Chapter 11

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Another rush-rush update from my end! Taking the drama a notch up with this update. Happy reading! Haven't proofread.

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Chapter 11

—————At College——————

Raavi and a bunch of her classmates who were in charge of the Arts and Dance committee had decided, there would be a group dance competition, a couple dance competition and solo dance competition as a part of the dance category, while they had various art categories like sketching, painting, etc etc. They decided to also have a bunch of people design the posters of all events which included Kirti and Raavi in it. 

"Humein naa aaj hi audition posters banane honge aur unko poore college mein jaake notice boards pe lagana hoga, bohut kam time hai, yeh sab ke liye, chalo chalo kaam pe lag jaao" said Raavi clapping her hands together, telling everyone to buck up and start designing.

"Waise Raavi, tujhe bhi participate kar lena chahiye, tu itna accha dance jo karti hai" suggested Riddhi while picking up a cardboard sheet and some colours.

"Mujhe lagta hai tujhe solo aur duet dono mein perform karna chahiye, Yaad hai tujhe tune woh solo performance diya tha, last time ke competition mein aur sab ko kitna pasand aaya tha woh, aur tune Vikram ke saath duet bhi toh kiya, sab ke insist karne pe, ab Vikram toh college mein raha nahi, kis aur ko dhoond lenge uske jagah" added Payal, joining in on their conversation and taking a seat beside Riddhi. 

"Guys, nahi main kaise participate kar sakti hoon, mujhse nahi hoga, in fact itna time nahi hoga rehearse karne ke liye, fest organize aur co ordinate bhi toh karna hai" said Raavi trying to avoid it.

"Arrey sab manage ho jaayega hum hai naa, waise bhi tu apna talent aise waste kaise jaane de sakti hai" assured Riddhi.

Raavi's thoughts start with, "Waise sahi toh keh raha, maine khud ko promise bhi kiya tha, ki main alag alag cheezein karoongi, jisse mujhe khushi mile, par duet main kiske saath—" only to be interrupted by Kirti who pitches in saying, 

"Tum logon ko mera friend Sameer pata hai kya, woh bohut hi accha dancer hai, toh kyun na Raavi Di uske saath duet kar le" 

"Arrey, haan maine Sameer ko dance karte hue dekha hai, he’s a fab dancer" said Riddhi excitedly.

"Toh it’s settled then, main Sam ko text karti hoon, aur poochti hoon if he’s up for it" said Kirti busy texting in her phone.

"Guys main——" started Raavi to resist the quick development that was happening.

"Raavi, please, ab koi lame sa excuse mat de, it’ll be good to see you back to dancing, tu bhi jaanti hai, ki tu kitna enjoy karti thi" said Payal looking at her with a frown.

Raavi heaves a sigh and gives in after much insistence saying "Okay, fine, but hum trial rehearsal kar ke dekhte hai, agar main comfortable hoon, then only I will proceed, warna nahi, theek hai? Koi mujhe force nahi karega uske baad?" making it clear to them.

"Done, done" said Riddhi with glee.

"Waise Raavi di, yeh posters hum khatam kar lete hai aaj hi, main aapke saath chalti hoon Hardik Bhai ke ghar, aapke help karne, Krish ko bhi humne help karne bol denge, aur main Sameer ko bhi wahin bula leti hoon, taaki aap dono, trial rehearsal karo, what say?” suggested Kirti.

"Okay, theek hai, chalo phir" said Raavi still unsure about this whole situation.

"Nahi aap nikal jaao, mujhe pehle ek friend se milna hai phir main Sam ke saath aa jaaongi, aap Krish ko inform kar doge, hum wahan milte hai" said Kirti and rushed off to meet her friend.

———————At Pandya Store————

Shiva is attending to the customers when he receives a message from Krish which contains a list of food items. Before Shiva can text him back about it, he gets his call.

"Sunn Shiva, woh jo maine list bheja hai, woh saare cheezein tu Hardik Bhai ke ghar pe drop kar dega, mujhe woh college fest ke silsile mein chahiye, aur uska bill bhi uske saath saath leke rakh de, college waalon se reimburse kar loonga maine" unaware of the plans that Raavi and Kirti were going to at Hardik’s house.

He got a reply from a clearly annoyed Shiva saying "Main tera personal delivery boy lagta hoon kya, jo tu mujhe order de raha hai, chup chaap yahan aake leke jaa" 

"Shiva, mere bhai, please leke aana, main abhi college mein hoon, aur fest ka bohut kaam hai" pleaded Krish.

"Krish, abhi dukaan mein bohut customers hai, abhi nahi ho sakta, main sirf 4 ke baad free hoon" Shiva informed him.

