Chapter 7
It was a bright sunny morning. The whole college gathered on the ground, all prepared to set their stall, giving their best shot. Sharon and Taani spent their last 2 days making candles as they decided they will sell candles at the fair.
The car stopped and Sharon got off and opened the trunk. She looked proudly at the boxes; she goes ahead and picks one,
"Need any help?"
Sharon turned to see who it was, pretending that she didn't recognize that voice.
"No Thanks Swayam, I'll manage" she said it with a firm tone and a fake smile.
"Okay but," Swayam was about to continue when Sharon shut her trunk annoyingly and started walking away. He looks at her and scratches his head.
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Sharon reached the spot where Nil and Taani put up the stall, Nil walks towards Sharon, "Okay, atleast ab toh muje batao, aakhir kya banaya hai tum dono ne??"
Taani looked at Sharon and they open the box, Nil stared at it quite unimpressed. Taani looks at him with a nervous smile. "So what do you think?"
Nil looks at Sharon, "This is why I was telling you ki hum dono team up karke kuch banate hai and Taani ko sirf stall mein cashier rakenge" Sharon raises her eyebrows asking Nil to stop. But Nil continues, "Sharon ye ladki apni puri life apne uss bunglow k andar rahi hai, this is 1st time she has been to a fair. Isse kya pata ki kya hota hai" He turns towards Taani who was looking at him with a sad, disappointed face, "Taani ye college fair hai, yaha pe majority youngsters ayenge and not challis pachas saal k buddhe jo ye candles me interest rakenge."
Taani had tears in her eyes already, Sharon holds Nil's arms and makes him face her, "Nil please, ye sirf Taani ka hi nahi par mera bhi decision tha, tum usse aise nahi keh sakte and.." She didn't complete her sentence when Taani started walking away from them. Sharon just takes a deep breath and looks disappointingly towards Nil.
Taani wanted to reach to a spot where nobody could see her. She goes behind someone's stall and stands there trying real hard not to cry. She was breathing heavily as her emotions were taking over and she wasn't able to control it.
"Everything okay?"
Taani looked at Rey who just walked near her. Taani quickly wipes her tears and smiles, "yeah wo just..main.."
"yea..tum mere stall ke piche kya kar rahi ho?? Whats the matter?? Kuch chaiye?"
"Nai wo..I.." She shuts her eyes and opens it again now looking straight into Rey's eyes, (in a crying tone) "I just feel so stupid right now, It.. It was a mistake, main home school me hi thik thi, I don't... (her voice was choking)I don't belong her, Nil is right, muje kuch nai pata and I tried, I tried to fit in but look (she moves her hand in the air)I failed"
"Hey," He moves closer to her, pointing his index finger towards her, "Nobody, nobody on this earth can tell you where you belong and where you don't. Don't let others opinion about you affect you. Nil kya sochta hai ye Nil ki problem hai, tumhari nai, If someone tells you that you can't do something, Just prove them wrong."
Taani looks around with a disappointing look and again looks at Rey, "Par Nil is right. Koun humare candles kharidega? Look around, ye college kids hai yaha, so what if humare candles hand made hai ya phir scented hai (takes a deep breath) they are just stupid candles!!" She composed herself and walks away towards her stall. Rey looks at her as she walked by.
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It was almost 7'o clock in the evening and more and more people were rushing in the fair. There were loads of rides, food stalls, and stalls which included Swayam's photobooth. People were rushing to his booth to take pictures and would leave it giggling and hell satisfied.
Opposite that was Rey and Charlie's lucky bucket stall, where each person had to drop in cash and then pick a chit from the bucket and then take away whatever it said. It was a huge success as everyone knew they would win something or the other even if they were paying more then the items in the stall was worth.
And then there was Taani and Sharon's stall, next to Swayams. They were all sitting and just smiling at people who would pass their stall and not even look at it. They had given up as since morning all they were doing was trying and yelling on top of their voices to let people know how wonderful candles are. Nil just sat there quietly as Sharon had asked him not say a word to Taani. Sharon was sad too, but was just trying to be optimistic.
Swayam walks to their stall. Sharon just looked at him, "you need Candles??They are handmade, scented etc etc" she said it in a dull voice as she was sad already. He smiled at her and took a camera roll out from his pocket.
