As soon as I saw her, I was dumbfounded by her beauty. She reached out to me.
"You...you look so beautiful in this dress."
"Thank you, Alen" she said smiling. I couldn't take my eyes of her.
"What's the occasion?
"Oh, it's my birthday!"
"Happy Birthday Manvi."
"Thanks again Alen"
"So what's the next plan for today?"
"Nothing just chilling with my friends and of course practicing class as normal"
" No celebration, cake cutting and all"
She laughed and said goodbye to me as she walked past me. I thought all girls liked parties and all but she was so different. I decided to give her a little surprise. I ran to the band room and saw all members except Lilly and Manvi there. After some communication we decided to throw a small birthday party for Manvi. When I messaged Lilly to hold Manvi, Leo went out to buy a small cake. I wanted to show Manvi that I was thoughtful and that I cared about her. I knew that she didn't like parties, so I wanted to do something small and special to make her feel appreciated. I thought that a surprise birthday party would be the perfect way to do that.As for her friends, I called Andriya Laura Ruby to the band room. They agreed and the surprise was on.
Lilly and Manvi came shortly after I messaged them. As she entered we all sang the birthday song for her. She was so confused and happy that she cried during the cake cutting. After everything got down and everyone wished her a happy birthday.
"Okay guys now I have something to give to Manvi even though it was a short notice about her birthday and I couldn't prepare much for the gift but I tried my best hope you all enjoy." With taking a deep breath hoping she would love my song.
After my song, everyone except Manvi clapped. When I saw that, I thought she didn't like my composition, but she ran to me and hugged me without having finished my thoughts.
I was shocked, not only me all the people present were shocked.
"Thanks, Alen. I had never gotten a chance to celebrate my birthday before. I especially wanted a friend's gift. This was too much to ask thank you all. I will never forget this one." She cried.
"Group hug guys" Niya and we all hugged Manvi.
This was it. I just got closer to her even more. Now I have a chance. But besides these I noticed Lilly standing with mixed emotions in her face I really didn't know what it meant but I knew she was not happy.
After the party I walked towards Manvi but Lilly got between us again and took Manvi somewhere. I still didn't know why she feel so anxious about me talking to Manvi.
The next day we all practiced our parts. Soon Niya came.
"Guys our producer wants to see us performing our first song for the ceremony. Are you ready?"
We all shouted yes.
The producers arrived shortly and we started to perform but in the middle Leo got stuck in the lyrics. However, my girl finished perfectly without anyone noticing his mistakes.
After the performance the producer and Niya talked and we all appreciated Manvi for covering Leo's part. Especially Leo
"Thank you Manvi, I thought I would be getting an earful from Niya but thanks to you it will be less, so I'll treat you for lunch if you don't mind." he said with a smile.
It was normal for a classmate to treat her as she covered his mistake. However, I think I'm jealous that as soon as lunch break started, I ran to the cafe and saw them sitting on a corner bench.
"Why are they seated at the corner, isn't that space for couples? I can't see them clearly. Let me get inside."
As I opened the door and saw Lilly sitting there I moved towards her and seated opposite of them.They ordered a sandwich, so I ordered one too.
Seeing her spread all the sauce around her face while eating those sandwiches was so cute. Instead of Leo, if I were there, I would swipe them. And soon I saw him swiping her face with a tissue and they were both smiling. I couldn't tolerate much longer than that, so I banged the bench and noticed everyone looking at me especially them.