Chapter 16

Had originally been posted on IF.in. I'm starting from the start for the people whom have not read my story and have added some changes for the interest of the reader.

Episode 15

Arjun: (letting go of Priya) Then who.

Priya: The girl behind her.

The girl (whom Arjun thought was his date) moves to the side.  Everyone is shocked.

Arjun: (with his mouth open) her! Out of everyone you picked-

Mitesh, Pritem, and Anurag: (looking breathless and dreamy) Naina

Priya: what's wrong with them?

Anurag: Doesn't Naina look good tonight.

Pritem: yeah (Anurag was about to walk to Naina, Pritem hold on to his shoulder and pulls him back. But still dreamily looking at Naina.) Where are you going?

Anurag: Going to ask Naina if she wants to dance.

Mitesh: (Also dreamily looking at Naina) No you're not because I'm going to ask and by the way you have Manisha.

Anurag: Who Manisha?

Manisha: (hitting Anurag on the head) your girlfriend Manisha (walking away)

Anurag: (walking behind her) Come on I was just joking, Manishaaaaa. I'm sorry.

Priya: (in front of the dreamy Pritem. Priya snaps her finger) and don't you have to find your date.

Pritem: (putting his hand on his head) oh yeah I forgot. (Pritem leaves)

Arjun: I have to say Naina does look (dreamy) sexy.

Priya: when a girl wants to change herself, she can turns heads. (Pauses)  But why would you understand

Mitesh: (Mitesh looks at a girl, who walked passed him) you make him understand. While I go and study her. (Pointing to the girl he walks to her).

Naina: (standing in the distance. Looking at Arjun, thinking) what are you thinking, come and ask me to dance.

Arjun: (thinking) should I go and ask her to dance. Maybe she'll say no the way like I did to her.

Priya: No she won't go and ask her.

Arjun: What? (Pauses) how did you know what I was thinking?

Priya: I tell you that later (pushing Arjun towards Naina direction) now go dances with her.

Arjun walks towards Naina.

Pritem: (behind a lot of people, walking towards Priya. Yelling) Priya

Priya turns to look at Pritem. Arjun walks to Priya and kisses her on her cheek. Priya mouth drops open in shocked.

Arjun: (whispering in her ear) Thanks

Arjun walks away; Priya turns to look at Arjun. Pritem reaches Priya.

Pritem: (in front of Priya, waving his hand in font of her face) Priya

Priya: (turning her face) huh! (Pauses) yeah

Pritem: you have to help me find Anjali. I don't know where she is.

Priya: so Anjali is her name. Wait! How you would recognize her. You don't even know how she looks like.

Pritem: I know but go to every girl and that doesn't look like a girl from this school and ask if she Anjali.

Priya: First I'm new here, so I don't know who's in this school or not. (Pauses, putting her hands together in front of her lips) Hey! I got an idea, why don't you go on stage and scream (with her hands spread apart) Anjali, mere jaan where are you?

Pritem: (putting his hand on her shoulder) that's not bad idea but mere jaan to tum ho. 

Priya: (sad, looking down) that means your having an affair.

Pritem: (shamefully, looking down) yeah. (Pritem and Priya look up at each other and start to laugh.) Come on help me find her.

Priya: (jumping out) Paagal

Pritem: (coping her) lets go

Priya and Pritem split apart and go looking for Anjali. Priya begins to look around and see a girl near the door. Who seems to look uncomfortable.

Priya: (looking at the girl) Maybe she is Anjali. (Priya walks to the girl) Excuse me, but are you Anjali.

Anjali: Yes

Priya: Are you looking for Pritem.

Anjali: yeah and you are

Priya: Oh sorry, I'm Pritem's friend Priya.

Anjali: Oh he told me about you. Where is he?

Priya: (looking around) umm he might be here somewhere, oh there he is (pointing, screaming) Pritem.

Pritem: (looks towards Priya and starts to walk towards her) (talking to Anjali) hi. (Turns to Priya) So did you find her?

Priya: I would like you to meet your blind date, Anjali and Anjali this is Pritem.

Anjali and Pritem look at each other. Priya looks to see who would talk first.

Pritem: Would you like to dance.

Anjali: yeah sure

Pritem and Anjali walk away.

Priya: (talking to herself) yet again I am alone. (Looking around) Ok I have to stop talking to myself before people think I'm crazy. (Priya walks to the snack table. Manisha walks up to her) Where's Anurag.

Manisha: He got a phone call, he when outside to receive it. Where's everyone?

Priya: Mitesh is studying some girl. Pritem's is with Anjali and Arjun is with Naina.

Manisha: Anjali!?! Who's she?

Priya: Pritem blind date

Manisha: where are they?

Priya: (looking around) right over (pointing) there.

Manisha: She looks alright.

Priya: Yeah

Mitesh: (walking up to Priya) Hey I want to show you something.

Priya walks with Mitesh. Priya see Anurag arguing with a girl who is trying to hug him.

Anurag: (noting knowing Priya and Mitesh were there) look you can never be my girlfriend I have Manisha and no matter what happen I'm not going to leave her for you.

