True Love

Chapter 3 – First Impression

Manyata found herself a seclude corner and gulp down the drink as fast as possible.

God! what was that!                    

There was a time she used to think that sometimes this getting faint in nervousness works in her advantage, cause once she gets unconscious, she no more have to handle things which are beyond her capacity. But surely today is not one of it. She literally forced to get conscious and then the reporters, their endless questions, thousands of eyes are on her. Thank god all are so cooperative here, they handled the situation like a pro.

She pats herself, of course they have to be pro in their game to be here.

“Hey, are you okay?”

She turns around to come face to face with a smiling Shreyash.

“Hi, am fine, thanks for asking.”

They settled in the nearby table.

“I was shocked, when I saw you”

Shreyash started the conversation to break the ice, she seems a nice sweet girl, of course anyone can say that she is feeling out of place here. And it’s not like he has many friends in the industry, very few. And after observing Kavya’s reaction, he has little mood to talk to anyone cause more than half of the industries people are fake, sensible talk is the last thing you will get here.

“Am sorry... I don’t mean to…” She is cut in middle.

“ohh no no not that… I am talking about you, when Mr Trivedi introduced you to all of us, I was shocked because I never imagined that a writer that too of this production house can be so young, I have gone through the storyline, it’s amazing.”

Manyata sigh a relief, the tension erasing out a little.

“Thanks Sir, I …” she again cut in middle.

“Sir!” Shreyash laugh aloud making Manyata frown. “Am sorry, but don’t call me Sir, I will be around your age, in worse case 3-4 years elder, call me Shreyash, even we are going to work together.”

“Then I will call you Arnav, your character name.”

Both smile upon this, surely new friendship in making.

“And what I think in not as you are highlighting, I just happen to be lucky. It’s through a talent hunt competition I got it.” Manyata justified pushing the specs into further back giving a geek smile.

“Never name your hard work as Luck, you might happen to be in the competition by luck, even I don’t say it luck, it must be your interest. But then your capability made it choose you not anyone, so you see it’s 100% yours”

“okay I say 80%- 20%.”

“Good”

They both finding a good friend in each other as they carried their banter from this to that.

“can I ask you something?” Manyata asked with a little hesitation.

“hey, don’t be so formal, you can ask anything directly.” Shreyash assured her.

“was it so BAD?”

Manyata still couldn’t able to ease the chaos at the time of her entry, she literally feels so embarrassed.

“Yes, it was”

They both turn towards the voice of the bearer.

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Samaira Sing is the last face in the love story of “Not mean to be…” of Mr. Alok Trivedi. A versatile Actress with good name and fame, but it’s her attitude that make people repulsive about her. She has everything what people say when they describe an actress to be, good looks, name, fame, money and pride on these. In this web series she is going to play the role of Misthi that Abir’s love interest, so it’s obvious that the reporters are as curious about the other love pair Abir-Misthi as well and asking question after questions to Abir and Samira after the time they arrived.

But this is not what got Samira irritated but more than her the reporters are interested in some other girl who might have come with Abir and any possibility between them.

“may I know who is she?” Samaira asked as soon as the interview is over turning to Abir.

To her surprise Abir looks flushed.

“Am sorry, I didn’t know that and thought her to be my co-star, thank god Mr. Trivedi intervene in the right time or else I would have introduced her to everyone at entrance as my co-star.”  As he said this his eyes unintentionally search for her through the hall and found her talking to Shreyash.

“Anyway she happens to be the writer of the series, let’s go to her”

Abir suggested as he advanced towards them.

“But what we will talk with her, she is just the writer, let’s be here and even I am looking for Kavya.” 

Samaira said hesitant, she doesn’t want to talk to a mere writer, worse even not any big one but with someone who just a newbie chosen through a talent hunt competition.

“ohh, come on!  We will get Kavya too.” Samaira followed Abir half-heartedly.

As they coming nearer Abir heard her asking Shreyash about the entrance fiasco, he chuckled inwardly, such an innocent soul.

“Yes, it was.”

Don’t know what make him say such words but her flushed expression is no doubt a satisfying one to him. And he realised he like pulling her leg.

“hey Buddy! Long-time no see.”  Shreyash hugged Abir, nodding at Samaira as in greetings. Both boys exchange their usual greetings, both are quite known each other courtesy to various parties in the industry and very excited to work together for the first time.

“Hi, Samaira.”

“Hello Shreyash, where is Kavya?” Samaira asked totally ignoring Manyata. Don’t know she has developed a dislike for this girl even in the first meeting.

“she might be somewhere here, Meet Manyata, the writer of our web series.” Shreyash wanted to avoid the Kavya topic, he doesn’t want another scene of course not in front of them.

“Hi Ma’am.”  Both ladies shake hands.

“what Ma’am!” Abir burst into a laugh, “don’t be so formal, she doesn’t look like some old lecture, does she? Come on she is going to play my heroine role, can’t be that old.”

While everyone have light mood on this humour but Samaira feels this as a insult. She has appreciated when Manyata referred as Ma’am.

“stop it Abir, seriously you thought her as in place of me, she is just a kid.”

While Abir and Shreyash could sense something amiss, Manyata just didn’t notice at all, she is used to this type of compliments courtesy to her dressing style.

“A cute one I must say,”

All four turn towards Kavya who joined them, they all exchange usual greetings, when Kavya turn to Manyata, she somewhat like her.

“you must be knowing all of us, right?”

“yaa, I know all of you.” Manyata now feeling a little comfortable with all these people making her so.

“ohh, it seem only me who doesn’t know.” 

Abir said a little embarrassed as rest of make fun of him at his goof up at entrance, while Samaira found it difficult to bond with Manyata and the shared attention. Shreyash and Kavya as usual themselves forgetting the circumstances between them, while Shreyash is relieved seeing Kavya comfortable, Kavya too at ease finding some good people and distraction from Shreyash.

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