3 p.m.

The 'Thinking Cup' café was almost empty, the last family had exited almost an hour ago. But if someone looked inside it, they would still find a boy and a girl sitting in the farthermost corner of the café with a single cup of cold coffee placed in between them, two straws peaking out of it. That was when the door of the café burst open once again ringing the bells hanging on top of it and indicating the arrival of a new customer but the pair did not seem to mind as they totally concentrated on the cup of coffee placed in front of them.

Abhishek stood there breathlessly; he glanced around the café and cringed when he looked at the corner. He started to approach them very slowly. The guy took a sip on his straw before turning to look at him, the girl did not look back.

"I thought you were supposed to come at 1." Sumedh glared furiously at Abhishek. Abhishek looked down guiltily.

"Leave him Sumu, if he cared enough he would have been here in time." Vaishnavi whispered loudly enough for Abhi. Abhis face fell but he quickly sobered himself up and squeezed himself in between Sumedh and Vaishnavi.

"Sorry yaar, I was really caught up in a thing." He said looking straight at her.

"So, the birthday is mine but she gets the sorry?" Sumedh mock glared at him after being ignored.

"You got your treat in the morning alright, now let me convince her." Abhi said before turning back to her. "Come on Vaish, you know I would not forget about it if the work wasn't important."

"But you should have informed." Vaish said with a pout.

"Yeah." Sumedh nodded his head in agreement.

"Time really slipped out of my mind, now leave all that. Tell me, how did the shoot go?"

"Everything went well but it's just that the..."

"Models were too bossy." Abhi and Sumedh finished her sentence for her.

"We know." Sumedh laughed, "You say that every time after a shoot."

"And how you are best friends with the both of us is beyond our imagination." Abhi laughed along with Sumedh.

"First of all, you both are actors not models and the second thing is that I know you two since both of you were in diapers so you two don't count. " Vaishnavi huffed. "And Sumu I am so sorry I couldn't attend the morning treat."

"Its alright yaar, work is work. And anyway, designing all those cool clothes is definitely a great deal." Sumedh smiled. "But are you guys sure that you two arent coming in the evening?"

"Yes we are. " The two spoke up together.

"Sumu, it will just be the cast members of your show and they are all doing it specially for you. Let it be special that way." Vaishnavi said as she put a hand on his shoulder.

"Yeah, Mallika won't stop talking about all the things she had planned for it." Abhisekh laughed.

"She told you what she has planned?" Sumedh raised his eyebrows.

"No, of course she didnt. She just said in brief that she had planned something special. But most of the time she complained about how less you speak." Abhisekh spoke making Vaishnavi giggle and Sumedh turn red in embarrassment.

"I dont speak less, its mostly because she does the speaking thing." Sumedh protested.

"So you are telling me that Mallika talks more?" Vaishnavi looked into his eyes.

"I did not mean it like that. I am just saying that she is better than me in this speaking thing and moreover I.."

"You what?" Abhisekh leaned closer.

"Nothing. Accha tell me, did you convince Aunty?" Abhisheks face fell.

"No, she wont even listen to me."

"So what are you going to do?" Vaishnavi asked concerned.

"Tell her to get Sid married first." Abhi joked.

"Don't drag your poor brother in it. He just came back from London a month ago." Vaishnavi said sternly.

"Well, he is here now, isnt he? So he would have to deal with it."

"Speaking of Sid, when is his first show?" Sumedh inquired while taking another sip from his coffee.

"Next week. " Abhi smiled, "Even I cant believe how he managed to get a contract so soon."

"Good for him. He will be a great model. Much better than ours, I really hope boss hires him for the next shoot." Vaishnavi sighed.

"Let's see. " Abhi laughed. "By the way, why are you two drinking cold coffee at 3 p.m.? And furthermore, where the hell is my straw?" He said eyeing the two straws sticking out of the glass.

"Since you decided to make us wait for one and a half hour this was our best option after meal. "

"And as for the two straws, this is your punishment for making us wait. " Vaishnavi smirked.

"Not fair. " Abhishek whined.

"Haven't you heard? Everything is fair in love and war." Vaish smiled.

"And friendship." Sumedh spoke out after another one of his sips.

"Sod off. " Abhishek grumbled as the other two laughed at his expression.