"Haan toh 4 baje leke aajaa, waise bhi mujhe woh sab kal leke jaana hai college" Krish said and added, "Thank you mere bhai, tu best hai"

"Theek hai, theek hai, ab phone rakh, gadhedha"  Shiva said, ending the call irritably.

—————At college———————

Krish is seen having samosa in the shop outside their college while someone calls him from the back.

"Krish kahan tha tu, kab se dhoondh rahi hoon tujhe, aur tera phone bhi busy aa raha tha, anyway woh sab chod, chal humein nikalna hai" said Raavi hurriedly.

"Par Kahan?" dipping it in ketchup and stuffing the samosa inside his mouth.

"Hardik bhai ke ghar, Kirti bhi aati hogi wahan, posters tayyar karne hai" said Raavi asking him to hurry up.

"Kya? Kirti bhi aa rahi hai" said Krish, his eyes glistening with excitement.

"Haan, kyun? Tu itna excited kyun ho raha" questioned Raavi curiously.

"Nahi nahi kuch nahi chalooo" he said.

—————At Hardik Bhai’s house————

Raavi and Krish are busy munching on some chips and drinking tea discussing about various designs they can use to make posters, when they hear a knock on the door. Krish excitedly goes to answer the door and Kirti enters saying "Hey Krish, Hey Raavi Di" chirpily.

"Hiiii Kirti" says Krish excitedly but his excitement is faltered when he sees a boy enter with Kirti.

"Yeh kaun hai?" he asks inquisitively.

"Yeh mera friend Sam hai, Sameer, yeh Krish hai" she said casually introducing the two.

"Par yeh yahan?" asked Krish skeptically.

"Raavi di ne tumhe bataya nahi, Raavi di dance competition mein part le rahi hai, aur woh duet mein Sam ke saath part legi" explained Kirti.

"Kyaa!?" shouted Krish and stood open mouthed thinking, "Agar Shiva ko pata chal gaya toh" in mind.

"Haan iss mein itna shock hone waali kaunsi baat hai, ek competition hi toh hai" Kirti said nonchalantly and walked towards Raavi saying,

"Raavi Di, chalo, tum log trial karo tab tak main aur Krish posters ka dekh lenge, chal Krish" dragging him away.

"Hi Raavi, I am Sameer, my friends call me Sam" forwarding out his hand for a shake.

"Hi Sameer" she said awkwardly shaking his hand.

"Waise aap kaunsa dance styles mein comfortable hai?" getting right to the point.

"Please mujhe aap mat bolo, tum is good, I am usually experimenting with various styles like contemporary, sometimes free-styling and if you would call Bollywood a style, then a lot of Bollywood, bohut hi homey vibes deti hai mujhe" said Raavi. 

"Well, that’s cool, I think first we can check our energies and styles out by free-styling to some bollywood music maybe, what say?"  Sameer asked Raavi.

"Cool, sounds fun, main speaker set kar deti hoon" Raavi trying her best to not let the awkwardness get to her, asking herself to be a professional.

She plays some loud music and in no time, they are seen free-styling and improvising to the tunes. Raavi is seen swaying around to the music and laughing, genuinely having a good time.

And she noticed her feet in perfect sync to the beats of the music, as the song progressed, she found herself loosening up and just having fun. And then suddenly the song switches to a more slower track and Shiva is seen entering the house and he comes to her and offers his hand out to her, she hesitantly accepts it with her hand and lets him take the lead and he is very cautious never forcing any movement from her, and they are soon comfortably swaying around in the aangan to the soft tunes of the music that’s been playing.

Soon she was spinning and twirling and shuffling her feet to the slow, rhythmic music with Shiva with her eyes intact with his, smiling. In that moment, everything seems coherent and everything seems to make sense and then all of a sudden--

Shiva is seen entering the house, as the door was ajar, with a lot of boxes in his hand saying "Hardik Bhai aap ghar pe ho kya, yeh Krish ne kuch saaman laana ko bola——" freezing midway seeing Raavi and some guy dancing with each other in tandem.

Raavi is stunned to see Shiva at the door and breaks out of her trance and backs off jerkily from her confused dance partner Sameer, startling him and looks at the confounded Shiva who is seen standing at the door. 

To be continued……….

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Sorry to burst that dance bubble, but she was dreaming obviously. I thought there has to be some drama added to spice things up a little. 

Now, how do you think Shiva’s gonna react? 

I always wanted to explore what would Shiva do in such a situation. I am not sure what his reaction is gonna be like. But thoda gussa toh aayega na? Let me know what you guys think.