Chapter 2: chapter 2

Sanjana's POVWhen we entered the auditorium, the hall was already full. I was allotted the first row as I have to receive a medal for being college topper and Nidhi has to sit 2 rows behind me..When I saw the arrangement I was even more anxious as  I can't sit with Nidhi.Nidhi patted my shoulder and gave me courage with her eyes. I took a deep breath  ,said to myself "alright" and sat in the front row. We all were waiting for our chief guest Mr.Aditya  Mehta's arrival.After a wait of 15minutes, I saw a group of people entering the hall. Among them were a few college authorities ,the Principal ,  and  a Man  who stood out of the crowd wearing a black tuxedo.My heart started thumping harder , I know he is Aditya Mehta, CEO of Mehta group of industries.He sat on the stage elegantly and was having a word with our Principal.College authorities started their speeches, but I didn't hear a single word. My eyes were glued on him. I felt ,not only me, all the girls in the room were staring at him in awe..Soon it was his turn, I became alert when he started speaking. He was looking  towards the audience and his gaze fell on me for seconds,and my heart skipped a beat. I came to senses when I heard the clapping sound and realised his speech came to an end.Soon , my name was called ,to receive medal from him.I woke up and reached the stage and stood beside him.He put the medal in my neck, looked at me  with a little smile    and he  forwarded his hand for shake hand , when I put his hands in his I felt nervous.He slowly said, " congratulations".His husky voice made  me tickle.I said " Thank you" and received my certificate from him and got down from the stage.if someone observes me from close, they will realise I was blushing.I tried to pull a normal face and sat on my chair. I could still feel his hand on mine. I could feel butterflies in my stomach. I turned around to see Nidhi. She gave me a thumbs up with a smile on her beautiful face.Soon the ceremony came to an end..When everyone was leaving, Nidhi came near me , raised her eyebrows and asked " Happy??"I smiled and nodded my head.. I quickly took a camera from her hand to check my pictures with him. I looked at her and said,"Good clicks".Nidhi felt relieved when she heard me. Now,let's go, I am feeling hungry, she dragged me to the canteen. When we were eating, we saw few girls coming towards us, they were our classmates and friends. They came near me to congratulate and sat beside us and said, "Hey Sanjana and Nidhi, we are planning to go to Pub today evening.  We wanted to have  a small get together party tonight as we don't know when we  all will meet again,.so why don't you join us??"I said " No "directly ,as I know my mom will not allow me to go. Nidhi thought for a while and said," thanks for inviting us, we will definitely come."I stared at her and said " Nidhi, are you mad? don't you know my mom will never agree."one of my friend said," why don't you come without telling your mom, you just say you will stay with Nidhi tonight"I nodded in disagreement and said , " No way, I cannot lie to her, I can't"Nidhi said, " don't worry ,I will come along with you and convince aunty"I looked at my friends and said," if my mom agrees, I will definitely come".****The biggest task now is to convince mom , I looked at Nidhi and said," You shouldn't have agreed, what if mom doesn't agree"" I don't know how, but I feel aunty will agree ", Nidhi said.I and Nidhi, took a taxi and reached my house.My mom came from office at 6:00 Pm.I prepared coffee for her and sat beside her.Me and Nidhi were signalling each other and mom caught us from corner of her eyeShe  cleared her throat and said," what's the matter?"I signalled  Nidhi to ask." Actually aunty, as you know, today was our graduation day and our friends have  planned to go to Pub as a part of celebration and it's a kind of farewell ,so if you permit I will take Sanjana with me" ,Nidhi slowly replied.My mom glared me, I felt she is angry.But to my surprise ,she said, " at what time you will go and when will you return?Nidhi  replied in a happier tone ," we will leave by 8:00pm return before 10:00 pm aunty.I trust you Nidhi, so take care of Sanjana, and No drinking at all, she warned us.I didn't expect my mom to agree so quickly, I hugged her tight and thanked her.She smiled and said, "I trust you dear, just go enjoy with your friends and come back early."I smiled and nodded.I had no party wear dress, So Nidhi dragged me to her house.Nidhi's family is quite rich but she always likes to be a simple girl.She doesn't like to show off her wealth. Her father was in office handling business and her  mother and grandmother went to attend wedding so there was no one at home.I went to her room.  she opened her wardrobe and  I was shocked to see several pub wear dresses.She gave me one  bodycon dress, and said, "go try it."I glared at her and said, "Nidhi, what kind of dress is this? will it  atleast cover my thighs ?"Sanjana, are you granny to not wear such dresses? "I threw the dress on her and said, "I will never wear it, give me a dress which atleast covers my knees."She patted her forehead and  took out one solid  blue colour sleeve less maxi dress. I turned it twice and agreed to wear it.When I came out wearing it, Nidhi applied little makeup and slightly curled my hair.She looked at me and said, "oh!! Sanju you look so pretty, this dress is really  elevating your curves. If I would have been boy, I would have married you right away.""Shut up Nidhi", I threw pillow at her and said, "let's go we will be late".Nidhi wore a short length body con dress and applied little makeup , she is indeed a beauty with beautiful skin and sharp features.We both reached to pub in Nidhi's car. when we entered, we saw our friends already having good time. they all were dancing to the DJ.Nidhi handed me one mocktail, and took one for her.Even though she goes to parties frequently,she is not addicted to alcohol.We both danced  and felt tired and sat for a while.I saw a man walking towards me ,he said, " hey beauty, my boss wants you for this night , how much for night?I was shocked to hear him, what  is he even speaking?? before I could react , I heard Nidhi's angry voice " Who is your fu***g boss?"The man pointed  to the person sitting on the couch, I was shocked to see him, It's Aditya Mehta. He was looking at us.Anger rose in my heart, I  slapped the man infront of me with all my strength and said, "this is my reply".I ran out of the pub, tears rolling down my cheeks, I never expected  to face something like this and never thought will see him here and never expected he likes to spend nights with girls.All the love  for him,I have been hiding from my mother and Nidhi evaporated in a second.Nidhi followed me out." I am sorry Sanjana for bringing you here" ,I never expected this.I  know he owns this pub and he visits here  often with his friends, but I never expected him to be a play boy".."Nidhi, let's go, I don't want to stand here for a minute, I felt suffocated standing here",I said.I don't know why  my heart ached , I cried through out the journey without speaking to Nidhi.I decided I will never think about him again," I hate you, Mr.Aditya Mehta, I hate you"