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Yet another short update! Sorry, I am not getting time to write long updates!

Part - 12 

"Madhu, where are you? Next to next performance is mine and Trishna's and I don't want you to miss it."

"I just got ready. I will be there in a minute." She said breathlessly and hung up the phone and made a mad dash to the auditorium, blindly, holding her heavy lehenga little high from sweeping the floor.

As said above she was sprinting blindly so she didn't see who was coming opposite to her.

She collided with someone, hardly, making them both lose their balances and fall on the floor, unceremoniously.

"Ahh" Madhu yelped in pain when her butt kissed the concrete but thankfully she didn't hurt her head.

"Iss" she heard someone wince. She looked up to find her professor Rishab Kundra. He was shaking his left wrist vigorously to ease his pain.

"OMG! Professor! Are you hurt?" Madhu crawled to him and held his left hand with both her hands, securely.

"I tried to prevent the fall but with the force you hit me..." He shook his head, irately. Even his chest was aching mildly because that was where her hard head had collided. "I fell on my wrist and I think I sprained it."

Oh no!

"I am so sorry. I was in a hurry to reach the audi to see Sikky's dance performance... So I didn't see you coming..."

To see my brother's dance performance, you ran like a mad girl?

"You are mad, Madhubala!" He scolded her.

Rk don't scold your baby. His subconscious chided him.

"I hurt you" she whimpered as she gently rubbed his wrist. "I am so sorry, professor" A tear drop fell on his hand and only then he realized she was crying.

"Hey" he put his finger under her chin and lifted her face up. "Why are you crying?" Baby, no! "Is it because I scolded you?"

"No, I hurt you" she repeated.

She wished to kiss his wrist and ease his pain.

And he wished to kiss her tears away.

But neither dared to do so.

He is my professor!

She is my student!

They reminded each other's role to themselves in their mind.

"Please don't cry" he whisper. Your tears ache me more than my sprained wrist, baby. "I am okay. My hand is fine."

"I am so sorry, professor" she muttered her apology once again and wiped her tears off her cheeks.

"Get up and go to the auditorium if you don't want to miss your friend's dance." Rishab swiftly stood up and brushed the dirt of his pants.

"Okay" she grabbed her phone from the floor and shakily got herself into an upright position on her feet. "Ow" she placed her hand on the back of her hip as pain shot up there.

"What's wrong?" He panicked as he held her elbow so that she won't fall again.

"I landed on my butt and my pelvic region is paining."

Oh my poor baby!

His palm itched to rub her butt and ease her pain just like she eased his wrist pain.

Rk, you are so selfish. You didn't ask her whether she was hurt or not! But she came crawling and crying to you.

She cares for you, unlike you.

No, I do care for her.

"You wanna sit for a minute in your uncle's office?"

"No. I can't miss Sikky's performance. He is an amazing dancer, so is Trishna. I bet they will win 10 points for our college."

Sikky! Sikky! Sikky! Can't you think about me, at least for a minute?

"Go..." he left her elbow, abruptly and took a step back to take a clear look at her from head to toe. "...but don't run." he ordered. 

Hmm... Baby pink and white floral lehenga? Suits you, baby.

"Okay, professor" she said and turning around, she slowly started walking towards the auditorium.

She really looks so beautiful in lehenga than she does in jeans-top. He thought as kept staring at her till she got into the auditorium and closed the door behind her.

--0--

"Miss. Bhatia" Rishab approached Dipali when she was fixing her makeup in the staff room. 

"What?" Dipali yelled at him. Rishab was taken aback by her rude behavior. What's wrong with this woman? I just rejected her advance and for that she is behaving like a bitch to me!

"I told you last event should be dancing and not light music but what have you done? Why did you change the order?" 

"I changed because I'm not taking orders from you. Besides, every year light music is the last event so why would I change the practice for someone who came just yesterday and knows nothing about cultural events?" she mocked him and showed she was superior to him. 

I will bring that bitch to the stage, tonight and humiliate her this time as well! Dipali thought. She never liked Madhubala but now she hated her, why, because, she ruined her beautiful hair. She found out it was her who had stuck chewing gum in her hair and now she had to cut a layer of hair and roll it to a bun to hide the unevenness. 

"Madhubala is not participating this time..." Rishab said with a smirk. "...your effort will go futile" He could read her mind and know her evil intentions. 

