Starlet Rivals by Puneet Bhandal

Author:Puneet Bhandal
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781913747923
Publisher: Lantana Publishing

TAKE NINE

“No way!” gasped Sophie as we headed down to get Tara for the weekly Movie Night that evening. “Did Monica know you could hear her?”

“Not sure,” I replied as we passed the Games Room where students were noisily engaged in an air soccer game. “But she basically listed a whole load of things that I’ve apparently deliberately said and done to her. What about all the stuff she’s said about me?”

“Too bad,” said Sophie. “At least Marc was on your side?”

I smiled. “Yeah, he was so sweet. But I still feel stressed out. I hope she won’t be at Movie Night tonight. Then again, I shouldn’t have to avoid her.”

“No, you shouldn’t,” agreed Sophie. “Don’t worry about her. She probably won’t be there anyway but even if she is – so what? Stand your ground.”

Easier said than done. My feet were reluctant to go any further.

“You know what? Maybe I should give the movie a miss. I didn’t even get time to call my parents, and Jaya was meant to call me...” I stopped walking.

“Oh no, you don’t!” stated Sophie, holding my arm tightly. “We are going to watch this movie and take your mind off Monica!”

For someone so small and slight, Sophie could be quite forceful when she wanted to be. I gave in with a little nod and we dashed off, taking a shortcut through the pretty courtyard with its incredible Smart Garden, to the wing where Tara’s dorm was situated. Her room, on the second floor, overlooked the high-tech garden which featured gigantic flowers with petals created out of solar panels.

I tapped on the door. Tara appeared within seconds, holding up the latest copy of FilmGlitz.

“Oh my goodness!” I shrieked. “You got one?”

Apparently Tara had picked up a copy from the library. We ran into her room and pored over the article.

“It’s so stupid,” I concluded. “It’s basically a complete exaggeration. How do they know what I’m saying behind closed doors anyway? Who’s telling them?”

“I’m sure there are moles in the Academy,” said Tara darkly.

“Well, all the article says is that you think outsiders should be given more opportunities,” said Sophie, trying to rationalize it. “Which you kind of said already on Dance Starz.”

I nodded.

“FilmGlitz has just jumped on this because of all the nepotism stuff going on right now and turned it into a ‘war,’” she said, using her fingers for quotation marks.

“I guess so…”

“It’s settled then!” decided Tara, grabbing us both happily. “Let’s go and enjoy the film. Bollywood, here we come!”

The Observatory was a stunning glass dome attached to the back of the main building. There was fixed, curved seating on one side, and a stage plus pull-down screen on the other. It was always the space used when anybody important or famous came to visit, and students were only allowed to use it for events, like Movie Nights, or special occasions, like graduation ceremonies.

The building was magical during the day when sunlight filled the space and even more so at sunset when the sky was ablaze with different shades of red and pink.

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