OWNING HER HEART

"Sun is not shinning today, it is hiding behind the clouds, birds are creating havoc flying all over the sky ,trees are dancing like it is their last dance performance ,everything is flying here and there in a not-so-slow motion. The day is gloomy and lightning strikes makes it all the more fearsome. For sure ,nature is giving us some hint. Something is changing and it's an irreversible one." "Oh gosh!!! Aashi Gupta, it's just some storm and lightning , no need to be this dramatic ,my pathetic drama queen."said her best friend Piya Singh. "Well, it doesn't hurt to understand the signs given by nature and I am not pathetic. I am ignoramus."Aashi said proudly. " YOU ARE WHAT?!!" Piya asked barely suppressing her laugh. "Ignoramus, a boy in my class complimented me after I showed him my maths homework. He also told me I am a simpleton and a thickhead, a unique combination of chucklehead and a knucklehead" Aashi said excitedly remembering the boy's praise for herself. " Ha...ha...ha...you are such ..hahaha a duffer my silly queen ,I don't know what he saw in your maths note but ...hahaha ..the poor boy told you all the synonyms Google have for an idiot..hahaha " , Piya said between her laughs, clutching her stomach. " What !! Seriously that brain of a nicompoop ,he took advantage of my poor dictionary skills. That ICSE bastard" said Aashi sighing like an old woman taken advantage of by her great grandson. " you are such a drama, now go for the interview miss reporter ,otherwise your Aryan Malhotra might slip away" " Let him slip away then , also it was not my job, i am being forced to do this by the Romeo of our class who wants to take his Juliet on a long drive on her birthday" " yes, but now that you have such a great opportunity, might as well take advantage of it to seduce Aryan Malhotra , a fine specimen of art he is" Piya said lovingly. " Yes and on the way get banged by him , have twins, get half his assets and come in the limelights . No thanks, it will be good enough if he don't give me that death scare he is famous for, that's scary" Aashi shuddered speaking. " Only you could call that scary, we find it hot and sexy and that smirk ,I could die for it" " Only you could see the saint in that devil...so I am giving you this great opportunity to interview him on my behalf, you get once in a blue moon chance of interviewing him and describing him in detail how you wanna get burned by his hotness and die for his crooked smile" Aashi said charmingly. " That's a smirk and even though I want to, I know I will just become mute in front of him, so I will prefer to see you make a fool of yourself and be sure to fall flat on face during press conference, won't want audience to miss the fun, my ignoramus knucklehead" "Shut up, i am not going to fall and wait till I see that boy again" Aashi said fuming. And with a flip of her hair she walked away dramatically. That is what she is to everyone ,a walking-talking "drama". At 2:30 PM Aashi's Pov Thank God I am here at time otherwise that Romeo would kill me for missing it. It's been 15 minute since I have been here but still no news of the indispensable Aryan Malhotra. Everyone around me are so excited as if a superstar is coming, come on guyzzz!!! he's just an entrepreneur, okay , let's say the best one till now but still . And here it comes, the black car whose model I don't know with a special number of 4444 and all the reporter stood up as if offering prayer to the God in unison. The car door opens and comes out a nice polished black shoes , a shiny silver blue watch ,first that silky curly hair and then the face of the devil who enchants everyone. well, except me for sure. Finally he went to the stage, greeted everyone with that crooked smile of his. " Hello charming men and beautiful ladies present here, Sorry that you have to wait but then What other options did you have" he said cockily. Everyone let's out a chuckle. Arrogant bastard. "Now you may ask questions one by one and later a group of 5 reporters with genuine question can interview me in a separate room." the host said. Blunt as always I see. " Sir, did you just buy a new car, that was the latest edition" asked a reporter. " Anyone with a smartphone can tell that gentleman, no need to show your wisdom by stating the facts here" Aryan replied snarkly to the reporter. " Mr. Aryan ,as you are successful and can have anything you want, what are the three thing you cherish the most" "Love, health, trust " He replied still with the smile plastered on his face. And after asking series of questions related to favourite food he eats ,brands he wear,the colour of his poop in the morning and the amount of time he takes to bath by stupid reporters, I decided to ask a genuine question as everyone was probably more interested in his personal life than professional. "Hello, Mr. Aryan , As a successful entrepreneur and great businessman ,you are a role model for millions of youth . So on there behalf I would like to ask how hard was it for you to start from scratch and how much courage it took you to accept your failures because you know starting a business is harder that building it " I asked him and thankfully i didn't stutter . Great job till now Aashi. I patted my back in my mind . " Well after a series of dumb questions, finally a mature one" He chuckled embarassing the previous reporters . He was too outspoken for his own good . " And to answer your question it really was tough to start than to build but when you have responsibilities which can only be fulfilled by money, you ought to begin the work not by the desire of heart but by the cage of society. The only thing I ever believed is -"money is not everything but without money there is nothing" he said that so seriously as if reminiscing his bad days ,his empty black eyes were dark like a black hole ,sucking everything in.