Their jinxed love - Part 8

This time Ruby was absent. It was only two of them - Jenny and Gaurav. Both were awkwardly silent. Though he tried to speak to her, she only gave him one line replies. Finally he got bored and got busy with the auditions. Fortunately, this audition had spark unlike the first one. Each contestant had unique kind of energy in them. Most of them were raw and needed training. But their passion lit in their eyes when they danced. Some were selected and some rejected.

There was no signs of any disparity in their judgement. There were slight disagreements until now when Pinky , an aspiring dancer from small town arrived. She was attractive. Her charming doe- brown eyes  and chirpy attitude could win anyone to her side except Jenny. She had huge crush on Gaurav. She stood on the mark on the stage when her name was called. She greeted Gaurav with full of energy and forgot to notice Jenny. 

Jenny immediately disliked her. Both judges gave Pinky cue to dance. She started her performance. It was free style. Her performance wasn't extraordinary but her expressions were to the mark. Once her performance was over, Jenny spoke, "Your performance wasn't up to the mark. You need a lot of practice. So I don't think you are ready for this season. Come back with bang next time.". She smiled but Pinky wasn't happy. She wanted to say something but Gaurav intervened.

"But I don't agree with you. I don't think it was that bad. You were good. Yes, you are little raw. But we can work on that. For me, you are in.", he said. Pinky smiled while Jenny was annoyed. "She is not ready. This season is going to be tough. I don't think she can match the energy of other contenders.", Jenny argued. Gaurav didn't agree. "See, you weren't good when you started out. But you worked hard and reached the sky. Even she will work , right Pinky?", he said.

She looked at Pinky's face. She was giggling. This made her more angry. "What the hell ,Gaurav? How dare you compare me with her?", she growled at him. "Cool down ! What did I say wrong? I didn't compare you with anyone.", he said. But she wasn't ready to listen. She got up and stomped towards her vanity room. Pinky was stunned. She had seen boys fighting to be in her company but she didn't expect the judges would do the same. 

The crew members arrived to her room. "Ma'am, we are sorry for what happened between you and Gaurav. We can start the shoot as soon as you are ready.", one of crew member spoke. "No! I won't come back. I am done with this show. I have never been humiliated this way. I am leaving.", she said.  The crew members were stunned. They didn't want to lose her now. They quickly called their head. They didn't expect that a deliberately keeping Ruby away and bringing them together, only to fetch some TRPs for the show would cost them too much.

(To be continued)