Friends, Sisters, Weirdos: S1-Falling In Love With Reyaansh Singhania - Page 45

Originally posted by: Ranjana.p

I loved when u made kriyam as siblings.Then I liked the bond of friendship.😊

Originally posted by: Ranjana.p

Their friendship is great. I loved it.😛 I like Kria but other two are also good.Pairing wise I like Swayam and Vrushika, Arjun and Nisha. And ya,when are u updating

-Author's Note-

Hello lovely people of IF! I know that you're all waiting for me to update, and I really am trying. It's my final year, and it's university season, so I'm trying really hard to fit writing into my schedule. Plus, I'm not too motivated since none of you are actually reading this story. I gave you guys three chapters, three LONG, well-written, some of my best work type of chapters, and I don't get more than three words. Think about this from my perspective: if you worked so hard to write something, you put everything into it, but all you ended up with was oh, it was nice' and update,' would you be willing to spend your time giving more updates? No! I love writing this story, but if no one wants to read it, then I'm fine with ending it right here. Thank you.

-Diya-

Quick Note:

First of all, hi! I'm very sorry for the late update, and if you read the note in the post above, you would know why. Guys please do take the time to read that note, it is a legitimate concern that I have. I really don't want to be one of those authors who holds stories hostage and doesn't update until he/she gets a certain number of likes and comments, and I don't intend to be one of those authors because that's actually disgusting and I hate people who do that! Just, I don't want to be repetitive, so please just read the note.

Second of all, a few things to note about this update. Rey is going to be a major asshole, but he will not get away with it. Taani especially, will make him suffer. That's another thing that I wanted to address. There will be some major mystery around Taani and her all around personality and thought process in this chapter, it won't take over obviously, but it will be a big part. That being said, there are a couple Taarey scenes in here, but please don't ignore it just because you're not a fan of TR. Firstly, they're not even a romantic scenes, but they will set off what their dynamic is kind of going to be like, and it so very different from the show! Taani and Rey in my story are so very similar to one another, they kind of think the same way. They seem to be very nice, innocent individuals who can do no wrong, but when their loved ones are being threatened, they are vicious people, they're basically snakes. They will either be each other's best friends, or worst enemies. They can either create world peace, or start the next world war.

Last thing I want to stress on, I know that a lot of people are uncomfortable with romantic scenes between Taani and Rey or Saara and Rey, and I just want to say that don't let that stop you from getting invested in their friendship scenes because those are way important to me. I don't even think I have romantic TR and SR scenes, but I don't want you guys to miss a crucial part of the story just because you aren't fans. I don't want to force you into anything, I'm just saying.

And also, fyi, I stopped the song sequence halfway because it seemed fitting. I don't think that school officials would anything like that continue to happen, and neither would the gang. That's all!

ENJOY!

Deception

"Sisters by chance, friends by choice." - Liv & Maddie

Thursday May 1^st, 2014

The news about Kriya slapping Rey spread like wildfire. Rumors were being spread, theories were being made, and people were being... people.

"I heard that Rey cheated on her with Sharon."

"I heard that she found him trying to sabotage her campaign. It was so immature of her to slap him for that. What a baby!"

"I think that Kriya's just looking for some attention. I mean, any kind of attention, even bad attention, is better than no attention at all, right?"

And that was just the tip of the iceberg of some of the things that were being said about this situation. Shivam had to stop Swayam, Swayam, more than three times from punching someone in the throat, because apparently it's more effective than punching someone in the face. Arjun and Vrushika had to convince Nisha that manslaughter will only end her up in jail, even if it is for a good cause. And Taani... well, let's just say that she had a less violent approach of taking care of things.

"Okay, where the hell did you even get a bag of ants?" Saara questions Taani as she opens up certain lockers in the girls' locker room.

"And since when do you know how to pick locks?" she adds, now becoming aware of the fact that Taani "the good girl" Shekhawat was picking locks and putting ants in people's lockers. Not that they didn't deserve it, but still, it's Taani!

Taani snaps her head towards her best-friend and affirms, "Jwalu, this is as passive as I'm about to get! So are you going to just stand there, or are you actually going to help me?"

She then adds "And let's be honest, it's better than punching people in the throat or plotting murder. More satisfying too... Not to mention, legal, and has a better chance of keeping us out of trouble."

Saara sighs as she steps up on the benches of the locker beside Taani and turns to face her. She pulls two paper bags out of her bag and yields, "Whatever you say. But we're adding crickets and worms too."

Taani raises an eyebrow, half amused, half surprised. "Crickets and worms?" she crosses her arms over her chest.

"Don't judge me ant girl!" Saara bites back at Taani, narrowing her eyes at her best-friend who throws her arms up in surrender.

Rehearsal Hall

Sharon and Simmi sit in the 'Sharon Corner' in silence.

"What were you thinking?" Simmi finally manages to ask.

"I just wanted to help, Sims" Sharon admits, guilt evident in her tone. "Shar, I know you mean well, but that wasn't right, and you know it" Simmi says softly. "I know, I know! I just didn't think that it would have such a grave impact on Kriya" Sharon says helplessly.

Simmi goes back to staying silent.

"Well say something! Anything!" Sharon bursts out, "Weren't you the one who said that you'd put me in my place if I ever got out of hand again?!"

"Yes, but this was an honest mistake-"

"No! You're supposed to yell and scream and lecture me until both our throats start to ache. You're not supposed to let me off the hook that easily" Sharon starts blubbering nonstop. Simmi puts her hands on Sharon's shoulders and shakes her gently.

"Shar, enough," she looks Sharon right in the eye, "you need to realize that this isn't like the last time. What you did to Kriya last time was cruel and mean-"

"And this wasn't?" Sharon demands.

"Yes, it was!" Simmi shouts, although that's the last thing that she wanted to do, "But the difference here is that last time, you were being unnecessarily petty, and a downright bitch. This time around, you were trying to help your friend, and you weren't thinking straight. What you did before was on purpose, this was a mistake, one that you are genuinely sorry for and freaking out over."

Sharon, nearly in tears, leans her head onto Simmi's chest, and Simmi gently strokes her hair, telling her that everything is going to be okay.

Until they hear a certain rough, 19 year-old male yelling from a distance, getting closer and closer, and louder and louder.

"Sharon! Sharon, where are the hell are you?!" Rey roars, marching into the rehearsal hall, murder in his eyes.

"Rey!" Sharon's eyes widen like saucers when she sees him. She gets up, as Simmi shoots up like a rocket, refusing to let go of Sharon's arm.

Rey glares as he makes his way towards her. "How could you to that?" he demands, "How could you completely humiliate that poor girl like that?"

Rey's voice is loud, so loud that it echos throughout the rehearsal hall, causing Sharon to flinch, and Simmi to hold her tight when she notices the gesture.

"Rey, I didn't know that it was going to affect her like that, honest! I just wanted to help your campaign" Sharon cries out. "So what, you didn't think that I could win without you playing dirty behind my back?" Rey growls, his eyes blazing. "It's not like that!" Sharon protests, "I just thought-"

"You thought?" Rey sputters, "Oh, that's just rich! You don't think Sharon. You do as you please and think that saying 'sorry I made a mistake' is going to make everything better, even though it's not. But I guess that's the one thing you and Baatcutter have in common."

Sharon looks confused when he says this.

"You both do things without thinking about the consequences of your actions" Rey decides to elaborate, "You brought back Baatcutter's worst nightmare, without knowing how it could affect her. Baatcutter slapped me because she thought that I actually spilled her secret to you. She slapped me in front of half the college. She is going to pay."

