Now I have a problem. I can never wait for a person's birthday to actually give them their gift.

As I held his gift in my hands I had to force myself not to giggle madly.

Best. Gift. Ever.

There was a knock on the door . I quickly placed his gift into the box and slid it under the bed.

"Yeah?" I was so nervous my voice was shaking.

"Hey". Vidyut stuck his head in.

"There's this party for me in a hour , yeah?"

Shit what? An hour? What the fuck am I supposed to wear?

Wait am I even invited?

"Umm Vidyut? Am I.. Like.. Invited?" I mumbled.

He gave his half smile that I was beginning to adore. "Yes. Yes you are."

"Am I supposed to organise the whole thing in a hour?!" I half screamed

He laughed, a deep soothing chuckle. " My friend owns a hotel, so he's going to organise the whole thing. "

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I had no clue what to wear and I sure as hell had no idea how I'm supposed to behave around his friends.

Has he told them the lack of action between us or am I going to have to endure a whole evening of honeymoon jokes that got progressively more graphic as the night would progress?

I finally settled upon a simple wine red dress, some killer black pumps and a simple diamond necklace and earrings.

My makeup was minimal considering I had not a clue how to apply make up to my face like a pro. Some eyeliner and cherry red lipstick would do.

After trying to wrestle my hair into an elegant twist, I decided to just leave it open. It hung in all of its wavy glory down my back.

As I stepped out of my room, he looked up at me. I think we both drew a deep breath together.

He looked amazing.

He had dressed down , and opted for a black tee-shirt with a leather jacket.

Damn! that man knew how to dress.

We got into his jaguar , and when he held the door open for me I nearly fainted.

It's every girls fantasy come true , right?

The ride to the hotel was peaceful. No tension or awkwardness or annoyance in the air for a change.

As we reached our destination, I realised that he was best buddies with the owner of The Empire.

Wow!

Stunning! The Empire is fuckig stunning. Beautiful lights , beautiful music, beautiful people. Wow.

I thanked the Lord's that I was well dressed.

"Hey Mofo!" I heard someone call out from behind us. I turned around to see this cute guy make his way up to us. He held a beautiful woman by her waist. She had the most heartwarming smile on planet earth.

Vidyut smiled a genuine smile that blew me away before punching the guy in the gut. He proceeded to return the favor.

I stood there wondering if I should cower in case he decided to punch me.

After making sure that he wouldn't, I smiled up at his partner who I assumed he was married to, what with the huge rock on her left hand.

"This place is amazing!" I exclaimed.

"Thank you. I'm glad you like it! " she smiled widely. Wow. So she's the empress of The Empire. Huh. Cookie?

"Hi I'm Veera! And can I tell you? You have the best smile in the whole wide universe. I think Julia Roberts is probably jealous of you!" I enthused.

She gave the cutest giggle and blushed ever so slightly.

Okay. Girl crush.

"Thank you! I'm June. And your eyes? Wow!"

We got down to chatting up each other as the men went off to join a huge group of people.

While Chris, as I later learnt his name was, was almost as loud as I was, there was an incredibly feminine quietness to June that I'm pretty sure was the reason Chris was so madly in love with her.

He didn't have to say or do anything. Just the look he gave her was proof. It was almost like he was married to an angel and he was still in shock.

June and I spent the whole evening talking to each other. She introduced me to many other women and men in the party.
Most were beautiful, beautiful specimens. I loved the nice ones and hated the bitches with a passion. I sound like a rapper, yo!

After a couple of minutes Chris came over to us with Vidyut and some other people and proceeded to introduce them to me.

I smiled and laughed and giggled where required without actually remembering a single name.

"So Veera. First birthday with the man. What did you get him?" Chris asked me.

"Oh I can't say!" As soon as I uttered it I knew I had made a mistake. Shit.

"Oooooh. Yeah! The first ones always the best one, mate! Enjoy the pleasure ride. Try to last as long as you can okay?" He winked at Vidyut. While I laughed incredulously, June had an expression of horror. "Whaaat? I meant when you both went to an amusement park together for the first time! You pervy creeps!" Yeah. Sure he did.

Vidyut looked like he was totally used to it all.

We talked for a while longer. Well me talking and Chris teasing. June just kept punching him every time he said something g outrageous and he kept kissing her cheek every time she punched him. They left us alone again after some time.

Before leaving Chris kissed June lightly on her nose and whispered something like " I'm gonna miss you". I thought I'd honestly cry.

Oh. Those two!

The whole evening was pretty much a blur. There was amazing music and I met a million girls.

A couple were pretty saucy, wanting to know exactly how I managed to snag Vidyut. You know, the usual.

One lady actually looked at my boobs and let me know that they were simply not enough for Vidyut.

As the time moved steadily towards midnight I got more and more annoyed. At first I had no idea why I was getting so mad but after catching my eyes scanning all over the room for him, I knew.

I actually wanted to be the first one to wish that man. How pathetic.

11:45 . Cmon Vidyut where the hell are you?

11:50. Wow. Seriously?

11:55 Who am I anyways to him? I'm sure he doesn't give a shit.

11:59. I give up.

I felt someone elbow me and I fell hard onto someone.

I heard raucous laughter behind me. Chris!

I looked up at Vidyut as he held me. Safe and sound.

He smiled down at me.

12:00. " Happy birthday. " I managed to whisper.

For a second I thought he was going to kiss me. But that second passed.

"Dance with me." He muttered into my ears even as all the people around us were screaming happy birthday at him.

We held hands as we made our way to the dance floor. He was an amazing dancer.

We danced till morning to a million songs.

There was magic in the air.

It was as if we were invincible.

As if the music was the war cry and our racing hearts the war drums.

And we were warriors.

Our eyes were on each other, Our bodies next to each other.

Who needed drugs when I had those eyes on me?

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LV