Friends, Sisters, Weirdos: S1-Falling In Love With Reyaansh Singhania - Page 38

Originally posted by: White_Flower

<font face="Comic Sans MS, Times, serif" size="2" color="#ff0000">They'll have scenes...</font>

<font face="Comic Sans MS, Times, serif" size="2" color="#ff0000">But they're story's going to be incomplete this season.</font>

<font face="Comic Sans MS, Times, serif" size="2" color="#ff0000">This season is for other couples like KR.</font>

ohww.. okkay. I get it. 😊
now wht else... update soonish😛

Originally posted by: KriYaansh-ArSha

ohww.. okkay. I get it. 😊
now wht else... update soonish😛

Okay, so, I honestly have no idea when I'm going to be updating next, so please enjoy this one of a kind promo I've made just for you!

http://i.imgur.com/eI6tDru.png?1

Yeah, I know what you're all thinking. She has time to make this, but not time to update? Well, you know what? Just enjoy the promo...

Originally posted by: White_Flower

<p align="center"><font face="Comic Sans MS, Times, serif" color="#333333" size="3">[B]Yeah, I know what you're
all thinking. She has time to make this, but not time to update?

No dear, I m not thinking tht 😛
the promo is really nice 😃
bt couldn't understand the exact meaning 😕
is it related to the couples or to some dance comp. or may be both..??
Anyways, whatever it is, will wait for the update 😊
And wish u a very very HAPPY BIRTH DAY dear 😊 😊

Originally posted by: KriYaansh-ArSha

No dear, I m not thinking tht 😛
the promo is really nice 😃
bt couldn't understand the exact meaning 😕
is it related to the couples or to some dance comp. or may be both..??
Anyways, whatever it is, will wait for the update 😊
And wish u a very very HAPPY BIRTH DAY dear 😊 😊

Originally posted by: White_Flower

<font face="Comic Sans MS, Times, serif" size="2" color="#ff0000">Aw, you are literally the best!</font>

<font face="Comic Sans MS, Times, serif" size="2" color="#ff0000">I know, I tried to make it "unique."</font>

<font face="Comic Sans MS, Times, serif" size="2" color="#ff0000">But yeah, I think you got the basic gist of it.</font>

<font face="Comic Sans MS, Times, serif" size="2" color="#ff0000">Oh my god, you remembered my birthday!!! Thank you!</font>

<font face="Comic Sans MS, Times, serif" size="2" color="#ff0000">Wait, how do you...</font>

<font face="Comic Sans MS, Times, serif" size="2" color="#ff0000">Never mind, so when's your birthday?</font>

U r most welcome dear 😊
I knw through ur profile 😛
Mine comes in Oct... 30th oct. 😊

Originally posted by: KriYaansh-ArSha

U r most welcome dear 😊
I knw through ur profile 😛
Mine comes in Oct... 30th oct. 😊

Dil Se Dance

Sunday April 20th, 2016

Saara's POV

"Crap," I mutter, as check the time on my phone. 7AM. I just woke up at 7AM, on a Saturday... what the hell is wrong with me? I reluctantly get up, quietly closing the door behind me as I leave the room. I head over to the kitchen, in search of food, but instead I'm shocked to find Rey leaning against the counter, eating an apple. "You're up early," I remark, grabbing a box of cereal from one of the cupboards and simply putting my hand in to scoop it out and eat.

"That's disgusting."

"Like I care," I say, my mouth full of cereal. A few seconds later, fulfilled with the amount of cereal I had ingested, I put the box of cereal on the table. "So, what are you doing up so early?"

Rey shrugs. "Eh, tired of sleeping I guess."

"Tired of sleeping? There are so many things wrong with that sentence. I mean, who gets tired of sleeping?!"

"Uh, I do."

"Yeah well, you're you."

"Okay, rude!"

"I'm rude?" I demand, putting my hands on my hips.

"Yeah, and you're loud. Shut up before you wake up the entire house."

I glare at him as I open the fridge. "Huh, no chocolate," I remark, my eyes widening when realization hits me. "Quick, look in the second cupboard from the right to see if they are marshmallows and crackers there!"

"Bossy," complains Rey, but does as he's told. "Nope, nothing."

"I knew it! Someone had cold s'mores last night!"

"Cold s'mores?"

"They're like regular s'mores, except we don't roast the marshmallows, therefore there is also no melted chocolate involved."

"We as in..."

"Me, Kriya, Taani, and Nish. But I'm pretty sure Vrushika does it too..."

"Does what exactly?"

"Eat cold s'mores when we're upset or confused or just having one of those days."

"Oh then it was that Baatcutter, and the little rugrat."

"I'm assuming that you mean Kriya and Nisha." Rey nods, causing me to furrow my eyebrows in confusion. "Wait, how do you know this?" Rey gives me a look, and realization slaps me in the face. Much like I did to Rey's arm, causing him to yelp in pain. "Rude."

"So, you excited for auditions on Monday?" Rey asks, right after his arm stops hurting.

