It was finally the day for her to get on the stage. She was nervous and revising her lines. "Abha its time. We are next." said Arti. Abha shook her head. "Best of luck. I know you'll be the best" Karan wishpered in her ears as he headed toward the stage. Abha was suprised and couldn't wish him back good luck. They performed their drama.
It was time for the result. They won it. Green room was filled with cheers and laughter, it was Abha's day, everyone appreciated her for her brilliant acting. That evening they had a party for their victory.

Abha wore a black frock with her hair left loose. It was for the first time Karan noticed how pretty actually Abha was. Why didn't he noticed this earlier? For Karan she just looked like an angel. Now he only waited for a chance to talk to her.
Abha was sitting, she was a bit uncomfortable. Everyone there were drinking and she didn't like it. So she stood up and went out silently unnoticed. As she was walking outside..
"Hey, Abha," it was Karan, "What's the matter you came out all of a sudden?"
"Oh nothing! Actually I don't drink. So.. what about you? Even you came out?"
"Oh I saw you coming so.... Anyways, would you like to have something? Actually I'm hungry"
"Yeah, but what do we eat?" Abha sounded a bit tensed.
"Come along! I'll take you to the coffe shop in the city. Come" saying this he took out his bike keys.
"No it's fine." Abha tried to resist.
"Trust me" said Karan with a requesting eyes. Abha just couldn't say no then.
Karan had his best ride that night, he couldn't stop smiling. The girl to whom he wanted to talk so desperately, never missed a chance to have her look, was finally sitting on his back seat going on a "date" with him, he couldn't believe this. It was as though his dream come true. In the cafe, he ordered two coffees, and two pasteries.
"Say me clearly, what are you doing this for? What do you want from?" Abha sounded a bit angry.
"Hey! I took you out to this nice cafe and instead of thanking me you are interrogating? Come on there's nothing. Trust me. You can enjoy right?" he winked at her as he said this smilingly. "Okay if you think," he continued "if I want something from you then can we talk like normal friends?"
"But we are not friends. We hardly know each other except for our names."
Abha was seriously spoiling their romantic date, Karan thought. "But still you came with me, here right? Okay if that is the case, then lets start by introducing ourself or knowing each other?" Karan said. "Hmm.." Abha wasn't convinced yet.
"Come on Abha dont be so sceptical! Okay let me start. Hi, I'm Karan Mehra, from Bhopal. I like acting and love bikes.." before Karan could finish, Abha started laughing "What?" "Nothing, I mean everone knows that you love acting and bikes" Abha couldn't control her laugh, Karan was feeling happy now.
"Oho! That means you notice me a lot?" Karan said teasingly.
"No! It's not like that. I mean if you didn't love acting then why would you join the deama club" Abha tried to justify herself.
"And how do you know about bikes?"
"That's because all girls in our batch keep discussing about you because they think that you're handsome"
"Oh so you think I'm handsome?" he again tried to tease her.
"No! I mean you're not that handsome that all girls go crazy after you and talk about you the entire day! And especially my friend Kriti, she has a huge crush on you and keep talking about you the entire time to me"
"Oh! I know that" Karan said absent mindedly.
"How do you know that?" Abha said in a sharp tone.
Karan realised what he said then immediately he defended himself "No! I mean I have noticed her staring at me all the time so i guessed.."
"Haa yes"
After some moments of silence Karan asked "You are a bookworm right?"
"It's not bookworm, it's book lover, mind you. Anyways, I always don't read textbooks. I read novels, biographies, articles, magazines, comics..."
Karan started laughing before she could finish "Hey! what's so funny?"
"No you still read comics? That's for kids"
"Its nothing like that I like them so I read." Abha got irritated now with his laugh "and will you stop laughing?"
Karan was still laughing. "That's the reason why Simron left you. You must have made fun of her also" Abha was now angry.
Hearing this Karan stopped and said "Yeah! Now you taunt me for that. Actually, you know what, I deserve this. I chose Simron just because she was hot and beautiful but then realised I never actually loved her. It was just that she was "dream girl" of the class so you see... Anyways it's fine I realised it before it was too late. You know 'don't judge a book by its cover'?" Karan said in a serious tone. Abha felt guilty and said "I'm sorry I didn't mean to..." There was a pause and finally Karan broke the silence "Never mind! My college life has just begun! I can find a new girl. But this time I'll propose to her only when I know that I love her truely" They both smiled at each other. They both talked for a very long not realising what was the time. For Karan, he was having the time of his life with the girl he wanted to be, always - 'his first date' was so perfect. But now he was happy that she was now atleast his friend. He wished that this night never ended..
To be continued.....