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At Sid's home:
It was the last two hours before the dance. Sid was watching a game on TV and was shouting ans doing all those things guys do when they're watching a football match, when Sue came in front of the large 37-inch plasma screen and turned it off.
Sid yelled, "SUE!!! Yeh tum kya kar rahi ho? Abhi match over nahi hua!!"
Sue, an extremely serious look on her face, said "Sid. Dance do ghanto mein shuru hoga. Tumhein tayaar hona hai."
"Lekin abhi to do ghante hain!! I'm not a girl who needs to get ready in minimum two hours!"
"Oh, but I am!" said Sue. "I'm a girl, in case you havn't noticed and I need to help you choose your clothes before I go to get ready."
"I'm perfectly capable of choosing my clothes myself, thank you!" said Sid in frustration.
"Oh yea? Phir batao! Tum kya pehn ke jao ge?"
"Mein - mein, " said Sid, quickly thinking over the clothes he owned. "I know! My black shirt and je-"
"DON'T SAY JEANS!" shouted Sue, her hands on her head. "You obviously have no clothes to wear (Sid had a whole large-size wardrobe over-flowing with clothes), and no idea what people here wear to dances, having never actually attended one, so I got you this," Sue gave Sid a shopper in which she had put the suit he was to wear. "NOW GET READY!" And with that, she stalked off to her room.
Sid took out the suit and saw that it was an extremely handsome tux. Surprised that Sue had gone to such extremes to make sure he looked good, he smiled a small smile to himself. He distinctly remembered Sue asking Riddhima one day in the previous week that what did she think of guys in tuxes. Riddhima had just smiled and blushed and walked away. He loved it when she smiled. And if she blushed at the same moment he was sure that scene was as pretty as a picture. Determined that he would make sure she enjoyed herself tonight (Shilpa had told him confidentially that Ridz was a great dancer but extremely shy of guys which was why she hadn't gone to a single dance in the past two years), he took the suit to his room with the intention of making himself look really good.
At RidShi's apartment in Ridzy's room:
Riddhima was gaping in horror at the dress that Shilpa had just presented to her. Shilpa was holding a hanger from which hung a long, light blue dress with no sleeves (just straps) and a lot of waves in it. ( I hope you understand when I saw waves). It was slim and flowed down full length, which would make her look extremely slim and smart, but Riddhima refused to wear it.
R: Shilpa!!! Yumhe pata hai mein aise kapde nahi pehnti hoon
Sh: But Di! You HAVE to! You don't know how much bargaining I had to do to buy this on a reasonable price! I even bought matching shoes!
R: But-but-but It's too cold to wear this kind of dress! We're not in India you know!! We're in Boston in the middle of December.
Sh: You don't know how hot it will be at the dance! They've got heating full blast on in there! And anyway I have a really cute mini jacket with full sleeves which would go perfectly with your dress. And I'm not completely sure that I don't have a blue muffler as well.....
R: But - Shilpa I can't wear this!
Sh: Why not???
R: Because- because sid will think that I'm pushing it to far! We're friends! Not girlfriend boyfriend!
Shilpa rolled her eyes and said: Di, you havent been to dances. You don't know the type of dresses the girls here wear! This is nothing! It's just a party dress. It doesn't even have a low neck or a revealing cloth! It only has no sleeves, and I even have that taken care of!!! Now start getting ready! There are hardly two hours left! Sid will be here to pick you at exactly 7:30 for your first date-"
"IT'S NOT A DATE! WE'RE GOING AS FRIENDS ONLY!"
"Yea, whatever. I'll go get the shoes and jacket. You wear the dress. I'l leave the other stuff on your bed. NOW GET READY!"
Riddhima sighed, took the dress from Shilpa, and headed to her bathroom.
