The press conference had ended, but all of them were sitting on their respective chairs. She was getting bored it's been over ten minutes she was silent.

She could no longer hold herself back. She glanced at both sides. On one side was Mahira, who seemed too busy to be approached. She looked away at Asim, who seems bored like her. As he was scribbling on the desk with a pencil. 

"Hi! I am Shehnaaz Gill from Punjab." She introduced herself, extending her hand. He looked at her hand with a smile and shook it with his.

"Hello! I am Asim Riaz from..." Before he could complete Shehnaaz completed it for him.

"From Kashmir, I know." She giggled softly. Made him have a broad smile on his face.

"I have heard you're a model and you seem like you wasting time in the gym." She giggled, "don't take me wrong but you have a very good-looking face then what took you so long to come in shows? I mean, were you not offered a show before?" She inquired getting curious.

"Not everyone turns out lucky as you, yeah it really took a long time for me eight years." There was a hint of sadness which didn't went unnoticed by Shehnaaz.

"You might be missing your family a lot, right? I mean I am here for only one or two months and I just want to go back to them and you stayed here for such a long time, don't you miss them?" She asked him which made him sadder though he tried to fake a smile.

"Everyone misses their family so does I but then it's the path you have chosen for yourself and you have to walk on it," Asim replied with a smile but his eyes conveyed sadness.

"So now the press conference is done let's start with the shoot. I want all of you ready within an hour, am I clear."  Vikas announcement grabbed everyone's attention.

"Yes sir!" Shouted Paras saluting him, others chuckled on his funny gestures. 

"I will directly meet you all after an hour." With that, Vikas moved  from there and Siddharth followed him.

"I have heard he is very much strict when it's about work," Asim spoked glancing at their retreating figure.

"Whom you are talking about Vikas or Siddharth?" Mahira asked suddenly showing interest in the conversation.

"Obviously Vikas why I will call Siddharth strict? When I don't know the person nor do I know Vikas but I have heard that he is a very professional person," Asim answered.

"Siddharth is too like him but the only different is Vikas is very friendly but the other one is too extremely rude and arrogant." Mahira shared her information.

"How do you know? Did you work with him?" Shehnaaz asked her.

"No, I have not but the people worked with him had told be so," Mahira replied back.

"It's nothing like that, he such a big name in the television industry. I don't think so or a person like Vikas won't ever work with him. He is such a big producer why would he cast someone arrogant? And this is not the first time he cast him, Siddharth each show is produced by Vikas Gupta." Asim not believing in Mahira.

"Have not you heard that in his one of the shows had a huge fight with the writer? That was the reason that the writer was removed from the show? And you still claim not to believe me?" Mahira turned infuriated on Asim, as he was questioning her. While Shehnaaz was getting bored with their talks and decided to glance at her cell.

"But that entire thing was a rumour, Vikas himself clarified it. He even said that the writer had some personal grudges with Siddharth and that is the reason that he put blamed him." Asim was in no mood to come in her talks.

"Okay you don't believe me but you know that Rashmi too worked with him. That incident took place when Rashmi was on the set." She informed looking at Rashmi who was staring at her as she heard her name. "Rashmi didn't Siddharth fought with the writer very badly on your last show together? Was not that the reason that you denied working with him further, seeing his aggression?" Mahira questions made Rashmi tensed, and she glanced at the surrounding. 

"Mahira I had warned you that this topic won't be brought up here. It's their personal matter, why you want to bring the past again?" Aarthi got annoyed with Mahira.

"What's personal in it? The entire industry knows that what kind of person that Siddharth is. No one wants to give him any work, it's just because of Vikas that he is still in the industry." Paras added his remark.

"But he is a very big name. There are so many fans of his, people go crazy for his just one news." Shehnaaz spoke looking away from her cell towards him.

"Fans have no idea what a person he is? Do you have any idea what his personal life is about? Have you ever seen him with his family or friends anywhere? He is in the industry from past nineteen years but the only person he has a connection with is Vikas Gupta. In any public event you will find him mostly with him, why is that so? Because people don't like him at all." Paras those words made Asim and Shehnaaz have a second thought.

As his facts were correct, they knew him as a big name in the television industry and within these years he had obtained frame too but his personal life was never been the headline of any newspaper or magazine. It's kind of weird that such a big personality managed to hide personal life from media.

