It's All Started With A Lie

Chapter- 6 Remember..?

When I get home, they are waiting for me all dressed. “Give me 15 mins”, I said and took a quick shower and dressed myself in a black knee length strap dress which is on my bed which surely is not mine cause I don’t remember buying this dress. Most of the times I buy hoodies and tops for jeans, I don’t really buy these types of hot dresses because I am already hot so, I don’t need these dresses to make me hot, haha just kidding, it’s not like that. I buy too but not more often.

“chalo”, I said after 15 mins.

“That’s why I love you, you take less time to get ready”, Payal commented.

“So, if I take a lot of time to get ready, don’t you love me?” I asked, acting mad.

“How can I not love that innocent face of yours,” she commented and I grinned.

“Let’s go”, Pooja said, wrapping her hand around my shoulder and grabbing Payal’s hand. We walked to the main road and grabbed a taxi.

“You know, they liked the reception hall decoration so much. So, they booked a table with my name at rainbow restaurant for dinner tomorrow” Pooja said with so much excitement.

We went to the rainbow restaurant once but it's a very expensive restaurant, so we never visited it even though we liked the food. We can’t afford it very often.

“So, we are dining there tomorrow”, Payal squealed.

Soon, we reached the club. After paying the fair, we went in.

“What beautiful girls want?” the bartender asked, flashing a flirty smile at us.

We ordered vodka, it’s our first-time having vodka. I hope it will be fine.

“Come on, girls let’s dance”, Payal said and we hit the dance floor. Another hour we danced like crazy and got drunk as we had many drinks in little breaks.

I don’t think we can go home by ourselves as we are tripping just walking to the washroom, so I called my brother.

I barely remember him coming and getting us to our room.

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I woke up feeling the weight on my stomach. I opened my eyes and saw Pooja's leg on my stomach and my leg on Payal's thigh. I think my brother left us three in my room after getting us home.

“Pooja, wake up”, I patted Pooja and she woke up with a groan. “Payal”, I called and kicked her thigh and she woke up with a sudden jerk.

“Ah… my head is hurting so much”, Payal groaned.
“So was mine”, I replied.

I got up from the bed and saw the missed call from my brother, so I called him back.

“Hello, Avi”, I said soon after he pick up the call

“Have you woken up, queen”, my brother said sarcastically so I looked at the watch to find it was already 11:30 am.

“hehe”, I giggled sheepishly.

“Next time when you want to get drunk, inform me prior”, he said and I hummed. He never tells me what to wear, where to go or how to behave. He is always there for me when I need him. He teases me a lot and fights a lot but when it comes to my safety, he becomes serious but he never ever orders me around even if he is older than me.

“Have some water first and eat breakfast. I have to go”, he said.

“Ok, Avi, bye and I love you”, I replied playfully.

“But I hate you, garbage bin”, he teased and disconnected the call. How can he be an older brother when he doesn’t say things like we brought you from the garbage bin and you are adopted.

We had our breakfast and the whole day we just sat on the couch lazily watching Netflix and talking about our lives lately. It's been days since we talked so much and today, we talked for hours.

“Can I call Arnav for dinner as he helped us so much in decorating the hall”, I asked.

“Ok, call him”, Pooja replied.

“Wait, who is Arnav? Did I miss something?”, Payal asked with raised brow.

“No, he is just a helper”, I replied immediately.

“But he is so handsome like he just walked out from an anime”, Pooja remarked excitedly.

“Really, then ask him to join us”, Payal winked.

“Ok”, I replied and went to my room to call him. After three rings he picked up the call.

“Hello, Arnav, it’s me”, I said as soon as he picked up the call.

“Naina, is everything ok?”, he asked.

“Yeah, everything is ok. I just called you to invite you for the dinner,” I invited and told him the whole story.

“I am sorry, Naina. I don’t think I can make it for dinner, enjoy it with your friends. I am sure it will be fun being with your friends and enjoying the dinner”, he remarked.

I took a small gap before responding with an ok. I don’t know why I feel disappointed when it is just a friend who is not even that close to me.

We all got ready for the dinner and went to the restaurant at 7 as I have to leave before 9 because of my show.

We ordered a few of our favorite dishes and started enjoying them while making fun of each other and cracking jokes.

“You spilled it on yourself again”, Pooja remarked when I spilled ketchup on my dress. I smiled sheepishly and started wiping it with a tissue. But instead of wiping it off, I wiped it clumsily making it ruin my dress even more.

Payal took tissue from my hand and wiped it neatly muttering “Will you eat without spilling on yourself at least once”.

“Wipe your mouth too”, Pooja said, taking tissue to my mouth and I took it from her hand to wipe it myself.

“Always clumsy”, Pooja muttered.

“The right one will find it cute”, I commented while wiping off my mouth.

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