Chapter 9

            

             The guys and girls are in their respective rooms. Prachi has been sitting on her bed holding her knees close lost in her thoughts. Kripa and Anjali walk in and notice that Prachi is already there. They both notice how Prachi is in some other realm and decide to find out what is wrong. They go up to Prachi and shake her in order to bring back a lost Prachi. In the guys' room, Kavya and Angad are already there and Neev walks in looking just as lost as Prachi looked. Angad and Kavya notice that the usual cheerful Neev is no where to be found, only this serious looking guy, which was creeping the heck out of them. Angad yells out Neev's name and then Neev realizes that Angad and Kavya have been staring at him. Both Kavya and Angad along with Anjali and Kripa begin their interrogations of their suspects.

             Anjali asks, "Prachi, kya hua? What's wrong? Did something happen?"  Prachi silently sobs and holds onto Kripa, who brushes Prachi's hair off her face trying to soothe her brokenhearted sister. Upon Kripa asking, Prachi begins to tell, "Pata nahin, I don't know what's wrong with me! When I was dancing with Neev, I felt so happy. I was trying to talk to him but…" Anjali asks, "Did Neev do something?" Prachi says, "No Anju, but he just wouldn't pay attention to me when I was talking to him and I felt so ignored, so hurt, so broken. Then I saw he was looking at a bunch of girls and I felt so angry and I don't know why but I had tears in my eyes and then I just had to leave from there… I… I don't know what's happening to me? (Prachi breaks down into violent sobs)" Kripa continues to comb Prachi's hair trying to soo calm her. Anjali and Kripa both look at each other in agreement knowing exactly what is wrong. Prachi is in love, in love with Neev, her best friend and she is just confused about her feelings because she herself doesn't know what she feels for Neev is true love.

Prachi gets up and straightens herself out and that's when Kripa and Anjali decide to tell Prachi. Anjali and Kripa say, "Prachi, well you might deny what we are saying, but just think about it okay. We think you were feeling jealous that Neev was paying attention to those girls rather than you, his best friend. And you seem really upset about it too, almost as if you felt insecure that those girls were taking Neev away from you. You may not want to accept this, but Prachi this is Love…" Prachi remains silent and in deep thought. Anjali and Kripa know they had some effect on her so they decide to leave her with her thoughts and get ready for bed. Prachi begins to ponder over everything Anjali and Kripa said and decides to sleep on it. That's when the heard a knock…

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Angad and Kavya begin asking Neev what the matter is and why he seemed so out of place. Neev explains, "Well when I was dancing with Prachi, I think she was saying something, but I wasn't paying attention because I was checking out some girls and she really got mad. I never saw her like this before. And not just mad, but I could have sworn I saw tears in her eyes. She never acted this way before so I don't know what's changed or what happened…I don't know what to do I mean she is totally pissed" Kavya punched Neev's arm saying, "Dude you made my sister cry!" Neev complains, "OWW Kavya!! I need help and your making it worse!!" Kavya's still mad because Prachi has always been slightly towards the sensitive side, which is why everyone is so protective over her. Angad says, "Well you gotta make it up to her somehow and she can't stay mad at you forever, after all you guys are best friends! And your never suppose to ignore your best friend for girls! If I did that to Kripa she would have beat me senseless" Neev laughs, "A little whipped aren't you?" Angad yells, "Heck NO!" Kavya interrupts, "You better fix this soon or you're gonna mess up our whole group and then I'm gonna mess up your face Neev!" Neev gets frustrated, "Gee thanks that was soo helpful" Angad and Kavya in unison, "Glad to help" and they get ready for bed.

             Angad and Kavya can't seem to fall asleep so they keep tossing and turning. Neev can't sleep thinking about Prachi's tear eyed face. Angad gets annoyed and gets up turning on the lights. Then he announces, "I CAN'T SLEEP! lets go see what the girls are doing?" They all get up and knock on the girls' door, waiting for them to open it.

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              Kripa opens the door and Angad pushes Kripa aside and walks into the room. Boy did the girls pick a good day not to wear a nightie because that would have been damn embarrassing since these guys have NO MANNERS. The guys come in after Angad, who is sitting on Kripa's bed, and stand by him leaning against the wall. Kripa folds her arms demanding an explanation for the intrusion. Angad says, "Well we were bored, so we came to see what you guys were up to and I'm guessing nothing so let's order a movie!" Everyone agrees. Prachi and Neev don't sound too enthusiastic. Everyone is on the floor sitting in these positions- Prachi, Kavya, Anjali, Kripa, Angad, Neev. So Prachi and Neev are on opposite sides of the room and she is giving him the silent treatment. They decide to order Smokin' Aces. The girls are grossed out in the beginning because there are scenes with girls, who shall we say in the absence of clothes. Kripa and Anjali cover Angad and Kavya's eyes, while they keep trying to peek. Prachi glances at Neev and surprisingly he isn't even trying to look at the screen. He is actually staring at his hands lost in his thoughts. Neev feels someone one staring and sees Prachi. Neev sees Prachi's red eyes and feels guilty for being the reason for those tears. Prachi immediately looks away. Neev feels depressed to know that his best friend is mad at him. Anjali and Prachi have fallen asleep on either side of Kavya's shoulders. Angad and Kripa are still watching the movie; however, there is way too much violence for Kripa's taste, so she becomes pretty bored. The guys are watching intently though.

