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The End of a Beautiful Friendship
"Di, come on! Get up already!" exclaims Taani, as she picks up one of Kriya's legs and drags off her bed. "You know, I really hate this whole role reversal thing." Once Kriya's on the ground, she sits up cross-legged and pouts. Taani kneels down and says, "Come on. Tell me what's going on."
"We still don't have a sixth dancer, and Sharon probably already has her sixth dancer, and I'm going to be seen as failure! I was so stupid -" Kriya begins to ramble, but Taani cuts her off by firmly saying, "Enough! Di, you can never be a failure. It's not like you to give up like this. This isn't the Kriya Shekhawat I know. And don't you think Saara would've told us if the Dazzlers found their sixth dancer?"
Kriya sighs. "You're right Princess. Now come on, help me up." Taani helps her sister up, and Kriya heads towards the bathroom. But before she closes the door, she says, "You know you're fixing my bed right?" to which Taani groans. Kriya chuckles as her sister gets to work.
Once Taani's finished fixing Kriya's bed, she makes her way to the dining table. Hugging her maasi from behind she exclaims, "Good morning maasi!"
"Good morning beta! Is your sister still depressed, or did you give her a pep-talk?"
"Pep-talk," replies Taani, as she starts to eat her breakfast.
Just then, Taani's face falls into her bowl of cereal due to Swayam roughly ruffling her hair. "Oops, sorry Princess," Swayam says nervously, running for his life.
Taani growls, "I'm going to go fix my face. And then ruin his!" before marching off to her room.
Smriti looks up at the sky and asks, "What other parent guardian has to deal with this?"
As Taani enters her room, Kriya gets out of the bathroom and almost screams. Taani glares at her and growls, "Not. Another. Word!" Kriya nods her head, and runs away as fast as she can, trying to hold her laughter.
...
"Okay, that's it!" exclaims Saara, as she lunges for Vrushika's phone.
Vrushika quickly gets her phone out of her cousin's reaches, moving towards the edge of the living room couch. "Hey! What gives?" she demands.
Saara stands up, hands on her hips, staring down at Vrushika. "I want to know who you're texting."
"You could've just asked."
"Would you have responded?"
"Potentially."
"Would you have told me the truth?"
"Of course not! Jeez, can't a person just be entitled to some privacy?"
Saara crosses her arms over chest, narrowing her eyes at her cousin. "Vrushi, you've been texting this person nonstop, and I just want to know who has my cousin's undivided attention."
Vrushika sigh, finally giving in. "Okay fine! It's Swayam."
"Wait, Swayam? Swayam Shekhwat?" Seeing Vrushika nod her head, Saara adds, "Wow, looks like you guys really hit it off."
"Yeah we did," says Vruhsika, turning slightly pink.
"Oh my god! Vrushika Rai Prakash, are you blushing?"
"Saara, we're just friends. Besides, the whole world knows that Swayam loves Sharon di."
"Except for Sharon di."
"Exactly."
"Guys, come on! You're getting late!" yells Sharon.
"Speak of the devil," mutters Saara, as she and Vrushika while walking outside to their respective cars.
...
"Aashi, did you seriously attempt to cook again?" demands Rey, running into the smoke-filled kitchen.
"Well, kaka's not here. And Nisha's the only one here who knows how to cook and she's sleeping!" Aashi shouts at him, using a towel to put the fire out.
"What the hell guys?!" screeches Nisha, terrified at the sight in front of her. "Are you guys trying to burn down the house or something? Move!" She shoves her cousins out of the way, gets the fire extinguisher and puts the fire out. She turns to her cousins and firmly states, "Neither of you are allowed near this kitchen. Ever!"
As Nisha marches away, Rey asks, absolutely no one in particular, "What did I do?"
...
The main foyer of St. Louis was packed. Everyone was curious as to what the big announcement could be. RDX sir steps on stage and says into the microphone, "Good morning students! As some of you may know, due to certain circumstances, we had lost our beloved Cultural Secretary last semester, but now he's back! So without further ado, please welcome on stage, Mr. Shivam Dutta!" Everyone claps, and then soon the crowd begins to disperse. Only the dance teams and their friends are left. Along with Shivam of course.
As soon as Shivam comes off stage, Aashi immediately goes and hugs him. "Hey Bozo," she tells him, the biggest smile on her face.
"Hi," he says, smiling right back at her. Soon, one by one, the other Weaklings go up and hug him as well; Swayam, then Neha, and then Bharat.
When Shivam turns around, he comes face to face with Sharon. "Hey Superbitch," he says.
"Nice to see you too Shirritating," she drawls bitingly. Shivam smirks, and walks away. Sharon silently yells in frustration and walks off to class, with her friends following her. Bharat, Neha, Aashi and Swayam awkwardly make their way to class as well.
The Freshers all look at each other. "What was that?" asks Taani.
"I don't know," replies Saara, "but I'm intrigued."
"Shall we find out?" asks Kriya.
"Yes we shall!" declares Nisha.
"Well this should be fun," remarks Vrushik, snorting. The girls all turn to look at Arjun who says, "Um, yeah, no. I would like to see past eighteen, so I'll just see you guys in class." With that, Arjun makes a run for it, as the girls roll their eyes and make their to class.
"What's Hitler going to b*tch about today?" Saara groans as they walk into APS.
"Saara," say Kriya and Taani in a disapproving tone, as they all take their seats.
"Good morning class," says Professor Ananya, walking in.
"Good morning ma'am," says the class, like well-rehearsed drones.
"All right, so today, you guys are going to start your first assignment."
"Serisouly? It's only the third day!" mutters Saara.
Professor Ananya turns to Saara and icily demands, "Is there a problem Miss Rai Prakash?"
