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Hey everyone , hope everyone has a good weekend so here is episode three!!! Part 1 , part 2 will come up soon
Character Sketch Episode 1: The One With The Rockstar and the Professor (Sept 1/14)
Episode 2: The One Where Pragya Moves In (Sept 3/14) 
Enjoy :-)
Written by : -Martinski- and -Mina-
Link to prev :
Abhi-Pragya/KKB Series : "Yaariyan" : 3.0- "The One with Dr. Double Battery"
Pragya and Bulbul were sitting on the couch at Aaliya's apartment - now Pragya's apartment too, but she wasn't used to thinking of it like that yet.
"Yeah, I just finished bringing all my stuff from the moving truck and I just can't deal with unpacking!" Bulbul sighed dramatically.
"Well maybe we can help?" Pragya suggested.
"REALLY? That would be great!" Bulbul said excitedly. "Come have a look!" She grabbed Pragya's hand and took her across the hall to her apartment. Aakash, Abhi, and Aaliya just watched, laughing to themselves as Pragya let the strange new girl drag her way.
Bulbul almost couldn't open her door because there was so much stuff behind it, but finally she managed to get inside with Pragya.
"Wow, so many boxes huh?" Pragya asked as she scanned around the room in amazement. There were boxes piled on boxes and more boxes, labelled clothes, shoes, Harry Potter collection, etc etc - and that was just the LIVING ROOM! Wow, this girl has a lot of stuff! Pragya thought.
"Erm, haha, so now you see why I don't want to unpack," BB said lazily and with a beaming smile.
"It's cool. You must be tired just from moving in. You know, me and my friends can come help you tomorrow, if you want? You know, help thy neighbours and all." It was typical Pragya; she always loved to help anyone and everyone, and she didn't always think about how much trouble it might cause her.
Bulbul grabbed her for a sudden hug. "Thank you!!!" she squealed. "That actually sounds so good cause I will never do it especially because I have to look for a job because I can't afford this place by myself oh yeah and I'll need a roommate OH speaking of roommates what do you think is a good rent rate?" BB spoke so quick and jumbled so many things that Pragya was simply left bewildered.
"Whoa whoa, slow down," Pragya exclaimed. She held on to BB's shoulders to calm her down like a little kid.
"Sorry, I just am so all over things" BB explained, relaxing a little bit.
The two of them hung out at BB's for a while and got talking about their background, their stories , their life and all that small talk. Eventually Pragya even told her about her runaway groom and her purpose of being in Mumbai. She wasn't normally so open about her life but she felt like she had a real bond with BB, and besides it had been a day full of truth telling for her since she ran into Aaliya at the coffee shop. BB gave her sweet advice and the two felt a sisterly connection between them and called it a night
Before leaving, Pragya gave BB another hug and reminded her about the plan for the next day. "So I will bring my friends over tomorrow and we can help you get set! Ally loves organizing so she's going to make sure we finish, don't worry. I'll also let you know if I get a roommate offer, OK?"
"Thanks so much Pragya," Bulbul said, returning her hug. Both girls were new to being on their own in the city but with each other they felt like they had a true friend already.
"Anytime," Pragya said and finally she went back to her apartment where Ally, Abhi and Aakash were still eating dessert and chatting.
"So erm , who's up from some unpacking later on to help out our neighbor?" Pragya said cheekily. She laughed when she saw Abhi and Aakash look at each other in horror.
"OHH YES!!! Yay, unpacking means organizing, and we can do labelling, like alphabetically - and arranging stuff in the closet and oh this is gonna be fun fun fun!" Aaliya screamed with joy like a little kid in a candy shop. She always had a strange love of cleaning and organizing.
Abhi groaned. "Pragya, why, just WHY did you have to wake up the monster inside Aaliya?!"
Pragya just laughed at him again. "Great, so you'll all make yourselves available tomorrow during lunch!" Pragya said. She was used to being in charge, and even though she'd just reconnected with these friends, they all accepted her instructions, nodding with excitement in the case of Aaliya and nodding with some grumbling from Abhi and Aakash.
Soon after that the guys said their goodbyes and went off. Ally and Pragya got ready for bed and before they went to their separate rooms, they chatted about Pragya's official first day at work the next day. It was Pragya's official new beginning tomorrow - new job, new city, new house, new peop - no, not new people, but new friends! And then there would be new colleagues too. Pragya was excited and satisfied to think about the fresh turn in her life. She missed her family and her hometown but she needed this, she needed to set her own life and finally things were looking up!
