20 - The First Floor

After Urmila called Anvesha to inform her that the kids have been found, Parth was finally calm enough to get ready and go to his internship. Upon getting out of the car, he greeted the lady at the front desk, like usual. He also headed over to the elevator like last time, but sadly, Vibha wasn't there to greet him this time. With 5 minutes to spare before his interning shift would officially begin, he chose to go to room number 13.


Parth: Ajeeb baat hai, usually hotels aur itne bade companies mein room number 13 nhi hota kyunki iss number ko buri baato se joda jaata hai. I know ki yeh belief India mein itni nhi hai, par this is an international company. Anyways...


Parth opened up the door just enough to be able to peek inside. He saw Vibha. She was talking to a man in a seamlessly ironed suit. It seems like he's her boss. She looked afraid, but Parth wasn't too sure. He was about the open the door to get a better look when he felt a tap on his shoulder.


Employee: Excuse me, you must be the intern from Warrior High. I think you're entering the wrong room. This is room number 13, 14 is over there.
Parth: Oh... Yeah... thanks...


Parth looked back for a quick second and entered room 14.


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The ride from West Ridge High to Warrior High was quite awkward. Arpit sat in the front with the driver and Urmila was sitting in between Sid and Siyali in the back. Although they had their phones, Sid and Siyali just looked out their windows. Sensing the awkwardness, Urmila chose to speak up and fix the situation.


Urmila: So, I heard you guys did well in the boxing match!
Sid: Yeah...
Urmila: In fact, I heard that the girls team won all to nothing!
Siyali: Yes ma'am.
Urmila: I'm very proud of you two and the teams.
Sid & Siyali: Thanks.


Sensing the lack of enthusiasm in their voices, Urmila decided to stop questioning them. Even the driver was beginning to feel awkward so he turned on the radio.


Urmila: Main jitna in dono ko ek doosre se door karna chahti hoon, utna hi yeh kissi na kissi bahaane se paas aa jaate hai. Kuch toh baatein hui hai aaj, after all, they were stuck together for an hour. Abhi Sid ko sab kuch bataana sahi nhi hoga. Kal batatti hoon.


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Amrit: Arre Dheeraj, tumne apna number nhi diya mujhe?
Dheeraj: Uh haan... par kyun? Meri number ki zaroorat kyun hai?
Amrit: Baat karne ke liye. Aur kounsi reason ho sakti hai? Tum toh aise darr rahe ho jaise tumne apna number kabhi kissi ladki ko nhi diya.
Dheeraj: ... Nhi diya...
Amrit: What?! Are you serious? Well, looks like I'll be the first one! Ab time waste mat karo, give me your number.


Dheeraj reluctantly recited the number to Amrit.


Amrit: Perfect, I'll text you today so we can work on mission Arya!
Dheeraj: Mission Arya?
Amrit: Aryan + Sara = Arya. Simple math. Waise tumne apni girlfriend ko bhi apna number nhi diya?!
Dheeraj: Girlfriend? Meri koi girlfriend nhi hai aur nahi kabhi thi.
Amrit: Aww, you're such a good boy. Well, I'll text you later. Don't forget!
Dheeraj: Okay, bye!


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Utkarsh: Aur usne tum dono ko ek choti si baat ke liye kamre mein lock kardiya?!
Siyali: Kamra nhi, closet!


Sid, Siyali, Urmila, and Arpit were finally back from West Ridge High and Siyali was explaining the whole scenario to Utkarsh and Niti.


Utkarsh: Haan haan wahi...
Niti: Woh sab chodo, tu wapas aa gayi hai na? Ab woh saari baatein yaad karne ka koi faaida nhi hai.
Siyali: Actually... Main ek baat bataana bhul gayi...
Utkarsh: Kya?
Siyali: Sid... Sid said sorry to me...
Niti: KYA?! Uss Sidharth Rajput ne tujhse maafi maangi?! Bilkul mat maana! Do not believe him at all! Pehle bhi jhoote pyaar mein phasa diya tha tujhe, dobara uske jhaase mein mat aana!
Utkarsh: Actually, mujhe bhi shakh hai. I think I might be related to Sid.
Niti: Lo! Bas issi baat ki kami reh gayi thi! Ab yeh mat keh dena ki Sid ka Siyali ke saath pyaar ka naatak asli tha!
Siyali: Utkarsh, iss baat mein main bhi Niti ki taraf hoon. Tum aur Sid? Kaise? It's so random. Har Rajput related nhi hota.
Utkarsh: Par-
Niti: Par war kuch nhi! Tu dono jo bhi nashe kar rhe ho, unhe karna chodo!


Niti ran towards the dorm room in disbelief after hearing what her friends had to say.


Niti: Yeh sab uss Krissann ka asar hoga jo inlogo ko pagal bana rha hai! Maine kaha tha uss chipkali se door rehne ke liye par nhi, Utkarsh ko dosti karni hai!


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Parth: Bye!


After a busy day of work, Parth was leaving his room to find Vibha by the elevator. He quickly ran behind her to catch up.


