Chapter 35

After two days Manisha gets a phone call.

Neha: Manisha beta, it's your phone.

Manisha: (walking towards her mom) who is it?

Neha: (giving her the phone) it from the contest. (Putting her hand on Manisha shoulder) Are you sure you know what you are doing?

Manisha: yes mom (talking on the phone) hello (Neha walks away)

Girl #2: hello Ms. Manisha Kapoor, we just want to inform you about the date, we will be going to America. It will be on-

Manisha: (cutting her off) Yes I would like to talk to Mr. Chetan Sharma about that. So can I please have an appointment to meet him?

Girl: #2: sure hold on one minute.

Priya comes from behind and taps her on the shoulder. Manisha gives a sign to hold on.

Girl #2: (on the phone) hello, Ms. Kapoor.

Manisha: yes

Girl #2: you can come to the office this Saturday at 2:30 p.m.

Manisha: (writing it down) thank you, bye. (Cutting the line)

Priya: what happen?

Manisha: nothing (looking at her watch) the race is about to start, let go.

Manisha and Priya drive down to the race. While getting out of the car.

Manisha: hey Priya, why don't you learn how to drive?

Priya: (acting like a rich snob) I got drivers like you, why do I need to drive. (Laughing) No, I'm just kidding. No one taught me and I have no interest in learning how to drive either.

Manisha: (walking up the stairs to the benches) reasonable. But what if us drivers or your other drivers are not around. What will you do then?

Priya: Auto

Manisha: (laughing) Auto (pauses) paagal, (grabbing her hand) chale. (Sitting down) We're all teach you how to drive.

Priya: k

Manisha: (talking to Mitesh, Pritem, and Arjun, who been there since the race started) who's up next.

Pritem: Anurag

Priya: thank god. We made it here on time.

Manisha: yeah (looking down at the race coarse) ok shhh it's about to start.

Vicky and Anurag are announced and enter the race course.

Anurag and Vicky take off their helmet. Anurag looks to see if Manisha and Priya made it. Manisha gets happy and sends Anurag a flying kiss. Pritem give a smirk but feels heart broken inside. Vicky makes pretend to catch it and sends one back.

Vicky: (talking to Anurag) the race hasn't even started and your girlfriend is already throwing kisses at me.

Anurag gives him a look and puts his helmet on. Vicky also then puts his helmet on. There drive up to the starting line. With Mitesh's attention towards the race, Jyoti comes and taps on Arjun to move. Back on to the driving course.

Girl #3: (holding on to a flag) on your mark… get set… go.

She drops the flag. Anurag and Vicky drive off. Anurag and Vicky are tied off. Both of them speed up slowly. Anurag and Vicky zoom by the crowd. Mitesh, Arjun, Pritem, Manisha, Jyoti, and Priya watch with great attention. Anurag and Vicky is a couple of feet away from the finish line; when Anurag feels a bump from his engine.

Anurag: (worried) no! No don't do this to me.

Anurag begins to slow down but tends to speed up as he gets the chance to get to the side of Vicky, once again. Everyone stands.

Manisha: Why is he slowing down?

Pritem: (holding his head) I don't know

Everyone runs down to the finish line. Yet again Anurag falls back again and then speed up; Vicky passes the finish line along with Anurag.

Guy# 4: (announcing) both of them seem to have passed the finish line together. But let's go to the camera for the final result. (There's a picture of the tire's passing the finish line) Ohh it looks like Vicky bet Anurag by an inch.

Everyone runs to Anurag. Anurag takes off his helmet and punches it.

Mitesh: Don't worry it happens.

Manisha: But what happen.

Anurag gets off the bike and kicks his tire.

Anurag: it's this stupid bike. It shut down on me again.

Anurag grabs the bike and everyone follows Anurag. They were about to leave when Vicky calls from behind.

Vicky: (walking past his friends) Yo Anurag, where are you going. Did you forget our bet? Well, I tell you again. If I win, which I did, I get a kiss -

Anurag: (mad) I know what it is!

Vicky: (happy. Talking to Manisha) then what's the problem, baby, lay one on me.

Manisha: I wouldn't kiss you if you were the last man on earth.

Vicky: like I care. I just want is my prize kiss.

Manisha: What prize kiss?

Vicky: Come on baby, I can't believe you forgot already, I just said it five minutes ago. As the bet goes-

Manisha: (cutting him off) what bet? I don't remember any bet.

Vicky: the bet we made a week ago.

Manisha: Do you have proof of this bet (Vicky shakes his head) a witness.

Vicky points to everyone, everyone shakes their heads.

Vicky: all right! I see how it is. I'll play your little game. (Manisha and everyone walk away. Thinking) you and Anurag played a good game. But the game I'll going to play will be somewhat different. But on the same theme, "Any proof. Any witness." (Smiling wickedly as he sees Priya walk alongside Anurag. Yelling) Priya! (Everyone turns around to look at Vicky. (Vicky throws a kiss to Priya and waves Bye) bye.

Vicky walks away. Anurag gets mad and is about to walk towards Vicky.

Priya: (grabs onto Anurag but quickly lets go.) let it go.