RECAP = THE PLAY ANNOUNCEMENT

Annika's POV

After having some boring lessons of History and fun filled English lessons, Ms Grace met up with me and gave me the full details of the play. She asked me to choose the 3 best telly drama of all time and the best one would be chosen by her and me. This telly drama should be also chosen from the north region of India which means my all time favourite Hindi shows!!! EEEEK! Which one to choose... there is a lot of great content but it must be suitable enough for the audience to watch without any hesitation and the actors to play a role of it without any barriers in between.

This year's theme is supposed to be lively, dramatic, full of laughter, love filled story with the main morals of trust, bond, forever-to-be-there-with-each-other, believe in the unexpected, destiny and fate, gender equality and woman empowerment and that one show would be the one and only Ishqbaaaz. [not dhinchak ishqbaaz, don't worry :) ]

I do have other few choices of show in my brain. There is Kulfi Kumar Bajewalla. The show of a journey that involves the girl searching for her dad. That show does have any interesting plot line. There is Chandra Nandini too. Based on the life of popular Indian Emperor Chandragupta Maurya. This show will reveal the true story of Maurya's life. I did love the show where they showed how Chandragupta Maurya life was surrounded with Nandini and his other wives. More of a royalty show.

These are my choices but I'm held on to Ishqbaaaz because I guess it fulfills what requirements our show needs. So, get ready school, this time, I'm going to lead this play. Bring it on!!!

As I entered my school's café, I got reminded that HE wanted to meet me. Oh god! Hope I'm not late. My body is shivering and I can't help to stop. All the jittery feelings made it's way to me. God, help me!

 Okay, calm down Ani, I mentally said to myself. Be positive and let's see what's gonna happen.

 Calming myself down, I went to the food counter to get my food and he too came to get his food and was standing beside me. 

 God! Help me to survive this! This guy's hotness is killing me whenever he is around near me. Too near me. While I was waiting for my food, I was stealing glances of him while tucking my curly hair which came in my way. When I turned around to see him, he too turned. I smiled at him and waved. He maintained a neutral face and waved. Strange. Why is he behaving in this way. I came out of my thoughts when the worker gave my food. I smiled at him and got my food and he too got his food at the same time as me. As I was fishing out my money from my purse to pay the food, HE paid for mine and his food and I didn't noticed it at all. As I was going to pay the worker, he said to me not to. He signalled me to my right where Shivaay was. I realized then he paid for my food. Well, its not fair. Its my food. I would pay for it. I said thank you to the worker and turned towards Shivaay.

  "Shivaay, you didn't have to...." 

Before I could have finished my sentence, he dragged me along with him. We had went out of the café to the outdoor café area to eat. It had been a while since I had came out with my friends to eat here. We sat down, opposites towards each other and started to eat. It was really silent. Well, I wasn't the silent type of all. As I was eating, I was looking at him to see who will initiate the conversation first. But he, stays silent of all. I was getting really irritated now. Called me for lunch, paid my food and now eating silently. What's the whole purpose of him meeting me then. I couldn't take it anymore so I started the conversation.

"The food is really nice, isn't it?" I asked in the hope of him answering it. But to my dismay, he just hummed. This guy is getting down on my nerves. How did I even fall for this guy??? Well, its love. You can't say anything right? Since he was neither talking nor anything, I was just admiring his features from top to bottom. His arms were bulky indeed; his hair, gelled up properly to one side, a birthmark on the right side of his face, on his cheek. Every part of him is mesmerizing. I realized I had zoned-out out of boredom when I saw him snapping his fingers in front of me.

Oh lord. He noticed that I was checking him out. Only god can save me.

"Have you completed your checking-me-out session?" he asked with his attitude tone. What the hell! What the heck does he want? So I don't even have the right to check him out?! Wait Ani.... Chill... Just reply to him in your khidkitod attitude. After all, who am I?

" Yea, that's the only thing I can do because you're not even willing to talk to me. Okay, if you have any other suggestions on what I can do, please say Mr Shivaay Christopher Anderson Oberoi" I replied him back with my own attitude.

I saw him, speechless is what he was at that moment. Oh my god!!! I had called him his full name! Yes! Go on Annika! You show me attitude, I will show you it in double!

"Well, Annika, im here to talk about something else. Remember what happened at the assembly? I am sorry. It was unintentional and I didn't really wanted to fall on you. I mean, fall over you. I mean, *sighs* you know what I meant right? It was Fatimah's trick. I seriously didn't want to put any other meaning behind that action. I am truly feeling sorry and guilty over what happen and the......." Before I let him to continue to speak, I put my palm on his mouth indicating him to stop and chill.

And there, the moment stopped. Again. We were looking into each other's eyes. Everything around us seemed to have faded away. It seemed to be as only me and him was there. His grey wolf-like shaped eyes seemed to be attracting me. It was changing colours one by one just as the horizon's colour changes. There was something in his eyes. It was full of love. I can see that something has been really bugging him off much. Something seems to be troubling him. But what is it?

I came out of my trance when he tried saying something. I noticed my palm was still there. I quickly removed it and tucked my hair strand behind my ear which came in my way. For some moment, it was awkward. But then, nope. I remembered what he said.

"Shivaay, I get what you mean. Chill. Relax na. We can't change what happened, right? It's totally fine. I do mean what you're trying to say. Also, we wouldn't have meet up here and have a lunch together if that incident didn't happen" I said with a wink in the end.

God! You must see his face. He flushed as I said that. Wait. I have never talked like this to any stranger-boys. Not even to my ex-crush. This whole situation is very different compared to what I had with my ex-crush. Maybe, since we have finally started to talk to each other, the awkwardness and shyness has all gone from me.

"Well, Annika, what you're saying is quite true. And about the lunch, I wanted to make it up to you for what happened so that's why....." before he could say anything further, I replied.

"Shivaay, I said na. Chill. Its alright. By the way, the lunch is very delicious!" I replied. Although something panged in my heart that he doesn't share the same feeling as I have, for him. Maybe he wants to start afresh? Forgetting all those moments we had before? Well, maybe he can forget it. But not me. Those moments had pasted in my heart to be remained forever.

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PRECAP = Working on it ;)

You might get lots of updates this week itself if I won't be procrastinating much.( I'm having holiday by the way, so will be active quite often but updating... i will see on it :D) But here starts their journey. Hope is not really boring. the drama part, where Annika inspires to be the director for her play is also an important element in this story so i hope i am not dragging that part too much and showing less shivika scenes. Shivikalicious chappys are on it's way and also it should match with my progression of the couples in this story so it does takes time for romancey Shivika to be seen.  So do vote, comment and share my story. See you pretty soon!

Also, if you want to criticize my story, your always welcome. Because i would like to know what changes i can make in order this story to be a better one.

 also, do watch this guy's videos. it's hilarious.

https://youtu.be/ZDe4AUT4DNg

Till then,

 Signing off,

 Gokula (heart emoji)