Chapter 3

Maya drops Aman at the station and goes to college, she is wearing pants and a white shirt, the first few buttons of her shirt are open making alot of boys drool at the sight of her cleavage as she steps out of her car. She walks into the college making a lot of heads turn towards her. "Di aap yaha?" Shreya sees Maya and quickly walks over to her, "It going to be Professor to you, VP sir ki office kaha he?" Maya says looking at Shreya with affection. "Professor?!! Wow, aao me aapko chachu ke I mean VP sir ke office le jati hoon." 

Saying this Shreya walks ahead showing Maya the way to the office, after knocking Shreya walks in with Maya in tow, "Sir someone was asking for you, apparently some new professor" Shreya says playfully. "Shreya tum bhi na, chalo jaldi se jao tumhari class ka time ho gaya he warna firse detention milega" He says looking at his niece. "Firse?" Maya asks sternly, she doesn't like tardiness, "Woh me jati hoon" Shreya quickly runs off before Maya could scold her. 

"Kitna darti he tujse" VP sir says shaking his head, "Galti karegi toh daregi hi na" Maya says as a matter of fact. VP sir sighs, "mene college ki GS ko bulaya he, she will show you around the college, like I said before, you can't bully any students here Maya, agar koi complain aayi toh I won't think twice before showing you the door" he says sternly. "Dad me kya koi Hitler hoon? Me kyun bully karungi students ko." but she doesn't sound convincing. 

Knock, "sir aapne bulaya?", "Tum?!" "Aap?!", "tum log ek dusre ko jante ho?" VP sir asks surprised seeing their reaction. "Sir she isn't a good person, inke pas gun he, aap police ko bulaiye" Taani says pointing at Maya, "Oi are you saying that I am a bad person? Tum ho kon-" Maya advances towards Taani but seeing Taani clench her eyes shut because of fear stops her midway.  "Maya, behave. Taani she is a police officer, maybe that's why tumne gun dekhi hogi iske pas, she isn't allowed to have a weapon in the college don't worry." VP sir says to calm Taani down, police?!! Taani thinks to herself and thn not knowing what to say she just looks down.

"Oh, ummm aapne muje yaha kyun bulaya he sir?" Taani says looking down. "Maya is going to be taking Prof Mehra's place for a few months until we find a permanent replacement for him, I want you to show her, her cabin and the college."

"Okay sir" Taani says, "Dad are you sure koi aur student muje college nai dikha sakta?" Hearing Maya call VP sir dad shocks Taani but thn she gets angry, "kyun? Me kyun nai dikha sakti aapko college?" She asks angrily. "Ese baat karte he professor se yaha?" Maya also looks at her angrily. "Get out both of you, muje bahot kaam he, Taani show her around the college and Maya stop being so rude".  

They leave the office, "Ek baar kahungi, you better show me some damn respect, I am older thn you and your Prof, warna" Maya says as soon as they are out of earshot of her dad, "Dhamki de rhi he aap muje? Meri marzi me kise respect doon kise nahi, aur na aap Prof se zyada koi gundi lagti he" Taani retorts back irritated by Maya's rude behavior. "Me gundi lagti hoon tumhe? Screw dhila he kya tumhara?" Maya doesn't know why she is letting this girl get on her nerves. "Aapka toh sahi he na screw? Toh chaliye, yeh raha aapka cabin, me ja rhi meri class he" without waiting for a reply Taani quickly leaves.

'Ajeeb ladki he, tameez naam ki koi cheez hi nai he' muttering to herself Maya checks out the cabin. 

'Taani tu pagal ho gyi he kya teri zabaan par kabu nai rehta kya, gun he uske pas, hey Krishnaji kaha phasa diya aapne.' Taani thinks to herself while she sits in her class. 

"Hi" Shreya says seeing Taani entering the classroom, Taani seeing her takes a seat next to her, "Hey, Prof late he kya?" Taani asks as she had been expecting to be late but she spoke it too soon and the Prof comes in (its not Maya). After the class ends Taani goes to RH to check on the dance teams progress. 

"Hi guys, VP sir wants to see your NDC routine in the evening" Taani says walking in, "Taani you can't just say these things at the last minute" Sharon says, "Sharon please don't tell me the routine isn't ready yet, you guys have one job right now and thats to prep for the NDC" Taani feeling frustrated. 