Girl: Anurag would you please listen. (Aurag leaves the other direction from Priya and Manisha)

Mitesh: I wanted to show you this cause what happen the other day in the laundry room. (Mitesh and Priya get a flashback of the time Priya fell on Anurag)

Priya: (sad) Oh you saw that

Mitesh: yeah

Priya: (sad) yeah I kind of felt as if I was walking on the wrong direction, (trying to put on a smile) thanks for being me back.

Mitesh: Sorry

Priya:  You had too

Priya leaves and walks to Manisha

Manisha: what did Mitesh wanted to show you.

Priya: (thinking) should I tell her

Manisha: (waving her hand in front of her) hello

Priya: he wanted nothing.

Manisha begins to look around. Manisha notices a guy who was looking at Priya. Manisha moves aways from Priya and the guy walks towards Priya. Manisha then again moves back to Priya and the guy stops and turns back. Manisha again moves away, guy moves closer. Manisha comes back to Priya, the guy stops and turns back again.

Praia: (confused) what are you doing?

Manish: Don't look but there's this guy in front of us, he is staring at you.

Praia: ok! But what does that have to do with you moving back and forth.

Manish: when I walk away he walks to you, and then when I come back he stops and goes back to where he was standing. So I should walk away so you can find out what he wants. (Manisha walks away and grabs Anurag how was walking towards them)

The guy walks towards Priya

Sunny: Excuse me, hi my names is Sunny

Priya: Priya

Sunny: Would you like to dance

Priya: Sure

Everyone dances to the song Ishq Hai Jhootha from Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena. Priya and Sunny walk back to the table. Manisha and Anurag at standing next to them.

Sunny: (looking at the time) sorry but I have to go got work and school tomorrow. But I was wondering if you would like to go on a date with me tomorrow.

Priya: Umm I don't know.

Manisha comes from behind and puts her hand on Priya's shoulder

Manisha: she would love to come. She'll meet you at lets says 7:30 in front of Global Cinema.

Sunny: ok bye

Manisha: (smiling) Bye

Priya: bye

Sunny leaves. Priya shift Manisha hands off her shoulder.

Priya: Now he will expect me to come tomorrow and I still haven't asked my dad.

Manisha: don't worry your dad won't say no, you been on other date why would he say no now.

Priya: (shyly) I never been on a date

Manisha: what I can't hear you

Priya: I never have been on a date.

Manisha: you're kidding right.

Priya: if you call a friend outing, then yeah I have been on a lot of dates.

Manisha: ok just ask your dad, if he says no then ask your mom.

Priya: I don't feel like going on a date.

Manisha: you have to, you promised him.

Priya: yeah, wait you promised him; it was you who told him the time and place.

The song Rubba from Musafir is playing in the background. Manisha and Priya continue to argue. While that Pritem and Anjali walk towards them.

Pritem: Manisha, Anurag, I would like for you to meet Anjali

Anjali: hi

Anurag: hi

Manisha: (rudely) so you're the girl Pritem been talking about all day.

Pritem, Anurag, and Priya: Manisha!

Manisha: what

Priya: (talking to anjali) don't mind her she a little tense today.

Manisha: (rudely) I not tense she's lying. Whatever I was about to say -

Priya: (grabbing Manisha and pulling her away) Manisha come with me. I have to tell you something.

Priya pulls Manisha to the side.

Priya: what the hell the matter with you.

Manisha: I not saying anything wrong, am I?

Priya: why are you acting so mean to Anjali for no apparent reason.

Manisha: I don't trust her. I still don't see what Pritem sees in her. She going to break Pritem heart,

Priya: First, it's a crush, it not love. He's happy with her and you should be happy for him and if she does break his heart then we can talk about this then. But, right now we should be happy for him.

Manisha: fine let's go.

[Will if you guys want to know what happen between Arjun and Naina here you go.

Arjun and Naina are slowing dancing to the song Rubba. The song is about to end.

Naina: Ok I'll just going to come out and say it. How do I look tonight?

Arjun: You look absolute great.

Naina: Better then before.

Arjun: much

Naina: So if I came here looking like I was early today, would you dance with me?

Arjun: I would have too or else I would have to be Priya's ghulam for 2 weeks.

Naina: So you're dancing with me right now, so you won't have to be Priya's ghulam.

Arjun: No! Cause I want to

Naina: So if I was looking ugly, you'll only dance with me because you don't want to be Priya's ghulam. And now you want to dance with me because I look pretty. (Arjun stays quiet and looks down) Tell me the truth.

Arjun: the truth (Naina nodes her head. Looking down) yeah

Naina: (taking her hands of Arjun shoulder). Sorry then I think we should just be friends and we should put this so called dance on a pause.

Naina leaves and walks towards Priya. Arjun stands there mad.

Naina: thanks

Priya: for what?

Naina: making me look nice tonight.

Priya: it's ok. So anything happen between you and Arjun.

Naina: No. I told him I wanted to be friends.

Priya: But why I thought you two would hit it off.

Naina: he only liked me for my beauty not me.

Priya: Cause Arjun doesn't know you, yet. Give him some time for him to look beyond your beauty.

Naina: But till then I want to be friends

Priya: Alright

Naina: Anyways it getting late I should go home.

Manisha: we should go home too, it's late.

Anurag: Naina, you want us to drop you off.

Naina: no its ok I live near by.

Anurag: Ok

Naina leaves.

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