Taani was sitting on the terrace wall deeply engrossed in her own world.
"Taani! I will not participate in NDC!" Rey said
"Thank you Rey! Mujhe pata hai aapko bahot bura.."
"Taani I don't want to discuss about this anymore. PLzz" he said and went away. She saw his retreating back. He walked lifeless.
A lone tear escaped her eyes and she wiped them.
"Wow pehle events ko ignore kiya aur ab NDC! I hope aisa na ho ki tumhe ek din apne pyaar keliye apna dance chodna pade!"shouted Vicky!
"Dude plzz"
"Sorry Rey is issue mein hum tumare saath nahi denge. Tumhe jo decision lena hai tum le chuke ho! That's it" said Vicky and left the RH along with the gang leaving Rey all alone.
Rey was crying sitting on the ground and this time he didn't have anyone to support him. NOt even Swaron as they were completely shocked and helpless.
Taani who was walking that way saw Rey crying. She stood near the door watching her love cry. She was helpless. She ran away from there and reached home.
"Hiding his identity" Taani had to do this to save her relationship, but still guilt pierced her heart somewhere. She didn't know why. She closed her eyes and
"Main aapki aur aapki dance ki bahot badi fan hoon!"
"AApki dance mein itni sachayi thi ki koi bhi dekthe dekthe reha jaayega..." she remembered saying this to Rey after their dil se rey encounter.
She remembered all her misunderstandings with Rey during the dance ban phase.
She opened her eyes with a jerk.
"Did I do that? Maine apni realtionship ke liye unki passion ko cheena??"
"I hope aisa na ho ki tumhe ek din apne pyaar keliye apna dance chodna pade!" Vicky's words kept ringng on her ears.
"Aisa kabhi nahi hoga!" she wiped her tears and called Rey. He didn't pick her call. She understod the intensity of the situation and passed him a text message.
"Rey I will handle Tauji! Aap NDC mein participate kijiye.
All the best"
Now she knew what to do and went back to sleep with a heavy heart about her decision.
She woke up the next morning as the sun's rays disturbed her. She quickly got ready for college when her Tauji appeared.
"good morning Taani.."
"good morning Tauji.. Tauji I need to talk to you!"
"Haan beta bolo"
"Tauji aapne kaha ki aap mujhe NDC ke liye help karenge! BUt sorry Tauji I can't take your help"
Tauji was shocked and before he could say something, Taani continued..
"Tauji yeh mera life ka bada challenge hai. Aur yeh main khud face karna chahthi hoon.
Tauji sorry if I take your help, even if I suceed I wont feel sucessful. Please Tauji.."
He understood her perspective and promised her that he would not interfere in NDC anymore.
She hugged him and left for college.
She saw many calls from Rey. She reached college and Rey caught her at the entrance and dragged her to the fire exit.
"Taani yeh kya baat hai? Aur Tauji.."
She placed her index finger o his lips and they had an eyelock.
"Rey don't worry! MAin sab kuch handle kar loongi. Aap bas apne career aur NDC PAR concentrate kijiye. Your friends need you more than me. Aur agar iss
elimation levels hum cross nahi karenge tho finals thak nahi reach kar payenge. So just go on" she said forcing a smile.
"thank you so much Taani! I love you" he said and hugged her
"I love you too Rey." she said and hugged him back wiping her tears.
The gang was excited to get Rey back and the practices were at its peak now. The dates for zonals had arrived and Taani messaged the dates to everyone and made sure nothing went wrong. She worked hard and did her home work for NDC. She even stopped taking her dance classes from Rey saying that he needs some rest after heavy practise for NDC. Any details regarding NDC, she shared it with Aashi and made sure never to involve or complain about their routines.
She requested Swayam to record their routines and update her whenever possible so that it would be comfortable for her to update VP regarding NDC and Swayam too agreed as he felt this would avoid the misunderstanding between the gang and Taani. Taani never went to the rehersal hall during their practise. She wanted them to give their best and if taani is going to be a nuisance to them, she would stay away.
The gang practised day and night so that they could manage both d3 and NDC. They practised vigourously and everything started to turn normal. Rey seemed to feel much better and felt all the complications that were hitting his life suddenly coming to an halt. This gave him a weird feeling. But still he brushed his thoughts aside and concentrated on NDC more as it was a great step towards his career. And in all these chaos little did anyone notice that they hardly met Taani. Since all the updates regularly reached everyone, no one noticed that it had been almost a week or 2 since they have spoken a word to Taani. Since they were practicing day and night, Swayam reached home late and would find Taani sound asleep. Rey rarely got time to talk to Taani and whenever
he got time, Taani would be busily held up in something. But unforutnately, he couldnt figure out what it was!
Atlast the day appeared,
this was the first zonal elimination. the competition was very heavy. They reached the venue and taani quicky completed all the formalities as Gs. Rey and
the entire gang were amazed. There wasn't any last minute confusions at all. From their costumes to passes, their green room everything was already reserved.
Taani quickly gave directions to Rey, Ashi and Swayam and the gang went in to get ready. Soon they were ready and Taani went to them,
"All the best guys..Am sure you people are gonna rock."
"tumhe kaise pata??" asked Neha in a trembling tone looking at the crowd.
"Believe me guys! Kal maine aapka routine dekha. Its completely new. I have checked the history of every other contestents. None of them are fusing different syles together like ours. Aur waise agar humare sorry aap logon ke routines kisi aur ke saath match hua tho mei uske baare mai Ashi ko bata chulki hoon and you guys have already changed it."
The gang looked at Ashi and she nodded yes.
Soon the announcement was made the gang had to go!
The gang were bit confident now after listeneing to Taani. They moved to the stage and she was about to turn when Rey pulled her towards him.
"Rey aap yeh kya kar rahe hain.?" she asked puzzled.
"Tum mujhe ALL THE BEST ahi kahoge??" he asked with his eyebrows raised.
Taani smled and said"ALL THE BEST REY!" and placed a peck on his cheek.
"Ab mei pakka jeetunga!" he said and joined his friends.
"I already knew Rey! But I won't be there with you to share your happiness. But I am happy that.." she looked at the gang "I am happy that I am not leaving you alone!"
She wiped her tears and took her leave after passing the further details to Karan a student of St.Louis, her temporary assistant for NDC who was going to take over her post very soon.
Guys am sorry if it was boring. This is my first attempt. PLzz do comment. AND I'll update the part2 which would include Taarey romance😊
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