Next day seemed to arrive too late as my mind kept on going back to the place and incident over there. Sid asked where I got lost when he couldn't find me and I made God knows what excuse to which he looked least satisfied but chucked it as he would have thought that what I might be doing on the top of Shimla.
I got dressed into a turtle necked purple coloured thigh length sweater and a black jeans pairing them with my black ankle boots that look way too new due to their lesser use. I complimented my look with a light makeup definitely more than any other days as it was the competition day today.
Navya has strictly asked me to not come to college with my regular looks. I had straightened my already straight but rough here and pulled out a neat hairline at a side, leaving the rest of the hair open. Sprayed my perfume and after grabbing a shoulder bag, I moved downstairs as I heard the honk of the car.
I moved downstairs to see my father waiting for me in the car. I moved out after bidding a bye to my mother. The timings were different for today and papa was dropping me to college. I smiled at him as I sat in the car and he drove off.
I got down and quickly moved to the classes assigned to the participants. I knocked once and moved inside to find my cousin cum best friend looking prettiest in her self-chosen dress but nervous like hell.
"Babyyyy..!!" I squealed trying to cheer her up and took her in a hug. "You look beautiful." I complimented her ignoring her condition.
She had always loved the compliments.
"Nandu.." She almost cried while hugging me back.
"Relax yaar. Everything is going to be perfect and you are going to kill it." I said dramatically, breaking away from her and she giggled.
"Just be yourself and do your best. Leave the rest on Jesus. Don't stress, okay..?" I asked trying to make her feel good and she quickly nodded.
"Take a deep breath." She inhaled and exhaled deeply calming down her senses.
After making sure that Navya was fine, I moved out to hunt for my other best friend. I was in a good mood today. Despite whatever had been happening I thought to let the positive vibes engulf me to be a little bit happy. There was hardly an hour left for the show to begin. I moved through the corridors when a voice stopped me in my tracks...
"Miss Nandini Murthy." I was confused for a moment before I turned to find someone known.
Aryaman Khurrana.
I smiled at him as he waved at me. I wanted to run away as soon as I saw his company.
Veebha Patel.
Not againnn...!!
Aryaman radiated such positivity that I dejectedly moved towards him to not look rude. He was a kind man.
"How are you doing..? I didn't know that you studied here..?" He looked surprised.
"I am fine and yeah, it is my college." I emphasized on my college while looking at Veebha who was already throwing daggers at me through her eyes.
"I was an ex student here. Manik, Sidharth's brother was my batch mate." He very excitedly told me about his life while I showed surprising expressions despite knowing his full story from Sidharth.
"Well, meet Veebha. She.." Before he could carry on with his introduction, I interrupted.
"Veebha patel who is funding the function." I said sounding not too interested in knowing her.
"And she is Nandini Murthy, just a student here." Veebha said mockingly and I looked at her abruptly.
Once a bitch, always a bitch.
