Meri Jaan Ho Tum (AK) Part14 / pge 40 - Page 4

Part 2

'waise your very lucky that your in second year.. otherwise 1^st year ke students ki to yeh chutti kar dete hai… ragging kar ke… hai to 4^th year main.. par they do they ragging… after all there the richest and there demands and rules work,' she said angrily. 'So your very lucky.. in ke chakar main nai padii,' she teased. 'Acha ab chal.. tera introduction baad main kara doogi aaliya se.. waise bhi .. your first lecture would start in 15 minutes.. aur baato baato main notice hi nahi kiya kab saare chale gaye'.

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'Bye…' Angad finally kissed his girl good bye and smirked to himself.

'Arre.. Angad.. wo dekh.. kya patakha aa rahi hai yaar..' Prithvi said excitedly. Angad shifted his gaze and saw a girl walking in through the college gates. She was dressed in a simple salwar suit, hair tied in a tight bun with loose tendrils falling on her face; he couldn't help but stare at her beauty. She, dressed so simply, stood out amongst the rest, he thought to himself. He soon recovered and kicked himself mentally for having such thoughts, that too about the girl he's just seen.

He smiled mockingly at Prithvi: 'tera dimaag to nahi kharaab ho gaya… patakha.. aur wo..' he pointed to the girl again, though he himself found her quite attractive, he wouldn't admit it to his friends, that too about a behenjee.

Prithvi stared at Angad and followed his gaze and soon burst out laughin. 'Nahi yaar, wo nai.. wo jo uss ke aage se guzarri abhi.. wo…' he corrected him. Angad eyes fell on a tall girl walking past the girl in the salwar, as he mentally labelled her, wearing a short skirt and a sleeveless top.

'Waisse even she's not that bad… but you know these middle- class..', somehow Prithvi thought all girls dressed in simple suits were from a typical middle- class family. '.. bohat seedhi saadhi hoti hai,…par lagta hai nai (new) hai, pehle kabhi dekha nai usse.. aaj sahi mazaa aaye ga.. chodhe ge nai isse' Prithvi added laughing whilst the rest of the boys joined in, including Angad.

Kripa and Harshini made their way to the college campus. Kripa had to sort out some papers and her mum had personally told her to greet her brother, so she had to go meet Shashank first. Kripa looked nervous, excited and shy, all at once. But she was quite happy about the whole ragging issue. She had heard a lot of stories from her friends back in Delhi about ragging which had scared her. But she was glad she was safe, after all she was in her 2nd year and she had Harshini with her.

Kripa walked and was about to climb the stairs when she heard a wolf whistle. She turned around nervously to see a group of boys laughing and eyeing her. She looked at Harshini nervously as another guy whistled at her again. Harshini smiled at waved at Prithvi and went over to hug him and gave him a peck on the cheek. Kripa couldn't believe what she saw, the girl who had warned her to stay away from them was actually hugging one of the boys. She gave a confused look to Harshini who just smiled back and joined her friend.

Her thoughts were interrupted when a tall figure came and stood in front of her. Kripa slowly lifted her eyes to meet his and swallowed a lump at the back of her throat. 'What's your name?..' the man asked rather arrogantly. She realised this was the Angad Harshini was referring to, earlier she couldn't see his face as his back was facing her. She swallowed hard. She couldn't help but stare at his chocolate brown eyes, her eyes lowered to see his perfect jaw-line and his masculine lips. They slowly wondered to his broad shoulders and his perfect body. She lifted her eyes up slightly, to see his masculine lips again. She noticed that they were slightly swollen, and there was a small red mark on the corner of his lips. Probably from the kiss, she thought to herself and slightly blushed, not knowing why. He was even more handsome in person, she thought. Her thoughts were soon interrupted by Angad's sarcastic cough. She jumped slightly at the sudden noise and looked up to his eyes… scared. Angad knew his affect on girls. He had noticed her checking him out, or rather he thought so, to himself. He touched his lips and felt the lipstick mark and smirked to himself. He gently wiped the corner of his lips with his index finger and winked at her. Kripa felt disgusted, but somehow blushed slightly at being caught.

She suddenly turned around to see Harshini standing next to her, nudging her. 'Chal… late ho jayege..' she muttered and Kripa nodded.

'Ek minute.. madam jee, I'm not finished with you yet', Angad said arrogantly and went a few steps back to sit on his, open- head, jeeps roof. 'What's you name?' he questioned again.

'O.. yeh.. yeh to Kri-', Harshini was interrupeted by Angad's voice. 'tum se baat ki kya.. main in miss se baat kar raha hoon.. kyun moon main zuban nahi hai kya?' he mocked.

'Arre Angad.. samjha kar… I think she doesn't understand English.. speak in shubh hindi yaar..' one of Angad's friends joked again and high- fived each other. Kripa felt rather humiliated and said softly, 'I'm Kripa.. Kripa Sharma..'.

'Kya.. aawaaz nahi aayi.. phir se kaho..' Angad said, holding his right ear.

'M-Mera naam Kripa hi..', she said softly again but slightly louder. Angad smiled and again questioned 'So, are you new here..'. Kripa felt as if she was in the hot seat answering all the questions, with no one to help her out. She was rather angry at Harshini for not telling her about Prithvi.