"Honestly, no. You guys almost won Footloose last year, and I don't want to be the one to mess everything up for you."

"What, you don't have faith in your dancing ability?" Rey sends me a questioning glance.

"Not really. I love dance, but I just have this feeling that I'm not as passionate about it as the rest of you are. Dance for me is something I've simply done my entire life. As long as I can remember, dance has always been a part of my life. I love dance, really, I do! But... I just want something else. Something more!"

Rey squeezes my hand reassuringly. "It's okay to want to do other things with your life. If you don't want dance to be your main priority, then it doesn't have to be. And as for Team Dazzlers, today's the first rehearsal, so I guess we'll just have to see what happens."

Suddenly, a familiar male voice screaming startles us. "Was that Swayam?" asks Rey. I say nothing and quickly make a run for it to Taani and Kriya's room. I'm dead meat.

"Dude, what the hell is wrong with you?" demands Rey, as he comes running into his best-friend's room. Swayam, who was holding a hand mirror, removes it from in front of his face so that Rey could see his dilemma.

"This is what's wrong with me," he hisses, pointing towards his face. Rey bursts out laughing when he sees his best-friend's face unable to contain his laughter. "Oh wait, it gets better." Swayam points the mirror in front Rey's face. Once Rey looks in the mirror, he sees that his face is in the same condition as Swayam's.

He grabs the mirror from Swayam's hand and yells "What the hell?!"

"It was those 3Js, I swear!"

"Wait wait wait, who are the 3Js?"

"Oh, my sisters and Saara. Kriya's 'Junior Rani Lakshmibai,' Taani's 'Jhaansi ki Rani,' and Saara's 'Jwalamukhi.' Jwalu for short. Were you not aware of this until now?" When Rey shakes his head indicating that he hasn't, Swayam says, "Man, where have you been?"

"Shut up," grumbles Rey, shoving his friend. "What about Vrushika?"

"Vrushika? Oh she probably had nothing to do with this. I mean, come on, the girl's like a harmless little kitten."

"Not a big fan of that analogy, but it's true."

Meanwhile, Saara ran into Taani and Kriya's room as if she were being chased by Sharon to help with clean up duty. "Why did you just run in here like Milkha Singh?" Taani asks her, feeling extremely concerned for her best-friend's health and safety.

"And why did bhai just scream like a banshee?" asks Kriya, half afraid that something was wrong with her brother, but also half sure that he's probably just being a drama queen.

"Swayam. Dare. Screaming. Dead meat."

"Oh, that stupid dare from last night?" says Taani, realizing what her friend meant, causing Saara to nod her head.

"Oh yeah, worst decision you ever made," Kriya remarks brightly, causing both Taani and Saara to send death glares her way. Kriya raises her arms up in surrender after receiving said death glares from her two best-friends.

"Okay, where the hell is Nisha?"

"Promise me you won't kill her," Taani says to Saara, using her 'mom voice.'

"I will do no such thing," says Saara, as if Taani just suggested she go paint Sharon's room black just for the fun of it.

"Hey, you were the one who made the bad decision of accepting a dare from Nisha in the first place," Kriya points out, once again earning glares from her friends.

Just then, Nisha walks out of the bathroom, immediately taking note of the glares that Kriya was receiving. "Is she doing that thing again when every time she opens her mouth, her foot automatically enters it?" Then noticing the glare that she herself is receiving from Saara, Nisha asks, "What did I do now?" unable to recall if she's caused any mischief in the last half an hour she's been awake.

"Your dare from last night," Saara hisses at her, gritting her teeth together.

"Oh, is that why Swayam was screaming like a banshee just now?" Noticing the crazy eyes she was getting from Saara, Nisha found the answer to her question. She slowly backs away from her crazy, probably caffeine-deprived friend. "Okay crazypants, you just need some caffeine in your system."

"Speaking of caffeine -" Taani begins to say, but the she's interrupted when the others all send stern glances her way. "Okay, I was not going to ask for coffee," says Taani, shaking her head at her friends. Jeez, she's not that predictable... is she? "I was just saying that we should probably go for breakfast soon," Taani continues to explain.

"Yeah, I want food," says Saara. "And caffeine."

"I just want to know where Vrushika is," says Kriya.

"Oh yeah, where is Vrushi?" asks Taani.

As Swayam and Rey are walking towards the living room, they are shocked to find the dining table full of food. Berries, syrup, whipped cream, pancakes, waffles, multiple types of parathas, and pav bhaji. Their jaws are practically to the floor, mouths watering, seeing all this delicious food. Once they manage to tear their eyes away from the feast laid out on the table, their attention diverts towards the person responsible for this: Vrushika Rai Prakash.

"Did you... make all of this?" asks Swayam, once he's finally able to speak again. Vrushika nods.

"Wow!" exclaims Rey, his eyes going wide. "At least someone in the Rai Prakash family knows how to make something that's not poison."

"Wait!" shouts Swayam, before Rey can lunge at the food. He narrows his eyes at Vrushika. "Why did you make all this food?" Vrushika looks like a deer caught in headlights, unsure as to how she should explain herself.

