Monami woke up before Karan. She checked his temperature which seemed okay by now. She moved out of the room without disturbing him and came out to see a smirking Koel. "You slept with Karan?", she exclaimed. Monami gave a dead pan expression and sat of the sofa yawning tiredly. "Koi nahi, maine suna hai, bed par itni mehnat karne se thakan ho jati hai.", Koel winked and giggled while Monami threw a slipper on her face which Koel dodged successfully.
"Accha woh sab chod, yeh bata ki main kya pehenu prom night ke liya? Zindagi mein doosri baar prom night ke liye jaa rahi hoon! Accha dikhna toh banta hai!", Koel said making Monami cringe. Monami never attended any parties in her college times. She remained an introvert enjoying her coffee and sleep.
"Black dress with red heels and loud red lipstick pehen le. It'll suit you.", Monami replied disinterestedly. "Oye, yaar wahi soch rahi thi, in fact wahi dress li thi, lekin ab man nahi hai woh pehen ne ka. Main soch rahi thi off sleeve white dress with black shiny heels pehen loon? Bata, kaisa lagega?", Koel asked.
"Accha hi lagega. Case par bhi dhyaan de diyo waise. Drugs abhi bhi bacchon ke beech mein phel rahe hain.", Monami replied. "Haan haan, madam. Par tu bhi kuch dekh le abhi, warna logon ko sach mein shak ho jayega!", Koel replied and walked off
"Koel ki hi dress pehen loongi. Yeh toh white pehenegi, main black pehen loongi.", Monami mumbled to herself carelessly and moved to the kitchen to make herself coffee while conveniently forgetting that she was only supposed to wear Indian clothes.
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The next day, the entire paltan was busy in 'trying not to sleep or bang the professor's head into the white board' and the prom preparations. Monami and Karan didn't talk about the previous day's events as Monami didn't want Karan to feel awkward and vice versa. Finally at lunch time, they were seated in the cafeteria chatting and laughing.
"Guys, three days. Phir Prom Night hai.", Sid announced. "Oye calendar in human form, kisi ne poocha? Kyun yaad dila raha hai woh manhoos din?", Koel sneered. "Kal tu hi toh excite hokar pooch rahi thi, "Monu, konsi dress pehenu?", Monami glared to which Koel replied, "Arey woh toh taiyaar hone ka part hai na. Ready hona is nice par uske siwai everything is ghatiya.", Koel rolled her eyes.
"Guys, I know aap log officers ho and all that but abhi ke liye you're students toh... I have a plan to make our Prom Night stand out!", Elena yelled and banged her hands to the table resulting in Karan's fried dropping on the ground. "Elena...", Karan glared at her to which Elena smiled while sweating in nervousness. Vicky, Dev and Sonakshi came running and huffing. "Konsa idea Ele? Art room mein rakhe carpet ko dekh kar tujhe kya idea sooja hai?", Sonakshi asked while the rest shifted their gaze to Elena questioningly. "Play! Hum Prom night mein play karenge.", Elena asked. "Kya? Ghar-Ghar play karna hai?", Koel asked with a dead-panned expression while the rest pace palmed.
"Ms. Kadwa Nimbu, woh theatre wala play ki baat kar rahi thi.", Faizi replied while Koel nodded in understanding. "Par Carpet dekh kar play ka idea kaise sooja?", Koel asked.
"Oh, woh main soch rahi thi ki Alladin ka play karte hain!", Elena's eyes twinkled. "Choti bacchi ho kya? Alladin? Ek udte huye carpet par beitha chor ek neele rang ke size-convertible and portable jadui creature ki madat se ek rajkumari se shaadi kar leta hai. How dumb?", Vicky said earning a smack from Elena on his arm. "How dare you? Tum hi kuch better suggest karo!", Elena challenged. "Jungle Book.", Karan muttered under his breath while the Monami, Sid, Sanju, Koel and Faizi, who had heard it, giggled quietly.
