WARNING:- NOT PROOFREAD

Eating their tummies full, They left the Beach at 8:30 as they decided to wake up early than they did today at 10:30.

On their way back, they bought some Hair accessories, which more seemed like threads, with the help of which they can tie their hair strands in a spiral way. Nanda and Riya braided their Hairs with the help of that Selling woman, who told them that she'll be here tomorrow also if they want to buy more.

Returning their Bikes, they all went back to the hotel in a Cab, sitting in each other's lap, adjusting a bit, eventually in which they find some underlying fun.

Alakananda and Riya tiptoed to the room next to theirs, which is their friend's, to sleep with them. Cause, if any of the Hotel's staff sees them, no doubt the Manager will call for them.

Nanda and Riya thanked their stars as nobody has seen them that night and five of them slept on the bed, which is only for three people, with one's head on another's body.

* * *

The next morning, as they decided, Nanda and Riya woke up early as their Alarms from their respective phone rang at the same time. Meera and Aadya woke up not interested In humming to the song as Alakananda and Riya were doing when they witnessed.

"Guys! Wake up!" Riya pulled the blanket off them, while Sahitya is pulling it towards her, still asleep.

This continued for a minute and Riya pulled it with more force, which resulted in her landing on the floor with the blanket in her hands, and the not-so-decent laughs in the background.

"Sahitya!" Riya grunted, dusting off her clothes which made Sahitya pull her laugh at a station.

"You did it deliberately, right!" Riya groaned, with her index finger menacingly pointed at Sahitya, while Sahitya tried to stifle her laugh in which she failed miserably followed by Meera and Aadya.

Nanda was long gone to their room, after Riya kissed the floor, to freshen up. After the eternity, which is one hour, they all got ready and left for, first to take their Bikes in the cab, without having breakfast as they didn't want to eat then.

"Where are we going now?" Aadya asked as she sat behind Riya with Riya's backpack in her lap and her backpack on her shoulders, with her phone re-centering Google Maps.

"Chapora Fort?" Riya asked, Nanda just nodded her head, wearing her helmet. "Open maps, and navigate for Chapora Fort!" Riya said to Aadya and Meera.

"Already Done!" They both said in unison and gave a hi-fi.

As usual, Nanda is going ahead, with her earphones in one ear, listening to the directions Meera is saying to her and following it right.

"How many minutes more?" Nanda asked, pacing low.

"Um, 17 Minutes!" Meera said, after checking in the Maps.

Nodding her head, Meera went along with the directions.

* * *

"It's the same way!" Nanda said, exhausted at the surroundings they've been, for 15 minutes. She sighed into the phone while Meera scratched her head.

"I'm leading you correct, Nandu! If you want, ask Aadya!" Meera said into the phone, which is on speaker, gesturing to Aadya, who's also confused about the same thing, which is showing the same route for Chapora Fort.

Shooking her head, Nanda pulled her RE aside, followed by Riya and Sahitya.

"Don't you know that there's an option called, Recenter?" Nanda shouted at Meera, showing her the direction in her phone.

Sighing in frustration, she shared the directions to Meera and Aadya and Hopped on her bike, fleeing away.

"We're back here again!" Aadya huffed, trying to hide her smile. Glancing at Nanda's gaped mouth and widened eyes, Meera laughed out loud.

"What's wrong?" Riya yelled. "Why are we kept coming here again and again?" She screamed on top of her lungs, and that's when Alakananda's eyes fell on the Sign Board, on which it is written that, WAY TO CHAPORA FORT, in block letters, with an arrow, mark indicating it!

Nanda prompted them to look at it, and when they did, they couldn't be able to control the laugh coming out from their stomach that they burst out laughing, until tears spill from their eyes.

Coming down from their High on laughing, they left from there, and disappeared into the way, showing in the maps, which took them to their destination, eventually.

"This Goa has abundant of Churches, Tattoo centers and Beaches, yaar!" Sahitya said as they came across many of them, and about beaches, anybody knows that the fact is, Goa means the first thing anyone can remember is Beaches, right!

"Ohh! Thanks for the Information, Mrs.Anand!" Riya faked a shock, joining her hands together in front of Sahitya, who twitched her lips after scoffing at her.

"Riya, I'll disown you! I'm telling you!" Sahitya fake warned her while, again, Riya started her Drama.

"Oh My God, I'm scared!" She said, staring at all of them. "Sahi please don't do that with me! Please, Sahitya! I beg of you!" Riya came towards Sahitya, now clutching her Palm in her hand, ever so tight, as if she's gonna disappear into the thin air.

People around them now started staring at the duo, weirdly.

"Please, Sahitya, don't do that with me!" By this second, Riya was about to touch Sahitya's foot, but a scream made her stop in her tracks.

Cocking their heads at the owner of the voice, they came across a weirdly dressed man, actually a person dressed like everybody who does in Goa.

He strode towards them, correcting his nerdy glasses.

"What are you even making her do?" He scoffed while glaring at Sahitya, who was not a bit scared at him.

Riya who anticipated all of this smirked mentally. While Nanda rolled her eyes at the Drama to take place, to applaud her dearest friend for the acting. Meera and Aadya tried stifling their laugh by hiding it under the serious demeanor.

"Why are you letting her touch your feet? Who are you, huh?-" "I'm..." Sahitya was about to explain it to him but the stranger has a big mouth and less patience and Zero Brain, to even listen to anything.

"Whoever you're, you've no right to do this to an innocent. You shouldn't be! What do you think you are huh? You-" "See! You misunderstood it!-" Sahitya tried intervening with him, but he again cut her across.

