SidNaaz Short Stories: Kahaniyaan Pyaar Ki

Part 5

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"Saloni?" Asked Veer and Krish coming forward while Sidharth just frowned looking at Saloni and Shehnaaz gave a confused look.

"Sorry guys thoda late ho gayi. Woh Dad ke waha se aane ka mann nahi kar raha tha. Upar se I was heartbroken, heal hone mein thoda time lagta hai. But now I'm absolutely fine so I came back. Baatao concert kab hai? Hum sab milke khub practice karenge." Said Saloni smiling, being overexcited.

Veer and Krish looked at each other not being able to understand how to tell her the truth as they knew what her reaction would be and it would be difficult to calm her down.

"What happened? Say something. Shocked ho gaye kya mujhe dekh ke?"

Saloni's eyes suddenly fell on Shehnaaz and she asked curiously, "By the way who's she?"

Sidharth now came forward saying, "Meet Shehnaaz... She is the female lead singer of Rocking Rebels."

Saloni's face fell hearing that.

"What? Are you kidding me?" She asked with disbelief.

"Nahi Saloni. Tu band chhor ke chali gayi thi. Concert saamne hai isliye humein Shehnaaz ko rakhna padha." Said Veer.

"So you guys replaced me?.... Seriously? Itne saal maine iss band ko isliye diye taa ki tum log mujhe aise suddenly replace kar sako?" Said Saloni loudly, her anger was rising.

"Saloni tu khud band chhor ke gayi thi." Said Krish. "Tune kaha tha tu wapas nahi aayegi. That's why we started finding a new singer. Humne social media pe audition ka post bhi daala tha, woh dekha nahi tune?"

"Mujhe laga tha woh post mujhe dikhane ke liye tha. I never expected tum log sach mein meri jagah de doge kisi ko bhi."

"Not kisi ko bhi, she is an amazing singer." Said Sidharth correcting Saloni. "And the world doesn't revolve around you, Saloni, ki hum sab kuch tujhe dikhane ke liye kare. Tu band chhor ke gayi thi, that was your choice. Now don't interfere between us. Humara important event hai, humein practice karne de."

Saloni paused for a while controlling her frustration and then said, "Ok fine. Yeh concert kar lo, isme ab zyada time nahi bacha. Uske baad isko hata dena, main band join kar lungi phir se."

Shehnaaz looked down sadly when Sidharth declared, "Shehnaaz humare band mein permanent hai. She is not leaving. Aur waise bhi tera kabhi band mein interest tha nahi. I guess tujhe woh hi karna chahiye jis mein tujhe actually interest hai."

Saloni's expression changed as she felt insulted. She couldn't control herself anymore and glared at Sidharth.

"Tu ek baar phir se mujhe reject kar raha hai? Apni life ke saath saath iss band se bhi nikaal raha hai mujhe? Woh bhi iss behenji ke liye?" Her gaze shifted to Shehnaaz, her voice dripping arrogance.

"Ab mujhe yaad aaya, ek competition mein dekha tha maine isse. Classical singer hai na yeh? Ab Rocking Rebels ke itne bure din aa gaye ki ek classical singer ko band mein rakhna padha. Itni bhi kya majboori thi guys? I can understand tum log apni so called ego ki wajah se mujhe band mein nahi rakhna chahte but kam se kam iss behenji ko toh mat rakho, as a lead singer. She doesn't even fit here."

Shehnaaz's eyes became teary hearing Saloni's harsh words as she felt low of herself. Meanwhile Sidharth was just staring at Saloni angrily, fisting his palm to control his anger which was building inside him hearing nonsense about Shehnaaz.

"Saloni can you just shut up?" Asked Veer angrily. "You can't insult her like this."

"I think you should leave. Let us practise please." Said Krish being annoyed as well.