That kiss
had sent me to different world. And I loved it. It was the world of sweet
imagination. I was dreaming with open eyes. I was about to enter my room, I
heard Tanay yelling at me. I overheard him and entered my room. I skipped the
dinner as I was more interested in cherishing and relishing all those moments
with Upasana. My body settled at my bed. I closed my eyes and started knotting
my dreams. I was sailing on the boat of
imagination holding Upasana’s hand. The boat sailed on the river with green lushly
trees on both the sides.The whole nature was surrounded with the most
beautiful and colorful flowers. I heard the sweet chirping voice of birds
flying high in the blue sky. I sailed the boat to the shore and held Upasana’s
hand. We both climbed down and started walking through the lushly, shinny,
spongy green gasses. We went to a tree and sat beneath it. She laid down on the
grass and placed her head on my lap gently. I stared caressing her shinny soft
hair with my hands and her fingers clutched mine. I eyes contacted hers and I
just wanted to get drowned in their depth. I bowed my head down and brought my
lips nearer to her’s. She moved her hand at my back and held my neck. We both
looked at each other passionately. She brought her pink lips more close to
mine and were about to touch. Suddenly I heard a bang at the door. I tried to
recall the surrounding in my dream. I was wandering at a beautiful open
greenly place. It wasn’t a room, so how come a door was possible to be banged.
But the bang now became louder. It compelled me to open my eyes. Hell; I went
to open the door with disgust. As I opened my friends came in my room.
“Oye!! kya kar raha hai be…12 bhi nahi baje
aur tu so gaya.” Said one of them.
“Nope… I was
just resting…a bit tired”. I responded.
“Let’s go to
the cafeteria. We’ll have something to eat.” Dennis joined sitting on my bed.
“Nahi yaar… I said I’m tired, and that
means I am tired.” I said making a
dull expression.
“You must be
having something home made. I remember aunty had sent those sweets. Where are
those?”
“We already
ate those…don’t remember, we were caught eating during Madhavan’s class.”I said
to clarify.
“By the
way…where were you whole evening?” Tanay enquired.
“Didn’t Rimsha
say anything?” I asked in surprise although I knew Rimsha’s digestive quality
in terms of these matters.
“Nahi
bhai…I haven’t met her this eve, waise
kaha tha tu?” Tanay said.
“Went to
city to meet a friend…and now you guys leave my room.”I said pushing Tanay out
of my room.
“FRIEND…KAUN SA FRIEND BE? HE OR SHE?”
Again one of them asked.
"Do you guys
think I’m gonna tell you all. Koi bhi ho,
why do you guys have to care?” I answered. “And now you guys go…I really need
to sleep.”
“Chal na be…okay! Have hundred bucks?
Give us, we will leave. We just wanted to go to the cafeteria.” Dennis mocked
I searched
for my wallet and forked out the money. They all went out of the room. Suddenly
Tanay stopped and said, “Dude…she was
just a friend or a date?” I kicked him and shut the door. This is hostel life.
And friends are the best part of this life. They will never let you stay alone.
If you’ll have problem, they will solve it for you and if you don’t, they will
create one for you and will then die to solve it. If you are sad…they all will
insanely make fun of each moment and will compel the smile to return back on
your face. And if you are happy…you’ll get a patent response…party toh banti hai.
I was about
to go to my bed but again was stopped by a knock at the door. I opened the door
and Raj Chawla (the present student’s president) entered.
“Vyom…here's the chess championship coming. You need to contact and manage the teams. And
yeah…do all the needful paperwork.” He said passing me the paper of details of
the upcoming chess tournament.
“Okay! What
about the juniors?” I asked.
“Yeah…even
they can participate. And don’t forget to ask Rimsha. Tell her that we want the
first prize again. It’s really tough to beat her up!” he exclaimed.
“Why don’t
you personally tell her? After all you have good terms with her.” I said but in intention of taunting him.
“Okay! That
will be indeed good for me. You handle others except Rimsha. I’ll talk to
her…and I’ll really love to do it.” He chuckled and left.
I laid down
on my bed and closed eyes to dream again. But I failed. I squeezed my eyes and
tried hard to dream gain, but they had left me all alone. I cursed everyone. I
got up and opened the Labour Law book. But then I thought to chat with Upasana.
I typed- “Hey! Sleeping?”
As soon as I
pressed the send button I realized a blunder. If the receiver I really
sleeping, how could I can expect the person to reply. It was once pointed out
by Rimsha. But still I waited for her reply and my excitement doubled when I
got it.
“No…wid friends…jst
gve me 10 mins.”
“Okay…take
ur time and u can waste mineJ” I wrote back.
And after
ten minutes God showered his grace on me and I got it.
“Hey! I’m
back to my roomJnow u say…wat’s up?”
“Was just
thinking and dreaming about the hangout…thanq Sana! J” I wrote and pressed the send
button.
“Don’t
lie…do you really mean it? I never imagined that it will be so special…and
thank you for coming wid me J”
“Of course I
do Sana…and it was my pleasure to come along with you…u ate the chocolate?” I
asked.
"Nopes…It was difficult to hide it from my
friends. But I handled it.” She wrote back in her reply.