"Don't look a gift horse in the mouth man!" yells Rey, as he starts to run to dining table, like a bull charging at the red fabric.

"Oh my god, stop!" yells a frustrated Swayam, grabbing Rey by the collar of his t-shirt. Swayam turns his attention back to Vrushika. "Now, you want to tell me why you've cooked up this feast for us?" he asks her.

Vrushika bites her lips, the truth just waiting to come out. But she couldn't do that... and then she saw the look that Swayam's giving her, and caved under the pressure. "Alright, alright! Nisha dared Saara to go draw on your faces and then Saara dared me to help her with her dare, and the guilt was just eating away at me so I made this wonderful breakfast hoping that I could bribe you into just letting this go, and I'm sorry okay!"

Rey and Swayam glance at each other, and then back at Vrushika. "Alright, you're forgiven." says Swayam, causing Vrushika to breathe a sigh of relief. "But," Vrushika inhales suddenly, holding her breath, "we're going to get back at the girls, and you're not going to warn them."

"Fine, but I want absolutely no part in this!" With that, she marches over to the dining table, and takes the waffles, berries and whipped cream, proceeding to stab at her waffles with her fork, probably imagining Rey and Swayam's eyeballs on that plate. How... edible?

Kriya and Taani are the first ones to arrive at the dining table. They take their seats on either side of Vrushika. "Did you make all of this?" asks Kriya, already halfway done her first aloo ka paratha.

Vrushika says nothing as she continues to stab her waffles with her fork. Taani looks at the way Vrushika's stabbing her waffles, and then at the look on her face. "Why are you hurting your food?"

"Oh, you'll find out in a minute," says Vrushika, gritting her teeth together, as Taani tries to take the fork out of her hand. She didn't trust her with any sharp objects at the moment.

Soon, Saara and Nisha come out of Taani and Kriya's room as well, only to get attacked by raw eggs and toilet paper. Let's rephrase that shall we? Swayam throws raw eggs at Saara and Nisha, as Rey attacks them with a toilet paper gun.

"Why the hell do you guys even have a toilet paper gun?" demands Vruishika, as Saara and Nisha begin screaming at the boys.

"We were ten, it was cool," Taani and Kriya say at once, remembering how crazy they all used to get over that thing.

All the commotion had caused Smriti Shekhawat to come running in, while tying a bathrobe around her pajamas, shouting, "What's wrong? Is anyone hurt? Do I need to call an ambulance and/or the police?" But once she sees the state that Saara and Nisha are in, she bursts out laughing. "What the heck happened to you two?" The two girls furiously point at the boys. When Smriti sees their faces, she begins to laugh even harder. "What a great way to start the morning!" The foursome glare at her, but Smriti simply chooses to ignore them as she sets her eyes on the food on her dining table. "Who made all this food?" Everyone points at Vrushika, causing Smriti to glance at her, then the food, and then at Saara "Sorry Saara, but your cousin is my new favorite child."

"What?!" demands an outraged Saara, as if her day couldn't get any worse.

"Don't feel bad Jwalu," Taani tells her friend, "I was her favorite child before you came into the picture."

"Yeah, and I was her favorite child before you came into the picture all of two months later," Kriya tells her cousin.

"Yeah, and I was -" Swayam begins to say, but stops when he realizes that that makes no sense. "Wait a minute!"

Everyone else simply ignores him as they all being to eat Vrushika's yummy food. Well, except Saara and Nisha, for obvious reasons.

Monday April 21st, 2014

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The day that everyone has been waiting for is finally here. Footloose auditions. But no one is more excited, or nervous, than Team Weaklings and Team Dazzlers. Just sucks that they have to wait until the end of the day for it.

"Di, stop being so nervous," Taani tells her sister, as she holds on to her hands, afraid that they might actually fall off from all the shaking that she's doing.

"Sorry," Kriya says meekly. The people in the canteen probably thought that she was insane!

"Here, eat this sandwich," says Saara, practically shoving a cucumber and cream cheese sandwich in her face.

Kriya looks at the sandwich and asks, "Sharon didn't make it, did she?"

"No, I made it," says Nisha. Kriya breathes out a sigh of relief, taking the sandwich from Saara's hand in order to devour it. "Plenty more where that came from," Nisha adds, seeing how fast Kriya was eating her sandwich.

"Look at you all prepared!" teases Taani.

"Oh hush," says Nisha, taking a sip of her coffee. "I'm surprised that Sharon isn't making you guys bust your asses and practice nonstop."

"She probably would, but none of the teams that are auditioning are allowed to use the rehearsal hall before classes. We're all going to get equal amounts of time during the day to practice."

"That makes sense," says Taani.

Suddenly, they all snap their heads towards Kriya when they hear her mumble something. Which was obviously inaudible since her mouth was full.

"Okay di, swallow your food, and then speak," says Taani, as if she's talking to a small child. Which, to be honest, Kriya can sometimes be.

Kriya finishes eating her sandwich and asks, "Where's Vrushika?"

