Part 1
"Shilpaaaaaaa!!
Have you seen my new mini skirt??" Muskaan asks in an American accent
barging into a neatly decorated room.
"Shilpaaaaa!!"
shouts Muskaan again pushing her twin sister out of bed.
"What the heck yaar? Let's me
sleep!" Shilpa replies in the same accent, climbing back onto the comfort
of her bed.
"Uhh! Can't find anything in the
house!" Muskaan says flinging open Shilpa's closet.
"Don't you dareee touch that Muski!!
You'll make my room look like the junkyard you live in" Shilpa shouts from
under the blanket "And anyways .. I don't wear your silly
miniskirts."
"Ya ya I know you cover every inch of
your body.. you know guys aren't gonna gobble you up if you show some
skin" Muskaan says rolling her eyes.
"Done with your
lecture? Now please get out of my room" Shilpa says throwing fluffy pink
bunny slipper at Muskaan.
Jumping into his mustang,
he turns on loud music "Armaan be careful, don't drive too fast" His
mom yelled from inside.
"Yes mom...love you mom byee" Armaan
heads off to a club for a party.
It was his last day with his friends in
Chicago. He was moving to NYU's campus the next day to continue his studies.
"Shilps am gonna be out for the
night...if you want you can join me..." Muskaan said putting on her
lipstick.
"No thanks...I have to pack my
stuff..." Shilpa said standing in front of her closet.
"Sis, it's not like we're moving out of
state..it's just a matter of 2 hours'It's NYU after all" Muskaan said
giving last touch to her makeup.
"Whatever Muski..and you better not get
drunk tonight" Shilpa said dumping her bag of shoes in the suitcase.
"Don't worry...I
won't. Ok how do I look?" Muskaan asked placing one of her hand on her
hip.
"Gorgeous
sis" Shilpa goes and hugs her.
"Thank youu"
Muskaan smiled.
The night was crazy for Armaan. He did not get
drunk but he had fun dancing off with the girls around.
Muskaan was going to
get drunk but remembering Shilpa's words; she refused when her friends offered.
The next day was crazy.
Moving in was the worst thing ever. Shilpa and Muskaan changed their dorm rooms
setting for about 20 times.
On the other side
Armaan was waiting for his 2 other roommates to come so they can fix their
room.
"Hello" one
of the guys came in while Armaan was taking out his clothes from the suitcase.
"Hey dude...Armaan
here" Armaan said shaking his hand with his.
"Kabir" Kabir
smiled.
"Do you know who
Rahul Grewal is?" Armaan asked continuing his unpacking.
"Yes I know him very well, he is my
friend but we haven't met since about 2 years coz he is in India" Kabir
said.
"Oh great..." Armaan replied.
"I hope our third
roommate never shows up" Shilpa sighed.
"I hope so too man" Muskaan said
"Oh I gotta go meet Kabir..let me text him" Muskaan said settling on
her bed.
"You and your
Kabir...anyways say hi to him from me" Shilpa said turning on the tv.
"Rahullllll dude you are finally
here" Kabir hugged Rahul as he walked in.
"Its been so long
man...how have you been?" Rahul asks as they walk into the room.
"Great yaar..."
Kabir smiles "Oh this is Armaan...our roommate" Kabir introduces.
Walking out of the
washroom after washing his face, Rahul sees Kabir heading out the door.
"Hey Rahul I'll
catch up with your later!" Kabir says before rushing out.
"So what are you majoring in?"
Armaan asks putting his xbox on pause.
"Liberal Arts" Rahul replies as he
continues unpacking.
"Oh at the Tisch School of Arts?"
"Yup, same as Kabir. What about
you?"
"Dentistry!" Armaan says with a
smile.
"You wanna play by the way?"
"No"
"Oh man, don't
tell me you are one of those studious type people who doesn't do anything other
than study all day long??" Armaan asks sighing.
