First Impressions

Chapter-6

"Mom, Saasha..."
"Now stop your nagging and tell where is she" their father lost his cool
"Dad calm down!!, she's safe and here itself... talking to her friend outside" Ashu finally said and Ashmith sighed running his hand through his hair. He didn't understand why is he bothering about her and feeling restless waiting to see her.

"Outside??, then what's wrong with you girls??
Why were you stammering to tell this?"
"Dad its Ciera outside" Preethi looked at Ashu if she can tell the truth and Ashu blinked her eyes
"Woah!! Ciera is here??" Mr. Patel exclaimed and Mrs. Patel's tensed face is replaced with a fierce look
Ashu looked at her mom before continuing "and even her Mom"
Mr. Patel face became pale and he looked at his wife just to see her muttering something; probably cursing someone within herself

Ashu now noticed Vikram who was confusingly looking at her not even understanding a point from what she told her parents, she managed to smile at him and he returned it back frowning
Mrs. Patel went away followed by her husband and everyone remained silent.

 "Ashu tell me one thing, why is Aunt so serious on hearing about Ciera??" Amar asked unable to control his anxiety
"Ciera was Saasha's closest friend when we lived in Araku, she was a small girl when she lost her father, so Dad treated Ciera equal to us; later by dropping and picking Saasha at their house, he got into conversations with her mother and came to know that Ciera's mom was his childhood crush.
You know.., my dad never hides anything from my mom and he even cleared her that his love was only for mom and he can never imagine anyone in her place. Even my mom didn't argue much as she trusts my father than herself. But Ciera's mom- Rosie aunt kept visiting our house very frequently than before, she used to call dad for some or other help... Mom didn't like it and then she made Dad to apply for transfer" Ashu paused

"Then what happened..." Vikram asked

"What will happen, Mom hated her so much and she didn't even inform us about shifting our place so that Rosie aunt will not know about it, one day when we came after school, Mom and Dad picked us in car and left Araku forever, Poor Saasha, she spent many sleepless nights and kept starving herself... She begged my mom to take her back to Araku but mom didn't listen to her and then dad somehow convinced her to accept Vizag, she missed Ciera so much..." Preethi said with a sad expression
Even Ashmith felt bad for Saasha

"hmm... Past is past but I'm glad that they at least met now" Ashu smiled
Everyone agreed with her.
"So, guys let's start our party its already late" Vikram said looking at his watch

"People get ready and choose your partners" Vikram said looking at Ashu
Vikram forwarded his hand and asked Ashu for dance, Preethi was ready with a handsome young man, Mrs. Patel angrily turned down her husband, Amar refused to dance with anyone waiting for his partner who is busy outside and Ashmith always hated such dances so even he turned down Vishali

"Start the music" Amar said loudly

A soft romantic music played, Amar and Ashmith's eyes were glued at the entrance waiting to see Saasha
Both were dragged on the dance floor by Vikram when a cool breeze touched Ashmith.
He looked at the entrance to find a silhouette behind curtain, a smile adorned his face, he kept staring at it, the curtains blew due to air revealing the person behind it little.
He saw her eyes glowing like the twin suns, she moved forward, he lost it between his heart and brain... today with most difficultly his brain winned over his heart telling that  "You are Ashmith Suryavanshi..; smart, rich and beautiful girls from all over the world are behind you and you... you are interested in this girl?? Forget her Ashmith, she isn't made for you, you deserve more than her" but all his brain talks went in vain seeing her, his heart conquered him completely, she looked gorgeous in her blue gown which was matching his tuxedo and it was his favorite color too, her lively smile made her look more beautiful.

He kept admiring her and turned away when he realized she was coming towards him, he got nervous thinking about dancing with her as he is not yet ready for it, he immediately asked Vishali for dance to keep himself busy but little did he know there was another gentleman standing right behind him with his hand forward and a wide smile on his lips waiting to dance with his cousin.
Ashmith got more and more nervous seeing her getting closer towards him, one part of him wanted to ask her for a dance and the other filled with pride was afraid of being rejected. His subconscious mind made an eye contact with her before he realized it she walked past behind him and hugged her cousin. It hurted seeing her hugging someone else but he kept telling himself  "C'mon dude, they are cousins and nothing is wrong in that, especially when you are no one but a stranger to her"

He danced with his partner but his eyes danced with many emotions seeing Saasha... and the worst of all was seeing her blushing for Amar words and then later she found him staring at her, he was embarrassed and didn't even think before leaving his partner because he was neither interested in her or the dance moments he was doing, it was just his hands following his partner instructions, his mind, heart and everything were with someone else.

A thud sound bought his senses back, he looked in the direction of sound and found Vishali on the ground rubbing her legs. She decided to take advantage of the situation and tried getting romantic with him, she made him hold her waist and was leaning back, that's when he left her and she landed on ground.

"What are you doing on ground?" he asked innocently unaware of his mistake
She widened her eyes "You are asking as if I wantedly fell on ground and you have nothing to do with it?"
He didn't want to drag the topic so he apologized and helped her in settling down and stood at a corner where he can be far from everyone including Saasha but can have a not so clear look at everyone.

They were shifting partners, Vikram and Saasha danced twice, Ashu and Vikram for countless times which made her mom happy and gave her more expectations.

Vikram needed little break, he went aside and didn't find his friend anywhere.
He thought for some time and went away, Ashmith was thinking something deeply when his friend tapped his shoulders

"Ashmith, what's wrong with you? Why can't you enjoy the party? See there are many beautiful girls, why can't you dance with them?" Vikram asked
"Yeah all the beautiful girls are engaged with someone or the other" he replied rubbing his eyebrows
Vikram looked at him confusingly
"I mean, see you got your partner. And no one here is so beautiful enough to tempt me to dance, sorry to say this but not even your girl" he winked

"Oh c'mon!! See her, Ashu's sister- Saasha, how gorgeous she is looking, every men in the party are dying to dance with her" he said pointing at Saasha behind Ashmith who came to have a drink with her mother.

Ashmith turned back and looked at her for some time, when she was about to turn towards him, he turned to his friend and continued "There is nothing special about her, she's not so beautiful and she would be my last choice to dance", he said hiding how much he is willing to dance with her

Saasha gritted her teeth hearing this and even her mom hated Ashmith so much for insulting her daughter, Ashmith didn't expect this to be heard by them, he just wanted to avoid what he feels about Saasha from his friend.