"Damn it, why is that girl never here?" demands Nisha. "She's like freaking Houdini!"

Meanwhile, Houdini was making her way to the rehearsal hall. Vrushika never meant to go into the rehearsal hall... she just did. For some unexplained reason, her words, she can't seem to stay away from dance, no matter how hard she tries. She loves dance, and she misses it like hell. But she can't bring herself to dance, never again, not after what happened...

But of course, her head, heart, feet, and iPhone had other plans. The next song that started to play on her iPhone was by far one of her favorite song to dance to. She even created a whole routine for it! It's fun, happy and peppy... it makes her feel so alive, she couldn't help but start dancing to it. It would be wrong not to.

Screw stage fright. Besides, she's by herself anyway.

She takes off her big chunky boots, she was barefoot since she's always way too lazy to put on socks, puts her song at full volume, and begins to dance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weqLEGGowiU

Sometimes it feels like everyone's eyes are on you

Vrushika begins her dance with a pose: one hand on its opposite shoulder, and the other on its opposite hip.

What will they think, you're so afraid to make a move

Her arms drop to her side as she looks up at the ceiling.

You're second guessing every, every step yeah

She brings her right elbow out and does little semi-circular motions with it.

You gotta go and find that confidence

She then brings out her left elbow and does the same.

And show the world who you are

She brings her hands together in one loud clap as she jumps up and spreads her legs apart when she lands.

When you get down on the floor,

She spreads her legs farther

on the floor,

and farther apart,

on the floor

until she's doing the splits.

Come on and dance

She gets back up from the splits that she's doing on the floor in one swift movement, putting her legs together.

like nobody's watching

She swings her arms across her chest from left to right.

Let me see 'em hands, no don't ever drop them

She does some tutting movements with her hands.

Just let yourself go,

She rolls over on one of the dice seats.

whoa

She stands on that random circular thing with a pole in the middle of it, and spins around.

And be wild,

She jumps down, doing a somersault in the air before landing

wild

in a split.

Forget about what everyone else says

She stands up and does a sassy pose while pointing at her reflection in the mirror.

Show 'em what you got,

She does a back handspring.

that you're ready to rock it

She does a little moon walk, her feet moving sideways and then in a little circular motion.

Just take a chance,

She turns her body to one side, her arms moving up and down.

yeah

She does the same while turning her body to the other side.

Come on and dance,

She turns her body back to the other side, her arms still doing that same action.

dance

She does the same thing once again, turning her body to the other side.

Like nobody's watching

She flops to the ground in a star formation.

Doesn't matter what anyone else is doing,

She runs over to the barre, and spins around twice.

yeah

On her second spin, she grips the barre with one hand as she does the splits once again.

Just close your eyes,

She does a somersault.

be yourself

She jumps and lands into a star position, arms and legs far apart.

and feel the music

She does a little twirl.

So go and do whatever feels so right,

She does multiple leaps across the rehearsal hall floor.

yeah

She does a gentle swan pose as her leaps come to an end.

Let out all the amazing there inside

She does some contemporary tricks on the floor.

And show the world what who you are

She gets down on her knees, and swirls her head around in a circular motion.

When you get down on the floor,

She gets up.

on the floor, on the floor

She does two pirouettes.

Come on and dance

She puts her arms up and to sides, like Michael Jackson.

like nobody's watching

She crosses her hands one over the other, bringing them in front of her face, snapping her fingers, and then bringing them to the sides of her head.

Let me see 'em hands,

She brings her arms out in front of her, once again snapping her fingers.

no don't ever drop them

She swings her hips from side to side.

Just let yourself go, woah

And be wild, wild

She does some salsa steps.

Forget about what everyone else says

She dances around the rehearsal hall, doing leaps and pirouettes.

Show 'em what you got,

She does a flip, so a cartwheel without using her hands.

that you're ready to rock it

She does a quick little hip-hop move.

Just take a chance, yeah

She swivels her right hip.

Come on and dance, dance

She swivels her left hip.

Like nobody's watching

She has her hands in front of her, fingers all spread out, in a movie star pose.

You're strong

She does a cartwheel.

So keep on dancing

She spins to the ground, much like an ice skater.

You can do no wrong

She rolls over to the side, sitting up.

So keep on dancing

She brings one leg above her head, bringing the rest of her body up, causing her to stand upright.

It's OK to be yourself

Just let it all come out

Come on and dance like nobody's watching

Let me see 'em hands, no don't ever drop them

Just let yourself go, woah (let yourself go)

And be wild, wild (yeah)

Forget about what everyone else says

Show 'em what you got and that you're ready to rock it

Just take a chance yeah (take a chance)

Come on and dance, dance

Like nobody's watching

The rest of her dance is made of fast and upbeat hardcore hip-hop steps.

The sound of someone clapping is what brings Vrushika out of her happy land. Her eyes go wide, panic washing over her when she realizes that someone was just watching her dance. She turns around, cringing when she sees that it's Swayam.

"Hey."

"Hi!" exclaims Swayam, still in awe of her dance.

