"Parth???!!!!"

"Haan Parth!!", came a reply.

And before Shivangi could decode this mystery.. all three girls along with Ananya.. turned around and started marching outside the room.

"Oh hello!! Ruko ek second.. jaa kahan rahe ho tum log!!! Arre?!? Parth ki aawaaz!!!!", Shivangi called out to them but nobody heard her..
She got down from her bed and ran outside the hostel.. as her four MAD hostel friends had rushed out...
By the time she caught them.. they were outside the college..
She rushed out.. but saw nobody..

"Kahan gaye sab ke sab?!!! Gadhe..", Shivangi said to herself angrily.
That's when she gets a call.. a call from Parth.

"Hello?! Haan pohonch gaye?!"

"Haan.. pohonch gaya.. how did you like the surprise.."

"It was AMAZING Parth!! Just beautiful.."

"I'm glad you liked it... So... Kya ho raha hai.."

"Arre don't ask.. I don't know where all these girls have gone?!! Upar se.. pata nahi kyun mujhe tumhari aawaaz sunaayi de rahi thi.. It's very weird.."

"Kyun?!! Kahan gaye sab?!!"

"Vahi to nahi samajh lag raha!!!"

"Chalo main samjhaata hoon!"

Shivangi was suddenly startled..
That's because... Someone pulled her by a 360°...
Her hands landed on his shoulders.. and his... On her waist..

"Gaadi mein baith jaao!!! Koi chhed-chhaad samajh kar arrest na kar le...", Mohini screamed from inside the car.. followed by the loud giggles of the other three..
He held her hand.. and both of them rushed into the car..

"Tum. Yahan. Kar. Kya. Rahe. Ho??", Shivangi asked him..

"Vapas hi nahi ja paaya..", he glanced lovingly at Shivangi.

"Oh god Parth!!!! You're heights..", Shivangi punched him on his arm.. and then he encircled her arms around her.. making her head rest on her chest..

"Achha hum jaa kahan rahe hain?!!!", Manali asked Parth.

"Jahan main le jaa raha hoon!!", Parth smirked.

"Yeh surprise-surprise tum Shivangi ke saath hi khelo.. humare saath nahi..", Anamika said to him.

"Yaar!!! Tum log ne meri itni help kari.. mere surprise ko itne kamaal tareeke se execute kiya.. I owe you guys something!!", Parth said to them.

"And what is that?!!!", Ananya asked.

"A dinner maybe?!!!", Parth remarked rhetorically.

"Arre waah!!!! Don't worry Parth.. hum tere saare surprises mein teri help karenge..", Mohini winked and everyone burst out laughing.

"Oh hello!!! Hum log bina bole.. bina permission ke.. aise baahar aa gaye hain.. Warden ne maar daalna hai..", Shivangi quietened everyone.. and asked very seriously.

"Yaar!!!! Kitni boring hai tum log ki friend!!!!! Chheeeee....", Parth exclaimed.

"Ek kaam karte hain.. isko vapas hostel pe utaar dete hain.. hum log dinner karke aate hain.", Ananya remarked.

"Kyun?!!!!", Shivangi asked impulsively.

"Nahi tujhe hi ho rahi hai.. jaldi... Hostel pahunchne ki!!!!", Anamika said to her.

"Excuse me!!! Parth MUJHSE milne aaya hai... Aur main hi hostel pe utar jaaoon?!!!!!", Shivangi screamed.

"Oh hello!!!! Galat fehmiyan to dekho madam ki.. Parth humse milne aaya hai.. tumhe to bas aise hi saath mein le jaa rahe hain.. Bas!", Ananya said.

"Exactly!!! Main inse milne aaya hoon.. tumse thodi!!", He smirked and hugged Ananya who was sitting on his side.. and did a high five with Manali, Mohini and Anamika..
They soon reached the hotel.. had dinner and that's when Shivangi came to know that all this was planned.. and so permission for a late night had already been taken.
After a wholesome dinner and umpteen desserts, Parth dropped all the girls back to college.

"Ananya.. woh kitna balance dena hai mujhe tujhe.. le le..", Parth called Ananya aside to pay her some money.. that she had paid for the chocolate bouquet..

Before leaving.. Shivangi and Parth had their own moments of privacy..

"Thank you!!!! From sleeping in your lap.. to reading all those notes.. and obviously this surprise... I have never felt nicer.. so really.. thank you!!!", Shivangi said to Parth and hugged him.
Still in the hug, Parth rubbed her back.. gently pecked on the top of her head.. amd gently said..

"It has to be special... For someone as special as you!!! And this is just the beginning.. let's take a new turn.. in this friendship of ours.."

"Achha!!! Ab kab tak ho?!!!", Shivangi asked her.

"Kal subah.. final wala..", he said and then in about five minutes.. he left.

And then.. he left.

