Stars & Dreams

15) Zeta Piscium - Positive & Creative

"Hello baby," Nina cooed while Vasujit avoided Rumi's eyes.

"Hi Nina, Hello Vasujit," Yohan answered with grace. Nina did not bother to look in her direction. Rumi observed that while Nina held one hand of Vasujit, she stroked Yohan's face with the other.

Yohan stood up abruptly and Nina had to snatch her hand away from his face, "Will you excuse me Nina?" And with a nod at Rumi, Yohan headed to the washroom. Nina directed a killing look at Rumi, took Vasujit's hand and moved to another table. Rumi was not angry with Nina but she was definitely displeased with Vasujit for not having the courtesy to acknowledge her. In spite of his rudeness, Rumi would always be grateful to him for giving her the first break. She would never forget it. Yohan returned and asked her if she was ready to leave.

Leaving some tips for the waiter, Yohan and Rumi left the restaurant without glancing at Nina or Vasujit.

On their drive back home, Yohan asked her, "So do you have any preference for make-up artist or do you have one?"

"No I don't have any preference. I am OK with whoever you arrange."

"Good then, I will go ahead and arrange for all that."

After some moments of quiet contemplation, Yohan asked, "How is your boy friend?"

"I broke up with him," Rumi replied, not bothering to ask how he knew about her boy friend.

"He is not good enough to be your boy friend," Yohan replied in unusual assertiveness.

Rumi turned to him and asked, "Why do you say that?"

"Did you tell him about 'The Gypsy's blood'?"

"No why?"

"He seems to know a lot. He was the one who informed Nina about my project."

"Oh I didn't tell him but yes, he must have assumed that we are making a movie. He saw you on that day you arrived at my house first time."

"Oh yes right! So was he the one who told Nina about your movie with Vasujit?"

Rumi was surprised that Yohan knew about her movie with Vasujit, "How do you know that?"

"Because Nina bragged about it to me and I assume that she snatched the project from you without your knowledge."

"Yes..." and before she knew it, Rumi blurted everything to Yohan; about her conversation with Vasujit, his earlier offer and his off-hand reply over the phone, "I fought at the agency for him. Since he gave me the first film, I told the agency that I will not raise the remuneration for his film. And now see, I am not even doing the film."

"Rumi, you were cast in the movie because of your talent. Vasujit did not do you any favour but recognized your talent. So you don't have to be obliged to him or for that matter to me also. "

Rumi glanced at him and wondered why he displayed a different side to the world. He was down to earth, mature and quite humble. Why then show the world a bratty side of the personality? She sighed unable to understand the quirky side of the glamour world.

When Yohan dropped her at her house, she did not expect Ujjwal to come visiting. When he rang the bell, Rumi assumed that Yohan had remembered something but when she saw that it was Ujjwal, she was disappointed and certainly anxious, especially when there was no one at home.

"Hey Rumi, what is up?"

Rumi let him inside hesitatingly and a peculiar instinct urged her not to close the door. She couldn't stop him from entering just because they had broken up. After all he had stood by her when she had nothing, to quote his words.