"Stop all these Paras! Vikas has warned you, that topic won't be brought up." Aarthi scolded Paras.

"Vikas can't keep on hiding the truth. People should know what kind of person this Siddharth Shukla is." Paras bounced back.

"Paras enough, we will get late for the shoot. Vikas has asked us to be present there on time so let's leave." Rashmi spoke putting an end to the discussion and everyone moved with no further argument.

Asim and Shehnaaz were walking beside each other, "kind of strange, the image he holds among the audience is totally different from these celebrities." Asim whispered to Shehnaaz.

"Hmm... I am too shocked, but they spend more time with them and might be knowing him well." Asim nodded still not convince with all those talks.

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The set had been arranged and it was  decided that they would shoot the canteen scene first. All of them were  standing in front of the director who was explaining them the scene.

"So, you mean that I will be sitting in the canteen when Rashmi will move in and take the seat beside me?" Siddharth who had been listening to the conversation with full attention questioned him. The director nodded,  "but don't you think the background of this canteen looks like a hostel?" Examine the background.

"Exactly! From how long I was feeling that something is missing. You point in out correctly; this background doesn't match with the interior." Vikas who had been silent, spoked. He looked at the director, "Sushant just make the required changes, now!" 

"I got it!  How they both get along with each other as both minds think alike." Shehnaaz standing along with Asim whispered to him.

"Vikas is whispering allowed during shooting?" Siddharth asked Vikas, which made Vikas confuse for a moment but he glanced at Shehnaaz, her small mouth opened with shock and he smiled.

"No! My set has strict rules no whispering during the shooting. If you have to, then you can go outside the studio." Though he should be sounding serious but only smile was  playing on his lips. 

Siddharth just shook his head in disappointed this person was always strict when it comes about his work but what has happened to him today? Going all soft on that girl. Siddharth glanced at her who had been glaring him from last one minute.

Rude! What that person thought of himself as if he was the producer. Very much rude, what happened if she talked? It was so difficult to remain quiet for fifteen minutes when so many people were surrounding her. And most importantly when she was doing the first shoot of her life! So much excitement, so much nervousness how would that idiot know it? Mr arrogant! Those thoughts were jumping in her mind, as her face conveyed it out loud.

Vikas looked at Siddharth, to ask something but found him staring at Shehnaaz and smiled seeing her cute faces.

"You asked her not to talk so she is  talking to herself and I am damn sure cursing you." Vikas couldn't help but end up laughing. Siddharth just shook his head and moved from there. "I am loving this girl," Vikas whispered to himself in enthusiasm. 

After half an hour the interior had  been changed so the shooting started. So as decided Siddharth was sitting in one of the chairs when Rashmi moved in and took the chair next to him.

"Siddharth so today fresheners are coming. What you think will this year we will have some fun as last year, ragging..." Rashmi forgotted her line.

"Cut! Rashmi the line is ragging them on the first day, the way we were ragged." The director reminded her, she gave a node in return.  

"Okay, light camera action." And the shooting started once again.

The shooting continued like that for a while other casts were sitting on the sofa waiting for their turn. Shehnaaz who was reading the script for the tenth time hit her forehead. Asim was sitting next to her looked at her getting confuse. 

"What matter?"

"Whoever the writer is, has fully planned that I get out from the show first day itself." She answered turning annoyed.

"What?" He got shocked as well as confuse what was she even speaking?

"See what big dialogues he has given me. If I could by heart such big dialogues then I wouldn't have studied and become someone like a doctor or lawyer instead of getting into acting." She pointed out the facts.

"But for that, you need to have a brain too right which you don't have." Asim teased her.

She nodded trying to understand and a second later yelled on him, "what you mean by I should have a brain? Don't you think I have a one?" Gaining everyone's attention on the way and Asim gave everyone sheepish smile finding them staring at him.

"Shehnaaz what is happening over there? You know right here shooting is going on." Vikas asked her, turning furious.

"Its not my fault." She made a pout. "This idiot" she gave a hit on Asim's head, "he is saying that I don't have a brain." She complained to him like a kid complaint to her parent when her sibling teased her.

