The Jet-Setters - On Hold

Chapter 4

            

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Anika tried patting him, shaking him and even calling him but shivaay Singh oberoi wasn't ready to wake up. They had landed early in the morning in Delhi and had managed to settle in their booked caravan to travel to the Himalayas.

   It was a 6 seater caravan. Rudra sat in the front with the driver, Om and gauri sat in the back seats and shivaay and Anika in the middle seats. This arrangement wasn't planned  as all of them were drowsy when they landed.

   Anika had woken up few hours later to see that they were on a narrow road, like so narrow that only their caravan was able to fit.  What if a car comes from the opposite side?  Think positive Anika. She looked out of the window to see a steep slope. Damn that was scary. If she moved a inch the balance of the caravan would disrupt leading them into the long arms of death.  What the fuck why was she surrounded by possibilities of death ?!That was when she looked up to notice the snow clad mountains around them. They ran till her eyesight reached. They were so beautiful, they were also the indicator of their arrival at their abode for a few days.

" Guys wake up and look outside "

    Anika tried waking them up, she started shaking shivaay being closest to him. Guess what I think Anika started rubbing off on them hence no one was waking up. She realized that all were replying her in the language of snores. Pissed with them she angrily scrunched her nose and screamed.

" EARTHQUAKE,  EARTHQUAKE WAKE UP "
     Everybody opened their eyes at the speed of light, panicking about the sudden arrival of death.

" What the hell yaar Anika who screams like this? !!" shivaay said irritated at this sudden disturbance.

" I swear Anika,  you scared the shit out of us"
Om joined rubbing his eyes.

" And Di you broke my dream as well, I was having such an amazing date with a hot girl "
Rudra complained mourning over his broken dream.

" Ani yaar, Did I wake you up ever so cruely?  No right then why this cruelty with me?! "
Gauri hazily replied

" Guys stop your drama and look OUT " Anika shouted with glee.
    All of them looked around to see the serene Himalayas dressed up in a white drape of snow and peaks shining with the sun. They finally reached.

" We are Finally here guys, " Anika jumped with excitement then stopped realizing the caravan may fall off.  All of them opened their windows to let the morning breeze hit their face. They peeped out of the windows taking the smell of the mud into their nostrils and threading their hands along with the wind.
" Woo - Hoo,  Himalayas here we are "  chorused the Jet setters.
   
Om started clicking pictures of the views, while Anika and gauri started taking some selfies.

" Guys, a groupfie !!! "

   All posed in front of rudras phone as he was on the front seat.

"  Guys one pout picture "

Anika, gauri and rudra pouted while shivaay and om just looked at them like they had ran from the jungle. Victims of social media traditions they thought.

     They reached their first destination Chopta in a few hours.  Today's day was kept for rest while they were going to trek tommorow. The caravan stopped at a point from where going to walk till the hotel. It was a Hilly region confusing Anika and shivaay that who would build a hotel on a hill.  They walked and when they saw the place everyone has different reactions. Om rudra and gauri were normal as they knew about this. But can't say the same about Anika and shivaay. One was hyper excited and the other hyper unexcited.

   Shivaay was clearly the unexcited one as he had expected a five star hotel stay but instead  got a Camping resort. Yes there were huge tents lined up in a sequence on a plateau which was the base of a big mountain. There were steep slopes surrounding the remaining region of the plateau.