MARRIED OR NOT (PRANBIR AND ARHANA) PART 1

On a bright morning in the city of Mumbai, a girl is seen running inside a house. She was wearing a white top and a skirt. Her cute smile and sparking eyes reflected the excitement that was bubbling inside her.

“Where did she go? She always has to vanish whenever I have something important to say. I have checked every nook and corner of the house, even the kitchen and garden.” she was mumbling to herself. Suddenly a realization dawned upon her and she slapped her forehead.

“What a fool I am! I forgot to check her room upstairs.”

Thinking this, she ran upstairs. On the way, she was about to collide with a guy but stopped herself the nick of time.

“Damn…..slow down girl…..My coffee would have spilled on you now.” Aryan said. “By the way, good morning.” he greeted with a dazzling smile.

She had a weird nervousness in front of him. Her senses seemed to abandon her and she kept stammering.

“Sooo…..Sorry……I…..I was searching her.”

“Relax…..She is in her room upstairs.”

“Th….Thanks.”

“Wel…..” Aryan started but she dashed away from there before he could complete.

“Welcome Shahana. Why does she behave weird every time?” he thought.

“Why is he so cute? Concentrate Shahana! You can think about it later!” she mentally chided herself.

“Prachiiiiiiiiii………” she shouted as soon as she entered the room.

Another girl was standing near the window with her beautiful long hair dancing due to the wind. She was wearing a floral dress with a jacket.

“What happened? Why do you want to make me deaf early in the morning?” Prachi asked turning around.

“I knew it. You haven’t read the e-mail, have you?”

“No…..But what has happened?”

“Miss Prachi Mehra where are you? The results of the boards are out and guess what? You have secured the first rank in the entire state!” Shahana declared bouncing with excitement.

“That’s a great news……What about your results?” she enquired.

“It’s nothing much…. I’m second in the state.”

“What! You are the second! This definitely calls for a celebration.” Prachi said dancing with joy.

“Do you know this means?”

“What?”

“We would get admission in our dream college!”

“Yay! We did it! We did it!” both of them shouted while holding hands and jumping up and down.

“Come on, let’s inform mom and dad about it.” Prachi said after they had calmed down.

“Mom….. Dad….. Aryan…… Where are you? Come fast….. Please……..” she shouted when she was downstairs.

“Which insect did you see now that you’re screaming at the top of your voice?” Aryan said descending down the stairs.

“Mom! He is teasing me again!” Prachi whined.

“Can’t both of you stay peacefully for a moment?” Pragya was fed up with their daily banters. “Why were you calling us?”

“The results of the boards are out and I’m the first in the state! Like really first in the entire state!”

“Relax……What’s the big deal.” Aryan said nonchalantly but doubled back soon. “Wait….. What…… You are the topper?”

“Yes! Yesssss!”

“Congrats!” he said and twirled her around in the air.

“We are so proud of you dear.” Abhi and Pragya hugged her.

“This calls for a party!” Abhi said. “What about your results Shahana?”

“I’m second.” she replied.

“Both of you have made us proud.” Pragya said hugging her too.

“Congrats Shahana.” Aryan said forwarding a handshake.

“Tha…Thanks.”

“What happens to this Shahana in front of Aryan? The chatterbox becomes a shuttering machine. Oh God! Such a sweet and beautiful best friend of mine had to fall for the monkey-like brother of mine!” Prachi who was witnessing the entire scene thought in her mind.

“We are going to have a double party today. I’ll call Purab and Disha over to help us with the arrangements. It has been long since we met. You kids can invite all your friends over.” Abhi announced.

Abhi, Pragya and Aryan left.

“Let’s get our bags and go!” Shahana said immediately.

“Have you called Rahul? What about his results? Will he come for the party?”

“He has secured 90% and since the cut-off marks is 89%, he will easily get admission too. But he won’t be able to come for the party as he has gone to Navi Mumbai.”

“Thank God! The three of us will rock together in the college!”

“Haven’t you left for shopping till now?” Aryan asked coming into the living room once again.

“We are about to leave. Where are you going?”

