Its called SERENDIPITY which means 'the occurrence of events by chance in a fortunate way'. Though the title is borrowed from a hollywood movie I feel its apt for this story cause in my story nothing is planned. Things keep happening with the characters by chance but it will all lead to a happy ending for them.
I won't give a character sketch but you will get to know them as the story progresses.
So here it goes.....
Index
Part 1 - Pg 1
Part 2 - Pg 2
"We are finally here" Ridhima said with a smile looking at her 3 best friends in excitement. Reaching the airport was like a confirmation that they were actually going to go on this trip together, just the four of them for the first time. "Oh god I'm so excited" Muskaan said jumping up and down hugging her friends. Hehe Muskaan can be so hyper sometimes Ridhima thought. "Beta all set" Padma Gupta asked her daughter. Ridhima turned and smiled at her mother hugging her. "Mom I'll miss you". Padma smiled and kissing her daughters forehead said " I'll miss you too dear. Please be careful. Don't go alone anywhere, stick with the group, eat properly, I've kept all the medicines in a pouch so if you feel unwell just open the pouch u'll find the medicines there, don't leave your money or passport anywhere keep it with you always, have you activated your roaming facility in your mobile, if you've not pls activate it, did you pack everything? and'"
" MOOOM chill you told me all this while leaving from home too. I'm just going there for a few weeks and I'm a grown up now. I'll be fine trust me" Ridhima said smiling at her mothers concern. "But u'll be a little baby for me always" her mother said with a tear in her eyes. "I love you" Ridhima said once again hugging her mother as a tear dropped from her eye too. "Oh god you both are crying as if this is Ridhima's bidaai ceremony or something". Ridhima turned to see her elder sister Anjali standing behind her and laughing at the emotional drama in front of her. " Bye Di I'll miss you" she said hugging her. "Bye Ridzy. Have lots of fun and get lots of gifts for me" Anjali said as she hugged her sister. "Ridhima if you finished your goodbyes then can we go now. We'r getting late" Nikita said tapping Ridhima on her shoulder. " Ya sorry niki. Bye mom. bye di, tell dad bye from my side too" Ridhima said as she turned and pushed her luggage trolley towards her friends who were waiting for her.
Ridhima, Muskaan, Sapna and Nikita have been best friends since school. They played together, studied together, discussed their crushes and were just inseperable. Infact Ridhima and Muskaan even went to the same college. Like all other parents her parents were really protective about her and though she was given the freedom to do what she wanted they were really strict about not letting her go out of town alone with her friends. But now they had finished their studies and convinced their parents to let them go on this trip. It had taken a lot of convincing but they were finally here at the airport ready to go.
"Where is the SOTC man?" Ridhima asked as she looked around. "There we found him long ago, were just waiting for your goodbyes to get over" Muskaan said pointing to a man standing with a SOTC board in front of him. "Sorry na.. Lets go".
"Excuse me sir we have booked with your agency for a two week trip to USA". "Whats your name?" " I'm Sapna and these are my friends Ridhima, Nikita and Muskaan". " Ah yes. Here are your tickets. Go and check in your luggage. U'll find our guide inside with an SOTC cap. Go to him he'll tell you what to do next" the man said ticking some list that he had and handing them their tickets.
"Excuse me please make way" he shouted as he pushed some people out of his way and ran towards the terminal. "Run faster Rahul, this is not your morning jog. we'll miss the plane you idiot" he shouted looking back at his friend who had fallen behind . " I am running fast only. Anyway this is all because of you.. " Rahul growled. "Now is not the time guys.." Abhimanyu said rolling his eyes at his friends bickering. "There's the SOTC man.."
The woman had announced twice that their flight had arrived and they should proceed for the security checks but the guide had not called them. " What the hell. Is that man deaf? why is he not taking us for the security check. What shubh muhurat is he waiting for? I'm going and asking him" Muskaan said looking frustrated. " Muskaan wait.." but before she could complete Muskaan had already marched towards the poor guide. " Miss Impatient" Niki said smilling at her friends anger. Muskaan came back after a few minitues " Some idiots have not yet reached. They won't leave till the whole group is here. God knows who these morons are'" Before she could finish they saw four boys coming running towards the guide. They were out of breadth and were panting from all the running. "Sorry' traffic'late" the guy who was furthest said panting heavily. The guide just scowled at them angrily and asked their names. "I'm Armaan this is Rahul, Amit and Abhimayu." he said pointing at his friends. Idiots. Ameer baap ke bigde aulaads. No value for anyones time Ridhima thought as she turned to go for the security checks.
