Risky Romance [COMPLETED]

Chapter 17

"Oh. My. God", breathed Rhea, as the sight that met her eyes was downright disturbing.

"Fuck", whispered Varun.

There were bottles of liquor lying everywhere, and on the floor, sprawled like an eagle, was Virat. The room reeked of alcohol, so much so, that Rhea had to pinch her nose to stop herself from breathing.

"He's so wasted!" Varun exclaimed.

He walked over to Virat to examine him, and prodded his back with his foot. Virat just snored a little.

"Oh my God, oh my God!" Rhea said, now clearly panicking. "What are we going to do? The band's performance is like in 5 minutes and their lead singer is almost unconscious! This is terrible!"

Varun pursed his lips. Even he appeared grim.

"Let's go back", he suggested. "We have to inform them."

Rhea nodded, and they closed the room's door behind them, and rushed towards the beach.

Once they reached the band, Bhavesh looked around. "Where's Virat?"

"Yeah, why isn't he with you?" Malvika demanded.

Varun and Rhea looked at each other, both of them unsure of how to break the bad news to the group. Rhea clearly seemed unable to speak, so Varun cleared his throat.

"Umm.. guys.." He began.

"Why are you being so hesitant? We have no time, spit it out!" Bhavesh almost shouted. "Where the hell is Virat?"

"We... We have a bit of a situation", said Varun, finally.

Arnav narrowed his eyes. "What situation?"

"You see", said Rhea, looking at Varun. "Virat will not be able to perform, because-"

"-he's wasted", finished Varun.

"Yeah", Rhea looked at them, tentatively. "I'm really sorry, you guys."

"WHAT??" Bhavesh yelled. The people standing close to the stage looked at him in surprise, and he lowered his voice. "What did you just say?"

"Virat's wasted, man", explained Varun. "He's lying in a pool of alcohol and he's pretty much unconscious."

"I'M GOING TO KILL HIM!" Bhavesh thundered.

Malvika hissed at him. "Bhavesh, keep your voice down! People are looking! We don't want them to know that something's wrong!"

Rahul and Rohit looked at each other, astounded. Arnav seemed really worried. He said, "We should have noticed this earlier, since technically that's our room too, but all the band's t-shirts were in Bhavesh's room."

Niharika came running to the band, just then, and panting and clutching her waist, she asked, "What's going on? I thought you two had gone to get Virat?" She looked at Varun and Rhea, questioningly.

"Virat's wasted", said Rhea.

Niharika clapped her hands on her mouth in horror. "But- the performance-"

"What are we going to do?" Malvika said, close to tears.

Nikhil looked at her and said, "Don't worry, we'll find a way through this shit."

Bhavesh rounded on Malvika. "I told you- I told you like a thousand times that Virat is a screw up. But no. You never listened to me. Now you tell us what we should do."

Nikhil took a step forward. "Cut it, man. Don't blame her. It's not her fault."

Bhavesh looked at Nikhil, furious. "I had told her plenty of times that we should fire Virat because he isn't serious and he doesn't care about singing or paying rent. He lives in your apartment, Malvika", Bhavesh looked at Malvika, a little accusingly. "The guy doesn't even bother to pay the rent or his share of the electric bill or-"