Kis Desh Mein Hai Mera Dil Part 4
"It's time." the lady whispers into Prem's ear.
Prem closes his eyes tight, scared of what's going to happen next. Just then, the lights turn on and he hears laughter. He opens his eyes and sees Heer coming out of a room laughing her head off. He looks at the lady in front of him, and sees her laughing too. She takes off the wig and goes to Heer and gives her a high five. He looks at her surprised and confused.
"I'm so sorry. But I couldn't help it." explains Heer.
"What happened was that I was so tired of waiting for you, that I decided that I will come to your house for the meeting. But when I was leaving I met Meher." says Heer putting her hands around Meher's shoulders.
"And then Heer told me that she was sitting her waiting for you since the past hour. And I met her after such a long time, that I decided that I will give her a break. I made her sit in that room, and watch everything that was going on in here. The wind was created by a fan right behind you." explains Meher.
Prem looks behind and sees the fan.
"The music was coming from Heer's computer." points out Meher. "And the night, is just a painting."
She pushes the painting with her finger slightly and it moves, but doesn't fall because it's attached to a string.
"So, how did you like it?" asks Heer.
Prem looks at her confused, not knowing what to say.
"This was all a joke?" he asks.
"Yeah. Look, I'm sorry if I hurt you. But Meher wanted to show me her talent. And I personally loved it and I'm thinking of doing the tour with her." Heer says.
"Tour?" Prem asks confused. "What tour?"
"The tour. Oh, I forgot I never told you yet. Meher, can you go and to talk to Mr. Shukla about the contract papers, while I fill in Prem about the tour?" asks Heer.
"Sure." she replies.
Meher leaves. Heer goes around to her desk and sits down and tells Prem to sit down as well.
"So, Mr. Prem Juneja. I want to make a proposal to you."
Prem looks up surprised and oddly has a strange but yet a nice feeling attached to it.
"I want you to come with us on a tour of India. I saw you sing yesterday, and I think you were phenomenal. And not to brag or anything, but I dance really good. And Meher can act superb. With your singing, my dancing and Meher's acting, this can be the best tour of not only India but of the whole entire world. And don't worry, I'll pay you as much you as you want. Just tell me the price and I'll give it." Heer explains very briefly.
Prem thinks this over a little.
"Have you ever travelled India before?" he asks.
Surprised by the question, Heer replies, "No, I haven't. Why?"
"Then you have to promise me, that you'll make me your tour guide." he says.
"So, you're in?" Heer asks happily.
"I always was." he answers with a smile.
Heer gets super happy and is unable to control her smile. Seeing Heer smile, Prem starts smiling too. Meher comes in, and sees them smiling so much and blushing, that she starts to think something is up. Not wanting to disturb them, she slowly and as quietly as possible closes the door and leaves. Prem looks up at the clock and it's close to 1. He hears his stomach growling and remembers that he didn't eat breakfast today.
"Do you want to go for lunch?" he asks Heer.
"Sure." she replies.
They take their stuff and go outside for lunch. Since Heer isn't used to eating food from small restaurants, he decides to take her to one, and see if she likes it or not. He finds them a spot and he sits down. But Heer remains standing and just looks around at the place like a lost puppy.
"Kya hua?"
"Mein yaha kabhi aiyi ni."
"So? That's why I brought you here."
"But Prem, I don't know how to behave here. I mean...."
"Behave? You're not on another planet Heer. You're still on planet Earth, just on a different continent, in a country, in a different place, in a different restaurant, with a different person."
"Then what's the difference between a different planet and now?"
He gets up and goes to her.
"Heer. If you're always scared like this, then you'll never be able to experience new things. I mean look at yourself. You are THE Heer Maan. The world's most famous dancer and you're scared of having lunch with a handsome young man like me?" he says with a pout.
"I didn't mean it like that. I mean... I..."
"You trust me?"
He extends his hand out to her. Heer just looks into his eyes and sees nothing but kindness and honesty in them. She smiles and puts her hand in his. He escorts her to her seat and makes her sit down. Then he goes around and sits down in front of her. They both look at their menus and order. During their lunch, they share many of their personal information with each other and laugh their hearts out upon hearing something hilarious from each other.
By the time they were done, it was around 3 in the afternoon. They paid their bills and Heer took Prem to show him their office. When they reached inside, Heer got caught up with some problem. While she got busy with that, Prem started looking around. He started walking around and saw a recording room. He entered and saw a CD. He picked it up and put it inside his walkman and listened to it. He instantly fell in love with it and started making some lyrics to go with the song. While he was listening to the tune, and making lyrics, he saw Heer in front of him. She looked so beautiful. She was different than everyone that he met before. Her face might say something, but her eyes said something else. When she's quiet, her eyes did the talking for her. When her lips formed into a smile, it was if the sun's rays were blessing him with their warmth. Her one touch, sent thousands of volts of electricity in him. But he doesn't mind. He was willing to get shocked millions of times just for one touch from her. It was then, that he decided that he would make this song for her. And only her.
"Excuse me." someone called from behind.
He turned around and saw a man in his 30's standing behind him, wondering if he should be here right now.
"Umm.. who are you?" he asked unsure.
"Oh. Sorry." he turned off his walkman and took off the ear phones. "I'm Prem. Prem Juneja. The new singer." introduced Prem.
"Oh. So you're Mr. Juneja. Sorry, I didn't recognize you. I'm Nirendra. Nirendra Mishra." introduced Nirendra.
They both shook hands.
"So, how do you like the room?" he asked.
"It's nice. I've never been in one this big though." Prem said hesitantly.
"Well, there's a first for everything. If you want we can get started today." he said happily.
"Sure. What do I have to do?" inquired Prem.
"Well, first we have to find out what level of singing are you most comfortable at and what kind of songs can you sing. Can your voice go low and high, that kind of stuff." explained Nirendra.
"Ok."
Prem took off the guitar from behind his back and set it down. He followed Nirendra into a closed room, where this was only a mike, and a glass window, through which they can see each other.
"So, you'll be singing in here, and I'll be out there, playing some instrumentals of songs. By that, I can find out everything I need to know, and you need to improve on. Ok."
"Alright."
Nirendra left the room and started setting up everything for the tests.
Meanwhile.....
Heer was finally done dealing with the problem.
"So if there's anything else, do let me know." informed Heer.
"Sorry to keep you waiting Pr...." Heer turned around and saw that Prem wasn't there.
"Yeh Prem kaha chala gaya?" she asked in her mind.
She started looking around all over the place. She went to his office, thinking that he was curious about how it would look like, but he wasn't there. She went to her office, thinking that he didn't want to disturb her, and would sit down and wait there, but he wasn't there either. She started running down the halls, shouting Prem's name and asking everyone she sees whether or not they saw him, but all their answer was, no. She checked her watch. It was 5:15.
"Maybe he left. But he wouldn't leave without telling me. He's not like that. He wouldn't put me in this much tension. Wait. How do I know? I only met him yesterday. It's not as if I know him all my life or something. Besides, he also has a family. He must also want to spend time with them. Just because I don't have one, doesn't mean that he doesn't either."
Her eyes welled with unexpected tears. As she was passing by one of the rooms, she heard something. She quickly wiped away her tears and started heading towards the sound. As she was getting closer, the sound started getting louder. At first she couldn't make out what it was, but then it started getting more clearer. She stood outside the door that the noise was coming from. She slowly opened the doorknob. She was shocked to see what was making that sound.
End.
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