"Shit. I'm so sorry." I facepalmed myself.

To what extent can I embarrass myself?

"The name's Zaisha." I said, waving a litte.

"Can I get a picture with each one of you?" I asked.

"Yeah." Shubman said, smiling.

I did a happy dance in my head.

Handing my phone over to Sidharth, I asked him to click pictures, also whispering to just go on clicking pictures.

Shubman done.

Mayank done.

Manjot done.

Kamlesh done.

Abhay was the last one.

He kept his palm on my shoulder, and omg, I was about to explode.

Abhishek Sharma touched me.

I looked upto him with a smile on my face, and noticed he was already looking down at me.

"Thank you so much." I said, looking into his eyes. They were beautiful.

"You're welcome." He smiled.

I then turned to look at the other boys.

"Thank you so much. You guys have no idea how much this means to me." I grinned ear to ear.

"Our pleasure." Mayank said, while the rest smiled at me.

"Aishi. You got a call." Sidharth said.

I waved at the boys, mouthing bye, and walked towards Sidharth.

Taking my phone from him, I walked into the washroom.

"Hi!" I answered the call.

I saw my parents and my brother on the screen.

"Happy Birthday, Aishi!" They screamed.

"Thank you, guys!" I laughed.

"How's the party going?" Dad asked.

"It's going really good." I told him.

"Hope you're having fun." He smiled.

"Totally, dad." I smiled back.

"Your gift is waiting at the house." My mom said.

"I told you guys I don't want anything."

"Like we'd listen to you." My dad laughed.

I playfully rolled my eyes at them.

Out of nowhere, Bruce, my dog, barked.

"Bruce says happy birthday too." Zain, my brother said.

"Thank you, Bruce." I said, laughing.

"We miss you, Aishi." My mom said.

"I miss you guys too. Two more months and I'll be there." I smiled.

"We're waiting." She smiled.

"Anyway, you continue partying, we'll call you in the morning. Be safe, okay?" My dad said.

"Yes, dad. Bye guys, I love you."

"Bye Aishi, we love you too." They said in unison.

I waved at them before hanging up.

"Happy Birthday, Aishi!" My friends shouted, the minute I stepped out of the washroom.

"Thank you!" I said, grinning widely.

After the cake cutting was done, Sidharth pulled me to the side.

"They had to leave, but they asked me to wish you." He said.

"Oh. That's sweet." I smiled.

AND THEN IT HIT ME.

"I met Abhishek Sharma!" I shouted.

"Oh my god!" I jumped around, saying the same thing again and again.

What an incredible start to my 19th!

*

College was finally done for the day and I rushed out to the parking lot.

I saw Dhriti leaned on my new car.

A car is what I got as my birthday gift.

I unlocked the car from the button on the key.

"Oh, there you are. Let's go." Dhriti said, as soon as she saw me.

We climbed in and I straight away drove to our gym.

It's been a month since both of us joined the gym. I honestly don't know why, but it's fun.

We reached Kaizen Fitness and walked in with our gym bags.

"Hi Akanksha." I smiled at the receptionist.

"Hi Aishi. Happy birthday." She said, running to give me a hug.

"Thank you." I smiled, hugging her back.

"Hi Dhri." Akanksha said, while hugging her.

"Hey. Is Neel in there?" Dhriti asked her.

"Yup. Waiting for you guys. Better move in there quick." She said, walking back to her spot.

We nodded and jogged to the washroom to change our outfits.

I wore a pair of black sport leggings and an Adidas sports bra. I tied my hair into a tight ponytail. Quickly wearing my trainers, I stepped out with Dhriti.

We jogged in to see only Neel in the gym.

"Sorry." Dhriti said.

"That's the advantage of being the younger sibling. You get away by saying sorry." Neel told Dhriti.

Neel was six years elder to Dhriti.

"Shut up." She said.

"Happy birthday, Aishi." Neel said, giving me a hug.

"Thanks, Neel. Why is the gym empty today?" I asked him.

"Got some cricketers coming for a month starting from today at this timing for upto three hours. So, you'll find it empty for a month." He explained.

I nodded.

After Dhriti and I did some warm up, she hit the weights, whereas I was doing my own fat burn workout.

I was doing squat jumps, when Neel interrupted me.

"You've been doing this routine for about a month now. And what fat do you have to burn, you little kid? You got no fat in your body, go lift some weights now." He said, pushing me to where the dumbbells were kept.

I picked a 2kg dumbbell and started working out.

"Aishi, I will throw that dumbbell on your face. A kid can lift a 2kg dumbbell, try the 5kg dumbbell atleast." Neel said.

"Sorry, I'm weak." I rolled my eyes.

"That's the reason we need to get you strong." He gave me a sarcastic smile, causing me to roll my eyes again.

He gently pushed me down to a bench press and asked me to lift the barbell up.

"Are you serious?" I asked him.

"Very much." He said.

"God, okay."

I tried and tried and tried, but couldn't lift the stupid thing.

"Ughhhhhh!" I tried again.

"Itna pressure mat daal. Potty nikal jayega." Dhriti joked, while on the treadmill.

Neel laughed at her comment while I rolled my eyes.

"Okay, nevermind." Neel laughed taking me over to a pullup bar.

"Oh, I can do this." I said.

I pulled myself up 40 times and stopped when Neel asked me to.

"Good, now let's get you to the lat pulldown machine."

I sat on the seat, pulling the rod down.

At first it seemed easy, but when Neel started increasing the weight, I felt like my body would also fly up with the rod.

"Hey."

I looked up to see the same bunch of cricketers I met yesterday.

"Hello guys. I'm really sorry, but give me a minute, please." Neel said, walking behind me to increase the weight.

"I swear Neel, if you increase the weight I will fly up with the rod."

But Neel being Neel, didn't listen to me, and that's exactly what happened when he increased the weight.

I jerked up, hanging on the rod.

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Translation-

~ Itna pressure mat daal, potty nikal jayega. - Don't put too much pressure, you might poop your pants.