Parth: Vibha Ji!


Seeing him surprised her for a second. She almost smiled, but it seemed as if something was stopping her from doing so. Clearly ignoring her expressions, Parth continued his sentence.


Parth: Vibha Ji! Guess what?! Humaari boxing team aaj jeet gayi! Main pehle bohot udaas tha ki maine apne match se pehle aapse baat nhi ki par phir Siyali ne mujhe samjhaya ki meri jeet ki khabar sun kar aapka gussa thanda ho jaayega aur aap bohot khush ho jaayengi. Toh no more jhagda?


Vibha tried to hide her smile and dropped a faint "congrats" before she headed into the elevator.


Parth: Sirf Congrats?


Parth headed into the elevator behind her.


Parth: Aap abhi bhi naraz ho? Main aisa kya kar sakta hoon jisse aap dobara khush ho jaaye?


Vibha ignored him and selected the first floor button.


Parth: Jab se aapne yaha kaam karna shuru kiya hai, tabse aap badli hui lag rhi ho mujhe. Pehle aap humesha mujhe call karte the aur mujhse baat karte the lekin ab aap 24/7 kaam mein busy rehti hai. Ab jo hum dono ko ek doosre se milne ka ek tareeka mila hai aap abhi bhi mujhe avoid kar rhi hai. Aisa kya ho gaya hai?


Parth turned Vibha over to make her look at him.


Parth: Main aapse baat kar rha hoon!


Vibha was crying.


Parth: Vibha Ji aap ro kyun rhi hai?! Maine kuch zyada bol diya kya? I-I'm sorry! Hua kya hai? Bata bhi do ab!
Vibha: Mujhe yeh job bilkul bhi pasand nhi hai! I want to go back to Warrior High!
Parth: Uhh... haan toh kissi aur school mein teacher ka job lelo. Waise yaha problem kya hai? Aapko Warrior High se zyada paisa mil rha hai aur aap yaha kaam karne ke liye bohot khush thi.


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Aryan: Tu hass-hass kar phone ko kyun dekh rha hai?
Dheeraj: Kuch nhi.
Aryan: Kuch toh hai. Tu bas mujhe nhi bata rha.
Dheeraj: Aree kuch nhi hai, tu apna kaam kar.
Aryan: Waah beta! Mere saath attitude?! Ab toh dekhna hi padega.
Dheeraj: Memes dekh rha hoon. Khush?
Aryan: Memes?! Aur woh bhi mere begair?! How dare you! Show me!
Dheeraj: Don't you have some studying to do?
Aryan: Ugh, fine. I'm letting you go... for now...


Dheeraj was texting Amrit. They finally decided on a plan to make Aryan and Sara friends after going through 10 different ideas.


Dheeraj: Toh tu kal Sara se baat karega na?
Aryan: I guess. Lekin tu itna excited kyun ho rha hai? Tera aur Sara ka koi deal bana hua hai? Ya phir tune Amrit ke saath koi bet ki hui hai?
Dheeraj: Bas aise pooch rha tha. Goodnight, main ab sone laga hoon.
Aryan: Mujhe studying pr chod kar tu mere saamne sojaayega?!
Dheeraj: Tujhe har ek cheez mere saath kyun karni hai? Mujhe neend aa rhi hai. Agar tujhe bhi aa rhi hai toh tu bhi soja.


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Sid was outside in the school courtyard leaning against a pillar. He was thinking about the time spent with Siyali at West Ridge High today. He couldn't stop himself from smiling. It was the first time he spoke to her in a while. It'll probably be the last time too... He's understood that she currently has no feelings for Utkarsh. How is he going to get the two to be together? He suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder.


Angela: Toh Shakti ko uska camera mila kya?
Sid: Cam- Oh, Siyali ne bataaya?
Angela: Nhi ji, maine bataaya Shakti ko, Krissann ki phone se.
Sid: Oh, so that's why he came running looking for a phone... Thanks.


Sid was about to leave when...


Angela: How's your plan going?
Sid: What plan? What are you talking about? I don't even talk to you...
Angela: Oh yeah, sorry I mixed you up with someone else... Well, maine suna hai ki tumne Siyali se maafi maangi hai?
Sid: Haan, toh?
Angela: Acha laga yeh jaankar ki tumne "apne" "jhoote" pyaar aur "dhokhe" ke liye maafi maangi hai. It's good to start things fresh. Now you can move on and find someone else. Koi aisa jisse tumhe asli pyaar hoga. Not like yeh Siyali aur Krissann ke saath nakli pyaar. Aur ab Siyali ko bhi koi naya mil jaayega. Poori zindagi tumhaare pyaar mein thodi padi rahegi.
Sid: ... yeah...
Arun: Waise agar main Sid ki jagah hota toh main kabhi Siyali ko nhi chodta.
Sid: TU?! Tu phir yaha aa gaya?! Maine tujhe kaha tha na, mujhse door rha kar!
Arun: Dekhna, ek din tu jitna mujhse nafrat karta hai usse double tu mujhse pyaar karega!
Sid: Tu apne pyaar ko kahi aur lekar ja.
Angela: Arun, tu baar-baar kyun aa jaata hai?! Aur tu Siyali ki baat kyun kar rha hai?
Arun: Bas yaar, dorm room ki taraf ja rha tha aur Sid ki baat sun li. Sun kar acha laga ki mujh jaise logon ka bhi chance hai.
Sid: Chance? Kis baat ka chance?
Angela: Arre he's had a crush on Siyali for a while lekin the rumors that she loves you had circled around the school aur iski himmat toot gayi.
Arun: Aur ab main khud ja kar usse baat karunga!


