When I reached home it was 1:00 PM, I gave mom and Shriya Auntie the good news about Leena and Shreyas. They both were very happy and talked about their wedding nonstop while we had lunch. It was great to see mom so excited after so long, Leena is like second daughter to her just like I am to Leena's parents.

After lunch I went to my room to finish some banking work online. Every month I donate some amount to martyr widows fund on mom's name. I remember how mom had to struggle financially when dad was killed, she got Dad's PPF money too after a year and the widow pension that she applied for was too low to run a household. I wanted to help other widows so they don't have to suffer and struggle like us.

After having lunch with mom and Shriya Auntie, I went to my studio. I was dancing my sadness and anger out, it has been a routine for me since Dad passed away to dance whenever I am sad or angry. Utilizing my emotions in my dancing was what made me successful choreographer that people are ready to pay insane amount of money for me to work for them.

I was dancing with tears in my eyes, tears of loneliness, tears of sadness that fills my heart every-time I saw Leena with her Dad, they are very close to each other and every-time I saw them I missed my Dad even more. I wish they always stay together and their sweet family stays happy always. I always wondered if my Dad was alive we would have been the best of friends.

I was still busy dancing with my mind running wild with memories of Dad when I suddenly felt someone's stare on me. I stopped and turned to find Jeet and Shreyas standing there leaned on the side wall at the entrance of the studio. I turned again to wipe my tears and stop the music. I composed myself before turning to face them again.

"Hi guys, when did you guys come?" I asked avoiding looking at them in eyes.

"Just few minutes back when you were busy dancing, Boy, you dance extremely well, I haven't seen anyone with such passion." Shreyas replied while Jeet just stared at me.

"Thanks Shreyas. Have a seat guys and lets discuss things in few minutes, I am waiting for my Manager to be here in few minutes." I said and showed them the way to my office to sit.

As we settled in chairs, I ordered Coffee for them and juice for myself and Leena, who must be arriving soon, from the nearby café. The café is very old and always deliver drinks and snacks at my office since most of their business comes from my studio as my students and their friends and families would visit the café frequently.

"So Shreyas, oops Jiju. How was lunch?" I teased Shreyas and he gave me a shy smile.

"Oh my god, your friend is so whipped by my best friend Jeet." I said looking at Jeet who was still staring at me with some complex emotion. He averted his gaze when I looked at him.

"Yes he is. By the way where is your friend?" Jeet asked looking around the office searching for Leena.

"I just said I am waiting for my Manager, remember?" I said and was about to say something when the door opened and Leena came.

"tumne pukara aur hum chale aye,

Jaan hatheli par le aye reee..." Leena entered to hug me animatedly when she realized we are not alone and bit her tongue.

"Ahem Ahem.." I coughed to tease her but now I have to turn my professional mode on. "Leena this is Mr. Abhijeet Khurana and his partner Mr. Shreyas Kapoor they are from Abhyas Entertainment Group and want us to choreograph their upcoming dance reality show." I said and she turned to see them in surprise.

Gladly she too turned professional immediately and shook hands with both of them introducing herself.

"Hello, I am Leena Mehra, Ms. Trisha's Manager. Nice to meet you both." She said and took the seat beside me.

"Hello ladies. It's great to meet you. So we are here to discuss our company's upcoming dance reality show and one of the reasons that we are in Delhi is we want Ms. Trisha to be one of the choreographers. So the pattern of the show is little different. We will have two choreographers and total thirty participants who will be divided into two teams and will be given themes every week to dance on. At the end of every week two participants from each team with lowest score will leave. At the end of 15 weeks, we will have only two participants from each team left and grand finale will happen between the two, however during the show at different times for different categories we will be judging the participants secretly and give them special awards during grand finale. The participant and choreographer who wins will get 10 Lacs each and a movie to choreograph together. We need best and fresh faces as choreographers and hence we are here." Shreyas said and I was counting in my head for how long I will be gone if I take this show.

"16 weeks is your estimate and what about the other factors? Lets say channel doesn't want to show on certain weeks due to some other show or something else, then it can go upto 17 or lets say 18 weeks too." Leena said and Jeet shook his head.

"That wont be the case because we own the channel. So if we commit 15 weeks then it will be 15 weeks, rest assured." Jeet said and Leena nodded her head.

"15 weeks means four months but we have work for next month and a half. We have two marriages to choreograph and our regular dance class which is ending at the end of next month. By the way few of our students were preparing for big auditions tomorrow and I am assuming it's the same show they are auditioning for. So I am not sure how it will work out for us because if they are selected for the show and find out that you are the choreographer I am dead sure they will never go with the other choreographer whoever it will be." Leena said turning to me.

"I know and I am afraid it can cause conflict too. Apart from that I am not sure if I want to be gone for that long. Mom will be all alone with both of us gone." I said looking at Leena.

