The door bell rings.
Aditi goes to the door in her beautiful
red dress. Tony
whistles, ‘Wow! You look great!’ he says.
‘You look handsome too,
Tony.You look different in a suit.’
They are early at the
dance. They talk to Molly and Silvio.
Suddenly, Isha comes
into the room with a beautiful
blonde woman. She is
wearing a very expensive white silk
dress. It fits very
tightly to her attractive figure. Molly pulls
Aditi’s arm.
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‘Look, Aditi. Isha is
with the blonde American woman from
the history class. Her
name’s Dolly. They say she’s very rich.’
Tony says, ‘I like
Dolly and I know Isha likes her a lot.’
Aditi feels ill. She
isn’t enjoying the dance. She is not
happy because Isha is
with Dolly. She wants to go back to
her flat but she
does’nt want to spoil the dance for Tony.
‘Are you ok Aditi?’
Tony’s voice is very kind.
‘I have a bit of a
headache,’ she says.
‘Oh dear. I will get
you some paracetamol and some
water.You sit down.’
Tony walks away and Aditi sits down.
Molly and Silvio dance
and soon Isha and Dolly dance
too. When the music
stops Isha and Dolly are near Aditi and
Tony. Tony calls Isha.
‘Are you enjoying the dance?’ he asks.
‘Very much,’ Isha says.
‘You know Dolly don’t you Tony?’
‘Yes, of course. Dolly,
this is my partner Aditi,’ Tony says.
‘Hallo Aditi,’ Dolly
smiles. She is very friendly. ‘Don’t you
like dancing Aditi?’
she asks.
‘Yes, I love dancing
but I have a headache.’
‘What a pity I hope it
goes soon.’ Dolly seems kind. ‘Isha
says you are a
scientist, Aditi.’
‘That’s right. Aditi is
a very good scientist.’ Tony says to
Dolly. ‘Do you want to
dance, Aditi?’ Tony asks.
‘Yes, I feel better
now.’ Aditi gets up quickly. She wants to
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get away from Dolly and
Isha. Aditi does not like to see Dolly
holding Isha’s arm.
Dolly smiles up at Isha’s face.
When the dance finishes
Tony takes Aditi home. He tries
to kiss her but she
moves away and she opens the door of
her Uncle’s house.
‘Thank you for taking me to the dance.
But, I must go now. I’m
tired.’ Tony nods. He looks a little
upset. Aditi is sorry
but it is no good. She must not go out
with him again. She
doesn’t want to hurt him. He is nice but
lots of girls like him.
It is better if he looks for a different girl.
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