"Taani Sharon theek keh rhi he, you should have informed us sooner" Swayam says taking Sharon's side, "Bhai muje abhi message aaya he sir ka, jese hi pata chala aapko inform karne aayi hoon" Taani says feeling cornered with angry stares from everyone. "Guys stress kyun le rhe ho, we have 3 hours, come on bas thode se steps baki he, let's start working it out" Rey says seeing Taani getting upset. "Okay I will leave you guys to it" saying this Taani leaves. 

Taani is muttering to herself while walking and not paying any attention where she is going and BAM, she collides with someone hard and they both fall down. "Fu*k, yaar tum sach me aandhi ho kya?" Maya groans in pain, Taani had fallen right on top of her, Taani hearing Maya's voice quickly gets up, "aap, aap dekhke nai chal sakti?" Taani retorts, Maya gets up, "Ek toh galti khudki uper se mujpar chilla rhi ho? Chalna nai sikhaya bachpan me kisi ne?" Maya replies back rudely, before Taani could reply Shreya comes in, "time out, time out, Di- I mean Ma'am aapki class start hone wali he and Taani apni bhi, chal" saying Shreya drags an angry Taani away. 

Isko toh me dekh lungi, Maya mutters to herself and thn walks into her first class, sees Taani and Shreya sitting next to each other, Taani is glaring daggers at her which just makes Maya glare at her right back. 

"Good morning class, my name is Maya, as you all know Prof Mehra due to some personal issues had to quit so I will be teaching you guys from now on for a few months, any questions?" Taani raises her hand, "yes Miss GS, what is your question?" Maya asks with clenched teeth. "Are you sure you are qualified enough to teach us Professor?" Taani asks cheekily shocking everyone as they have never seen Taani behaving like this with the authority. Shreya tries to shush Taani but Taani doesn't listen, "You think you are so smart right?" Maya feeling a bit impressed but doesn't let it show, "Well I am a topper and you didnt answer my question ma'am." Taani replies confidently, "well its a good thing that I don't have to answer to you, sit down and take your books out everyone" saying so Maya starts teaching.

Taani is surprised to see how efficiently Maya is explaining the problems, Taani's eyes slide down from Maya's face towards her open button and the hint of cleavage thats on the display, she quickly looks away when she realizes what she is doing but not before Maya sees her checking her out. Maya smirks seeing Taani's red face, "So Miss GS, care to repeat what I just said?", "Huh? Woh umm-" Taani is saved by the bell and she rushes out with Shreya following her.

"Are you okay Taani?" Shreya asks concerned, "haan muje kya hua he? Woh I have to accompany VP sir for the NDC routine check, me tumhe baad me milti hoon" saying so Taani leaves. 'Were you really checking that rude Prof out Taani? Have you seriously lost it?!!' she slaps her forehead and shakes her head to remove any lingering thoughts. 

Flashback 

Taani is 16 and Swayam 17, "Bachcha tu yaha he? Me kabse tuje dhundh rha tha, tu roh kyun rhi he? Kisi ne kuch kaha kya?" Swayam asks kneeling down next to Taani in concern. Taani shakes her head but start crying harder, "Taani chup ho ja, muje bata toh sahi ki hua kya he" Swayam says trying to calm her down, "nahi, you will hate me" Taani says hiccuping with tears streaming down her face. "I could never hate you, you idiot, ab bata bhi de kya hua he warna me gudgudi karne lagunga" Swayam playful threatens thinking maybe that will stop Taani from crying.

She hugs him tightly instead, "pehle aap promise karo that you won't tell anyone" asks Taani, "Taani, tu dara rhi he muje, do I need to bring a shovel or something to hide a body?" Swayam asks, "I like boys" Taani says, "okayyyyy?" Swayam says breaking the hug because even though he is a very supportive brother but he doesn't really want to talk about his sisters attraction towards guys. "But... But I also like girls" saying so Taani starts crying harder again, Swayam doesn't know how to process it and seeing Swayam quite Taani thinks the worse , "I am sorry bhai, I am sorry", "Taani shant ho ja tu pehle, ese royegi toh you will get sick" saying so he gently wipes her tears, "aap mujse gussa ya disgusted nai ho?" Taani asks feeling surprised at his gentle behavior. 

"I could never be disgusted by you, are you mad? Haan I am not that comfortable with all this but I am not comfortable with alot of things, this just means that I will have to watch out for girls as well as boys from now on, I am not letting any creep near my sister, be it a girl or a guy but I am proud of you for telling me this." Swayam hugs her. "Thank you bhai, I love you" Taani says hugging him back tighter. "I love you too bachcha but tu thoda aur time na meri bachchi hi reh, you can date after you are 30 or something, theeke?" Taani breaks the hug and laughs at him shaking her head.