You Belong With Me | Completed

Chapter-29 Hope

The whole Elliston Hall was wrapped in a bubble of silence. No one said anything. The tension in the hall could be cut with a knife. Mitali fidgeted with her fingers for a while and then getting annoyed, finally spoke,

Mitali: I suppose, we are gathered here for a meeting. So if you guys have taken a vow of silence,then that's not going to happen, is it?

Adi chuckled slightly.

Taps: No, surely not.Let's start the meeting. So,.....the reason I summoned you guys here today, is because......the dancers who were going to perform the opening act couldn't please Dean . He said he wasn't happy with their perfomance, at all. So he cancelled them. 

Sahil: Typical him.

Anu: But we have to perform an opening act, right?

Taps: Yes.......I'm just coming to that.

Mitali: I don't like that look on your face.

Taps: So......the Dean wants us to do a play for the opening act.

Shanu: What??!!

Mitali: Us.....as in?

Taps: We 8.

Anu: Holy shit!

Adi: Taps, tune unhe batya nahi ki sirf ek week baki hai Meet ko. Ek week mein kaisa prepare karenge play?

Taps: Tujhe kya lagta hai, maine nahi bola? Maine bola yaar, par vo meri koi baat sunne ko tayyar hi nahi hai.

Adi:(to Sahil) Yaar, no offense, par tere papa ek number ke...voh hai!

Sahil:(to Adi) None taken.

Daksh: Par ab karenge kya?

Taps: Play ki tayari.

Mitali: But what about the preparations ? Who will take care of that?

Taps: We will.

Anu: Par kaise?

Taps: Dekho, guys,......jyada tar preparations to ho chuki hai na? To phir! Baki jitna baki hai, vo hum college mein jyada time spend kar ke kar lenge. Aur play ki tayari bhi ho jayegi.

Ruhaan: Jitna simple tum isko sound karwa rahi ho na , utna simple nahi hai yeh sab.

Tapasya looked at him.

"Well, at least isi bahane isne mujhse baat to ki.", she thought.

Adi: Tere pas koi behtar idea hai, bhai?

Ruhaan: Nahi, mere pas koi behtar idea to nahi hai, par ek simple idea zarur hai.

Mitali; Kya?

Ruhaan: Hum play aaj ke aaj hi khatam karenge.

All: Kya??!!!

Mitali: Yeh hai tumhara SIMPLE idea??

Ruhaan: Meri puri baat to sun lo guys. Hum aaj sham tak pura play design karna complete. Like you know, script, direction, costume, everything. Aur kal se after college, hum sab mere ghar chalenge, aur practice kar lenge. Isse preparations bhi time pe puri ho jayengi aur play ki practice bhi ho jayegi.

Taps:(excitedly) Great!

Ruhaan looked at her. They shared an eyelock while the others were busy figuring out whether the plan would work or not.

Mitali: Thik hai. Ab sab kiya hai, to yeh plan bhi try kar ke dekhte hai!

Adi: Acha toh. Play ki strategy discuss kare?

Mitali: Bandar, play hai.....surgical attack nahi, ki strategy discuss kare! Pehle hume iska theme sochna parega.

Adi: Ha voh bhi keh sakte hai!