Kaisa Yeh Ishq?

Formal Dates

Precap: I thought hard for what seemed like hours, but Jai told me he hadn't even finished re-tying his laces when I shouted:

"IDEA!"

"Kya?" he asked quizzically.

I gave him a sly smirk and threw my arm around his shoulder.

"The Formal" I said as I dug out my phone from my pocket and booked two tickets to the '2017 Year 12 Formal Party.'

With a satisfied grin, I typed the names in.

Abhimanyu Singh and Meenakshi Khanna

Continued:

Meena's P.O.V

The warm morning air greeted me as I began my way down the bus stop. I had already decided how I was going to go about avoiding Abhimanyu. That bloody idiot thinks he can get away with what he said that day? He doesn't know what he just did.

As I boarded the bus, Avni's voice called out from the back seats. "Meena, come here!"

I made my way over, plonking down beside her as the bus sped off.

"Why the sulky face?" She asked.

I looked at her in disbelief.

"You're supposed to be my best friend! Where did our telepathy go? You should know what I'm thinking, yaar!" I whinged. For the past 2 weeks, I have been talking constantly - well, more like cursing constantly - about Abhimanyu to her and she suddenly has to ask me why I-

My thoughts where interrupted by Abhimanyu's voice calling out to me from the front of the bus. Without looking up, I turned around to Avni and started talking rubbish. Avni gave me a puzzled look, and in return received a small sigh from my side. She soon realised and played along. Meanwhile, Abhimanyu - followed close behind by Jai -  stood infront of me with folded arms.

"Koi kahe ga ki tum ek senior ho? Ab tak choti bachi jaise pesh aati ho. " he commented.
(No one can tell you're a senior. You're still behaving like a child)

"Oh, Abhimanyu! Sorry I didn't hear. I was a bit busy," I shot back, giving him a small smile, and turned right around to Avni.

"Haan, toh main keh rahi thi, ki .... woh Formal Party aa rahi hai na, toh dates ke baare mein tumne kuch socha hai? Agar koi ladka hai mann mein, toh mujhe bata dena " (Yeah, so I was saying... If you have a boy in mind for the Formal, do let me know)I told Avni

"Um... da-dates, haan... mein... woh.. " She was stuttering with her words for some reason, asnd shooting helpess glances at me.

Kal tak toh theek thi, ab ladkon ke baare mein baat karne mein isse itni hichkichahat kyu ho rahi hai?
(She was fine yesterday, so why is she hesitating to talk about boys now?)

I quickly came to her rescue.

"Waise, maine actually kisiko pasand kar diya hai " I announced.
(Actually, I've picked someone)

"Ahem!" Abhimanyu interrupted, and sat down loudly next to me. "Yeh kab kiya?"
(When did you do this?)

"Tumse matlab?" I shot back, still with my back facing him.
(Why do you care)

"Actually, mujhe tumhe Kuch dena tha-" he began, but I cut him off.
(I wanted to give you something-)

"Abhimanyu, ab tum mujhe sarr dard de rahe ho. Can you just stay quiet now? Subah hui nahi aur tumhari chipar chipar shuru ho gayi," (right now, you're giving me a headache) I said, still with my back facing him. "Look, Megha is here. Why don't you bother her instead?" I motioned towards Megha, who had just climbed onto the bus and was making her way towards us.