What Is Love

Chapter Thirty Nine

I waited for her as she took off her coat, and walked into the vocal booth, sitting on the chair, putting on her headphones and adjusting the microphone.
"Alright guys, we're ready when you are," Desmond said, I sucked in a deep breath, the stench smell of cigarette lingering still, I shut my eyes for a while, her face appeared , she was smiling, that somehow calmed my nerves, Arijit walked in with the changed lyrics, all thanks to Kareena.
"We're ready." I told him, he nodded, adjusting the sound and all, the music came up, it was lively, I liked it , I still like, I shut my eyes, snapping my fingers along the the beast...moving along to it, now I'm wishing I was standing,

Yeah......

Intro :
Yaara zindagi ko jeene ka bahana hai yehi
Hai bahana yeh purana toh purana hi sahi
Starters mein hai shararat kar le mohabbat
Don't blame it on me
Just blame the night,

Thodi raaton khumaariyon ki baarish karein
Aaj beete nahin unsey guzaarish karein
So just on a mohabbat kar le shararat
Don't blame it on me just blame the niiiight
Blame the niiight
Blame the niiiight
Blame the niiiiight...
The niiight
Blame the niiiight
Blame the niiiight
Blame the niiiight

Blame it on the niiiight
Niiiiiight
Night
Niiiiight
Niiight
Niiiiight
Niight
Niiiiight
I kept repeating, putting my voices wherever necessary,

Mood mein karo je karo , shame na karo
Main jo out ho gaya, mujhe blame na karo
So just skip the sharafat, kar le mohabbat
Don't blame it on me just blame the night

Shreya took over now....

Meri chaahato mein chaahaton ko apni mila
Thoda peele mujhe aadha, thoda khud ko pila
So just on a mohabbat, kar le shararat
Don't blame it on me just blame the night

Madhashiyaan si chaahat ki chaane do
Do ghoont aur chaahat pee jaane de
Ye ruke na ab sisila
Jaise chaahe tu pila
Ab hoge na koi gilaa aa

