed in when I met her for the first time!!" She said, gesturing to her full sleeved tee and loose pants.

"Well, seeing as it's her boutique, I thought you'd deduce that she's going to be here," Armaan replied.

"F*ck that noise!" Nikki interrupted. "You're on first name basis with her?"

Armaan laughed. "Yeah! Brookie and I go way back!"

"Broo -- broo -- Brookie?" Nikki stuttered. "You gave her a nickname!"

Armaan shrugged. "Yeah. What's the big deal about it?"

"This is the biggest deal ever, Armaan Mallik! As your best friend, I DEMAND THAT YOU INTRODUCE US!" Nikki ordered.

"Aye, aye, cap'n!" Armaan agreed. "I will. But for that, we need to go inside. Shall we?" He asked,looking around at all the eager faces surrounding him - Nikki, Anjali, Muskaan, Riddhima, Shilpa, Navneeta, and even Dr. Kirti. All of them looked like they were going to die out of anticipation. It was a good thing they didn't know that Brooke was responsible for his entire wardrobe. He had a feeling they'd never let him dress in peace if they found out. And, suddenly, he was missing Rahul more than ever. Why did Tamanna have to have that super secret, yet exciting, errand to run today of all days? And why did she need only Rahul to accompany her and no one else? How was he going to deal with all this excitement?

The only thing on his agenda for the day had been to have a final fitting for his tux for the wedding and then spend the day in peace, lazing around, or maybe writing music. But then, Muskaan had gotten wind of the fact that fitting was at Clothes Over Bros and the whole thing had spiralled from there. He did not know that these ladies were such huge fans of everything Brooke Davis. So, of course,they jumped at the chance to go to an actual boutique, even Shilpa, though he'd brought her here a few times before. Thank god Jaanhavi had decided to spend the day with Rohan and Tamanna had stuff to do. Otherwise, those two would also have been here, squealing with the rest of them. Well, not all of them. Riddhima & Dr. Keerti weren't as excited as the others. Even Muskaan was a little mellow. But Anjali, Nikki, and Navneeta looked about ready to pass out.