A Four-legged Friendship [COMPLETED]

Chapter 7

Elsa jumps into the cake headfirst, spattering it all over Ayush. He jumps up, curses and glares at Elsa, who is now blissfully playing in the cake, licking it continuously, her little tail wagging happily. Everybody is laughing out loud, but Ayush is too furious to join in.

"Hey Alia, you have a dog on your cake", says Sid, casually, as if saying, "Hey you have some goo on your face."

I rush towards Elsa, and get her out of the mess. Dogs are strictly not allowed to eat chocolate. I sincerely hope she doesn't fall sick. I clean up the mess along with my friends. Sid, meanwhile, cleans Elsa with a wet tissue.

"I'm so sorry Ayush", I say. "I had absolutely no idea Elsa would do something like this..."

"It's okay Alia, ofcourse you didn't know", he says, reassuringly. "It's not your fault, neither is it Elsa's." He smiles at me. "Can I use your washroom? I need to get rid of my t-shirt."

"Sure", I say, as I gulp and try not to think about Ayush, shirtless.

"By the way", says Ayush, a little embarrassed. "Do you have something I can wear? A shirt or a t-shirt, anything will do. Only..."

"Only what?"

"Please don't give me something in pink or purple or lavender or any of those girly things to wear."

I snigger. "Not even lingerie?"

"Not even lingerie", he says, smirking. He comes near me and whispers in my ears, "But maybe you would look good in it." He winks at me as my heart beats increase to an exponential limit.

I hand him a blue, over-sized shirt and he walks away, the smirk still plastered on his face.

"Hey Al", calls Sid. "We are planning to watch a movie for a while. You in?"

"Sure."

Everybody relaxes and spreads out as Ayush joins in. Elsa climbs into Sid's lap, and she looks as if she is waiting eagerly for the movie to begin.

Sid grabs the remote, and says, "You ready, Elsa?", who gives him a sort of shake-hand. Honestly, sometimes I think she can actually understand what Sid says. Or maybe Sid is just well-versed in the universal Doggie Language. Maybe he got a diploma from the Woof-woof University.

"Which one are we watching?" I ask.

"American pie", says Mayank, glinting wickedly.

"No way in hell is that happening dude", says Saurav, with a warning note in his voice.

"I don't wanna watch a chick flick", groans Mayank.

"Lets just watch FRIENDS", suggests Nishita.

Everybody agrees, and we start watching back-to-back FRIENDS episodes, and soon everybody falls asleep.

***
"So what did Ayush say?" asks Tanvi, after the first lecture gets over.

"He said the fifth dentist caved in and now they are all recommending Trident."

She rolls her eyes and says, "Don't go all FRIENDS on me."

"He just asked me whether I was comfortable having him at home, and whether Sid and I are dating", I say, acting nonchalant.

"Hmmmm interesting", she says smiling widely.

"So what's your plan for tonight, birthday girl?" she asks.

"I was thinking of taking all of you out for dinner."

"Oooh maybe we could have dinner at your place!" exclaims Tanvi. "We could all get to meet Elsa again, she's such a sweetheart. Plus there is the added advantage where we can leave you and Ayush...alone."