We ended. They all applauded as u dropped the headphones on the  Mic, and walked out,
"I knew that the two of you would not disappoint me, and thanks to Kareena,her idea was superb, I mean, the song itself is awesome, goodness!"
"Who's Kareena?"Shreya asked as she came out of the booth,arranging her dress.
"Oh, she's...you don't know her, you haven't heard the rumours about her and Dhawan?" He asked her, I rolled my eyes, lighting up another stuck of cigarette and getting the champagne from the fridge, flopping down on the couch, when I'm here, that's basically the only thing I take into my system, it's the way here, Arijit's way.
"Oh, his girlfriend?" She asked looking at me,I ignored her, turning away from her,
"I don't know, I'm serious, he's over there, ask him, I'll see how they're working on the song," he left her, she strolled over to the seat beside me, and sat down,
"You've moved on I see,"
"You? Your boyfriend, Mark? That's why you're in London anyways," I shrugged,
"I'm sorry about those rumours,"
"Youre sorry, pfft" I scoffed, "sorry doesn't change the damage you did to my reputation, for the love of God I loved you, I even stopped smoking because of you, you gave me a future that was never there,"
"I still love you, you know," she said,
"Love, do you know what that is? Don't speak rubbish please,"
"I'm serious,"
"And I'm serious too, you left me with five months imprisonment, you let my aunt fall to her feet tk beg you, and all this was after you found out that my uncle was your father and he left your mother for my aunt,"
"I said I'm sorry,"
"And I said you're not! You're only saying that because you've seen mylife's going great without you! I tried so many times bitch!  I tried to let you know, that my uncle isn't a father material, or even a husband material,your mother was lucky enough to escape him, you fucking have no idea how aunt survived in that house! You are solely responsible for her checking into a mental hospital, you're responsible for her heart failure Shreya,and I can never forgive you for that."
"Are you happy with her?" I smiled. I know the rumours aren't true but having a golden opportunity to rub in Shreya's face of how much of a jerk of she is, I'll do anything, and certainly cannot let this go,
"Oh yes I am, she's the best, Arijit has been praising her since then, "
"When did you get the tattoo on your shoulder?"
"The same day you left, I needed to feel pain, but I never knew you'd store a baggage full of pain for me, by having me locked up in jail, gosh Shreya,"
"Mark, we broke up,"
"Good for you," she shot up already teary eyes at me, but I ignored them,no tears of hers can melt the iron bars surrounding my heart,
"And he got custody of my child,"
"You were pregnant? Mehnn" I shook my head. "So you realize you love me, because Mark isn't with you anymore, and you expect me to dump Kareena and run back to you, because you're single again and you've told me you love me? You're still as dumb as you were,"
"Stop it Varun"
"Oh baby, am I hurting you? I'm hurting you with words baby, you should be grateful, " I got up from my chair, drew in a huge amount of smoke I almost choked on, walked over to her, and blew it straight in her face, " I'm with Kareena now, Shreya Goshan, you cannot replace her, she's selfless, you're selfish. You accused me of rape! Those charges were hard to fight again, you left me to suffer, I'm in the black book of India, if I make one single mistake, no one! Absolutely no one can save me! And its all because of you! You will remain a loner all your life, you'rd one of the reasons I'm this way, you turned me completely cold, worse than the way I was before I met you, but hopefully, Kareena will save me from myself, she'll be my redemption, now, you're nothing more than a co-artist, working on the same song, working for the same record company, understood?" I didn't wait for her answer, I walked away.
"Varun, come listen to this, it's superb, just a few touches, Desmond is the boss!" Arijit called me, sipping more of his liquor now, "ahh!" He said grinning, I sat beside Desmond, put on the headphones, the song was catchy, too catchy, very catchy. I loved it,
"Shreya, come listen to this, " he called her, she sat beside me,
"This is very interesting, " she said, it'd weird, we're commenting good on our own music
"Arijit, can I get a sample of this song, I need someone to listen to it,"
"Of course, apart from Rahul, Kareena needs to listen to this song, "he said,
"That's who i was going to give it to"
"I'd like to meet Kareena, she seems to be very special, she's your girlfriend right?" Jeez, Shreya and her drama,
"Yes, she's my girlfriend, and yes you can meet, there's a law party this weekend, you're invited,"
"Law party? What and where? And how?"
"I'll answer for you, Varun right now is a law student, all thanks to Kareena, I must say that I didn't like her because I felt she was taking my star , the face of this record company,but after what she has done, I know she isn't any mistake at all. "He said, the way he praises her, makes me feel more confident than I should,
"What school?"
"Glasgow, University of Glasgow,"
"Be there,"
"Black, dress code, black. And you're not going there as a spectator, you're going there, to sing as well, if not, don't bother showing your face at all, "
"Varun, your relationship is in the past, let the grudges go, look ahead, towards the one in front of you,"
"Youre right Arijit, but not after all she's put me through, you know, I'm worse than I was after the day I decided to believe her lies, I curse the day I asked you to be mine,I curse it!" I said with a rush of anger, filling my veins,
"I will sing, "
"That's more like it, and! When you see her, greet and pass, no small talks, no lingering talks , no pokenosing around personal matters,"
"I get it,"
"Sent it to you Dhawan," Desmond said,
"Thank you. I need to meet Mohit now,"
"We'll be shooting the video very soon, keep it in mind I'll call you, and I'm submitting this song for the Mirchi music awards and the Global Indian Music awards, okay?"
"Wouldnt it need a video? " I asked him,
"Securing a spot is necessary, so that's what I'm using , fans will be anticipating it more, along with it, I'll also sub,it your latest album, "
"Whatever you do, you're my manager, if you bring me down, you bring you down, if you get what I mean,"
"Yes, I do. "
"See you,"  I paused then turned back to him, "those bodyguards, have received enough from Kareena, she doesn't like them,they're consuming her personal space, and I agree, I don't need them,"
"Theres a music award going on,"
"Well, tell them to stay out the house, they're always into our private lives,"
"Fine, tell Bruno, he's your personal bodyguard, "
"Good, see you,"
"You too, " I wore my shades and exited the studio, not sparing a glance at her, this whole idea of Kareena being my girlfriend, is fun, it'll make her mad, create some drama , make me laugh, and she's gonna have to accept, I cannot allow that bitch into my life once more, not by popular demand, not by circumstances. I have never in my life come across a singer that heartless and selfish. Compared to her, Kareena has a heart of gold, I'm so happy, that I'm the only one who brings out the tigress in her, it's amazing, but relationship is so far from it, we cannot cope in that line.