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“You didn’t find him hot?” Raashi asked Keya.
“Well…”
Raashi’s eyes widened. “I can’t believe you didn’t find him hot. He’s totally your type. Tall, gorgeous, those drowning eyes... Aah…he’s a dream boat.”
“Enough about my brother,” Sheena cut in, excitement rushing inside her. “He’s going out, Mom’s not at home, and I need you two to cover for me…because I’m going out on a date.”
The girls stared at her. She grinned at the disbelief on their faces.
“You’re going on a date…with whom?” Raashi asked.
“Karan…” Sheena beamed. “Can you believe it? He’s the most sought-after guy in college, and he likes me. Me?! I’m so excited.”
“First of all, why not you? You’re way too good for him, in fact,” Raashi said.
Her friends shared a look, and then Keya spoke up. “Why do you need us to cover up, though? You should tell your mother and brother that you have a date.”
Sheena shook her head. “Oh, please. My mom is so protective of me, you know that. She’d never agree to me going on a date with anyone until she’s vetted them properly. And Kabier’s worse. In his eyes, no one is good enough for me. Besides, now that he’s home, he’s always questioning my comings and goings. Not to mention the fact that he thinks I’m too young to date anyone. Also, this is my first date with Karan, and he’s asked me not to tell anyone about it, but you know I can’t keep anything from you two.”
“I don’t like this secrecy. What is there to hide?” Raashi asked. “If he genuinely likes you, then he ought to tell the world, not hide you like a dirty secret.”
“Please don’t be so dramatic,” Sheena said. “It’s not a big deal. Now help me plan my date.”
Keya rubbed her chin. “Planning something like this, when it’s only your mother we’re worrying about, is one thing, but trying to do it while your overprotective elder brother is also in town is a completely different ball game.”
“Neither of them is home.” Sheena put her hands on her hips. “The three of us have sneaked out for late-night drives so many times in the past. Tonight, you just have to lock my room, pretend we’re all sleeping, and then sneak me inside the house when I return.”
“Uh…this is dangerous,” Keya said.
Sheena rolled her eyes. She couldn’t understand why her friends were making such a fuss. What was so dangerous about a date anyway?
Raashi clucked her tongue. “We were always together in the past when we did something that we weren’t supposed to. This, what you’re asking for, sounds like trouble.”
“And feels unsafe…” Keya added.
“Unsafe?” Sheena scoffed. “Why would you say that? Karan will pick me, and drop me back. He will wait at the corner of my house.” She looked at the clock on the wall across. “He’s going to come in an hour. You need to help me choose something to wear. He’s having a party at his house. His parents aren’t in town.”
She moved to go to her dresser but found no movement from her friends. She turned and arched a brow.
Keya wet her lips, taking her time to respond. “I’m not sure of him, Sheena. You hardly know him. From what you’ve told us, he sounds like a man-whore. You were the one to tell us how he’s never been in a stable relationship with any girl and moves through them faster than a bee moves through flowers. And now he’s targeted you.”
“Hey, he’s nottargetedme. He likes me.”
Raashi shook her head. “Be that as it may, we don’t like you being alone with him.”
“I won’t be alone all the time with him,” Sheena argued. “Rohini and the others are all coming to the party. I’m going as his date, though.”
“Still, we don’t want you to go,” Keya said boldly. “Neither of us likes him. There’s something just…off about him. His vibe is all wrong.”
Her jaw dropped. She’d met Karan through her college friends. He was a final-year student and the hottest, most popular guy in her college. He had been asking her out for weeks. But she’d been rejecting him every time, until tonight. He’d finally worn down her resistance, and she’d agreed to go out with him. Agreed, her friends had met him just once, but they didn’t know him enough to judge.
She pursed her lips. “Why have you never told me this before?”
Keya pushed her long hair to one shoulder. “There was never a reason to worry because you always hung with him in a group.”
“Besides,” Raashi began, “You’ve been rejecting his advances since so long that we never had anything to be concerned about. We just don’t like the idea of you being alone with him at all. And that too in his house.”
“Yes, we know it’s a party, and your other friends will be there. Still…” Keya rose from the bean bag and walked to her. “Please, Sheena, think through this. Introduce him to your mom and brother. Let him meet them, then go on a date with him. You are the Sehgal Princess. Anyone ought to be proud and delighted to go out with you. Yet, he’s insisting on you sneaking out. I don’t like it.”
