"So..
How was it?!", Parth asked me when we were on our way back home..

I didn't utter a word..
I just pulled the car's handbrake, turned to him, moved closer and then took his lips into mine and kissed him really hard..

"You're the best thing that could ever happen to me..
Maine Yeh kabhi bhi nahi socha tha Parth..
Really!!!
Thank you so much for this..
Ab tum meri birthday pe kuch bhi nahi karoge to bhi chalega..", I remarked after the kiss.

He smiled and kissed me on my cheeks and then we drove home...
I was still trying to sink in the events that had taken place throughout the day..
God knows what all is planned for my birthday...

On the two and a half hour drive back home, I had already replayed my video of dance with Shah Rukh, a hundred times already.

"Ab kya isi ko dekhi jaayegi tu?!!!", Parth giggled as he saw me replaying the video yet again as he drove amidst the crazy traffic.

" I cannot get over this. EVER!", I remarked.

"I love him Parth..
I always have..
And I always will. PERIOD.", I stated.

"Kaash ki aisa tu mujhe bhi kehti..", Parth faked wiping tears.

"Shah Rukh Khan se upar koi nahi..", I smiled by biggest smile and then got back to seeing the video.

As soon as we reached home, Parth quickly went to freshen up while I gloated in the glory of the excited responses to my Shah Rukh related social media posts.

I was replying to everybody when I got a call from Ananya..

I had barely received the phone call when I had screaming and screeching from the other side.
The entire group.. My Hostel Fam was on a conference call.
There was something magical about talking to them.
Their mere voice doubled my excitement and made me jump in joy.

"Hi guys!!", I remarked sheepishly.

"Arre Hi Gaya bhaad mein..
Yeh kya ho Raha hai..??!!!
SHAH RUKH KHAN Shivangi???!!!!", I heard Anamika screaming.

"Haan matlab kaise??!!!!!!!", Ananya's excitement was high too.

"Ab bol toh?!!!!", Mohini remarked.

"Arre bolne to do?!!!!
Tum log hi bole Jaa rahe ho?!!! Bataane to do..!!", Shivangi giggled and shut her friends up who were now all ears.

"Ek second ek second..
Shuru se bataana Shivangi..
And EVERY DETAIL..
Matlab jaise HUM HAMESHA DISCUSS KARTE HAIN." Ananya emphasised on each and every word she spoke.

"Phir tu hi bol le...?!!", Shivangi remarked sarcastically and Ananya kept quiet.

"So..
Aaj subah na.. Parth ne mujhe college drop Kiya phir apni promo shoot ke liye chala gaya..
Phir na.. main aise class mein baithi thi ki mera phone baja......."

And the story continued..
My words were regularly interjected by Mohini's usual
"Phir".. and
"Toh"..

"And then came the golden moment guys..
Shah Rukh ne na mere saath dance kiya..
Aur woh bhi Sooraj hua Maddham pe...", I had tears of joy.

"Oh sh*t!!!!!!!
Wow mahn!!!!!!!!", Anamika was drooling already.

"Usi ki video daali hai na tu ne?!!!", Manali asked Shivangi.

"Achha Haan sach!
Daali bhi hai..
Aur tum log ko WhatsApp pe bhi bheji hai..", Shivangi nodded.

"Ek second..
Phir pata hai kya hua?!!!!", And I went into flashback.

*Flashback*

"Kya baat hai madam!!!!
Kya dance kiya hai?!!!!", Parth nudged me once I finished dancing with Shah Rukh Khan.

I was blushing..
Blushing like anything..

"Chup reh!!!!", i smiled sheepishly.

"Chalo guys let's get back to work..
I'm sorry Shivangi par humko aaj ka target complete karna hi hoga..
Shah Rukh sir ki dates available nahi hoti hai..", the director came and apologised to me.

"Arre koi nahi sir..
Mujhe to aapko thank you bolna chahiye ki aapne itna sab kuch karne ka time nikaala..
So thank you!!!!", I smiled.

"Sir..
Kyun na jaldi jaldi shoot kar liya jaaye..
Phir hum Shivangi ke saath baithte hain..
What say?!", Shah Rukh asked the director.

"Deal sir..
Deal.", the director fully agreed.

I was then taken to Parth's vanity van where I sat and rewinded the last few hours of my life.
Who would have ever thought that from attending classes normally I would end up spending time with the king of romance of bollywood..
With Shah Rukh Khan.