"What are you doing here?" Vrushika stammers.

"I was just passing by, and then I heard music. You're really good! I didn't know you were a dancer."

"That's because'' I'm not!"

Swayam raises an eyebrow, folding his arms across his chest, curious as to what Vrushika's response to his next question might be. "Really? Then what do call that?"

"Gymnastics."

"Gymnastics?"

"Yup! It was gymnastics."

"Hm... well, I think it looked more like dance than gymnastics."

"That's because not only was I a gymnast, but I was also a cheerleader."

"A cheerleader?"

"Yes, a cheerleader. You know, 'rah rah,' team spirit and all that other shit."

"You were a cheerleader?"

"Yup! And since cheer-leading is gymnastics mixed with dancing, sometimes when I do my old cheer-leading routines, like this one, it looks like a dance routine."

"That was a cheer-leading routine?"

"Yeah... whoa, look at the time!" exclaims Vrushika, not even realizing that she's not wearing a watch. "I gotta' go, bye!" Vrushika starts walking backwards, tripping over the dice. She quickly gets up, getting her shoes and not even bothering to put them, and runs out of the rehearsal hall before Swayam can ask her anymore questions.

"Weird," remarks Swayam, as he watches Vrushika stumble out like a crazy person.

As Vrushika's running towards the girls' locker room, Sharon stops her. "Vrushi, what the hell happened to you?" asks Sharon, gesturing to the fact that cousin was shaking and not wearing any shoes.

"Nothing! Absolutely nothing!"

Before Sharon can stop her cousin, Vrushika makes a run for it. "Crazy girl" mutters Sharon, as she heads towards the rehearsal hall, seeing as that's where Vrushika came from.

"Hello? Anyone here?" Sharon calls out. Swayam freezes when he hears Sharon's voice. He slowly turns around, causing Sharon's eyes to widen at the sight of him. "Um... was Vrushika just in here? Vrushika Rai Prakash? My cousin? Tallish, ridiculously skinny, she was wearing a red hat..."

"I know who she is," Swayam assures her. "And yeah, she was just in here."

The two of them stay silent for quite some time, until Swayam blurts out, "She's a really good dancer!" most likely in order to break the awkward silence.

"You've seen her dance?" demands Sharon, extremely shocked.

"Yeah, she's amazing! Although, she was a little flustered when she found out that I was watching her."

"That's because she has stage-fright. She can't perform in front of people."

Swayam cringes as realization hits him like a ton of bricks. "Oh shit!"

"It's fine," Sharon assures him, "she was probably just surprised."

"I don't get it though. She's a phenomenal dancer!"

"Right? I told her that if she just put herself out there, her stage-fright would just go away, little by little."

"That's weird because she seemed so confident while she was dancing."

"I honestly don't understand how her brain works sometimes. The girl's bipolar, I swear."

Swayam bursts laughing. "Trust me, I've noticed."

"Thanks for your help, Swayam," Sharon tells him. "It was nice talking to you again."

"You too," Swayam says softly. As Sharon's about to walk out of the rehearsal hall, Swayam calls out, "Wait!"

Sharon's pops her head back into the rehearsal hall. "What?"

"Was Vrushika seriously a cheerleader?"

"She was cheer-leading captain, not to mention she has the ability to become a professional gymnast."

"Wow... uh, thanks," says Swayam, as Sharon shouts "No problem," while walking away.

"Why did you have to become such a mystery, Vrushika Rai Prakash?" Swayam wonders out loud, before exiting the rehearsal hall.

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Snitches and Downright Bitches

"Nothing can be mended by simply using threads and stitches. Just like mean girls will always remain bitches." - Diya (yes, me Diya)

Thursday May 1^st, 2014

Today was Rose Day. Anyone running for GS was trying to use this day to their advantage, to get people to vote for them. Rey was handing out roses in big baskets, along with chocolates and teddy bears just in case some people wanted something extra. Kriya was handing out small bouquets of roses, with little poems attached to them, courtesy of her brother and Shivam.

Both groups had a nice system going.

With Rey, he was obviously the one handing out the baskets since he's the one that needs the votes. He needed to show everyone that he's a down-to-earth, friendly guy. So his charm and charisma was working overtime that day. Sharon was taking down orders, in case certain people had certain things that they wanted, and as usual she was in scary businesswoman mode. Arjun and Nilesh had some music playing to keep everyone entertained while Vicky was going around the college, spreading the word of their little booth. Simmi on the other hand, was trying to arrange the baskets to the best of her abilities. But even with Vrushika's help, it wasn't easy since Saara's the one who's good at this kind of thing.

Things would be so much easier with Saara helping. Not only would the baskets be looking better, but Vicky would have some help getting people to come to their booth, and Sharon wouldn't have to deal with a million people at once. But most importantly, Rey wouldn't be feeling like a part of him is missing the entire time. He needs his best-friend's support, but he's just too damn stubborn to admit it!

