The Night

Chapter-5

                         Part-1(Utkarsh)

I was about to reach the apartment in 20 minutes when I got a call from Palak. I picked it up
“Hey, rude girl!”
“Hey!” I could feel her smiling on the other side.
“What’s up? How come you suddenly called the ‘wrong timing’ boy today?”
“Oh! Yes! where are you?”
“Just coming back from Dehradun”
“Oh! But I have your house’s key. Do you have a spare one?”
“Are you out somewhere?”
“Yes! I am.”
“Shit! I think I have forgotten the spare key in Dehradun” A wave of panic came across my face and IDK how she sensed it.
“Hey! Don’t panic! we can do one thing. I can send you the location and you can come here and take the keys of my apartment and you can take go and take your house’s key from there.” She replied.
“Yes, we can do it. Send me the location.”
“I just sent it”
“Ok! I will be there in few minutes.”
“You can take as long as you wish until you are in hurry!” She chuckled.
“Impressive! The rude girl isn’t in hurry for the first time.” I smiled as I said it.
“Ok! Bye. And you are not supposed to talk on phone while driving.”
“Yeah! Bye! See ya”
She hung up from the other side.
I took a U-turn to reach at the location shared by Palak. It was a place named “The Nocturnal Club”
I called her when I reached there. She didn’t answered. I called her some more time but no response. I decided to go inside. I went inside. I couldn’t spot her due to the crowd and sound. Maybe that’s why she couldn’t answer it when I called. I looked here and there searching for her. No luck! I ordered an Iced tea because at this time of the night, I would be checked for alcohol while driving. I turned to the people dancing there. Darshan Raval’s Kamariya was being played then. The songs kept changing at regular intervals. And then, I spotted her rocking the dance floor. It felt good to see her in this state. Yes! This rude girl surely has a cheerful, fun-loving and cute side to her. Being rude is just a negligible part of her.  My ice tea arrived and I sat on a stool near bar. After few minutes, I saw Palak along with a girl and guy approaching the bar. They didn’t noticed me and gulped down some some drinks. Then, Palak noticed me,
“Hey!” She said
I smiled and moved towards them.
“He is Utkarsh, my neighbor” She told her 2 friends.
“Hey! Vani” the girl with her said.
“And this is Sid” Palak said pointing towards the guy.
“Hi, Utkarsh”
Palak went to bar to have another drink.
“She drinks a lot” I asked Vani and Sid remembering the night, I first met her when she was drunk.
“Yeah! But she drinks only with us.” Sid replied
“Because she has trust issues” Vani completed his sentence.
“And she is aware of the fact that she can’t handle it alone” Sid added.
“Oh!” I said wondering WAS SHE WITH THEM BEFORE I MET HER THAT NIGHT DRUNK.
Then 2 couples came towards us. They were Sayra-Abhay and Ankit-Rewa. Sid introduced us. And then, romantic songs started playing. Both the couples went back to dance floor. After a few minutes, Palak returned and then the DJ played  Darshan Raval’s song Saari ki Saari.
“Darshan!” Palak shouted and dragged me along with her to the dance floor.
Vani and Sid smiled as accustomed to it. Maybe Darshan Raval is her fav. singer. We kept dancing for around 25 minutes. She was badly drunk by then. And I forgot the reason for my arrival here. I checked the time. It was 10:45 pm. We decided to go back home. We were having 4 cars along with mine. 1 of Abhay, 1 of Ankit, 1 of Palak and 1 of mine. Palak was not in a condition to drive. So we decided that Sayra and Abhay would drive back in his car, Ankit and Rewa in his car and Sid and Vani would take Palak’s car and would return it the next day and I took Palak with me in my car.

