Two weeks passed and it marked the end of three month contest of who will assist Shwetha in upcoming film fest. Everyone looked at Shwetha with their heart beating faster. She was going to announce the names. Jasmine was sure it was going to be her. She had not left a stone behind to impress her boss. But still she was nervous.
"So I have checked your work these three months. Everyone were impressive. But I can't take everyone with me.", she joked. Everyone laughed nervously. " I have a name. She has surpassed everyone of you. She has been dark house amongst you. Her name is..", she continued while everyone watched her clutching each other's hand.
"It's Tina ! ", she said at last breaking the suspense. There was mixed response from everyone. Some were happy for her. Some were not so happy. That included Jasmine. She watched her best friend saunter towards Shwetha and shake hands with her. Jasmine always thought it was going to be her. She wondered what went wrong in her efforts. Everyone had told her that she was way better than them. She would win the contest. She sneakingly left for home. Tina was busy receiving congratulatory wishes from others. She had only noticed her friend absence when she left.
Jasmine locked herself in her room. Her phone rang few times. It was Tina. She didn't pick up. She was sulking. She had built dreams of flying with Shwetha to gather experience of styling Bollywood star. She had even made plans of taking pictures and photos with stars she had seen in big screen. Now everything was messed up. Her dreams shattered. Now she would be here sulking here while Tina gets to relive 'her' dream. She recalled all the memories she shared with Tina. She had remembered telling her about her dreams and fears of how she would impress Shwetha. But now everything seemed clear.
Tina's words of consoling her to make her feel better whenever she felt she was lacking efforts to impress her boss now looked like a big fat lie. "She only wanted to make me feel better. She wanted to distract me from mistakes I had committed so that I can falter more in my work. She knew Shwetha wouldn't pick me because my work wouldn't match the quality. I believed her words. I am such a fool.", she contemplated.
She felt like her whole world was coming to end. She didn't realize when Zain arrived. Zain didn't bother to check on her. He got refreshed and changed to casual T shirt and pyjamas. He got busy with his laptop. He was already sulking because of fight that took place two weeks ago. He only got up when it was time to have dinner. He walked into kitchen to see whether dinner was prepared. Usually Jasmine prepared dinner by this time. There was only empty vessels. He quickly prepared some pasta and walked towards her room. He knocked at the door. There was no response. He knocked again. "What?", she asked loudly. He was surprised by her tone. But then realized that it was same old drama. He didn't want to get into one more argument. "Do you need something to eat?", he asked casually. "No!", she replied back. He didn't try to force her to have dinner. He left her alone, unaware to the fact that she had lost a battle at work.
(To be continued)
"So I have checked your work these three months. Everyone were impressive. But I can't take everyone with me.", she joked. Everyone laughed nervously. " I have a name. She has surpassed everyone of you. She has been dark house amongst you. Her name is..", she continued while everyone watched her clutching each other's hand.
"It's Tina ! ", she said at last breaking the suspense. There was mixed response from everyone. Some were happy for her. Some were not so happy. That included Jasmine. She watched her best friend saunter towards Shwetha and shake hands with her. Jasmine always thought it was going to be her. She wondered what went wrong in her efforts. Everyone had told her that she was way better than them. She would win the contest. She sneakingly left for home. Tina was busy receiving congratulatory wishes from others. She had only noticed her friend absence when she left.
Jasmine locked herself in her room. Her phone rang few times. It was Tina. She didn't pick up. She was sulking. She had built dreams of flying with Shwetha to gather experience of styling Bollywood star. She had even made plans of taking pictures and photos with stars she had seen in big screen. Now everything was messed up. Her dreams shattered. Now she would be here sulking here while Tina gets to relive 'her' dream. She recalled all the memories she shared with Tina. She had remembered telling her about her dreams and fears of how she would impress Shwetha. But now everything seemed clear.
Tina's words of consoling her to make her feel better whenever she felt she was lacking efforts to impress her boss now looked like a big fat lie. "She only wanted to make me feel better. She wanted to distract me from mistakes I had committed so that I can falter more in my work. She knew Shwetha wouldn't pick me because my work wouldn't match the quality. I believed her words. I am such a fool.", she contemplated.
She felt like her whole world was coming to end. She didn't realize when Zain arrived. Zain didn't bother to check on her. He got refreshed and changed to casual T shirt and pyjamas. He got busy with his laptop. He was already sulking because of fight that took place two weeks ago. He only got up when it was time to have dinner. He walked into kitchen to see whether dinner was prepared. Usually Jasmine prepared dinner by this time. There was only empty vessels. He quickly prepared some pasta and walked towards her room. He knocked at the door. There was no response. He knocked again. "What?", she asked loudly. He was surprised by her tone. But then realized that it was same old drama. He didn't want to get into one more argument. "Do you need something to eat?", he asked casually. "No!", she replied back. He didn't try to force her to have dinner. He left her alone, unaware to the fact that she had lost a battle at work.
(To be continued)
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