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Surprised to see me? Yeah… it's me! And coz my exams have been postponed, so I've got some time so that I can update this chapter!
But, I'm sad too… coz I was fully prepared for my exams and now… uff! Anyways, put these things apart…
CAUTION: The next update has NO FIXED DATE! It will surely be not in October… and neither in November… yes, in November only… sorry friends. But, if I get time I will. Please cooperate with me :)
So, I hope you enjoy this chapter…
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"Shreya!" I heard Abhijeet call me.
"Morning Mr. Sheriff!" I saluted him.
"Morning miss… Miss Melissa," he smiled.
"Melissa?" I asked, looking confused.
"Yeah," he smiled, handling me a brown envelope.
"What's this?" I asked, opening it.
"Your… conformation letter. Congratulations dear…" and he pecked on my forehead.
"Thanks…" I smiled and hugged him.
"And, what about break-"I was about to ask about the breakfast, when Abhijeet's phone rang.
"Dan," he said.
"Pick up." I said.
He nodded and picked up the phone with "Good morning Dan-"
But Dan barged on the phone with "Are you up man?!"
"Yeah!" said a scared Abhijeet.
"Man, you promised to go fishing!" he said.
"Fishing!?" said Abhijeet with his eyes wide open.
'You're great Dan!' I smiled under my breath.
"Yes dude!" he said. "Don't tell me you forgot!"
"No. no, no! I remember!" said, Abhijeet, scratching his head.
"Then, may I know why you are still in your pajamas!?" Dan shouted from behind.
Abhijeet turned back with horror and managed to say "D… Dan!?"
"Yes Mr. Malhotra! Mr. Mansfield is here!"He said, folding his arms.
"Yea… yeah Dan." Said a terrified Abhijeet. "I… I am… I was about to change…" he turned to me with "Hey!? Why are you stopping me? Why did you call me? Look, now I'm late!" he said rushed towards his room to change.
"I am great actor right?" asked Dan, flaunting his looks.
I smirked.
"But, there's just one problem…" he said sadly.
"What?' I asked.
"Just I know this fact." He sighed.
I chuckled.
"Lol!" he laughed. "Anyways, I should take some good clothes of Abhi, so that he doesn't look like a jester at his own birthday!" he said and moved towards his room.
But I stopped him.
"Here! I've already done it…" I said and handed him a packet.
"You're truly intelligent!' he said. "Okay, so I'll keep it in my car and sit. You tell Malhotra I'm waiting for him. And, I'll tell Samantha to join you at around… 10."
"Sure…" I smiled.
Soon Abhijeet came and bid me bye and then went off.
"And that's where the job of this Malhotra begins…" I smiled at myself.
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"No!" I said. "Erica, put it next to the cake."
"Okay Shreya!" replied the lady.
"Hey hey, Mandy… put it on the third tier."
I was instructing the workers when I felt a tap on my shoulder. When I turned back, I saw a woman in a purple one piece with curly brown hair up to her shoulders. She looked as if in her 30s.
"Hi!" said the lady.
"Hello…" I shook hands with her. "You are…"
"Oh, forgot the introduction!" she said. "I am Samantha Smith. Dan's wife."
"Oh," I smiled.
"You are really cute!" she said "It's so good to see you!"
"Pleasure… is all mine…"
"Come, I'll help you!"
And we resumed with the pending work.
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"Looks like everything's ready…" I exclaimed after we had finished with the decors. It took more time than I thought.
"Except for one thing…" said Samantha.
"What?" I asked, scanning the hall.
"Don't look here and there." She said. "Look at yourself!"
"What?!" I asked.
"You can't be wearing jeans and t-shirt on your bro's birthday. Can you?"
And before I could say anything, Samantha pulled me in the dressing room and, dressed me in a beautiful red colored one piece and a beautiful watch. She told me to keep my hair open as they looked best when I did so.
"You're great Samantha!" I exclaimed looking at the mirror.
"That's you who is beautiful!" she smiled at me.
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"They're coming!" somebody shouted and in the blink of an eye, all the lights were switched off and all the curtains were drawn. Everyone hid themselves behind the curtains, under the tables or chairs or any place they found.
"Hey! Dan!" said Abhijeet. "Where are you takin' me?" Abhijeet had been blindfolded by Dan.
"Man, you don't have faith in your friend?' asked Dan as he brought him inside the hall.
"Of course I do but-"
"Then stay quiet," said Dan.