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Almost two hours later:
Riddhima was standing in the corridor of their apartment. She was wearing the blue dress, with a shimmery light blue mini-jacket on top and light blue stilletos, and looking extremely pretty. But she had been unable to do anything special to her hair. She had a glass of water in her hand, and her hand was shaking so much that she spilled some of the water, It was almost time for Sid to arrive. At that moment, Shilpa came out of her room looking extremely Shilpa-ish and hot in a maroon dress that came to just below her knees, with golden patterns here and there. Wearing maroon platform heels and her hair curlier than usual, she gasped when she looked at Riddhima.
"Oh. My. God. Di, you are looking soooooo hot! Even though stilletos shouldnt really be worn to school functions, they go perfectly with this dress. It would have been a crime to wear platforms with this dress!"
Riddhima smiled at her sister's enthusiasm. "Well, thanks a lot for the compliments Shilpa, but I think I look more like an icicle!"
Shilpa burst out laughing. "An icicle?!?!?!? You've got some imagination, Ridz Di! I hope that Sid doesnt have the same imagination though......" Shilpa looked a bit worried near the end of her speech.
"Speaking of Sid, tum kis ke saath ja rahi ho?" In the whole week, Riddhima had failed to ask Shilpa this question.
"Me? Oh, I'm going with Michael. A guy from my Bio class. Nothing serious."
"Right....." At the moment, the doorbell rang, but Ridz was sure it wasn't Sid for some reason. Sure enough, it was a Michael, a cute guy with curly hair. Shilpa went out of the door, waved to her sis, and headed away with her date.
Now Ridz was left alone. She went to sit down in the drawing room. Minutes later, the doorbell rang again, and this time, Riddhima's heart started pounding painfully. She opened the door, and sure enough there was Siddhant Modi, looking faint-worthy in a tux which complimented his body perfectly.
"H-hi," said Riddhima, her breathe knocked out of her. She thought subconsciously that looking this hot should be made illegal.
"Same to you," said Sid, moving inside. Looking her over, he thought that he had never seen a girl looking so beautiful. Taking her hand, he said, "You all ready to go?"
"Yes," said Riddhima, still in a low voice.
Sid then said, without thinking, "Bohat achi lag rahi ho."
In her surprise, Riddhima looked up at him to see of he was serious. Apparently he was. Going red, she smiled slightly and said, "Thanks. You look pretty hot yourself you know." ARGH!!! DID SHE JUST ACTUALLY SAY THAT?????? SHE WAS SOOOOOOO STUPID!!!
Sid's eyebrows went up in surprise at her bold comment. Seeing her blush even more, he summed up that it must have slipped out by mistake. "Well, thanks very much. Sue would have murdered me if you said I looked like a duck, which was her assessment."
Riddhima laughed at that. A duck??? Not likely!
Sid listened to the sound of her laugh, mesmerised. It was like music. He hadn't enjoyed any sound more. Then, pulling her towards him by her hand, he said, "We should get going now you know."
"Yeah ok, " said Riddhima, not slightly disturbed by the sudden closeness, for Sid turned away almost instantly. Moving forward, she slipped on the water she had spilled earlier (remember right? YOU DON'T??? GO BACK AND READ AGAIN!!!), and nearly fell down. Quickly, Sid caught her around her waist, saving her from hitting the floor. Riddhima opened her eyes in relief of not hitting the floor, and saw that her and Sid's face were mere inches away (2 and a half inches, to be exact). She forgot everything at the moment, and only stared at the eyes of the person in front of her. Even Sid, usually composed at all times, couldn't help but return the gaze of the eyes that haunted him so much. Unknowingly, both of their faces moved very slightly towards each other's when suddenly, Sid's phone rang, popping the shining moment like a bubble. REalising the proximity, both of them felt suddenly awkward, and Sid let Riddhima go slowly. Riddhima's face was on fire now. WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ME TODAY???? she thought to herself.
Sid answered the phone, which ws from Sue, telling him to hurry up. Taking Riddhima's hand once again, he said, "Let's go." And both if them went to his car.
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Hope you enjoyed.
The dance part will be after i get back from wherever. OR of I manage to find an isolated place, I'll type with lightning speed to write the part.
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