Chapter 6: Shady Evening

Saniya was still trying his number but consequently couldn't connect with him. She felt really disheartened at the thought that Arjun had left her alone. She really missed him and got worried that she was not able to reach him by any means. She started towards that same pub with the hope of finding Arjun there.

Saniya reached Tranz; she stood there outside, for more than half an hour waiting for Arjun to arrive and then take her inside with him. She again called him up, and this time to her much relief, she could hear his caller tune. Arjun still didn't answer her call and Saniya started ringing him repeatedly. The caller tune, as if sang out her heart when it said, '...because you are the one & you are the one' a romantic song from Bollywood blockbuster 'Aashiqui 2'. This song was her favourite and in fact, it was a common favourite for all those who are in love.

At last, after many attempts, Arjun answered her, and she burst out, "Arjun, where are you?? I have been trying to reach you since afternoon, why on earth are you not responding to my calls...?"

"Saniya, speak loudly I am not able to hear you properly," Arjun was talking on top of his voice. He was in a pub that time and the DJ was playing loud music. Moreover, he was also drunk completely and was not in a condition to answer her calls properly.

Saniya could also hear the loud song around Arjun and understood why he couldn't hear her. She screamed aloud on the phone and asked, "Just tell me where you are, I will come there immediately, I want to meet you right now."

"Hey dear, I am in the pub, I will call you later after coming out from here," he said, and then he disconnected the call.

Saniya was desperate to meet him and so she spent a thousand bucks buying the entry ticket to Tranz, which was quite a sum for her to spend then, but she didn't want to miss the chance of meeting Arjun, at any cost. Saniya rushed inside and she found a big crowd there, as it was a Sunday. Her eyes were searching for Arjun everywhere. She spotted out a guy dancing with a girl, and he resembled Arjun from behind. She caught him by his arm and made him turn towards her; she got shocked by the mask on his face! Saniya removed his mask also, and to her embarrassment, it wasn't Arjun but somebody else.

Frustrated now, Saniya started calling up Arjun again repeatedly till he answered her call, "Arjun, please tell me where are you? I am searching for you everywhere inside the pub!" she asked.

"Saniya, I am sitting on a couch near the bar counter, come here I shall wait for you," he told her.

Saniya moved towards the bar counter but she was surprised not to find any such couch there. "Arjun, there is no couch inside this pub. Please stop kidding and tell me, where you are? I want to meet you, try to understand."

He replied in a friendly manner, "Just chill dear, tell me where you are and I will come to you right away..."

"I am at Tranz only, standing at the same place where we had met the first time, that night" she said.

"Oh I am so sorry dear but I am not in Tranz now. That place gets crowded on Sundays, so I have come to the Dukes pub, it's little far off from there. You do one thing dear I will share the location of this pub where I am at present, you come down here and we shall enjoy the party. I will also introduce you to my friends here" he said to her.

Saniya did not know what answer she could give to that. She had already spent Rs.1000 for getting an entry into Tranz, which was out of her budget, and now again she will have to spend money on entering into the Dukes Pub. Also, Saniya was new to the place and she wasn't accustomed to the streets of Goa. The worst part was that she was all alone there, and so the fear of the risks was running in her mind.

She urged him, "Arjun, you please come here, I don't know how to reach your place, also I do not have any vehicle with me."

"Oh dear, don't worry I will come in a few minutes and will pick you up from there. Just chill my darling," said Arjun sweetly.

'My darling!' hearing this from Arjun was a booster for Saniya and she got a wild thought that Arjun had started liking her too possibly. She was smiling again! She was unaware that all this was a myth and that Arjun had spoken to her very casually as he was drunk enough that time.

Saniya went to the counter and purchased a beer for herself, to have it while waiting for Arjun who would be there soon, to pick her up to take her with him to Dukes, she thought. She started waiting for him and time started running; she got one more beer, then again another and another..... It was more than an hour now but Arjun did not arrive there yet.