Dr. Nikita Malhotra sat on her makeshift bed at the farmhouse in Panchgani silently reading through her emails. It was past midnight and surprisingly enough the farmhouse was actually calm and silent. Armaan and Riddhima's roka ceremony had been earlier that day and they would all be leaving Panchgani early in the morning. For this reason alone everyone had agreed to call a truce and get some proper sleep. Only Niki was still awake. Earlier during the night the girls had stolen Rahul's laptop and Niki had decided to take advantage of it and check her long overdue emails.
Finished responding to the last one Niki yawned and stretched. Just as she was about to logout of her account a window popped up announcing she had a new message. Shrugging Niki clicked 'Ok.' The only thing the subject box read was "A glimpse into your future." Blinking in confusion Niki went ahead and opened the email.
From: The AN FC
To: Dr. Nikita Malhotra
Dear Dr. Niki,
Ever wonder what the future holds? Well here's a small gift from us to you. We thought this video clip might interest you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EniEaMyZYgI
Enjoy,
Members of the AN FC
Confused yet curious Niki went ahead and clicked on the youtube link. "DMG Abhi - Nikki *Bol Na Halke Halke* Dance Sequence (EHQ)" was the title of the video. Even more puzzled Niki went ahead and clicked the play button.
As the video played Niki's mouth dropped open. Her eyes grew wider and wider, heat spread through her body and her cheeks turned scarlet…
The beautiful farmhouse sat dark and silent in the late night. A calm sleepy atmosphere hung over the whole building. And then an earsplitting shriek filled the air and chaos broke loose…
Armaan, Abhimanyu, Atul, and Rahul threw open the doors to the girls' room and rushed in. The sight that greeted them brought them all to a sudden halt. Niki sat on her bed arms wrapped around her knees which she had buried her face in rocking back and forth whimpering while all the other girls surrounded her trying to comfort her.
"Niki!" Armaan dashed forward to see to his best friend.
"What happened?" Atul asked joining the others surrounding Niki.
"We don't know? She won't tell us." Anjali responded as rubbed soothing circles into the upset girl's back.
"My laptop!" Rahul bent down to pick up the broken remains of his laptop from where it lay some distance away. It appeared Niki had thrown it against the wall. "NIKI!"
"Oy, you idiot!" Muskaan stood up and turned towards Rahul with a glare. "Here she is all upset and scared and all you're worried about is your laptop!"
"But-"
"Niki, what happened?" Abhimanyu asked interrupting Muskaan and Rahul's argument as he sat down at the edge of Niki's bed. Reaching over he placed a hand over hers trying to offer her some comfort.
At Abhimanyu's voice Niki's head shot up. Her cheeks turned a bright scarlet and her eyes widened before she let out a scream. "YOU?!" Before anyone could react Niki had jumped up and off her bed stumbling backwards in her haste to get away from the handsome doctor. "Get away from me!"
"Niki?"
Before Abhimanyu could say anymore Niki had grabbed her pillow and threw it as hard as she could at the confused guy. "What? Hey, wait!" Abhimanyu jumped aside and ducked as Niki grabbed her shoes and threw them at him.
"OUT! OUT!" She shouted throwing whatever she could get her hands on at him.
"Crazy Girl!" Abhi shouted as he ran out of the room. The other boys followed suit as Niki in her rage continued to throw things accidentally hitting them as well.
It took ten minutes for the other girls to calm their hysterical friend down and another ten to put the room back in order. Deciding that it must have been a nightmare that frightened Niki in the first place they fetched her a glass of water, promised her that they were in the same room should she need them, and once more settled into their beds and were soon enough asleep again.
Niki, though, lay awake in bed for quite a while staring up at the ceiling with wide eyes. A permanent blush covered her cheeks and if you looked closer you could almost see a hint of a smile before she gasped and buried her face into her pillow and began to mutter promises of revenge to whoever had the galls to send her that video and cause these strange feelings to erupt inside her. Nevermind how they had managed to make such a realistic video. Closing her eyes she forced herself to not think of it anymore. This, unfortunately, didn't stop her mutinous mind from wondering all night long how it would feel to have those kisses for real or for her traitorous heart to stop pounding…
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