Part 3-
The next day at the lockers-
Armaan- Dude, where were you yesterday? I didn't even get to see you after class. You just ran out.
Rahul- (slamming his locker) Dude, why do you care? I had something to do. So i was in a hurry.
Armaan-
(scratching the back his head) Yo man, what's the deal? I know there is
something else wrong. You always get frustrated when your lying to me.
Tell me, bro.
Rahul- (taking a breath) Nothing man, it's just....computers, man. You know that girl i sit next to in computers?
Armaan- Oh yeah, that curly hair girl, right?
R-
yeah...her(getting angry) she such a freak show, man. I swear two days
with her, have been like hell. Dude, I can't even talk to her. Every
time I try she freakin' yells at me. She scarier than my mom.
A-oh..Armaan said as he dozed into his thoughts about Riddhima..until broken by Rahul
R-so..hows computer been with that Riddhima chick?
A-umm...she seems pretty cool..
R-really now!(getting excited) pretty cool..seems like there's something there. (nudging Armaan's shoulder)
A-
nah man, She's that quiet type. She's always concentrating on her work.
She doesn't seem to be interested in what goes around her. She just
does what she wants. Very quietly though. Sometimes, its hard to
understand whats she thinking. What's going through her mind? It's like
she lives in a different universe.
R- oh wow. Dude, your Armaan. You
can get any girl you like. Girls love you. Just work your charm on this
Riddhima chick. Watch, she will come running to you.
(the boys enter the lunch room)
A- nah, man. I told you. She quiet. She doesn't talk to me, so I can't talk to her. It's complicated.
R- Bro, I've never seen you hooked on a girl like this. I mean you know that girls are just a time pass.
Random girl- Hi Rahul, looking good today. (smiling, twirling her hair)
R- Hi, gorgeous. (winks) Call me later (making the call sign with his hands by his ear)
A- Who was that?
R- Don't know. I told you. Time pass.(smiling at Armaan)
A- God, Rahul.(shaking his head) Come on. (signaling him to sit down at the lunch table)
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Muskaan, Atul and Riddhima's Table
Muskaan- Hey guys what's up?(happy, smiling)
Atul- Hey Muski, nothing yaar. Just finishing up this math homework. Did you do it?
M- yes, of course. Here( Handing him her homework)
At- Thanks. If you weren't here, then what would I do?(getting excited)
M- I know. Me kitni achi hoon.(smiling, crossing her hands) Are, Ridzie, What's wrong? You're not saying anything?
Ri- No, It's nothing...(she said sadly, trying to study)
M-Ridzie,
(putting her hand on Ridz's shoulder, trying to comfort her) You're my
best friend. I know when something's wrong. Tell me.
R-
Um...um...you know in computers(pausing, thinking of whether she should
tell Muskaan or not)...(taking a deep breath)...Armaan....
M-
Armaan?(cutting Ridz off) Did he say something to you? Hold on. I'll go
straighten him out right now.(starting getting up when Riddhima pulled
her back down.)(Muskaan looked confused at Riddhima's gesture)
R-
No, Muskaan. That's the problem. He doesn't say a thing to me. (Looked
back at Atul to see if he was listening. Luckily, he wasn't. He was too
busy with math homework.)(Riddhima started again) I mean he will look
at me at times but then he just turns away. He won't say anything. I
feel extremely weird. I don;t know when he looks at me i feel like
blushing and looking to see his face but I don;t want to look at him
because then i would have to talk to him and i don't know what i would
say to him. It's strange. And when he is not looking at me, I wish he
is looking. I don't know what's going on with me.
M- Oh, really? It seems like you like this Armaan. But, Ridz don;t you think you might be caught up in your emotions?
R-(Ridz looked t Muskaan confused) Caught up in my emotions?
M-
Ya, i mean its only been two days since you started sitting next to
him. Are you sure you really like him? And you know how Armaan is.
