6:00 AM, Terrace.
My Bua-ji always says that if you need a new perspective on things then physically change your perspective. Go some place bizarre and think again. My Bua-ji is also crazy as a bat. So I don't know how much of what she said is legitimate.
Hahaha...after all the madness runs in the family!!!:D
Anywho.
She's the reason I am up here on the terrace sitting precariously on the parapet wall driving my brain insane. I swear, if my brain had a mouth, it'd cry out in pure agony. The point is, I've been over thinking and as a result I have finally reached a point of concurrence.
Who is the reason for my current dilemma?
Who's the reason I can't sleep at night?
Who the reason I have people gossiping behind my back?
Who's the reason I am not failing photography?
Who cryptically stated that he's 'interested' in me?
The answer to all of the above questions is ... Arnav Singh Raizada. But the problem with Mr Raizada is that he has a huge problem with sharing information. The jerk thinks that by making me flustered he can get away. Unfortunately for him, what he doesn't know is that I am totally onto his little plan.
He can run but he can't hide.
As the saying goes- 'Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long." If he's not going to tell me then I am going to find out one way or another.
Suck on that, Laad Governor.
Tsk tsk...just one person behind soo much!!!she is finally getting around to his not so pure intentions!!!and she agrees that she gets flustered because of him...do i see progress???
She can just never give up can she???haha...love the quote...
Loved how you have penned down her thoughts...i am just such a big fan of how you use witty phrases and sarcasm in her thoughts and when she is talking to him...:)...it make laugh everytime i read your updates and takes my mind off all the tension and stress!!
8:30 AM, Bus
"Well look who decided to join us today... What no romantic ride with Arnav today?" Thanks Priya and while you're at it why don't you pour some sand on the wound as well.
"Shut up..." I whined giving her a grumpy look.
"Alright alright... What's got your knickers in a twist?...On second thoughts please don't answer that..." She was having way too much fun at my expense so I gave her a dirty look.
She raised her arms in defeat.
"Sorry ... tell me what's with you and Arnav?"
"What 'what's with me and Arnav'?"
"Khushi ... " She said exasperatedly.
"I honestly don't know ... " Then I continued, sporting a sharp smirk. "But I am going to find out."
"Khushi, what's swimming in that head of your?" Her smile turned a little apprehensive.
"I'll make you a deal..." I said, a half baked plan forming inside my head.
Her eyes first showed puzzlement then resignation then an understanding and finally outrage.
"No way ... now way in hell am I helping you ... .."
"But you don't even know what I want..."
"Khushi from what I do know I am pretty sure what you have in mind is both illegal and probably'll make us a laughing stalk."
My moth flew open at her rather apt description of what I had in mind.
OMG...i love priya!!!she is just too good...she can mock someone even in her sleep i think!!!she is so good at it!!and she mocks people(people=khushi) in such way that they will get annoyed but will not be hurt and sets her apart from the rest of the girls(rest of the girls=Lavanya and her intern/trainee bitches)
And she should start getting used to khushi's antics ideas because ALL of them are related to a certain Raizada and hence ALL of them are going to be illegal,unreliable,sometimess senseless and VERY risky!!
9:30 AM, some corridor.
"We're going to get into so much trouble for this ... My mom is going to kill me when she finds out I've missed class ... .." Priya whispered.
"Oh shush ... Live a little ... ."
"Easy for you to say you have the first class free ... " She glared at me.
Hahaha...live a litlle...priya would have kicked if they wouldnt be in the danger of getting caught!!
I pretended not to notice as we were precariously perched behind an alcove in front of the locker rooms waiting for the tennis players to come back from practice.
"Pray tell what exactly are we doing here?" Priya asked for the umpteenth time.
I sighed and sat down, sliding down the wall and bringing my knees together. I motioned for Priya to do the same.
She gave me a You're-effing-Crazy look but sat down all the same.
"I just ... want to know who he is ... ." I admitted.
"What's to know ... I'll tell you who he is ... He's a playboy and a jerk..."
I stared at her for moment and said slowly,
"I don't believe that..." I really didn't, sure he was slightly bi-polar but he didn't give out any bad-guy vibes. And here's a fact my instincts are never wrong. Ever.
I do wish Priya gave him another chance but at the same time i like it when she calls him a playboy because that makes khushi believe more firmly that he is not because she is obviously crushing on him big time!!!
Priya groaned loudly and I shushed her as I heard footsteps approaching. To be specific three pairs of footsteps.
What the eff is that bitch doing, coming towards the BOYS locker room?
Ooohhh...jealous much??soo much animosity from now...wonder what will she will do when she and Arnav start dating!!
