Threads of Silver (indefinite hold)

It's a bet

"An infatuated man is not only foolish but wild"

As the lights dimmed, a sudden hush fell over the entire auditorium. The much awaited annual day performance was about commence. Fateh sat up straighter in his seat while his siblings and Buzzo clapped and giggled in delight beside him. 

Through the silence cut a beautiful voice resonating across the auditorium "Suno ek thi kaach ki gudiya."

The spotlight came alive and the wind was knocked from Fateh's chest. It was like he forgot how to breathe altogether. 

"O' sunno ek thi pyaar ki pudiya" she continued as Fateh fell into a trance. Time seemed to have stopped for him as he remained completely still, unmoving as he drank in the sight before him. 

"Suno ek tha pind da shera" her words drowned around Fateh as desire burned hot in his chest. His heartbeat went wild as his eyes traced every inch of her. From the big doe eyes that shone under the light to the way her lips moved as she spoke, down to her waist where the kurta cinched and all the way to her hips where her hair ended. 

"Aaya kaske bandh wo sehara"  He had never seen someone like her. Oh and when she smiled his heart seemed to beat a little faster. Fateh's eyes remained glued on her as more students floated on stage. The attraction he felt was unfathomable, she was like a magnet that drew him towards her. Next to her the world seemed to dim and the only person he could see was her.

"Sadke Uss pyar ke, Sadke Uss yaar ke" as the last of her words died down music blast into the auditorium and she vanished from sight. The students broke into a spectacular dance that kept everyone in the audience enchanted but Fateh.

As soon as she was gone it was like Fateh woke up from a dream. His eyes frantically searched for the girl, but she was nowhere in sight, she was gone. 

Fateh had to know who she was, Fateh needed to know who she was, he just had to. 

Leaning towards Amrik he asked 

"Amrik, do you know who she was?" 

"She who?" Amrik asked 

"Arey the girl who was saying the dialogues abhi abhi" 

"Acha voh, Jasmine my classmate...kyu?" Amrik responded turning towards Fateh. 

Fateh smiled at the sound of her name. "Jasmine" he repeated under his breath, naam bhi sonna aur kuddi bhi. 

Seeing his brother blush Amrik got what was going on his mind "Oho, akhir koyi pasand aa gayi aapko" Amrik teased. 

Fateh only blushed more as he slipped into his dream world leaving Amrik staring at him with a mischievous smile. 

"Mahi...Mahi" Amrik whispered in his sisters ear. 

"Kya hai!" Mahi snapped as she turned towards Amrik. Why can't he let her do anything in peace? 

"Fatehveer ko dekh" he said as he bent backward to allow Mahi to get a good look at Fateh. 

Mahi scanned the smiling and blushing Fateh and scrunched her nose 

"Inhe kya hua?" she asked

"Pyaar" Amrik responded giggling. 

"Pyaar? Kisse?" Mahi asked

"Voh abhi joh thi na stage par, dialogue bol rahin thi uss se...meri classmate hai"

Mahi frowned. She didn't like the idea of Fateh veer liking that girl. Her mind had already been shipping Fateh with Tejo. Though Mahi did not know much about love she definitely saw chemistry between her veere and Tejo. The way anger shone in Fateh's while arguing with Tejo, the way he spoke about her, that kind of fire, that kind of passion she had only seen in him when he was in the boxing ring. Somewhere she knew that her Fateh veer needed someone who would challenge him, push him and she could see that in Tejo. 

"Nahi, aisa nahi hoga, yeh toh bas chotta sa crush hai...pyaar toh unhe Tejo ma'am se hi hoga" Mahi responded 

Amrik frowned. Tejo ma'am? He hated that woman. The way she had spoken to him was downright rude. He in his 20+ years of existence had not encountered a more arrogant woman. There was no way in hell that she will be his bhabhi. Moreover, Jasmine seemed like a nice girl. He had seen her in class with her friends. She was always smiling and happy. She would be much better for his brother than that shadain. 

"Paagal hai kya Mahi? uss nakchadi se pyar hoga Fatehveer ko? Fatehveer usse khud shadain bulate hai...main to Jasmine aur veere ko mila ke hi rahoonga"  Amrik replied 

"Main bhi dekhti hoon tu aisa kaise karega, veere ko sirf Tejo ma'am se pyaar hoga aur wahi meri bhabhi banegi"  Mahi countered

"Fine then, 500 ki shart lagate hai" Amrik said 

Mahi scoffed 

"Main aise chotte shart nahi laga ti. Laga na hai toh 10,000 ki laga. Aur agar main jeeti toh tu ek mahine ke liye mera gulaam banega, main jo kahungi tujhe karna padega" 

"Manzoor, lekin agar main jeeta toh tu meri gulaam ek mahine ke liye"

"It's a bet"  Mahi said extending her hand

" It is" Amrik replied shaking her hand in response. 

Buzzo had managed to over hear this conversation and silently prayed to the lord above. The last time Mahi and Amrik engaged in a bet all hell had broken loose. Buzzo shuddered as the disastrous memory flooded his mind. The siblings were extremely competitive and would go to the ends of the earth if it meant they would secure a win against the other. This time what havoc their bet will bring only time could tell. Buzzo vowed to do everything in his power to contain the inevitable mess that was going to be brought on by the Virk siblings. Alone he could only do so much, beyond a point he could only hope that in the process Fateh and the two women who had done nothing wrong to be dragged into this mess, are not hurt. 

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Hi guys! Hope you liked the update (cause I don't)  

This chapter was a struggle! I had a certain vision in mind but no matter how I wrote the part something always seemed off. So I discarded about 4 drafts before coming to terms with the fact that no matter what, the part is not going to be exactly the way I want it. 

This was the most satisfactory attempt at this chapter :( 

The next chapter is also ready and is much better (thank god) 

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