As soon as the movie comes to an end Angad and Kripa start arguing about the movie by the door connecting both the guys' and girls' rooms. Angad says, "Kripa you have such bad taste, that movie was GRRREAT!" Kripa replies, "It was GRREAT?? What are you the Kellogg's Tony the Tiger?? And I have bad taste?? Are you kidding that movie was horrible! Only a complete moron would like that movie!" Angad argues back, "Are you calling me a moron!" And this argumentation continues. Meanwhile Kavya finds himself in a pickle because Prachi and Anjali have made a home on his shoulders and he can't even move because Anjali has her arms thrown around Kavya's neck. Kavya signals Neev over to help with Prachi. Neev picks up Prachi in his arms and gently places her on the bed, brushes her hair aside. She looks so innocent to Neev. He kisses her forehead and leaves. Kavya picks up Anjali and tries putting her down, but Anjali just won't let go. He eventually pries himself away and looks back at her angelic face. Kavya goes close to Anjali and whispers, "Your're beautiful", he pulls the covers up and leaves, unaware that Anjali heard him and is slightly blushing to herself.

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Kripa still isn't able to fall asleep. Every time she closes her eyes, her mind goes back to the way Angad was looking at her in the closet. She gets out of bed and heads to the balcony, which is shared between the guys' and girls' room. She looks out towards the city. It is so quiet, she thought. She begins to admire the star lit sky and glowing moon. She thinks back to their almost kiss, the awkwardness, their dance. Then her mind drifts to Prachi and Neev's relationship, which is quite similar to her own. She wonders if she would ever fall in love with Angad, she wonders about the future, who they would marry, what they would become, everything about life in general. Suddenly from behind, someone whispers, "Mere bare mein sooch rahi thi?" Kripa gasps and turns to find Angad behind her. She turns back to the sky with Angad still behind her. He moves closer and puts his hands on either side of the railing, trapping Kripa and pressing into her. Kripa turns around and looks into Angad eyes. She tries to distance herself from him, but can't. They begin moving a little closer to each other when they hear a girly scream from the girls' room… NO WAIT the GUYS' ROOM!!

 They sprint towards the guys' room wondering what could possibly be the matter. It was Kavya who was yelling like a schoolboy with a British accent, "Ahhhhh big hairy SPIDER!! Don't eat me mate!!!! AHHH! I WANT MY MOMMY!! Why won't my wand work! Arachnophobia! ARACHNOPHOBIAAAAA!!!!" he keeps squirming around in bed—it looks like he is having a seizure or he's trying to dance. Angad and Kripa watch Kavya screaming for his mommy and raising his hand swishing it around and they both laugh really hard looking at the panic driven face of Kavya. Angad is panting from all the laughter and asks, "Wh..What is he doing? Why is he talking like he's from England" Kripa replies, "HAHAHA that's the nightmare where he thinks he's Harry Potter and he is being chased by that big spider Argon and the Arachnophobia is his spell to make it go away" Angad is surprised, "WHAT? He think's he's Harry Potter!! HAHAHA!" They share another laugh and they both go back to their rooms. Angad goes to Kavya and sees him still having his seizure like he is being "zapped" possibly by Lord Voldemort so he kicks Kavya's rear end so hard he falls off the bed. While falling Kavya screams, "Ahh You ate me!! AHHH!" Angad says, "Wake up you Harry Potter moron" Kavya gets up, not fully in his sense yet and raises his hand as if it were a wand saying, "Oh yea well you won't be laughing when I use this charrrr…….." Kavya realizes what he's doing and sees Angad grinning and groans thinking now he will never hear the last of it.

lol sorry bout that goldi i went to eat and then i had to edit lol i have a problem keeping my tenses the same so it comes out wierd! in any case here is the part! LEAVE COMMENTS GUYS! lol ok i'll clear this up cuz Guarav's love thinks i'm calling her a moron jk I LOVEEED SMOKING ACES!!! it was really good lol i just meant krips and the girls didnt like it lol!
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