Jab Rohan Met Naina

1 - New day, not a new me

Oh crap! It was 8:59! I am exactly one hour, 2 minutes and 45 seconds late to my first day of work. Life is simply going great right now. This can just not be happening.

I slammed the car door shut and rushed into building, not realising that I had ran straight into a glass wall.

"Nice try"

I heard a deep voice behind me say. Shaking my head, I walked in and watched 50 pair of eyes staring right into my soul. As if this day could not get any worse...

I took a deep breath and knocked on the door.

"Welcome Miss Naina Kapoor"

The chair swivelled to reveal a middle-aged woman. She looked like one of those typical Asian aunties, who was only interested in the gossip column of the news.

"Good morning Mrs Bose" I greeted and shook her hand firmly. She made a gesture of asking me to sit down and I heeded her action.

"Well it looks like someone's had a great start to the morning," she stated and smirked. I smiled through my gritted teeth and rolled my eyes.

In order to avoid the incident, I asked "So what does my job entail?"

"Your job, my dear, is to write the Bollywood gossip columns"

Did she actually just say that or did I hear it wrong? No, I cannot at all write a single word in that section. The last thing I want in life is to have a file cased against me by a renowned actor for writing absurd news about their private life.

Once again, I produced a fake smile and walked out, putting my heads down onto the desk. It looks like today was the start of the end of my life.

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"HEY"

I jumped out of my seat to see a cheerful girl, waving her hands frantically in the air.

"I'm Saira and you are?"
"Naina. Naina Kapoor."
"Ooo Naina jo saanjh khwaab dekhte the naina" she sings in the most cheesiest way possible.

I looked at her, not amused at all. Perhaps I really ought to be friendly but sometimes, I really cannot be bothered.

"You know... working in the gossip section is not that bad. I mean you get to stalk all the Bollywood celebrities. What a life! Imagine seeing Ranbir Kapoor right in front of your eyes and then Ranveer Singh and oh em gee how can I forget ROHAN NANDA?!"

Rohan Nanda. The guy who every girl was head over heels in love with right now. Well let me correct that - every girl apart from me. I have heard all the media love him but I have heard stories otherwise. Guess that will be useful for the gossip column.

"Did I hear my name?"

Rohan Nanda was right behind us and had the biggest grin on his face. He had come to our office for promotions of his next film. These stars do interviews for the sake of it I swear.

"OMG! I can't believe this. The Rohan Nanda. Naina pinch me!" Saira screamed, making the whole office laugh. I still was not amused. He looked at me, confused at my sulking face.

"Well someone does not look happy by my presence," he said under his breath but I heard it.

I got up with a folder and pushed past the crowd.

"Someone has got a bit of an attitude" he laughed off.

"Not as much as yours" I retorted back.

I stopped. What did I just say? The whole office was silent. Oh dear. Well done Naina, you have just made everything ten times worse. It may be a new day at a new place, but definitely not a new me.

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Note:
A big thank you to Mai for creating the above video for this chapter.