MJHT FF-10 Things I hate bout u-Pt 13-Pg 77(29/07) - Page 14

Originally posted by: Divya_kaldivya

hey Rocker.. totally rocked both the updates... sorry for not commenting for the last one though.. I liked that movie coz of your FF and ofcourse Mayur..👏👏👏

Hey Divi...:) :) Thank u sooo much...Its totally fine..:) Oh u liked dat movie coz of dis? 😃 Feels gr8 to hear dat...😳 Thnx again!!

Originally posted by: dmgmjht4ever

amazing part

loved it a lot

Thanks a ton nikki...:)

Chapter 5

Samrat fidgeted impatiently as he waited for Gunjan to turn up at the Recreation room... The Room was quite large and airy, and there were mirrors attached to the walls for the dancers to look at themselves while practising...Sunlight poured in through the large ventilators and lit up each corner of the room...Samrat glanced at his watch yet again...He had been there for 45 minutes now and there was no Gunjan in sight as yet.

He had already called Benji twice to check if he had passed on the message to Gunjan the day before...He did say 7 30 in the morning to her,rite? He was about to take out his cell to give him another call, when a soft, musical voice spoke up from the doorway...

"I'm so sorry for the delay...Are you here for the Salsa class?" Samrat looked up and there she was, and if Samrat had thought she looked like an angel the day before, then how she looked now was beyond him to describe...She was dressed in a pale yellow dress and her hair fell over her shoulders in soft waves...The overall effect was – "Enchanting!!"Samrat didn't realise when he voiced his thoughts...

"Sorry? Did u say something?" Gunjan asked, giving him a closer look this time... She was quite used to guys ogling at her this way but the way this guy looked at her, made her slightly conscious... As if he could read what she was thinking...

"Hellooo??" Gunjan said irritably this time... Samrat came to his senses as he realised that this indeed was Gunjan and not a figment of his imagination...Looking embarrassed that he had been caught gawking at her, he made an attempt to cloak his action by introducing himself shakily...

"Ermm...Sorry...hii...I'm Samrat..." He moved forward and offered his hand to her...She looked at it sceptically and then back at him, a curious expression on her face...

"Shall we start?" She said abruptly, throwing her bag on the chair nearby... Though Samrat was a lil taken aback by this attitude, he gave a small smile... He loved challenges and this one looked too tempting to let go...

Gunjan walked into the room and looked around...The place was perfect for practice and she had waited so long to find a good salsa teacher but so far, all guys she had met had turned out to be merely faking to know it just so they could be close to her...She chuckled as she remembered the last guy who had been on the receiving end of a tight slap from her, when his hand seemed to have been travelling lower and lower on her back... I may look soft, but I'm surely not one to be taken on a ride!! She fervently hoped that this guy (what was his name, again?) turns out to be different.

Samrat turned around when he heard her chuckling... "Something that amuses you?" he asked curiously, raising one eyebrow...

"Well...that remains to be seen yet..." she replied non-chalantly, shrugging her shoulders.

"I don't seem to understand what you mean?" Samrat continued in the same tone, while inserting a CD into the music player...He turned around to find her checking herself out in the mirror... "You look great!" the words slipped out of his mouth before he could stop them... He bit his tongue as she turned to glare at him...

"I don't need you to tell me that!! Can we get over with it already? I have other important things to do too!" She snapped at him.

Samrat was shocked at her tone... It didn't go with her personality... There was something bothering her... He could read it in her eyes...

"Umm... Is there a problem? I mean, I know I have no right to ask you anything, but can I be of any help?" He asked her hesitantly, afraid to piss her off even more...

Gunjan's eyes seemed to soften for a second before assuming the careful mask again...Her eyes lost the icy glint but now they seemed more careful, more wary...

"What did you say your name was, again?"

"Samrat!"

"Listen up, Samrat...You're here to teach me salsa and it would do you a whole lot good if you concentrate on the same and not try to get friendly with me!! I have no time for all this non---"

"Take off your heels!" Samrat cut her off crisply...

"What!?" She was taken aback with the out of the blue command...

"I thought you said u were here to learn salsa! So take off your heels, so that we can start the practice..." He calmly explained to her, his voice business-like and his eyes never leaving hers...

"But I thought Salsa dancers danced in heels all the time!" She crossed her arms across her chest and looked towards him, her head tilted slightly.

Samrat chuckled..."Oh yes, they do...But I don't think you would like it very much to walk around with a sprained ankle for the next one week, if u over exert yourself on the very first day!"

Gunjan raised a brow, but did as she was told... She wanted to argue back but something in his sincere manner held her back... Maybe it was the way he was looking at her, or the way he looked so confident about what he was here for...Whatever it was, she realised that this guy was not here to fool around...

Samrat slowly offered his hand to hers as the first strains of music floated from the surrounding speakers... It was a soft melodious piece, made more for a slow waltz and less for a fast-paced Salsa; this made Gunjan wonder why he had used it as she hesitantly slid her palm into his outstretched hand...

Firmly grasping her hand, he pulled her closer. Gunjan's inner shy nature seemed to be taking over as he drew her closer and she looked down, when his other hand lifted her chin and he gestured her to look into his eyes, with his fingers.

"A very important aspect of salsa is that the people watching you should feel the chemistry between the 2 partners and without making eye contact, you don't expect them to feel that, do you?" He asked her playfully as he sensed her slight discomfiture at the closeness...She remained silent, so he took that as a cue to carry on as they swayed together slowly, on the soft beats of the music...

"For today, I only intend to make you comfortable with me, so the close slow waltz...As you know, salsa requires a number of lifts and very close dance movements, but you don't have anything to worry about." he continued in a grave and reassuring tone and twirled her around twice at the same time and brought her back into his arms...

