Safar...A Journey of First Love

Chapter 27 - Morning Date

...She went back to the main room to touch up on her make up; she searched her bag for the eye liner when she found a small gift box; she opened it slowly to find a small square card, she took it out to find a silver heart shaped necklace with one shiny diamond sparkling in the right side of the heart; she smiled while staring at it then opened the card to read a small note;

"Just for you my love...you deserve all the happiness in the world...congratulations for entering your first step into your life's dream..."

She smiled happily and thought for a second of how Armaan knew about her dream; but her thoughts were interrupted as a loud cheer came from the hall, she put the necklace on and looked at it on her neck through the mirror and smiled then she walked backstage to see the models excited after they had been on stage; now the younger group was modeling their hats that they had made in class and after that the dance was lined up to entertain the crowd.

Everything was going perfect; Riddhima looked around for a sign of her friends but they were nowhere in sight; she rang Muskaan who answered the phone after the fifth ring; "Where are you guys?" she asked.

Muskaan shouted over the noise; "Sorry...we're on the balcony watching the show...everything's just amazing!"

Riddhima smiled; "Okay...I'll see you guy's later..."

"Yeah okay...all the best!"

"Thanks!" she replied.

The entertainment was almost over; the dance and singing performance was enjoyed but the crowd loved the standup comedy the best. After a few minutes of the crowd shouting "once more" it was time for the year thirteen's to model, they walked around the stage showing off their dresses and outfits. When it had finished the host was back on stage asking the audience if they had enjoyed it; they answered with a loud cheer and was quietened down after a few moments.

"Okay, okay..." the host calmed down the audience; "...now last but not the least we have with us an outstanding student...whose favourite quote is "fashion is my passion"...she has designed and created a few too many outfits during this year...here she is with one last beautiful outfit...Riddhima Gupta..."

The crowd erupted once more; louder than before; as Riddhima paraded around the ramp in a beautiful blue; green and turquoise blouse and skirt, with a flowing sequined trail, the entire hall glistened as the light hit the sequins showering multi coloured light beams around the place; the crowd hooted and cheered as she made her way back onto stage where she was met by a few teachers and the host. They presented her with a beautiful bouquet of flowers and a few gift vouchers.

"Thank you Riddhima for putting together such a wonderful show...it has been brilliant and we would like to tell you all that we have raised £2010 for the charity..." the host said and the crowd cheered; "...so Thank You..." he said to the crowd and then to Riddhima; "...Congratulations..." he handed her the mike.

Riddhima waited for the crowd to quite down; "Thank You...thank you all so much...but I'm not the only one who deserves this..." smiling full of joy; "...I would also like to thank my friends..."a loud cheer erupted from the balcony making Riddhima smile; "...without whom this show would not have been possible...they have put in a lot of hard work to make this such an eventful evening...so I think we all deserve this together..." then only to her friends; "...come down guys...this one's for you..."

The crowd cheered as Armaan, Muskaan, Rahul, Nikita and Abhi disappeared from the balcony and appeared a few seconds later downstairs by the hall door, they made their way onto the stage and had a group hug as the host signed off for the evening and the models poured out from backstage onto the stage parading the ramp once again...