As soon as my eyes fell on the pair of jooti... i ran towards them... but even the boys noticed them... I picked up the haara dupatta from the jootis but i felt that someone else was also pulling the same from the other end... i was raised the head and eyes simultaneously to see who was it... it was him... he tried to pick up the jootis while the tug of war was on... so even i did the same n tried to shoo him away from the jooti's... all mine as well as his attempts to grab them were turning into failure... but i had to get them first... it was the question of my image... SHARON RAIPRAKASH never loses...
suddenly from nowhere i saw rey entering n trying to pick the jootis but i could not let that happen... so i let go the dupatta n caught rey's hand... n even swayam did the same from the other end... we were trying to pull rey on our respective side... There is no end to this tug of war if we kept playing like this.. so when swayam's pull was harder i let go my hand off rey and they all fell down... in that fraction of seconds i grabbed the jooti's and from there...
I entered the college premises... jumping through a small window... and even swayam was running after me to get those jootis from me... so i ran even more faster... i kept looking behind while running... i also showed him my tongue.. 'uuulll' types... trying to tell him that he cannot catch me... but suddenly his speed became faster n he overtook me... and tried to get out of his cover... but he dint let me... just then i remembered he was taller than me... so i just bent down a little n got out of his range... n i started running again... he kept chasing me... I ran in the direction of rehearsal hall... he followed him... he kept chasing me all this while... i started to move in the other direction so that i could get out of the rehearsal hall... but suddenly he jumped from nowhere but stumbled n was gonna fall when i felt his arms holding my waist like he would never let me go... we both stumled and my dupatta spread all over his head... i was trapped between him and the wall... there was not even slightest distance between us... he was so close to me but i dint want him to let me go... if we could stay like that forever... was all i could think at that time... i was so lost in his eyes... i pulled the dupatta off his face... so that i could see him better... suddenly i came back to my senses... n i guess even he came... he let me go... n i left... as i was about to leanve i felt him catching my wrist tightly... i felt a current pass throughout... i feeling of his touch... was unforgetable... he pulked me towards him with high force... lost in his eyes again... my breath started becoming faster n heavier... my heart started beating at a double speed... i was so lost in him when i suddenly felt his grip on my wrist loosen... he went a few steps behind... n played a light smile on his face... i still stood there confused why did i feel like i never wanted him lmto leave my hand... why did i feel like if that moment could stop then and there... he still moved behind n leaned his back against the wall n this time when his smile flashed i was like this smile was lost some where coz of me n is it back now coz of me??? i looked at him n then at the jootis in my hand.. and turned around to leave... i glanced at him through the corner if my eyes for one last time i felt my cheeks go all pink n i left from there...
I came down running towards the mandap... suddenly i stopped... glanced behind... i felt so happy... my face had gone all red and pink... cuz that feeling of being so close to him still passed through me... which did not make mad or angry... but gave me kind of pleasure and happiness... i saw him coming... i ran towards the girls n joined them... i showed them the jootis n all were screaming of happiness... but suddenly my eyes went on swayam... he was looking at me... the same old way... i knew he won... he could have taken those jootis n ran but he dint... he let me win... why?? myy happiness?? is he still the same swayam..?? does he still love me..?? do i love him...?? have i started falling for him...?? all these questions kept running in mind... when suddenly we broke the eye contact...
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