"Haha no I'm not one of those type
people.. but dude cut me some slack! I just got off an 18 hour flight from
halfway across the world" Rahul says chuckling.
"Haha ya true
that. But we will play another day for sure!" Armaan says resuming his
game once again.
Walking into the
restaurant hand in hand, Kabir and Muskaan take their seats.
"Would you like anything to drink?"
asks the waiter coming to their table.
"Uh ya.. I'd like
a martini please" Muskaan says looking at the menu.
"No she wouldn't!" Kabir says right
away "You promised Muskaan.. remember?" Kabir asks giving her a
meaningful look.
"Uhh.. ya alright.. I'll take some water.
No ice." Muskaan says smiling up at the waiter.
Muskaan and Kabir had
met up over the summer at the camp NYU held for freshman Liberal Arts majors
before the semester started and they just hit it off since then. (Rahul hadn't
been able to come to this, since he couldn't get tickets in time.)
Calling it a night
Shilpa turns off the tv and goes to bed.
"Am done playing..I need some sleep"
Armaan turns off the game and climb up on his bunk bed.
"Goodnight Armaan" Rahul says
shutting off the lights.
They didn't wait for Kabir as it was already
11 and he wasn't back yet. And neither did Shilpa wait for Muskaan.
The next morning, the Welcome Day was held in
Student Union and all the students were recommended to attend the Welcome day.
"Muskiii wake
up" Shilpa said throwing a pillow at her.
"I don't wanna
go" Muskaan mumbled.
"Well you have no
choice...you will have to come with me" Shilpa said brushing her hairs in front
of the mirror.
"Why are you taking so long in the
bathroom Armaan?" Kabir asked sleepily.
"2 more mins"
Armaan yelled.
Kabir went to his bed till Armaan came out.
"Kabir get up..you
are not sleeping anymore" Rahul said taking away his blanket.
"Then tell Armaan to get out" Kabir
said covering his face with a pillow.
"Sorry I took too
long" Armaan came out shirtless.
"Kabirrr get into to the bathroom
NOW" Rahul said pulling him out of his bed.
As Shilpa and Muskaan were getting ready, they
hear the door opening. They saw a girl walk in with bunch of things in her
hands.
"Must be our roommate" Muskaan whispers.
"Yeah" Shilpa
says trying to see the face.
"Hey guys, sorry
am late...couldn't make it yesterday" The girl said closing the door behind
her.
Walking into the
student union hurriedly, the guys headed closer to the stage so they could hear
properly.
"Muski come on! We're gonna be late
because of you!!" Shilpa says dragging Muskaan out from in front of the
mirror.
"Sheeesh Shilps I need to look good
yaar!" Muskaan says pulling out her small mirror from her purse.
"Oye Madam you're not going to a fashion
show ok?"
"Uhh.. so? What's your point?"
Muskaan says rolling her eyes.
Their roommate Nisha had already hurried off
to the Student Union after dumping her books on her bed.
"Dear Students, we
would like to welcome you all to a new school year. We hope each and every one
of you get something valuable out of this year." The Dean of NYU says
tersely.
Catching the end of
what he said Shilpa glares at Muskaan. Muskaan shoots her a don't start again
look.
"When are your classes today?" Kabir
asks Armaan and Rahul.
"I've got a class at eleven" Armaan
says pulling out his schedule "Bio 1101" Armaan says rolling his
eyes.
"I think we have the same class
Kabir" Rahul says comparing his own schedule to Kabir's.
"Haan and she have
the same schedule" Kabir says dreamily.
"She? Who is SHE?" Rahul asks.
"Nothing let's go.." Kabir walks
into his class's direction.
"See you later
Armaan" Rahul said and followed Kabir.
"Where is this building at man"
Armaan asks himself looking around. He takes out the campus map and starts
looking for his class.
"Rahul, Main abhi
aaya tu class mein ja" Kabir leaves so find Muskaan.
