Hey guysđ¤ Had got a nice idea in my mind, so thought i would pen it down for your guys to read.
This FF is dedicated to one of my really good friend ' or should I say enemies cause most of the time we keep fightingđ.
I am not giving any character sketch as i myself will decide that only as the story proceeds i guess đ Till then enjoy reading.
Introduction:
I stood there all nervous and tensed as many strange faces passed by me'. Standing in the middle of that huge crowd all I was trying to find was one face which would greet me with a familiar smile ' but the wait seemed like forever ' when I was deeply lost in thoughts about how I was goanna manage all alone I suddenly felt a hand on my shoulder ' as I turned to see who it was ' A smile spread across my face looking at person standing before me '. My school mate and one of my best friends back then ' By saying back then I meant we have not been in touch since many years.... and here was Sapna standing before me ' Atlas! Someone whom I could just talk to freely without caring about the other person's thoughts for me '
"Your are late" I said breaking the silence after the hugging session.
Sapna who is usually a very emotional kind of girl '. Unlike me I would say ' had tears in her eyes after we broke off from the hug ' hoping that they were tears of happiness ' I just stood there looking at her ' she had changed so much when things came to her looks ' she had become so beautiful '. The black tube top had just perfectly matched with the jeans she had worn.. Making her look simple ravishing '. Well Ms.Riddhima Gupta I guess you have competition now ' I whispered into myself smiling '
Breaking my thoughts abruptly ' Sapna said " Yeah had been caught up with mom dad, you know first day of the college and all .. she had some puja and stuff ' and I had to take everyone's ashirvad ' and on the mere end I had to wait for half an hour to get bus so I had a brilliant start to the first day of my college on the whole" frowning vividly as I laughed on her irritation.
"Guess all the puja and ashirvad did not work for you to get a bus ' lets hope it helps you out in the rest of day at least" I said teasingly and started to laugh all the more seeing her glare at me.
We approached our class with Sapna leading me '.. as she knew the campus better '. I almost tripped over a someone '. Sapna saved me from falling as she caught hold of my wrist rather gripping I would say' but the other person just crashed on to the ground real hard '. This is it Riddhima Gupta first day of your college and you almost successfully killed a girl .. great going 'I told myself ' as I stretched a hand to help the girl '
" Are you fine" I asked in a worried but concerned tone '. The girl just smiled at me taking my hand to help herself off the ground '. Oh god! Only I knew how much the smile meant to me ' I was prepared for a sound trash for behaving like a blind on the first day of my college '.
As she got off the ground standing straight before me ' I could see her twinkling green eyes staring at me with a kind of sympathetic look'.. why was she sympathetic towards me I thought '. Was it because of dress? .. nah! Came the instant answer from my mind' Ridz stop doubting your dress sense '. Or is the make up? '. Come on Ridz you have to apply make up first for her to think it's not fine '. Or was it'. Was it '. Oh God! Muskaan chaddha my Punjabi trekking friend ' how did I not recognize her ' I gave her a breath stopping tight hug '.. Muskaan my buddy ' we had met on a camp and became real good friends ' but she had changed SO much that it was hard for me to even recognize her ' god is she the same girl who had who used to continuously jabber from morning to the next morning non stop ' is she the same girl who was so full of life that she sometimes it made me wonder if I was even living ' is the same girl who managed to not make home sick even once due to her bubbly smiling nature '. And here she was all silent '. What could be the reason I thought '..
Tringgggggggggggggggg''.. the bell rang indicating us to move towards our respective classes '.. You gotta solve the Muskaan mystery later I guess Ridz '. I though in myself as we headed towards our class '.. This was so me ' First day of my college and here I was thinking about the mystery behind my friends grief ' I should have applied to be a detective and not a science major I thought laughing into myself imagining me in a Sherlock Holmes attire '
I and Sapna were in the same class as we both were science majors but Muskaan moved to the room opposite to our's which read "History major" '.. well I did not expect Ms.Muskaan Chaddah to pick history as her major ' I would have preferred if it was a class for "Sports major" ' after all she was so good at all kind of sports I thought as all the trekking days came reeling into my mind '. She has changed so much I murmured to myself as Sapna shot me a glare to concentrate on the class ' As I looked up on what the heck was being shown on the projection that Sapna wanted me to concentrate so much upon ' I saw that our future schedule was being given with a few details of the lecturers and the campus and Sapna was busy noting them down '. Is this the thing she disturbed me from such an important thought?? I told myself with an angry look '
Alas the boring class ended and we followed our princy who was showing us around the campus ' I was searching for Muskaan ' but that girl so much unlike her was no where to be seen ' That girl who easily managed to be in 100 places in one instance was no where to be seen '. That's truly strange I was thinking when Sapna hit me hard on my ribs to concentrate on the words of princy rather than be filled with my own thoughts '
As I was genuinely still filled with thoughts of Muskaan '.. I turned around not noticing a person right behind me and *splash* '. My top was dripping in black coffee and the guy whose coffee had spilled all over me stood there laughing at my condition '. In an impulsive reaction I just went and slapped him terribly irritated on seeing him laugh at me '. And then grabbing Sapna's hand moved out of there '
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There was a huge commotion in the hallway as Riddhima cleared her way out of the glaring, pitying, and shocked looks that people gave her. "This must be the first time someone ever attempted to hit THE Armaan Malik, poor guy look at his cheeks so flush red, how could she even think of slapping him like that" one of the girls said with a concerned look on her face as two girls were gossiping about the incident that had just taken place.