About two days later.. college was going on in full swing.. it was lunch time again.. when Ananya came in.. in the hostel dining area.. and started screaming..

"Shivangi tumne yeh dekha.. it is unbelievable.. Yeh hai kya!!!! Mujhe samajh hi nahi aa raha..."

"Kya hai!!!!", she asked her.

"Jaldi khaao.. I'll show you something..", Ananya said and shivangi quickly finished her lunch.. to see what her roommate wanted to show her.
It was an interview of Parth.. not to go into the details of the interview.. the main.. controversial answers were something like this..

Interviewer: So Parth.. kya yeh sach hai.. ki manik ki tarah.. aapko bhi apni Nandini mil gayi hai?!!
Parth: ji haan.. yeh bilkul sach hai!! Mujhe bhi.. finally woh ladki mil gayi hai.. jo meri life partner banegi..

Interviewer: reports ki maane.. to woh ladki Delhi ki hai.. kyunki aaj kal aapka Delhi aana kaafi badh gaya hai..?
Parth: ji nahi.. aapki reports galat hain.. woh ladki Delhi ki nahi hai..
Aur haan.. main aaj kal delhi kaafi jaa raha hoon.. but uska reason woh ladki to bilkul nahi hai.. uska reason kaam hai..
I'm shooting for a commercial.. in Delhi.. aur isiliye mujhe vahan zyada jaana pad raha hai..
Aur kuch nahi..

Shivangi was completely shocked. What did he mean by saying that "that girl" is not from Delhi.. and that he came to Delhi for work...
Aisa kyun bola usne?!!!
Is just been two days.. Of the meetings.. the hugs.. the surprises.. the conversations..
Phir yeh kyun..

Shivangi then realised.. that since morning.. Parth had not reverted to any of her messages.. and he had also not received any of her calls..

"Ek baar abhi phir se milaao.. shayad busy hone ki vajah se na utha raha ho..", Ananya asked Shivangi to call him again.
Shivangi called him up again.. and this time too the call was not received.. but this time.. it was rejected.. rejected with a message..

I'M BUSY... PLEASE STOP DISTURBING ME. I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TALK AT ALL.. TODAY.

Shivangi was dejected.. she was disappointed.
The amount of happiness that she had got in the last four days.. she now was facing double the disappointment.

"Why?!! Why this sudden change in behaviour Parth?!!", Shivangi said to herself as she read.. and re-read the message again and again..

All day.. Shivangi kept waiting for him to message or call her.. but everyone other than him.. messaged and called her.
The next day.. at about 8 in the morning.. it was not the alarm but a call that woke her up..

"Hello?!", Shivangi answered the call in a sleepy and drowsy voice.. without even seeing the caller id..

"You sleeping?!!"
Shivangi sprang up from her bed.

"Parth?!!", she exclaimed surprisingly.

"Dheere shivangi!!", Ananya complained sleepingly.

"Haan sorry sorry!", Shivangi apologised.

"Good morning!!"
It was Parth indeed.

"Tum to busy the... Phir call karne ka time kaise mil gaya!!", Shivangi made a taunting remark.

"Arre.. yaar phone mere manager ke paas tha kal.. usne hi message kiya tha.. to jaise hi shoot khatam hui.. at about 3:30 am.. I got my phone back.. and then I saw.. your messages and calls..
Ab uss samay to call kar nahi sakta tha.. so I called now.", he justified and clarified himself.

"Ok..", is all Shivangi could say.

"Kya hua tumko?!! All okay na..", parth asked worriedly.
Shivangi didn't want to say anything.. but she herself didn't know how.. she just blabbered everything..

"Woh interview Parth.. Woh kya tha.."

"Oh wohhh!!!!!! Sach tha.. kyun?!", He asked.

"Sach.. matlab?! Woh ladki.. woh ladki kaun hai..", Shivangi asked.. very softly.

"Woh ladki.....

Main nahi bataoonga!!", He responded playfully.

"Excuse me?!", Shivangi exclaimed.. because she was expecting her own name.

"MATLAB main seedha tujhko uss ladki se milvaaoonga..", parth said.

"Milvaaoge matlab?!!", Shivangi asked surprisingly.

"Milvaaoonga ka matlab hai I'll make you meet her..", Parth was playing with Shivangi.

"Listen.. I have to get ready for my class.. mere paas tumhari faltu bakwaas ke liye time nahi hai..", shivangi snapped at him and disconnected the call.

She expected to get a call back from Parth.. but that guy had completely lost it. He was not ready to call her...
Even though Shivangi went to attend classes.. she was distracted and couldn't focus on anything that the teacher was teaching during the lectures..
The funniest jokes seemed stupid.. the usual gossips seemed irritating... Everything seemed so dull..
She was in the midst of the accounts class when her phone rang..

"Yeh isko teri yaad accounts ke lecture mein hi kyun aati hai..", jannat asked looking at Parth's name on the phone screen.

