When Love Is In Air

chapter 1

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I,Ria Raje, was for the first time,fretting for not being able to make my birthday special.I have always wanted and have successfully spent all my birthdays in a nearly perfect manner.My family would help me make it so. But I didn't think that could be possible this year.My mom and dad had already retired for the night and my sister, Reva,a 17 year old, was busy playing video games!None of my family members seemed to remember it was going to be 20th March  in 15minutes.No one seemed to remember or care that I was going to be 21years old.I wouldn't have mind to make them remember myself but my parents have always thought me to be 'obsessed' with my birthdays.They often tease me saying I was mentally younger than Reva.Now who would like to be teased in this manner?So I decided to stay quiet.But I was being unsuccessful because I couldn't handle the thought that I will be wasting some hours of my day without celebration.I sat down on the couch and began reading my novel.Reading calms me.I was so engrossed in the novel that when the door bell rang I was quite startled.Who would it be?I glanced at my sister hoping she would get up and open the door.But she acted as if the bell had never rung."Lazy bum!" I muttered and opened the door.Who rung the bell?There was no one to be seen.So without giving it a much thought I slumped on the couch and started reading again.Reva did some yawning and went in her room.The door bell rang again and again there was no one to be seen.I shut the door irritated and was going to inform the watchman to look in the matter when the person who was outside my house began ringing the bell unstoppingly.The non excited mood of my family members had made me forget that it was 12 and that it was my birthday.I wondered how people in my house were sleeping in the irritating noise made by the bell.I opened the door anyways and was really surprised to see the people whom I loved the most, after my family singing the birthday song for me in a full volume.I was grinning uncontrollably.This was unexpected but was so sweet. 

Unfortunately Dilshaan started barking downstairs and they had to stop their singing in the mid-way.He and his mistress,Mrs.Rai, 

has never liked us.We are tagged as the"noise makers" by her.I could hear a door creaking open downstairs and  

I think it was heard by my friends too because they hurriedly entered my house and shut the door.We all fell in a  

fit of laughter.The girls of my group,Netra,Mahi and Abha gave me a group hug and said 'Happy Birthday' to me. 

Sameer and Aditya wished me too but not with a hug.We Indians are a little conservative.We do not hug and all 

the other gender in public.We can't do it too when the person is engaged with someone else.Adi was still single but  

Sameer and Netra had started dating each other when we all were 18.So the guys just shook hands with me.I turned and saw  

my mom, dad and sis looking at me and smiling. 

"Oh so you people knew this huh?I could have guessed it when you din't make an irritated noise at the ringing bell. Anyways now I know the source of drama in me.I have inherited the acting skills from you." I said walking 

in my mom's arms.Dad and Reva wished me too with a large grin on thier faces. 

"Ok we had planned to have you cut the cake exactly at 12 but then 60minutes are too short for irritating you by  ringing door bell constantly,singing a Happy Birthday song even if it is incomplete and cutting the cake.So you  can see we gave irritating the priority." Mahi said in a total information machine tone.I slapped her lightly on her head for this.