KHUSHI

Just as my daily routine had been, I had a cup of coffee in my hand as I flipped the pages of the newspapers looking for any job vacancies.

A few strands of my brown hair fell on my face blocking the view which I tucked behind my ears feeling frustrated. It was the same old story, look for job vacancies in the newspapers, go for interviews and get rejected, I was tired of it.

I felt fed up, if things hadn't changed so suddenly, right now I would be in the university completing my studies instead of looking for a job but I had to do this, for my mother and my brother.

Not that mom dint have a job, but she wasn't much educated so she dint have a job in a huge company, she cooked food at home and packed it up taking them from one office to another and the money she earned from it wasn't enough to keep the entire family going.

When I thought about a few months back when my father was with us, life had been easy and well going, I was studying in the university, mom still did her job and everything was just fine but his sudden death, changed everything.

I flipped the page and the next page was entirely covered with a huge photograph of one of the most famous singer brothers, Arnav Singh Raizada and Rahat Singh Raizada. This two boys came from an entire family of musicians, both their parents had been musician and now they too were.

Usually like there were some sort of famous boybands in other countries, stuff like that dint really work in India but this two brothers started out together making an album of their own and no matter what the song was, both their voices were included, they had also sang numerous songs for Bollywood movies too.

They became famous overnight just like their parents, and to say they were rich was an understatement, they were freaking rich! They owned a huge mansion that was guarded by almost twenty guard, they had a couple of mansions in other countries too and wherever they went, they had bodyguards roaming with them, girls were obviously crazy for them, first of all because of their music and secondly because of the faces they were blessed with.

I had heard a few of their songs and they weren't that bad actually, I liked some of them quite much and if my life was still kind of normal, I would be fangirling over the two like every other girl out their because the two brothers had the three most important things to have any girl crushing for them, good looks, good looks and freaking good looks!

I dint know much about them than the gossips I heard in news or in the papers, or when my dear friend Arohi wouldn't stop fangirling over them and telling me each and every details of their lives, but from what I knew, the guy standing on the left in the picture was Arnav, he was tall, he had short black hair and brown eyes, and not to forget he was blessed with the good looking genes, but that wasn't all, this guy seemed to be entirely blessed because he was the good brother, the calm, polite and sophisticated kind of and Rahat on the other hand was almost of similar height as his brother, and they both kind of looked hot in their own ways, he too had brown eyes but lighter than Arnav's, he had longer hair than Arnav too and he was never clean shaved but Rahat was what every girl secretly wanted.

A bad boy! Not that he was really a bad boy, he just had this bad boy kind of an image which girls could kill for, he was always roaming in pubs getting drunk, he was clearly a playboy and his looks and fame worked in his favor.

"You should take the chance." Arohi's voice disturbed my thoughts, I lifted my head up from the newspaper and looked at my friend who was standing right behind me looking at the two Raizada boys in the newspaper.

Arohi was a huge fan of music, not that I wasn't, I loved music, but maybe less compared to her, she even had a name related to music and she was one of the fangirls the Raizada boys had.

She walked towards me and settled down beside me crossing her legs. Arohi was my one and only friend, she was gorgeous, she had short black hair and blue eyes, something we Indians were rarely blessed with.

"What chance are you talking about?" I asked looking at her in confusion, Arohi rolled her eyes at me and then pointed at what was written in the bottom of the picture I had been looking at. The Raizada boys were looking for a manager, someone who was going to manage their entire life in short and they preferred it better if it was a girl.

I was a hundred percent sure this advertisement was given out by Rahat, he was always surrounded by girls anyway and mostly all their managers were girls and all of them always quit because it had something to do with Rahat and his flirting or God knows what, I mean this guys were pretty rich and famous why not hire someone from a managing company?

"This is way out of my league, I am not even qualified for it." I shrugged, there was no way I was ever going to get a chance to work for the Raizada boys in this lifetime, I mean they were so famous and I was literally nothing.

"You are qualified for it Khushi, do you think Rahat would see qualifications? He only needs a girl who looks really hot around him every time, and you my dear are the definition of hot." Arohi giggled.

"Sorry but I don't want to be Rahat Raizada's personal escort." I rolled my eyes at her.

"You'll work for both the brothers not Rahat only, I think you should really try for it, just dress up and go for the interview, it's happening in like an hour." Arohi said.