Vikas smiled at the adorable kid whom he thought was of 27-year-old. He glanced at Asim faking a glare and spoke, "why are you troubling my kiddo? She has brain okay?" He acted as if scolding him and Asim nodded all smiling. Shehnaaz too smiled seeing him getting the scolding.

Witnessing all this unknowingly smile came on one more person face, she was definitely something else.

"Now don't disturb because of you I got scolding from Vikas." Shehnaaz scolded Asim and again started by hearting her lines. While Asim stared at her in delight, what was she even?

"Whom are you staring at Paras?" Asked Mahira who was sitting beside him.

"Shehnaaz, she is really cute. Such a kid." Paras was having an adorable smile on his face, that doesn't went  well with Mahira.

"You start liking every single girl around you." She got annoyed.

"I am just saying that she is a sweet girl." Paras tried to justify himself, "and what's wrong if I find any girl sweet other then you? If you're my girlfriend that doesn't mean I should found only you charming." Paras moved from there turning pissed.

Mahira started crying seeing his behaviour with her, "Shh! Don't cry Mahira. I will talk to him." Aarthi sitting on the other side heard it and tried to console her.

"Why he has to always behave like this? He keeps on flirting with girls. How should I feel? If I do the same thing, will tolerate it?" She was wiping her tears with a tissue while speaking in between her sobs.

"You know him, he is like that. He just fools around but that doesn't mean that he doesn't like you. You both are in relation from the past five years, it's his nature and who else can better understand him than you?" Aarthi was trying hard to soothe her.

Shehnaaz who sees Mahira crying tries to gesture Asim to look over there. Asim whose concentration is fully on script looks at her annoyed. "What's your problem why are you troubling me?" He questioned her in annoyance.

Shehnaaz become pissed seeing him talking to her in such a manner, "I was just going to make you..." before she could complete Vikas called Asim out scaring both of them.

"Asim!" 

Asim stood up from his chair been scared and clutching paper tightly this is the third time they both were caught talking. He had heard that Vikas loves discipline on his set. He was sure that they both were going to receive rebuke on the first day itself. "Yes sir" he whispered all set to receive the scolding.

"What yes sir?" He was sounding damn dangerous, Shehnaaz too was  looking at him with a frightening face, bitting her nails in worry.  "Come, it's yours and Aarthi scene next." This made both of them relief and then looked at each other giving 'we got saved' look.

Nodding Asim steeped along with Aarthi. Getting to know that Shehnaaz shoot had time, she left from there getting bored sitting there and decided to glance at the set. She was roaming around when one of the workers asked her.

"Ma'am, what are you doing here? The shooting is happening inside, right?" The worker asked as they are preparing for the next scene.

"I was getting bored inside so thought to have a walk." She replied back.

"Sorry, ma'am to bother you but we are preparing for the next shoot. You can have a look at that direction and if you wish you can have a look at your vanity van too." The worker suggested, making her pleased. 

"Vanity van? Where it is?" She asked getting eager as she was going to get her own vanity van! How amazing it was!

"That's side." Too smiled seeing her excitement. She moved towards that direction not waiting for a second.

As she strolled and found many vanity buses parked there. She was confused that out of those which one was hers? She tried to find the name written on it but found none. She pouted, how is she going to find her vanity? She thought to go inside and check one and opened the door of one of the vanity buses only to see a view in front of her that scared her. She closed the door and was going to move when she bangs with a person.

"Hey, Shehnaaz what are you doing over here?" The person asked her and she raised her head to look at him.

"Pa..ras... I saw..." She was trying hard to find her words but is not able to.

"Hey, why you seem so scared? What happened?" He glanced at the vanity once and then again looked at her. "Are you fine?" He asked cupping her face.

"Nothing! She saw me suddenly so got scared, am I right?" A voice came from behind making Shehnaaz turn and look at the source. She glimpsed at his hand amazed.

"Oh!" Paras sounded unconvinced as he stared at Shehnaaz.

"May I know what were you doing near my vanity?" Siddharth asked her been serious.

"Oh, she might be mistaken that it's her vanity, Siddharth. As the name is not written, still. No worries I will drop her to her vanity. You don't stress up." Saying so Paras took  Shehnaaz along with him.

Shehnaaz moved with him not saying a word as she was in shock while Siddharth was staring at her retreating figure with a blank face.

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