The Last Goodbye

Chapter 6

It was the first day of the week, and as per schedule it was the day to find out who was the Mr. and Ms. SVM, it was simple contestants had to come up on the stage perform something and then, at the end of the ramp walk they will be asked a question.

Just a day before when everyone was once again huddled up for meetings, Divya had known that no matter what 20 constant people with a plus one from BBI will surely be there for all the events no matter what.

This had been a thing from the first year until Madhav had joined their gang. Their closest friends who counted up to 20 from their class would always be there for the events, not only because each of the competition will have a participant from their class, but as well to support the ones who were organizing it.

When in the morning, Divya had met Kavya she had said, "You don't have to worry, just let me know when we can settle in, our whole team is here."

And now as she stood near the stage, Divya can surely see all of them huddled up right in the second row awaiting eagerly for the competition to begin and cheer for Manav who she knew was surely participating.

As the participants came and went, Divya felt the anticipation. She called the next slot and realized it was Manav's turn, she called him up and said,

"Manav all the best..."

"Thanks a lot yaar." And with that he began walking around in circles again. It had been a normal thing for them all now. He would always be anxious and fidgety just the way he was right now, before any of his performances. Manav was an actor. He had been working with various film directors and tv serials, and had recently moved on to doing theaters. Divya remembered very well when they all had seen his first appearance in the serial... they all had cheered out so loudly as they had once again watched the same scene on their phones while seating in the BTM garden.

They had felt so proud of him.

As Manav made his way up on the stage, the whole crowd began cheering. Mono acting was Manav's forte and since first year itself she has seen people gathering around just to see his act.

As the performance began, she could feel her heart beating loudly in anticipation, as her eyes shifted from Manav towards the crowd she could see the whole group seated in such a way that they would fall off their chairs. It was funny, but then it was Manav who was performing.

When the performance ended and Manav came down, Divya went and hugged him.

"You did so well." The two smiled at each other, as he made his way back into the audience, a bit of rustling began as the group congratulated him.

After about an hour or so, the results were finally out, and the team began with the second round. In this round they were all supposed to do a ramp walk and at the end of it they were supposed to introduce themselves and answer the Judges question.

Many gave very interesting answers, but there was one that was the best. One of the girls had talked about how she was proud of herself and the way she looked.

"I have always been complimented as cute, I was told I should lose a bit of weight because I might fit into the modern clothes... and that made me wonder, was it really necessary that I should look slim and trim all because I had to wear modern clothes?" she then pointed out to herself and said, "I am wearing a body con dress right now, and it suits me well...I am proud of how I look, I wouldn't want to be something else all because people want me to look in that certain manner."

The whole room had swung into hoots, as she descended the stage. When the results were announced it was a tie between three boys and surprisingly one of them was Manav.