The Rivals (Rewriting)

Shot-52

Randhir's POV~

The party was lame.

The moment before I literally pushed Sanyukta inside, I had a perception that I was going to  enjoy the party as long as she was by my side. The perception vanished into thin air as soon as I looked back and didn't find her. The fuck actually? 

The hall was bustling with teenagers and the staff members of St.Peter's stood around the arena, like they were guarding the students or something. I rolled my eyes at that and pushed my way inside.

Where did that girl even go?

My eyes swept around the whole area but I just couldn't spot her in the crowd.
The auditorium was decorated with twinkling lights and large banners of each school hung around the whole perimeter of the room. The stage stood in the farthest corner of the room and the school band of St.Peter's (most probably) stood at the center with their instruments, playing the cheesiest One Direction number.

Look for the most beautiful girl. Look for the most beautiful girl.

And almost bizzarely, my mind was chanting that line the whole time I was looking for her. I sighed and finally joined our group. They were also clueless of her location.
Dhruv pulled his brows up at me.

For fuck's sake! I had probably looked away for two seconds just after we entered together!

And as she had disappeared in a wink, she reappeared in a blink. She seemed to be a bit breathless.

"Where on the earth did you vanish into?" I pulled her to me by her forearm such that her side brushed my chest.

She frowned at me at first and then immediately pulled her arm out of my grip.

"Oh now, do I have to ask you before I even go peeing?" She twisted her lips at me, taking me aback.

She turned towards the stage the next instant—in which the four heads of the schools stood, looking over the crowd and one of them had the mike— and in seconds, she was ignoring me. What even?

I was going to retort at her bizzare behavior when

"Attention students!" boomed through the speakers. Ah, say timing!

I stood beside Sanyukta with the rest of our team members passing me weird expressions. I shrugged at them indicating that I knew nothing about whatsoever was wrong with her.

For about  half an hour, the Heads of the four schools gave speeches—or rather, boring lectures—on how the championship came into being and it's prestigious value. They spoke about a fair and clean competition and that we'll be representing our respective schools as a school which doesn't mean that the other teams are our enemies. Huh, teach that son of a bitch, Rehan that! 

After which felt almost like an eternity, they vacated the stage for the band to perform and the party to resume.

All the while, Sanyukta seemed to be in a daze. She barely paid any heed to the speeches and was constantly fiddling with her fingers with her left foot tapping rigorously on the floor which indicated that she was in sort of a knot. I was curious at what was bothering her so much.

As the band popped some of the best flicks, people gathered around, tapping their feet. We made our way towards a vacated area— weirdly not any one wanted to dance.

Sanaya suddenly shrieked, clutching Dhruv's arm. Like really shrieked!

"Look! They are the team of  St.Peter's, the one which Tanya showed us in the picture.." She voiced out and our heads immediately turned towards their direction. The whole group seemed to have taken an interest in our silent group as they were walking right at us. I noticed Rehan being one of them. My fists involuntarily clenched hard but I managed to cool myself, noticing that Sanyukta was smiling at them slightly. Uh-oh? Was I missing something?