Kriya on the other hand, liked to do more of the behind the scenes work. Sure she said hi to people and smiled at them, but she was so awkward that it wasn't even funny. She's just not a people person. Aashi did most of the talking, bright smiles and all. Swayam and Shivam were writing poems like crazy, while Neha and Nisha were struggling to keep up with what all these impatient maniacs wanted. And Bharat was just trying to get the hell out of there!

Although they had a nice system going on, things would've gone much more smoothly if Taani was around to help. She would let her inner Jhansi ki Rani come out and tell people to calm down, and Bharat to get off his lazy ass and help. She would help keep things organized with her impressive organization skills. But most importantly, she'd give Kriya that extra confidence boost that she needed at the moment, to show these people what an amazing GS she would be. Kriya might be confident when it comes to dance, but man that girl is socially awkward! She needs Taani to ease her nerves when it comes to this sort of thing, and without her here, she was kind of falling apart.

And where were Taani and Saara you ask? Well, they were as far away from all this election madness as possible.

"Got any threes?" asks Saara. "No, go fish" says Taani, as Saara picks up a playing card from their pile on the fire escape stairs, "You?" "Ugh, take them" groans Saara, practically shoving three of her cards in Taani's face. "Sore loser" teases Taani. "I haven't lost yet" Saara points out.

10 minutes later

"Screw this, I give up!" Saara yells, frustrated as she throws all her cards on the ground, "You win!" "Told you so!" Taani sings. "Shut up" groans Saara, getting up. "Wait, where are you going?" asks Taani. "As much fun as it is to get my ass kicked at card games by you," Saara begins to say, sarcasm dripping from her voice, "I'm going to go see how our two favorite candidates are doing."

Taani bites her lip lower lip at the mention of Rey and Kriya, but then noticing the look that Saara's giving her, she lets out a sigh of defeat and says "I guess it can't hurt to go see how they're doing. I might even get a bouquet of roses. You know, in the spirit of Rose Day and not to help my sister and... that person that I'm sort of friends with."

Saara raises an eyebrow at Taani when she says "person that I'm sort of friends with." When Taani notices the strange look she's getting from Saara, she simply shrugs and asks "Well, what else am I supposed to call him? We're not close enough to be friends, but we're not exactly complete strangers either."

"I thought the point of college was to get away from teenage issues, not bring them along with us into adulthood" complains Saara. "Honey, you've been 18 for just over two months, and in college for almost a month" Taani points out, "What adulthood are you talking about?" "You're just jealous cause I'm over a month older than you" Saara says teasingly. "Yet your behavior shows that you're over ten years younger than me" counters Taani, wiggling her eyebrows.

"You know what, let's just go get some roses and then end up having to give them to our brothers since neither one of us would have anyone to give them to in the first place" Saara says quickly, causing Taani to chuckle as the walk down to the main foyer.

Main Foyer

"Wow, they're doing great!" remarks Saara. "Yeah, awesome, let's go!" Taani says quickly, turning around to walk away. Saara rolls her eyes, grabs her friend by the shoulders and turns her back around. "Nice try" she tells her, "But we are going over there and getting ourselves some roses. And maybe try to get Kriya to be less socially awkward." "Fine" grumbles Taani, as they walk over to the booths.

When Taani sees Saara walking away from her, she immediately yelps "Just where do you think you're going?!" "To Rey's booth" Saara says casually. "You're going to leave me alone" whines Taani. "I'm going to be ten feet away from you!" exclaims Saara, as if Taani just suggested that she's moving to Mexico or something. "But you have it easy!" complains Taani, "Rey's not even there." "Exactly" says Saara, winking at her best-friend who tries to burn a hole in her skull by glaring at her as she walks away.

Taani sighs, walking over to Kriya's booth. "Hi" she says awkwardly once she reaches the booth. "Heyyy" Kriya says, like a deer caught in headlights, once she sees her cousin. "That was a very long hey" remarks Taani. "Yeah" says Kriya, her voice a lot higher than normal, "Can I help you?" "Um, I'd like a bouquet of your red roses, no poem necessary" says Taani, giving her brother and Shivam knowing looks as they breathe out a sigh of relief. "Oh, red roses huh?" says Kriya, "Um, are they for someone special?" "Yeah, they're for the greatest person on the planet!" exclaims Taani, "She's been there for me through all tough times, like my fairy godmother."

"Aw, who is she?" asks Neha. "Cause she sounds inhuman" adds Aashi. "Oh, that's because she is inhuman" explains Taani, completely oblivious to the strange looks that she's getting from everyone, "Her name is "Her Royal Highness, Queen Penelope of Asgard, the Third." She is the most adorable creature on the planet, but secretly, she can kill you."

"Who the hell are you talking about?" asks Aashi, extremely confused, not to mention concerned for Taani's mental health. "Her teddy bear" Kriya, Swayam and Nisha all say simultaneously. Choruses of "oh"s are heard amongst everyone present.

"See, now that makes more sense" says Bharat. "Yeah, no kidding!" exclaims Aashi, breathing out a sigh of relief. "That is literally the most adorable thing I've ever heard!" gushes Neha. Shivam simply rolls his eyes.