Before Sharon could say anything else, namely convince Rey that he's being crazy and this will only make things worse, Rey tromps out of the rehearsal hall. Sharon sighs, running her fingers through her hair as she sits back down on the floor.

"What have I done?" she says out loud, turning towards Simmi who simply takes her place on the ground beside her, and wraps her arms around the shaking girl.

Fire Escape

The name fits, is the first thing that comes to Kriya's mind when asked about the fire escape. For her, it's not just a way to escape from fire and get to safety like it is for everyone else, but also a way for her to escape from the world, from herself even. The rehearsal hall may be Kriya's venting place, but the fire escape is her thinking place, her fortress of solitude if you will.

Now her friends are quite aware of this fact. And most of them know to not bother her when she's there. Except for that one friend who simply doesn't care. Nisha Sen.

The minute the doors to the fire escape open, Kriya says, without even turning around, "Hey Nish."

"How'd you know it was me?" asks Nisha, thinking she'd been oh so discreet, as she climbs down the steps to sit next to Kriya.

Kriya turns to face her and points out, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world, "Because you are literally the only person on the planet that would come after me when I'm in the fire escape."

"True" says Nisha, causing Kriya to smile.

Nisha Sen has different ways of making each of her loved ones smile. And Kriya, surprisingly enough, is the easiest one of the bunch. All Nisha has to do is be her crazy, blunt, 'I do whatever the hell I want' self, and Kriya will smile, no matter how sad or upset she may be.

"So what's up?" asks Kriya, trying to seem cheery.

"Stop it" Nisha immediately snaps at her. "Stop what?" Kriya asks innocently, bouncing her knee up and down, something she usually does when she's nervous.

"Trying to seem all cheerful and happy, which, by the way, you can't do. I'm not buying what you're selling, Shekhawat!"

"God help the poor girl's scout who tries selling you thin mints!" jokes Kriya. "Cute" Nisha deadpans.

"Now tell me what's wrong."

"Nothing!" Kriya is quick to protest. Nisha glares at her, causing her to unwillingly admit, "Alright fine, everything!"

"Do you know what the sad part is about all of this? I was finally starting to like him. I was finally starting to understand Rey. I was finally starting to see what Saara, bhai, and everyone else sees in him. Kindness, compassion, understanding... He's good with feelings in a way that I can only hope to be.

He wasn't that same cocky, arrogant guy that I thought he was, that I saw when I first met him. He was actually... sweet! He was nice to me Nish. He sat there patiently as I spilled my guts to him, he talked exactly when I needed him to talk, said exactly what I wanted to hear...

I honestly just thought that he was being genuine when we talked yesterday. No hidden agenda, no evil master plan... just him being a nice guy. I actually thought that we had something in common, that we'd connected, bonded even! I was telling him about my dad, and you know I don't like to talk about my dad. And then he started telling me something about his grandfather- God, what an amazing story! He is such a good actor, I actually believed that he was telling the truth!"

Out of Kriya's entire rant, the word 'grandfather' stuck out to Nisha. "Bhai told you about daadu?" she asks in disbelief, knowing how her brother's feelings towards their grandfather are similar to that of Kriya's towards her father.

"What?" Kriya looks confused.

"Did my brother tell you about our grandfather?" Nisha asks in a serious tone that is very unlike her, "Because the only people outside of our family who know about this are Saara and Sharon di. Bhai hasn't even opened up about this to Vicky or Nilesh, or even Swayam."

Kriya's body goes still when she hears this. Holy shit! she thinks.

Nisha, now noticing how her friend has basically frozen solid, starts shaking her. "Kriya!" she exclaims, worried, "Tell me you didn't just go into shock!"

"Are you trying to tell me that he actually was telling the truth?" Kriya asks, not moving a muscle, her voice starting to shake, "Did I slap him for absolutely no reason?"

First thing that Nisha does, is let out a breath of relief. Next thing she does, is get angry. Looking at the absolute look of terror on Kriya's face, that realization that she had in fact, done something wrong, made Nisha angry. But not at Kriya, nor at her brother. No, Nisha was angry at the one person responsible for this mess.

She gets up, causing Kriya to immediately grasp onto her arm, worried that Nisha was mad at her, and demand, "Where are you going?"

Nisha in turn gives Kriya a gently smile, as she pries the other girl's fingers off of her arm. Her face then goes stone cold as she bitterly responds, "To pay Miss Sharon Rai Prakash a visit." Nisha treads out of the fire escape in a huff.

Rehearsal Hall

"What the hell is wrong with you?!" Nisha Singhania's voice bellows throughout the echoing rehearsal hall, causing Sharon and Simmi to get up and face her.

"Nisha-" Simmi begins to address the younger girl, but gets cut off by Nisha snapping at her. "Save it! Simmi di, I'm sorry, but this is about her, so please just stay out this!"

Simmi wants to protest, but Sharon holds her back. She deserves this. Sharon knows that she deserves what's coming her way. And she's not about to run and hide from it.

"How could you stoop so low?" Nisha demands, rage evident in her tone, fury igniting in her eyes, "Do you have any idea what you've done?"

"Nisha, listen-" Sharon tries to calm her down so she could explain herself, only in vain.

"No, you listen Miss Sharon Rai Prakash!" she yells, causing Sharon to wince. Nisha has never called Sharon by her full name. Ever. She's always been 'Sharon di' to the younger girl. Every time that Nisha would come over, the first thing she'd say was "Where's Sharon di? I want to see Sharon di!" She didn't ask for Vrushika, or Arjun, or even Saara. She always gravitated towards Sharon.

But not today.

"You, are a terrible person" Nisha continues to say, "What you did, was cruel. And I know that my brother had absolutely nothing to do with any of that, do you know why? Because Kriya wasn't the only sharing her deepest, darkest secrets."

Sharon gasps. Rey didn't, she thinks, he wouldn't... would he?

"I know what you're thinking" Nisha's voice breaks Sharon's train of thoughts, "And it's true. Bhai shared the one thing he's always had trouble opening up to people about with none other than Kriya Shekhawat, a girl who up until a few days ago, he could barely manage to tolerate. But Kriya never knew that when she slapped him now did she? She just thought that it was all an elaborate scheme for bhai to win the election. Two people who hated each other were finally starting to not hate each other. They were starting to trust each other and now, because of you, they're back to square one! And don't even try to defend yourself and say that I'm just over reacting. You know that I'm right, and you know that what you did was unforgivable! I sincerely hope that you're happy."

Nisha's about to leave, when she stops herself. She's not done yet, oh not by a long shot!

"I used to look up to you, you know that right?" Nisha croaks, "I thought you were this strong, brave, badass woman... I wanted so badly to be like you! But today, you made me realize that you're nothing but some pathetic bully who takes joy in making others miserable. Thank you for making me realize that I would never, in a million years, ever want to be like you. I hate you."

"I hate you." Three words, eight letters. They seem so small, like they'd have no effect at all, whatsoever. But they were three words, eight letters that just kept echoing in Sharon's head, even as Nisha left the rehearsal hall, haunting her as she sat down, curled up into the 'Sharon Corner,' and cried.

Not even Simmi could comfort her at this point.

Unique Unicorns (U2)

"Who cares if you disagree? You are not me. Who made you queen of anything?" Taani sings to herself as she puts some tops on one of the shelves at the front, "So you dare tell me who to be? Who died and made you queen of anything?"

"I don't think that's how the song goes" she hears her boss Rinni say from behind the cash register, "I mean, I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure that it's king of anything."

