“Get up Raj. Don’t you want to go to col­lege.” Rohit woke me up.

“What time is it?”

“8’o’clock. Now hurry up. Nisha will be waiting.”

“We don’t have col­lege today.” I again went of to sleep.

“Raj today is Fri­day. We have col­lege now get up.” He pulled away my blanket.

“Today is a hol­i­day.” I woke up and went to the bathroom.

“Why?” Rohit. I washed up and came out.

“Well today is rose day in our col­lege we have a small dance party at col­lege in the evening.” I said.

“Oh no. I thought I will say it to her today on our way.”

“Really.” My eyes lit up.

“Yes.. when I came to know that she did not love Piyush I thought I will tell her today no mat­ter what happens.”

“Don’t worry you can still say it to her.”

“When? How?”

“Well today at col­lege we have a con­test where a guy can present the girl he loves with a rose. If the girl loves you she has to accept the rose. The girl with the max­i­mum num­ber of roses gets the title of the ‘Rose queen’. So you also present her with a rose and say it to her.”

“That’s a great idea. When is the party ?” Rohit was all excited and ready to go.

“Its at 6’o’clock.”

“Great. I just can’t wait to be there.”

“You have to be dressed in formals.”

“For­mals?”

“Yes pant, shirt, tie and coat. The girls would be com­ing in an evening gown.”

“But I don’t have any suit.”

“Well me nei­ther. Today Diya and myself are going shop­ping at about 11’o’clock want to come.”

“Sure.” He was about to leave.

“By the way keep some cash to by her a present.”

“Okay” Rohit left. I rang Diya and finalised the plans. We were to pick her up and then go shop­ping. I needed the car so I dropped dad to office and brought the car back.

At around 11 Rohit came I took dad’s car and we drove to Diya’s place. We went inside.

“Hello aunty is Diya ready.” I said to Diya’s mom.

“Hi Raj, she is get­ting ready. Hi Rohit , how is your dad ?” aunty asked Rohit.

“He is fine now and will join office from Mon­day.” Rohit replied.

“Good. Well here’s Diya. Where are you all going.”

“We have a party at col­lege so just some shop­ping for that.”

“Alright. Enjoy yourself.”

“Sue aunty.” I said to aunty and then to Diya “Diya let’s go.”

We went to Raymond’s where I bought my suit. Then we got Rohit a suit. He was look­ing fab­u­lous. After which we went to get Diya’s dress she had ordered for it about a week ago. Then Rohit was to buy Nisha a present. He said he would like to buy her a locket.

We went to the jew­ellery shop which Diya rec­om­mended. It took Rohit a hell lot of a time to decide one finally he got one to his lik­ing. It was beau­ti­ful. Then we went home. It was 3’o’clock.

We dropped Diya at her house and then went to a men’s beauty par­lour. Rohit and I went for a hair­cut and shave. I got a com­pletely new look to suit the evening. Rohit got his usual.

We went home. I got a nice bath and put on my new suit. It fit­ted per­fectly. It was a Black suit with white shirt and a nice tie. Rohit came over he was all dressed up except for the tie.

“Look­ing great.” I com­ple­mented Rohit.

“Thank you, you too. Raj can you tie me this tie I am not get­ting a per­fect knot.” Rohit replied.

“Sure. Want every­thing per­fect for the evening don’t you.”

“Yeah I want every­thing to be just per­fect. The tim­ing, the moment, the place, every­thing. It’s just got to be perfect.”

“It hap­pens. Here look at your­self in the mir­ror. The knot has come good.” I fin­ished the knot and showed him in the mirror.

“Thank you. Well let’s go.”

“Yes let’s go. We also have to pick Nisha up.”

I rang the bell. Nisha opened the door. She was look­ing beau­ti­ful. Sim­ply amazing.

“You are look­ing beau­ti­ful Nisha.” I com­pli­mented her.

“Yes you are look­ing gor­geous.” Rohit.

“Thank you guys. Both of you are look­ing good.:” Nisha said.

“Lets go we have to pick Diya up.” I said.

“Lets go.” Rohit.

Diya was wait­ing at her place. She was look­ing mind blow­ing. I gave her a small kiss on her cheeks. Then we left for col­lege. It had great music and lovely atmo. Every­body was well dressed and dancing.

I went over to the rose stall and got Diya a bou­quet of roses. She was very happy. Then we went over to the dance floor. We danced for a while. Rohit and Nisha stood by the side.

We were hav­ing a ball. Then Piyush came over to Nisha and pre­sented it with a rose.

“Nisha this is for you.” Piyush handed out the rose. Rohit just vanished.

“I can­not accept it. I don’t love you. I am sorry.” Nisha said. Her eyes were search­ing for someone.

“Well its okay.” Piyush said and left. We moved over to Nisha.

“Nisha why did he come.” Diya asked.

“He came to pro­pose to me.” Nisha.

“Did you accept it.” I asked.

“No. Raj you know I love some­body else.” Nisha.

“Whom?” Diya.

“Diya sorry I did not tell you I love Rohit.“ Nisha.

“Great.” Diya was very happy.

“Nisha where’s Rohit?” I asked.

“I don’t know. As soon as Piyush came he left. He did not tell where he went.” Nisha look­ing worried.

“He must have felt bad.” I whis­pered into Diya’s ears.

“Well don’t worry we will search him. You just wait here.” Diya.

We left her and searched for Rohit. All this time Nisha was get­ting rest­less. We searched all over but he was no where to be seen. The lights went out.