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Five months later......
~Author's POV~
"Dr Shreya Rathore." Her name was announced and she went on the stage to take her degree. In the audience were seated her parents and her brother showering proud claps on her. They had happy tears in their eyes as they saw their girl accomplishing her childhood dream. As soon as Shreya came back holding her degree, she hugged them and they clicked pictures.
"Maa, I will be here for some more time. They have some functions. I will call you after being free from all this." She said giving a long hug to her mother. They went back to home.
"Hey sweetheart!!! Cheers to our hard work." Myra came to Shreya and gave her a high five after hugging her tightly.
"Cheers to us." Shreya replied with a huge grin on her face.
Soon all functions were over and it was time to go back home. They had to leave for Odisha after two days and took leaves accordingly. Only they know how extra miles they had to go to get these many days leave. They decided to spend these two days with their families. As promised, Shreya took Myra for shopping last week and they had bought dresses for all the functions.
"Bye, see you at the airport." Shreya said to Myra.
"Seeyaaa"
After two days
Shreya and Myra were in the airplane ready to takeoff from Delhi. "Yaar so boring. I should have brought any novel to read." Myra said turning side to side again and again trying to get a comfortable position to sleep.
"Hey I have an extra one. You can read that." Before Myra could respond, Shreya handed her 'Rock Paper Scissors' book. "I knew it. You must be having a thriller fiction. After all what could be expected from a boring person like you."
"Oye I am not boring. I just don't read romantic novels like you. There are much more interesting things in this world baby." She said last line while patting Myra's cheek. "Yeah but at least once try them. You know a different genre with fresh feels. But no, you are stuck with thriller fictions even after reading hundreds of them."
"Even I don't know why I am stuck at things and people." She thought and sighed.
"Thanks but no thanks." She said snatching the book back from Myra.
Almost after two hours, they landed on BBI Airport, Bhubaneswar. As Shreya already asked Shrida to send her location instead of sending someone to pick them up, they booked a cab and went to her home. It was because Myra said that there would be enough bua-fufas to be picked up from different locations.
Within one hour they were in front of Shrida's house, it looked like a traditional Odia house from outside as Shrida defined. It was single storey and huge. The house was beautifully decorated with Marigold, Jasmine and Hibiscus flowers well-coordinated with Ashoka leaves. It truly stood on the 'decorated like a bride' scale.
"Shreyaaaa Myraaaa" Shrida came outside shouting their names. They wrapped themselves in a hug. Shreya and Shrida hugged again as Shrida became emotional seeing Shreya after such long time. They planned to meet a lot of times but it got cancelled due to some or the other reasons. But today they finally met.
"Hey Shrida! Stop crying yaar. We are here to celebrate. Remember?" Shreya said cupping her face.
"Chhanna Mereyaa Mereyaa....." Myra started singing to make Shrida smile and twirled her holding her hands. Shrida laughed with her happy tears. "Oh look I kept you guys standing at the entrance. Come inside." Shrida said and took them with her. Their luggage was kept in their room.
"Has everyone else reached?" Myra asked with excitement as she enjoyed eating Malpua, a sweet dish common in Odisha. "Yeah everyone from our school and my last school too. College friends are in this city only. So they will be visiting occasionally."
"That's great. But where are they now?"
"They are in the backyard. Finish this quickly. We will join them too." Shrida said as excited as Myra.
Amidst all this, Shreya was feeling very nervous as much as she feels before any surgery. "I'll be back in a minute from restroom till then you guys reach backyard okay."
"Okay" Myra and Shrida said together and laughed at it. "Seems like you are guys have already sidelined me." Shreya said making a sad face. "Yeah we have. Now go." Myra said. Shreya gave them side eye and left. She came to the restroom, washed her face and was going to the backyard.
She was walking looking at the plants lined at the border of the verandah. Suddenly she hit somebody and fell on her back. "Hawww I am already done with this grandma body God. Please no more accidents." She said closing her eyes in pain.
As she opened her eyes she found nobody in front of her. "Waah ye sahi hai dhakka do or bina sorry bole nikal lo."
(Wow this is nice. Push someone and then leave without apologizing.)
"Hey what happened? How did you fall? Shreya at least spare her wedding. You have a record of falling everywhere." Myra came and helped her get up. "I don't know yaar somebody hit me and left before I could even see them."
"Oye ladka tha?" Myra asked.
(Was that a guy?)
"I said I didn't see him or her." She hit Myra's head lightly.
"Ouch toh why hitting me? Huh? Come Shrida and everyone are waiting for us." Myra held Shreya's hand and dragged her to the backyard.
As they entered the backyard, Shreya saw a lot of faces. Faces- she didn't know but people she had memories with. The only face she knew was of Anya among them. She was excited to recognize everyone. She sat beside Shrida as she one by one introduced them all to her and Myra.