"I'm trying something new" says Taani, shrugging her shoulders. "I could tell by the immense amount of anger in your voice" notes Rinni.

"Mean girl problems?" she asks sympathetically. "You don't know the half of it" says Taani, a certain tiredness in her voice which Rinni thought was quite unlike the bubbly girl she was used to.

"Try me" says Rinni, crossing her arms over chest.

Rinni Shah is the coolest boss you'll ever meet. She just graduated from college a year ago, so she completely understands the struggle all her employees go through. Stress, parents, love... Been there, done that, went through the "let's wear all black all the time" phase. She's understanding, and always willing to help people out with whatever problems they may be having.

"So there's a girl in second-year at my college" Taani begins to say, "Her name is Sharon Rai Prakash and she is actually the embodiment of all things evil."

"Wait, is this about that whole Dazzlers vs. Weaklings thing at St. Louis?" asks Rinni, "Is that seriously still going on?"

"Wait, you know about that?" asks Taani. "Yeah, I graduated from St. Louis last year" Rinni explains, "I was GS, and I was on the dance team."

"Lucky you" says Taani, "I still have to deal with that she-demon!"

"Oh come on, she's not that bad, just a little misguided" Rinni tries to defend Sharon. "I don't care! She is a bully, and an all-around horrible person, and I just want to tear her hair out strand by strand" Taani rants.

"Yeesh" Rinni feels chills going up her spine, "I'm assuming that song is about her."

"Hell yeah it's about her!" Taani exclaims.

Rinni pauses to think for a moment. "Okay, how about this? Instead of being physical and violent, which is totally unlike you by the way, you sing this in public with her present" she suggests.

"I guess it's not a bad idea" Taani admits, "But the only upcoming public event is Rose Day, which is tonight, and I don't even want to go."

"What do you mean you don't want to go to Rose Day?!" Rinni demands, as if it's the most outrageous thing that she's ever heard, "It's Rose Day! Dude, it is essential for you to experience this, otherwise you'll regret it later on in life. You're a fresher yaar, you're supposed to be broadening your horizons, trying everything, and that means, going to Rose Day!"

"Alright, point taken" Taani grumbles, "But I don't have a dress to wear."

"I'm sorry, what kind of an excuse is that? You work at a boutique for crying out loud and- OH MY GOD I HAVE THE PERFECT DRESS FOR YOU!" Rinni screams at the top of her lungs, going over to the back room, despite Taani's protests.

She brings out a rack of dresses, and pulls off a white strapless one. "This is your dress" Rinni says dramatically, holding the dress up against Taani's body.

"Rinni, as sweet as this is, I can't afford-" Taani doesn't even get to finish her sentence due to Rinni immediately cutting her off, "Girl, please! You've been here since the beginning, when this boutique was just starting out. But you stuck with it, you stuck with me, despite the low income you made here back then. You had faith in this place, and more importantly, you had faith in me. Without you around, this place wouldn't have gotten to the level it's at right now. So if you think that I'd actually make you pay for clothes here, you've got another thing coming!"

"Thank you Rinni" says Taani, smiling at the older girl as she takes the dress from her.

Something else on the rack catches her eye. A dusty rose dress that would look amazing on her cousin. Taani takes it off the rack and says, "I think I'll take this one instead."

"Take them both" Rinni says casually. "Are you crazy?!" demands Taani, "What am I going to do with two dresses?"

"Well, I know that you were going to give the second one to your cousin" Rinni points out. "Maybe" Taani admits. "Just take both dresses, and promise me that you'll go to Rose Day" Rinni tells Taani. "Alright fine, but only for you" Taani mutters reluctantly, causing Rinni to do her signature happy dance, causing Taani to laugh.

Shekhawat House

As Taani walks in through the front door, her maasi greets her with a smile and a cupcake. Taani's eyes light up at the sight of the chocolatey goodness in front of her.

"I love you" says Taani, taking the cupcake from her maasi's hands.

"Are you talking to me or the cupcake?" asks Smriti, snorting. Taani lips and nose are covered in icing as she tears herself away from heaven to say, "Of course I'm talking to you maasi. I mean, who talks to a cupcake?"

Taani walks away quickly, eating away at her cupcake.

Smriti throws her arms up in the air dramatically and yells "I blame myself!"

Triya's Bedroom

When Taani enters her room, she sees her cousin and Saara laying down on her bed, staring at the ceiling. She sets her shopping bags down at the foot of the bed, and lays down beside Saara.

"What are you guys doing?" she asks. "Nothing much, just stuff" says Kriya. "Cool" says Taani.

"What about you?" asks Kriya. "Oh, same here" says Taani.

Saara looks at both sisters on either side of her, and then screams out in frustration, "Oh my god, this is ridiculous! Will you guys just make up already?!"

Taani and Kriya say nothing.

"I will call Smriti Aunty in here" she warns. Both girls immediately yell, "No!"

"Then talk" commands Saara.

"Fine. I don't like that Taani doesn't think that I can be a good GS" says Kriya.

"Taani, rebuttal" says Saara, tilting her head towards Taani.

"I never said that you wouldn't make a good GS! I just think that you're doing it for all the wrong reasons, so your heart isn't really into it, therefore it will never be your top priority and our college will suffer" explains Taani.

"Kriya, would you like to add anything?" asks Saara, now tilting her head towards Kriya.

"Well, the team could've helped me manage" Kriya protests. "Except you've got too much pride to accept anyone's help" Taani points out.

"Hey, hey!" Saara puts an arm up in the air, glaring at Taani, "Wait to be called on!"

Both Shekhawat sisters took at each other, a devious plan formulating in their heads. They each grab a pillow from under their heads, and start to smack Saara with them.

"Guys, seriously?!" Saara shrieks, "Oh my god, stop!"

Once Kriya and Taani are done pelting their friend with pillows, and laughing their heads off, Saara triumphantly says, "Not the way that I was hoping for things to work out, but I'll take what I can get."

She then adds, "Also, you're not done with the mushy stuff yet so just keep on talking!"

Taani and Kriya stay silent. Only when Saara elbows them both in the ribs do they finally make eye contact. Saara's right. They're not done yet.

Taani starts off, "Di, all you need to know is that I love you and I respect you, and that no matter how much I may disagree with you, that will never change. You need to know that I consider myself to be very lucky to have you as my big sister. And you also need to know that I also consider myself to be very lucky because you chose to be my best-friend. You're my sister, nothing's ever going to change that. But you didn't have to be my friend, and you did. I love you, and that's all that should matter."

"Sisters by chance, friends by choice" Kriya croaks, feeling a little overwhelmed.

"Did you just quote that cheesy Disney show?" groans Saara. Taani and Kriya both narrow their eyes at her, smirking. They lean over Saara for a hug.

"Guys I literally can't breathe!" shouts Saara, as she tries to push the hugging sisters off of her. Finally, Saara gives in and starts to laugh. Taani and Kriya get off of her, and soon, they start to laugh as well.

"Let's not go to the Rose Day party" Saara declares.

"I agree" says Kriya, nodding her head in agreement, "Let's just stay home and have a girl's night."

Taani jumps off the bed, startling her best-friends. "You can't not go to Rose Day. It's Rose Day. And this is coming from me, ME, so you know that this shit is actually important. Now get off your asses, and go wear some uncomfortable dresses, shoes that the devil himself made to torture us women, and cake on some ridiculous amounts of make up on your faces" she commands like a drill sergeant.