But Muskaan was already in class waiting for
him. Rahul looks for a seat..as most of the class was full. He sees some empty
seats in the back of the class and walks there.
"Oh excuse me,
this seat is reserved" Muskaan said putting her bag on the seat that she
saved for Kabir.
"My bad"
Saying that Rahul sits on the seat behind her.
Seeing a lady walk towards him with her hair
tied up in a tight bun, and wearing a baggy full hand t-shirt and a pair of
jeans, Armaan decides to ask her for the directions.
"Ma'am, where can
I find this class?" Shilpa gives him a weird look while wondering why he
called her ma'am but checks his schedule all the same.
"Oh I'm headed there too" Shilpa
says leading the way.
Thinking she is his professor Armaan follows
her to class silently.
Not finding Muskaan
anywhere Kabir decides to head to class.
Seeing Kabir entering Rahul waves to him, but
he is shocked at Kabir smiles at him and goes and sits next to the girl he had
spoken to before.
"I thought she was
saving the seat" Rahul thought to himself, but he didn't get much time to
dwell on the matter as the professor walked into class.
Seeing the lady he
walked in with take a seat among the students Armaan is confused.
"Umm.. why are you
sitting here?' Armaan asks scratching his head.
"What do you
mean?" Shilpa asks raising her eyebrow at Armaan.
"Silence!! Everyone take your seat"
says the professor walking into class.
Looking behind him, Armaan quickly takes a
seat diagonal to Shilpa.
"Toh yeh professor
nahi hai? But she looks like one with her hair tied up all tightly" Armaan
thinks to himself.
"Kabir, you know
her?" Rahul whispered pointing at Muskaan.
"Ya, she is my girlfriend" Kabir
grins.
"Kabir the dude your talking to was
trying to take ur seat" Muskaan said giving Rahul a dirty look.
"Mujhey koi shauk
nahi hai tumhare paas beithne ka" Rahul glared at her.
"Easy guys easy...let's go class is
over...who's up for lunch?" Kabir asks packing his bag.
"No Kabir, I have to wait for Shilpa
outside her class" Muskaan says as they walk out.
"Ok we all can wait...right Rahul?"
Kabir asks.
"I don't
mind" Rahul said following them.
"I'm Armaan...and you are?" Armaan
asks as they walk out of class together.
"Shilpa" She
keeps walking not interested in talking at all.
"Why are you
walking so fast?" Armaan asks.
"Shut up..will
you?" Shilpa turns around facing him.
"Nah, I can't shut
up.." Armaan grins.
"Ughhh then just
go to hell" Shilpa continues walking.
"Shilpaaaaaa" Muskaan calls her.
"Hey sis" Shilpa walked towards her
and Armaan followed seeing Kabir and Rahul there.
"I thought you
guys had class in different building" Armaan said confusedly.
"We came here to get her sister...Oh by
the way this is Muskaan" Kabir introduces.
"Hey" Armaan grinned.
"Hi" Muskaan
replied rudely.
Rahul rolled his eyes
thinking how rude this girl is.
"Let's go for
lunch guys" Kabir said holding Muskaan's hand and walking ahead of them.
"Hey Shilpa this is Rahul" Rahul
said shaking her hand.
"Shilpa, why is your sister so
rude?" Armaan asks.
"She is not rude,
people like you should be treated this way" Shilpa said getting tired of
Armaan's questions.
"Hellooo what do
you mean people like me? Girls fawn over me alright.. just cause you have some
eyesight issues I can't help you." Armaan retorts, tired of Shilpa's
constant snapping.
"Rahul you coming along?" Kabir asks
looking back.
Seeing Muskaan looking disinterested at the
mention of his name, Rahul decides he doesn't want to spend time with her
either.
"No thanks. Why
don't you go enjoy with your girlfriend!" Rahul says throwing Muskaan a
'don't think so much of yourself' look.
