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When the Dorks Met There Morons………………… w1045 1206 9738 4668 7696 WHEN THE DORKS MET THERE MORONS………………….. SCENE 1(PRESENT…….CULLEN APARTMENTS) (by gunjan) >>>>>>>> I always knew that god had some serious issues with me….n well these issues were comedy ridden n hell like at the same moment….. Sample this….. today I met the love of the past 20 years of my life n I have no idea whether to feel happy or crappy…… I met my lov , my angel….. true very true But I met him because he banged his car into me n made me experience my first flying lesson ever in the middle of the night…….. Great , marvellous simply mindblowing…….. I winced ….. the injury on my foot was actually killing me….. Not only the foot I had a bandage over my right tmple n a plaster over my left wrist….. N again just my luck that my house was on the seventh floor of this building n the lift chose this night to get all messed up n stop working….. Can life get any better???????? I winced yet again.. there was no way I was going to reach alive to my seventh floor house with this foot… Oki gunji think positive n stop being a dork……. See u r on third floor ,,,,, n that means mmmm ya just 4 more floors left….. “WELL CRAP” ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. SCENE 2 (YESTERDAY,,, SWAN STREET , MUMBAI) (by samrat) The night actually felt too intimidating.. it was as if it was reflecting my sadness n anger outside… The stars weren’t shinning today as they were completely obscured by the big black n ugly clouds…… I severed up my car sharply at the turn… I was driving a bit rashly…. Actually a tad bit tooo rashly… N that too for the first time… but hell what other option was available to me????? This was stupid……trusting humans(esp directors of a music company) was plain stupid….. As they were selfish n backstabbing… N I was moronic n stupid….. I checked my watch yet again.. 5 minutes just 5 minutes were left nn I was no where close to the concert hall…… May be this was actually the end of my carreer ,,, CONGRATUALATIONS DUDE… U ROCK!!!!!! My cell buzzed then , somewhere in the many pockets of my green cargo…. I was sure that this was mayank….. Damm it can this guy giv me a break????? Well I know the answer to this question atleast.. it was easy peasy nnn it was NO…. Luckily my headphones were already in place .. so I just switched of the phone n talked to my twin moron….. “what mayank I am driving?????” “u said the same thing two minutes ago to twin” “really??sorry .. may be I 4got to add this little detail that I am driving a car n not an aeroplane” “this is not the time to be witty” “thanks twin …but do u actually think that I didn’t already know that??” “I guess u do…..whatever,,, hurry up samrat .. these nutheads r really getting to hard to control” His voice sounded panicked n symphthatic at the same time…… I knew I was soo damm lost…. “twin r u there??” “I am” My voice sounded weak n it made clear that I was totally completely freaked out… “don’t worry dude…. I’ll control them heren I won’t let these crappy cartoons do anything against u” “mayank listen to me… go on stage if i….if …I ..didn’t turn up” His voice suddenly sounded stern … “u will n don’t even dare to think that I will go there without u” “twin its not the time 4 being emotional pls just…” “ya pls just pls u first stop being moronic… and just get the hell outta here so that we can kick these nutheads around” “gosh twin what happened to ur vocabulary???” “it’s the effect of being ur twin… now shutup n cum here I really need to kick these cartoons” “may be we will” I tried forcing confidence in my voice b4 ending the call…. I had to reach there at any cost … if nt for me then for mayank …he was a total moron n I knew 4 sure that he actually won’t go to stage without me……. The baby girl… where did she came from???????????what is she doing in the middle of the road?? “CRAP” I swered my car on right trying to avoid a nasty collision with the baby.. I thought that my car my vintage VW would safely remove itself from the road to the dusty meadow on right… Well I was wrong., Apparently I was too fastnn my car my vintage bug skidded across the lane at a dangerous speed.. At least the baby girl would be safe… It will just kill me…… N then hell broke loose.. I saw my run skidding straight towards a girl who was frozen terrified on the side lane… “damm it I wasn’t going to die alone….” ……………………………………………………………………………………………… SCENE 3 (PRESENT … room – 716..cullen apartments) (by nupur) “pls just pls can’t u guys shut up for just a second????” “look who is talking … morena express” “dia pls tum log kuch der to chup raho plss dekho gunji agar aa gayi to saara plan khrab ho jayega” “sorry babes u r wrong again …. Aaj ka plan fail ho jaye .. how Is that even possible” “haan deeds… nupur gunjan k liye humne jo surprise plan kiya hai na tu dekhna….” “of ho kya khak surprise reh jayega ..agar gunjan ne apartment mein enter karne se pehle humari awazein sunly???” “I think dia nupur theek keh rahi hai.. we should actually shutup” “benji stop being a dork too.. nupur is enough” “u guys actually r freaking me out” Everyone shut up at that.. as our surprise for gunjan said out aloud that we were freaking him out…. Hell he actually looked pale.. I can tell that he was going all white.. By god which boy on earth got all pale n freaked out over voices??? “I am sorry guys I was just…. Just ..just” “its ok sir .. u have done us a great favour by coming here for gunjan” “benji if u called me sir one mor time I am going to take my sir n jump into ur chimney..” “oops sorry sir.. I mean samrat” Samrat slash sir finally smiled….i was damm sure something was wrong with this boy.. whatever as far as his twin brother was cmg too I had no problem with him being a total weird …. ……………………………………………………………………………………………… Part 2 (basic chractersketch n background story) SAMRAT N MAYANK SHERGILL – the two handsome, cool n twin morons of this story…. Both of them belong to a high class family, having money running down even through there sink pipes…. Both were rich n were orphan… there parents died in a freak accident when both were in tenth.. The tragedy of the time did take a lot from them.. Now they live with there maternal aunt shilpa sharma…who has spoiled these idiots beyond limits… As if the money thing wasn’t enough for them….. both of them were also successful singer(rockstars).. Samrat was an avid guitarist while mayank was a splendid flute player.. n both of them had held there audience mesmerised by their talents in numerous concerts,…… GUNJAN BHUSHAN N NUPUR SEHGAL- obviously these two r the dorks of our story …. Gunji n nups r step sisters n yet r very close…. Nupur chose to keep her maternal surname for the only reason that she liked the sound of sehgal much more then bhushan… I told u they r dorks…. Well moving on .. gunji lives in Mumbai,,n works as a news repoter in a popular private news channel..while nupur is living in delhi 4 the past 5 years.. Even though she hates books to the core she is a novelist by profession……hee hee hee. Nupur had met mayank just once.. she was at state library for the realease of her debut novel whil mayank was there to … he had flown in from Mumbai to inaugurate the fiction sec of the state library… They met n got into a terrible fight withing 5 seconds… Within the next 15 seconds they had their cell numbers exchanged n they had promised each other that they will continue their gruesome fight at night over their phone… Aren’t they a perfect definition of dorkiness n moronic ness????? Well moving even further,, Nups is in Mumbai now , though her sister has no idea abt this… Nups plan to give her a surprise birthday party,,,n she has a spare key to her sister’s flat in cullens apartments Mumbai…. Moreover she knows how much gunji loves samrat … I mean she knows that gunji is the biggest fan ever of samrat the dude… N since mayank was her bestest fighting buddies(ya they still fight n just fight over phone even after 6 monthsahem ahem),,,, mayank was doing her a favour by bringing samrat to the surprise birthday party of gunjan…. Nupur had even invited her college time buddies n the planning for the surprise is full on… What all of them don’t know still is that they r in for a surprise too n this time from samrat n gunjan…. EXPLANATION TILL NOW:- K guys I now this story is very confusing .. i am telling u what is happening in present so that it helps u to understand the storry better Hope I succeed.. Well guys presently.. nupur(gunji’s sister), benji , uday, dodo , adi, suhani, cj(gunji n nup’s college friends) n samrat are waiting 4 gunjan in her apartment ,, they have prepared the room for a special surprice birthday party 4 gunji..mayank has currently gone to the nearest bakery to bring a gift from him n samrat for gunjan… Samrat is there because mayank requested him to be….
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