                       Part-2(Palak)

I faintly remembered the happenings of the last night when I woke up the next day at 10:11 am.What I remembered was that I was still talking to Utkarsh when Abhay and Sayra arrived. After a few minutes, Ankit, Vani, Sid and Rewa also arrived. Then, after some time, Utkarsh came, I got drunk(it always happens when I go there). And then, I have no memory of what happened next. I checked my phone. There were many messages. I checked Friend’s group first. This chat was 10 minutes ago:
Sayra: That Utkarsh guy was cute! Wasn’t he?😌
Vani: Yeah! He was damn hot!😅
Sid: Sayra has no chance! Vani has.🤭
Ankit:🤣🤣🤣
Sayra:😅 Seriously!
Vani: Nahi yaar! (No, dude) He will look cute with Palak!
Sid: Maybe! 🤔
Vani: Arey Ankit, how was your ‘Wild Night' with Rewa
Ankit: Nothing like that happened.☹️
Sid: Seriously! Hard to believe!😱
Sayra: Jhooth mat bol! Hum teri rag-rag se waqif hain!😌(Don't lie, we know you very well!)
Ankit: Trust me, tumse jhooth kyu bolunga!🥺🥺(Why should I lie to you)
Vani: You dare do it🤨
Sid: Bolne layak nahin bachega fer agli bar kuch bhi.(You won't be able to talk anything for the next time)
Ankit: Vese, Utkarsh ki neighbor h kaha?🧐🤨(Btw, where is Utkarsh's neighbor)
I smiled and replied,
Me: On my Sofa!
Vani: When did you woke up?
Me: Just now!😅
Sid: Are you in your clothes?🤨
Me: Ya! But, why?🤔
Sayra:🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ankit: Yr, she is on her sofa!😅
Sayra: So, there’s no chance!🤭🤭
Me: But, what happened? Who drove me back? And why are you guys talking like this?🤔🤨
Sid: Girl! You have trust issues and you chose to go with your ‘neighbour’ to home!🧐😱🥺
Vani: We thought you had a crazy night with him😅🤭
Sayra: Under the influence of drinks!😌
Ankit: But, maybe you don’t have trust issues with a right person.🤭
Sayra: See, you are on Sofa! And there's no chance ☺️☺️
Vani: He is surely different!👍👍
Sid: In positive ways.
Ankit: And see, You are in your clothes too.😎
Sayra: He would never take advantage of you when you are drunk.😇
Me: Ok! I am gonna freshen up. TTYL.🤗
I tried to be normal and then kept the phone aside. I was thinking about what my friends said. This is the task of best friend. They prepare a conclusion for your issues and your work is sorted!
There was a lot going in my head. For some reason, I was in a bad mood, IDK why. I freshened up and took a shower and then switched on TV to watch some news highlights. Then, I received a call from Mom. I very normally talked to her. I was still upset, IDK why.  I stayed in this mood till noon. Then, I remembered something. I went to Utkarsh’s house.

                   Part-3(Utkarsh)

I was rearranging my house due to new furniture when I heard the doorbell. I checked the time. it was 3:00 pm. I shrugged my shoulders because I didnt knew who was it and I didn't expected someone. But I would be able to offer my guest a seat because in the last 1 hour, I was just able to make a good place for the sofa set. With this relaxing thought, I opened the door. It was Palak.
"Hey! Did I disturbed you" She said smiling
"Hey! Umm. No, not alt all. Come inside." I replied
I stepped a little aside for her to enter.  My house was complete mess.
"I surely disturbed you"  she said taking a look at my living room
I smiled.
"To be honest, this sofa doesnt look nice here!" She said looking at it more to herself than me.
I looked at her with very wide eyes and I guess a really funny  and shocked face. I felt like I had been stabbed in the back. I made a decent place for this sofa set and she is now telling me that "IT DOESN'T LOOK NICE THERE!!" I felt like murdering her. I also had this book reck and table and closet to be decently placed in my living room. What the hell I'm gonna do now. But she was looking towards my living room and thinking something. Thank God! She didn't saw my expression, otherwise she would have been frightened and would have ran away. I acted like I didnt listened to her and said,
"Have a seat, I will make a coffee for you"
and went to the kitchen. While making coffee, I thought why is she here? To tell me that I don't have any sense to decorate my house. It took me 5 minutes to make coffee but it took me around 10 minutes to find cookies in my kitchen! And then it took me another 5  minutes to pour them out in a bowl! When I went out, I was really surprised at the sight.
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To be continued.........
Chapter-4(Coming Soon)
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