"I understand your fear but look at the bigger picture Trish, once you do the show you will be famous all over India, right now you are famous only in Delhi and nearby cities. Of-course you are famous on Youtube and other social media sites but still it will be great for you to do the show so in future lets say if we have to move cities etc. then we don't have to worry about establishing again and on top of it we can also open branches to Trista Dance classes in other cities by training the trainers there. It will be good for Trista only." Leena said and I felt she made lot of sense. Since I didn't have much work and classes will be finishing soon we decided to not take new students and new batches.

The next couple hour we discussed the contract for the show which will start in two months. Once we were finished discussing all the details Jeet gave us a signed cheque of Rs2Lacs. I and Leena looked at him in surprise.

"We thought the prize money will be our payment." Leena said.

"Of-course not. Prize money is on top of your payment and after knowing how much you guys make I can't lowball you girls. We will pay you total of 10lacs for the show and this is the advance so you guys don't back out." Jeet said, I and Leena looked at each other smiling at our stupidity.

"Oh great Trish we will make 20lacs in 4 months." Leena said jumping.

"That is if you guys win." Shreyas interrupted and Leena glared at him as if he said something illegal.

"What do mean by if? Of-course we will win. You haven't seen us working yet." Leena said raising her brows and Shreyas smiled.

"You are right I haven't seen you girls work but you haven't seen your opponents yet then how can be you so confident?" Shreyas asked with amused expression which pissed Leena even more.

"Listen Mr. Kapoor, for winning we don't need to know anyone, we have faith in our talent and confidence in ourselves. Lets make a bet, if we win the show you will move to Delhi after our wedding and if we lose then I will do whatever you say, I will become your slave." Leena said in anger.

Yes she can be overly dramatic when she is angry and doesn't think before speaking. Shreyas was standing there looking at her amused and surprised at the same time.

"Are you sure Ms. Mehra you want to take that bet?" He asked her and I thought I need to interrupt them else Leena will scratch his face like a wild cat.

"Ahem ahem.. Guys let's not fight about who will win. Mr. Kapoor we will try our best to win and time will tell and Leena Darling, we don't need to prove our talent right now, we will prove it on the stage as we always do." I said and that did the trick to calm her down.

"Alright ladies then we will take your leave, the contract papers will be ready by tomorrow and as discussed we want you to be there at the auditions from tomorrow." Jeet said and I nodded.

Once the guys left Leena and I spent another hour planning our schedule so our classes, other choreography jobs and the auditions don't clash timings. I will be crazy busy for the next week. We discussed with the families for marriage choreography and we agreed that we will finish both wedding choreography in one week so I can move from city to city with them during the auditions to handpick participants.

By the time we were done fixing everything it was time for me to cook dinner. I invited Leena but she had a dinner date with Shreyas so I went home alone.

When I entered kitchen after changing into comfortable clothing I saw Jeet working in the kitchen.

"You cook?" I asked entering kitchen.

"Yes, and fortunately I cook pretty well." He said continuing stirring something on the gas stove.

"Well that we will decide after eating. By the way what are you cooking?" I asked and he just shrugged his shoulders.

"To find that out you need to wait, now get out of the kitchen." He said and pushed me out of the kitchen. I sighed and went to Mom's room.

I told her all about the show and the professional collaboration between Trista Dance Classes and Jeet's company while mom gave me a nice head massage.

We were called to have dinner by Geeta, when we reached the dining hall I saw Mom, Shriya Auntie and Jeet already seated, I took my seat beside Jeet and looked at the spread of variety of food in front of me.

"Wow Jeet Did you prepare all of it?" I asked looking surprised.

"Yes Mademoiselle, this chef is responsible for all the goodness on this table. Now please do a favor to your mouth and taste the delicacies." He said animatedly and I was amused.

There were two types of vegetables, one soup, one dal, two types of salads, rice and rotis. It was a full fledged meal to last for couple days. Yes he made so much that it can last couple days.

As I put the first bite in my mouth I am surprised as the flavors spread in my mouth, it was delicious. I couldn't stop myself and ate a little too much. At the end he brought my favorite dessert chocolate chip ice-cream, it reminded me of Dad, he used to bring it for me all the time and after his death I stopped eating it for a while and then whenever I used to feel sad and remember him, I used to eat chocolate chip ice-cream crying my heart out on our terrace. Mom never knew about it since I never cried in front of her, it was hard for her to come out of the shock of Dad's death and among all the struggle we went through she was dealing with her pain alone, I didn't want her to worry for me, so I never shared.

Today after so many years someone brought chocolate chip ice-cream for me. I was at the verge of having tears out of my eyes when I excused myself and ran towards washroom to wash my eyes before anyone can see the tears.

Mom and Shriya Auntie were busy discussing our schedule with Jeet for the next few weeks since I am the part of their selection crew now but I was lost in my memories of dad and ate the ice-cream silently. I quickly finished the ice-cream and excused myself to my room by making an excuse of some song tracks I need to prepare.