Pyaar tho hona hi tha
A Shachi fanfic, from friends to soul mates
It was late at night, after coming back from her shootings, Panchi sat in front of her computer and logged in with her anonymous account to India-forums. Her close friend Jay, had asked her to join the forum since it was a nice way to keep in touch with your fans. Panchi, did open an account, however, unlike Jay, she preferred keeping it anonymous. She simply liked to surf through the pages and see what people wrote about her and her show. She enjoyed reading the gossips and the link ups.
Surfing through the Nache Baliye forum, she came across an article about her and Shabir. It said that she along with Shabir would make an entry in the dance competition as the wild card jodi. Panchi couldn't help but laugh, nache baliye was a show about couples, and not friends, yes Shabir and her were only friends, very good friends.
She immediately called up Shabir to inform him of their latest gossip, but was disappointed when she heard his voice mail. He probably went to bed she told herself, she would let him know tomorrow morning. She surfed through the forum for another half and hour, then hit the bed as she had to wake up for an early morning shooting.
On the other hand, Shabir who wasn't able to sleep, decided to check his emails. Lately he was so busy that he didn't have the time to go over them. As he logged in his hotmail account, there were 31 new mails, all from his fans. A smile had automatically formed on his lips, it always felt good to feel loved for your work. One by one, he went through the emails and since he was a pure gentleman and didn't want his fans to think that they didn't matter, he replied to them one by one. His replies weren't as long as their emails, but even a little thank you would mean a lot he told himself. He had replied to all of his emails except one which came from punqueen12. Not because he didn't want to but because he simply didn't know what to reply. He always enjoyed reading her emails, she always sent him collages of him and Panchi. Sometimes they were weird and sometimes they were very beautiful. Today she sent him a collage of him and Panchi winning Nache Baliye 4. He must give her credit, even if it was fake, it pretty much looked real. Printing it, he fold it nicely to show it to Panchi tomorrow morning.
*****
Early next morning, as Panchi got ready for her shootings, her mom came into her room and handed her the newspaper. Panchi took it from her mom and read "Michi on Nache Baliye 4"
Not paying to much attention to it, she went back on getting ready when she heard her mom say "So is it true" She didn't have anything against Shabir, she simply didn't like reading about all these gossips about her daughter.
Panchi looked at her mom and said "C'mon mama, if it was true, don't you think I would have told you'we are only friends but you know how the media is'all these gossips sells'"
"I know that both of you are friends'but then again they are so many people in the industry that are friends'how come only both of you are always linked up"
Panchi smiled at her mom and said "Cause our fans loves us tooo much, they are crazy about michi" She kissed her mom good bye and then left for her shooting.
As soon as she reached the sets, she went to meet Shabir in his vanity van. She entered his van and saw him lying on the sofa, talking on the phone. She took a seat beside him and listened to his conversation. She heard him say No, we are not; we are only good friends and then hanged up.
Panchi looked up to him and said "What's the matter'is it those journalists'why do you answer their calls'what was all this about"
"Nothing, the usual'this time it is said that we are going to make an entry in Nache Baliye 4 as the wild card jodi'by the way you called me last night'" he said sitting up on the sofa.
"Yes it was about this'just wanted to share with you the latest gossip" she said as she saw Shabir getting up and searching for something.
After a while he found the piece of paper and handed it to Panchi saying "This is the latest creation from punqueen12" Punqueen12 had become famous between Shabir, Panchi, Jay and Sanjeeda.
Panchi laughed looking at the picture "She is good" she said after some time.
Soon after, there was a knock on the door. It was the assistant director, giving them their scripts for the day.
"Paani scene" said Panchi "I'm so not doing this"
Shabir smiled at her and said "Don't worry, I'm here na'just follow my instructions like always'Panchi we have done zillions of romantic scenes'why is this going to be any different"
"This is different, you're going to pour water'its kind of'you know" she tried saying and he simply looked at her not understanding what she meant. Looking at his confused look she continued "Shabir, pouring water'its kind of'" but simply wasn't able to explain it to him. She wanted to tell him that this scene was a little sexy and bold for television.
He smiled at her and said "Panchi, don't you trust me'believe me I wont do anything to cross the limits" He then explained her how he was going to enact the scene. "Stay close, closer than usual" said Shabir and then winked at her.
They have rehearsed a couple of times before the director called for them. Once in front of the camera, both, Shabir and Panchi have given their 100%. They have enact the scene beautifully. And just like most Michi scenes, even this was done in one take.
"What a shot" came someone's voice from behind. Both Milind and Panchi turned around to see Jay smiling at them. Jay would once in a while pop up during the shooting, he was no longer part of Kayamath, but then again he always came to see his friends and say a quick hello.
"So how is the wild card jodi of Nache Baliye doing" he said teasingly.
"You know about it too" said Panchi
"Everyone knows" replied Jay "Anything related to Michi travels faster than light"
All three of them were chatting in Panchi vanity van, when Jay suddenly said "You guys I have an idea...I have a way for all these gossips to end"
"Not another of your stupid ideas" said Panchi
"Hook up" said Jay and Shabir who was drinking water, spit it out "WHAT"
"Wait'let me finish'you guys will hook up'but its only going to be a dekhawa'you know'.just for your fans'and then after a month or so'break up'like that your fans will have their dream come true to see you guys together for sometime'and at the end all these gossips will also come to a conclusion" he said and Panchi and Shabir simply looked at him.
"C'mon guys'this may work'you guys can take my idea for free'I'm telling you its going to work, unless both of you want these gossips to stay" he said, he always thought they made a perfect couple but then again it was none of his business.
"So'what do you guys think" he asked once again
After some time Shabir said "It's not a bad idea after all'and like you said it actually might work'what do you think Panchi"
"I'll have to ask my mom" she said
"Mummy ki bachi'there is no need to tell her'so are you in or what" said Jay and Panchi nodded. Maybe this was the solution to bring an end to all this. Only if she knew in what she was getting herself involved. Once in, there was no way out.
"But this shall only remain between us'I don't want our fans to think we deceived them'no one else should know about this'" warned Shabir.
"Okay" said Jay
"But there is a problem'how do we let the public know we are going out'I mean do I have to make an official statement or something like that" asked Shabir. He hated giving interviews.
"Leave it up to me'this is where my over 2000 people on facebook come into play" Jay said and Panchi and Shabir simply looked at him confused.
Jay took out his phone and logged in on facebook. And then changed it status as Jay Bhanushali says: "Finally Shachian's dream have come true"
P.S. My story may not actually flow in chronological order...as i think the paani scene was way before the nache baliye article came out... think of it as a blooper...lol
Edited by Heebs - 16 years ago