Manan: Magic is in you (episode 19)

Hey guy…

Its dark and MaNan are in their respective rooms… Engrossed in thoughts… While their siblings and friends are busy teasing them… Navya, Mukti and Alya about the kiss and the fall and Abhi, Dhruv and Cabir about the fall coz they have already teased him a lot regarding the kiss…

Boy’s side

The three see him not responding and lost in his thought…

Dhruv (in a low whispering tone):He isn’t reacting!!

Cabir: I know that is irritating me… How can Manik not be hyper!!

Abhi: Man! He is changed!! And may be I know the reason!

Cabir: Nah… That’s not possible… He is Manik Malhotra… He cannot be affected by a girl!!

Dhruv: Dude!! Because of a girl, he broke into his mom’s cabin stealthily and copied the forms… He took such a big risk!!

Cabir: Bet?? If he falls for your sister I mean Nandini, then anything I say??

Abhi: Hey I was about to bet on that… Means we are expecting the same!!

Dhruv:Even me…

They three look at Manik who is busy in his own world…

Manik’s POV….

What was that!! That perfume, that feeling, that wish…. What was happening to me…. She said she was in the room when I entered there… I smelt sandalwood there… The same sandalwood which I smelt that day in Hogsmede Alley and at Wandatorium… Means she was there in the alley that day… Why she wanted to see the forms?? What was she searching for?? Are they same?? The girl I am looking for and Nandini..?? She attracts me so much and we are so similar yet so different… And that kiss!! I was trying to pull her all over me… Why?? I didn’t rejected her from kissing me instead I reciprocated!! Why she reminds me of that girl whom I am searching?? Are they one single person… ??And if it’s so then ( he gulps at the horror thought of his being stuck with Nandini all his life according to his promise made to Cabir and Mukti!!) But this cannot necessarily be true… It can it???

End of Manik’s POV…

Abh,Dhruv and Cabir call him out…

Abhi:Manik, what were you thinking so intensely…

Manik thinks to make up something which seems real: Abhi… I was thinking about the forms… It was there on Mom’s table… Navya saw it but she didn’t tell us anything… No scolding nothing?? How is that possible??

Cabir: We don’t even know how Mom got those forms… If I get those books,then I can tell how she got that… But now it’s impossible… It’s in Mom’s cabin and maybe it’s removed from there…

Dhruv: Yeah… It was made invisible coz she knew you guys were going there… I am wondering who caught Nandini’s copy of forms…

Manik: I don’t know… I don’t want to think about Nandini for sometime… I am going on terrace…

He gets up and goes from there…

Abhi turns to Cabir: Something happened to him??

Cabir shrugs his shoulder indicating don’t know…

Girl’s side…

Mukti, Alya and Navya are busy having their teasing session on… But now not on Nandini as she didn’t reacted to of their teasings…Mukti and Navya started teasing Alya…

Mukti: Alya , I heard that you and Dhruv didn’t kissed till now and it’s been six months…!!

Navya: yaaa..Mukti you know Dhruv bhai is very naive…soooo he might be trying to keep up his good boy image….

Alya turns around popping out her tongue childishly…

Alya: You know what… I tried once but Dhruv is so tubelight he thought that when I am coming close to him,I am asking him to guess my new perfume!

Mukti and Navya laughs out loud…

Mukti: He must have been pretending that… May be because of nervousness… You know boys act silly when they are nervous… Does he behave so always??

Alya shakes her head… Mukti shrugged her shoulder indicating ‘See I told you’… Alya realizes and smiles embarrassedly…

Navya: Dhruv bhai really gets nervous sometimes…I know him since childhood…

There Nandini is in her own world…

Nandini’s POV…

Whenever Manik comes close to me why does my heart beat starts increasing at a running horse speed? Why am I so affected by him? And wait… I just now called him with his proper name!! Unbelievable… This guy definitely does some planchette… Else how can me,Nandini Murthy change her way… That day in VP Malhotra’s cabin also,when I was invisible,he came close to me unknowingly and I was tempted… That day when he kissed me suddenly,I unintentionally reciprocated and then I kissed him back and he was like pulling me into him and I was also acting accordingly… Why did I kissed him as a revenge? I could have slapped him,kicked him or the worst cursed him but no..!! I kissed him!! Was it unintentional?? Today also when he held me in his arms,I felt good… I don’t know why but I did… Now I am even half hoping that my mind reader is Manik!! Aiyyappa!! What’s happening to me… As the day passes by,I get to know our similarities and feel more connected to him… Why?? Plz help me… You are my best buddy na… Plz… I need to distract my mind… Plz do something Aiyyappa!!

End of Nandini’s POV…

Her thoughts are broken by the thundering… She runs to window and looks at the sky happily!!

Nandini: Navu!! It’s about to rain!!! I am going on terrace… Meet you after the rains…

She runs from there to the terrace…

Alya: She gets attacks like this on regular intervals??

Navya nods… They three laugh out loud…

Mukti: Hey!! Come with me… It’s about to rain…!! I want to spend this first shower with Abhi…!!

