Perfect RomCom Couple

Chapter 5- The phone call

Aahana's POV—

After the Joshis left, I headed to my room and noticed seven missed calls from my girls.

I immediately FaceTimed them.

"WTF, Ana! Where the heck were you? We called you so many times!" Shruti exclaimed as soon as she picked up.

"Sorry, I had guests at my place, so I had to attend to them. Anyway, what's up with the sudden FaceTime? Is someone pregnant?" I asked, half-joking, since it was unusual for them to call so many times at this hour.

"No, babe, it's Umang Di's wedding next Wednesday in Udaipur, and you're all coming!" Anushka announced excitedly.

Umang Di was Anushka's elder sister and practically an older sister to all of us. She used to take us out during exam season to help us relax and was always there for us through thick and thin.

"Thanks for the invite, but I don't think I can make it. I have some important meetings scheduled next week, a court case coming up, and my boss is pregnant, so I'm covering for her too. Plus, my assistant is sick," I rambled, feeling a pang of regret even as I listed my reasons.

I really wanted to go, but my schedule was packed.

"Oh, come on, Ana! I'm canceling my shoots for this," Shruti said, trying to guilt-trip me.

"And I postponed a meeting with a board member of 'The New York Dance Academy.' Do you know how important that meeting is for me? And all four of us haven't gone out in years," Rhea chimed in.

"See, I knew you were going to give all those excuses, so I have the bride-to-be here with me, and she's going to give you a nice lesson now. Good luck," Anushka warned.

God, she wasn't going to make this easy.

"What do you mean you're not coming? You're my little sister, Ana, and I'm not going to give you the whole 'I won't marry him if you're not there' speech, but you know how important you are to me.

You girls are all like Anu to me.

I was there when you passed your boards, became Miss Fresher, graduated, and passed the bar.

And now you can't even come to my wedding? It hurts, Ana.

I'm ordering you to be there. Dhruv's family has so many hot guys, and I've already shortlisted four for you.

You're coming, and that's final—no ifs, ands, or buts. If you don't come, I'm not going to talk to you ever again," Umang Di said, her puppy eyes boring into me, with the other three girls mimicking her expression.

How could I say no to that?

"Fine, I'll be there for youuuuuu," I finally relented.

All four of them started jumping in joy.

God, I love them.

"Girls, I gotta go. Dhruv is calling me," Umang said, referring to her fiancé.

"Ooooooo, Jiju must be dying for the wedding to be over so you can start honeymooning," I teased her, making her turn red and blush furiously.

"Jiju is impatient, man. Like, right after the wedding, he'll be like, 'Let's break the bed, baby,'" Rhea joined in.

"Please ask him to wait till the bidai," Anu added, and we all burst out laughing.

"Shut up, you girls. Bye," Umang said, getting up and running out of the room.

We all calmed down from our laughing fit.

"Ana, thanks for coming. It really means a lot to us," Anu said sincerely.

"And we're going to take my car, so we can finally have our much-awaited road trip, just like in Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara," Shruti said excitedly.