Well not only the two girls, each and every person who existed in the hallway was just going on and on about the slap.
"How could she ever slap ME" Armaan roared out as everyone around practically fell silent. What and who is she to even hit me like that. You gotta pay a real high price for what you just did Ms.Whatever ' your life will be a practical living hell from now ' just see how I play with it. Armaan thought with an evil smile playing on his lips.
"Don't worry Ammy she'll not live in peace from now on" said a girl in short skirts who had her arm around him slightly touching his cheek were Riddhima had just hit him.
"Stop talking and get to work, I want full details of that girl" Armaan said the evil smile still playing on his lips as a terrible plan started bruin in his mind.
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I reached my dorm in a rather gloomy state, as I thought back of that event, I felt real sorry for having slapped that guy like that, after all when your shining white top suddenly turns into a pale brown color with dripping coffee all over it ' all you can do is laugh ' but how could he even laugh at you like that retorted my mind, that insane guy first spilled coffee over you and then did not even have the decency to say sorry and just started to laugh, he deserved it Ridz .. Just chill.. Don't think much about it, I told myself in a consoling way.
Sapna had been in a dizzy state after that incident, so I left the topic there deciding to discuss it later with her. I had met Muskaan only once, as she just came and reassured me that things will be fine and I did not have to worry, she was such a darling I thought, I have decided to leave rest of the things and just concentrate on mission Muskaan sincerely from tomorrow I told myself that in way of taking a pledge.
It was almost near midnight as I sat near the window planning about how I could go on with mission Muskaan. I shared my room with an Italian girl whose half words would never registered in my mind and also after the morning incident she had been too scared to speak to me I guess.
Finally I decided to go to bed as my eyes started to stump down due the sleep that slowly came over me, as I was just going to retire, I saw the same guy, the morning guy, he was playing football with a few kids down the lane, football at this time?? I thought, but who cares it's up to him, seeing him play like a kid with those children I felt a sting in my heart for hitting him so badly, but then again he was being a jerk and not me, so I guess he deserved it, but so much against me I could not help but admire the way he innocently dodged the ball and did not score a goal to let a small cute kid win. Woooohoooooo'.!!!! What the heck is wrong with you Ridzi ' from when did you start developing interest in jerks all over again, and she said those words '. She felt a sharp pain sting her, past is brutal, I'll never fall in love again '. Never ever she promised herself.
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I had gone on my regular morning jog, just hoping that I don't bump into anyone from college, I have had enough of all those weird looks, but then again I had to face it, I guess you do pay for your mistakes, I think I should just go and apologize and end this chapter, can't think any more on this matter. Yes Ridz just finish this off today, just go and apologize to him, it's not totally your mistake but guess this is the only way to stop those glaring looks that people are gonna give you, yeah just do it.
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"She's here," said a guy in faded denim jeans, giving a thumps up to the bunch of people standing on the other end, as Armaan still had his evil smile on as he re-thought about his plan, 'Ms.Whatever your so gone today, pay back time' he whispered to himself.
Riddhima entered the college along with Sapna, Muskaan had to pick some books from the library, so she just left early.
A random girl came to Sapna and asked her for some help with a book she had to buy, so Sapna left with her leaving Ridz all alone. The glares had still not stopped, seems like people have a good memory in here Riddhima thought in herself. She moved towards the notice board to check for today's time table, * bang* a guy on skates had just hit into Riddhima real hard, he lay on her for a few seconds and then just got up and left murmuring something which Riddhima took as a sorry.
She just got up and generally moved towards the notice board, thinking 'weird people and I seem to be the only one banging around into each and every being in here, I think I'll soon get an award for breaking all records of banging into people.' She just took down the class timings and started to walk towards her class, which was going to start in five more minutes, when Sapna came in and joined her.
"Seems like you have become pretty popular on the second day on the college itself Sapna, your charm is working out magically" I said pocking Sapna in a teasing way, as an instant "oh shut up!" came from her mouth, then as I hummed the song 'tera jadu chal gaya'' in a mocking way we headed to our class as Sapna gave me a hard punch on my shoulder.
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I came back to the dorm tears still rolling down my cheeks, how could he? I asked myself, how could he ever play with my emotions and self respect in such cheap way, "why can't I ever be happy god?" I almost shouted looking at the fading sun over the sky.
Sorry for any errors. Hope you enjoy and i promise to make the next part real long. Do ask me for any doubts and stuff. Take care everyone.
Arjun
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