Safar...A Journey of First Love

Chapter 28 - Summer Holidays

...Rahul sat up as he noticed the girls coming back; "And this is why they go to the washroom together..." he said seriously.

"What the hell..." Abhi sat up fuming; "...what does he think he's doing...?"

Armaan frowned; "Wait Abhi...don't do anything stupid...we will sort them out..."

The girls had now reached back to their spot and sat down; Vivik and Mike joined their group and tried to be normal by starting up general conversations.

"So you guys...what's the plan for the holidays...?" Vivik asked no one in particular.

"Whatever plans we have does not include you..." Armaan told him.

Vivik sneered; "Oh that's too bad...we had a great time last summer...do you remember Ridz...with the gang...and without...just the two of us?"

Armaan's hand had now turned into a fist and he was silently fuming.

"It would be great if we could hang out this summer as well..." Vivik grinned knowing he had hit a sour spot; he shuffled closer to Riddhima and whispered in her ear; "...we can still have fun...carry on from where we left off last year..."

Riddhima was nervous while all the others were angry but kept their cool.

"Yeah...we should...and then we can try to get to know each other..." Mike smiled at Nikita and put his arm around her.

"Hey...take your hands off of her..." Rahul yelled.

Abhi really was trying to keep it cool but was finding it very hard when he saw Mike's arm around the girls; he had now removed it and was looking at Muskaan with pure lust.

Abhi stood up fuming and stomped towards Mike; he lifted him from his collar and looked like he was about to punch him; "Get away from us...Right Now!" he shouted.

Vivik stood up smiling; he knew he had accomplished what he had come here for and beamed victoriously; "We'll see you guys around...have a nice holiday..." he grinned then looked at Riddhima; "...bye babes..." he blew her a kiss.

She looked away angrily not wanting to see his face. Everyone calmed down again and went back to their previous conversation while Riddhima stayed quiet thinking about last summer and how she had to put up with Vivik around her all the time.

She shuddered as she felt someone touch her hand; she turned to her right to see Armaan smile at her; "You okay?"

She nodded but he was not buying it; he moved his head closer to her and whispered; "Listen Riddhima...there's no need for you to think about the past...it's all over...he won't ruin your summer..." he gave her hand a gentle squeeze; "...and no matter what he says...I trust you..."

Riddhima smiled and whispered; "Thank you..."

The gang made their way to their next lesson a while later. The rest of the week went smoothly and soon the gang was saying their goodbyes to their classmates ready to enjoy their summer holidays...

...It was now the summer holidays; the gang had decided to spend most of their time just chilling out and soaking up the sun. The girls got together and spent almost every other day at each other's house just getting up to mischief, learning some new recipes from their mums and just finding time to gossip, or watch a movie. For the very first time they had actually spent more time alone without the guys; they had suddenly just felt like having quality girl time and forgotten about being with the guys. Riddhima and Muskaan didn't talk much about Rahul and Armaan that much when they were with the girls and unlike the other holidays and half terms where they would spend every moment as a gang this holiday was different, it was a change, the girls would be together and the guys would hang out together.