Next day, Vihaan reaches early on the set..... He sees their director who is extremely cool person was shouting badly on the cameraman....

He asks the director what has happened.

"Yaar ek to us new joinee ne itni mushkil se last shot perfect diya hai upar se ye Vinod, apna cameraman bol raha hai ki wo scene record hi nahi hua hai... "

The director says Annoyed...

"Calm down bro, Ek aur baar wo scene shoot kar lenge....Don't worry..  "

He says patting the director's back to calm down his anger....

"Are you serious?... Dekha nahi us new joinee ko. She takes like 15 retakes for one shot... Ta.. Ta...Ta... Ta.. ke aage uski express hi nahi badhti... Pata nahi kaise cast kar liya ise...Acting to aati nahi. Jarur Casting Couch se aayi hogi. "

The director vents out his anger on him. Vihaan was about to speak when his eyes fall on Riddhima who was standing just behind the director with tears in her eyes....

"Riddhima..... "

Her name escapes out of his mouth involuntarily.

The director turns back to see her standing with her head low and tears rolling down from her eyes continuously..

"So...Sorry..... "

She speaks before running from that place.

Vihaan looks at her retreating back with sadness in his eyes. Even he was a newcomer once, he was called stoned face, Robot, oldie, expressionless, poker face and what not. Even when fans loved his character, He was given the tag of "most over hyped actor" by the media guys and so called tv critics. Today Riddhima reminded him of his struggling days.

"Prateek, Do you even know what you just said? How can you say like that mahn.... Disgusting "

Turning towards Prateek, Vihaan snaps him and then walks out of there pulling his hair in frustration....

"Yaar ye baal kyu khich raha hai... Now he will take one more hour to set his hair...Oh god, gayi aajki shooting pani me... "

The director says hitting his palm on his head...
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"May I come in...."

Vihaan asks like a gentleman before entering into Riddhima's Vanity Van....

She immediately wipes her tears with a tissue paper and says,

"Yeah. Come in.... "

He enters in and finds her sitting on a couch with her head low. This annoyed Vihaan. Such things keep happening every now and then. Hundred people will have hundred different opinion about you. You just can't start taking everything to your heart.  As an actor you should learn to ignore. Just chin up and face the world.

"You okay? "

He asks sitting next to her..

"Yeah i Am.... "

She replies with a fake smile....

"Stop Acting!!! I know you are not okay.. "

He speaks looking at her...

"I m not acting..And vaise bhi, I cannot Act. Samajh chuki hu mai... "

She speaks turning her head away from him.... She don't want to cry in front of him. 

"Hey, Look here... You are a very gud actor... Trust me. It was just that Prateek was in very bad mood and..."

She cuts him off...

"Its ok... You don't have to explain.. Prateek sir is right. I m such a bad actor... "

She couldn't hold herself anymore. Vihaan feels bad as she sobs covering her face with her palm...

"Ok ok..Stop crying. Just look at me.. "

He holds her hand that were covering her beautiful face and brings them down slowly.

She looks at him...

"Prateek showed me video of the act that you did in auditions. You were so confident then. What changed now?"

He asks looking in her eyes...

"I am afraid... I am afraid of your stardom. You have millions of fan and I have none. I feel so low infront of you.. There is constant pressure on me to do best just because you are opposite me.. "

She confesses wiping her tears with a tissue paper.

He looks at her with disbelief...

"Whattt!!!  Stupid girl. Forget everything... Forget that Vihaan RaiSinghania is casted opposite you. Just be yourself. "

He explains holding her hand in his...

"Hmm...."

She replies with a faint smile on her face.

" Friends? "

He asks forwarding his hand.

When she didnot react he looks into her eyes as if pleading her to accept his friendship....

She smiles genuinely and gives her hand in his....

He smiles back...

"Ok Now get ready for the shot and come down fast. I m sending makeup Dada here....  "

He says before leaving the vanity...

She smiles looking at her hand which he was holding few seconds ago.... Just in two days, he has already proved wrong all the previous notions she had about famous actors.

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Scene 4 Shot 5 Take 13

Action......

Vihaan and Riddhima were sitting facing each other on the couch of his living room. The room was dark. Only source of light were the candles burning admist the rose petals kept on the tables in front them.... Soft music played in the background creating a romantic atmosphere for the two souls....

"Swara.... Mai tumse bahot pyaar karta hu. Lekin mujhe nahi pata hum is rishte ko aage kaise badhaaye. Dad ne already meri engagement kisise tay kar rakhi hai aur. You know I can't go against him......"

Vihaan delivers the dialogue looking in her eyes with  love, pain and sadness. His heart aches seeing the same emotions reflecting in her eyes. She was hurt, so was he...

"Vansh..... Mai....  Tumse kehena chahti hu.... "

She licks her dried lips before continuing. .

"Kiiii......"
She stammers and looks everywhere but him...

