{{Recap: Manthan and Laksh were standing on the terrace of Neev's home..}}
Manthan was looking out and was in deep thought....Laksh noticed his silence...
L:Manthan...
Manthan didn't hear...
L:(loudly)Manthan...
M:Hmmmm......(in a small voice..but not in his senses)
L:(in a loud voice)Sneha...
M:(turns around)Kahan...?
L:(laughing)Kaun?
M:(smiles)Laksh...Bataao,kahan hai woh?
L:(naughtily)Manthan....Tell me...You are in love with Sneha...right?
M:(shyly)Haan.....I love her...How did you find out...?
L:I didn't find out...Kt did..And we heard you talking to her about holding her hand in the theatre..Chakkar kya hai dosth?
M:Oh...You know..When she was sitting near me...I don't know..I couldn't control myself...Her arm was brushing mine..Her hand was placed on the arm of her seat...My hand was close to hers..and...you know....I suddenly grabbed her hand...(looks at Laksh guiltily)
L:(smiling)and what did she do?
M:(looks down)She panicked and loosened her hand from my grip...After that she didn't even talk with me or look at me...
L:But don't worry dude...Kt thinks that she also loves you...
M:(excitedly)Really....!!
L:She is not sure though...She said she will ask Sneha about it.....
Neev came with their drinks....Laksh and Manthan told Neev all these things...
N:(excited)Par kab se Manthan?
M:Pata nahin kab se...But when Laksh asked Sneha for a dance on Prachi's b'day party,I felt bad...I didn't know why...Slowly I realized that I am in love with her...
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Meanwhile in the girl's hostel
Sneha and Kt reached their room......Their room mates had gone for dinner...Kt went to take a quick shower since she felt really exhausted after such a long day....After her bath,when Kt came out ,she noticed Sneha standing at the window staring outside...She hadn't even bothered to change her dress...
K:Sneha...
S:(startled)What??Oh..you finished bathing?I didn't see you coming....
K:(smiling)Sneha let me ask you something(comes closer to her)
S:(confused)What?
K:Do you love Manthan?
S:(in a surprised tone)KYA??
K:Sach bataao Sneha...Mujhse chupaane ki koshish mat karo...
S:How do you know...?(smiles and again looks outside the window unable to face Kt)
K:(turns Sneha's head to face her)Woh sab chodo...Tum bataao toh sahi...(smiles)
S:Haan...I think I am in love...Par pata nahin kab se...I've seen Manthan looking at me many times....you know...in a romantic sort of way...At first I felt really awkward...Slowly I also fell in love with him...I couldn't tell you because I didn't know what will you say..I thought you wont believe me,if I say that about him....What do you think?Does he love me..?
K:Toh ye baat hai...Haan...Mujhe bhi aisa lagta hai ki woh tumse bahut pyaar karta hai...Maine bhi aaj notice ki thi,uske aankhon mein tumhare liye pyaar..
S:(shyly turns away and smiles)Sach..??
K:Much!!(laughs)
S:(excitedly)And today at the theatre, he tried to hold my hand...I was startled and took off my hand from his grip...But he told sorry to me afterwards..said that he did it unknowingly...
K:If you love him so much,then why don't you tell it to him...Becharaa Manthan...Usse itna tadpaathi kyun ho?
S:Kehna toh hai...Par pehle usse kehna chahiye...
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Sunday morning
The time was 9 am....All the first years were waiting near their two college buses..Kt,Laksh,Sneha,Manthan,Prachi and Neev were standing together away from the others....
Kt:(looking at the watch)They said that we will be leaving at 9 o clock...Where are the
teachers...?
M:What's the hurry Kt?The whole camp is going to be boring...
S:How can we say that its boring without even going...?
M:(suddenly looking at Sneha with a surprised look)Oh....!!
L:At least we are all together....We will rock the camp...Hai na Kt?(putting his arm around her shoulders)
K:(pushing him away)Go away Laksh...The teachers are coming....
T1:Goodmorning all..I am Mrs.Kalpana Kapoor...You can call me Kalpana M'am....I am the head of the Social Service club.All of you come here...Now listen to me...We are going to a village area which is at a distance of 150 km from here and will be camping there for a week...The objective of this camp is to help the villagers by cleaning their surroundings,proper disposal of wastes,conduct some awareness classes about "Enviromental pollution and keeping their surroundings clean"....I am sure you will all enjoy this camp...(to the next teacher)Explain them the rules Mrs.Varma....
T2:Goodmorning..I am Mrs.Suchitra Varma....I will explain the rules to be followed..Firstly,all of you will be seated in the bus in the alphabetical order of your names...You are all coming from various departments and you must get to know each other since you have to work together..So we decided your seating arrangements so that you will not be with your classmates...After reaching the camp also you will be divided into various groups in the order of your names....Each day,different tasks will be alloted to different groups, for which points will be given...At the end of the camp,the group with the highest point will be rewarded...Everybody should get up at 7am in the morning and should work till 7pm in the evening.....There will be breaks for breakfast from 9.30-10.30 am, for lunch from 12.30-1.30pm and for teatime from 4-5pm...Everybody should be in their beds by 10 p.m....All these rules are to be strictly followed by everyone..Now lets start our trip....I will call your names and one by one you will get inside the bus and sit according to your seat number......
The teacher began to call their names and one by one they got inside the first bus..Laksh and Kt were wondering whom they will get seated with when the teacher called Kt's name..Kt looked at the others and got inside the bus and sat in her seat which was near the window....Then the teacher called Laksh's name...Kt was delighted when Laksh came and sat near her...After two other names,Manthan's name was called and he came and sat in the seat in the next row in front of them....Another girl came and sat near Manthan...After sometime that bus got filled...Then the students began to get inside the other bus...Neev, two other boys and Prachi got their seats in the back row of that bus...Sania and Sneha got their seats together..After all of them got inside the buses,they started from their college........
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END OF PART 14......
WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN AT THE CAMP??IS THERE ANY CHANCE FOR SOMETHING EXCITING??DID YOU LIKE THIS PART?
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Naina
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