"Pata nahi!", Shivangi said bluntly and disconnected the call.
In five minutes, he called again.

"Kyun kaat rahi hai call?? Main washroom ka bahaana doon?!", Jannat smirked and Shivangi.. without smiling at all.. disconnected the call again.

"Lagta hai kuch serious wali ladai ho gayi hai dono ke beech..", Priyanshi whispered to Jannat and she nodded in agreement.

"Chup karoge tum dono.. padh lene do mujhe..", Shivangi snapped at both of them and then all of them started studying quietly.

IT'S VERY URGENT!!!! PLEASE PHONE UTHA LE SHIVANGI... I KNOW YOU'RE IN CLASS.. BUT THIS IS BLOODY IMPORTANT..

This is the message that Parth sent her..
She then excused herself and called him up.

*The phone conversation*

S: kya hai??

P: lunch karna hai..

S: to karo.. mujhe kya bol rahe ho!!

P: abey.. tere saath karna hai..

S: main ek lunch ke liye mumbai aaoon?!!

P: aap itni bhi takleef kyun uthaaye.. aapke saath lunch karne ke liye hum aapke sheher aa gaye hain.

S: tum delhi mein ho??

P: yesss!!!! We're in delhi..

S: we who?!!

P: me and my girlfriend.. wohi.. jiski main interview mein baat kar raha tha... My potential life partner..

S: to uske saath lunch karo na.. mujhe kyun disturb kar rahe ho...

P: ohhh!!! Ab main disturb karne laga hoon.. pehle to inn calls ka wait hua karta tha..

S: haan to pehle tum delhi bhi akele hi aate the.. things change...

P: achha forget all this... i really want you to meet my girlfriend Shivangi..
Best friend ho tum meri... Tumse to milana hi padega naa..

S: mujhe kisi se nahi milna.. please..

P: maine kal sham ke baad se kuch nahi khaaya hai.. agar tum nahi aayi.. to main lunch bhi nahi karoonga.. so now the decision is completely yours.

S: yeh blackmail karne ka kya point hai..

P: yahi.. ki tum humare saath lunch karo..

S: parth dekho.. I've already had lunch.. but I'll just come.. to meet that.. that..

P: GIRLFRIEND OF MINE?!!!

S: yeah whatever.

P: okay then.. the car is waiting.. aa jaao..

*Phone conversation ends*

Shivangi then left the rest of her classes and went to meet Parth and his "girlfriend"..
A car was waiting for her.. it took her to the hotel in which Parth was staying..
She went to Parth's room.. hoping to see that bitch.. but she was greeted only by Parth.

"Kahan hai.. tumhari woh girlfriend..", she asked as soon as she entered.

"Arre arre.. na hi.. na hello.. na koi hug..", Parth said and gave her a hug.

"Aa rahi hai woh..", he said. And as soon as he said this.. the doorbell rang.

"Jaao.. kholo darwaaza.. she's here..", Parth gestured Shivangi to open the door..

"Main kyun kholoon?!! Teri girlfriend.. tu khol..", she said.

"Jaldi kise hai milne ki.. tujhe?!!!
To tu khol!!", parth remarked.

"Main nahi kholti.. khadi rehne de use baahar!", Shivangi said and sat down on the sofa comfortably..

Parth facepalmed and went to open the door..

"Arre yeh to khaana aaya hai..?!!!", Parth remarked in the most fake tone he could use..

"Aao shivangi.. khaate hain..", Parth said to her but she refused.

"Mmmmmm..... This white sauce pasta mahn!!!!! It's sooooo good!!!! Wowwwww!!!!", He lured Shivangi.. forcing her to eat with Parth.

The doorbell rang again..
Shivangi knew.. that the moment had now arrived.. she hated the fact that she had to witness it.. but it had to.
She opened the door..

"Parth tumne ise bhi bulaaya hai..?!! Apni girlfriend se milaane..?!! Tu ne bataaya nahi?!", Shivangi asked her casually.

"Ise nahi.. tujhe bulaaya tha.. ISSE milaane.. meri girlfriend..", parth pushed Shivangi aside and went and hugged her.

"Ho gaya mazaak.. kar li bakwaas?!!!", Shivangi remarked.. not ready to believe anything that was happening there.

"Mazaak nahi hai.. she is my girlfriend.. tumhare saath time spend karte karte.. tere surprises plan karte karte.. pata nahi kab.. isse pyaar ho gaya!!
I liked you.. but I feel.. I love her.", Parth said.
Shivangi's eyes were filled with tears.. she didn't expect this..

"Ananya?!!!! You are my roommate.. I didn't expect this from you..", Shivangi said this and left.

A/N: Oh. My. God.
Parth and Ananya?!! How is this even possible...?
What just happened...
It's all so heart shattering..
Stay hooked for what is going to happen next..
Loads of love..
Happy Reading:)