"Kii kya.... "

He asks caressing her cheeks and making her look into his ocean deep eyes intensely.

"Ki.... "

Words fail to come out from her mouth.... She feels lot of butterflies jittering in her stomach.

"Kiii.... "

He asks eyeing her lips. She feels a knot building in her stomach because of the way his eyes were looking at her. His gaze was literally burning her .Her breathes become uneven.

"Arrrre yaar!!!! Kuch to kaho!!! For god Sake Ek scene to khatam karo."

The director shouts hitting his own head roughly with the bundle of script.

Riddhima gets startled hearing the director's voice.

" Come on yaar.... Producers chilla rahe hai, channel bol raha hai theek se karo... What are you guys doing yaar!!! "

He shouts loudly on them....

"Relax! Relax! We will do it...."

Vihaan tries to cool the director's anger. He was used to facing director's wrath but for Riddhima, this was new. She looks at them like a scared cat....

"Come on yaar Vihaan. Tumhari heroine se to kuch hoga nahi. Tum to situation samhaalo.... "

The director says getting irritated

"Calm down Prateek. Calm down....Tum ghussa mat karo...We will do it again... "

Vihaan tries to handle the situation. Riddhima feels guilty of not giving even a single shot as per the director's expectations....

"Jaldiiii..... Camera....Sound.... "

The cameraman replies "Rolling" on hearing the director's call...

"Relax... Breathe!! "

Vihaan tightens his hold on her hand and looks at her as if conveying her through his eyes that everything is going to be ok.

Riddhima smiles understanding the meaning of his unsaid words.

Scene 4 Shot 5 Take 13...

Action....

"Swara.. Mai tumse bahot pyaar karta hu......  Lekin is pyaar ka mai kya karu... Achaar daalu? .. "

She looks up at him in shock... The director starts laughing....

"Kyuki jitni baar tum liney bolti ho, mera director dekho ghussa ho jata hai... Aur woh ghussa hokar kabhi channel ka naam leta hai. Kabhi production ko beech me lata hai. Kabhi khudko bolta hai, kabhi tumhe bolta hai,  kabhi mujhe bolta hai..."

She continues to stares at him with her mouth open. The director laughs whole loudly and comes near them....

"Har kisiko daatata rehta hai... Dekho pagal hota ja raha hai mera director tumhari vajah se.  Tumhara kya karu mai?.... "

Vihaan speaks in one breathe without any comma, apostrophe or full stop. Riddhima looks at him speechless.

"I'm sorry.... Sorry...."

The director appologize still laughing on them...

"Sorry.... Are you Ok?... "

Prateek asks with a smile to Riddhima.

She smiles back and nods her head.

"Yaar itna ghussa kabhi nahi kiya tumne.... "

Vihaan says looking at the director, Prateek.

"Are you ready Riddhima? We will take one more time.... "

Prateek asks putting his hand on her shoulder...

She replies yes flashing her 32 teeth...

Action.....

All the lights turns off and the camera focuses on them.

"Swara.... Mai tumse bahot pyaar karta hu. Lekin mujhe nahi pata hum is rishte ko aage kaise badhaaye...."

Vihaan speaks looking at her. Not able to meet his eyes, She looks down.

"Dad ne already meri engagement kisise tay kar rakhi hai but I still love you....."

He leans towards her and caresses her cheek softly.

She feels shiver running down her spine due to the contact of his rough yet soft fingers with the warm and flushed skin of her soft cheeks.

"I know Vansh. I love you too. Par kya karu, tum ab kisi aur ki amaanat ho chuke ho naa... "

She speaks with sadness in her voice. They come close and close....Close and close. For a moment they forget that they were acting....

"Par dil karta hai ,tumhe chhin loon. Shayad isi khayal ki saza mil rahi hai mujhe. "

Their nose is almost touching each other .... Her hand is holding his finger in its grip...

He reads lots of unsaid unexpressed hidden emotions in her otherwise empty eyes as if she is an open book infront of him.

"Don't say that.. Don't say that.... "

He says in a voice hardly audible to him.  Holding her knuckles near his mouth, he kisses them softly yet passionately ...

She bends towards him and their forhead joins. They let out a breathe of sigh closing their eyes.

"Cutttttttttttttttt ittttt........"

The director screams loudly and jumps in happiness.....

"Yaar yahi to chahiye tha mujhe. Mind blowing!!!  Yahi to dhund raha tha mai ....Yeh Chemistry aag laga degi...aag laga degi "

The director says hi-fying Vihaan and kissing his forehead in happiness...

He then comes to Riddhima and side hugs her making her happy too....

Vihaan smiles looking at her. Riddhima delivered last scene so naturally that for a moment he felt it was all happening for real. He could really feel the pain, agony of Vansh...

Noticing Vihaan's stare, Riddhima feels shy and lowers her head.

[Meeting You was like listening to a song for the first time and knowing it would be my favourite ❤]

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