"wo ye actually meri aakhri camera roll hai, I have no more left"
Sharon took a deep breath and thought that he was mocking them, she stood up, "Well, then go and use it aur I'm sure ki log ayenge zaroor photo khichne k liye especially jab unhe ye pata chalega ki this is the only last one left"
Swayam smiles and nods his head and looks at her, "I've been saving this one"
Sharon looks at him, "for what?"
He looks at her. She nods her head and gives him a fake smile, thinking after the way he has been ignoring me for the past two days, hell no. I'm not taking a picture with him'
Swayam takes a deep breath, "saving it for the most beautiful girl" he paused for few seconds and then continued, "I know I don't deserve it but Ye mere liye bohot precious hoga, I mean, Look around, har koi chahta hai tumhare saath unka ek photo ho. but nobody is that lucky ki Sharon Rai Prakash, I mean The Sharon Rai Prakash unko ye mauka de. (he looks at the roll and then at her)You know log kehte hai ki insan 2 logo ko kabhi nai bhul sakta, jo pehla hota hai and last one ko. Pehle maine kiska photo khicha uska toh pata nai, par last one ko main bhulna nai chahta. "
Sharon looks at him thinking, it's happening again!! I'm falling for his charming words again'
"Please Sharon, May I have the honors" He looked at her with his best puppy face ever. How can someone say no to that? Sharon rolled her eyes and walked out, Swayam was smiling in joy as he walked behind her.
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Rey was all exhausted and tired talking to people and cheering them up as they picked a chit. He's eyes fall on Taani and her stall. She was sitting there all disappointed, lost all her hopes. Rey smiles at his customer and leaves them with Charlie and walks near Taani.
Taani gives him a sad smile and points out to the candles displayed, "agar main free mein bhi bheju na, tab bhi koi nai karidega ye, they are perfect in shape and size and all but (she smiles) people don't need it"
Rey looks at her "You know what Taani, where there is a will, there is a way. And you are selling all your candles tonight." He quickly picks an axe that he brought to put up his stall and walks away. Taani just kept staring at him all confused.
He reached near the generator to which the whole fair lights were connected. He looks at everyone, "People need candles Taani, atleast when there's no light" he smiles and hit the wires of generator with the axe.
Swayam just handed over the picture to Sharon 
Before she could say something,the whole area turned dark. Sharon looked around wondering what went wrong. There was lots of chaos everywhere as it was dark and they could hardly see.
Just then an idea strikes Taani's mind. She stood up on the stool.
"Candles! Candle light dinner to sab ne suna, how about a candle night walk? This beautiful place, with all you're beautiful soulmates, bestfriends, family. What a night to remember.This can't get more romantic, can it?" Taani looked around at everyone as she spoke.
Slowly everyone started rushing towards their stall. Taani, Nil and Sharon got busy as hell as the whole fair was at their stall. It took hardly 20 mins and all their candles were sold out.Soon the whole place was light up with candles and the scent of the candles was all over the place. It was such a beautiful sight to see.
Taani walked near Rey who was folding his hands and staring at her all the time she was happily selling the candles.
"Thank you"
He smiled at her and raised his eyebrows "you're welcome, waise bhi chori aur golmaal karne me..I'm an expert (they both giggle. He pauses and takes a deep breath) Taani remember one thing,kabhi bhi don't let the situation handle you. But you have to handle the situation. Tum chaho toh kuch bhi kar sakte ho, you just have to believe in yourself"
Taani just looked at him. How could someone motivate her so much? She looks around the area and smiles. Rey quickly takes a wollen shawl from his stall and puts it around her shoulder,
"Keep this one, as a reminder of this day. Kabhi bhi life mein when you're about to lose hope, Just look at it and remember that where there's a will...?"
Taani looks at the shawl and at him, "there's a way" she smiled and walked near Sharon who hugged her instantly.
Rey walks near Nil and makes Nil face him, "Hey you! Agli baar Taani ko yeh batane ki zaroorat nahi hai ki wo kya kar sakti hai and kya nahi kar sakti.. you get it??? Usse motivate nai kar sakte toh atleast discourage mat karo." He pushes his shoulders slightly and walks away. Nil just stares at him a bit scared.
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