I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW THE ENTIRE CHAPTER WILL SOUND LIKE....ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT!!! HERE WE GOO...

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After sending the invitations out, it was decided that all of you will gather at this bus-stop that was kinda at an equal distance from all of youz homes. And from there, you all will sit in a mini bus that I had arranged so that you could come to my place.

Obviously some of your parents were worried, considering I am practically a stranger and how could they just let you go to a stranger's place for the birthday celebrations for some book? So, to convince them that you all will be safe at my place and will definitely reach your homes before 9.30 p.m., I personally talked with your parents and along with that, I sent Ben and Steve to pick you up at the bus-stop, so that they could talk with your parents face-to-face

And then I realized what a mistake it was to send Ben and Steve - together - to do something this serious, so behind them , I asked Greg to go . And Greg did a pretty good job of impressing your parents and making sure that they were not worried AT ALL.

After making sure that each and every one of you was in the bus, Steve and Ben sat in the bus while Greg drove his car ahead of the bus, directing the driver to my place.

And then you reach my house.

As soon as I heard the bus come to a stop, I rushed out of the house and there you all were- getting off one by one . OH MY MY.....YOU ALL ARE SOOOOOOOOO PRECIOUS!!!! YOU ARE GETTING OFF THE BUS WITH SUCH DISCIPLINE!!! I shout to get your attention and start waving my hands like a seal because I am just soooo excited to finally see you all!

I recognize some of you from your profile pictures on Wattpad while some of you I have never seen before , but still the hugs that you all give me make me feel as if we have known each other since soo, sooooooo long!!!!

I let you all in one by one after tonnes of hugs and kisses and group hugs.

After giving you all water, we all sit down on the sofa. 

Everybody is here - Sahil, Ragini., Greg, Linda, Lydia, Ben , Aashna, Nathan , Steve, Robert , Jacob, and I.J. too.

Sahil had promised me that he would be here by 4.30 sharp and as usual , he came right on the dot of 4.30. Ragini and others were here since long.

Ragini even prepared the cake for the birthday.

One by one , Greg, Ragini and I bring out the orange juice that I prepared for you.

Naaaaahhhhh....I just poured that syrup thingy from the bottle thingy and put it in this glass thingy and mixed some gluten- free,low carb, lactose free, H2O in it, MIND IT I SAID H2O NOT H2O2 OKIII..and then I mixed and mixed and mixed and then I put them orange glass thingys in the biiiiiiig box that these people called DA REFRIGERATOR thingy.

Ya so THAT'S mah CONtri-byooo-zion. Cuz Imma swag. And adorbs. Toots ✌

Ok saarry. 

I am not drunk. I am just coooooool...

Here, have the orange juice....common...you know you want tooooo....

And then have some samosas tooo....which none of us prepared BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST PARTY I AM ORGANIZING AND I MISCALCULATED THINGS AND I THOUGHT WE COULD MAKE THESE SAMOSAS BUT THEN WE COULDN'T CUZ WE WERE MAKING DINNER FOR Y'ALL SO we ordered these samosas and they are delicious!!!(Yes, I tasted them...so thAT I KNEW THEY WERE GOOOD......They are soooooooooooooo goood!OM NOM NOMMMM!)

Here ...have some...

DID YOU LIKE THEM???? ME TOOOO.... I LOOVED THEM!!!

Now that we all have settled down finally , and all of us are here, rather almost all of us, there is one person who isn't here yet! But he promised me that he will be here sooooooon, though for a short period of time, but still.

You and I and everyone else starts talking about themselves- we tell each other about us- what we do, where we are from. Some of you realize you belong to the same city! And many of you have come from so so many different countries that it  fascinates me how you even stumbled upon my book! We start teaching each other one phrase in our language, and I teach you this phase - 

NAHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

which means NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

and I also teach you the melo-dramtic way to say it

Like this- 

HAHAHA...YOU LIKED IT? OR NOT?

Now your turn!

After we have each taught one phrase , we huddle around the table for - the cake cutting!

And then......................*ting tong* the bell rang. 

Greg opened it and in came Chef Inolas! 

He obviously looks a bit intimidating and all of you look kiiiiiiiiiinda scared of him. Don't worry , he isn't a carnivore, so he won't eat you - this is what I tell myself too....huihuihui....

Ragini goes in and brings out the cake that she prepared for all of us.

We all gather around the beautiful chocolate cake that she has sooooo lovingly prepared for us and we put in candles on a small stand and place it in.

You all start clapping and start singing the "Happy Birthday" song while I cut the gorgeous cake.

I cut the cake in pieces and feed it to each and every one of you.

