It was almost weekend and this whole week Ram and his friends were taking care of everything regarding Ram and Balu's party. Nakul was the one who majorly did all the jobs. At Tarok's side, Tarok and his friends were practicing hard for the upcoming basketball match.
It's finally weekend. Seetha got ready and she was going to leave the house but stopped by Ram as Ram asked "Are you going to do part time jobs on this weekend too?"
Seetha: Yeah. Why? What happened?
Ram: It's nothing but if you do these jobs today, you may feel tired at the party. So, please take leave today.
Hearing this Seetha took few steps near Ram and pinched his cheeks slightly which made him scream lightly. Then, she said "Don't worry, I will definitely come to the party. Even though, I am tired I won't miss my friend's party."
Saying this, she patted his shoulder and left the house after saying bye to him. When she disappeared, he touched his cheeks where Seetha's hands were before. He smiled unknowingly. Then, his phone started ringing due to incoming call. This made him come back to his senses.
As usual, Seetha did her chores. She was now working in the café with Riya. They had some conversation in between their work like they usually do. Soon, the lunch time came, Riya and Seetha had lunch together. While having Lunch, Riya asked "So Seetha, what is your outfit for the party?"
Seetha: Something which was my mom's.
Riya: Are you going to wear something like your mother's chudi or saree?
Seetha: Yes, I am going to wear my mother's saree.
Riya: Super and don't forget to be careful as there may be someone who will offer you alcohol.
Seetha: Yeah, don't worry. I will take care of that.
Riya talked while remembering something "Okay. Whenever our family went to party, people present there always treated us badly. They insulted us for being poor."
Then, she sighed and said "That's why I asked you to be careful."
Seetha: Yeah, I can understand that.
Riya: Mmm. See, we have to think about all small matters when it comes to dignity but at the same time, we sometimes loose dignity to secure our job and to run our family.
Seetha: What? I can't believe that someone strong like you could give up on your dignity for job.
Riya replied in a sad tone "I already gave up on that. Not once but many times."
Now, Seetha was looking at Riya sadly as she was expressing her pain that poverty caused.
Riya: I still give up on it sometimes. You know what? Not every place is like this café. Some rich houses where I am working as servant, doesn't treat me well and I can't lose those jobs for that. Without those job's money, What I am? I am nothing. I can't complete the debt that my dad caused, I can't help my siblings to get education, I can't allow my mom to suffer alone.
While saying this a tear dropped from Riya's eyes. Seeing that, Seetha moved closer to her and side hugged her.
Riya: Sometimes, I can't choose self-respect over my family and that is how I am losing dignity always.
Seetha consoled her by saying "Don't worry, everything will be alright one day." Seetha said some more words to encourage her. She even said some of her stupid jokes to change the mood of Riya.
After few minutes, they finally came back to normal mood and completed eating lunch. With that, they started continuing their work.
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It was an evening time, Ram informed Seetha that he is going to Balu's house as the venue of both the parties was Balu's house. He also told that he had to go early to invite guests. He did that by sending a voice message to her. Seetha saw that message and replied with a thumb's up emoji.
One hour later, she reached the house after completing all her part time jobs. She sat on the living room's couch as she felt little bit tired. Then she went to her room to get ready for the evening's events.
It's 7.00 pm in the evening and the party at Balu's house has already started. His house was decorated with colourful lights and flowers. They also hanged big curtains which made the atmosphere more elegant. There was food served in buffet system at one corner of the big living room.
There was also a stage made at the centre of the hall. On both sides of the stage, big staircases were present which leads to the first floor of Balu's house.
Tharma, Balu, Sadid, Ram and Lisa were greeting the guests who were entering in while Nakul was busily flirting with some young girls present there.
After few minutes, Balu grabbed a mic and also grabbed everyone's attention as he greeted "Good evening ladies and gentleman present here."
Hearing this everyone's focus turned towards Balu.
Balu: First of all, I thank you all for coming.
He paused for a second and continued his speech.
Balu: Our company 'Tebnorsl' won't be here if you guys aren't here. Without your hardwork, dedication and passion, we won't be able to achieve this. Thank you all for this and as a reward, all your monthly wages will be increased. I also want all of you to be with me in our future projects too. We will all work as one family that is 'Tebnorsl family'.
Hearing this, everyone clapped their hands.
One more time, Balu continued "I also want to specially thank my family members. You may wonder who was the family member of this orphan. It's them."
He said that while pointing his hand towards his friends.
