"I'm high.. Not on drugs,
I'm drunk of absolute happiness."

~•~•~•~•~

'Sorry sweetie', Gauri undid the headphone.

'Who was she mumma?', Rikara scrunched up her nose in disgust, 'She didn't seem much polite.'

'Yeah, she is jealous of everyone in the world, even of beggars! Leave her, I'm feeling like dancing now!!', Gauri skipped a little.

'Why?', Rikara jumped at a chance of her having a bucket of chocolate sundae with her mumma.

'Its confidential', Gauri bent at Rikara's level, smirking comically, 'Right now, I need to take you to your Richa Aunty's home and celebrate a really good news!'

'Celebration.. Without me?', Rikara pouted.

'Sorry sweetie, its a buddy celebration.. If I take your Richa Aunty tonight, who will protect Mukesh Uncle?', Gauri tried to reason.

'Just joking mumma.. Enjoy!!', Rikara cheered.

'But not before letting this party die down a bit', Gauri asked for two cold drinks at the bar. Handing one glass to Rikara, they raised their glasses for a toast, as they took the first sip together.

She was stealing glances at Omkara, who was now parading around with Naynika clung to him like a gigantic leech, dressed in a skimpy black short dress which needed to be announced as illegal.

He seems much tamed now, Gauri mused, poor man.. She sighed in mock sadness.

Naynika couldn't help teasing her nemesis by getting more plastered to Omkara. She pushed herself to his every body surface available, and as much as Omkara felt irritated, he couldn't yell at the lady, it would hurt the woman and his moralities too.

Tired of getting bitched, Gauri laughed insanely at his stranded, irritated face, in her mind.

Omkara too stole glances of the beautiful lady whenever he could. He was trying to figure out who it could be, any employee of OberoiTech? He would love to see her everyday in office. He was smitten by her beauty in first sight. She is so beautiful.. He thought with such a smile on his face, that Naynika's heart too skipped a beat upon seeing that tantalizing smile.

Slow music was playing and people were gathering towards the diner more, Gauri to almost ran in there. After feeding themselves with delicious treats of Kabul, she snuck out of the party, successfully hiding her escape from people's attention.

The sky was purple with clouds covering it. Light drizzle was making the surrounding dizzy and foggy. Damn the leather dress! Gauri ran inside her car as fast as she could and drove crazily through the wet pitch roads, reflecting the street lights in a deformed shape, though there was much traffic, mostly due to rain.

*****

'This is a VIP club for God's sake, Gauri!', Richa exclaimed, halting before the bouncers.

'Big news needs to be celebrated in big places!! Now run in please, I can't ruin my leather dress for your complex.', Gauri pouted.

'Okay, but tell me what's the big news?', Richa had to shout in Gauri's ear because of the blaring Bollywood numbers.

Without answering her, Gauri bought some bottles of Vodka and entered the ladies room to talk. A young couple was kissing each other in there and they looked up at the two ladies mortified.

'Yo there!', Gauri raised the bottles, 'Carry on kids! We're just here to drink!', she laughed like a maniac, 'But yeah, take my advice and get in one of the washrooms if you want privacy', she gave them a sly smile, pressing her lips.

The couple hurriedly got inside a washroom.

The music was reaching here too, but in a lower volume. Opening two bottles, Gauri raised a toast, 'To my freedom!!', she throated down a big gulp.

'Freedom?', Richa asked confused.

'OSO is back!!', Gauri slurred, a bit tipsy.

'Liar!', Richa feebly swatted Gauri's head.

'Nay.. No.. I shaw him in the paa-rty tod-daay', Gauri slurred again.

'What? Hide, hide', Richa crawled under a basin, pulling Gauri with her.

'Hahha!!! No need to hi-de!!', Gauri tried to stand up but her head hit the basin, 'Oww,' she sat back on her butt, holding the crown of her head, 'No hi-de!! No hi-de!! He forgot evewething, he fo-got me! He fo-got you!! He fo-got his own name!!', Gauri laughed again, finishing her second bottle.

'Congatulation!!', Rich held her bottle higher, 'You got your ass saved, lucky bitch!!'

They both started laughing like there was no tomorrow. Many ladies came inside, some couples too made out in there, throwing awkward glances to the two hopelessly drunk ladies rolling on the floor of ladies room, along with empty bottles.

