a modern day parav os ( chap 8-23) - Page 13

Arjun turned around slowly...his eyes met with his eldest cousin duryodhan along with all his brothers...arjun grumbled he really dint need this right now

So cousin,its so wonderful to see you here ... While his eyes indicated the exact opposite..displaying absolute hatred

Arjun smirked I wish I can say the same thing for you bhaiyya...but I cant, so I wont...

Dhuryodhans eyes flashed dangerously...arjun winced if he had the slightest grain of common sense , hed be running in the opposite direction now... He knew he could shield himself , but he couldn't take satyaki with him...

Duryodhan grabbed Arjuns elbow,,watch your mouth Arjun,you do realize bheem is not here to protect you ..arjun laughed what makes you think I need protection...??

You do know that even the dean is on my side Arjun...

Well ... Frauds live together I heard..

How dare you little...

ahem! both of them turned around...

it was krishna , for once arjun was grateful to see him, he opened his mouth to say something when krishna gestured him to shut up, arjun winced but dint say anything , krishnas gaze flickered to duryodhans he merely looked at him not choosing to say anything which was actually even more scary ...they heard hurried footsteps...his brothers had arrived on the spot too , Arjun met nakuls eyes and then flicked his eyes towards satyaki..nakul immediately nodded , he and sahdev put their hands around satyakis shoulder and led him away from the commotion...

Bheem was fuming...arjun giggled ... fights between these two were always fun...though his eldest brother dint seem to agree , vainly trying to calm everyone down , he was failing

Duryodhan gave them a cold glare, turned around and stalked off..with as much as as magnificence he could possibly muster, which much to arjuns annoyance was quite alot..Yudhi turned around and smiled at Krishna, thanks ... he said krishna nodded stiffly..bheem nodded his head to him and walked off and yudhi ran behind him , probably to try calm him down...

Arjun turned around too look at Krishna,there was an awkward silence...

Arjun knew he should probably say thanks...but for some reason he was tongue tied.he opened his mouth once or twice..then turned around and ran behind his brothers

Satyas locket was not in arjuns hands as he left the room..immersed in thought...

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Arjun came down for dinner,That had to be the most explosive day he had ever had at college..sitting down for dinner...they all tucked in with his mother jabbering away about how nice their neighbour was..the table was unusually silent...young age rivalries were still fresh in their minds..and meeting duryodhan had woken up all these feeling all over again...arjun sighed he was missing something...he looked at his brothers...why did he get the feeling that they were hiding something from him??

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After dinner Arjun wearily dropped into bed...he went to get his laptop from his bag when he noticed something different, his blood ran cold , and he could envision a huge stone coming and hitting his head, wincing he tipped his bag upside down in the hope it will be there somewhere inside. it wasn't there. well desperate times call for desperate measures ... he tiptoed outside the room...the whole house was in a bliss of silence...he turned around and opened his cupboard rummaging for a torch which he soon found...taking the torch with him and puling a jacket over himself arjun sneaked out of the house in the dead of the night to go to his college ...

he soon reached the college...arjun was surprised for walking he had been remarkably fast.. he rushed inside and reached the entrance of his class, the locket was lying on the ground,arjun sighed in relief , clasping it behind his neck and tucking it into his shirt, he was about to leave when a high pitched scream tore through the night