"Very good! Last time only because of her our college lost the rolling trophy." she grumbled. "She is such an useless girl but her uncle claims she sings so well." she twisted her lips in disgust. "Ha.. I saw how nicely she sang last time." she said clasping her hands. "She bloody croaked like a frog and ran off the stage crying when people started teasing her." I am too excited to see that happen again. "If this college wasn't founded by her father, she wouldn't have got seat in any college at all because she is the dumbest and stupidest girl I have ever seen in my life"

"And you are the worst kind of bitch I have even seen in my life" Saying that Rishab walked out of the staff room.  

"Damn you, Rishab Kundra" she cussed angrily. Baby, ignore that dick-less dog and focus on your makeup. You have to look sexy and impress Actor Sid. She wished she was wearing something revealing but then she managed to look alluring in saree.  

--0--

"That was a brilliant performance" Madhu jumped and hugged Sikky. "I told you that you guys would win, didn't I?" She asked happily beaming at Trishna. She nodded with a smile.

Trishna and Sikky had won first prize in couple dancing and gained 10 points for their college.

"Yeah, you were right." Sikky let Madhu go and pulled Trishna in his arms. "So what's the score now?" 

"Our overall score is 210 and St. Zachary's overall score is 205"

"We are just 5 points ahead of them? OMG" Trishna worried.  

"Yeah but no worries. I'm damn sure Sarah, our light music contestant, will come first and win 10 points for us. She is an ace singer, trust me." Madhu said confidently. Being a singer herself, she could easily judge other singer's talent. 

"Even if she comes second she will still get us 5 points and we can level the score." Sikky said nonchalantly. 

"No way! I don't want our college to share the overall trophy with St. Zachary college. I want a clean win." 

"Then you go sing and win that 10 points for our college" Sikky said half teasing and half serious. Madhu playfully kicked his leg. 

--0--

 "...Teri Galliyan, Galliyan Teri Galliyan

Mujhko Bhaave, Galliyan Teri Galliyan

Teri Galliyan, Galliyan Teri Galliyan

Yun Hi Tadpaave, Galliyan Teri Galliyana"  - Galliyan song from Ek Villain movie

"Sarah... excellent singing" Dipali appreciated her when she was practicing in an empty classroom for the last and final event of the evening, solo singing. 

"Thank you, ma'am" Sarah smiled. 

"But Sarah..." Dipali placed a friendly hand on her shoulder and rubbed it gently "...I'm afraid you are not going to sing, tonight"

"What? Why, ma'am?" Sarah whispered in shock. 

"Prof. Kundra has decided to make your classmate Madhubala sing in your place" 

"What? No! Even last time I couldn't participate because I was on sick leave but this time I surely want to participate. I have been practicing for the past two weeks and I can't let my efforts go in vain." she was going crazy thinking she wouldn't get a chance in front of a star. "I will go talk to Prof. Kundra and make him understand that I'm a better singer than that Madhubala." She had heard from her friends how Madhu had messed up last time. I'll tell that to him and I'll also tell only because of her our college lost the winner's trophy last year. We can't let that happen again, Sir. I can easily win the trophy for our college. Please let me participate. she would beg for chance if needed. 

"God, even today morning when I was rehearsing he appreciated me. He said I have a mesmerizing voice." She didn't get why would he want to make Madhubala sing all of a sudden. "You know what, ma'am? I was actually rehearsing  'Kabhi jo baadal' song but he only suggested me to sing Galliyan song as it is from actor Sidharth's movie, Ek Villain. He said I will have high chance of winning first prize if I sing this song to perfection and impress actor Sidharth as he will be judging this event..." Sarah kept rambling as she started crying. 

"Sarah, calm down and listen" Dipali said sternly. She thought it would be easy to dispose of this stupid girl but she was creating a scene and demanding to talk with Rishab. 

"Neither you own this college nor I have any interest on the one who owns this college." She twistedly said Prof. Kundra had interest on Student Madhubala.

Sarah frowned in confusion.

"We are just silly fools to dance to their tunes" Dipali said faking anger.  

"Just go home, Sarah." Dipali collected Sarah's bag and gave it to her, silently urging her to leave the damn place before anyone could see them together. "Relax and forget about this day, okay?"

"Okay, ma'am" wiping off her tears, Sarah ran out of the college. 

Operation A - Pack Sarah to her home - success!

Operation B - Force Madhubala to sing and embarass her - in process!

... To be continued!

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