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Aria POV

We were all in our disney pyjamas. This was the work of Osten and Kaden. They had insisted that all the girls should wear disney ones. But everyone looked cute so it was fine.

"Okay now we have chits here with the names. There are 17 of us here. But I, Piyali, Luke and Jai can't participate." said Eadlyn

"Neither can Naina." said Luke.

"I can you twerp" said Naina punching Luke's arm.

"No you can't Naina. I as the person healing you is telling." said Piyali.

Naina grumbled but kept quiet. Sanjana said that she did not want to participate.

"Okay so I and Eadlyn have made five chits. You all will be working in pairs. The people who have to select the chit are Aria, Amrit, Cassandra, Lydia and first two will present the girl's side while the last two wil represent the guy's side. The middle group will depict both. " said Piyali

I went ahead and took a chit. The rest followed the same suit.

"Okay read the name on your chit." said Naina.

I read mine first as I picked it first.

Vikram.

"Okay, so you are with Vikram. The room you are assigned to is the roof of the palace."

Vikram wanted to know the other pairs so we stayed.

Next Allegra read the chit. "Nimrit." They went to the dining area.

"Rochelle" said Ahren. They had been assigned to the ballroom

"Amilie" read Cassandra. They looked at each other and squealed and went to their bedroom.

Amrit read "Pia". They both rushed off to the library.

"Shall we leave?" Asked Vikram.

As we were leaving, I noticed that Jai did not look too happy. I decided to keep quiet. Piyali and Eadlyn were discussing about the Mehendi the next day evening.

On the roof

We could do a can do a dance to depict the love between Jai and Piyali. You know the story of how they met.

"They have a story?"

Oh yes. Piyali told me last night.

Okay we will do a dance. But which style? "

You tell a style. I love to dance. In my time at Bharata I learnt some classical dance.

"Maybe we could try dance drama."

His phone rang. He glanced at it and then cut it. We started practicing. He was great at it. he knew the lifts. He even knew how to make a girl comfortable. Then his phone rang again. He cut it.

I am thirsty. Can we go get water?

"You wait here. I will go get some from the kitchen and come."

Vikram left to get water. At that time, his phone rang, it was a video call. It showed Vihaan.

The name seemed familiar. I did not want to pick the call. But I accidently pressed answer. There was a hot dude at the other end.

Hello

He signed something then I realised that he was mute. I quickly cut the call as I did not know what to do. At that moment, Vikram came back.

Vikram, if I ask you something personal will you tell me the answer?

"My life is an open book for the selected." He smirked and replied.

Who is Vihaan?

He dropped the glass."Vihaan?"

Yes, he called you many times. Yet you did not pick.

"Vihaan, well he is my brother. Jai's twin."

He is mute?

"Yes, he wasn't always. It happened 8 years ago. What happened I do not know. Neither does anyone but when we woke up on the day Sanjana went missing. He too was missing. We found him a few days later near the palace gates. But he could no longer speak."

Why did you keep him a secret from us?

"Jai doesn't like seeing his brother like this. He feels that one of you may take advantage of his silence. That's why."

We all aren't that bad.

Vikram held my hand and pulled me towards him. I landed on his lap. He turned me to him and said. "I know"

After this he immediately left. He just said, "Don't tell anyone about Vihaan. Go get a good nights sleep. Tommorow morning itself mehendi preparations will start."

I was dumbstruck.

Author's Note: Next is the Mehendi through the eyes of Rochelle. There will be a few POV of others like Jai and Luke. By the way, I like your curiosity but you will have to wait. The sangeet performance costumes and Mehandi costumes are on the blog.