Popular, too cool to care about anyone else. Slick, player, and
...(Muskaan kept ranting on about Armaan's character while Riddhima
just sat there and took into consdieration that maybe Muskaan is right.
Maybe i'm being a little to hasty with my feelings. I mean it's only
been two days. Yeah. definitely. Muskaan is right.)
M- Ridzie(waving her hand in front of Riddima's face) You understand what I am trying to say right?
R-
(snapping out of her trance) Yeah...yeah..I do. You're right Muskaan. I
think i just got a little carried away.( giving a fake smile)
M- Good. Now lets go get some lunch? (Riddhima nodded) I am so hungry.(Muskaan said rubbing her stomach)
Ridzie and Muskaan walked over to the canteen and were contemplating on what they wanted to eat for lunch...
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A- Rahoool...lets go get something to eat. I'm starving.
R- Yeah, man, lets go.
Armaan
and Rahul got up from their table and started walking towards the
canteen. They were talking about the last night's basketball game
between the Celtics and the Cavaliers.
Coming from the other way was
Muskaan and Riddhima. Muskaan was carrying their drinks while Riddhima
was carrying their tray of pizza and fries. Muskaan kept looking here
and there and kept talking to Riddhima and wasn't looking ahead. She was
walking when someone pushed against her and she crashed! She looked up
at a guy who was wearing a blue shirt that showed his chest with denim
jeans. The only thing was his blue shirt now had a dark stain across
it. He looked up angry and frustrated. It was Rahul! Muskaan gasped and
put her hand over her mouth to show how shocked she was.
M- Oh my
gosh. I am so so so sorry. I didn't mean to spill this over you. Here(
she started wiping his shirt with paper towels while Rahul just looked
down at his shirt disgusted and shocked. He couldn't believe that this
happened. With anger, he pushed Muskaan off of him.
R- Where were
you looking? Can't you see? What the hell is wrong with you? (looking
at Muskaan agryly and flailing his hands wildly)
M- (shocked that Rahul was talking to her like)
Muskaan
wasn't the type that would just listen to people talk to her like that.
She was the type that fought back. She wouldn't just listen to people
who said stuff to her. She would say something back to them.
M-
(looked at Rahul who was trying to dry the stain away) Oye(pointing to
Rahul) You're saying I can't see. First of all, are you blind? Because
you clearly pushed me first. If you could stop thinking about yourself
just once then you would see that because YOU pushed me my drinks fell
on you. So clearly, its ALL YOUR FAULT. (Muskaan said screaming at
Rahul)
By this time, half the lunchroom was quiet. They were just
witnessing the fight between Rahul and Muskaan. Everybody was just
shocked that a smart, unpopular girl like Muskaan could talk that way to a
cool, slick, popular, handsome guy like Rahul. Rahul just stood there with
mouth open. Again, Muskaan just yelled at him and shut him up. How did
she do that to him. No one had ever acted this way with Rahul. No one
had ever had the courage. But, this girl didn't know who she was
talking to. It's like she has forgotten her place. She didn;t care what
her status was nor what Rahul's status was. While Rahul kept thinking
about how Muskaan was different, Anjali walked over to fuming Muskaan
and stood right in front of her with her hands on her hips.
An-
Excuse me, what do you think you're doing? You're yelling at my friend
when it was your fault. And even if Rahul pushed you, you should still
watch where you're going. Clearly, to me it seems like you're blind. And
why wouldn't you be. You're talking like this to the most popular,
handsome guy in this school. Don't you see that? Aren't you ashamed? Oh well, i guess you
must be. I mean look at your hair. it like a curly jungle. You don't
know what's stuck up in there. Maybe some bugs, spiders, cockroaches,
tropical bugs. Who knows. And look at your clothes? Did your mommy pick
out your outfit or what? A musty yellow color t-shirt with faded unknown brand of jeans So, clearly everyone knows your place here. You
are just one of those ugly nerds who should be sitting by the dumpsters
because thats were you belong! (Looked at Rahul, who was trying hard not
to laugh and Armaan who was standing there shocked) Lets go guys.