After about two and a half hour of waiting..
I was called out..
Out to sit with Shah Rukh Khan..
And Parth was there too..

The shooting was over..
They had packed up for the day..
And now the entire cast and crew was sitting together to get their respective fan moments..

A crew member was talking about something when suddenly he was interrupted..

"AaaHaa...
Baal khule rakhiye na..
Achhe lagte hain!"

I looked around.. Everybody did..
Shah Rukh had just interrupted a crew member to compliment somebody..
Something struck me..

"Yeh to kabhie khushi kabhie gham ka dialogue hai na?!!?", i remarked excitedly.
Then somebody nudged me..

"Haan.. Aur Shah Rukh sir tumse keh rahe hain yeh!!!!", Erica, who was sitting next to me, said and then I realised that it was me who had just tied up my hair in a ponytail.

I just couldn't control my giggles..
My cheeks were as red as tomatoes..
These subtle compliments are so
Shah Rukh-ish..

"Haan to tu kya bol raha tha?!", as soon as Shah Rukh noticed that I had noticed, he turned to the crew member who was talking..

Soon.. The already beautiful gathering became absolutely perfect..
It was a starry night..
A cool, mild breeze was blowing..
The company couldn't have ever been any better..
Parth's strong arms encircled me and Shah Rukh Khan was sitting right in front of me.
Shah Rukh had ordered snacks from his favourite italian joint for everybody as a treat from him..

We were all sitting and sipping our drinks when Erica proposed a plan..

"Okay okay..
Let's do something interesting..
Yahan hum sabhi Shah Rukh sir ke fan hain..
So let's play a game..
We are 32 people here..
Lets put together a team of two each..
Ek member koi bhi ek random line bolega..
Aur dusra member uss line se related ek dialogue bolega...
And that dialogue should be from Shah Rukh sir's movies..
Also, jo player woh random sentence bol raha hoga usko movie ka naam bhi bataana hoga..
So basically teams ki jeet unke khud ke upar dependent hai.."

"Oh wow..
Maza aayega!!!!", I remarked and the others agreed too.

Teams started being decided when I whispered into Parth's ears..

"Main Shah Rukh ki team mein chali jaaoon Parth?!
You won't feel bad na..
Yeh mauka..."

"Tujhe baar baar thodi milega?!!!
Of course Shivangi..
Tu Shah Rukh ki hi team mein jaayegi..
Aur vaise bhi..
Bana le tu uske saath team..
Let him be your game partner...
Life partner to main hi hu na!!", Parth interrupted my words and then gently kissed my cheek.

"To main Shah Rukh ki team mein..
I hope you don't mind Shah Rukh sir..", I sheepishly asked Shah Rukh after I realised that I had announced without even asking him..

"Why would I?!!
Its me and Shivangi then!!", SRK winked at me.

"So it's me and Parth then!", Erica remarked and eventually, all the teams were finally decided.

The game began..
It was a lot of fun because the teams weren't allowed to take more than about two minutes to think..
And whoever was taking too long, they were eliminated..
About twenty minutes later it was just Parth-Erica and Shah Rukh-Shivangi, who were left..
The game was going on, on an amazing pace..

It was Erica's turn..

My sentence is...
"I love my country!"

"Ummm....
Oh ok!! I know this one..

"Mujhe states ke naam na sunayi dete hain na dikhayi dete hain..
Sirf ek mulk ka naam sunayi deta hai..
I-N-D-I-A."
Parth smiled.

"Chak de India?", Erica tried to confirm.

Before I could nod, Shah Rukh asked..

"Tu poochh rahi hai ya bata rahi hai?! Matlab confirm bata.."

"Bata rahi hu.. bata rahi hu sir!", Erica giggled.

"Okay our turn..
I'll say.. That....
I love Parth!", I smiled with a tinge of pinkish red colour that always took over my cheeks when I spoke of Parth.

"Yaar..
Aise mujhe dialogue yaad nahi rehte..
Tum log to..
Ab parth se related kya dialogue bataoon..", Shah Rukh groaned.

"Arre Sir love se related bol dijiye phir..", a crew member remarked with a giggle.

"Yaad hi nahi aa raha koi aise..
Achha chalo theek hai..
This is very apt..

So this is how it goes..", saying this, Shah Rukh looked straight into my eyes and said..

"Pyaar to bohot log karte hain..
Lekin mere jaisa pyaar koi nahi kar sakta..
Kyunki kisi ke paas tum jo nahi ho!"