Kriya and Saara exchange knowing glances. "You talk to Rinni?" they ask at the same time. "Yes I did!" says Taani, "And she's right! Rose Day is a crucial part of us growing up, so I really think that we need to go!"

"If you'll excuse me, I'm going to go yell at Rinni for putting this ridiculous idea into your head" says Saara, getting off the bed, and heading out the door.

"Where are you going Jwalu?" Taani asks, almost teasingly. "To get ready for the Rose Day party" Saara calls out, excitement evident in her voice. Taani grins triumphantly as she turns towards her cousin.

"Get up" she tells her cousin. Kriya groans.

"Hey, I did not just get you a new dress for you to not go to the party" Taani snaps, "Especially one that you're going to love!"

Kriya scoffs, but when she sees the dress Taani has in her hands, her eyes widen. "You know what, I'll even let you do my makeup" says Kriya, suddenly feeling more energetic as she sprints out of bed and grabs the dress out of Taani's hands.

"Knew it" Taani smirks to herself as she watches her cousin skip off into the bathroom to change.

Rai Prakash House

As Saara's ready to leave for the party, Sharon stops her. "Do you need a ride?" she asks.

"No, Arjun's giving me a ride" Saara informs her cousin, refusing to even look at her. She's about leave, when Sharon stops her.

"I need you to know that I made a mistake" Sharon says, almost helplessly, playing with the bracelet she was wearing, "I didn't know that what I said to Kriya was actually going to hurt her, I just wanted it to hurt her campaign."

"And you think that makes it okay?!" Saara cries out incredulously. "Of course not! I know what I did was wrong, and I'm trying to apologize here!" Sharon exclaims. "You know what, I don't even care anymore" Saara shouts, rubbing her temples, "You are just too much for me sometimes!"

"I'm your sister Saara" Sharon makes a feeble attempt to protest. "Yeah well, Kriya's my best-friend, and you hurt her!" Saara makes a point to remind her. "Are you telling me that you think your best-friend is more important to you than your sister, your own flesh and blood?" Sharon demands, now becoming hurt.

And when she's hurt, she lashes out.

"My best-friend is my family di!" Saara yells, "She is the most important person in my life! She is more important to me than you, than Rey, than myself-"

"Than Taani?"

"Yes!" Saara exclaims furiously, getting caught up in the moment. She gasps when she realizes what she had just said, dumbfounded as to what she should say next.

"Huh, I always wondered which one of the terror twins you liked better" Sharon taunts, smirking, "Guess I know now. But the real question is, do they know?"

"Oh my god, who are you?!" Saara demands, furious that her cousin has the audacity to taunt her like that, especially when she was apologizing five seconds ago, "Because this person that I see in front of me is not my di. My di, is a kind-hearted, understanding, amazing young woman who is strong without being stealthy. But you, this girl that I see standing right in front of me, is nothing but a cruel, sneaky and vindictive bitch."

Sharon looks like she's been slapped across the face. But what Saara says next, surprises her, "That is not who you are, you hear me?! You are not some rich, entitled, spoiled brat who thinks that someone's wealth determines who they are as a person. You are above all that crap, I know that! So then why the hell did you create this stupid divide, huh? Separating friends and lovers, getting people to hate you! Does that make you happy, are you doing this for your own entertainment?!

What you did to Kriya today, was unacceptable. Maybe you weren't aware of how it would affect her, but that's not the point. The point here is that the old you, would have kept this to herself and moved on. The old you, would've never used someone else's pain to her own advantage. I have lost so much respect for you today. I never imagined that I'd say that, ever, but I just did. You know why? Because the sister that I once respected is gone. And I don't want her gone, no one does! She just disappeared into thin air."

Saara walks up to her cousin, shaking her as she asks, nearly in tears "Di, where'd you go? Why can't you come back to me? I want my di back. Please come back."

Sharon stays silent. She isn't sure what to say. The helplessness, the desperation in cousin's voice... It makes Sharon mad at herself. But she can't be that person again, not anymore. That girl is gone for good.

"I can't" Sharon manages to get out, her voice cracking.

Saara stares at her cousin for what feels like an eternity, until finally, she just scoffs, shaking her head as she lightly shoves her cousin before walking away.

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St.Louis

Coming to the Rose Day party wasn't the only advice from Rinni that Taani was following. She had a plan, a hidden agenda. She will make Sharon Rai Prakash feel like crap, and no one but her is going to realize it. That's the fun part.

"What's up Tans?" asks Nisha, arriving into the abandoned classroom that Taani had told her to come to.

"Yeah, why'd you call us all here?" asks Karan, crossing his arms over his chest.

"What are you up to?" says Arjun, rolling his eyes, knowing that this another one of Taani's schemes.

"Look Rockstar, I know that Vampira is your cousin and everything, but she was out of line, and I intend to teach her a lesson" Taani says darkly.

"Continue" says Arjun. He loves his cousin more than anything, but Kriya's his friend, and she's important to him too.

"You guys all know the song 'King of Anything' by Sara Bareilles?" asks Taani. "Yeah" the other three say at once. "Well I was thinking, what if we changed the word 'king' to 'queen'?" suggests Taani.

"Devious yet classy" remarks Nisha, "I like it."

"And I also have another song prepared" Taani adds.

"Are you talking about-" Karan begins to ask, but Taani answers before he could finish, "Bingo!"

Taani looks around at friends and smirks. "Elsa's going down!" she says, gritting her teeth, "You guys in?"

"Oh, we're in" says Nisha, a glimmer in her eye, one that she gets right before a big revenge scheme.

Sharon Rai Prakash is not going to know what hit her!

Back at the party itself, Sharon gets up on the stage to announce the itinerary for the evening. "Alright everyone, first off, we're going to have a live band perform for us" she begins to list off the events, "Then everyone will have a chance to mingle while our staff calculates the votes for Rose King and Rose Queen. After that, our band will be back to perform, and then we will announce Rose King and Queen. Have a great night everybody!"

"First off, please welcome, Taani Shekhawat, Nisha Sen, Karan Modi and Arjun Rai Prakash!" she exclaims, gesturing for the band to get on stage.

Nisha takes her place behind the piano, while Karan gets behind the drums. Arjun gets his trumpet ready, as Taani sets up her microphone.

"Hey guys! This is our version of 'King of Anything' by Sara Bareilles" Taani says into the microphone, "Hope you all like it!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR7-AUmiNcA

The song is peppy, it's happy, and that's exactly what Taani and gang try to portray. But if you look closely, you can see the death stares and jabs being sent Sharon's way, especially when the word 'queen' is being sung. Sharon's cheeks are red, from anger or from embarrassment, it was impossible to tell. But at least only a few people, namely the dance teams and company, were able to tell. Kriya and Saara could see that this song was directed towards Sharon, especially when Taani winked in their direction. They saw and heard the edge that no one else was able to, and to be honest, it was pretty genius. Taani flawlessly managed to get to Sharon without making a big spectacle about it.

"Since when is Taani such an evil mastermind?" asks Saara. "I know!" exclaims Kriya, "It's like she and Nisha switched minds or something."

Once the band is done their performance, Sharon takes a deep breath as she walks on stage. As Taani's getting off, she whispers into Sharon's ear, "Don't hold your breath Cruella. We're not done yet."

Sharon takes a deep breath in and smiles, somehow managing to maintain her composure as she happily cheers, "Give it up for our band! Don't worry guys, they'll be back soon enough."

Once they're all off stage, they hi-5.

"We did it!" exclaims Nisha.

"I know! I can't wait for the next one!" exclaims Karan.

