"Follow me." said Tia
"Are you sure this would work?" Shibani asked.
"Why not? We also need to keep her away from our plans." Ayushi agreed.
"Right, and she won't get a whiff of it if we keep stalking her." Moumi threw in some sarcasm.
"Girls, let's get going. She is going shopping, we can catch her there." said Prashu.
Somewhere at a distance, a cat rolled its round little moustache at the mystery of five girls tiptoeing behind Ankita. Curious, very curious, as long as the curiosity doesn't kill the cat, he was good.
Ankita was busy shopping. A soothing and relaxing day after the tyranny of exams. She checked her shopping bags. Craft papers, Crepe paper, Asparagus, Cat food... Wait, everything was there except cat food. She distinctly remembered buying cat food. Near her feet, Nemo and her five cute kittens, Minnie, Muffin, Sheero, Smokey, and Cookie were caught stealing.
Ankita smiled at her cute little munchkins and sat down on her knees.
"So my little munchkins were hungry, haan? No worries, I'll get some more cat food, meanwhile you can play here."
She placed them in a safe basket and continued to shop.
The GGs were confused when Ankita entered a cake shop.
"Weren't we supposed to buy her cake? Why did she go there? Can we talk to her already?" Moumi asked.
"Oh no, we lost sight of her. We need to tell our girls..." Prashu said.
"Alpha, alpha, come in," Shibani spoke in the headset.
"Tera dimaag kharaab hai, pata hai, prove naa kar," Ayushi snatched the phone but groaned at the lack of network.
"Main ambani ke tower pe chadke nachungi jis din mujhe network milega!" Tia facepalmed.
"I just hope they don't give away the plan," Prashu crossed her fingers.
"Waise guys, sorry for repeating the joke, but ab tak toh usko pata chal gaya hoga, I mean hum sab ke birthday ke liye kuch na kuch karte hi hai," Shibani spoke and Moumi smirked while others rolled her eyes. Ek hi joke bulawa lo iss ladki se!
The detective cat found Ankita's munchkins in a basket and took out its magnifying lens.
"Oh dear, look who is there, this is what I needed. Who let the cats out? Meow, meow, meow!"
"Meow! No one put us out. We are waiting here for our didi."
"Yes, a birthday cake. Her name is Ankita."
"What is going on?"
Ankita saw Darshi, Shruthi, Tiara and Tannu at the cake shop. Earlier she had seen Deba, Sana and Anushka at the gift shop. Rest of them were outside the shop. Why, of course, they were planning in secret. It would be fun to catch them red handed.
"Hello girls." She addressed the GG.
"Hello ji," Darshi fake smiled.
"Hi, tum yahaan?" Shruthi smiled, playing along.
"Aur kahaan?" Ankita chuckled
"Jahaan mann kare iska!" Tannu faked a laugh.
"Guys, I know you guys are planning my birthday," Ankita laughed in their faces.
"Oops, our plan is busted." Tiara facepalmed.
"So is mine, I thought I would throw a party for my dear friends."
“But it’s your birthday, we would love to surprise and celebrate with you.”
"You can do that now as well. Both of your plans are saved."
It was the detective cat, smirking and rolling its moustache. Somehow, him manipulating the turn of events had turned out to come to a fruitful merging of the parties.
Ankita walked down the steps dressed in a pastel blue dress Darshi had got for her.
"Happy Birthday!" Everyone shrieked over their voices and started singing the Birthday song in off tune and each at their own sweet speed.
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"Haaye haaye, badi bhook lagi hai," Shibani said as she took a slice of a red velvet cake.
"Agar koi aa gaya naa, toh apni shaamat hai," Prashu scolded her.
"Anyang-haseo chingu!" Tia sneaked on the two and burst out laughing seeing their almost-had-an-heart-attack face.
"Main kisiko nahi bataungi agar aap kisiko nahi bataoge," she said sheepish.
"Kisiko kuch bhi batana nahi padega, because it is cake time!" Tannu came with Ankita.
GGs laughed, Ankita cut the cake and Tiara put a bit of cake on Ankita's nose.
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"Pizza!!" Ankita exclaimed with happiness.
Darshi and Ayushi entered with food trolley having birthday girl's favorite food.
They also beamed seeing her happy.
"Guys, let's attack. Right now, I feel famished." Tia giggled and said.
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"So, I know you guys made the group some time before my graduation,"
"But ek kaam nahi hua hum logo se," Deba laughed as she bit into the cake.
"Koi naa, last minute plans are the best. Arrey koi gaane toh bajwa do!" Sana waved at the DJ cat.
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"I swear I had kept the gifts here," Shruthi started panicking as she looked at the empty table.
"Calm down Shruthi, yahin honge," Anushka tried to calm her down, but failed.
The cats put on their cool detective goggles and mewed. They took the gifts to Ankita who was pleasantly surprised.
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Detective cat gifted a rose bouquet to Ankita.
Her little kittens had brought in the birthday cakes and gifts, one by GG and one by the birthday girl herself.
Detective cat took care that each plan by GG was executed. It had a hunch for muddle ups and arranged everything to the T.
There were special guests too.
Khun Khetdane and Khun May were there with a special gift.
"We need to release our surprise before they release theirs." Khetdane said.
DevAkshi shook the arc and showered white flowers, balloons and chocolates on Ankita.
AdiYa gifted her a gramophone with 'Happy Birthday' tune.
AsYa gifted her a black coffee mug and a pink iPad.
Poirot was happy to have two eggs of the same sizes, and two slices of bread toasted one side only. Purrfect. Guess who got the detective cat to save the surprise party plan?
All of them partied till dawn.
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Dear Ankita,
Wish you a very very Happy birthday!
Hope you enjoyed this imaginary virtual party we threw for you.
May you get lots of success and happiness. May all your dreams and wishes come true.
May you smile grows more, and you remain as amazing a person as you are.
With lots of love,
Gone Girls.
Credits
Concept: Moumi, Shibani, Darshi, Tiara
Pictures: Darshi, Shibani, Tiara
Write up: Shibani, Tiara
A shout out to the entire Gone Girls for the birthday video.
Video compilation: Shruthi