"I've misunderstood it?" He exclaimed, pointing towards himself. He opened his mouth to rant again, but Riya who witnessed the sad face of Sahitya stepped ahead to cut him off. But before she could do that, Nanda was there, for the work.

"Yes, you've misunderstood it!" Nanda screamed at him, who seemed to get startled at her pitch.

He backed off, as Nanda stepped in front of Sahitya and Meera.

"We all are friends. We came here for a holiday and Riya!" Nanda took a pause to point at Riya who's hiding her smile with her palm. "She's Riya! She's just playing around with Sahi!" Nanda stopped to glance at Sahitya, who grinning wide.

"That's Sahitya. We all just pulling each other's legs and this is also one of them. But, you came in the middle, taking our fun to an abrupt end!" She breathed it out in one go, glaring at the guy, who's not biting his lips in anticipation.

He opened his mouth to explain something, but, Nanda's words made him not to explain himself.

"But, I felt glad that, people are taking a stand for others, even though they're strangers to them! Good try, dude!" Nanda gave him a hi-fi which he returned gladly, grinning.

"Thanks, man!" He sighed in relief, before bidding all f them a Bye, and Glancing at Riya for a brief couple of seconds.

There are many stalls outside the fort, of Accessories, Clothes, Handicrafts, and many more. Before going in, Meera, Riya, and, Aadya took a coconut each, to soothe themselves from the heat of the sun. Sahitya, who can't finish the entire water of the count to herself, to a lass of freshly cut Fruits and Alakananda also did the same, but, not the same reason. The reason is, she doesn't like coconut water. As we all know, 'The Weird Human' she is!

As there's no ticket to enter the fort, five of them made their way into it, talking, eating, and laughing.

"There are so many steps, Nandu!" Meera sighed, exhausted. As they entered, they have so many steps to climb, which they thought are easy, but, everything is not as it seems. Aadya and Riya are climbing slowly, with their hands on their Knees, panting.

Nanda's excitement is still giving her energy to climb halfway through, where there's a tent, under which a table of water bottles is kept and a person selling it. There are a few chairs, for the tourists to rest under the shade, whoever is tired of climbing all the stairs.

Nanda called her friends who are climbing slowly, holding each other's hands which reminded Nanda of their school days.

Smiling, she screamed for them, asking t come fast as there are these chairs for them to sit. Hearing Nanda, Sahitya started to run to her for the sake of Chairs at least.

"Oh My God, we've reached!" Meera exclaimed panting, as the end came into her view, at the stalls of things. After taking a rest for five minutes, Nanda started climbing again, not waiting for the girls, who cursed her under their breath, following her.

"Arrey yaar, there's nothing beyond walking in this Chapora Fort man!" Aadya sighed in disappointment while Nanda shook her head in disagreement.

"Tell me that after we're done with seeing!" She said, while walking, looking ahead.

"By the way, this is the same place that Dil Chahta Hai has shot!" Nanda said as she remembered Googling it late at night.

"You know, because, you've Googled it last night, right!" Meera chuckled while walking ahead.

"Yeah!" Nanda admitted scratching her head, smiling sheepishly.

"OMG!" Sahitya's face adorned a surprise as she saw the Beach from the peak view. Each of their expressions was mirroring the other.

The view from the fort of Beach and the Property of cottages is a sight to behold and get mesmerized by. It was just awesome.

Five of them sat on the edge, one by one supporting each other to sit there safely. Nanda took her camera out and started to click those amazing landslides, and the pictures of her friends in between, who are ranting like anything.

"This hair thing suits you!" Riya said, pulling her hair strand, tied by the thread they bought yesterday. "You're looking beautiful!" She smiled at her.

Nanda smiled at her, staring at the pictures she clicked. "It suits you too!" She replied, cocking her head at Riya who made a face.

"No!" Riya said bluntly. "It doesn't suit me!" She said, looking at herself in the camera of her phone.

A small chuckle escaped Nanda, resulting in her girl gang take a look at her smiling self.

"Beauty lies in the eyes of the person who's seeing it, Riya!" Alakananda said, to which Aadya and Sahitya smiled. Meera held herself back for thinking before adoring the girl beside her.

"If you find me Beautiful, then Beauty doesn't lie in me! The beauty lies in you, as you can see something beautiful in someone!" She said, to which four of them couldn't resist themselves to not go awe at this Beauty and Brains.

The words Nanda said left Riya amazed, at the girl in front of her is the grown-up of her 'CRAZIEST BEST FRIEND'. Like, if they hear the word crazy, the first thing that pops into their mind is Alakananda.

Aadya and Sahitya smiled a hearty smile at Nanda before starting their rant again.

And, the lost soul - Meera, is still at the peak of Amazement, staring still at Nanda, reckoning that is it their Alakananda or not! Cause, she didn't know that Alakananda owns this thing in her. That thing, which can motivate someone to the extent that, they'd have no more self-esteem issues after hearing her philosophies.

The words that are left from Nanda, are something everybody should know and understand, who have these self-esteem issues. This girl never let them at peace. She left them at the stage that, there's no more love inside them to love her evermore than they do.

She is the kind of girl that, not everyone likes. But, to them, She's a Piece of Art, which no one can understand, no one can Disown. That is like, having the chocolate in front of you, but can't have it!

Alakananda! Men would envy the guy with whom you'll fall in love! Meera thought before smiling to herself, wounding her hand on Nanda's shoulder, who gave her a toothy smile at her after realizing.