"I'll be right back you guys" says Taani, heading out into the hall.

As Taani's about to reach the girls' washroom, a strong hand grips her arm, yanking her into the fire escape, the cold wall touching her bare shoulders. Her eyes widen when she sees that it's Rey.

"What the hell?!" she fumes, shoving him with all her might.

"Exactly, what the hell?" Rey practically growls at her, invading her personal space, "Queen of anything, really?"

"Oh please, no one outside of our group understood that we were directing the song at your beloved Ice Princess" Taani proclaims, rolling her eyes. "That doesn't make it okay!" Rey shouts at her, gripping her shoulders tightly, "What you did to Sharon, was not okay!"

Taani winces in pain as Rey tightens his hold on her shoulders. "Let go of me" she says, her voice deadly calm.

Rey doesn't budge.

"Let go of me Rey or I swear to god I will rip your head off!" she screams in his face. Both their eyes had that same stubbornness, that same anger, and most importantly, that same will to go to hell and back for their loved ones.

Rey lets go of her.

Taani takes a deep breath. She then surprises Rey by grabbing him by the collar of his shirt and shoving him against the wall.

"You think that you can just yank me in here and treat me like a rag doll by asserting your machismo, while lecturing me on the fact that what I did to Sharon was wrong?" Taani demands, her voice shaking with anger.

Taani pounds her fist against the wall and roars, "What she did to my cousin, my sister, was wrong! She broke her! All her life, I have seen my sister struggle with her fear of imperfection, ages eight to right now, all I've seen her do, is struggle. She tries so hard to keep it all in, to forget about this obsessive need she has to make everything in her life be perfect, and that was not easy for her.

It took her the longest time to put all that behind her, and what does Sharon do? She brings it all back in. She opened Pandora's Box, and now my sister is once again, stuck suffering through the consequences of that. Did you really think that I was going to let your precious little Vampire Queen suck the life out of another victim like it's nothing?! Hell. No! That is my sister, you hear me?! I will fight you, I will fight Sharon, I will fight-"

"Saara?"

"Yes!" Taani snaps, before she could realize what she's saying. Taani looks shocked by her own words, taking a few steps back.

Rey smirks. "Guess blood really is thicker than water, huh?" he goads. Taani wanted nothing more than to smack that stupid smirk his goddamn face, but then she remembers that she's better than that.

Instead, she continues, "Bottom line is, I will fight whoever tries to hurt my sister. I would anything for her. I would walk through a burning building, dive off a cliff and go to the deepest pits of hell, just for her. My sister means the world to me, and you come in here, trying to tell me that I was wrong to defend her? You can go play Sharon's knight in shining armor all you want, I won't stop you. But don't you ever dare stop me from protecting my sister, because if you pull another stunt like this ever again, I will end you."

Taani turns to walk away, only have Rey grab her by the wrist once again. "Oh my god, do you have a death wish?" she growls at him, exasperated. Before Rey can fire back, the doors to the fire escape open. They both snap their heads towards whoever is at the door.

It's Karan.

"Is there a problem here?" he demands, mostly directing his sentence towards Rey.

"No, we're through here" says Taani, looking Rey straight in the eye. They stare down at each other for a few minutes before Rey finally lets her go.

Taani walks up the steps, but before she leaves, she turns around and sneers. "Actually, one more thing Rey" she says, causing Rey to look up at her, "I'm not even close to being done with Sharon yet. And guess what? You my friend, just might've made things a lot worse for your bestie." And with that, Taani leaves.

Karan follows, but not before glaring at Rey one last time.

As Rey watches them leave, he screams out loud in frustration, running his fingers through his hair. "Damn you Taani Bakshi" he says to himself.

As Taani and Karan are walking back towards the party, Karan stops them midway.

"What's wrong?" Taani asks him.

"You okay?" Karan looks, and sounds, concerned. "Nothing I couldn't handle" Taani assures him, smiling. "Oh yeah, then how do you explain the blood on your knuckles?" asks Karan, raising an eyebrow as he grasps Taani's hands to show her the blood.

"God, what did you do, punch the wall?" demands Karan, examining his friend's hand. Taani stays mum. Karan groans, "Oh my god, you did punch the wall!" Taani simply shrugs.

"Come on you trainwreck, let's go bandage you up" says Karan, rolling his eyes. "Hey, excuse you, what do you mean by trainwreck?" Taani demands as Karan leads her to the nurse's office.

Meanwhile, back at the party, the gang still couldn't wrap their heads around the fact that Taani of all people created that devious plan.

"That plan was actually pretty genius" remarks Swayam, "Still can't believe that Princess came up with that."

"Yeah, who knew Taani was such an evil mastermind?" adds Arjun.

"Aarav did" says Nisha, "She was friends with Ruhi, remember?"

"Ruhi was a psychotic bitch" Saara points out.

"Yeah, but she still managed to kidnap you, me and Aarav so that she could get us out of Taani's life" Kriya reminds her, "It takes some pretty evil genius level planning to do that."

"Hey, I saw it coming" says Shivam. Everyone turns to look at him strangely. "I mean, come on, she's probably a better evil mastermind than Sharon" Shivam goes on to explain, "And I call her Superbitch."

"Yo, morons, I'm right here" Taani says from behind them, causing everyone to jump.

"Heeey Taani..." they all trail off awkwardly.

"Hey Krishnaji, I'm surrounded my idiots!" Taani says to the sky, sighing.

"Alright everybody!" Sharon's voice grabs their attention, "We've calculated all the roses received by everyone, but before we announce Rose King and Queen, let's call our band back up for one more song!"

The crowd cheers as the band goes back on stage. As Sharon climbs down the steps, she notices the bandage on Taani's hand. "What happened to your hand?" she whispers.

"Is that a hint of concern that I detect in your voice, your royal iciness?" Taani jokes, "Or do my ears deceive me?" "I'm CS, I'm supposed to be concerned about everyone" Sharon grumbles.

Okay fine, maybe she was just a little bit more concerned about Taani than she'd like to admit.

"Ask your best-friend, Cruella" Taani informs her, before heading on stage.

Nisha fixes up her keyboard, while Arjun ditches his trumpet for an electric guitar. Karan stays on drums, as Taani gets her base guitar out, while saying into the microphone, "Alright, now this song might be an odd choice, but I promise you guys that you'll love it!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUPnd3YkhJI

This song is definitely edgier than their last one. Nisha and Karan were pounding away like there was no tomorrow, and Taani and Arjun were shredding like their lives depended on it. This one was a direct hit towards Sharon, one she didn't see coming because she figured, that's not Taani's style. Wrong. Every little move or gesture was directed at Sharon, a few very insightful people, ones that are not in their friend circle, were even starting to notice.

Rey glares up at Taani, vowing to get back at her, to wipe that smug smirk right off her face. Sharon on the other hand, knew that she was getting her due. She'd keep quiet for tonight, but after that, she's going to be back with a bang!

Taani Bakshi is going down!

As Sharon gets back on stage after the band is done, Taani hisses in her ear, "Told you I would've made a better friend." Sharon simply ignores her and tries to clap as enthusiastically as possible, getting the crowed riled up. She then says, "Time to announce Rose King and Queen!"

Sharon opens the envelope and smiles. She knew it!

"Your Rose King ladies and gentlemen, is Mr. Reyaansh Singhania!" Sharon exclaims, clapping as her best-friend walks over to the center of the dance floor, bowing playfully.

"And now, as for your Rose Queen..." Sharon trails off. Uh oh. "Kriya Shekhawat everyone" Sharon says, trying to clap as enthusiastically as she did for Rey.