Suddenly Gauri started weeping, 'Richaaa.. I'm jealous!'

'Of whom?', Richa could barely hold her head up.

'Th.. That shhlutty bitch Nayy-nika, she plashhhters to him.. Like hishhh shkinn.. And it hurts!', teary eyed she took Richa's pointer finger and pressed over her heart, and Richa widened her droopy eyes.

'It burrrns.. It pains', Gauri wailed.

Richa put her nose upward, sniffing like a dog, 'I shhmell somethinnng burrrrnt',

'I'm sad', Gauri's voice got higher.

'Owwwwlee, don't crrry..', Richa hugged Gauri and patted her back, 'that bitch should be bitched soooon'.

'Let's dance!!', Gauri and Richa cried in unison and went out in the dance floor, leaning on each other's shoulders and carrying two bottles of Vodka.

The Breakup Song had started and the floor was on high swing, red, green, blue, pink, yellow rays of laser lights were drawing patterns on the people grinding with each other on the dance floor. Omkara was sipping his drink cautiously to avoid being drunk. Because, his freshly assigned PA wasn't showing good intentions since the previous party. Suddenly a ringing slurry screech paused the sweaty people. Omkara stared at the beautiful woman from the previous party dropping his jaw to the floor. She had taken the mic from DJ, standing on the stage for pole dancers, a bottle in one hand and balancing herself on the ground by elbowing a pole with the hand that held the mic.

'Gooood Niiiight llllaadies aaaand gennntlemen!! I'm happy!! I'm so happy!! I am freeee frrrom tonnight!! Frrrrreeeedom!!! Celebrate my frrreeeedom!!! Cheeeerrrs!!', she slurred in the mic and threw it back to the DJ.

'Cheers!!', the crowed roared back, and The Breakup Song was blaring through the loudspeakers again.

Naynika was fuming in anger, but Omkara continued to stare at the beautiful lady swaying wildly to the beats of the song, her hips and hair keeping up with the moves of her waist, and his lips broke in a smile of admiration, Love at first sight?? Hell yeah!

*****

'Oh crap!' Gauri woke up in Richa's room, tangled with Richa and a bed sheet, her head felt being hammered.

'Good morning sleeping beauties', Mukesh entered with two glasses and two paracetamol tablets.

'Richa snuggled closer to Gauri. But Gauri freaked out after glancing at the clock. It was 9 already! She was going to late for her new office, very very late. And wait. Where's Rikara?

'I dropped her to school', Mukesh could feel her questioning gaze. I told her you fell sick.

'Thank you Mukesh' , Gauri hurriedly gulped down the paracetamol with a glass of water, 'I gotta run if I need to save my ass from getting resigned. Sorry Mukesh, I fucked up everything pretty badly.'

'You're using too much slangs today, is everything alright?', Mukesh furrowed his brows.

'Yeah, I guess so', Gauri murmured while entering the bathroom.

*****

'Monday morning sucks!!', Gauri muttered under her breath, trying to avoid everyone who came her way.

'Yo boss! Morning!!', Ayan, one programme developer of her team, piped up.

'Morning Ayan', she couldn't hide the sickness from her voice.

'You okay ma'am?', Ayan asked while opening the door of her glass cabin.

'Yeah, just a light headache', Gauri smiled faintly.

'By the way, I got to hear that our new CEO has gone on a one week tour to visit the branches, with his PA Ms. Mathoor and managing director Mr. Tiwari. That kinda saved you from being noticed for coming late. And girls are going madly green of the PA of his, she seems to be a typical slut.', Ayan paused to inhale.

'Stop meddling around girls Ayan, you've picked up a very bad infection of gossiping from them', Gauri mock glared at Ayan and dismissed him by giving him a file of new plans.

Office tour is saved for tomorrow, Gauri sighed while waiting her PC to boot open, while rubbing her temple.

I want a break from Ishqbaaz Book Reviews. My exams are on this month and I can't really follow books, let alone reading them to make a review.

I've lessened my time in Wattpad too. Sorry I'll just update. I may not be able to reply to your comments. I gotta study hard if I want to call myself a honours student anymore.

Sorry dearies.

Happy reading!
With love,
Sarani.