Scene 1 : Ritvik @ Home

Ritvik reached home. He was a little late that day. He knew, he would be all alone and there was no reason to be home early. While changing his clothes when he picked out his mobile handset from his trouser’s pocket he noticed there were two missed calls from Aniket’s Number recently, around 12-13 minutes back and two unread SMS in his inbox.

He read the SMS, both were from Aniket’s number.

The first one read like, “My friends invited you too. Join us in the Party @ Ajeet Randhawa, Gold Souks Aptts., Flat #605, Blck A, Ggn. Move fast, we are waiting for u”.

The second one was sent around 5 minutes after the first one, and read as, “I did not ask them. They invited you on their own. Hurry! Call us on 97634xxxx29 if needed. My number may not be accessible.”

Ritvik did not want to go. He was not a party-animal. But he knew, that if Aniket asked him personally, he would be waiting for him. He also knew, Aniket never lied to him so it surely would be his friends who asked him to join them in party.

Ritvik thought for a moment, and then dialed Aniket’s number to talk to him. The pre-recorded message conveyed that number was switched off.  He guessed probably his cell battery might have died.  After a few minutes, he got up, cleaned his face with a face- wash, and then started dressing up for the party.

After around 10 minutes, he locked his apartment and headed to catch the Metro to reach the Gurgaon, as per the destination he received in SMS.

(To be continued…)