Vaidehi gulped in nervousness hearing Ashton. She closed her eyes and prayed to God.
"And the one who will be working with us is–" Aston pauses for a dramatic affect.
"Vaidehi Aggarwal." He said and everyone around them clapped.
Vaidehi's eye wide in in shock. Zero point ten seconds later, when her brain finally processed that its her , she let out a squeal.
"Congratulations, Miss Aggarwal."Ashton came forward and shook his hands with her.
She gave him a big smile and nodded.
"And you will be joining us here in a week, Miss Aggarwal. And the rest, Mrs. Wells over there," He pointed towards a lady in her late fifties, "will make you understand, what you have to do."
"See you next Monday, Miss Aggarwal." Ashton gave her a smile is nodded looking her her before walking away.
"Congratulations ,Vaidehi." Alex came in stood in front of Vaidehi with a smile.
"Thank you,Alex. I am sor–"
Alex waved his hand and stopped her."It's fine. You deserve it."
"So,now will you will throw a party so that we can celebrate this achievement of your?" Alex gave her a playful smile.
Vaidehi giggles and nodded her head. 'Did I just made my first friend in NYC?' She thought to herself.
"Excuse me, you are Alex Russo right?" A voice said and both turned their head to see.
"Yes,that's me." Alex smiled and answered to a girl, who looked at him.
"Ashton sir is calling you. Please come with me." She smile politely at and gestured Alex to come with her.
"I will see you around then." Alex smiled and they both nodded at each other before walking away.
Vaidehi sat in the cafeteria and dialed Rithika number.
"Hello, Vaidu?"
"Can you pick me up?"Vaidehi asked fidgeting with her purse.
"Yup, sure. I will be there in an hour."
Vaidehi sighed and looked around her. Cafeteria was huge and main attraction was the panoramic view of NYC.
She siped her chocolate shake and sigh contently.
No doubt that she is missing her family but, at least she was happy that this sacrifice of her staying away from them didn't go to vain.
Lost in thought, Vaidehi didn't noticed Alex ,who came and sat beside her and snapped his fingers, that made Vaidehi jump. And she almost threw the chocolate shake on him.
She smile sheepishly,"Sorry."
"I thought you left already. Didn't know my luck was this good, I found you again.You don't mind me ,giving you company, do you?" He gave her a teasing smile.
"My best friend is coming to pick me up. And no, its better if you join me. Sitting alone in this cafeteria feels weird." Vaidehi laugh.
"So,Miss Aggarwal. You were suppose to throw a party and now that I am here I will take full advantage of enjoying free food." Alex nudged Vaidehi teasingly.
"I have to agree with you on that. Never say no to free food because food is life my dear friend." She raised her glass of chocolate shake and acted like a drunkard.
"I know this is late to ask this question but, will you Miss Vaidehi Aggarwal be my bestfriend?" He kneeled down and raised his right hand for Vaidehi to held..
Vaidehi gasped dramatically looking at him. "Oh, my kind sir, I thought you would never ask." She wiped her fake tears and her and hold his hand.
"God,we are so weird." She said and laughed.
"Ikr! You are luck to have me as your best friend now." Alex raised his imaginary collar and gave her a smug smile.
" I still can't believe that we are so comfortable with each other, even though we just met today."Vaidehi said.
"Oh, sweetie because we are made for each other and it was our destiny to meet." He said faking an accent and Vaidehi laugh looking at him.
"God, you are such a drama queen. You have to meet my bestie Rithika. You both will bond well." Vaidehi said in excitement.
"Sure. Oh. I totally forgot to tell you. They selected me to work for them as one of their designers."
Vaidehi squeal and side hug him. "We have to celebrate this! I am so happy for you!"
"I know! Now we both will work together. I am so excited." He fake a squeal like teen girl and Vaidehi smacked his shoulder lightly.
Her phoned pinged and she quickly got up. Alex looked at her in confusion.
"Rithika here. I need to go." She said and collected her purse and files from the table.
She paused and looked at Alex, "Hey why don't you come and meet her now?"
"I thought you would never ask." He said and pouted.
Vaidehi rolled her eyes,"Now lets go, drama queen."
They both got up and walked toward the elevator.
Coming out from office ,Vaidehi dialed Rithika's number.
"Where are you?"
"I am near parking lot. Come fast, Harsh just came home, he called me few minutes ago."
"Yes,yes coming ,queen of impatience!" Vaidehi said and rolled her eyes.
"Whatever!" Rithika said and cut the call.
"She is near parking lot, let's go." Vaidehi said and pointed toward the parking space.
As soon as they reached Vaidehi heard a curse hurled on her.
"Bitch, I have been waiting for so long! Where were you!?" Rithika said and glared at Vaidehi unaware of Alex presence.
Alex cleared his throat awkwardly. And Vaidehi gave him an embarrassing smile.
"Alex, meet my best friend Rithika aka Rithu."Vaidehi said and pressed her lips together to hid her smile. Rithika glared at Vaidehi and gave an awkward smile with a little wave.
"Rithu, meet Alex, my new best friend." Rithika gasps and looked accusing at Vaidehi.
"You made a best friend? What about the promise that we made when we where a kid!? You don't love me any more. Why life is so cruel to me!?" She said and looked up with a dramatic sigh.
"I think we both will bond better. And best part is we can roast Vaidehi." Alex said and Rithika laughed and nodded hi-fi-ed him
"Betryal! God, How can I handle this big betrayal? My poor fragile heart!" Vaidehi kept a hand near her heart and and slumped her body against the car.
"Okay, enough of this joke. I need to go back soon, Aarav is with Harsh. It was nice meeting you, Alex. Hope we will meet really soon." Rithika smile at Alex and gestures Vaidehi to come fast.
Vaidehi waved bye to Alex and sat inside as Rithika quickly drove away.
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Entering inside, Vaidehi saw her favourite Harsh Jiju(brother-in-law) but, her smile freezed looked the person beside him.
"What this creepy pasty doin' here!?" Vaidehi nudged Rithika and whisper.
"Oh, he is Harsh cousin. He came to stay with us."
Vaidehi gulped.
Holly dark chocolate!