"I'm glad you
declined the offer.. cause the lunch would have been a bore-fest if you came
along!" Muskaan says before taking Kabir's hand and walking off.
"Uh.. I'm sorry for her behavior"
Shilpa says looking apologetically at Rahul.
"Oye she was rude to me too!" Armaan
says waving his hand in front of Shilpa's face.
"Ya but there is a
difference. You deserved it." Shilpa says walking off without waiting for
Armaan's reply.
"Weird sisters eh?" Armaan says
looking at Shilpa's retreating figure.
"Tell me about
it" Rahul says rolling his eyes.
"You wanna go get lunch with a normal
person?" Armaan asks chuckling at Rahul.
"Thank Goodness I found at least one
normal person! I was beginning to wonder if I had joined a mental asylum
instead of NYU for a second there" Rahul says, wiping his brow.
They all go for lunch
in the same dining hall but they go separately.
Not finding seats empty
on the one side of the dining hall, Rahul and Armaan heads of to the other
side.
They only see one of
the tables empty that too next to where Shilpa, Muskaan, and Kabir were
sitting.
"Kya karein?"
Armaan asks Rahul.
"Dude they don't own this place...we can
sit wherever we want...chalo" Rahul said and Armaan followed.
"OMG koi aur seat nahi mili kya tum dono
ko?" Muskaan says annoyingly.
"Ji nahin, we will sit HERE only...you
don't OWN this place alright" Rahul was pissed off at her.
"How dare you talk
to me like that?" Muskaan said getting up.
"Rahul, relax dude...no need to waste
time on this crazy people" Armaan said making him cool down.
"Who are you
calling crazy haan?" Shilpa got up.
"YOU!! I called
YOU crazy...go get your ears checked" Armaan said taking a quick sip of
his soft drink.
"SHUT UP ARMAAN!!" Shilpa yelled
making everyone looking at her.
"Shilpa, leave it..." Kabir said
"Muskaan tum bhi baith jao" he tried calming down the sisters. Giving
each other deadly looks they continue eating.
Finishing her food quickly Shilpa took all her
books and made her way out. "To the library already huh? Didn't expect
anything different" Armaan shouted out.
"OMG I'm surprised
people like you even know the word 'library' I thought it would be too uncool
to even utter the word." Shilpa retorts stamping Armaan's foot before
walking away.
Kabir looks from
Muskaan to Rahul as Rahul continues talking to Lisa their classmate, Muskaan
glares at him.
"Let's go Kabir.. the air in this hall is
too suffocating to breathe properly" Muskaan says getting up.
"Then I would
suggest taking a shower everyday instead of drenching yourself in
perfume!" Rahul says looking up at her.
Before Muskaan charges at Rahul, ready to
murder him with her bare hands Kabir pulls her out of the cafeteria.
"Muskaan.. he's my
friend yaar!" Kabir says making Muskaan stand straight against a wall.
"Toh?? Mera dost
toh nahi hai na" Muskaan says rolling her eyes.
Seeing Kabir's grim
expression, Muskaan smiles sweetly "Okay Okay I will not do anything to
him." Getting the evil glint back in her eyes she continues "But if
he dares comments on me again, I can't give you any guarantees!"
"Haan okay okay, let's go to our next
class" Kabir says putting his arm around Muskaan's shoulder.
"Oh shit.."
Armaan stops in his tracks thinking about his Bio project.
"Kya hua?" Rahul asks.
"Arey yaar I'll
have to go to the library to get some books for my project" Armaan said.
"So? jaa na" Rahul said.
"But woh wahan hai na...one of the evil
sisters" Armaan replies and continues walking.
"Oh...good luck
with that..I have a class...I HOPE it's not with the other evil sister"
Rahul sighed.
"Good luck to you too bro" Armaan
said patting his back and they went in the opposite direction.
Part 2, Page 9
Edited by sweet.melody - 13 years ago
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