 The cake is a mix of dark and milk chocolate, and as soon as it hits our taste buds, the sounds of 'Hmmmmmmmmmmm............' fill the atmosphere.

Ragini, as usual starts laughing when she sees our reactions.  She keeps on laughing and laughing and in the distance, I see Sahil taking her pictures. SNEEEEEEEEAAKY SAHIIIIL.

I went to the kitchen to wash my face and when I came out I obviously saw a heated argument going on between Ben and Greg.

Greg was saying that we all should sit down for dinner, while Ben obviously wanted to dance. And in the end, everyone decided to dance first and then eat dinner, making Greg sigh and switch on the speakers.

And then.....you all put your kala chashmas(black goggles) in style like this - 

and then .............. the dance party began!!!!

Y'ALL SHOWED ME SOME CRRAAAAJJJIEEE MOVES . While I showed you mine!

I never thought that dancing to Gangnam style would be this fun, but then we all went crazy when it came on the speaker. OPPA GANAGNAM STYLE!

AND BECAAAAAUSE IMMA GUJARATI...I JUST HAD TO ...I JUST HAD TOTEACH YOU SOME GARBA MOVES -

https://youtu.be/vK5E_aeBGYA

We went on for hours on end till one of us shouted ,"I AM HUNGRY!" That was , probably me.

So, fast-fast , we all washed our hands and sat down for the dinner, prepared by Ragini and everyone else; Ben and I just helped in the grocery shopping. During cooking time, Ragini kicked me and Ben out because making princess crowns out of cilantro leaves isn't helping! Duh!

And then....the scrumptious aroma of Miss Pho's vegetarian Pho hit us.

And it was toooo yummy for words. I could even see Chef Inolas closing his eyes as he took in the delicious spoonful of the broth with the noodles. It took us very liiiitle time to finish it up, because it was sooooooooooooo delicious. Ragini was all ready with the second helping which we all gladly took. 

And then , that too we gobbled down while Ragi laughed looking at the way we were om nom nom noming.

And then came in the main course - PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAV BHAAAJIIIIIIIII. And it was served street style, in plates like these. 

AND...MY GAWWWDDDDDDD.....IT WAS OH-SOO-YUMMY!!!!! You all could not stop giving Ragi and everyone who helped prepare , the compliments because it was absolutely delicious and sooooo goood we forgot the limits of our stomachs. We kept on taking so many helpings and Ragini and Sahil complied happily. Ragini sat down to eat with us, and some of you were sooo lovely to even feed her with your own hands.

I could seee toooonnes of photographs being taken here and there by everyone, while I am still trying to locate where my phone is. It is also probably on silent or switched off! Meh! Let it be!

After the meal of Pav Bhaji, all of us realized how much we had eaten and we kept on patting our stomachs because it was sooo full!

But then someone shouted "DESSERT!" and we were hungry again!

In dessert came in brownie and ice-cream sandwiches , with colourful sprinkles on top.

And this is also the moment where I am not able to find anymore synonyms to the word "delicious" because it was so delicious and tasty and the brownie was still warm and gooey and the ice-cream was cold and my mouth and your mouth is having a party , whose hangover will be borne by our stomachs but we don't care anymooooooooooore because BROWNIE-ICECREAM SANDWICHES!!!!!

ANd I looked at the clock. It is 8.30 P.M. still , which leaves us exactly half-an hour before I have to rush you all to the bus-stop again. So, in the half-hour left, we decide to .....dance agaaaain!!!!!

I made you all dance to my favourite tunes . ALl time fav saaang!!!! And Sahil taught you some Bhangra moves tooooo....

https://youtu.be/m1PhXbYsBeg

We kept on dancing and dancing and dancing.....till the alarm of 9 o'clock rang and it was time for all of you to go back. 

We all hugged each other tightly, promising to meet each other , and before I waved you off in the van, I , Ragi and Sahil gave you a box. I ask you to open the box only when you reach home. And you all comply. I get in the bus and drop you off to the bus-stop, where some of you get on your vehicles while some of y'all's parents came and I could finally meet them. One by one, all of you left and I came back home.

And then you all reach your homes and then open up the box to find - Macaroons

And inside this box, you find a special note from me- 

DO NOT TAKE "AROH" AND REVERSE IT AND SAY "HORA"! THAT IS NOT MY SURNAMEEEEE! THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE THAT MY GAWD!

ANYWAYS! SEE YOU SOOOON!

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SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...........HOW WAS IT....WAS IT OKAY?? OR FUN??? 

I HAD FUN WRITING IT! 

AND LOTS OF LOVE FROM MY SIDE! 

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE FOOD! 

ALL THE LOVE, 

~INOLAS