heyo peeps. here's another OS from my side. ive tried to underlay an element of humor along with the main story cuz a lot of people were asking me to do something like that, so hope it doesnt seem too out of context. besides that ive tried to do a role reversal of sorts between kriya and rey which you'll probably see a little later. anyways, this is dedicated to Angie (Angel56). dont ask why, man kiya isliye kar diya. anyways hoping to see what you guys think.
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THE BEST MAN
"No, no, no" I muttered to myself hoping this was just a bad dream. Why was
This happening to me? Of all the people in the world, the one person Vicky found
to be his best man had to be him. The one person id hoped id never have to
see again.
Rey Singhania- my ex best friend, ex secret crush and the one person on my
current most hated list of people besides my math's professor was Vicky's best
man. I knew they'd been pretty close in high school. Infact id been the one to
ntroduce them, but id just thought that Rey had never kept in touch with him
ever since his infamous rise to fame. Apparently, that held true only for me.
He stood at a little distance from me, his back facing me and yet I felt my heart
begin to race, something I'd come to associate with him a long time ago. I
cursed myself for this reaction, reminding my stupid heart that I didn't feel
anything for him anymore. He was the one who'd ignored my calls, never
replied to my mails and probably thought of myself as not worthy of his highly
sought presence and I wasn't going to let him ruin today for me.
I saw him turn in my direction, and ducked hoping he hadn't caught sight of me.
I was going to stay away from him for as long as possible. I crawled over to the
food trolley with the canaps hoping to stay hidden till he turned in the other
direction, completely crumpling the baby blue bridesmaid dress that Neha had
forced me into earlier today. Not that I cared, I hated it anyways, but according
to Neha it highlighted my skin tone and since today was her special day, I had no option but to oblige.
"Have you lost anything madam?" asked the waiter who stood next to the trolley
giving me a shocked expression. He probably thought I'd lost my head if
anything.
"Um yeah, actually I dropped my car keys somewhere. " I replied saying the first
thing that popped into my mind.
"I thought you had to deposit your car keys with the valet." said an all too familiar
voice. Shit. I looked up dreading to see Rey standing in front of me wearing
that stupid, confident smirk he always had on. If anything it had just increased in
intensity since the last time I'd seen him. How could I be so stupid??
"Um yeah, I forgot" I mumbled my cheeks beginning to burn with
embarrassment. That's one reason I hated being a girl. No matter how
unaffected you wanted to look; the stupid blush always gave you away.
"Always the forgetful one weren't you? I still remember the time you'd forgotten
that the Halloween party had been cancelled and ended up at my house looking
like batwoman."
Crap. He still remembered that? Well, that should have been the cue for the
earth to split open and swallow me in, but its petty obvious that things are not
going the way I want them to today. The fact that an extremely irritating dancing star' was still standing next to me was proof enough.
"So you do remember me?" I said shooting him a look that was meant to kill,
but only got him chuckling louder.
"Of course not. It's just your amazing karma that you get to talk to me." he joked,
obviously finding the entire situation extremely hilarious. I would punch him if
that's what it took to get that smug look off his face, but I knew I'd just end up hurting my hand instead.
"cut it out smarty pants. I can still kick your ass anytime I want too." I said spilling
as much venom into my voice as I possibly could. Unfortunately it just added to
his amusement.
"you wouldn't want to do that. It's currently one of the most prized rears I n the country. One touch and there would be a million girls thirsting your blood." God
could this guy be anymore full of himself?
"you know what, I don't really have the time for this and you probably have
someone with a celebrity status to chat up too, so why don't you just leave me
alone?" I said giving up and stomping off in Neha's direction, an incredibly
hard task when you're wearing six inch jimmy choos.
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Neha" I said making her face in my direction "I believe you have some
explaining to do"
"um no." she replied turning away again, but not before I caught the guilty look
on her face.
"why didn't you tell me that Rey was Vicky's best man?" I said getting to the
point directly
"I don't know. It never came up." She replied.
"Neha!!" I nearly yelled the frustration evident in my tone.
"what was I supposed to do, Kriya? Vicky wanted to call him and I don't see
what's wrong in that? Besides its just one day. Earlier you guys were together
the whole time, so it can't really be that hard to bear him for one day" she
replied sounding perturbed by my behaviour. I didn't blame her, I was acting
pretty selfish, though I admit it would have been easier I f I'd been warned.
"you know what. You're right. It can't be that hard. And I'm going to do it. I'll just
stay away from hi m as much as possible" I said more in an effort to convince
myself than anything else. I was the bridesmaid. I had to do crisis management,
not become the crisis.
I glanced at my watch. It was nearly time for them to exchange the vows. I could
see Rey and Vicky walking towards the altar together.
"ready?" I asked her, seeing, her father approach us
"as ready as I'll ever be" she replied giving me a nervous smile. I gave her hand
a reassuring squeeze, before I took my place at the entrance behind the other
bridesmaids
...
...
Done. The vows had been exchanged tying the happy couple in holy
matrimony, the ceremonial dances had been completed and I could see the
guests dancing slowly to the song playing in the background.
"hey" said a voice behind me. Turning around I found myself facing Rey, his
hair slightly dishevelled from all the dancing he'd been doing. It was like just
because he was famous, everyone wanted a piece of him. It was disgusting
how the girls here threw themselves at him. Not that I cared, he could keep
dancing with whoever he liked as long as he left me alone.
"what do you want?" I asked, hoping to get over with this conversation as soon
as possible.
"care for a dance?" Rey asked, offering me his hand. I contemplated for a
second, before agreeing. He'd probably leave me alone sooner if I finished off
with it. He led me over to one corner on the dance floor just a soft song started to play.