Anya, Soumik, Rounit were all there from Shreya and Shrida's common school. Others were from Shrida's next school. Shreya also introduced Myra to everyone. Myra being an extrovert mingled well with them. Shreya talked with Anya and Soumik. Earlier she thought she would be never able to talk with them again, so, today talking to everyone felt like a dream.
After sometime, she got a phone call and went away from backyard to avoid the commotions. She went towards the inner hall of the house. She was about to hang up the call when lights went off. She hanged up and started calling Shrida and Myra but none were there. She turned around and got hit by somebody again but this time she didn't fall on her back rather she was held in air by someone's hand around her waist.
She instantly turned on the flashlight and casted it on the person's face. At her action, the person crippled his eyes and turned his face around. He grabbed her phone and making her stand on her legs said "Are you mad? Who casts flashlights directly into the eyes?" He held the phone between both them. And now their faces were visible to each other.
~Shreya's POV~
I was shocked by the sudden jerk and stood on my legs with closed eyes. As soon as I opened my eyes, that someone whom I hit and who saved me from falling snatched my phone and kept it in between us. I could see a man standing in front of me with a grumpy face as I accidently casted flashlights directly into his eyes. He even reacted angrily.
"Sorry but I tripped and got scared so the reaction. Anyways, you should not shout at someone you don't even know. Basic manners, you know." I replied giving it back to him. Huh!! He is not some president or else.
"Ohh yeah fine. This man with lack of basic manners saved you from falling." He said showing favor as if he saved me from falling down a cliff.
"Better you would have not saved me. I already fell one time earlier." I said without thinking twice and immediately regretted adding the second line. This habit of blabbering is going to kill me someday.
"Whatever!! Take your phone and stop colliding with people again and again." He said in an annoying tone and left.
Hawww how could he? Wait, again? So the first time also it was him who hit me and left without even helping and now showing favor. Wonderful!!! I will just try to stay away from this bundle of attitude from now on. How does Shrida have someone like him in her wedding? Wait, I hope he isn't the groom. God please it's enough embarrassment.
I went to the backyard again. "Hey Shreya look who's here?" I went to her and as I seated I saw that man sitting next to Shrida wearing a black shirt paired with grey trousers. By this time, I was confirmed he's the groom and I am cooked for disrespecting him when Shrida said "Vedant. Vedant Saxena. Remember or not?"
I was so shocked to speak anything as I stared at him. Nervousness grasped me again and the knots in my stomach entangled. "Is he the groom? Shrey you are done now. Firstly he has so much attitude and now he is the groom. He is gonna burn me alive."
~Vedant's POV~
"Where were you? You know what just keep your phone shut for some time. We are enjoying and you are picking up calls." Shrida said to me as I returned to the backyard. I saw one more unfamiliar face. Since morning Shrida has been introducing everyone to each other trying to make a gang squad. I am already done with this gathering but as I promised her I had to attend her wedding including all functions. Actually I didn't promise her, she blackmailed my mother into sending me here. Is it some school trip? Convincing your friend's mother to send them with you. Huh but who could win against the queen of convincing.
Anyways I went and sat beside her as she started "She is Myra, Shreya's........" referring to the new person but immediately changed her sentence.
"Hey Shreya look who's here" she continued. I saw the same girl whom I helped a while ago and who acted so ignorant and rude to me. "What!!! Is she Shreya?" I thought as I remembered the calm and serene girl from class years ago. She walked towards Shrida wearing a bottle green co-ord set. She was looking nervous for some reason and didn't reply as Shrida introduced me to her. She looked at me for some good five minutes while I was staring at her too. She was playing with her fingers, thinking god knows what.
~Author's POV~
"Shreya? What happened? Forgot him or what?"
"Ummm no. Not like that. I was just thinking about the patient I just discussed about on call." Shreya immediately picked up her phone and acted reading something important on it. "Hi Shreya" Vedant said breaking the ice. Shreya immediately looked at him and then his hand extended for a handshake.
"Well we should reply when someone greets us instead of staring at them. Basic manners, you know." He continued with a sarcastic smile. Shreya got embarrassed and greeted him back while shaking hands.
Myra and Vedant also greeted each other. "Well this entire is fine. But where's my to-be-brother-in-law? Huh?" Myra said hitting her shoulder slightly with Shrida's in a teasing manner. Shrida blushed and answered "For now you can see his picture and then meet him in the Mehndi function." "Fine." Myra replied looking at her phone. Shreya now understood that Vedant was not the groom. Like why did she even think that he could be the groom? Probably knowing about the strong friendship between him and Shrida.
"Vedant is Shrida's groom-to-be? You are seriously mad Shrey." She said to herself hitting her forehead with her palm.
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Tell me in the comments about your views on their first meet, literally not, but still how was their first interaction? I tried to write it nicely. I know it's not the best but I would love to know your views.
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