The rudest guy alive
"Well this performance... It was really good... For sleeping"
The whole class burst in laugh. I felt like running out of there.
"Hey hey" professor shouted.
That is when bell rang and a wave of relief washed me. Phew.
"Okay everyone you may go but Mr. Arjun and Ms. Arohi stay back"
Arjun looked at me like I am some dirty old rag.
"Why sir what happened? I can't stay I have things to do."
"No first you apologize to Arohi"
"Huh? Really I don't think so. I did not say anything wrong even she knows that performance was sleep inducing"
"I don't know anything just say sorry otherwise"
"Otherwise?? What you'll expel me. You know how other students would react to that?"
"Wait sir I can't stay either I've to go. And I don't need any apology from people who don't even understand classical music" I interrupted.
With that I ran to my practice room. When I told my band mates about today they were raged.
"How dare he say that? Let's complain about him" Simi said
"No one says this about ANGELs. We are the best classical band ever. How can someone insult our leader?" Gauri exclaimed.
"Cool down peeps not to worry. Why wasting our time on some world-class bast**d. Let's practice." I said.
"Yeah please guys stop this." Purvi said.
"And yeah Arohi you made that new tune you were practicing. Maybe we could learn it."
"Yeah so listen carefully it'll start from C sharp."
"Hmm okay"
Purvi and I started with Sitar then Simi started with harmonium and then Gauri started playing her tabla. We practiced for 1 hour and then we went together to visit Mrs. Savita our music teacher. She is hospitalized, she has cancer and we are raising funds for her operation. We visit her everyday after college. As usual Simi would start blabbering once we are there to cheer up mam. I and Gauri would stand back and Purvi would ask if she can marry mam's son who is 11 now. We stayed with her for another hour when we were coming back doctor told us to collect the money fast because we need to do the operation soon. That worried me a little because so far we have not saved much. We need to think of a plan.
"Aru what if we perform and try to raise fund? Kind of concert" Purvi suggested.
"Not bad idea but we need a place to perform and then we may have to rent it so" I said disappointed.
"No we don't have to we can perform in that new live music club The Pansy's and they pay the performers." Simi said cheerful.
"Great then let's go there and fix timings." I said really hopeful this time.
"But who would buy tickets to listen to classical music no one these days like this music" Gauri said.
"Hey what if we ask any other famous band to perform too?" Simi said.
"Not a bad idea. But whom can we ask?" I wondered.
"Wait I have a plan. Let's go to The Pansy's I'll explain there." Purvi said dragging us.
"But I'm not allowed to stay out after 6" I said.
"Don't worry we'll say we are practicing for the national classical event. He would be beyond happy to hear that you love classical music so much that you are practicing overtime." Gauri said.
"Okay" I said impressed by the plan but still I don't like lying to grandpa because my whole life I had been doing that only. He doesn't know that I talk to dad on a regular basis and that I listen to rock music. But I've to lie now because I'm doing this for my teacher who is like a mother to me.
It's my first time in a club I don't even know how one looks from inside.
The place looks pretty sophisticated from outside it seems it would be really very cool. As we were about to step inside my phone rang and I excused myself telling them to wait for me inside.
Its grandpa I've to talk to him can't avoid his calls.
It took me 5 minutes to explain him why I would be late tonight and he yelped in joy that I'm a true patriot of the country to save old traditions and culture in the form of classical music. He praised me for 10 more minutes. I hung up and started to head inside when I heard someone talking in a pleading voice I looked to that side to find a girl and a boy.
The girl was facing me but the boy had his back towards me. The girl was really pleading I stepped forward to see if there is any problem. I was little away from them but none of them have seen me yet.
"Please say something, I really love you." The girl said.
"Look girl, I don't like you. And besides ugly girls are really not my type" the guy said with disgust
in his voice.
The girl started crying and ran away from there. The guy turned towards me and it was none other than Arjun. I gaped at him.
"What you also want to confess your love for me?" he said, snapping me out of my daze.
"Haha as if? You know self righteous a** are not my type." I scoffed then headed inside without sparing a glance.
I found my seat and sat with my friends. They were discussing something.
"Hey what took you so long?" Simi asked.
"Nothing I met that guy again, how can there be people like this so rude. They don't even understand other's feeling." I said really pissed.
"Okay cool down babe Purvi got a really good idea. Well we were looking for some other band so we can ask The Royal Idiots they are famous, they are cool so people will come also so we can raise more fund." Gauri said excited.
"Good idea but are they performing tonight also cuz I've never heard them, so it would be good then after the performance ends we'll go talk to them." I proposed.
"Hmm oh hey look they are coming."
I looked at that side and gaped how can this be? Oh no no please god save me. Don't tell me Arjun is the band leader and I've to go ask him to help us after what I said outside oh hell no.
Edited by piggy-rabbit - 13 years ago
