Chapter 15

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Two hours passed quickly. Kripa and Suhit circulated throughout the large hall, talking and laughing. With the help of Suhit, Kripa made many connections. She was sure that this was one of the perks that Alliyah had talked about- she met writers, publishers, editors…you name it, she met them. Not to mention the celebrities and the socialites one would see or read about in their day-to-day life.

 

It was like a dream she never knew she dreamt come true. She looked & felt amazing and she was flanked by a gorgeous rock star who was so friendly and down-to-earth. Speaking of which, he leaned over and whispered, "Let's head out to the balcony; I want to talk to you about something." Curious, Kripa nodded and the pair walked out of the congested hall and into the small balcony. The night air was serene and Kripa closed her eyes, taking a deep breath of clean air. After spending time in that hall filled with smells of perfumes and sweat, it was nice to finally be able to breathe freely.

 

"Do you have feeling for Angad Khanna?"

 

Kripa whipped her head around to stare at Suhit incredulously. "W-w-what?" she squeaked.

 

"I said," Suhit said calmly, "do you have feelings for Angad Khanna?"

 

"What are you talking about?! Did you drink that stupid cocktail? I told you not to drink it! It's all vodka and rum and nothing else!" Kripa lectured, unsure of what he was saying. Surely no sober person would come right out and say something like that.

 

Suhit rolled his eyes. "Oh shut it, Sharma. I may be known for my amazingly good looks," Kripa interrupted him with a snort, but Suhit remained undeterred and continued, "but I do have a brain. Not to mention eyes. Any doofus can see the way you act around him. Expect maybe him."

 

Kripa just stared at him, unsure of what she could say. Yes, she had some feelings for Angad. But firstly, they weren't so deep and secondly, there was no way she was that obvious about it…was she?

 

"Oh don't look at me like that Kripa. We both know you have feelings for the man. Woman up and accept it already." Suhit snorted.

 

"Fine. I may like him-"Kripa started.

 

"Ha! I knew it!" Suhit snorted, unable to hold it in.

 

"You didn't let me finish! I said I may like him, but just a little! Not like you're making it sound. And regardless, there is no way in hell that anything could happen. It's just a harmless crush, a mere infatuation. It'll blow over soon. Plus there's the fact that I repulse him." Her nose wrinkled in thought of the button incident.

 

"Keep deluding yourself." Suhit said, rolling his eyes. Kripa glared and started to walk back inside, but Suhit grabbed her arm. "What if," he started "I have a plan?"

 

"A plan?"

 

"Yep. Would you be interested Ms. Sharma?"

 

Kripa thought it over. Shrugging she said, "I guess as long as it's not too outlandish and wont get me fired, arrested, or hurt I'll go along with it."

 

Suhit smirked. "Rad! Okay so here's the deal. Remember at the doors when Angad wouldn't let you in with me?"

 

Kripa grimaced at the thought. "He was just trying to show me whose boss; he tries to do everything he can to make me miserable."

 

Suhit scoffed. "Yeah and I'm the queen of England. He was jealous."

 

It was now Kripa's turn to scoff. "Please," she said, rolling her eyes. What an absurd idea! Rock stars must be crazy she decided.

 

"Must I spell it out for you, sweetheart? J-e-a-l-o-u-s, jealous. Angad Khanna was jealous," Kripa started to refute him, but he held a hand up. She shut up and let him continue. "He was annoyed at the fact that you and I could joke around and annoyed that we would spend time together at the party. He doesn't like me hanging out with you. It drives him crazy. Me and Angad- we're friends. Or well, at least we were. We used to go for beers, and spend our breaks on mutual shoots with each other. Now the guy looks at me like I'm freakin' Osama Bin Ladin!" Kripa giggled at his crazy reference. "So what we do is make him jealous. You know the typical clich act-in-love in front of someone so they realize how much they like that person and then they get all green monster on your butt and start to finally man up? Yeah that!"

 

Kripa shook her head, amused. Suhit sure had a way with words. Half the time he talked like he was either stoned five years old, or a combination of the two. "Okay. So how would we do that?"

 

"We flirt, we hold hands, we laugh, and we act like we're in-" he stopped and then pinching his nose he squealed, "lurve!"

 

Kripa laughed, her shoulders shaking. What a totally and completely absurd idea. He must seriously be on something. Suhit shook his head.

"I'm serious! Let's just try it, if I'm right I get bragging rights and good karma points, plus you get the man of your dreams. It's a win-win!"

 

"And what if you're wrong?"

 

"Then I give you permission to punish my hot as* any which way you want. You know how famous and hard to readmy butt is? There's fourteen fan sites dedicated just to my gluteus-maximus!"

 

Kripa smiled at his reasoning. The way he put it, there really was nothing to lose. As long as she was on top of her job and did everything Angad asked of her, there would be no reason for him to fire her. It wouldn't get her arrested, nor would it hurt. Well not physically at least. She didn't even want to think about the emotion angst it could cause if it didn't go the right way.

 

"Fine, I'm in."

Hope you all liked it! It was a little more than three full pages so hope the length is good. I'm going to try and update tomorrow again, so please review and let me know what you think! Your amazing comments drove me to write this chapter asapAlso, if you have any particular scenarios in mind- things that Suhit and Kripa do to make Angad jealous please tell me and I'll see if i can incoraparate it within the story! Get ready for hot, jealous Angad. Oh and a little preview- there's a surprise kiss in the next chapter! Review!

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