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Antara's Valentine day Fan Fiction
Theme: Love – Valentine Day
Members : Sumesh, Karish, Sonya, Shawn And Chukkna
The Love of Friendship This is the story of the "best friends forever" (BFF, in short). We: Antara, Sumesh, Karish, Sonya, Shawn and myself (chukkna).
It was like yesterday, when we were in school, carefree and all we cared were our small dreams. We all grew up together. We were named as "toli" which means gang. We would play together, after school fun, pluck fruits from trees. We were partners in every deed. If anyone was alone, people would ask "Toli kahan hai?" meaning: where is the toli? The toli was referred as a singular word, as if we all were one yet 6 individuals. No ones interests ever matched but there was something that bounded us in a close loop, and I think that was day dreaming. We were all day dreamers. I wanted to become an artist, Shawn into his computer world, Karish: an actress, Sonya: a cinematographer, Sumesh: a director; Antara playback singer. She would say "I will sing with Sonu Nigam one day" and we would make fun of her, that she can become a maid at his place. Sonu was an established singer and we were still in school. We never thought she would come to this extent.
We are going to Mumbai: the city of dreams, "The Maya Nagari".Why? 'Cos Antara became Indian Idol; on 12th Feb she is giving her first stage performance. It is an honor for us to attend the concert. Should I call her a super star or my "bestest" old friend? Oh my God, its unbelievable.
Antara was witty. She was emotional yet strong, simple yet smart and above all she was a very caring and loving friend. We loved biking to Bangladesh border as it was close by, watch the border for hours, talk about how people sacrifice their life to save the country.
We had a secret admirer of Antara. We got to know only after she left for II competition. Once Antara left for Mumbai, we found him praying night and day for her success. We saw him really getting restless if judges would comment on her. He would not even close his eye lids when Antara would be performing.
We boarded the train. The coolie is asking us to get an autograph of Antara. We told every person we spoke to, that we are going to meet her. No one could believe that we knew Antara. As the train started running, once again our discussion started, who will meet her first. Except for Sumesh, we all are talking, having a gala time. Karish noticed that Sumesh was quiet and no matter how much we poked him he remained silent.
We reached Mumbai. We were received by her driver as she was busy with concert preperations. We reached the hotel Park Plaza, where our stay was arranged. We were tired after the long journey and all slept at odd time. I woke up to write my diary in the middle of the night and found Sumesh lost in his thoughts. I thought of not troubling him again by asking the same question 100th time.
Finally the day arrived. We were excited to meet Antara. At the concert, we were waiting for her. The crowd was cheering up. The show started with award ceremony followed by Antara's first stage concert as Indian Idol. In a beautiful white saree appeared Antara. She was looking stunning. For the first time she saw us in the crowd cheering for her. She was all in tears and so were we. It was an honor for us to be introduced as her friends and camera focussing on us.
Antara was busy; she couldn't meet us after the concert. We were a bit disappointed. But Valentine's Day was set aside for us. The next day we all went for shopping and the day just went by.
It was valentine's day. We all dressed up and reached the restaurant "Gateway of India" on time. It was crowded and we would see every one in pairs. Sumesh's silence mystery was still unresolved and we had decided to leave him in silence. Sometimes patience pays.
We were waiting eagerly for Antara to show up and there she was, our super star, dressed in a red gown, dressed to kill. Who would say that this is our same Antara who always felt complex for her looks but always confident otherwise? She was looking absolutely stunning and glamorous. We were spell bound to look at her beauty. People just crowded her up from all directions and she was lost. We couldn't see her and we decided to go to her place instead of being among the crowd.
We showed her all presents that our neighbors, her relatives, parents, kids have sent for her. She was amazed that people still remember her tastes. Sumesh was just looking at her, spellbound.
Antara suddenly realized this as to what happened to her natkhat shyam, that's how she would refer him. We started complaining about him and how weird he has been behaving since we have decided to come to Mumbai. I guess only she could understand his language of heart. She looked at him and became quite. Again we started off our chat and our endless discussions and fun.
We could see the discomfort of Antara and Sumesh. We were busy eating dinner and Antara's cell rang. She walked to the balcony, had a brief talk, and announced she had to leave. She called Sumesh to the other room to have a talk. By now we were certain that there was something cooking up between them. Sumesh followed her with his chin down. We were peeping in the room, wondering what the issue was. Antara was all in tears, words wouldn't come out her mouth. She wanted to say something but almost choked and we could see her efforts. Sumesh had tears rolled on his cheeks and was just looking at Antara spell bound. Antara wished him Happy Valentine's Day and gave him a small present. All she said that she would wait for his answer. Sumesh looked confused, happy that he got a card from Antara. He was shy from the beginning. He managed to say that he wished she had stayed a little longer. She promised to meet again next day.
We were curious to know what was in her present. It was her diary from childhood. She kept all the sweet memories of our togetherness, especially her time with Sumesh. We were shocked, surprised and a mixed feel of emotions were running thru our minds. We never knew she loved him more than her life. On the last page she had mentioned about her love for Sumesh and she would love to spend the whole life with him. She wanted the answer from Sumesh and we knew it was a yes. Shawn started dancing and Kairsh, Sonya and I were in tears. We danced, drank and cheered for Sumesh all night. He was so relieved and we could see the tears of joy in his eyes.
The next morning Antara came and we made Sumesh propose her formally. He was happy to do that as his doubts that the Star Antara wouldn't accept his love was gone. Antara was all in surprise, blushing, smiling. He gave her a hug. She was looking so pretty and I think that is when we had a closer look on them as a couple and surely they looked wonderful. We sang the song:
"Woh pehli baar do dil mile
Haathon mein haath jab yeh chale
Ho gaye inka ye dil deewana
Hota hai pyaar kya kisne jaana
Teri aankhon mein jannat basake chala
Teri zulfon ki chhaaon mein chalta chala
Tere neinon mein chein tere labh pe khushi
Tujhko hi Sumesh mohabbat bana ke chala,"
for our cute couple, who were the "BFF" turned into "BCF: Best Couple Forever"
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Edited by sumesh - 19 years ago