I'll Always Care
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 Kriya and Saara hadn't spoken to each other in a week. Never mind speaking, the two girls wouldn't even look at each other! All they've done is space out. Whether it's in class or during dance rehearsals, the girls were just not in the zone that week. And let's not even bring up Neha's 19th birthday party yesterday, which was an awkward affair for everyone. 
 But nevertheless, the two still cared about each other. Whether it was Saara subtly stopping Sharon from insulting Kriya, or Kriya yelling at the bimbos in the locker room that gossiped about Saara... they couldn't deny that they would always care.
 ...
 "Guys, this has gone on long enough," says Swayam, slamming his fist down on the canteen table. "Those two are miserable!" 
"I know," groans Aashi, nodding her head in agreement. She then turns her head towards Taani and asks, "Taani, why don't you do anything about this?" 
"That's just it! I don't know what to do! Di and Saara never fight!" 
"She's right," Nisha informs them. "Saara's always the one who ends up being the mediator." 
"Exactly! I don't how deal with this."
"You'll figure it out Taani," Vrushika assures her friend, patting her back.
 "I hope so," says Bharat. "Rehearsals have been a nightmare." 
"Yeah, Kriya's been seriously bipolar," says Neha. "One minute she's being a tyrant like she's being possessed by Sharon, and the other she's just... spaced out! Also like she's being possessed by Sharon."
"So basically, Kriya's just being possessed by Sharon, and no one likes that," remarks Aashi, earning disapproving glances from everyone but Taani.
 The Dazzlers, sitting at the opposite end of the canteen, are just as worried as the others are. "What are we going to do about Saara you guys?" asks Simmi. 
"Yeah, she's starting to scare me," says Sharon. "And that's saying something." 
"Oh look, here she comes," says Nil, pointing to the entrance.
 As Saara's about to enter, someone bumps into her. And who bumped into her? Why Kriya of course! The two girls glare at each other. They try to enter at the same time, only to bump into each other, once again. The two stop and stare at each other. Kriya gestures with her eyes for Saara to go first, while Saara gestures for her to go first. 
 This tennis match between their eyes goes on for the next ten minutes. And they could've done this all day, if it wasn't for Karan who pushed them both forward. Thankfully, the two girls didn't fall. They turn and glare at the boy who just shrugs and walks away.
 "He is a dead man," they both mutter, then glance at each other. They walk away to their respective tables, Kriya with the Weaklings and Saara with the Dazzlers.
 "Heeey Kri..." Nisha trails off nervously, treading carefully, as if she were walking through a landmine... or Swayam's room. 
"Hi," Kriya says with a slight smile. 
"So..." Swayam says awkwardly, "rehearsal today?" 
"Um, yeah, I'll meet you guys at the usual time."
 A moment of awkward silence passes by, and Taani, who absolutely despises awkward silences, decides to speak up. "So, is anybody hungry?" 
"I am!" Kriya exclaims quickly, relieved that someone finally spoke up. "I'm in the mood for a pastry." 
"Cool, I'll get it for you," says Taani, getting out of her seat, but Kriya quickly brings her down. 
"Oh no you don't! After that stunt you pulled with the coffee three days ago, I'm not going to trust you to get food for us, ever! I'll go get it."
 Meanwhile with the Dazzlers, Sharon is talking about her birthday. "I'm so excited!" exclaims Sharon. 
"You're always excited for your birthday Shar," Simmi points out. But Sharon doesn't pay attention. She just keeps smiling and screaming in a high-pitched voice. 
 "Okay, I don't know if she's scary when she's angry, or happy," Saara whispers to Rey. 
"Me neither," he whispers back. 
 "Oh hey, Saara, can you get me a pastry?" Vicky asks out of the blue. 
"You have legs of your own Vicky," says Simmi, rolling her eyes. "And they work perfectly fine." 
Saara chuckles and gets up. "Chill Simmi." She then turns to Vicky and says, "I'll go get your pastry Vicky." 
"Thank you!" he calls after her.
"Vanilla cream pastry with a cherry on top," both girls say at once. They turn to each other and glare. 
"I was here first," says Saara. 
"I was born first." 
"What does that have to do with anything?" 
"HA! I knew you'd talked to me before I talked to you," says Kriya, a smug grin on her face. 