Priya and I couched lower pressing ourselves against the wall and straining to hear what they were saying.
"ASR, you haven't told me anything about Anjalie in a while, how's she doing?" Came Lavanya's voice laced with concern.
"Is she going back to college now?" Another voice, Anil's.
"What's there to say? She's doing alright ... " Came Arnav's clipped voice.
"Don't be like that.. we haven't seen her in ages... tell us ... "
"She recovering... slowly ... "
"And college?"
"Whenever the hell she's ready..."
The pace of one of the footsteps increased, which I am guessing was Arnav's. Then the footsteps stopped.
"Chill bro, we're just concerned.. you know she's like my sister too ... ."
"Exactly Arnav we care about her too ... "
"I know guys.. it's just..."
"Difficult.. we know that...at the very least I am glad you haven't killed Shyam yet ... ."
"Yeah I'd be pretty pissed if you offed the guy without inviting me ... "
A pair of chuckles followed by hi-fives.
"Both of you stop it, it's not funny ... And Anil, for God's sake, don't urge the guy on ... "
"La ... ouch.. let go of my ears.....You vile woman.."
"Don't worry too much La ... Whatever I do it's going to be calculative.. I know better than to be hasty ... "
"There's a reason why he's fawned over by every single teacher- it's cause he too smart for his own damn good.."
"I wish you'd tell us something Arnav ... "
"It's my battle La.."
"And how does this battle strategy of yours include Khushi ... "
Priya and I turned to look at each other in shock as we strained to hear the rest of the conversation as it faded out, they were too far.
"What the hell was that ... ." I exclaimed.
Priya had a peculiar expression on her face.
"Priya, what is it.. what do you know?"
"I just know that Anjalie, Arnav's sister, used to go out with Shyam ... . Their break up was really mysterious.. no one really knows what happened, expect that no one's seen Anjalie since then ..."
"How am I involved?"
Her only response was a concerned shrug.
Oh boy...now that is called a twist and an excellent one too!!so there is an anjali-shyam angle...!!!Wonder what shyam could have done so horrible that anjali isnt ready to go to college yet!!!love the fact that anil and lavanya share the love and affection for anjali and hate shyam equally just like arnav...shows the fact that they are indeed very good friends...not soo sure about lavanya though...sometimes i feel that she is upto no good but at times like this it makes me feel that she is a nice girl by heart...:)...
Haila!!!no seriously...that was my reaction when i read that khushi was involved in some way...it was not confirmed by arnav and i really hope that he is not playing around with her...but now my brain is going overdrive with what the the whole mystery is about!!!
Shriya...you evil evil girl!!you had it all planned didnt you???you figured that you would bring up a twist in may just when you had exams so you could leave us hanging mid air...our(atleast mine) minds wrapped around this fantastic FF thinking about ur next update...Hmmph...i must it is a very successful strategy indeed..!!
Just kidding...this twist is absolutely brilliant...im seriously intrigued as to what will happen next...very interesting...you excel your entrance tests and the missy you get right back here and give us a loonnng update...;)
11:30 AM, Creative Writing.
I have some mysterious past liked with his.
I am his step sister in some mysterious way ... ew gross Bau-ji 's only ever loved Amma.
I am mysteriously part of his previous birth and now he's reincarnated to take his revenge on me.
Arnav and Shyam are mysteriously crushing over one another and they want my help.
Anjalie is actually my long lost childhood friend who I pushed off the swing once and then mysteriously bolted from the spot before I was caught.
So much for Creative Writing. Sheesh.
She should leave journalism and drop out of high school...get Ekta Kapoor's or some other crazy production house's address..present them with these theories and convince the, to start a drma and i tell you...this fictional character will be raking in big money within a month the show starts!!her brain is very creative...in a SLIGHTLY different way...but verycreative indeed!!i assure you...whatever theories i have are not even close to these high end dramatic theories of her...:D...
12:30 PM, Lunch
I was still contemplating the Arnav-Shyam-Anjalie equation when Priya approached me.
"So what next Sherlock?" Priya asked grinning.
"A genius takes time my dear Watson." We giggled like a pair of loons.
"Should I get you a cloak and a monocular? You know to be more authentic and all ... .."
Then I crouched under the table suddenly as I saw Arnav entering the cafeteria. I held my breath uttering 'Hai Devi Maiya'
"Khushi are actually hiding under the table to avoid him?" Priya asked her voice filled with disbelief.
"Anyway's you better become invisible 'cause he's coming this way.."
I heard footsteps approach and then Arnav's unmistakeable voice.
"What is she doing down there?"
Before Priya could answer I suddenly stood up pushing down the water bottle perched on the table and hitting myself on the table. Ouch.