Arun and Angela had decided to tease Sid and make feel how it would be seeing Siyali with someone else. It was just a small effort to stop him from giving up on his love.


Sid: Dekh, usse tujh jaise log ache nhi lagte.
Arun: Acha aur tujh jaise dhokebaaz log usse bohot pasand hai? Tu dekh, 1-2 din mein saara school #ArYali kehne lagega hum dono ko!
Sid: What the hell?! Aryali?! Sunne mein kitna ganda lag rha hai, dekhne mein aur bhi ganda lagega!
Angela: Sid, why do you care? Uska crush, uska naam. Tujhe kya? It's not like you even like Siyali so who cares?


Sid shaked his head in disapproval and headed towards the dorm rooms. Arun and Angela gave each other a high-five.


Arun: Ab bas ek baar Krissann ka woh DNA test mil jaaye toh Utkarsh khud in dono ko milwaayega!
Angela: Waise tu itna bhi bura nhi hai jaise maine socha tha.
Arun: Haina?! Mujhe Oscar milna chahiye! I'm such a good actor!
Angela: I don't know about that...
Arun: Come on, you just don't want to compliment me. It's okay, I understand. You have some ego problems.
Angela: The more I talk to you the more I regret knowing you.


Angela walked away leaving Arun behind, as confused as always.


Arun: Ab maine kya keh diya?


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Vibha: Woh mera boss mujhe... pasand karta hai. He's always trying to get close to me. Maine kaha bhi tha ki mera boyfriend hai. Gusse mein woh mujhe extra kaam deta hai. Sirf apni zidd manwaane ke liye. He's making my life a living hell!
Parth: How dare he! Ruko! Iss elevator ko upar bhejo! Main abhi usse sabak sikhaata hoon!
Vibha: Parth no! What are you doing?!


Parth and Vibha began playing with random button in the elevator and the lights suddenly switched off.


Parth: ...
Vibha: Lift band ho gayi?!
Parth: Main emergency button dekhta hoon...


Vibha took out her phone and called the front desk.


Vibha: Haan, Swaati? Yaha gadbad ho gayi hai. I'm stuck in the elevator! Can you send someone to open it up? Yeah, thanks. Parth, stop. Someone is working on it.


Parth turned on his phone's flashlight.


Parth: Aapne mujhe apne boss ke baare mein bataana zaroori nhi samjha?!
Vibha: I was scared! Main tumse door ho rhi thi kyunki main nhi chahti thi ki woh tumhaare saath kuch kare!
Parth: Woh mere saath kya kar sakta hai?! Dekhiye Vibha Ji, aap yeh jon ek galat insaan ke kaaran nhi chodogi! Agar koi yaha se jaayega toh woh hai aapka boss! You will have to report him and speak up!
Vibha: You're right. I cannot give up so easily. Tum bas mera saath dena.
Parth: I'm always with you.


After getting out of the elevator, both of them headed to their respective means of transportation.


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The next morning, all the Warrior's got up and ready for the new day. Dheeraj and Amrit had planned to get Aryan and Sara in the cafeteria at the same time to initiate their plan. 


Dheeraj: Woh dekh! Sara aagayi! 
Aryan: Yeah mujhe dikh rha hai...


Amrit walked over to the two.


Amrit: Okay so according to our plan-
Aryan: Whoa whoa whoa... Did you just say OUR plan?! You guys made a plan?!
Dheeraj: Uhh... yeah.
Aryan: Well you guys have fun with your plan.


Aryan walked past the two and went straight up to Sara.


Aryan: Hey, those two think we should be friends. So do you wanna be friends with me?
Sara: Yeah, I was about to ask you.
Aryan: Well, that was easy.
Sara: Yeah... weirdly easy.


Dheeraj and Amrit were watching the two chat from afar.


Amrit: Did they really just become friends like THAT?
Dheeraj: Yup.
Amrit: Did they really just ruin all the time we put into making our plan?
Dheeraj: Yup. 
Amrit: Are you really saying "yup to everything I ask or are you actually listening to me?
Dheeraj: Yup...yes.


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Done! This is a shorter update but I didn't want my new track to be divided into two parts so I'm choosing to introduce it in the next part. Let me know what you guys think! Oh and let me know if the trailer was any good!


I forgot to post this last night... I'm sorry but at least it's up now 😅

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