“Did you
like them?”
“Yeah…I did.
And you know, the evening was such wonderful and memorable and the whole credit
goes to youJ”
And to make
myself surer I asked her the same question again-“so, you like the evening with
me???”
If I had
this done with Rimsha…I am damn sure that she would have pissed off and would
have called me ‘Ass’ twice or thrice. But Upasana was taking it in such a sweet
way. Her behavior made me to like her much more. She replied.
“C’mon
Vyom…of course I did. I said that prior even.”
I took a
risk and placed another question-“what if I ask you for another one??”
“Are u
serious? :O”. She replied and it was clear that she hadn’t expected it. I
realized that I shouldn’t be causal but should be careful. So I typed-
“I don’t
think I’m kidding. But I’m pretty much smart to ask a beautiful girl for date.
And that’s because I know I wouldn’t be disappointed.”I just pressed the send
button and heard a loud noisy chaotic sound from outside. I decided to ignore
that and kept my eyes on the mobile screen. But a bang at my door compelled me
to open the door. I asked one of the fellows passing by and was informed about
a fight among two of our batch mates. I then shut the door and came back to
check my cell phone. But there wasn’t any reply from her. I typed again –“u der?” but was disappointed.
I logged in
facebook and found Upasana online. I pinged her-
Vyom :U der?
No reply. I
wrote again- Sana. U der? Is everything
okay ?
But she
didn’t respond. Now I was disgusted. I felt ignored. It’s really becomes so
awful when a person makes you feel so special and the next moment they make you
realize that you are only a simple and regular person in their life. I felt
low. So I decided to hit my bed. I was about to log out when Rimsha pinged me.
Rimsha: hey,
sweetieJ
Vyom: don’t
call that.
Rimsha:
Haww! How can I forget…u are kiddo.my fault. Sorry: P
Vyom:
Rimsha, please…I’m not in a good mood.
Rimsha: ASS!!!!
Perfect for u…isn’t it? :P
Vyom: bol,
wat’s up?
Rimsha: u
know, how mean u r? First u ditched me. And now when I was to ask abt ur
evening wid UR ‘SANA’… u r ignoring me L
Vyom: I’m
not telling you anything about it.
Rimsha: haww L y? C’mon Vyom, being ur best friend,
I deserve to know about it.
Vyom : the
date was fine. Had a coffee. Nothing else.
Rimsha
: coffee and little rub-rub- under the
table.Uh…Huh? :p
Vyom: do you
know what d time now is? It’s 2:00 at night.
Rimsha:
so???
Vyom: btw, Y
are u still awaken?
Rimsha: was
doing an important task.
Vyom: task? :/
Rimsha:
Ass…u think I gonnna tell u…huuuh…pehele
tu bata.
Vyom: Good
nite Rimsha :>
Rimsha: wat’s
d matter Vyom?
Vyom:
nothing, just go to hell.
Rimsha: J
Vyom: why
thisJ??
Rimsha: the
journey to the hell will be so wonderful and exciting since you r coming wid me
;)
Vyom: no
way.
Rimsha:
Wanna go for a walk?
Vyom: at
nite two?? Are u kidding me?
Rimsha:
c’mon Vyom, chal na…plzzz (puppy face).
Vyom: awwJ
but no…I’m going to sleep and thnx Rimz J
Rimsha: of
course my pleasure J Btw,I was watching something filthy :p
Vyom:
Filthy??? What did u just say?
Rimsha: to
know about what I said…kindly read the whole chat. Bye.Good nite.:>>>
That’s the sarcastic grin.
She wrote
and went offline.
I called
Rimsha. But she didn’t pick my call. I
knew she was playing with me. I was about to lie down when she called me.
“Why that
miscall?” she asked laughingly.
“It wasn’t a
miscall…you failed to pick it up.”I replied.
“Vyom…I was
sitting right beside my phone…and you gave me a miscall. So how is Sana?”
She threw another question to me.
“Why are you
so interested to know that?”
“If you
don’t want to share it with me then it’s okay…I’m hitting my bed. Bye. Good
night. And don’t talk to me ever.” She said all these fluently.
A sudden bye, Good night and don’t talk to me
by Rimsha was a signal that she was angry and will soon be losing her temper.
That was my relation with Rimsha. I was well aware of how a mess she can be,
how moody she can be and how to handle her. So I said quickly.
“Arrey, sun toh… I’m unable to understand
her.”
“Sorry?”
She said.
“When she
was with me I found her to remain busy with herself. She hardly talked to me.”
I said sadly.
“Aww L poor Vyom…then?” she sympathized me
saying that.
“Then
returning to college she was extra-ordinary sweet to me. And now…” I was cut by
Rimsha in between.
“And now?
Arrey tell na…” she said anxiously.
“And now she
is again not responding to me…internet is also not working properly here. I just
hate this place.” I said being disheartened.
“Don’t worry
kiddo…these all things work out with time. So give time some time. Things will
be fine.”
“Thanks
Rimsha”
“For?” She
asked.
“For this
phone call…for your care and…”
And she
interrupted again by saying “As I said earlier…totally my pleasure.bye”
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