Ishqbaaz – Rikara Trust 50

Shivika, Ruvya and Omkara come to the party. Shivika are dressed in red with a black mask, Ruvya dressed in yellow and green with a blue mask and Omkara dressed in a blue suit and mask. Since it was a masquerade party, everyone wore a mask.

Shivika and Ruvya started to dance while Om was sitting on the side, drinking Coke.

Girl (G): (From behind): Want to dance? (On turns around and sees a girl wearing a blue off shoulder dress with a mask that covered most of her face. The only revealing part was her red lips and eyes that has shining blue eye shadow.

O: Sorry, I do not want to dance.

G: In that case, buy me a drink. (She sits beside him.)

O: Coke for the lady.

G: Come on we are at a party. You seriously need to loosen up. Large whiskey for me and (pointing at Om.)

O: I am fine with the Coke.

G: Fine then, it looks like you will not take my advice. But, at least, dance with me.

Shivaye sends a text message to Om: Go Om. The girl is asking. Go with her.

O: Shivaye, you know my situation. Then why are you forcing me?

G: Your loss.

She walks away and Shivaye glares at him. Then, Om follows the girl and holds her dance. The music was very slow so they danced very slowly with the spotlight on them. At first, Om was very hesistant but as the song carried on, he came closer to her.

O(Thinking): There is something familiar about this girl. Her voice and height, she reminds me of Gauri. But she cannot be her as she is already dead. Even she smells like Gauri.

O: You smell good. The smell is so familiar.

G: Excuse me… did you sniff me?

O: Sorry. That was very indecent.

G: Do not worry about it. I will just take it as a compliment. Half the girls are using the same perfume as it is very popular in the market so maybe that is how you recognized it.

O: Sorry, you remind me of her.

Then a guy comes up to the girl.

Guy: Hey, what are you doing here? You promised me a dance.

G: It is not my fault you are late. (Looking at Om) He is my boyfriend. It was a nice dance. (She holds her boyfriend’s hand and walks with him) See you later, Om.

Om just looks at her. (Thinking): Wait a minute, how does she know my name? I never introduced myself. And the way she said Om, it was like Gauri. But she cannot be Gauri. Gauri will never have a boyfriend even if she was alive. She promised that she will never leave me.

Then Shivaye and Rudra comes.

R: Hey, we still need to meet Kesha. Let’s go meet her so we can leave later. Ansh and Ruvya are not sleeping so we better get home.

The youngsters go towards Kesha. Kesha was wearing an orange dress to her knees. She was slightly dark but her skin complexion complimented her beauty. She was extremely tall, like 6 feet.

K: Hi, Oberoi brothers. Let me guess. This is Shivaye sir, Omkara sir, Rudra sir, Annika madam and Bhavya madam.

They all look at each other, completely lost on she was referring to them as sir and madam. After all, she was the Kesha Malhotra.

A: Please call us by our first names. No need for the formalities.

K: For sure.

S: I was a pleasure meeting you. The Oberoi company has exponentially grown ever since you invested in our company. I was wondering if I can meet you in person tomorrow afternoon so we can discuss in detail.

K: Yes I can, but Om needs to do something for me. I need a picture painted with my boyfriend was wondering if you can come in tomorrow. After the painting, Shivaye, I can meet you in the office.

A: That is so cute!! He must be a lucky man to have a girlfriend like you.

K: Actually, I am lucky to be his girlfriend.

O: I would definitely do this for you. Just out of curiousity, what do you see in my artwork that made you buy all of it?

K: I just like it so I bought it.

O(With a skeptical look): Oh, I see. So I will be there tomorrow at 7 am. Does that work for you?

K: Fine with me.

Kesha walks away and they all walk outside.

B: I do not if it is me but isn’t Kesha a bit weird? I mean the fact she is calling us sir and madam.

S: I noticed that too. I mean when I am talking to professionals, I will use sir and madam but now like this. She does not have the poise that I expected Kesha to have.

O: Not only that, she has been purchasing a lot of my artwork so I thought that she is truly interested in art. But her reason for buying the artwork was not sufficient. I thought she will go into depth and talk about the different pieces that she bought. But she did not even say a word about it.

A: Guys, calm down. This is her first time meeting us so she was just nervous. After tomorrow, you guys are going to be great friends.

There was a man in the corner. Man: Not great friends, Kesha and the Oberoi family are going to butt heads and she will take out your entire family (He smiles).