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"What?" Deepa was shocked and Khushi went pale! Her face crumpled! Tears rolled down her cheeks as she turned to Deepa with humiliation written on her face!
"I told you! I told you Deepu! I am... I am ... well.." She sobbed and said "I am unfit for all this!"
"Yes you are!" Neeta said sternly!
"Maasi!" Deepa wailed! "Don't!... as such it was so difficult to convince her!"
"I can see where you are coming from!" Neeta said regarding Khushi keenly!
"I told her I am not the right choice for the Sexy Siren look she has in her mind" Khushi said and said," I am sorry!"
"What for? What is it to me!" Neeta said getting up and said "...now don't waste my time and yours!"
Deepa was so furious that she said "I am sorry too that I depended on you! I just wanted to... to make her live her dream for an evening!" She blabbered and before Khushi could stop her she told Neeta about her crush and everything that was there to the situation!
Neeta smiled and looked at Khushi!
"Good! I was waiting for that as I knew you both were only telling me half the truth!"
"What do you mean?" Deepa demanded!
"I mean...its good you suggested what you did! But She does not fit the bill" Neeta said rudely!
"Awe Maasi! How could you?" Deepa confronted her when Khushi silently cried at Neeta Maasi's comments!
"I am telling you,... she does not fit the bill to be a sexy siren!
But she will do one better!
She is a natural beauty and a charmer! I can style her to be a Diva!" Neeta said as there was absolute silence in the room!
"What?" Deepa was the first to react! "What are you saying!"
"I am saying what I know very well! This woman here has oodles of charm and that freshness in her which can naurally be transformed into a sensation with minimum make over! She is not %^$&#y like that Lavanya! She is very very poised and classy! She can never be a siren!" Neeta said with her chin up!
Deepa looked at Khushi as if she were from Mars and Khushi herself was astounded and raised her eyebrow at Deepa!
"But..." Khsuhi still had inhibitions...
"No buts... I need a tailor I need some material! The rest of the stuff I have in my store room! I need a helper to dust it out and remove stuff that would be useful!
Most importantly! I need her to go and take an appointment with a certain beautician and get certain things done..."Neeta was going on... as Khushi and Deepa stared at each other!
"What?" Neeta asked stopping abruptly!
"We...er... I don't have that kind of budget!" Khushi said and turned to Deepa and said " Deepu forget it babe! She is just trying to you know make up for what she said earlier I know where I stand..."
"CCCRRRARAAASSSHHH..."
The ceramic ash tray went flying on to the floor breaking into tiny peaces!
"You are saying that to me Neeta Abaaya? Who made stars out of ordinary looking people? Who made a Sikandar Bhora out of a street hawker or who made the famous Tennis star the lead in many Bollywood movies...?" Neeta was out of her wits with anger!
"Nai nai Maasi! This girl is so low on self esteem" Deepa said crushing Khushi's hand so tight in warning that Khushi winced!
"Thats what I saw! If I had the assets she has, I would have been contesting for the Miss World competition!" Neeta said still furious!
Khushi opened her mouth and closed it!
It cannot be possible! But she did not want to cause trouble again and embarrass Deepa before her aunt!
"Whats that look you have on your face child? Why?... are you not believing what I say?" Neeta now asked Khushi directly!
"I...I..."Khushi looked at Deepa and said," ...er...its not like I don't believe you..."
"Then?" Neeta demanded...
"If I were so...I mean ..er...good... then why didn't he... I mean... you know... people never noticed me all through the years?" There she asked it!
"Thats coz you are like that diamond which is uncut,... Only a true expert could see through! Once its cut then everyone would know the worth of the diamond! You get me?" Neeta asked and Khushi shook her head in the negative!
"AAARRRGGGHHH! Ok look at this!" She held the baggy tee shirt Khushi was sporting on her faded jeans!
"Well... who would look at a girl who wears gunny bags for clothes that are taste less and twice her size and what colour is this ?" She scrunched her nose..."...such a drab one!"
"She has good colour sense Maasi" Deepa defended her friend!
"May be but that does not show in her dressing!" Neeta said.
"But.. I do not have that kind of money to..." Khushi tried to defend her insecurities...
"It does not need money! It needs a little smartness and aslo some industriousness on your part!" Neeta said!
"You need not wear expensive clothes! You can make your own or select ordinary stuff that you can accentuate with accessories!" She added thoughtfully.
"Deepa I need a tailor... "She insisted!
"Where can I get one at such a short notice Deepa said looking at Khushi and then both of them squeeked "AUNT JO!"
"Had it not been for the one month off that I wanted, I wouldn't have been..doing...er...this... "Aunt Jo ranted as Khushi and Deepa chuckled and as Neeta walked in saying "Jo can you make a dress out of this...?"She was holding a sheer bronze coloured sari with some zari self work on it!
"HA! Jo ranted! I will! Deepa had twisted my arm for the one month leave I need in December to go visit my grand son in Singapore! I can even make a dress out of an orange peel!" She ranted.
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