After seeing the proud face of his friends, he continued "Yes, My friends are my family. Tebnorsl company formed only because of them. They gave the money when I didn't even have a single paise for investing. I was able to place the first brick of Tebnorsl's building with the money that they saved for their future. That's how, Tebnorsl company came into existence. And this time, Ram joint our company too. His help in Mr.Johnathan's arrival was something remarkable. So, once again I thank Ram and my other friends for being there. Thank you guys for always being there for me and also for our company.
Everyone applauded for them and there was a proud smile mixed with tears present on his friends faces. With that, Balu came down the stage as he completed his speech by asking everyone to enjoy the party.
When Balu reached down, his friends came towards him and hugged him. They formed a circle around Balu who was happily hugging them back. Balu caressed Lisa's hair with care when he saw happy tears falling from her eyes.
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At the other side, Tarok's basketball match was also started. Raj and Sunil were also playing in Tarok's team. It was actually not a good start for Tarok's team as they didn't score much.
Tarok's eyes were constantly searching for Seetha's arrival in the audience side. So, he was unable to concentrate in his match. Both the college students were supporting and encouraging their college teams who was now playing on the basketball court.
One of the audiences who was a girl from other college whispered "Didn't that guy look handsome?" to her friend who was sitting exactly next to her. Her friend replied "Yes, he is and I think his college girls are shouting his name only." Yes, there were lot of girls who were shouting Tarok's name crazily like a fan girl.
When Tarok's team lost another goal in the goal post, Sunil came near him and scolded "Why are you not concentrating? What's bothering you, bro?
Tarok didn't reply as his mind was still busy in searching for Seetha in between the audience.
Raj joined them and observed what Tarok was doing. Then he understood why Tarok was like that and asked "Were you searching for her?"
Sunil got confused and asked "What? who?"
Tarok said "Seetha" as he finally saw her coming in and sitting on a chair in that stadium.
Hearing him, Sunil and Raj turned to look where Tarok was looking. What they saw was unbelievable. Yes, Seetha looked more beautiful than usual. She was wearing a blue saree which perfectly suited her fair skin. Seeing her with side French braided hair which fell up to her waist was something new for Tarok as he never saw her in that hairstyle.
For Tarok, she was beautiful everyday but today Sunil and Raj also felt that. Yes, she looked simple but also perfect which was an absolute match for someone like Tarok who was rich and chaotic.
Sunil said "Tarok bro, you are really lucky. She is looking…"
That's when Raj interrupted him by saying "Anyway, can we focus on the game now? If we go on with the score we have, we will definitely loose the match."
Tarok was smiling at Seetha who finally sat down on a chair. Seeing him, she also smiled back and gave a thumbs up as a sign of wishing him good luck for his match. With that, he turned towards Raj and said "Don't worry, we will definitely win the match."
Raj and Sunil smiled at him and now everyone got back to their position. The match continued again. This time, Tarok was fully concentrating on the match. The ball came to Tarok's hand and the opposite team members were coming to grab the ball from his hands but it didn't happen as he successfully got escaped from them and finally made his first goal on this match. Time passed, Tarok was constantly putting goals and the girls present in the audience were keep on shouting Tarok's name but Tarok's eyes met only Seetha's eyes after every goal.
Finally, Tarok's team won the match easily by having Tarok in their side as their captain. The sports commentator announced Maseo College of arts and Science as winner on mic. Maseo College players shouted excitedly and happily. They also got the winning shield from the sports committee member. They took photo while receiving that shield. After giving pose to the photo, Tarok left from there and walked towards the commentator. He asked for his permission and finally bought the mic from him.
From there, he announced on the mic "Hello all. Thanks for coming today and thanks for encouraging us throughout the game. It was really a special match for me that I won't forget for my lifetime."
He paused for a second and continued "I also want to thank one more person specially for coming here and also for encouraging me. That special person was none other than the girl in the blue saree named Seetha."
Hearing that the audience, players of both the teams and sport committee members started searching for a girl in a blue saree and some of them found her. Almost everyone around her were looking at her now. She was really shocked and she didn't know what to do next.
That is the time Tarok continued "Thank you so much Seetha for coming here and making my day more special. I want you to make me feel special and motivated like this in future too. For that, you don't have to do anything. Just by being in my life as my girlfriend and staying with me forever is enough."
Tarok was now looking at Seetha from distance and finally uttered those precious words "Because I really want you as my girlfriend as I am in love with you Seetha."