"Guys, I know jisnein bhi ICSE school se padhai ki hai woh shayad mera murder karde but listen, kyun na Merchant of Venice par play karein?", Sonakshi suggested. Monami and Sid pulled a knife from their tray and aimed in to Sonakshi's chest. "Listen Listen Listen, see Merchant of Venice was initially a play hi tha. Woh toh inn ICSE walon ne uske board exams ke liye daal diya woh Shakepeare ki galti thodi na hai. Eventually woh play classic hai, and play accha lagega, padhna hi toh accha nahi lagta tha," Sonakshi beamed hopefully.
"Waise baat toh sahi hai. Padhna hi toh accha nahi hota, play toh accha hi lagega, shayad.", Monami said while the rest also agreed. "Uhm- toh characters kon kon rakhein?", Dev asked. "Auditions karte hain, aur kya?", Sanju replied. "Hum mein se kisi ko nahi karna?", Vicky asked. "Humare paas already bohot kaam hai, ab play ki bhi taiyaariyan kaise karenge?", Faizi said. "Par, I think iss play ke through logon se milne ke chances badh jayenge. Toh isliye bola maine.", Vicky justified.
"Arey kya baat hai Vicky! Tumne dimaag lagana kab shuru kar diya? Mithaiyan order nahi ki maine, ek minute ruko!", Elena said and then yelled to the canteen boy for a box of sweets. Vicky glared at Elena while the rest giggled. "Baat toh sahi hai, ab main toh chalta hoon tum log decide karlo, inn ladkon ko basket ball khelna hai, meri image ke according, main mana nahi kar sakta, chal Faizi.", Karan said and Faizi and he left for the court.
"Yeh idea Principal sir ko batayein?", Sid asked to which the others agreed.
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"Arey wah! Lagta hai tum log sach mein dimaag laga rahe ho. Aur mere paise khane ke bhi saare intezam kar rahe ho. Ab main costumes, stage, décor iss sabke paise bhi doon?", The principal glared as the paltan told the plan. "Sir par isse hum log aur logon se mil payenge!", Sanju blurted out. "Kya?", Sir asked to which Sanju covered up. "Mera matlab jin logon se hum milne wale hain, woh trustees and all, woh log impress ho jayenge. Ki hum log theatre and baaki saari co-curricular activities ko bhi support karte hain.", Sanju said to which the principal nodded in understanding. "Dekho, baat mein toh dum hai lekin budget aur syllabus mein nahi hai, toh bhag jao yahan se!", the principal announced and shooed off the paltan.
The paltan came out of the room almost fuming in anger. "Yeh galat baat hai, humara idea kitna accha tha, for the benefit for this mission and for the college's interest.", Elena complained while Koel smirked. "Aye, tere dimaag mein kya chal raha hai chalaak lomdi?", Monami asked squinting her eyes.
"Tu bas dekhti jaa!", Koel said and took out her phone. By this time Karan and Faizi had sneaked out of the basket ball court and were sweating badly. They all decided to sit down on the terrace as it had rained few hours ago so the weather was cool and pleasant. "Haan, bol, kya karegi tu?", Sid asked. Koel flashed a mischievous smile and pulled out her phone. She called up the a club. "Hello?", "Haan ji, I am Mireya.", "You're from Let's Rock Club?", "Actually, humare school ne ek party host ki hai hum 10 students ke liye. Woh hum event host kar rahe hain na, isliye.", "Haan ji, payment baad mein ho jayega.", "Yes, yes, aaj hi. 45k? perfect, payment will be done. Aap manager se baat karlijiye."
Koel changed her voice a bit, "Hullo? Yepp, the phone was on speaker, I heard everything, you'll receive the payment. Great, thanks. I'll just text our account number." Saying so, Koel cut the call and the entire paltan giggled. "Ab paise toh principal ko hi dene padenge!", Vicky announced and the rest laughed again. "Acchi baat hai humare paas account number hai toh hum proove kar sakte hain ki payment ho jayega.", Sid said and everyone high fied, apart from Karan who just smiled enjoying the revenge against the principal.
(P.S. Everything is fictional here. Try karna hai toh karlo, mere bhai ne kiya tha, and mast kaam kiya tha plan. Aaj tak kisi ko nahi pata siwai uske doston ko aur mujhe. But, risk hai, baad mein mujhe mat kehna *winks*)
At night, the ten had all the fun. Our khadoos shergill, remained at one corner, shooing of boys using death glares away from Monami. Well, no one noticed, sadly.
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