'Ding dong', the doorbell was being rung continuously. No one wanted to answer so they kept ignoring it. They had slept just a few hours ago and it was morning already. Even the curtains were drawn so that not even sunlight could disturb their sleep. Outside the door, Roshan was staring vigilantly at the name plate of the flat. It was already 9A.M. in the morning and the whole apartment seemed to be woken up and getting to work already. However there was no movement in 16B, the flat on the 16th floor of Sky High Apartments. This wasn't unusual for the neighbors as they knew that this flat was owned by four moron bachelors. Roshan was the girlfriend of Vicky
Vikram Bhadoria
, the apartment owner Ranjeet Bhadoria’s son. There were three other roommates namely Mo
Monty D’Souza
, Addy
Adnan Ansari
and Sukhi
Sukhwinder Singh
, all three childhood friends of Vicky.
Vicky met Addy in class 5th in the Royal International School, the most auspicious institution of the country located in New Delhi. Addy belongs to an upper middle class family whereas Vicky is the son of a renowned multi-millionaire of the country. Mr. Bhadoria never liked his son's friends as they were too poor for him and that is why Vicky always had a grudge with his father. He had stopped attending family gatherings and his father's business parties just because his friends were not treated nicely there. Mo also belonged to an upper middle class family. Sukhi's father was a successful businessman in Ludhiana, Punjab. Even after being from well-off families, all three of them were no match for Vicky's status but money never got between their friendship. Vicky always wanted to be a painter yet his father wanted him to take over family business alongside his sister Ramya Bhadoria, who was 7 years older than him and loved and supported him too much.
The doorbell was still ringing and after 40 straight minutes of struggle, Roshan was going to leave sighing, because she came here to pick him up for his birthday party. Yes, today was Vicky's birthday. It was one of the four most auspicious days of the year for the people in 16B. Yet no-one remembered it before going to sleep. Roshan had planned for a secret date with Vicky and just hinted him to be ready at sharp 9A.M. in the morning. It was a day off for the four of them at the college. Everyone at the Imperial College, New Delhi, knew that none of them were going to show up today. After all it was a routine of the best buddies to celebrate the whole day of the friends B'days.
Just as Roshan was turning around after buzzing the bell for the last time, the door knob turned and a messy looking half-naked Addy was standing at the door with a sleepy head. As soon as he caught sight of Roshan, he was baffled. His face suddenly became red and he ran inside shouting Vicky's name. Vicky stood up straight as soon as he heard Addy's scream. Yes, Addy did not baffle because he was standing half-naked before Roshan but because he reminisced that it was Vicky's birthday today. Roshan knew all of Vicky's buddies and was quite friendly with them so it wasn't a problem standing half-naked in front of her for them.
As soon as Addy left the door open and hurried inside, Roshan barged into the bedroom and saw the other two sleeping over each other and Vicky standing on his toes attentively but with a sleepyhead. He wanted to go back to sleep but he now remembers his promise. He started apologizing and went to take shower and in the next 15 minutes a well groomed Vicky, looking like a gentleman was standing in front of Roshan. At first she became frustrated but recalling that it's his birthday she smiled and kissed him on the lips. Until now all the three roommates had woken up already. They saw the kiss and started coughing in amusement. Roshan blushed and dragged Vicky out of the house holding her hands. In a hurry, Vicky forgot his car keys so he had to come back for them and then they left for their date.
Roshan, the campus diva, yet humble and sweet was in love with Vicky the first time she met him. She didn't pursue him because she knew he was the richest on the campus and could walk around any girl he wants. She was beautiful with a slender figure, rose lips, beautifully shaped body, just like a goddess, yet she wasn't arrogant and never bragged about her figure. She belonged to a upper class family but not even half as rich as Vicky. Being pursued by dozens of handsome men of the campus, she never played with any of them as she was no gold digger. She saw the humbleness of Vicky as his supreme quality. He was so rich yet he never bragged about it or insulted his friends for being poor. This made her fall for someone for the first time in her life. Vicky's friends also liked Roshan as a friend or more as a sister-in-law. She was beautiful, humble and honest with their buddy, so why wouldn't they like her.
Woken up so soon, all three of them freshened up and started planning for the night-out party they had to throw for Vicky’s birthday. There was a local restaurant in Okhla that was opened all night for only four days in the year because Vicky and his friends were a regular and most friendly customers there. It was here that they met Mo and Sukhi in class 10th when they stopped here for shelter during rain. They stayed there for hours waiting for the rain to stop. In the process, they befriended each other. Mo and Sukhi were buddies from school. They went to the same school as Vicky and Addy but never talked to each other. They used to think that Vicky and Addy are too rich to be their friends, so they kept their distance. Now, the rain brought them together. The squad became best buddies at the restaurant and hence it was decided to celebrate all of theirs birthdays at this place. They had a special bonding with the place. They even used to help serve food when the restaurant was short on staff sometimes. All of the neighbor kids of the restaurant owner were invited in the birthday parties for a feast. Most of these kids were orphans and were being looked after by the restaurant owner and his basti members.
The time and venue were all set for the celebration so the three of them went back to sleep at nearly 12:15P.M. in the afternoon when suddenly Sukhi's phone rang. He picked up rubbing his eyes as it was Roshan's call. As soon as he answered the call, his face turned white and he shook Addy and Mo violently to wake them up. Seeing Sukhi's white face they knew something was wrong, so, they snatched away the phone and put it on speaker mode. A crying Roshan's shaking voice could be heard from the other side of the phone. “Vicky has been arrested by the police, I am at Burger King, Nehru Place”, was all that they heard and the phone call ended.