Ishq Junoon Deewangi [Fanfiction] ✓

Part l ♩ Chapter 4 ♩

                                                                              

[Kriya’s POV]

I felt my body relax as soon as Rey left the room. It was as if a huge burden was lifted off my heart. It shouldn’t even be a burden though. I guess I was just nervous, and it hurt more than I had anticipated in seeing him after all these years. I wish it didn’t affect me.

I really wish.

If only.

My eyes darted towards Sonia, who was giving me concerned looks. I passed her a weak smile. I didn’t have to say anything in order for her to know I wasn’t feeling all that good. A girl I recognized, but didn’t remember the name of, came to us.

“You were really good.” She told me. She seemed really sweet, like the kind who is just too innocent and would let people walk all over her, and she wouldn’t even realize until later.

I smiled at her, “Thanks, you were too.” I felt a bit bad though, since I didn’t remember her audition all that well. I just remembered that she looked familiar because of the bright pink colored outfit she was wearing. Only because I had something against the color, and it made my eyes cringe.

“Roshni, but you can call me Rose.” She introduced herself, extending her hand.

“Kriya,” I replied. Right about now, I was starting to pray they would select her for two reasons. One, it would just suck if not, because she was just too sweet and even though I don’t know her at all, I’d hate to see her cry. Second, she was the only other Indian around – we’d just get along perfectly.

She asked, “Aren’t you both coming?” She was asking about going to the buffet to have early dinner.

Sonia replied, “I have to go. My shift starts in an hour.” She gave me an apologetic look, but I already knew she would have to leave early.

“Don’t worry about it.” I told her, bidding her bye with a quick hug. After she left, I sighed and get up. Might as well go with Rose and eat. Better than sitting in here by myself. Being alone right now would only pull me into depression. That was the last thing I wanted Rey to see me as.

Rose was just so good at talking to random people and making quick friends! So, maybe she isn’t all that innocent? She does know how to pick the right group of friends. By the time we were done eating, our group had grown from two people to five. I felt bad for not keeping up with the conversation, but I also found it hard to keep my concentration. Though, I did remember their names.

Ashley, Ian, Adrian, and Hayley. And I liked them all too. They were a bunch of funny people. They knew how to make people laugh. As I struggled to keep up with the conversation, I realized just how crazy they really were. From their faces, you couldn’t tell. But, looks can be deceiving.

[Rey’s POV]

I complained, “Damn! I never thought short listing it would be so hard! If I knew, I wouldn’t have agreed to be the judge.” But, now that I knew Kriya was here, my complaining was nothing. I knew I wouldn’t trade this in for anything else.

Vaibhavi laughed. “You’re going to have to do more tough decision later on. This is just the auditions!”  She pulled me up as I was starting to slouch in the chair. It was so comfortable!

I resisted and whined, “I’m dead!” I laid my head on my hands which were on the table. She pulled me up again and said sternly, “Back to work.”

I sighed, “Aye aye, captain.” The CD was resumed, and we went back to watching the performances and pointing out different things here and there and talked about them. Sometimes agreeing and sometimes not but eventually coming to an agreement. When Kriya’s performance played, I avoided looking into her eyes. I had always been able to read them no matter what the situation is. But this time, I knew I would only see pain and thus avoided.