And I was dazed..
Tongue-tied..
I could have probably died.
I had to tell the name of the movie but I was not in my senses..
But my trance was broken..
Broken by none other than Mr. Parth Samthaan..

"Shah Rukh sir..
Fortunately or unfortunfortunately, yeh Naina nahi Shivangi hai..
Aur yeh aapke nahi mere paas hai!!"

"Haan yaar..
Rakh le tu ise..
Teri Shivangi teri hi hai..
Baaki to Tujhe bhi Pata hai ki dil se, kon shivangi ka hai!!", Shah Rukh smirked making me giggle.

"Wow.. What a dream conversation!!!
By the way this film is Kal Ho Na Ho!", I smiled my best smile.

"Iss baar mujhe sentence bolne ka mann hai..
My sentence is..

I'm very true to my work.", Parth said, proud that Erica wouldn't ever be able to think of a dialogue.

"Oh very easy!!!!

Rahul is a cheater..  He is a cheaterr!!!!!

Or better still..

Parth is a cheater.. He is a cheaterr!!!!!", Erica sang in the same manner as the character.

"Kuch kuch hota hai!!!!", Parth smiled.

"Chalo phir iss baar main sentence bol deta hoon..

I'm comfortable in what I wear..", Shah Rukh said.

"Okayyyy...
I too have a perfect dialogue for this one..

Lucknow da kurta,
Pathani salwar ...
tab lage mard,
varna lage bekaar!!!", I winked with a giggle.

"Achha..?!!
Shivangi ji..

Na pathaani kurta..
Na lakhnawi salwar.
Mard woh hai jo dil de..
Varna hai bekaar!!", Shah Rukh smirked.
And their were claps and whistles filling the air..

This man..
His quick wit is to die for..
How in this world does he make everyone go weak in their knees..

"Kabhie khushi Kabhie gham hai yeh vaise..", he added.

"Bas ab thak gaye..
Ab kuch nahi yaad aa raha!!!!
Khatam harein???
Dono teams jeet gayi!!!", Parth suddenly said.

"Haan..
Its late too..
I have to leave as well!", Shah Rukh looked at the time by his watch.

"Achha bas ek last..
Mere dimaag mein ek sentence hai..
Reh jaayega to phir hamesha dimaag mein ghoomega!
Shuru se hai.. Par beech mein yaad bhool gaya tha!
Ek last.. Please!
Just for fun!!", Shivangi pleaded.

"Arre haan haan theek hai..
Itna kya please please..
Bol le!", Parth remarked.

"Haan haan..
Jahan itni der.. Vahan thodi der aur sahi..
And thanks to you Erica.. this was a lot of fun also..
Like a revival of all the beautiful movies I've done!", Shah Rukh smiled.

"Par Shivangi..
Iss baar centre mein khade hoke..
Full tareeke se karte hain!!!", he said and i immediately agreed.

"Parth can you record?!!", I asked and Parth immediately took out his phone..

Both me and Shah Rulh stood in the centre of the circle we were sitting in..

"Okay so my sentence is..

No one can ever understand my love for you..
No one can ever understand my love for  Shah Rukh Khan.
I don't know woh kya feeling hai..
Its so different!", i said.

*Flashback ends*

"Phir?!! Phir kya hua???", mohini screamed.

"Haan..
Shah Rukh Khan ne kya bola..
Konsa dialogue???", Ananya screamed too.

"Phir na..
Last mein humne hug kiya..
He pecked my forehead..
Woh dvds..
And yeah!!!!", I smirked.

" Shivangi pagal hai kya?!!
Dialogue bata!!!!!!!", Anamika screamed in a deadly deafening manner.

"Woh nahi bataaoongi..
Woh bhejoongi!!!!", I shrugged and my friends gor irritated of course.

"Phir phone rakho aur bhejoooooo!!!!!!", Manali remarked.

"Abhi nahi baad mein..", I smiled while I spoke.

"Arre jaao yaar!!", Ananya groaned in disgust.

How I loved to irritate them.
We spoke for about another half an hour and then disconnected the call..
I had still not told them about the dialogue..
I had to send them the video..

After the phone call, I was sitting and having dinner with Parth when he placed his hand on mine and said..

"I hope you're happy.."