“To meet my friends. Which mall are you going to?”

“City Mall…..”

“Great I’m going to a café near it to meet my friends. I can drop you.” Aryan offered.

“Why are you being so gracious today?” Prachi asked suspiciously.

“It’s one of the rare occasions when I’m glad for you. So thought of doing a favour. Are you coming or not?”

All of them went towards Aryan’s car. Shahana got into the backseat and Prachi was about to join her when Aryan interrupted.

“Excuse me, am I your driver?” he asked.

“Yes. Why?” Prachi answered sarcastically.

“Shut up and sit in the front.”

The drive was too silent, so Prachi tried to initiate a conversation.

“What have you thought of buying, Shahana? LBD, gown, shorts or anything else? I was thinking to buy an LBD.

“LBD? What type of missile is that and why do you want to buy it?” Aryan asked guffawing.

“LBD means Little Black Dress, you stupid. Shut your mouth and concentrate on driving.”

She turned back to check why wasn’t Shahana responding and caught her staring at Aryan through the front mirror. She smiled at her friend’s antics and shook her to grab her attention.

“Shahana. Sha ha naaaaa…..”

“What? What happened? Did you say something?” Shahana spoke, finally coming out of her thoughts.

“Really? I was blabbering for so long and you didn’t hear a thing?” Prachi asked with an unbelievable expression on her face.

“I…..I was thinking…..about which colour of book….. I mean dress to buy.”

“Is she ok? Why is she behaving weird?” Aryan whispered to Prachi.

“Because of you….”

“What?”

“I mean you behave so oddly with me that Shahana is scared of you.”

Aryan turned back for a second to stare at Shahana. He couldn’t believe she was afraid of him. Prachi was enjoying very much.

Soon they reached the mall.

“Thank you bhai.” Prachi said before leaving.

“You called me bhai! From which direction did the sun rise today?” Aryan asked surprised.

“Shut up. You showed graciousness by dropping me, so I thought to give you a gift by calling you bhai.” Prachi giggled.

The girls went to the mall while Aryan went to the café. Another boy was sitting there, busy in his phone.

“Hi bro. What’s up?” Aryan greeted him.

The other boy looked up and gave a somewhat blank and angry look.

“What did I do?” Aryan asked sitting opposite to him.

“You are asking what you did? Who comes so late? I’m waiting for almost an hour!” Ranbir exclaimed.

“Sorry bro. At least I came. Where’s that pumpkin head?” he enquired.

“Must be applying make up in her home……” Ranbir started.

Aryan saw someone standing behind Ranbir and interrupted him.

“She may be stuck with some work.”

“Does she have any work other than doing make up?” Ranbir snorted.

“Huh! So this is what you think about me. I’m always busy doing makeup? How dare you say that! I will not spare you, Ranbir Kohli.” Pakhi shouted while continuously beating Ranbir with her bag.

“Aah…..You got me wrong sweetie. You know that I can’t never think like this about you. Aah…. Please stop.” he pleaded.

“Leave him, Pakhi…..It’s enough punishment for now. I have a good news.” Aryan tried to save Ranbir from the torture.

Pakhi’s attention turned to Aryan.
“If it’s another stupid news, I swear I will not spare even you today.” she threatened.

“We are having a party at our home today and both of you have to come.” he announced.

“But what’s the cause for the party?” Ranbir enquired.

“It’s for Prachi…….”

“Who’s Prachi? Your girlfriend?” Ranbir interrupted.

Aryan and Pakhi gave him a ‘are-you-kidding?’ type of look.

“What?” he asked.

“Have you gone mad? Prachi is Ranbir’s sister. She was junior to us in the school.” Pakhi clarified.

Ranbir nodded his head and smiled sheepishly.

“As I was saying, Prachi and Shahana have bagged the first and second spots  in the boards respectively. So, the party is for celebration their success.”

“Wow that’s great! I wonder how come you are her brother? I mean do you remember how much you had scored in your boards?” Pakhi laughed and hi-fied Ranbir.

“Don’t forget that both of you had scored even lower than me.” he reminded, making them pout.