ArShi SS: The 10 Days Challenge[COMPLETE]

Lavanya fidgeted as she paced across the length of the room she was in right now.

She had never found herself caught up in such a peculiar situation where she wasn't even aware of what was going on.

"Focus, Lavanya. Focus."

She reminded herself as she nervously stared at her reflection in the wall mirror of the room.

Her new teal colored bodycon dress.

Perfectly salon-styled hair.

Gorgeous high heels.

But that frown.

"Damn!"

She cursed herself as she tried for the umpteenth time to forget whatever she had seen yesterday in the green room and focus on what was more important now.

She had her dance performance and she was supposed to look all gracious for her Zumba act but here she was, looking like the dullest creature ever.

She was all geared up and engrossed in the whole essence of this inter-department battle for the West Gala, and all of a sudden her entire concentration on it was jeopardized.

All because of that.

She should have been merrily jumping today since in yesterday's segments, the science department beat the psychology stream with a 2-1 score, winning the extempore round as well as the drama round.

But no, none of it made a difference for her currently since her mind was lost somewhere else.

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"Why are you so nervous?"

She heard the familiar husky voice as she turned around and to her utter surprise found Arnav standing at the door, watching her with a surprised expression.

"Wh-what are You doing here?"

She asked hesitatingly, hurt and disappointment etched on her face.

Arnav was on his way to the auditorium where the segment was supposed to take place when his steps had halted in his tracks seeing Lavanya being all hyper tensed and talking to herself as if she was going through some emotional crisis.

He had known her for a long time and knew how competitive she could get and even if that meant she would end up in an anxiety pool, she wouldn't bend.

"Nothing, I was just passing by and saw you fidgeting. You okay?"

He asked, truly concerned as a friend.

"Hmm.. Yeah. Just a little nervous for the performance."

She lied.

Arnav gave her an assuring smile at that as he said, "Don't worry, I am sure it will be all good. All the best!"

And saying that he just disappeared.

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She stood flabbergasted, rooted to the same spot for around two minutes analyzing keenly what just happened before giving up.

She fidgeted once again as she sat with a thud on the chair in her rehearsal room, her mind constantly pondering over the unbelievable yet true fact that ASR was dating Psycho Gupta.

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"How could you ASR!"

She almost broke into bitter tears as she clutched the red Zumba outfit in her fists, the one she was supposed to wear for her performance and tried very hard to stifle the sobs that came from within her.