"Happy?!!!
Pagal ho rahi hu main..
Abhi bhi believe nahi ho raha hai mujhe..
Ki main SHAH RUKH KHAN SE MIL KE AA RAHI HU!!!
LIKE SHAH RUKH KHAN!!!!!!
Aur milna kya.. Main to pura day spend karke aayi hu!!!!
I am happy beyond your imaginations.
Thank you so much for this Parth..
Thank you!!", I smiled my biggest smile with teary eyes.

"Bas..
Isi smile ke liye to jeeta hoon main..
I can do anything to make this beautiful smile stay..
Anything!!!!", he got up to peck my forehead.

"You're already doing everything you can Parth..
Har baar mujhe bas yahi lagta hai ki isse Zyaada special tum mujhe nahi feel kara sakte..
But you prove me wrong each and every time.", I said and then engulfed him in a hug.

"Achha listen to me..
Kal I have to wrap up the promo shoot and start filming the episodes.
And it's your birthday tomorrow...
Kya hum kal ke celebrations ko pending chhode..
I promise to celebrate in the best way possible..
I know yeh tera pehla birthday hai after engagement..
Aaj shoot pe tujhe surprise dene mein kaafi time nikal gaya varna main kal chhutti le leta..", he made a sad face.

"Pagal hai kya?!!!
Mujhe sirf tere saath rehna hai..
Parties aur celebrations to hum karte hi rehte hain!!!", I made him believe that it's absolutely fine.

By the time we finished dinner, it was already 11.45pm..
At 11.55 pm, Parth got up from the dining table and went into the kitchen..
At dot 12pm...
There was something on my table.. Right in front of me..
Something that I had never seen in my life..
It was so different...

"Yeh kya hai??", I giggled.

"It's a pasta cake..
Technically, a pasta pie!

"So.... a very happy birthday my love!!!"

"Woahhh!! A pasta cake??
This is so interesting..
Thank youuuuu!!!", I gave him a long hug.

After cutting the cake, I entered our bedroom whilst parth checked the locks of the doors etcetera..
The room looked stunningly beautiful...
My entire life was swinging around me..

"How cuteeeee!!!
This has all my school friends, college friends, current classmates, family... Everybody!!!", I screamed in excitement.

"Yes..."
Parth came from behind and lifted me in his arms..

He then took me to the sofa in the room and gently placed me on it...
Next to me I saw...

"Champagne??!!!", I squealed.

"Yup!!!
And your gifts...",  saying this Parth handed over two beautiful red boxes..

One box had chocolates..
And before I could open the second box, Parth took the box in his hands..
He got up from next to me and came and sat right in front of me.. On his knees..

"As filmy as it may seem.. But please let me do this..
Commitment ki ring already teri finger mein hai...", Parth softly caressed my engagement ring and my ring finger.

"Today..
On your birthday..
I want to make a promise to you..

The glow of your face..
The warmth of your smile..
And the excitement in your voice..

I promise to always keep this intact..
Always.", he said and then made me wear another ring..

After spending some time in each other's arms..
And after a long kiss..
I rushed to see the photos that hung over my bed..
They had small scrolls with messages from the person in the photograph..

The last message I read was from none other than Shah Rukh Khan..
That message reminded me that I had to send a video to my hostel fam..
Video of the remaining part of the dialogue game..
Parth had fallen asleep because he had an early morning the next day.. And even I was getting phone calls from family and friends.

As soon as I posted the video..
I was tempted to see it all over again..
And yet again..
In the car called memories,
I travelled back in time..

*Flashback*

Both me and Shah Rulh stood in the centre of the circle we were sitting in..

"Okay so my sentence is..

No one can ever understand my love for you..
No one can ever understand my love for  Shah Rukh Khan.
I don't know woh kya feeling hai..
Its so different!", i said.

Within about just ten seconds of my completing the sentence..
Shah Rukh took my hands and made me encircle them around his neck..
His strong arms then encircled my waist..
We were so close that we could feel each other's breath..
Looking straight into my eyes, he remarked in his husky, romantic voice..

"Dosti ke alava bhi kuch rishtey hote hai..
kuch rishtey joh hum samajhte nahi..
kuch rishtey joh hum samajhna nahi chahte..
kuch rishtey jinka koi naam nahi hota, sirf ehsaas hota hai..
kuch rishtey jinki koi deewar nahi hoti, sarhad nahi hoti..
aise rishtey jo dil ke rishtey hote hai,
pyar ke rishtey hote hai,
mohabbat ke rishtey hote hai.."

*Flashback ends*