Soon Dan left Abhijeet and came to hide with Samantha.
Dan shouted "Open it Abhi!"
No sooner Abhijeet had removed the cloth, that all the lights were lighted and the music was played and we all started saying
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY ABHIJEET!"
And there were shouts of laughter, whistles and claps. Balloons, streamers and all the things were flown and the music was played.
The expressions on Abhijeet's face were worth watching. His mouth was open as if still unable to take this shock.
I ran towards him and hugged him and whispered "Happy birthday! Bro!"
And then came Samantha and Dan. They also hugged him and wished him.
Slowly, all the people came and wished him. After he was done, Abhijeet said "Thank you Dan! Thank you Samantha! I loved this one…"
"Man, it wasn't me or Sam!" said Dan.
"What do you mean?"
"It was Shreya who had planned all this party stuff." Said Samantha.
No sooner had Samantha said this, I felt myself being embraced in the loving arms of Abhijeet.
"I love you little one…" he said.
"This is for you big one…" I said and handed him a red colored packet.
"What's this?" he asked.
"Your gift." I said.
He opened it quickly and found a watch. His favourite… SunSetter's best collection.
"This…. This…." He said with tears in his eyes. "This is lovely Shreya!" he said and hugged me.
"I'm glad you liked it…" I said.
"Thank you all for this!" he said wore the watch on his wrist.
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"Hey!" I heard a call girl me.
I turned back to see a young girl, probably, my age, wearing a turquoise long piece with a glass of juice in her hand.
"Hi,' I said and shook hands with her.
"You're Shreya Malhotra, right?" she asked.
"Yes," I said.
"I'm Reed." She said "Nikki Reed."
"Oh," I said. "Good to see you."
She nodded.
"Smile!" I heard another girl say. And there was a small 'click'.
I blinked my eyes in a flash and saw a girl wearing spectacles. She had dressed herself in a black one piece and wore a bun.
"Hi," she said. "Sorry, did I scare you?"
"No," I smiled. "It's okay."
"Hello," she said, forwarding her hand "I'm Lara, Lara Bolivia."
"Hi," I said, shaking hands with the other "I'm Shreya…"
"Good to see you…"
"Well," said Nikki. "Lara and I were just passing by and discovered that we were going to study in the same school!"
"Great!" I smiled. I was really happy. At least this new toy will have some supporting strings attached to when it'll enter a whole new world of unknown people…
"It's so nice to talk to you Shreya," said Nikki and the three of us chatted pointlessly, just like best friends do…
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"Hi Shreya!" Abhijeet called me.
"Coming!" I said. I turned to Nikki and Lara with "Guys, I'll be right back."
The duo nodded.
Once I reached there and saw a man, dressed in a dark blue tuxedo, probably in his early 30s and with him was a woman, wearing a long, satin gown, who looked like his wife, probably in her late 20s.
"Oh! Shreya!" said Abhijeet as I came there. "Meet him." He said and pointed towards the same man in the dark blue tuxedo.
Abhijeet smiled with "He is, Dr. Virender Shetty aka Vinay."
"Hello Vinay," I said as I shook hands with him.
"Hello Shreya…" he smiled.
"He is a doctor in the Forks Multinational hospital and, my best friend too!"
"Correction!" said Vinay. "Am first your best friend and then a doc."
"Right," said Abhijeet, nodding in agreement.
Abhijeet pointed towards the young woman with him "She is, Vandhana Kumar, aka Vidhi."
I shook hands with her while she said "Nice to meet you, beautiful…"
I blushed saying, "Thank you. Nice to meet you too…"
"Umm…" said Abhijeet. "I guess you already know about her, so I need not introduce her… and as now, I've introduced, so-"
"You have any idea what you're saying Abhi?" asked Vinay.
"Umm… I'll get some juice," he said and went away, leaving the three of us alone.
"So, you liking Forks, Shreya?" asked Vidhi.
"Yeah," I smiled. "The people here are just so humble and helpful, that I can't resist speaking all the good words about 'em all."
"I'm glad you like it. People usually find Forks sometimes too buzzing with activities or sometimes, too lonely." Said Vinay.
"It's neither," I said.
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The door opened with a creak and somebody walked in.
Wearing a black tuxedo and all that could make him look more dashing. This one immediately caught my eye and I found myself staring at him.
His skin was so pale that I can't tell. White, totally white. Whiter than milk.