Taani, who notices Shivam rolling his eyes, snippily says "Would like me to request for an ode to my teddy bear, or do you really want to continue with your usual "I'm Shivam Dutta and I'm intellectually superior to all of you, therefore above all your nonsense about adorable teddy bears and roses" thing that you always do?" Shivam stares at her for a good ten seconds before saying "You know, you're literally Sharon Rai Prakash. Just without the dresses, the impractical shoes, the bitchy attitude, the devious brain... Oh, and you have a baby face!" Taani glares at Shivam before giving him a bright smile and raising her hand, saying "I would like to request for an ode to my teddy bear!" "Request denied!" growls Shivam, glaring at the others, as if daring them to go against him.

"Actually," Kriya begins to say, "request accepted." "Ha!" Taani yells in Shivam's face, before Kriya could even get a word in. Kriya ignores her and says "Bhai, you're writing an ode to Taani's teddy bear. Have fun!" Swayam groans as Shivam triumphantly yells "Ha!" in Taani's face, before turning around to help some other people.

Taani doesn't seem upset though. She simply smiles at her cousin and says "Those were some mad negotiating skills!" before turning towards Swayam and telling him to forget about the poem. Kriya smiles as she watches her cousin go. A truce is better than freezing each other out. It's not as great as making up, but it's something right?

Meanwhile, Saara was checking out Rey's booth, and she was impressed. "You guys really went all out" she remarks, as she tries to fix some of the baskets. She can't help it, the girl has an eye for art! "Yeah, it's a shame we didn't have more help" says Arjun, giving his twin the famous "stop being stubborn" look.

Saara ignores him.

"Where's Rey?" she asks, "Isn't he the one that's actually running?" "He has gone to get some more baskets from the locker room" explains Sharon, giving Saara that same look that Arjun was giving her.

"Can I just- get one of the stupid baskets and leave?!" exclaims Saara, not wanting to have to deal with her siblings trying to convince her that she's being an idiot. Sharon rolls her eyes and hands her cousin one of the baskets.

"And don't tell Rey I stopped by!" she adds, before leaving in a huff. She meets back up with Taani and who says, "Uh oh, you have that pouty look on your face." "Pouty look, what pouty look?" stammers Saara. Taani rolls her eyes as if to say, "Are you really going to try to lie to me?" but chooses to leave it at that.

"I take it that even though Rey wasn't there, your little visit wasn't exactly the best?" asks Taani, raising an eyebrow. Saara sighs and nods her head. "What about you?" asks Saara. Taani turns back to look at her cousin and says "I think we might've called a truce." "A truce?" question Saara, "Did you do the teddy bear thing again?"

Taani knows exactly what her best-friend is referring to. Ever since they got their favorite stuffed animals from Swayam, during their first Raksha Bandhan, the two girls had a teddy bear agreement. Whenever they were mad at each other, and one of them wanted to let the other know that they were willing to call a truce of sorts, they would bring up their favorite stuffed animal. Taani just added a compliment in to ease her cousin's nerves.

"Yes, I did the teddy bear thing again" Taani tells her. "Damn, I wish me and my siblings could have something like that..." muses Saara, "Of course none of them would ever agree to a teddy bear agreement, but it would be nice." Taani chuckles, shaking her head. She then notices Sharon walk over to Kriya, and narrows her eyes at them.

This can't be good.

"Nice work Kripa" Sharon tells her, "I'm actually impressed by how well you've been doing during your campaign." "Um, thanks?" Kriya says awkwardly, although it comes out as more of question since she's not exactly sure what to make of this. "I'm actually not even that surprised. I've heard that you're quite the perfectionist" says Sharon. Kriya sighs and asks "What do you want Sharon? And where exactly are you going with this?" "I'm just stating the facts" Sharon says innocently, throwing her arms up in the in surrender, "No need to get aggressive." "Um, if your version of being "aggressive" is someone very tiredly asking you a question, then you and I have very different versions of aggressive" says Kriya, shoving past her. Kriya then turns around and says "Oh and the by the way, if this you thought that was aggressive, then honey you are not going to survive out there in that cruel cruel world."

"Well neither are you!" snaps Sharon, smirking on the inside as her plan is going perfectly. "What are you talking about?" asks Kriya, clearly tired and confused. "I'm talking about how you don't take rejection well" says Sharon. "Who told you that?" asks Kriya, suddenly becoming a little nervous. "No one. I was just doing some research on the competition when I found some very interesting things about you" says Sharon. "What things?" asks Kriya, folding her arms across her chest. "Like how when you were at a dance competition a while back, and when you got second place you threw a hissy fit backstage" says Sharon, causing Kriya's face to go pale.

She wasn't kidding when she told Rey that she doesn't take rejection well. She's not proud of a lot of the things that she's done whenever she hasn't won something, or simply did really bad on a test. It's a serious problem, she knows that, but she doesn't know how to deal with it.