"We're talking about this as if I'm already working for them, and maybe I could try for this because right now I really need a job but working for them means having Rahat constantly flirt around with me and I don't think I can handle that. Why do you think their managers always leave and they are always looking for new ones?" I said in my defense but Arohi dint seem convinced yet, this was such a terrible idea but I really needed a job too and if she continued convincing me like this, she was actually going to be able to do it.

"Maybe you will be a challenge to them then, you can ignore Rahat's flirting but then you'll also get to work with Arnav, he's definitely your type of guy, you know the good guy kind of a guy." Arohi smiled.

"You're talking about it as if it's not a job but a marriage proposal. Get over their charm Arohi, I'm never going to get this job no matter what." I laughed at her. I mean yes both Arnav and Rahat were like an eye candy but I never thought of anything like that about either of them, I wasn't that crazy a fan girl that I wanted to get married to them, I obviously loved their music and their looks but I wasn't dying to be with them, there were thousands of girls out there dying for that anyway.

"You're ridiculous to think I could get this job, besides if you're so interested why don't you try for it?" I asked, I mean she was clearly one of those fangirls so instead of forcing me for it, she could just try it herself.

"Because I'm still studying and my dad would kill me if I told him I wanted to get a job before completing my studies. How about we bet? You'll go for this interview and if you get the job you owe me a meeting with both the boys and if you don't get a job, I'll do everything to help you find a job, I'll also talk to my dad and convince him to find you a job." Arohi suggested.

I looked at her silently for a moment thinking about it, ofcourse I knew that there was no way possible that I would get this job but if I tried and it dint work out least Arohi was going to help me get one, because since I started looking for a job, I've been trying to convince Arohi to talk to her father and ask him to help me but she being scared of her father like he was some sort of a death eater, she refused clearly. It sounded good and as long as she was going to talk to her dad because I was sure, if her dad helped me I would definitely get a job.

"Deal." I agreed, it was only going to take a few hours to go for the interview and get rejected by Raizada boys anyway.

"Let's get you ready then." Arohi jumped up in excitement, seriously why did she even think I could get this job?

*****

We stood outside the huge building where the interview was going on, I was dressed in a short black dress accompanied by black heels, Arohi did my make up for me even though I did know how to do make up but she was adamant on getting me ready so I let her, she opted for a bold look, gladly she dint cover my entire face with lots of makeup but she did use a really bold red lipstick which I wasn't quite comfortable with, I liked dark colors rather than bright.

"Come on!" Arohi said as she grabbed my hand and pulled me inside the office, there were lots and lots of girls waiting there, all of them were dressed like models and what not, there was no way possible that from all these girls I would be the lucky one to get the job.

"I'm surely winning this bet, there's no way I'm getting a job here." I said to Arohi.

"Don't underestimate the power of your hotness my love." Arohi giggled, this sounded so ridiculous, I mean I knew I wasn't qualified for this job but getting it on the basis of my looks sounded so wrong to me.

"I know what you're thinking but to make you feel better, think about the models, they all have their jobs because they are so good looking." Arohi said.

"It isn't right, someone should get a job because they deserve it, or because they work hard for it not because they look good enough for it." Khushi said.

"Stop thinking about that and let's wait for your turn, I'm sure if you get it you will work hard for it so you deserve it anyway." Arohi said as we both looked around for a space to sit but the entire place was fully crowded.

A door in front of us opened and a girl walked out smiling crazily, she was followed by none other than Rahat Raizada, all the girls screamed in excitement as he waved at them all, he looked around and each and every girl for a while until his eyes stopped at me, holy shit!

"You, you're next, come in." He said pointing towards me, I opened my eyes wide in surprise as I looked at Arohi who pushed me excitedly, how the hell on earth was it possible that out of all this girls, Rahat Raizada actually noticed me? It was insane. I nodded and walked towards him, we both headed inside the office and gladly Rahat wasn't the only one there, Arnav too was there and right now he was busy staring at his phone.

Rahat settled down beside Arnav and I took a seat in front of them, Arnav lifted his head up and looked at me for a moment and it looked like he dint care about my existence so he looked back at his phone after gesturing at Rahat telling him to start the interview.

"So what's your name gorgeous?" Rahat smirked. Why was he calling me gorgeous? Couldn't he just ask my name? Oh he did ask my name. What the hell was wrong with me? I guess it was just his whole image that made me dislike him plus I hated this thing about famous rich guys, they thought they could possibly flirt with every girl out there and they were going to like it.

"Khushi, Khushi Gupta." I replied nervously, Arnav was still staring at his phone, Arohi was right when she said Rahat was the one going to hire because Arnav clearly dint seem interested in this interview.

