Clean Bowled

Chapter 66

*Viraj*

Aslesha Aslesha Aslesha.. kitni innocent ho tum.

I smirk when I see her arranging the props on the stage. Aise lag raha hai jaise war ke liye tayyar ho rahi hai.

Paglu.

Waise famous hone ke apne hi faayde hai. Maine bass Preeti ko promise kiya ke mai usse social media pe follow back karunga aur vo fatak se plan ke liye maan gayi. She's an aspiring model, publicity jaruri hai. Mere ek follow se uske hazaaro followers badh jaayenge. Bass media wale jyada natak na kare.

Waise unko isse bhi badi headline milne wali hai mere life ki. In fact sabse badi. Sab planning ho gayi hai. Isliye toh mehendi ke time mai gayab tha. Bass Aslesha khush ho jaaye.

"Abeyy oye! Aankhe khol ke so raha hai kya?" Joel snaps his fingers before me. "Chal performances shuru hone wali hai".

I shake away my thoughts and sit beside Rudra. Pari sits on the other side of him while Aslesha sits beside her. I can feel her eyes on me the whole time as the host, Rahul, starts with the announcements and stuff.

I remove my phone and text her.

*Stage saamne hai Aslesha. Pure teen minute ho gaye tum mujhe aise ghur rahi ho*

I hit send and her phone immediately pings. I suppress my smile and fix my eyes on the stage. She murmurs something under her breath but I can't quite hear her.

The host comes back on the stage after the kids' and the elders' performances.

"Ab baari hai dulhan aur uske sakheeyon ki. Come on girls. Show us what you got!" Rahul announces and I internally start jumping in my seat.

Aslesha ka dance! Aslesha ka dance!

Their song is London Thumakda and Bole chudiyan. They all are amazing. But Aslesha is standing at the back and I can't even see her properly.

I feel like getting up and pushing aside the girl in front of her.

Pura view block kar diya!

Koi baat nahi.. solo performance baaki hai Aslesha ka. Kab tak chhupogi tum mujhse Aslesha?

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*Aslesha*

Rudra, Viraj, Neel, Joel, Sid and Tej get on stage and I grin widely. Yess my boys!

Their performance is absolutely amazing on the song badtameez dil and Dil chori sadda ho gaya. Kuch jyada hi amazing! Humse bhi amazing.

Ugh! I want to be angry but I can't. All my favourite men dancing together.. I would prefer their dance over world class dancers any day.

Also, Viraj dance bhi mast karta hai. One more achievement in the long list.

There's a round of applause when the performance ends. Mujhe agar seeti bajaane aati toh jarur bajaati.

There's a little break for dinner when Viraj comes and hugs me from behind while I'm picking a glass of juice.

"Viraj!" I scold without looking back. I can feel all eyes on us. "Log dekh rahe hai".

"Ha toh?"

"Ha toh kya?" I say turning to look at him.

"Tum meri girlfriend ho" he states.

"Biwi nahi" Pari says, appearing suddenly beside me and Viraj rolls his eyes while I glare at her.

I told Pari this morning about Viraj's views on marriage. She was not too happy and promised ke vo Viraj ke saamne baar baar ye baat nikaalegi. Pari ka solution.