"Hey you! Who do you think you are?How Dare you? I don't think you are blind?Are you? I tell you you are gonna pay for this" She shouted
He stood there his eyes gazed at her. She looked familiar. But he couldn't remember who she was.
The girl ran up...
"Arre, Antakshari kab kaam aayega? " Zee said as we were sitting on the bus on our way to Greenville.
Yes, the day had come. We were going to Greenville for the competition. We were staying for a fortnight until the competition ended. A hell lot of stuff happened while making Bibz and Chachu sign the permit.
After many days I felt that I was with mom and dad when Bibz and Chachu started behaving let me my parents. They weren't ready to sign the permits. They were like - 'A fortnight in another town?Don't even ask.' If it weren't for Tara and my crazy manipulation skills and Zee's legendary puppy dog face, we would still be stuck in Redfields. We'll, probably not cause we would've convinced Parker's mom, Maya to convince them. Or even Kabir's parents. But you see the problem with Indian parents is that they don't allow their child to do anything without discussing it with their partners and their children's friends parents, so Kabir's parents and Maya would probably have been of no use. Luckily, the manipulation worked and here we are, on a 6 hour ride to Greenville High School.
There are three things I am tensed about
1. The Competition cause we haf a lot of crap planned but we were confused about the execution.
2. Parker Adams and his relationship with his sister, Charlotte. He planned to apologize to her and kept on pestering me to do it for him.
3. Meeting Parker's grandparents. Parker had immense respect for his grandparents, especially his grandfather who was apparently his 'Pops'. I keep on talking about not caring about impressing others, but I actually did care to impress his grandparents.
On top of this tension, my brother, Armaan who was currently engaged to Parker's older sister, Rachel, told me that they were the scariest people alive on earth. A part of me believes that this was true but the other part of me believes that he just told that to tease and scare me.
"Hey, Dreamer! Whose dreams are you lost in? Your Parky - boo is right here." Tara clicked her fingers in front of my face.
"Hmm.. oh just thinking about stuff."
"I was just saying that since you explain the rules of Antakshari so well, you can explain it to them too." Zee said.
"Oh. Okay. Basically, we start with this small rhyme, the ending letter of that is 'M' . The group or the person on whom that rhyme lands on has to sing a song whose lyrics begin with 'M' . Then, the next group or the person has to sing a song with the letter that the previous person's song ended with. For example, Zee starts with M and ends on S, I start with S. If I end with a B, the next person needs to sing a song with B."
"Got it?" Tara asked.
"And the most important rule, you get only 30 seconds to start singing. You need to pass it on to the next group if you fail to choose a song." Kabir added.
"Interesting game. Let's play." Parker said. "Tara, I would love it if you let me sit with my girlfriend for the rest of the ride."
"Sure." Parker sat on the seat next to mine before Tara realised that she would have to sit with Kabir.
"I'm gonna get revenge, Adams." Tara said and sat on her place.
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Within an hour most of the people on the bus were asleep including Mr Reynolds and Coach Bradshaw who were also accompanying us to Greenville.
"Can I use your shoulder as a pillow?" I asked Parker.
"Shouldn't I be the one picking up Peter Kavinsky moves?"
"Not a bad thing that I did." I said folding my arm around his and lay my head on his shoulder as he rested his head on mine.
"Hey, Supergirl?"
"Hmm?"
"Will Char accept my apology?"
"I swear Park, if you ask me that question another time, you won't be able to make babies." I said softly.
"Your loss then." He replied chuckling.
I smacked him on his head the moment he uttered those words.
"Ow!"
"Now, go to sleep and let me sleep too cause I'm really sleepy."
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"Welcome to Greenville, the town famous for its world renowned chocolate factory." Mr. Reynolds said.
"When are we going?" Veronica asked enthusiastically.
"Patience Ms. Patrick. We will be visiting soon." Coach said
"Good Afternoon." Charlotte and a boy came up and said.
"Good Afternoon to you too. It's great to see you Charlotte, and you just be Shahid Khan." Mr Reynolds said.
"Nice to meet you Mr Reynolds and Ms Bradshaw. You are required to go towards the registration area . Our teachers will guide you from there." Charlotte said.
"They are our responsibility now. You can leave them with us." Shahid said.
His accent said he was a South Asian, his name said he was a Muslim, so he could be from any of the South Asian Countries.
"Finally. After 10 years of being in this country, I can see faces which belong to my native country." Shahid said.
"I thought you're from Pakistan?" Tara said.
"Half. I am both. My mom's Indian, my dad's from Pakistan."
"Shahid, we aren't supposed to get carried away. So, let me introduce you to these bunch if idiots. I know to too well." Charlotte spoke up. "Riya, Antara and Zeeshan Singhania. Tara and Zee are twins, Riya's their cousin who just moved here a few months ago. That's Claire Hudson, one of my besties and Veronica Patrick, the Londoner."
"And those two?" Shahid asked.
"Boing." Veronica pointed out at Jesse.
"Mr.GWDCOMT." I pointed at Parker.
"That couldn't be your real names." Shahid said.
"We really wanted them to be." Veronica and I said in unison.
"Charlotte, why don't you introduce your brothers?" Claire said.
"Geez Claire. I was going to." Charlotte said. "Shahid, meet my twin Jesse Adams and my older brother by 8 months Parker Adams."
"You never told me you two brothers." Shahid said.
"Five. And two sisters." Charlotte replied
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We've finally got Charlotte as a regular and not a recurring character. Anyone excited about what's gonna happen?
Please help me reach 1K. Please. Please. Please. We're at 980+. To be more precise, 987. Only 13 more to go for 1K.
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