After entering the mall they met up with Dheer and his friends and went to some stores for the shopping.
While Anaya was helping Rudra with his shopping, Elisa and the others were huddled together at one of the less crowded aisles, conspiring to separate those two and create opportunities for Dheer.
"From our previous interactions with Rudra, we got to know that he likes to watch all those kid's movies to make his interaction with his patients easier. So the plan is that Sam and other boys will go for one of those movies which recently got released saying that they don't like shopping, while Anaya will accompany us for the shopping" Elisa began.
"We will make Dheer stay by saying that he loves shopping giving him some good points as usually men don't like to shop, and strangely this idiot does, so this will raise his points in Anaya's eyes. Later we girls will find a way to leave them alone and then you'll get to spend the whole time with her alone. This movie is longer than the usual ones so you have two hours" Aisha continued with their plan.
"After the movie, you three try to divert Rudra's attention to something else and keep him busy which will give extra time for these two to be together." Eva turned towards the other three men and instructed.
"Okay!!! But why do we have to watch that children's movie? We can watch others. There's this new sci-fi movie released today which I'm sure Rudra will like too. We are not kids to watch that movie for kids" Arav whined.
"Shut up Arav. Out of all the movies currently being shown, it's the longest one which will give Dheer and Anaya more time. And besides, this is the only movie you can watch right now. Because out of the three movies being shown, that sci-fi one is released today and is already houseful. Its tickets were already sold out a month before. And the other one is that boring cliché romantic one that you all hated last time." Aisha chided Arav.
"All night long and you all came with this lame plan? It's so childish." Dheer commented as soon as Aisha finished.
Hearing Dheer complaining, Elisa burst out in anger "Then why don't you think of a better plan, you idiot!!! Do you know how much I wanted to watch that sci-fi movie?? I had booked the tickets months before to watch it on its release date with Rehan. But just because I wanted to create opportunities for you both gave them away and now you are complaining?" She wanted to whack some sense into Dheer on the spot but resisted it because they were at a public place.
Dheer didn't dare to utter another word after that and comply with the plan like an obedient kid. As he gave it a thought, the idea wasn't that bad. He could surely get some alone time with Anaya. 'It'll be the first time that we'll be together out in a public setting like this. Our first official HALF DATE' Dheer's eyes shone as he thought this and began to anticipate their half date. In his eyes, their last divorce date didn't count as it was a part of their plan and they didn't get to enjoy it.
After deciding everything, Arav and Rehan went to buy tickets for the movie while the rest went to look for Anaya and Dheer.
When they found those two, they were at the billing counter. They had bought quite a few stuff in this short time. After billing for their items, Anaya and Rudra strolled towards them.
Once they arrived, the group of friends began their act of complaining "Hey guys, we were just discussing that maybe the boys should be spared from our shopping spree. These boys hate shopping and have been nagging us this whole time" Aisha began.
"Yes, in the last half hour Sam has nagged at me least hundred times now. I can't shop with him being like this" Eva joined.
"So let's spare these boys from our shopping spree so that we can shop with peace... And before you get concerned don't worry about Rudra, there's this kids movie that's pretty popular these days. Even Sam, Arav, and Rehan wanted to watch it. So they'll watch the movie as I remember he mentioned that he liked to watch these kinds of movies." Elisa finished.
Hearing them, Anaya had an awkward expression. "But... " she began to say but before she could say something else, Rudra shot "What about Dheer? You didn't take his name for the movie."