Beyond the Beats

Chapter 16. Time traveling

Tejas and Ayzere left our practice room after some time. While everyone got back to their training, my mind was building up doubts. I shook my head as my thinking was going into overdrive.

Why are you worried, Bhoomi? Don't forget that you are just Tejas' fan. Even if he and you are in the same team right now, it doesn't mean that you will stay with him forever. If you continue wasting time on someone else's love life, then you can happily say goodbye to your mental peace. Just forget about it.

I sighed as my heart and brain kept playing tug of war. I reminded myself to focus on only training, but Tejas' face kept flashing in front of my eyes. I knew I needed to get my feelings sorted.

I was thankful that Yukta was there to indulge me in useless talks. If it wasn't for her, I would have just wondered about Tejas and Ayzere's relationship only.

I, Yukta, and my team members discussed about the dance style we would prefer for our evaluation. Most of us wanted to perform hip-hop, but Yukta was hell-bent on doing classical. I had no problem with either genres, so I enjoyed watching my teammates argue.

"Guys, everyone is doing only hip-hop nowadays," Yukta complained.

"So what? That's what's trendy, you know. Everyone will get bored with classical," one of our members, Omkar said.

I narrowed my eyes. "I don't think classical is boring."

"That's exactly what I am saying," Yukta agreed. "We should do something different!"

Omkar, and the rest of four members i.e. Michael, Falguni, Manoj, and Gaurav weren't convinced.

"Guys, we have TJ as our team leader. We will kill it if we do hip-hop. Other teams mostly have contemporary dancers; we can use this chance to display a power-packed performance. You know we guys can handle the stunts," Michael said.

"Stunts?" I asked. "I don't think we should rely on that."

Everyone except Yukta shook their heads in disapproval. While I had nothing against including stunts, our members suggested doing ninety percent of our performance with acrobatics and gymnastics.

Before, I was just enjoying the argument, but this time, I was in a heated conversation with Omkar and Falguni, who kept saying that I was scared of doing the stunts. On the other hand, Yukta was on the verge of strangling Manoj, Michael and Gaurav.

"Bhoomi?"

I was about to yell a curse word at Omkar when a guy arrived in our room and called for me. He told me that I was called in by Sarthak Pawar.

My teammates looked at me in confusion, and I also shared the same expression as them. They told me to hurry up as it could have been something important as I was called by Sarthak himself.

I went to Sarthak's cabin and knocked on the door. When I was allowed to come inside, I greeted Sarthak sir, who smiled widely at me. I glanced around the spacious room and noticed Tejas and Ayzere sitting across from Sarthak.

I stood at a distance. "You called for me, Sir?" I asked.

Sarthak nodded and told me to come forward. I moved closer to his desk, and Sarthak pointed his thumb at me while looking at Ayzere.

"I was talking about her," Sarthak said happily.

Ayzere gave a short nod, while I looked on cluelessly. I glanced at Tejas, and he was busy juggling paperweight in his hand. While I was trying to read his mind, Sarthak called my name.

"Bhoomi, show Ayzere around," Sarthak said.

"Me?" I asked.

Sarthak nodded, and I looked at Ayzere. She got up from her seat, and once she came in front of me, I noticed the significant height difference. She was the same height as TJ - she intimidated me a bit.