The plane had 2 seats in both the corners and 3 seats in the centre. Muskaan, Sapna and Niki had got the centre 3 seats while her seat was in the corner. As she found her seat she saw that one of those guys from that gang was standing on her seat and was talking to his friends seated behind. "Excuse me" she said he din't respond so she shouted "EXCUSE ME". He turned around "WHAT". The first think that came to her mind when she saw him so close was that he was very cute and handsome. He had these really intense blue eyes. But as she looked at him closely she could make out that he knew that. He knew he was handsome and he had that arrogance about him, the 'I'm the best and I know that' look. Breaking out of her thoughts she said "Your on my seat".
Armaan had turned around hearing some female calling him. He recognized her as one of the girls from the group they had seen earlier. He smiled triumphantly thinking he was right. Amit had pointed out that they seemed to be the only ppl their age in the tour. Infact he said that he had seen the girls looking at them and talking. He had told Amit right then that those girls would definitely approach them and ask them if they would like to hang out together as a group. Girls always tend to approach him. But he had decided he was going to say he was not interested right away. And now this girl had approached him. Where were the others he thought? His train of thoughts was interrupted as he heard her say something. "What?" he asked her. "Are you deaf? I said you are on my seat". " No this is my seat". "No 26A is my seat" she said showing him her ticket. "Fine sit on that seat for sometime. I'm talking to my friend. We'll switch later" he said turning around and continued talking. Is this guy for real Ridhima thought. How can he just boss me around and tell me to sit there. "Hey you. I'm talking to you. Din't you understand what I said" she said angrily. "What is it now?" he asked looking irritated. "Listen this (pointing at the seat) is my (pointing at herself) seat that (pointing at his seat) is your (pointing at him) seat so you (pointing at him) go sit on your seat and let me sit on mine" she said. What is wrong with this woman he thought. Why was she talking as if she was talking to sum retarded person. Was she mocking him trying to show that he was dum. "Why you just standing there? You want me to explain again?" she asked with a mocking smile on her face. "Fine. Weirdo" he said as he moved towards his seat. "What did you say? Did you call me something?" she asked angrily. "No". "You did. I heard you calling me weirdo." "If you heard me why you asking?" he chuckled sarcastically. "Shut up" she said. God she hated this guy.
After a few minutes "Move" he said "why?" she asked. "I want to keep my bag up" he said pointing at his bag. "I'm not moving." she said sternly. "Ok fine then." he said as he got up and leaned towards her keeping both his hands on the backrest of her seat with his bag in front of him and tried to squeeze through the small place in front of her to go out. The bag was literally pushed at her face and she pushed him angrily. "What the hell are you doing?" "I have to go out. If you don't move then what else am I supposed do?. She din't reply but just glared at him and got up. He smiled triumphantly as he got out and kept his bag on the loft. He looked at her and saw that she was standing impatiently with her hands folded waiting for him to finish. Lets have some fun with weirdo he thought. So he kept patting and moving his bag as if he was trying to adjust it. After some time "Wats taking you so long?" she asked looking irritated "I am trying to keep the bag safely. Do you know how important it is for the safety of the aircraft. If this loft opens and the bag falls down during the flight the equilibrium of aircraft will be spoilt and the aircraft can crash and all of us can die. Do you understand women we can all DIE because I did not keep the bag safely. So pardon me for caring about the safety of everyone on this flight over your comfort. But I cannot compromise on my morals. So if you don't want to die then wait there patiently." he said all this in such a dramatic and over the top manner that she just stared at him. Is this guy crazy. What nonsense is he talking she thought. She just rolled her eyes at him and shook her head as armaan chuckled to himself. He could not believe he had just said all this crap. He kept fidgeting with his luggage till the air hostess asked them to sit down. They sat down on their seats and fastened their seatbelts.
God this guy is so irritating I hate him. How am I going to bear him for the next 15 hrs. What a horrible way to start my trip she thought.
Hehe wat a weirdo. She gets irritated so fast. You are stuck with her for the next 15 hrs Armaan so better make the most of it. Its fun to annoy her. Good I found a way to pass my time in the flight, he thought smiling to himself.
Ok this was more like an intro setting the premise for what is going to happen in the future.
Hope you like it.
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