"That does not count!" But Kriya's grin doesn't leave her face. Saara glares at her, and then grabs a cupcake off of someone's table. She smashes it on to Kriya's face and sweetly says, "You like cupcakes, don't you Kri?"
Kriya's shocked at what Saara has had done. She find a glass of juice on the counter, and dumps it on Saara. "You always did say that fruits are good for your hair," says Kriya, a wide plastic smile on her face. Saara, now furious, grabs a pie, and smashes it onto Kriya's face. 
Only, it wasn't Kriya's face because Kriya had ducked. So who's face was it? Why Karan's of course! The pie slowly falls off Karan's face. Saara bites her lip, as Kriya gets up. "Oh my god," she mutters, seeing Karan's face.
"That was meant for her!" exclaims Saara, pointing at Kriya. 
"Excuse me?" demands Kriya, turning towards Saara. She then grabs a plate of pasta, and flings it at Saara, who had started to run away. Unfortunately for Kriya, Saara had ducked, so the plate of pasta hit the one and only, Reyaansh Singhania. 
"You're kidding right?" he says, pulling noodles out of his hair. 
Saara gets up, and sees her best-friend covered in pasta. "Oh sh*t," she mutters. Saara and Kriya exchange nervous glances, and make a run for it. They run behind Nisha, who soon became the victim of Rey and Karan's revenge. 
Rey and Karan nervously look at the bottles of ketchup and mustard in their hands, and quickly throw them away. Nisha looks down at her shirt, and takes a deep breath. "This was my favorite shirt," she says calmly. She then grabs two cups of coffee and shouts, "And you're both idiots!" She throws the coffee in their direction, which unfortunately gets on Arjun due to him coming in between Nisha and the boys. Nisha eyes go wide, and she gives the innocent bystander in front of her an awkward smile. "At least it was cold coffee," she says sweetly. Arjun wasn't buying it for a second. Nisha tries to run away, but Arjun is fast. Out of the corner of her eye, she sees Arjun grab a glass of chocolate milk. She starts panic, and quickly hides behind Sharon. Which Arjun didn't see coming.
Yeah, he threw the chocolate milk on Sharon. The whole canteen goes silent, until Vicky yells,"FOOD FIGHT!" 
"What?" demands Sharon, turning around to face her friend, only to get hit in the face with a sandwich. "This means war!" she declares.
Soon, the whole canteen turns into a battlefield. It was everyone for themselves. And poor innocent Taani was left all alone to think of a way to put a stop to this madness. Yes, Taani Shekhawat is now officially the only sane person in this place. Heaven help us!
"Krishnaji, please help me!" whines Taani, hiding under the table. You know, where she's safe. She soon lays her eyes on a big bottle of Coke. She smiles as she gets an idea. Getting on her hands and knees, Taani crawls to the bottle of Cokes, trying not to get hit with any of the flying food in the process. Once she reaches the bottle, she grabs it and gets up. She violently shakes the bottle, and then opens it facing sideways, spraying everyone in the canteen. 
Everybody stops what they're doing when Taani sprays them with the Coke. Taani smirks and says, "Now that I have your full attention, I want all of you to clean up this place, and then clean up yourselves." Everyone decides to do as Taani says, mainly because they're terrified, but also because they don't want to get into any trouble. 
As Kriya and Saara begin to follow the others, Taani shouts, "Not you two! You guys, are going to follow me." Kriya and Saara exchange nervous glances, and do as their scary best-friend says. They don't call her Jhansi ki Rani for nothing!
...
"Why are we here Taani?" asks Saara, once the girls are inside the rehearsal hall. 
"We're here because you two are being ridiculous, and you're both making each other miserable! Not to mention me, and literally anyone that comes in contact with you. Little Rohan who I babysat a few days back is still scarred for life after the Aloe vera stint!"
"Oh," is the response that she gets from them.
"Oh? OH?!" She looks at Kriya, and then at Saara, her eyes twitching. "Look at you guys! You're letting one small misunderstanding come between twelve years of friendship!" 
Now Taani is not someone who cries easily, so seeing the tears threatening to spill out of her eyes had her best-friends worried. 