Kriya joins Rey on the dance floor, smiling awkwardly at the crowd.

"You ready for our dance, Baatcutter?" Rey hisses, clenching his jaw and gritting his teeth. "Rey listen-" Kriya begins to say to him, but he simply cuts her off. "Save it!" he snaps at her, as the music begins.

Deception

*continued here because I couldn't fit the entire thing into one post*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPf7Lm-0eH4

*Music*

Rey's hands slowly find their way to Kriya's waist, clutching it tightly.

Meanwhile, Kriya timidly wraps her slender arms around Rey's neck, trying to maintain a distance from him.

Yun Hi Bewaja, Dil Mein Rahi Betabiyan

Rey roughly pulls Kriya towards him, causing her eyes to widen as she looks at him in shock.

Rey gazes at her intently, his eyes refusing to look anywhere other than at hers.

Ye Ishq Hai, Saanson Mein Hai Ab Jo Rawaan

Kriya is so dumbstruck by Rey's gestures, all she can do is follow his lead.

Aaja Ab Kaisa Sharmana

They start to sway from side to side.

One of Kriya's hands drops from Rey's neck to his arm.

Ban Gaya Main Tera Deewana

Rey's hand makes its way from Kriya's waist to her hand on his arm, gripping it as if his life depended on it.

Dheere Dheere Se Meri Zindagi Mein Aana

Dheere Dheere Se Mere Dil Ko Churana

Rey twirls Kriya around.

Tum Se Pyaar Humein Hai Kitna Jaan-E-Jaana

Tum Se Milkar Tum Ko Hai Batana

Rey pushes her away, then pulls her back in, turning her around so that her back hits his chest.

They begin to sway, leaving Kriya trapped with no way to escape.

*Music*

Rey lets go of Kriya, bringing Sharon over to the dance floor. "A Rose King is allowed to choose his own queen" he says smugly, sneering at Kriya, leaving her all alone and embarrassed.

Just then, Kriya feels someone take her hand. She looks up, only to find that it's Karan. Her savior for the night.

"Well in that case, a Rose Queen should be able to choose her own king" he says, giving Rey the exact same look that he had given to Kriya.

Rey glares at him.

Suddenly, the music stops. Everyone turns to see Simmi walk on stage.

"Sorry everyone, technical difficulties" she says awkwardly, anyone with half a brain knowing that she was totally lying, "Please chat amongst yourselves while we get another song playing."

Everyone beings chatting animatedly, as Kriya tries to get away from the party.

Unfortunately for her, Taani, because she knows her cousin better than she knows herself, blocks her path.

"Seriously Princess?" Kriya whines, "Come on, move out of the way!"

"Sorry di, no can do" says Taani, and she does not sound the least bit apologetic. Kriya's about to protest, but Taani refuses to let her get even a single word in.

"Listen to me di" Taani beings to say. "I am not going to let some overbearing, domineering, caveman ruin your night. You will stay here, you will have fun, and he will choke on his own tears as he watches you have the time of your life."

"Did this caveman have something to do with the fact that there's a bandage around your hand?" asks Kriya, gesturing to Taani's wound.

"I punched a wall" Taani says nonchalantly. "Karan helped me fix my hand afterwards."

"But that's not the point here! Get back in there, and have a good time."

"Wait, what are you planning on doing?" asks Kriya.

"Don't even worry about it" Taani assures her sister before walking away.

She makes her way up to the DJ booth, where Shivam and Nilesh are arguing over the playlist.

"Children, if you could please just stop your incessant squabbling for two seconds and listen to me, that would be much appreciated" Taani chides.

Shivam and Nilesh turn to give her identical, irritated looks, as if to say, "You for real right now?"

"You are literally a mini-Sharon-" Shivam stops mid-sentence when he sees Taani glaring at him.

"And I'm not allowed to say that name in your presence, am I?" he continues. Taani shakes her head, internally screaming, "No, no and a hell no!"

"By the way, loved your performances tonight!" Shivam exclaims, "You are a frickin' savage!"

"Thank you, I try" Taani playfully takes a bow.

"Okay Princess, why are you here?" Nilesh cuts in. He knows that Taani and Shivam both have every right to be pissed at Sharon, for their own very good reasons, but that doesn't mean that he wants to hear them bitch about his friend.

"First of all, don't ever call me that again" Taani warns, causing Nilesh to take a step back.

"Second of all, I have a song for you two, since apparently you're both incapable of making this simple decision on your own."

As Taani cues up the song, Shivam looks as at her curiously. "Why this song?" he asks.

"Because it's a nice, happy romantic song" explains Taani. "And if Rey ends up dancing with my sister and tries to pull that shit that he just did on the dance floor, he'll end up looking like a major asshole."

"Again, savage!" Shivam says to Taani, practically bowing down to her, causing her to laugh.

Even Nilesh looks slightly impressed by her, although he tries not to show because, you know loyalty.

Nilesh hits play, hoping that the rest of the night goes off without a hitch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Ei_R2BnkE

*Music*

As the song begins, everyone starts to pair off.

Aashi and Bharat and Neha and Vicky are in their own, happy, blissful worlds.

Shivam offers his hand to Saara, Simmi had offered to take his spot and stay with Nilesh, which she politely accepts.

Karan convinces Kriya to head out onto the dance floor, as Nisha makes a big show of accepting Arjun's offer to dance with him.

Swayam grabs Vrushika out of the blue, causing her to squeal in delight, while Rey does the same with Taani. Except not as gently, and resulting in Taani pinching his arm.

Sharon, the odd one out of the bunch, ends up with some random guy.

Shaayaron se lafz leke thode se udhaar

Bolna ye chahta hun dil se tumko yaar

Ho raha tha ho gaya hai halka sa khumaar

Koi na raha hai dil pe apne zor

As Swayam and Vrushika dance together happily, Shivam and Saara watch from a distance.

"Have you noticed-" Shivam begins to ask, but Saara cuts him off, "Yes."

"I really hope she knows what she's doing. Swayam's been in love with Sharon di for years now-"

"Don't remind me" Shivam grumbles, "Besides, Swayam would never hurt her. He's not that guy."

"I know, I just really don't want my cousin getting hurt."

"She won't" Shivam assures her, bringing his face close to hers for emphasis.

Love me thoda aur!

Shivam twirls her into Swayam's arms, as Vrushika ends up with him.

Let me tell you tonight

When the stars are shining bright

"Not happy to see me?" Saara teases, noticing the frown on his face as he doesn't have Vurshika in his arms anymore.

Love me thoda aur!

Swayam snaps out of his trance and looks at Saara, as if just noticing that she was there, who chuckles at him.

Just take my hand in your hand

And then don't you let it go

"Nope, just hoping that Rey doesn't do to Taani what he did with Kriya. I think I'll actually kill him," he says, looking at the couple in question.

Love me thoda aur!

"Get in line" growls Saara, as Swayam twirls her around.

All I need is the time

When I promise that you'll be mine

Meanwhile, Vrushika was actually enjoying her time with Shivam.

Until he says, "You have feelings for Swayam."

Love me thoda aur!

Vrushika's eyes go wide as her cheeks become bright red.

With you by my side

I know I'll be fine

"No I-"

"Yeah, save it for someone who will actually buy your bullshit," Shivam cuts her off, giving her a knowing look.

*Music*

Meanwhile, the first thing Taani says to Rey is, "You're an ass."

"Well hello to you too," Rey gives her a tight smile.

