Safar...A Journey of First Love

Chapter 23 - Valentine Birthday

...After some time they arrived at school; they got out of the car and walked hand in hand into the building and all the way to the classroom where they met Rahul and Nikita.

"Hey Ridzi..." Nikita called and hugged her as she came over; "...Happy Birthday!"

Riddhima was all smiles; "Thanks Niki!"

Rahul gave Riddhima a side hug and Armaan glared at him and he instantly released her before saying; "Happy Birthday Ridz..."

She thanked him and as soon as Rahul let go of her Armaan moved to stand between the two of them; today she looked extremely beautiful that he felt insecure; "So where are the others...Muskaan...Abhi?" Armaan asked.

"Muskaan is on her way..." Rahul said.

Nikita grinned; "And as usual Mr. Abhimanu Modhi is late..."

"You might want to rephrase that..." Abhi said walking towards them.

Nikita mumbled; "Talk of the devil and there he is..."

"Oh were you talking about yourself as usual...?" Abhi smirked as he leaned against the table.

"Shut up..." Nikita said instantly.

"Guys please...not first thing in the morning..." Rahul told them.

"Yeah...please don't fight today..." Riddhima agreed.

Armaan moved his arm around Riddhima's side; "Yep...because today is the day for love..."

Abhi looked at him with a raised eyebrow; "What?"

Nikita rolled her eyes at him; "It's Valentine's Day...Armaan don't you know by now that you need to spell everything out for him...he never gets it the first time..."

"Valentine's Day already..." Abhi ignored her; "...damn if I knew I would've made an effort today..." he said looking down at himself.

"There's no point...it's not like anyone wants to be your valentine..." Nikita told him

"And you think all the guys are crazy for you?" Abhi replied scornfully.

Armaan was a little annoyed; "Will you two stop it now!"

At the same time their tutor walked into the room greeting everyone; "Good morning everyone..."

"Good morning sir..." they all replied.

He took the register and shared some important information with them; he was about to leave the room when Muskaan barged into the class carrying a medium sized gift bag.

"Sorry I'm late..." Muskaan apologized.

"Very late Muskaan...register has been taken..." he told her.

Muskaan made a sad face; "Sorry sir I overslept...it won't happen again..."

"Make sure it doesn't...right get to class everyone..." he dismissed everyone.

Muskaan made a face behind him which made some of the class laugh as they left the room. Then she rushed towards Riddhima and gave her a big hug; "Happy Birthday babes!"

"Thanks Muskaan..." Riddhima smiled.

"Oh flip...I forgot...I'm so sorry..." Abhi said moving towards Riddhima; he gave her a big hug which lasted at least thirty seconds until Armaan had to move them apart; "...what?" Abhi said looking at Armaan; "...it's just a hug...kitna jalta hai tu!" (you're so jealous)

Armaan frowned; "Shut up!"

Abhi smiled; "Happy Birthday Ridz... sorry I forgot..."

Riddhima shook her head; "It's okay...no problem..."