"You took it," Khushi asked.
Kinjal shifted her phone to the other side. "Yes! I did! And I absolutely loved it!!!"
"Hmm, I see. But why so much?"
"Well, I LOVE to dance, and you know that."
Khushi nodded, knowing her mother. "And?"
"And..." Kinjal let out a sad sigh.
"What's wrong Amma?"
"Nothing. Just that..."
"That...?"
Kinjal sighed. "Adi and I had that class together," she said lowly.
Khushi felt sorry for her mom. "Oh..."
"Yeah..."
"You two had fun?"
"Well, we were just friends before all of that, though I was really shy, since I liked him." She sighed. "But, from taking that class, we got closer and then we started to go out."
"Aww! How cute!"
Kinjal smiled lightly. "Yeah... Anyways, how's Lavanya?"
"She's fine. We have that class together."
Kinjal placed the plate in her hands down and leaned on the counter. "Alright, what is it? Tell me."
Khushi looked at her phone and then placed it back to her ear. "What are you talking about?" Khushi gulped.
"No point in hiding it. I'm your mother after all."
"Its nothing Ammi. Forget about it."
"You sure?"
Khushi nodded. "Yeah Ma. I'm sure."
"Okay, well, I should get going."
"Yeah. Night Ammi."
"G'night sweetheart."
Both hung up an Khushi was eager for morning to arrive.
*~*
Khushi sat in class waiting for Arnav to arrive. Yeah she had seen him a couple of periods back, but this class, Culture Discovery, was a class that she looked forward to.
In came Arnav and he saw Khushi and headed towards her. They sat down and talked and then in came Lavanya. Soon Anisha and her followers came in and then Sani.
"Alright class," Sani said. "Time to crack it down. Now then, do we have any dancers here?"
No one raised their hand.
"Oh please! Don't be shy."
Arnav grabbed Khushi's hand and raised it up.
"Ah! And you're..." she looked at the roster, "Khushi, right?"
Khushi moved Arnav's hand away and nodded. "Yes Ma'am."
"Please, call me Sani."
She nodded.
"Great. Who else?"
Khushi grabbed Arnav's hand and raised it.
"Khushi, what are you-"
"Ah," Sani exclaimed. "And you're... Arnav?"
He cleared his throat and nodded.
"Good. You two come down."
Khushi and Arnav looked at each other and then slowly got up and went over to Sani.
"Anyone else," Sani asked.
Both Lavanya and Anisha raised their hands and Sani called them down.
"Now then, since you four know how to dance, care to show us some moves?"
All four felt uncomfortable and looked at each other to go first.
"Well...?"
Khushi shut her eyes and got her breath and then stepped forward. "I'll go."
Arnav and Lavanya looked at her wide eyed and Anisha smirked to herself, hoping that Khushi would embarrass herself.
"Very good. Go to my laptop and choose out a song. Better yet, I'll find another person for you to dance with." Sani looked at the other three. "Anisha."
Anisha looked up. "Yes?"
"You and Khushi. Dance off. Now."
"Uh...-"
"Khushi go choose a song."
Khushi nodded and went over to Sani's MacBook and went through iTunes. Sani had a lot of songs! It was getting difficult so Khushi searched up the song and found it and selected it.
Khushi decided to go with more of a slow song, and traditional, so she chose "Taal Se Taal Mila" from the movie "Taal".
"Alright," Sani said. "Anisha on first verse and chorus. Khushi on next."
And so she did. As much as it's hard to admit, Anisha was good. She was graceful, but it was obvious she was trying to show off, which made Sani roll her eyes.
Ugh, another one, Sani though in her head. "Good, but needs work. Khushi? Go."
And so she did and of course, she was graceful, not showing off. She had passion to her dancing, smiling brightly as she danced. She went along with the beat at the right moment and Sani wanted her to continue so she gestured her to go on, and so Khushi did.
She just might be good, Sani said in her head.
Lavanya and Arnav clapped along with the beat as she danced. They absolutely loved her dancing and Sani clapped as well and then went over to her laptop and turned off the music.
"Very good Khushi. I'm impressed. Now who will go against you?"
Anisha was taken aback. What about me, she wondered.
"Lavanya."
Lavanya blinked and stepped forward.
"Ready to show what you got?"
Lavanya nodded.
"Khushi, choose."
Khushi went back to the laptop and searched up one of hers and Lavanya's favorite song - "Jiya Re" from "Jab Tak Hain Jaan".
The song began and the two hopped to each other and without another word from Sani, the two started to dance. Arnav was impressed with the two and clapped, Sani clapping as well. The two were smiling like crazy, dancing together and having a whole bunch of fun. Sometimes dancing to the chorus like Anushka did in the movie, and then going at each others face going "oooh!" and Arnav found it really cute.
Sani turned it off. "You guys rock! Putting you two on stage would make people start dancing in the audience." Khushi and Lavanya stepped to Arnav's side. "Now then...ah! Arnav! You go."
"M-m-me," Arnav stuttered.
"Yes you."
Khushi smirked. "What's wrong Arnav," she whispered. "What happened to the guy who danced at the wedding?"
Arnav looked at her.
"Too much confidence is bad confidence."
"Khushi, choose the song" Sani said.
Khushi nodded and went over to it and searched up "Ishq Shava" from "Jan Tak Hain Jaan."
"Good choice," Sani said. "You know who to follow. Now impress me Arnav."
Arnav nodded and looked at Khushi. She got absorbed into the beat and began to move. Arnav was impressed and his playful side began to appear and he danced. They went along with the moves from the movie, adding their own in their, following the other time to time.
Every guy in the class was impressed by Khushi's moves. She was amazing. At first they found her a joke for dancing to "slow, traditional" music, but now they were just following her body movement. Anisha noticed this and she couldn't believe it. Even Arnav was absorbed into the dance and she was boiling over.
They are so meant to be, Lavanya smirked in her head, clapping.
Sani stopped the music and clapped. "Wow! I'm impressed! You two were on fire! Imagine you two doing choreographed dance together? Epic!"
Anisha couldn't believe it. Oh you are so going down Khushi, Anisha said in her head. One way or the other.
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