"I freakin' hate you, you know that right?"

"Right back at ya' sunshine" Rey brings his face dangerously close to hers.

Taani scrunches her nose. "Ugh, get your dog breath out of my personal space."

Rey glares at her, tightening his hold on her in retaliation.

She steps on his foot.

Teri baaton ki, pyaari si, meethi si, khushboo main leke... saath mein

Muskurata sa, neendon se, khwabon se milta hoon main toh... raat mein

Kriya on the other hand, was lucky enough to be having a better time with Karan.

"You okay?" he asks, as they sway, and she nods.

"What was that back there? The Kriya I know would've smacked that jerk silly!"

"Well, he did have the right to be angry at me," Kriya says meekly.

"Are you seriously defending that asshole?! Kriya, you didn't deserve that!"

"Maybe I did," Kriya counters.

Karan wants to say something, but next he knows, Kriya's flying out of his arms, as Saara falls into his.

Yeh adaa hai nayi

Yeh adaa aa gayi

Tu jo mila

Kabhi na kiya tha

Khud pe itna gaur

Karan and Saara both freeze as they begin to assess the situation.

Karan's arms encircling Saara's waist.

Saara's arms draped around Karan's neck.

Their faces close, practically nose to nose.

One of Saara's hands falls down to his shoulder, as Karan slides a hand up Saara's waist to grasp her other hand.

Love me thoda aur!

Karan spins her around fast, shocking Saara, as her back hits his chest.

Let me tell you tonight

When the stars are shining bright

He tightens his hold around her waist, intertwining their fingers, his head buried in her neck where she could feel his hot breath seeping into her skin.

Love me thoda aur!

Saara finds it hard to breathe.

Just take my hand in your hand

And then don't you let it go

"That was nice, what you did back there," Saara manages to get out.

"Yeah?" Karan whispers into Saara's ear, causing her to bite her bottom lip.

Love me thoda aur!

"Yeah" Saara tells him, as he turns her back around so that they are chest to chest, once again.

All I need is the time

When I promise that you'll be mine

He looks at her intently as he says, "I didn't do it for you. I did it for Kriya."

"I know that." Saara's surprised by what he says.

Love me thoda aur!

"Then what's your point?" he asks, leaving no room for air to pass between them.

With you by my side

I know I'll be fine

"That it wasn't fair for me to bring our friends in the middle of our problems, and have them choose between us. It wasn't fair to you."

*Music*

That's the last thing Karan hears Saara say as she spins out of his arms, and into Rey's.

Karan rolls his eyes.

"Jealous?" he hears Taani say teasingly, as he finally notices that she's the one that ended up with him.

"Hardly" Karan says, his eyes bore in on Rey and Saara. The latter of whom did not look too pleased at the moment.

"Knowing Jwalu, she's probably exploded by now" Taani makes a point to remind him.

"Point taken" says Karan, as he turns her around, her back against his chest, his arm around her waist, all in the most platonic way known to man.

"How's your hand?" he asks her. Taani looks up at him and says, "Great, thanks to you. Should I be concerned or impressed by the fact that you bandaged my hand like a pro?"

"Little bit of both" he says, playfully sending Taani away from him before pulling her back in, causing her to let out the most unflattering laugh ever.

Tum ho ya na ho

Lagta hai jaise ki ab tum hi toh ho

Har ghadi ho

As Rey and Saara are dancing, Saara glares at him.

"Okay, you're mad" says Rey.

"Oh mad?" Saara laughs like a crazy person, "I'm not mad."

She looks him dead in the eye, digging her nails into his palm. "I'm furious you jerk!"

Milta tumse hoon

Jitna main utni hi milne ki wajah... hai badhi

"You have really sharp nails" Rey groans.

"Shut up" Saara snaps at him.

She then notices that Rey's looking past her shoulder, so she turns to see what he's looking at.

She smirks.

Milne ki koshishein

Pyar ki khwahishein

Hoti rahein

Tujhe dekh ke hai saansein karti shor

"What is it about Kriya Shekhawat that has you so mesmerized that you can't take your eyes off of her?" Saara asks, tilting her head.

Rey finally snaps out of his trance and protests, "I'm not mesmerized, I'm pissed off."

"Liar" Saara deadpans, as Rey proceeds to spin her around.

Great, now he can't get his mind off of Baatcutter!

Love me thoda aur!

Rey's eyes widen as the girl in question dances her way into his arms, her eyes also widening when she realizes it's him.

Let me tell you tonight

When the stars are shining bright

Kriya immediately removes her hands from Rey's shoulder, as if they were on fire.

Love me thoda aur!

But Rey makes no effort to take his hands off her waist.

Just take my hand in your hand

And then don't you let it go

They just stand there awkwardly, not dancing. Just Kriya being super uncomfortable and wanting to get away from Rey, and Rey making it extremely hard for her to do so.

Love me thoda aur!

Kriya frees herself from Rey's grip and practically runs to find someone without a dance partner.

All I need is the time

When I promise that you'll be mine

It takes Rey a while to register the fact that Kriya had literally just run away from him.

Love me thoda aur!

He sees her back with Karan, his eyebrows furrowing.

With you by my side

I know I'll be fine

He watches as Kriya looks relieved to be dancing with Karan, to be near anyone that's not him.

*Music*

His jaw ticks. Why? He didn't know. Maybe it was anger, maybe it was annoyance, or maybe it was frustration.

Rey looks around at all his friends.

There was Vicky, smiling like an idiot as he danced with Neha. Could those two be any more obvious?

There was his sister, looking like the happiest person on the planet as she danced with her boyfriend.

Then there Swayam who... was dancing with Vrushika? And that too all happy and like lovesick fools?

And Nisha was with Arjun. And they weren't trying to kill each other. In fact, they were being perfectly civilized. When did that happen?

Then of course, there was Sharon. Who was dancing with Shivam. That is a disaster waiting to happen.

Simmi and Nilesh were in their own world up in the DJ booth.

But where were the two girls who've physically hurt him? One of them, he wanted to talk to. The other, he wanted to strangle.

As the music begins to stop, Rey walks out to the hall in search of Saara. He looks around for her, unable to find her.

"Leaving so soon?" he hears the last person he wants to see right now ask. He tilts his head to the side, and groans. It's like the Universe was out to get him or something! There stood before him, Taani Bakshi, arms crossed, eyebrows raised, smirk on her face, leaning against the wall with one leg bent so that her foot was touching it.

Rey goes to stand right in front of her and says, "What do you want?"

Taani instantly moves her body off the wall, now livid. Her arms had uncrossed, both her feet had planted on the floor, and anger was overtaking her beautiful features. She was out for blood.

"You have some nerve doing what you did to my cousin" she tells him. "You humiliated her in front of literally the entire college, you put her in this really uncomfortable position, and worst of all, you were out there treating her like some plaything you could throw all over the place! What the hell is wrong with you?! She slapped you, you're pissed, I get that. But you had no reason to retaliate, that was just plain immature. I thought you were better than that."

"I had every reason to retaliate!" Rey fires back. "She humiliated me by slapping me, and that too without any reason. She just jumped to a freaking conclusion, and reacted. She was the one being immature, not me."

"Yes, but you know that she only did what she did because of what Sharon said to her -"

"Yes, what Sharon said to her, not me!"

"She made a mistake!"

"It was more than just a mistake! You have no idea what this is about, so stay out of it -"

"What have I told you about staying out of things that involve my cousin? I don't do that. This involves my cousin, so it involves me. Plain and simple. Get it through that thick skull of yours."