"You guys are best-friends! You've always been there for each other, especially during the five years when I couldn't be there for either of you." Both Saara and Kriya's eyes widen at what their best-friend just said. They look at each other, knowing that the same thing is running through their minds: "Taani just brought up the forbidden five years, which means we screwed up bad." 
They turn back to Taani, who they see is still trying really hard not to cry. "Please don't let this small misunderstanding ruin your friendship!" she pleads. "Just, talk to each other, please! That's all I'm asking you to do." 
"I'm not talking to her!" shouts Kriya. 
"And I'm not talking to her!" snaps Saara. 
"Seriously?" huffs Taani. "Okay, you know what, just stay here for a minute." She marches out of the rehearsal hall, not only closing the doors behind her, but also locking them from the outside.
"What the hell?" demands Saara, running towards the doors with Kriya following her. 
"Taani, open the door!" exclaims Kriya, banging on the door. Just then, both girls hear their phones beep at the same. 
It's a text from Taani. 
"I'm not letting you guys out of here until you talk and solve your problems," reads Kriya. 
"PS, you're both being stupid and if you don't make up, not only will you regret it, but I will also hate the both of you forever," Saara continues. 
"Love Taani," both girls read simultaneously. They look at each other and groan. Saara walks over to the mirrors, and sits down. Kriya sits down beside her. They stay silent for a couple minutes.
 Until their phones beep again. 
"The sooner you guys talk and make up and stuff, the sooner you'll get out of here," reads Saara. 
"And yes, I am able to hear you, so talk," Kriya continues. 
"She's relentless," mutters Saara. 
"Tell me about it," grumbles Kriya. 
After a moment of silence, Saara gets the courage to ask, "Why?" 
Kriya looks at her and asks, "Why what?" 
"Why did you overreact like that on me joining Team Dazzlers? Yes, I knew that you would get mad, but I also knew that you'd understand. Di's important to me, and so are her friends. It's so unlike to be that accusing!" 
Kriya sighs and says, "I know, I know! And I'm really sorry. I don't why, but I was scared that I'd lose you as a friend." Saara raises an eyebrow, gesturing for her friend to continue, "I thought that maybe Sharon had gotten to you or something. You have so much respect for her, and you've always told me that she's your ideal role model, and her opinion matters so much to you! So I just thought that maybe she convinced you that all I'd ever do is hurt you. Look, I know it's really stupid -" 
Saara cuts her friend off by protesting "It's not!" Saara puts her hands on her best-friend's shoulders and says, "Listen to me Kriya, you had every right to freak out over what I did. What you think is not stupid. You're human, you assume things. I would never blame you for that. And we've been friends for so long! A lot of people have tried to convince me that you're a bad friend, but I know that you're not. Sharon di no different. Yes, I love her and respect her. Yes, her opinion will always matter to me, but so will your friendship. And I am so sorry that I jumped conclusions and accused you of betraying me. Aashi di told me later on that you had no idea about Karan being on the team. I was the one being the bad friend! I-" 
Kriya cuts off her best-friend by hugging her. "Don't ever say that!" she shouts, evident that she's crying. "You are the best-friend that anybody could ask for, and I was the one being a jerk to you. You care about your family just as much as you care about me. I should've been able to understand that!"
Saara breaks out of the hug, and Kriya sees tears in her friend's eyes. "And I should've been able to understand that my best-friend would never do anything to hurt me. I said a lot of awful things to you, and I will regret it every day of my life." 
"I said some pretty awful things to you too Jwalu. And you have no idea how sorry I am," says Kriya, getting up. She brings her hand out for Saara and asks, "Friends forever?" 
Saara grabs her best-friend's hand, and gets up. "And ever," she says, hugging Kriya like her life depended on it.
"Oh my god, ew, you're sticky and covered in food," Kriya teases a few moments later. 
"Hey, so are you!" says Saara, in a fake hurt voice. "And did you just say 'oh my god' and 'ew'?" 
"Oh shut up!" Kriya says playfully. They both burst out laughing, and that's when Taani opens the doors. 
"Well it's about damn time!" she exclaims, running up to her best-friends and hugging them. The two girls chuckle at Taani's antics, and hug her back. 
"Guys, please promise me that you won't do anything like this again," says Taani.
 Kriya and Saara look at each other and smile. 
"We promise."
 Edited by foreverlazy - 8 years ago
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