His golden-brown eyes had a story to tell. I dunno why, I fell for his magnificent, beautiful, and endlessly appreciable eyes.
Everything of his was attracting me towards him.
'What's happening to me?' I asked my inner self. But, before I could get the answer;
"Has the Juliet gone into the dreams of her Romeo?" chuckled Nikki as Lara shook me and brought me out of the trance.
"No, it's just," I tried to change the topic, but somehow asked "Who's he?"
Lara and Nikki looked at him and then Lara said with a smile "He's the fifth foster kid of Mrs. and Dr Shetty. Dayanand Shetty,"
And suddenly Nikki said a tone used to scare people "Aka, Daya!"
"Oh," I said.
"He's the cutest, hottest and the most gorgeous guy in the whole town." Said Lara.
I guess he heard Lara say this, because as he went across me, he gave me a chuckle.
"Yes," smiled Nikki "But, actually, nobody here's good enough for him, so… don't try to waste your time," she smiled.
I came back to my senses and concentrated on my food while saying "No, I wasn't planning to,"
Lara giggled with Nikki.
I looked back and found those golden brown eyes staring at me.
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"Smile!" I heard. And there was a 'click'. I thought it was Neha, but it was someone else.
She was a girl wearing a long, dark blue evening gown. Some black, curly hair and a professional camera in a hand, she looked no less than a professional photographer.
"Hi!" she said.
I opened my mouth to speak but, Abhijeet came and said in a flirty tone "Hello miss beautiful."
"Hello Sheriff," smiled the girl. "Happy Birthday!"
"Oh," smiled Abhijeet. "Thank you, thank you, miss beautiful."
The girl blushed and smiled.
"Come, I'll show you around," said Abhijeet and kissed on her hand.
And they both went away, hand in hand…
While they were going, I heard Abhijeet ask "What's your name beautiful?"
"Tarika. Tarika Gupta."
'My brother's in love…' I smiled at myself.
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I was walking past the hall, looking at the people all around. Whenever I met someone, he or she always told me how great my brother is. It's all the respect he has gathered in the last 18 years.
I'm really proud of him. He's such a great idol for one and all. One has something or the other to learn from him…
I was walking, looking at the chandelier, and the beautiful light that it was spreading.
When, suddenly, I slipped and landed on my nose.
'Great!' I said to myself.
I was about to get up when I saw a hand in front of me.
I was astonished to see the face. It was…
DAYA…
As soon as I kept my hand on his, I was shocked at the temperature of his hand!
It was so cold.
My god, all the heaters were on and it was sunny by now. He must be having a pocket warmer, for an exception. But, how were his hands so cold!?
It was colder than ice and I found something strange in it. Those eyes, I wanted to just get lost in them and never wanted to come back.
And then I heard Tarika say "Smile!"
I was about to say 'yes', when Daya said "No!"
His voice, so soothing to my ears. As I had lived my whole life just to listen to this voice. As f this was my destination?
Tarika and I were startled.
"I mean… I…" he said and ran off. But,
There was a 'click'!
"Gotcha!" said Tarika. "You can never outcome me!"
"Hey, can you show me this photograph when you get them developed." I said to Tarika.
"Sure," she smiled. "Photograph number 1867 IK. For Shreya Malhotra. Done!" She wrote on her notepad.
"Thanks," I said and went into the pool of my never ending thoughts.
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"Thank you Shreya! Thank you Samantha! Thank you Dan!" Abhijeet said when all the people had gone.
"Man!" said Dan. "I enjoyed more than you did!"
"Yeah!" said Samantha "The cake was really tasty!"
"Shreya," said Abhijeet as he kept a hand on my shoulder. "Why are you so quiet?"
"No," I said. "It's not that,"
"Shreya," said Samantha "You look troubled,"
"No," I said. "I'm good,"
"You sure?" asked Abhijeet.
"Yeah,"
"Okay," said Abhijeet as he resumed his talks with Samantha and Dan.
Yes, Samantha was true. I was troubled. I didn't mind admitting this.
I was constantly thinking about Daya. His eyes and that pale, cold skin. I was unable to shift my mind from his thoughts. He had something in him that was attracting me towards him… But, what was it?
What could I name this relation…?
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That's all!
I hope you enjoyed. And, I am really really sorry for updating this late and now going for prep leaves. Trust me, I am myself not willing to do this… But, I'll have to… :(
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