Aashi, noticing the look on Kriya's face, glares at Sharon and firmly says "That's enough, Sharon! Stop bothering Kriya and go focus on Rey's campaign. And by the way, what you're doing right now is only going to hurt Rey's campaign. Targeting Kriya like this will not work in your favor." Sharon simply ignores her former friend and continues, "I also heard that you once failed a major exam, and they only let you retake it because apparently you threatened the teacher."

Okay, that's only partly true. Yes, Kriya was beyond upset over failing that exam. But she was only able to retake because the teacher felt sorry for her and noticed how much pressure Kriya put on herself. No one else understood that, so they started spreading rumors as to what happened, which Taani and Saara quickly shut down. Most people had forgotten about it by now, but Sharon bringing all these past incidents up was making them remember.

"Di, stop it!" yells Saara, coming in front of Kriya. Noticing the blank look on Kriya's face, she furiously glares at her cousin. "This is Kriya's personal business which you should not be involved in!" she hisses at her cousin, "Just walk away now, before I do something I regret." Sharon's taken aback by the way her cousin was speaking to her. She wasn't used to seeing Saara this angry or protective over someone.

"I'm just letting the people know what kind of a person their future GS, if they still decide to vote for her, is" Sharon states casually, "I don't think that people want someone who's impulsive, immature, and lets their emotions dictate their actions as their future GS. I certainly don't. If she can't keep her cool, then we are going to be having some serious problems."

Before anyone else can say or do anything, Kriya does the unthinkable.

She runs.

Kriya Shekhawat doesn't run from her problems. She faces them head on. So when she of all people ran away from that scene, to say everyone was shocked would be an understatement.

Aashi glares at Sharon. "Are you happy now?! Satisfied?!" she demands, before running after Kriya. Sharon says nothing. Instead, she continues to look at Kriya in shock. She didn't think that Kriya would take her words that seriously. She wants to go after her, but stays put. She'd probably make things even worse for the poor girl.

Saara's voice is what brings Sharon out of her thoughts. "That was not cool. This stunt that you pulled today, it was sick" says Saara, "I have never been so disappointed in you in my entire life!" And with that, Saara follows Aashi to do find Kriya, leaving Sharon hurt.

"Well that had to have wounded your pride, big sister" she hears Taani say in a tone that Sharon had never heard her use before. And she didn't like it. "You just made an enemy out of me, Ice Princess" Taani hisses at her, "Which is too bad really. I would've made a much better friend." And with that, she goes to find her sister.

Meanwhile, Kriya was running, running like her life depended on it. Sharon had opened up lots of old wounds, putting her problems all out in the open. Kriya felt as though everyone watching her judging her. She felt as though if she stopped running, the world would end. She felt suffocated, like she couldn't breathe. She was on the verge of a breakdown, tears ready and waiting to fall down her face, and she knew it. She had to get away from here.

As she's running, she collides with a hard chest. She looks up and lets out a sigh of relief when she sees Rey in front of her. Obviously getting caught up in the moment, needing some sort of comfort, Kriya comes right out and hugs Rey.

Rey is a little taken aback by the hug. But seeing Kriya's current state, he couldn't help but wrap his arms around her. "Hey, it's okay" he says, trying to comfort as he rubs her back. Kriya brings her head up to face him and furiously shouts "It's not okay! Sharon-" She stops midway when she realizes something. Sharon couldn't have known anything about Kriya's fear unless someone had told her, and she highly doubted that her brother or any of her friends would've spilled the beans to Sharon, no matter what the circumstance. So the only other person that Sharon could've found out about this from was Rey.

Anger floods Kriya as she pushes Rey away from her. "You told her!" she shouts at him, shoving him, "I can't believe you told her!" Rey grabs her wrist to keep her from shoving him again and calmly says "Hey, calm down. What are you talking about?" "Don't pretend like you don't know!" Kriya yells accusingly, "You told Sharon about what I said to you yesterday! Did me putting my feelings out there in the open mean nothing to you, or was it all just a ploy to help you win the elections?!"

"What?!" demands Rey. He didn't tell Sharon anything, and he has no idea how she could've even found out about his conversation with Kriya. "Kriya, I swear, I didn't tell her anything" Rey assures her. "Stop lying to me!" she yells, trying to get her wrists free from Rey's grip, "Just stop!" "Kriya, you need to calm down and listen to me" Rey tells her gently, when he realizes that they've gathered a crown. "I don't want to listen to anything you have to say!" she hisses at him, yanking her wrists from his grip. Kriya turns around to walk away from him when Rey grabs her by the wrist once more and says "Kriya wait-"

And that's when it happened.

Kriya swivels around and smacks Rey right across the face, not even letting him finish his sentence. When she hears people around her gasping and whispering, her adrenaline dies down and she comes back down to Earth. She looks around, running her fingers through her hair, suddenly wanting the ground to swallow her whole. She just wanted to disappear.

She snaps her head back to Rey, and almost feels guilty when she sees the hurt in Rey's eyes.

Almost.

"I really hope you're happy" she spits out at him before walking away.

Taani and Saara, who had witnessed the tail end of that exchange, so Kriya slapping Rey, exchanged worried glances. This was going to be trouble.