(Anjali, Rahul and Armaan walked away.)
The bells rings...
Atul
walks over to Muskaan, who was controlling herself from tears, who
looked shocked yet upset. Riddhima tried to comfort Muskaan, but what
could she say besides, "Don't listen to her, she's just full of herself and
thinks she is superior to everyone." But that wasn't enough to make
Muskaan feel better.
At- Muskaan, you okay? Muskaan, who cares. She
is a person who just cares about herself. And you know, yelling at you
like that just made her look bad. You know why? Because the way she
yelled at you made her look like a jungli billi. (Atul said wiping off
Muskaan's tears, smiling) Now come on, we don't want to be late for
class.
M- (laugh at the jungli billi part) Thanks Atul.(hugs him) Chal.
Atul,
Muskaan, and Riddhima walked out of the lunch room and walked to their
classes. Atul and Muskaan went to math while Riddhima went to spanish.
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Rahul, Armaan and Anjali walked to their lockers to get their books for their next class.
R- Angie, you're too good. You just shut her up. Her face was hilarious.
An- I know right. She deserved it though. Look at the way she was talking to you. No way, that girl needed to know her place.
R- Yeah, thanks. (high-fiving Angie)
An- Okay guys I'm getting late, so i will talk to you guys later. Bye!(Walking away from Rahul and Armaan, waving back at them)
R- Bye( waves back and giggles) Oye,(patting Armaan on the back.) What's wrong, bro?
A-
Nothing, man. (closing his locker and walking towards his class)
Just..(thinking of whether he should say it or not, but then takes a
deep breath) Don;t you think what Angie and you said to Muskaan was a
little harsh?
R- Harsh? (confused) No way, she so deserved that. She keeps yelling at me thinking she can say whatever to me and..
A-
Yeah i know(cutting off Rahul) But what about the comments about her
hair and clothes and her sitting next to a dumpster because she belongs there. I mean, that really wasn't needed.
I saw her face. She literally froze and cracked after hearing what
Angie said. Angie is too much sometimes. Seriously. And you. You just
stood there laughing at her, which made the situation even more worse.
R- What?(putting his hands up) It was funny. What did you expect me to do besides laugh?
A-
Ugh...Rahul. Your not understanding me, man. We aren't 5th graders in
grade school. We are Juniors in High School. You can;t just go around
saying whatever to anybody. Think a little.
R- She spilled coke all over me? What did you expect me to do besides freak out.
A-
Dude, that wasn't even her fault. You were to busy looking around at
girls talking that you didn't see ahead and YOU pushed her! That's why her coke
spilled on you. Dude, you really hurt her. I mean sure she yells at you, but still she shouldn't have gotten yelled at and humiliated that
way. (pausing trying to get his words together) Okay i gotta go to
class now. Think about it, bro.(patting his shoulder and then walking
inside to his class)
Rahul stood in the hallway thinking that maybe
he was a little harsh at Muskaan. That maybe he should have stopped
Angie from saying all that to her. That maybe it was really his fault
and poor Muskaan was given the blame. He wondered about Muskaan. How
must she feel right now. Hurt. Sad. Humiliated. Will she yell at me in
computers now after what happened? Will she ever talk to me again?
R- Dude, Armaan was right. The damage is done. So, what do i do know? Rahul, man, you gotta think of something.
Rahul took a deep breath and walked into his class. Confused and apologetic.
Promo- Will Rahul be able to apologize and will Muskaan forgive him?
Hey
guys, this is part 3. I hope you guys like it. I know i haven;t been
showing any romantic scenes between Rahul and Muskaan but its needed
for them to fight now. PLease leave your comments, suggestions and
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So please, comment and most importantly i hope you guys enjoy this part!
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Siddhi