After Party
The College Auditorium

Mukti : party. ...party. ....party. ...party. ...
Manik : bass. ....bass.....ab toh chup ho jaa. ...tumhare liye party. ...hum logo ne pehele se hi arrange kar ke rakha tha! !!!
Mukti hugs Manik.
Mukti : love you yaar. ..
Manik : aur oiling buttering karne ki zarurat nehin hai. ...go and get your drink. ...sirf aaj ke liye permission de raha hu. ...kal subha hote hi lemonade peena! !!!!
Mukti : yes boss! !!!!
Cabir comes and hugs Manik.
Cabir : congrats. ...you and Nandini just nailed it! !!!!
Dhruv : haan buddy. ...it was a pleasure to see you both perform together
Aliya : yeah! !!!humein toh pataa hi nehin tha ki. ..Nandini ki voice itni versatile hai. ....I mean. ..she has got a real gift. ..you should encourage her to participate in these competition's
Cabir : Aliya is right. ....and I think kal ka musical fest Nandini ke liye ek turning point hoga. ...and it would be good for her singing career
Manik ( smiling ) : main bhi wahi socch raha tha

Mukti ordered her drink and was waiting for it, when her mobile started buzzing. She came to a corner and received it.
Mukti : hello
The speaker : hello sweetheart
Mukti ( panicked ) : tum. ...tum ne phone kyon kiya? ????
The speaker : tumhe sirf mera ek chhota sa kaam karna hai
Mukti ( angrily ) : main tumhari koi baat nehin sunn ne wali
The speaker : socch lo sweetheart. ....agar main waha aa gaya aur tumhare beloved Manik ne mujhe dekh liya! !!!!!
Mukti ( freaked out ) : tum yaha ane ke bareme socch na bhi maat! !!!!
The speaker : wahi toh main bhi keh raha hu. ...you just have to do a small thing. ....joh drink tumne order kiya hai. ...usse tumhe Nandini ko peelana hai. ...aur phir chup chap baith ke tamasha dekh na! !!!!!!!
Mukti : I am not gonna do anything like that. ...do you get it! !!!
The speaker hung up, with an evil smile.
At that moment only, Nandini headed towards the bar counter.
Seeing the ready made drink on the counter, Nandini started drinking it, as she was thirsty like hell.
Bartender : arrey ma'am. ...yeh aapka drink nehin hai! !!!!
Nandini : janti hu. ...please aap aisa dusra drink baana lijiye! !!!!
The last thing Mukti saw, was Nandini keeping the empty glass on the bar counter and smacking her lips.
Mukti rushed towards her.
Mukti ( concerned ): are you alright? ?????....Nandini
Nandini : haan. ..but this drink
Nandini pointed towards the empty glass. Mukti looks at the bartender.
Bartender  (scared ) : Mukti ma'am ....aap ki drink. ...yeh pee gayi! !!!
Mukti ( angrily ) : idiot! !!!!....why didn't you stop her? ???.....it was one of the strongest martini! !!!!
Nandini ( babbling even more ): martini. ...woh kya hai Mukti? ????.....Mukti. ..yeh world na. ..yeh world flat hai! !!!
Mukti ( trying to help Nandini ): yeah. ...yeh world flat hai. ...now just sit
Nandini : sit. ...I will sit on this! !!!!
Saying this, she sat on the bar counter.
Mukti : Nandini. ...get down. ...yeh baithne ki jagah nehin hai! !!!
Nandini puts one of her arms around Mukti's neck.
Nandini : dekho Mukti. ..there are so many fireflies
Mukti : Nandini. ...those are neon lights.
Nandini : noise. ..yaha bahut noise hai! !!!!!
Mukti : its not noise. ...its music
Nandini : not soulful music. ...dj ko bolo song change kare. ...this is hurting my ears! !!!!
Saying this Nandini puts her hands on her ears and closed her eyes.
Fab4 and Navya came towards the bar counter, unaware of this little ruckus.
On seeing Nandini, sitting on the bar counter like that, Maniks eyes popped out. Then he noticed an helpless Mukti, who was constantly saying something to Nandini.
Manik ( chuckled ) : yeh sab kya hai? ???
On seeing Manik, Nandini pulls him close to her, by his collar.