It's show time

                                                                                                                             Mr. Philophobic

                                                      - Arjunan kumar

                                                                                                                               Chapter - 1

It's Show Time :

"This is my day, this is my day", I said to myself before entering the back stage. My musical crew was preparing for our big night ,and Hannah, my best friend made sure everything was perfect. Suddenly , my organizer stormed into the backstage, "we lost our guitarist; he was met with an accident. We are doomed", he shouted and threw his phone on the desk.

"Mr. Solomon, please calm down. We can find another guitarist, we still have 30 mins", I tried to convince him.

"How can you possibly find a guitarist in 30 mins and even if so you do, will he be an expert like you guys? Or can he match your 8 months' long practice?", Solomon bristled in anger.

"Selene", Hannah called me. "I have circulated the message in our college groups and dialed some numbers. Lets hope someone will show up".

"Hello, Goa Institute of Management. Welcome to the 14th edition of Utsav, the magnificent musical concert. This is gonna be a long night, brace yourselves for the musical ride", the anchor commenced the event.

Everyone looked at the door anxiously for someone to show up and save their big night. A man knocked at the door, "Excuse me guys, I saw your message in my college group. Can I take up the guitarist part? I have seen your practice sessions many times; I think I can cope up with you guys", he asked politely. Hannah smiled and handed over the notes to him without even a second thought. I took her aside and questioned her, "what exactly are you doing? We don't even know him and you handing over the notes....".

"What nonsense. He is our classmate, Akshay. He used to sit at the back bench".

"What the hell? We are entering our final year and I haven't even noticed him till now?", I looked at him. He was tuning the guitar strings and going through the notes.

"Even I don't know him until two months ago. He lives in my neighbourhood. He barely speaks to others. But I have seen him playing guitar, he is quite good. Come on, it's show time. Let's hit the stage". I had a word with Akshay before we hit the stage.

"Hey Akshay. I don't know if you can pull this part. But just remember one thing, tonight is very important for me and my crew. Please try not to mess this up". He simply smiled and shook his head. 'Oh sweet jesus. Please help us', I put a cross on me and entered the stage.

My crew gave their best and Akshay drove the audience with his spectacular tunes. His fingers never seemed to rest. In some parts, he deviated from the actual notes and played his own tunes. Though I was angry with his over smartness, his tunes were better than the original. To be honest, he stole the spotlight tonight. After our performance, he just disappeared into thin air. I can't find him anywhere.

"Where have you gone, Mysterious man!"

I reached my dressing table to pack my things and saw a piece of paper.

'Hope I didn't mess up. XD' - Akshay.

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                                                       - Arjunan Kumar.