"The hell Khushi?" He moved closer reaching for my head, but I, with my ninja like reflexes, moved away before he touched me.
"I am fine ... spiffing ... never been better ... fit as a fiddle ... "
He just stared at me like I was barking mad.
"i.. have.. to ..go.. now ... very important thing that I have to attend now ... bye ... "
Then I bolted from the spot leaving poor Priya to do the explaining. Hey what are friends for if not to cover up for your abrupt departures from stalkers' vicinity?
Hahaha...after every chapter ithink...she couldnt get any more crazier and there she goes,hides under the table to hidefrom Arnav and
Voila!!!my eyes widen in surprise and i start laughing and reinstate my statement again waitng to be proven wrong again...;)...
Loved how arnav was all shell shocked to see her behaving like this...i bet he is going to call NASA one of these days to report a martian whose description is very similar to her...
5:00 PM, Home
I think I gobbled up pretty much everything in the kitchen since I didn't have any lunch due to the Arnav fiasco. Amma just told that we're going to go broke if I continue to eat like that. I just told her that it'd be child abuse if she didn't feed me. Sheesh.
Argh stupid phone I really need to change my ring tone. Wait a minute ... it's can't be ... him? Now ?
6:00 pm, bed
"you didn't come to see me." This guy has some serious issues.
"excuse me?"
"My match you didn't come to see ... "
Then it clicked. Arnav's tennis match. I had totally forgotten about it.
"yeah I was busy ... "
"Busy avoiding me?" How the hell is one person supposed to answer that?
"Avoid you? Why would I avoid you?"
Then I heard a slight muffle at the other end?
"Are you laughing at me?" I demanded.
"Khushi that little stunt of yours during lunch, worst ever."
I huffed loudly letting him know that I wasn't happy with his comment.
"is that some sort of normal behaviour around you ... all the craziness I mean ... "
" are you done complimenting me now? Seriously if you want to get me to like you, you're doing a piss poor job"
"Then how do I get you to like me?"
Then I unceremoniously dropped my phone down in utter shock ... .. Did he just? I mean did he really? It can't be...
When I picked my phone again he was out right laughing at me.
"You're absolutely a single piece Khushi Kumari Gupta ... and I would like to be your friend, is what I meant.."
"Arnav Singh Raizada wants to be my friend?"
"Why do you say it like that?"
Then we just talked. For an entire hour. I told him that he was bi-polar and he told me I whine too much. I found out that he was a little bit of a recluse and that he was diabetic. He asked me if I was always loud. I told him to shove it and that yes I was slightly on the crazy side. I discovered that he played tennis since he was five and he was a kind of a know-it-all. He was majoring in Business Studies and wanted to be a millionaire by the time he turned twenty seven. In turn I told him I wanted to become a journalist and that who knows one day I might interview the millionaire Arnav Singh Raizada.
"I'll pick you up tomorrow, as usual."
With that he cut the call without waiting for my response. I have no idea what just happened except that liked I talking to Arnav Singh Raizada, perhaps far more than I should. Maybe if I do become his friend I can find out more about why he's stalking me. But is that a social norm? Can one befriend one's stalker?
Only time will tell.
This conversation made my day!! I loved it to the core!!!every line of it!!
Loved how he said "you didnt come to see me"...awww he missed her!!!!
And he jumped to the point...loved his no-non sense attitude some other guy would have asked what were you busy doing but him...no way..Why beat around the bush when you know the reason!!!
Serious one minute...laughing the next..he is soo bipolar..
And omg...i think i must have read "So how do i get you you to like me?" like 10 times or sol!!!loved her reaction...she dropped her phone !!lolzzz...
And the prize of the day goes to
"Arnav Singh Raizada wants to be my friend?"
and then "why do you say it like that?"
They became FRIENDS!!that is something big!!!
And they had a sane conversation...Sure...it was not face to face but if talking can happen normally under any circumstances between Arnav and Khushi it is counted...i loved their conversation!!!they finally told each other what they think abiut the other and the best part is they accepted it and took in their stride...
They are finally getting to know each other!!!im literally on my toes for the next update...im getting a one week break from alll my classes this week and i am gonna be stalking this thread...;)...i hope your exams get over within this week!!:)
Count this as a kind of sorry for not commenting earlier though i myself had no idea i wrote sooo much!!!!:D...
I really have been very busy with tests and all and i have PMs piling up my inbox...but i couldnt help commenting on this one...:)...
Ohh also...i hve been readjng this other nice SS...it called Waves and Particles and its very funny and cute!!!you should definitely read it after your exams...:)
SS:Waves and Particles
Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin
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