"Nope," says Saara, giving her the sweetest most innocent smile that she can muster.
"Good, that's what I thought. Now for this assignment, you will be paired up. And no you are not allowed to choose your own groups. Now the assignment is for the Psychology strand of this class. You'll simply have to do a case study. Does everyone understand?" Everyone nods their heads. "What, you all don't have the ability to speak or something?"
Just then, Karan rushes into class, panting, and says "Sorry ma'am I -" But gets cut off by Professor Ananya who says, "It's fine Mr. Modi. Please go take your seat." She continues on, "Now, as for the groups, Taani and Vishesh. Kriya and Abhishek. Arjun and Pinky. Saara and Karan." As Professor Ananya continues on with the groups, Taani, Kriya and Arjun groan, as Karan awkwardly smiles at Saara, only to have her glare at him in return.
...
"It's official! Hitler didi is out to get me!" Saara exclaims dramatically as they all sit down at the canteen.
"Sweetie, I think she's out to get everyone," Taani points out gently.
"I have to be with Pinky," says Arjun, for the thirty-third time, refusing to believe it.
"Hey, being with a bunch of creeps isn't as bad as being with your ex okay? Now quit your whining!" snaps Saara.
"You want a carrot muffin honey?" asks Kriya, glancing sympathetically at her aggravated best-friend.
"Yes," pouts Saara, putting her head on Kriya's shoulder.
"I'll go get the muffin," says Taani.
"Don't try buying coffee for yourself," say Arjun, Kriya, Saara and Nisha in unison.
"Ah f*ck!" curses Taani, as she goes and buys a carrot muffin.
"Wait, why should she not buy coffee for herself?" asks Vrushika.
"Because it's dangerous for her, and those around her," Nisha replies darkly.
"You know what? I'm just going to let it stay at that."
"That's probably the best idea."
When Taani comes back, she hands Saara her muffin. "Thanks Taani," says Saara, eating her muffin. Just then, Kriya's phone beeps and she sees a text from Swayam.
"Hey sis, come to RDX sir's office. We need to register for Footloose."
"Who's that?" asks Taani.
"Bhai. Time to go register our team." Saara nervously looks at Vrushika who gives her a reassuring smile.
...
"WHAT?!" demands Kriya, once she meets the team right outside RDX sir's office.
"Did Swayam not give you the memo that we found a male dancer who's really good?" asks Aashi.
"No! You guys, I've been worrying about this all day."
"Sorry Kriya," says Neha.
Kriya sighs and says, "It's okay. Let's go in."
When they go in, they see that team Dazzlers is already there. Kriya and Sharon momentarily glare at each other, but soon look away.
"So, which team wants to start first?" asks RDX sir.
"We do!" exclaims Sharon, smirking at Kriya who glares at her.
"All right Sharon, who are your team members?"
"Me, Rey, Nilesh, Vicky, Simmi and Saara."
Kriya and Taani immediately look at Saara. While Taani looks surprised and confused, Kriya looks hurt. And Saara hates it when Kriya looks hurt.
"So Kriya, who are your team members?" asks RDX. Kriya tears her eyes away from Saara and replies, "Me, Swayam, Neha, Aashi, Bharat, and -" Kriya gets cut off due to Karan entering the room, panting.
"Sorry I'm late," he says.
"And Karan," Aashi finishes for Kriya.
Now Saara's the one who looks hurt. And not only does she look hurt, but she looks pissed. And Kriya hates it when Saara looks pissed.
"Alright guys. So, auditions are in about a week or so. Good luck to everyone!" says RDX sir, before everyone exits the room.
Karan, Arjun and Nisha automatically know to leave, while Swayam gestures Bharat, Aashi and Neha to follow him. Sharon looks like she wants to stay, but Vrushika gives her a look, and she, along with friends, leaves. So now it's just the 3Js, Kriya, Taani and Saara, standing alone in the hallway.
Saara shoves Kriya and demands, "How could do this to me?!"
"Me?!" shouts an outraged Kriya. "You're the one who's siding with the enemy!"
"The enemy is my cousin! You're the one who's siding with enemy. Do you not remember how Karan broke my heart into pieces and made cry day and night?"
"Saara -" Taani begins to say, but Kriya cuts her off.
"Of course I do! You bring it up every chance you get."
"Di!" yells Taani, shocked at what her sister just said.
"Let her finish Taani," says Saara, her voice quivering with pain, tears threatening to spill, "Go on Kriya. I'd love to hear more about how much of a burden I am to you." She wipes her tears away and says, "You know what? I knew you were going to be upset about me being on Team Dazzlers. But I thought you'd understand."
"Understand what?!" demands Kriya, bewildered at her best-friend. "Understand how you couldn't just wait to stab me in the back? You betrayed me! It was only a matter of time before Sharon got to you."
BAM! The final strike. Saara slapped Kriya.
"Enough! I can't believe that after twelve years of friendship, you still don't know me well enough to know why I did what did!" shouts Saara, tears streaming down her face, mascara smeared on her cheeks. "You know what? Maybe we just shouldn't even be friends!"
"Okay, that is ridiculous -" Taani begins to say, but Kriya cuts her off, once again.
"No, no it's not," says Kriya, now tearing up herself. "She's right. We shouldn't be friends. In fact, I think that we should just stop talking altogether." Kriya stomps away as Taani turns to Saara.
"You can't be serious," she says, but Saara doesn't respond. She runs away, as Taani screams in frustration, unsure as to what she should do. She punches her hand into the wall, and sits down on the bench. She puts her head down in her hands and begins to cry.
"How did this happen?"
Edited by foreverlazy - 8 years ago
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