---Next Day , Pragya goes to work---
Pragya cabbed to the college and went to administration's office to get her official paperwork settled. When all the formalities were done, she looked over her class schedule, she was teaching 3 classes: Philosophy-Critical Thinking, Ancient and Modern Literature , and Philosophy and Literature. She was looking over her material and roster when she almost bumped into someone.
"Ooops, my bad, sorry!" apologized Pragya as she looked up at the stranger. He was a tall man with stylish Ray Ban glasses (not like in KKB!) dressed in dark jeans and crisp white shirt with a chic skinny black tie. His hair was neatly brushed back and he almost looked like a magazine model (REALLY not like in the show :P)
"No worries , scheduling huh? That often makes people bump into other people," joked the guy. He had a nerdy voice but a cute smile with a dimple and Pragya felt comfortable because he was so friendly.
"Yeah, especially if one is new here," she replied, smiling back at him.
"Oh, new here! Welcome, I'm Dr. Suresh Shah. PhD in statistical analysis and accounting, with a minor in sociology," Suresh introduced himself.
"Wow, impressive! I am Dr. Pragya Arora, PhD in literature and masters in philosophy."
"Impressive yourself!" Suresh replied. Then he looked at his watch and frowned a little bit. "Hey, as much as I am liking this, I gotta run to class. See ya around, Dr. Pragya Arora! My office is at Room 394 If you ever have any questions or anything!"
"Oh, great, my office is there too! I'll definitely so you later then, but I have to find the office first haha. Anyway have a great day, nice meeting you!" Pragya replied cordially.
"You too," Suresh said, then he walked away with a wave.
Pragya was happy, it seemed like she had met another potential friend? Well at least he was her colleague, and he was so nice. She thought about how similar they were cause he was ready to help her even though they just met. He looked about her age too, maybe two years older, so he would be easy to be friends with.
Pragya continued her day and taught her classes, her students loved her class right off the bat and she was gaining popularity. All in all it was an excellent morning.
---Almost lunch time ---
Pragya was in her office at Room 397 , and was preparing some assignments when her phone buzzed with a text:
"Hey Dr. Professor , hope you are having a great day , um so just to remind you , we have that group "unpack for strangers" thing you set up , and it's about an hour from now so do you want me to pick you up or ? "
It was a message from Abhi. Pragya had saved his number as "Sorta Famous Rockstar" and smiled every time he texted her cause of that. She packed up her stuff and was about to head out to meet her gang when Suresh bumped into her again.
"Oh hey there , how is it going" he asked.
"Pretty good actually!" Pragya told him a bit about her morning.
"That's great, I'm glad you're liking it here. Are you going somewhere now?" Suresh asked, pointing to her bag and the pile of notes she was holding.
"Yeah, gotta meet up with my friends for this thing I made us do," she explained cheerfully.
"Oh..." Suresh looked a little disappointed. "Well I was going to ask you to accompany me to lunch but it's fine, maybe some other day -"
"Oh, I'm sorry! Lunch would be great, maybe tomorrow," Pragya suggested.
Suresh nodded his acceptance and smiled at her. He inclined his head toward the door. "Guess you should get going then."
Pragya was about to walk past him but then she stopped and asked, "Hey, do you wanna come with me to this thing?"
"Uh, what is this thing, exactly?" Suresh asked in confusion.
Pragya grinned. "It's fun, trust me! And you can meet new people who are my friends," she said, trying to sound convincing. After all when it came to helping someone move, the more the merrier, right?
"Well, I don't know," Suresh said, trying to be polite. He didn't want to just crash Pragya's group of friends when he barely even knew Pragya himself.
"C'mon, it's cool. I insist!" Pragya said, taking hold of his arm.
"Oh...kay, well, if you insist," Suresh said, deciding to go along with her.
"Great, so I will call a cab," Pragya said, pulling out her phone as they entered the hall.
Suresh laughed. "Pragya, I drive a decent-ish car. If it's nearby, I can get us there."
"Oh, perfect!" Pragya said, smiling happily. She let him lead the way to the parking garage.
---Meanwhile--
Abhi did not get a reply to his text and after twenty minutes he was starting to wonder where Pragya was. He was just about to call her when he finally got a message from her:
"Hey Sorta Famous guy, I got a ride we are on our way to the apartment, see ya soon"
Abhi read that three times, WE? WE?
Huh? He was confused, was Pragya bringing someone? A girl? Or...a guy?
Something was making him feel a bit weird, but it was unexplainable to him so he just shrugged and left for Ally's apartment.
PRECAP : The gang meets Suresh , BB meets Suresh , and Enter Purab the businessman!
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