They were raging, Taani and Rey. The two people who were mostly likely to not lose their cool, who were always known to be "calm before the storm." The good girl and the golden boy. A sweetheart and a good guy. Always smiling, always being friendly, always helping... they were practically model citizens. So to see the two of them lose their cool was downright concerning.

Rey looks her up and down, and then looks her dead in the eye. "You look like an innocent angel, but you're really just a wicked devil in disguise" Rey states. "You may have everyone fooled with your good girl act, right down to your siblings who like to refer to you as 'Princess.'" But I can see right through you Taanisha Bakshi. There's something evil about you. You're vindictive, vengeful, and downright cruel. You have that bitchitude that only a select few have. Even Sharon doesn't have that, and that saying something."

Taani glares at Rey, fuming at this point. The nerve! "You want to talk deception with me?" she demands. "Then let's talk about how you pretend to be this golden boy, this hero. You say hi to people in the halls, you help them at every turn, you don't break the rules and girls fall flat on their faces for you without you behaving like Christian Grey wannabe. You think you have me figured out Reyaansh Singhania, oh, not even close.

But I do have you all figured out. You don't like to admit it, in fact, you take pride because you don't think you're the following, but in reality, you are. You're impulsive, you have a temper worse than the werewolves on Twilight, and when you snap, you're like the Hulk when he's high on drugs. So yeah, maybe I am a bitch. But I'm bitch who's in control, unlike some hypocritical apes I know who claim to be oh so mature and to think things through, but instead, they humiliate people for petty revenge."

Taani marches away from furiously, and walks out of the college. Rey makes no attempt to stop her. Instead, he watches her as she leaves, knowing that he'd just made a new enemy.

...

Meanwhile, the Rose Day party was still in full swing. People seemed to have forgotten about the whole Rey and Kriya thing, and were just trying to enjoy their night. Sharon in particular. This night, this day, it's all been throwing major curve balls her way and to say she was simply tired would be the understatement of the century. And then just when she thought her life couldn't get any worse, Shivam Dutta makes his way towards her.

"You are a real piece of work, you know that Superbitch?" he hisses at her, keeping his voice low enough so that no around them could hear. Making a big scene out of everything was Sharon's thing, not his.

"Listen Shirritating, my day, sucks. So I don't need you, and your presence, and your face and your words making it any worse for me" Sharon snipes, "So why don't you just leave me alone and enjoy the party."

"Shut up, because you're done talking. All you're going to do now, is listen" Shivam declares. Sharon crosses her arms over her chest. This ought to be good.

"I know you've been having your loved ones come up to you and lecture you about how they're so disappointed in you, or how what you did was awful... blah, yada, whatever. I just wanted to commend you for living up to your title: Superbitch. You gave that poor girl hell in the worst way possible, and the whole creating a misunderstanding between her and Rey? Nice touch. Now you're going to defend yourself and say that you made a mistake. Except you didn't. You decided to use something deep and personal, something triggering against Kriya, without knowing how it could harm her, and that is just classic Sharon Rai Prakash, and why you are the head bitch in charge. To Taani, you can be Ice Queen, Vampira, whatever. But to me, you've always been Superbitch, and that's who you're always going to be. Congratulations on living up to your reputation."

Sharon's first instinct is to smack the living daylights out of this pretentious, pompous prick. Shivam Dutta had annoyed the hell out of Sharon since that first day of school where he knocked down her castle that she made out of blocks because apparently you can't make castles out of blocks.

Imagination and Shivam Dutta are like oil and water. They don't mix!

Ever since that day, every single thing he has done has aggravated her at some point or another. No one can raise her blood pressure faster than Shirritating himself. Or make her want to scream and shout and tear all her hair out. Only Shivam can drive her to the brink of madness where even having to witness the awkward sexual tension between Nilesh and Simmi seems appealing. He knows exactly the right thing to say to push the right button.

Like right now. And the worst part is, she didn't even have it in her to glare at him. Glare! Instead, she stands there as if she had just lost all ability to speak, aka come up with a witty remark, as she watches Shivam walk away from her in triumph.

Because Shivam knew exactly where to hit her where it hurts the most. None of that stuff that Saara or Nisha have said to her about losing all respect for her. That hurt, yes. But what hurt Sharon more was the fact that Shivam came out and said that he had no respect for her to begin with. That's what hurt.

Sharon makes a swift exit from the party, and heads to an empty class room. She locks the door behind her and leans against it. She slowly begins to slide down, the thin fabric of her dress unable to shield her from the cold, hard surface of the tile floors. She rests her forehead on her knees, never wanting to leave this place; this dark, cold room. This dark, cold room where she is all alone.

The fact that she's beginning to enjoy this depressing atmosphere and the loneliness that comes with it should probably be a concerning factor. But it's not. Because somehow someway, loneliness has become a comforting concept. Isolation seems like a nice idea too. And the more she thinks about it, the more she realizes that she'd rather live in the darkness than the light. A place where she could be alone in her cruel, evil thoughts. Where she could disappoint herself to an extent that she'd start doing the classic, crazy, evil villain cackle. Where there were no expectations for her to live up to. Where she could do whatever the hell she wanted and not worry about the consequences, something which contrary to popular belief, she does do.

But apparently a certain curly-haired, ridiculously tall dancer and self-proclaimed love expert hadn't gotten the memo.

"Sharon, you in there?" he asks softly.

"No!" snaps Sharon, immediately feeling bad because it's Swayam, and she doesn't snap at Swayam. She never snaps at Swayam.

"Sharon, I just want to talk" she hears him say gently from right outside the door.

"What, you came to yell at me too?!" demands Sharon, "Go ahead, have at it! You can't make me feel worse that I already do!"

Swayam sighs, and then proceeds to say, "No, I didn't come to yell at you, I came to tell you that it's not your fault."

Sharon remains silent. The difference between Shivam Dutta and Swayam Shekhawat was that Shivam knew exactly when, where and how to hit her where it hurts. Swayam knows exactly where to hit her again, but simply to take the pain away.

"I was wrong, you just did make me feel worse" groans Sharon.

"Listen Sharon," Swayam presses, "I know you. What you did wasn't right, but I know that it was a mistake because despite what you may want people to believe, which I'm assuming is that you're a cold-hearted bitch, you're not. You know when you've done something wrong, and I know you well enough to know that you would never let things get too far unless there was something really, really wrong. Like right now. You wouldn't have gone out of your way to bring my sister's deepest, darkest secrets all out into the open if you'd known just how badly it could hurt her. You have your moments, yes, but I wouldn't go as far as to say that you're nothing but a heartless bully."

Sharon continues to remain silent. She remains silent for so long that she's sure Swayam had gotten tired and left by now.

"I'm still here," she hears him say, "just in case you were wondering."

Apparently not.

"I could do this all night Sharon. I'm pretty stubborn when I want to be. I mean, come on, you've met my sisters.

That gets Sharon to laugh, the first laugh she's had in while.

"Is that laughter I hear?" Swayam asks teasingly. "Shut up" groans Sharon, "And I'm Swayam, really. Thank you for checking up on me."

"What are friends for?" says Swayam, "Are you going to come out, or stay locked up in there for a little longer?"

"I think I'll stay for a while" says Sharon, "Goodnight Swayam."

"Goodnight Sharon."

But as Swayam leaves, he doesn't notice a disappointed pair of eyes following his every move.

Originally posted by: Ranjana.p

Awesome update ...When will u update the next part

Originally posted by: Ranjana.p

I loved the aggressive Rey😉