"so are you ignoring me" he asked twirling me as the chorus started to play.
"is it that obvious?"I asked.
"yeah" he replied simply and I could feel a little hurt in his voice. How come he
had the right to be the one sounding hurt, when I'd been the one who he'd
forgotten ever existed for so long?
"is there something wrong Baatcutter?" he asked his voice filled with concern, after I
didn't reply. I tried to keep my composure, but hearing him call me by the
nickname he'd given me all those years back really broke my resolve.
"well, maybe I am ignoring you. I don't think you should be the one complaining
after you practically threw me out of your life like I never existed. Never returned
a single phone call, a single mail, a single text. What happened Rey? What did
I do Rey? What did I do that you couldn't spare one minute of your life to
actually reply to me?" I knew I was ranting now as my voice rose a notch, and I
could feel the tears in my eyes threatening to fall, but I knew I'd been holding
this back too long. I had to get this out of my system "It was like all of a sudden I
didn't know the person who knew all my secrets, who'd been the only best friend
I'd known. I know you have this perfect life now, with amazing friends and pretty
much everything you ever wanted, But I never thought you were the kind who' d
just forget about your old friends."
"Kriya, I..." Rey tried to get a word in while I caught my breath, but I
could see he was still struggling to find the correct words. The tears were now in full
flow, and no matter how hard I tried I couldn't stop them.
wait, I'm not done" I sad cutting him off "inspite of everything I accepted it all,
the way it came. It was hard, but I did. But then you come here today, and
pretend like the last two years didn't happen and like we're still best friends. But
you know what Rey Singhania, everything can't happen the way you want it to
happen. You ditched me and I got hurt, and I' m not ready to let that happen
again." We weren't even dancing anymore. Just standing there, garnering
stares from everyone. Thankfully the song ended right then, giving me the liberty
to escape to the corner again.
"Kriya, wait!! "I heard Rey call behind me but I ignored it walking as fast as
possible. From the periphery of my vision I saw, a blond coming upto him for a
dance. Good, now he had someone, he could work his silly charm on, and
could forget about me like always.
Just as I thought id escaped I felt a hand grab my wrist and pull me into a
corner, pushing my back against the wall. His face was inches from mine and I
could feel my body freeze.
"look Rey, please just leave me alone right now. Why don't you go dance with
that blond over there?" I said forcing myself to look away.
"I was scared." He said all of a sudden, lifting my chin so that I was facing him
again. I'd never seen him look so serious before and there were no traces of
the cocky smile he always wore on his face, but the words coming out of his
mouth made no sense.
"now isn't that the sweetest thing anybody's ever said to me" I said sarcasm
dripping from my voice.
"I was scared I wouldn't be able to carry on the drama much longer." He
continued, ignoring my previous comment "I couldn't be best friends with you
any longer, but I was scared that if I told you how I really felt, it might break our
friendship forever. I never thought I'd hurt you in the bargain." his hot breath
tickled my ear as he whispered into it, sending my heart into frenzy. I could
feel the strain in hi s voice as he spoke, indicating that this probably affected
him as much as it affected me.
His brown eyes studied my face for a reaction, exhibiting raw emotion with an
intensity which made him look so much more vulnerable than I'd ever seen him
before. I probably gave the right one because his grip on my waist tightened
while he began caressing my face with his other hand leaving a trail of burning
desire wherever his fingers touched.
"remember the time when we first met?" he asked. I nodded thinking back to
that day in the cafeteria back in sixth grade. He'd been the new kid, I was the
loner, we'd just kind of clicked. But now that I thought back to it, he actually
could have gotten a place over at the popular kids table, considering the way
girls used to gush over him even then.
"you had me right there." he said, looking straight I into my eyes, hypnotizing me
with those brown orbs of his. I tried to comprehend what had just happened, but
my mind seemed to have lost the ability to think. I just stood there gawking at
him like id accused some of the other girls of not so long ago, trying to hold on
to this moment forever.
"miss Kriya Ghai, you are the funniest, most spontaneous and utterly
stunning girl I have ever met and I am and have been I n love with you ever since
I first met you. When I'm with you, I feel more alive, more normal, like somebody
actually sees through the fame and money and sees me for who I am.
something that no other girl has ever done before or can do. every single day
that I've been away, I've missed you like crazy, I even tried dating other girls so
much that I got tagged as a play boy, but never once could I forget you and now
I'm just tired of it all; tired of trying not to miss you like hell and catch the first
flight back here. I never want to miss you again, because I want you to be with
me all the time. I want you to be m ne forever. "
It took me minute to actually realize what he was saying. Hi s voice was so soft
that at first I thought I imagined it. The way he said it slowly, as if meaning every
word made it all the more difficult to digest. He still had hi s hand round my waist
with me pushed against the wall, and I could feel the heat radiating through him.
from how hot my cheeks felt I could tell I was probably as red as a tomato. I
could feel Rey' s intense gaze on me, waiting for my answer.
I'm sorry.im sorry Rey but I can't" I replied and watched his face fall as his grip on my waist loosened a little too much for my liking.
"I' m sorry, but forever can never be long enough for me"
Before I knew what was happening his lips were on mine, gently at first, but then
harder, like he'd waited a long time to do it. I deepened the kiss, running my
fingers through his soft hair like id imagined those innumerable times. My body
pressed closer to him until every inch of mine was touching him and yet I still
wanted to get closer. Everything felt so right, the two of us with hi s arms around
me, like it was always meant to happen.
"I love you" he whispered I n my ear pushing a stray strand of hair that had come
undone behind my ear, when we finally broke apart
"I love you too" I whispered back. And I did, more than anything in the world
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ciao
medha