Alya:And I with Dhruv…

Navya: But why should I go then?

Mukti: we cannot leave you here to get bored… You be with Cabir for sometimes… I swear I won’t take long…

Both pull her hand and runs with her… Navya has no other way than to agree…

There Manik is sitting on the terrace… He looks at the thundering… And it starts raining…

Manik: Arrrgghh!! What’s with the day!!!

He runs and goes beneath the shed on one corner of the terrace… He ruffles his fingers through his hair to sprinkle off the water… Just then he hears some steps and searches his wand which he realizes he left in his room… He curses himself then goes in dark so that the person can’t see him…

Nandini comes running there there on the terrace and goes to the railing… She lifts her face up and lets the rain drops fall on her… She smiles broadly feeling the cool sensation… Manik looks at her… He can’t help staring her constantly… He was literally drooling over her cute and innocent looks…

Nandini thinks something and takes out her wand and phone… She points the wand at her phone…

Nandini: Impervius…!!

Her phone becomes waterproof… Manik is stunned by her use of technology and magic… He smiles and mentally appreciates her… Nandini listens some voice from ground and looks down from the railing… She sees MukBhi in one corner drenching in rain holding hands… DhruLya looking into each other’s eye probably lost….And Cabir and Navya standing beside each other awkwardly in a shed watching the two couples… And some other students with their boyfriend/girlfriend enjoying the First Shower…

She starts singing….

Ta Ta Na Na Ta Na Na Ta Ta Na Na Ta Nan A

Yeh Pehli Baarish Ki Boondien

Kuch Kehna Chahti Hai Tumse

Sun Zara Hmm….

Jo Keh Nai Pai Mai Khudse

Yeh Do Dilon Ki Hai Baatein Sun Zara Hmmm…

Bheeg Jau Teri Main In Bahom Main Aise

Jaise Lipte Hue Do Dil Yahan Bheeg Jau Teri Main

In Bahon Main Aise Jaise Lipte Hue Do Dil Yahan

Mil Rahe Hai Jaise Aasm Aur Baaarish

Ho Rahi Puri Dil Ki Khwahhishein

Keh Bhi De Jo Hai Chipa Tere Dil Main

Waqtkar Rha Ab Meethi Sazishein

Khone Lage Jaise Din Ke Ujaale

Waise Hi Mai Gum Ho Gyi

Yeh Behki Behki Hawayein

Kuch Kehna Chahti Hai Tumse Sun Zara Hmmm…

Yeh Gunjte Hue Badal Jo Keh Rhe Hai Ye Mujhse Sun Zara Hmmm..

Pehli Bearish Ta Nan A Ta Ta Na Na

Pehli Baarish Ta Nan A Ta Ta Na Na Pehli Baarish

Manik was lost in her voice…he come out of his trance when she stops singing…

Nandini: It seems that Nandini has to do some social service… All I need is a speaker… But… Oh yaa I remember!! (She again points the wand at her phone) Sonorus..!!

This time she doesn’t removes the wand but keeps it by the side of the railing… And then looks down… Manik looks at her keenly… He thinks what she is upto… Suddenly music starts playing very loudly… All the couples, MukBhi ,DhruLya and CaVya  look up… Nandini gives them thumbs up and enjoys herself… Now Manik understands what she was doing… Now he has to admit that she is intelligent… A beauty with brains indeed!!

The song starts playing…

Nandini dances alone on the terrace doing the steps and flying her long silky hairs… She imitates holding a microphone and singing… She then imitates palying a guitar… Manik just looks hiding at her open mouthed… He could not help noticing that she wears no makeup at all… Her skin all smooth and milky white… She has a million dollar smile… He longed to go and join her in her dance… But he can’t… He is afraid that he may ruin her moment which she thinks she is enjoying just by herself…he just enjoys watching her dancing from the dark… Mukbhi and Dhrulya are also enjoying with other couples…

Nandini’s hairs comes on her face as she takes a sharp turn… She removes it slowly all the while smiling and continues dancing… She spreads her arms and rotates like a cute little princess… Manik closes his fist tight and gulps hard… He is having hard time controlling his emotions…

Sabse hoke befikar

Naachu main aaj                                              Cham cham cham                                            Cham cham cham

Manik: Are you ok???

She nods :Did you found someone there??

Manik replies in no but then notices the shiver in her voice due to cold… He holds her hand… She looks at him surprised… He walks to the shed… She also follows him without arguing… He gives her wand to her and looks other side else he will loose his control totally seeing more of that drenched angel standing right beside him…

He ruffles his fingers through his hairs to sprinkle off the water and shakes his head… This time Manik looks at him… She notices him completely drenched and she had to admit that he was looking steamingly hot with those water droplets all over his revealing biceps… She wanted to hug him tight right now as he was really warm and the weather was really cool… But she has to control her emotions… To stop the devil overpowering her mind,she looked everywhere but Manik…

Her trance is broken when they hear three more shout….ABHI…ALYA…CABIRRR…

They rush down towards the garden…on confirming that all are fine…they decide to go to their respective rooms change and meet at Arete common room…