"And the final most important thing is to trust your partner completely...Do you trust me?" She searched his eyes for some form of a lie in his words but saw only honesty and sincerity reflect in them...She nodded slowly and a slow smile lit his face...

"That's great!! Would you like to practice a simple lift, just for starters?" He asked her and she smiled at him, nodding her head... She didn't find it in her to speak yet, her mind in a state with all the twirling and the swaying.

"Ok..." he left her waist and hands and moved further back "On the count of 3, you have to come and jump into my arms, but remember, not with too much force..." he winked as she laughed at the joke...

"One...two...three" Gunjan ran upto him and bumped into his head... "Ouch!" they exclaimed together and burst out laughing..."Im sorry, Samrat" she said in between the giggles...

"Its Ok...lets do it again!" he said, rubbing his forehead as she walked back doing the same...

This continued for a long time, with Gunjan sometime stamping his foot, or him sometime missing to catch her in time, leading to her toppling him over more than once...

Finally,exhausted with all the running and catching, they collapsed on the chairs nearby...

"I will never be able to learn this!! God knows what was I thinking when I came here!" Gunjan heaved, exhausted and dejected.

Samrat opened his eyes and looked at her... "Dont worry...It happens with everyone for the first time...Actually I was thinking, uhh...my friend uhh...Benji is throwing a housewarming dance party next weekend...So if you want we can go there... I mean it'll be all official and not as a ...."

"Are you asking me out!!??" Gunjan exclaimed, looking at him now, all her exhaustion thrown out of the window...

"NO! I mean yes, but not in the way u think...I mean this could be an assignment for you as my student, you know..." Samrat continued to explain, hoping to sound a wee bit convincing, but knowing in his heart that he was failing miserably!!

Gunjan smiled and shook her head slightly..."Save your breath! I would have loved to go, but I'm not allowed to date, you know!" She scowled as she remembered yesterday's conversation and an idea struck her...

"Ya, I heard about that!" Samrat muttered under his breath and just when he was ready to lose all hopes, he heard her gasp, a light shining in her eyes..."What?" he asked.

"Wait a second! That was before...Now I can date, but..."

"You can!? What But?" he asked, thanking all the Gods he could think of, for the sudden shine in his luck...

"But my sister also has to date!!!" she finished, a bitter tone taking over her voice...

"Hey, so isn't that great? I mean I'm sure there must be some guy in the college who would be interested in dating her?" He said matter-of-factly but stopped short on receiving the exaggerated roll of eyes from her...

"Ya right!! You seem to be new here, so I guess u're not aware, but my sister is kind of a, ummm, what is the good word for self-centered and rowdy?" She asked him innocently.

Samrat smiled "Ermm...Independent??" he supplied...Gunjan smiled at him "Ya something like that! She's quite anti-social too!!"

"I noticed...Why is that? Any idea?"

"I don't know...She used to be really popular in the beginning but it's like she got sick of it or something!!" Gunjan shrugged her shoulders, her voice taking a wistful tone, as she thought of her sister and what she had become...

"So, I'm sure there must be some brave,daring guy in Excel willing to take her out...It would be like Extreme dating, just like extreme sports, you know!!" He laughed loudly at his own joke, while Gunjan playfully slapped him on the arm.

"Ha ha...very funny...And you would find him for me?" She looked at him, almost pleading with her eyes, but not saying anything...

If you look at me this way, I would move the Earth for you,what's finding a guy for your sister!? Samrat thought as he got immersed in her deep,dark eyes and nodded..."Of course..." he said over-enthusiastically and then corrected himself as he looked away from her "I mean, I can look into it, if you'd like!!"

Gunjan got up from the chair abruptly "Thats so sweet of you!! I think I should get going now...Its almost time for my first lecture...I'll see u here same time tomorrow?" With that she picked up her bag and left the room, her mind moving in a direction totally different from what anyone could even suspect..............

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"A party!!!!????" Benji exclaimed loudly, causing people around him to turn to give him weird looks...He spoke again in hushed tones "A party? But me? Why me!? And are you out of your mind? You are going to hook up Nupur Dragon Bhushan!?"

Samrat sighed...It was turning out as difficult as he had anticipated..."I'm so sorry Benji, but I don't know anybody else in the college and I took your name on an impulse... I will help you with all the arrangements, I promise!!" He looked at him with an expectant look..."Please?" he said again, hoping to persuade him...

Benji shook his head and said resignedly "Alrite! I'll throw a party! But just this once!" Samrat grinned at him...He knew Benji would agree..."But, but, but...We r not looking for a guy for THAT terror of a girl!!"

Samrat stopped grinning as he realised that this was the focal point on which the whole plan's success depended...If there was no one to bring Nupur, Gunjan would not be allowed to come and if she didn't come then.....Samrat used his most charming smile (though he had never tried it on a guy before, so the results could backfire) on him and slapped Benji's back...

Benji lifted one brow as he realised that Samrat was not going to deter from the plan..."No Samrat! I'm telling you...No way!!"

"Come on, Benji...This will be our fun game...What say,dude?" Benji continued to shake his head as Samrat, laughing hard, pulled him along to devise the next step,with both their thoughts running in different directions....

This is gonna be fun!!!Sam thought excitedly...

This guy is gonna get me killed for sure!!!Benji thought helplessly...

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Treat for the sajanians...Do let me noe, hw u all found it...:) Mayurians, be patient...😉 Hv something planned for u guys too...:)

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Appu

Note: Since this FF is a direct adaptation of the movie "10 things...". i will be straightaway borrowing few dialogues dat i really love from the movie...I tk NO CREDIT for da same...All credits to da movie dialogue-writers...:) I only tk credit for putting the scenes into words or changing certain scenes...:)

(I noe i said dat before too, but still, felt better to repeat it...😳)

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