Chapter 5

The first time I had visited her place with Ana. Actually, Ana and Meera  have been together since nursery. I became friends with Meera through Ana. Its always fun to visit her place. Meera has a very cute and cozy room. I had fallen in love with it the moment I saw it. She has some pink cushions on the floor, a synthesizer next to the wardrobe. There are 2 bean bags near the computer, a lamp on the night table just opposite to the cushions. The curtains  are light pink in colour adding to the beauty of the room.

I reached her place at around 11 am. She opened the door for me even before I could press the bell. “You are late, you were supposed to come at 10 I have been staring at the gate since an hour”she complained. I asked her sorry and offered her a Cadbury silk Roasted Almond. It was her favourite and and her anger subsided. I went to the kitchen and greeted Aunty.

Meera had a privilege which me and Ana didn’t have. She could lock the door of her room when with her friends inside. Hence, her place was the venue of our many firsts. In my place my mom would be hovering outside my room as if we are making some bomb inside.

Meera seemed to be very excited about something.” Whats up gal!!! Is there something that I should know” I asked. Next week is Nikhaar’s birthday and I am planning to throw a surprise party for him at the Beijing Bites, she replied.

But, that would be expensive , I said. Don’t worry I have my sources. The only problem is that I am not able to prepare the guest list. Can you please help me with it.

How can I help you ? I don’ prepare the guest list for you. I don’t have the slightest idea of Nikhaar’s friends circle, I told. Why don’t you ask Joeseph to do it for you. He knows almost everyone Nikhaar is friends with.

Yeah!! Actually you are right, Meera jumped with joy. The rest of the day went in discussing  about the birthday party. I helped her decide the menu and left her place by 7.

Chapter 4 (Continued)

My mother also followed me to the room and stood beside me. That time I didn’t have the patience to search for anyone else other than him. But I had to do the search for my mother first. Finally, I got the person’s profile. He was some distant cousin of my mom. She told me to drop a message asking his number and I obliged. She left the room contented.

Now, my mind was racing..........how do I start my search?? I decided to visit Nikhaar’s profile first and check out his friend list. Though I had some seniors in my list too but something in me told that I should go for Nikhaar’s profiles first. Now,he had around 250 people in his list. So, I decided to check his groups first. But, after an extensive search all my efforts proved to be futile. Now, there was only one last group left “Music Rockerz” where I had the least hope to find him. Still, I thought of giving it a try. There were around 30 members and all of a sudden my eyes went on a picture where a guy was playing drums and this guy seemed to be like him. And the next moment I saw his name “Anubhav Sinha”. It has to be him. I hurriedly opened his profile. And yes it was him. He was from Jhansi. He shifted to Delhi and  joined our school last year. And the best part was he was a drummer. I just fell in love with him at that moment.

I craved to hit that “Add Friend” button but that would make me appear desperate. Though I am but I don’t want to make it so obvious for him.

Days passed..........I had again started my vocal music classes and had to get up early for practice. I used to stalk Anubhav in facebook every single day. Ana was very busy with her TT and dance classes so she rarely visited me and whenever she did her conversations started and ended with Anupam. It seemed Anupam was also interested in her.

Meera had been calling me every now and then. She had been consistently  insisting me to visit  her. So finally I have decided to bunk my vocal music class tomorrow and go to her place.