"So why do you need this job? Huh, I'm stupid to ask, of course because you're one of our fans and what could be great than this right gorgeous?" Rahat laughed, seriously? I needed this job so I could support my family duh.

"First of all, I'd like it if you address me as Khushi because that's my name, secondly I don't want this job because it would be great to work with celebrities, I want this job because I need to support my family and honestly, I'd better be in university completing my studies than doing this if it was possible and last but not the least, your songs are great, mind-blowing too but I'm not really fangirling at the moment." I replied rudely, I don't know why but every time Rahat spoke it just gave me some sort of a negative vibe and I was rude to him without even wanting to.

Once I was done speaking all in my mind, Arnav lifted his head up and looked at me with surprise or shock, oh so now he was interested in this interview?

"Oh what a great strategy to get a job, just say you aren't a fan and we get impressed." Rahat folded his arms and looked at me accusingly, I know things like this worked but I wasn't trying to do anything like that I was just being honest.

"Who said I wasn't a fan, I said I love your music but that's it, I'm not so crazy about it." I replied and turned to look at Arnav who hadn't stopped staring at me yet, it was weird and awkward at the same time, a while ago he wouldn't even look at me and now he was looking at me like I was the only person present in this room.

"Are you qualified for a job like this Miss. Khushi?" Arnav asked, he had a really beautiful and deep voice, it was kind of attractive oh and he knew my name even though he wasn't paying attention.

"No sir, I'm not but that doesn't mean I would disappoint, I'll just need to be taught what to do, I'm a fast learner and I would work really hard." I replied.

"Oh please bro, I don't need a girl who isn't crazy about me." Rahat interrupted as he rolled his eyes at me, of course Rahat Raizada wanted a girl to be running behind him fangirling like crazy.

"Why? Because you want a girl to be fangirling around you every now and then? How would she do your work then Mr. Raizada." I folded my arms and looked at him seriously, I don't know why, I mean I dint know this guy much but I just had some sort of dislike for him already.

"She's hot but she has an attitude problem, I want someone to obey what I say." Rahat said again.

"If it's related to work I have no objection, I am a very obedient person sir." I said as I looked at him confidently.

"Okay I'm so done with her, we better have a look at someone else, none of this girls seem convincing so far." Rahat said as he stood up but before he could walk away Arnav spoke up.

"You're hired Miss. Khushi, your work starts from tomorrow morning sharp at 8, you'll have to work till late sometimes, you'll have to travel with us out of country so many times too, let's just say you'll not have a life of your own, if you're willing to sign up for that then you're welcome to join us." Arnav said as he smiled at me while Rahat turned to look at him furiously.

Wow this had taken a completely different turn, Arohi thought I could get this job because Rahat Raizada was definitely going to be drooling over my looks but I actually got it because I managed to impress Arnav Raizada and definitely not by my looks but maybe my confidence that I could do this work.

Did I really get this job that I thought was impossible to get an hour ago? I was definitely dreaming! Somebody pinch me already.

"I'm fine with it sir." I said excitedly, I mean even if I worked for them for at least an year, I was going to save up enough to complete my studies and support my family too.

"No way in hell she's our manager bro, I hate this girl." Rahat complained.

"You hate her because she isn't falling at your feet like the rest, grow up Rahat." Arnav said to him.

"That's her plan bro, don't you get it? She's pretending so she can get the job by your favor." Rahat said.

"I want a manager Rahat, not a girl always being crazy about us, she joins from tomorrow and if I'm impressed by her work she stays, otherwise you're free to find someone else, but if I am impressed by her work, nothing can convince me to find someone else got it?" Arnav looked at him strictly.

"I hate it that you're my elder brother, and I hate her, I bet she won't last a day, I'll make sure of it." Rahat said as he looked at me like he was going to kill me.

"Miss Khushi, you can leave now, kindly leave your phone number and other details at the desk outside and I'll see you at the mansion tomorrow morning and in case you're worried about your salary we'll discuss that after I get a glimpse of how you work." Arnav said, I nodded as Rahat kept on shooting daggers at me with his eyes.

Hello readers... so before you guys start questioning me why i'm updating news stories instead of updating the ongoing ones daily, let me make this clear, i have a page on fb for Arshi fanfics where i post different stories daily and they keep on repeating updates weekly so that's why i have lots of them ongoing, plus there are some i dont even post on wattpad so incase you want to read them you can find my page on fb and read them there too.