Tangled

Annika, Aarav & Akdu Singh Oberoi!!!

A teenage girl and a boy are seen sitting near swimming pool in OM with their legs dipped in water, and a scrapbook in their hands.
Being a cold night and having nothing to do, both decided to relive their childhood memories.
On the first page itself, photos of two new born babies are pasted, with their names written below 'Annika' and 'Aarav'.
An(in a teasing way) : Oh my god!!!!! how can I be friends with someone, who look so ugly ,even as a baby.

Aarav: Ugly!!! from which angle do I look ugly??? Tujhe naa chasmein ki zaroorat hai.
Dimple to dekh mere, aise hai ki Shahrukh khan bhi sharma jaaye, he said pointing towards his full flash toothy grin😁😁.

This earned him a smack on his head by Annika and a 'iss bandar kaa kuch nhii ho skta".

What followed was lot more laughter, gigglings, smacks,whining,not to forget punches as they turned the pages remnecising golden memories like their first day at school , picnics ,dance competitions , riding bicycle ,punishments , night outs or horrible attempts at cooking in short practically everything. They have been besties, since forever. The bond they share was so pure,so beautiful, something so vulnerable these days.

It was not a surprise for their family as their mothers were also best friends for 20 years of their life until annika's mom Swarna died of cancer, leaving a 8 year old annika and a devastated husband who decided to cope with his grief by turning into workaholic.

After that, Jhanvi tried her level best to fill that void in annika's life. She loved her as her own child. Even Annika started calling her 'mom' because she knew, her Jhanvi mom loved her, cared for her, mentor her the same way swarna would do, if she was still with her.

As they were still turning pages, they reached a page with a title 'First date'.
On one side of page, a picture is pasted of Aarav and Romi, aarav's first and now ex girlfriend in a cafe, while other side is completely empty.

Thank god!!! I got rid from this make up queen, said Aarav having total "michmichiii" expressions. He started ranting about how horrible his whole dating experience was.

While Annika was in her own world, not paying attention to what he was blabbering , jst looking at that blank side of the page, wondering why did no one asked her out yet.

After 5 min, when aarav realized that annika is completely zoned out, he shook her vigorously and asked what happened.

An(in a serious tone): jst tell me one thing, do I not look like a girl?

If on any other day, annika would have asked this question, aarav would make fun of her till no ends but judging the seriousness in her voice he decided not to.

Ar: ofc, you look like a girl, not to mention pretty attractive too.

An: So if I am attractive , why did no one ask mee out till now??
For god sake, I am an 11th grader, I had never been out on a single date whereas girls in my class had their first kisses too, mostly with your brother and his idiotic gang ( last part, she jst mumbled to herself with irritation)

Aarav think for a while and replied, may be it had to do something with you kicking that Daksh in his shins,as if he is a football, when he tried to kiss you during last homecoming.
He giggled remembering that scene, mostly daksh ki buri haalat and annika's horrible expressions.

An: Sooooo, what else could I had done??? I talked to him first time that day, that too when he asked me for dance. Don't tell mee you think, I should have kissed him
she said , while having an angry pout and a flaring nose, making her look like a fire weilding dragon!!!!

Ar: I did not mean it that way. What my point is, boys are kinda of afraid of you.

An: Afraid?????