'Hann.. actually Kripa moved here two days ago from Delhi an-' Harshini again tried helping her friend out, she knew Kripa was very shy and wouldn't be able to handle their questions, even if they were as simple as asking her name. Angad interrupted her.. ' tum se poocha hai kya.. jisse poochoo wohi jawab de..', and grinned at Kripa. 'Aur waisse bhi.. tum late ho jaao hi.. you never know how long this Kripa would take to answer this question. So you can leave, we'll guard your friend to her first class..' Angad said with a glint of mischief in his eyes and winked at a worried Kripa.

'Par why ragging Angad.. she's in her 2^nd year, jaane do isse.' Harshini defended Kripa who couldn't help but stare at Angad… angrily.

'Rules are Rules babe... ragging to hoti hai.. har fresher kii.. and technically MISS Kripa is new here so there aren't any exeptions...' he exaggerated on the word 'Miss'.

'Err.. theeke… Kripa.. they will lead you to your first class.. tere saath main bhi late ho rahi hoon..' Harshini said, then softly whispered, 'Don't worry, he won't do anything.. bus thora teese kare ge aur kuch nahi..' with that Harshini left. Kripa's jaw slightly dropped again at Harshini's words. One minute she tells Kripa about these lafanges and how bad they are and the next she's on their side. She soon got out of her thoughts when she heard one of the boys laughing. She turned her head back to face them and felt rather nervous, all the stories she had heard were coming true.

Angad stood up again when someone made a loud comment.. 'lagta hai madam jee kissi shaadi main aayi hai.. tabhi to laal jora pehna hai..' Kripa could feel her face turn red. She looked up when she was blocked by Angad again. She felt self- conscious at his piercing gaze, and noticed his eyes moving up and down her body. She self-conciously slid her dupatta down her shoulders to cover her chest, followed by clenching her file, which Angad of course noticed and grinned. He again went back to his car and sat there with his friends thinking what to do with her.

Kripa nervously lifted her hand up to look at the time. She thought: o no.. itni late ho gayi, wo bhi pehle hi din main.. patta nahi professor kya soche ge.. aur yeh sab.. inko to zara bhi parva nahi.. na khud koi kaam karte hai aur na hi mujhe jaane de rahe hai..', her thoughts were again interrupted by Prithvi.

'Yaar Angad.. sunna hai yeh middle- class ladkiya bohat acha khana banati hai..' he said eyeing the sandwich box in Kripa's hand. Kripa followed his gaze and noticed she hadn't eaten her breakfast yet. 'Hmm… tujhe chahiye kya…' Angad lifted his hand out to Kripa.. she looked at him confused, 'Pass me the sandwich'. She placed the sandwich in his hands. Her fingers slightly brushed Angad's, she felt a little tinkle run through her spine, and quickly pulled her hand back. Angad smiled, knowing the effect he was having. He took a bite from the sandwich and spat it out.. 'Yuck!.. you call this a sandwich… saare taste kharab kar diya..',

'Nahi… maine nahi banaya.. khareeda hai.' Kripa defending herself at a grinning Angad, and thought: Uff.. What's with this guy..why is he always grinning to himself… samjhta kya hai apne aap ko.. ameer ho ga par apne ghar main.. they have no right to criticize my cooking without tasting it.

'O.. to theek hai.. kal tumhe hamare liya kuch khaas bana ke lana hoga.. aakhir hum bhi to taste kare tumhe… I mean tumhari cooking.' Kripa turned a bright red at his 'kare tumhe' remark.

Suddenly, some footsteps interrupted them. Kripa quickly turned around to find Shashank walking towards her. She could hear the guys muttering to each other whilst Angad's gaze was fixated to her. She heard one of them say, 'bechari.. aaj hi aayi hai aur aaj hi chutti ho jaaye gii.. tutt tutt.. she doesn't know how strict the Dean is.'

Kripa smiled to herself and was glad she finally had a saviour. Shashank walked towards Kripa, 'Hello Miss Sharma.. Its your first day and your already very late... par aap yaha kya kar rahi hai?.' he questioned as he gave a firm look to Angad.

'Er.. wo actually main… main a-abhi aayi hoon.. actually there was a lot of traffic to late ho gayi..' she said apologetically whilst her gaze was fixated at Angad. Shashank sighed, he guessed what would have happened.

'OK.. Miss Sharma, follow me, I need to talk to you…. Aur tum sab bhi jaao class main..' Shashank added in a stern voice and gave Angad an angry look. Shashank was a close friend of Professor Shubhankar, who was Dilip Khanna's younger brother. He respected both Dilip and Shubhankar, but never liked Angad. He was always biased against him due to his bad records with girls. But he had admitted to himself not to judge Angad or treat him any differently, as he himself knew Angad was a great student. Though Angad always messed about and ignored his jobs, he never mixed his professional life with his personal. He attended all his lectures and was one of the smartest students, and had what it takes to be a great doctor.

Kripa followed Shashank up the stairs, giving an angry look to Angad.

'Chal yaar.. yeh to gayi.. ab koyi aur murgi phasaani pare gi..' Prithvi commented.

'Nahi yaar.. I said before, I'm not finished with her yet.. abhi to bach gayi, par kal nahi chodho ga use..' he winked at Prithvi and lughed, tilting his head back.

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'Aur Kripa beti.. Gayitri kaissi hai..' Shashank questioned once they sat down in his office.

'Maa bilkul theek hai bare pap..' She answered politely. Kripa had always labelled Shashank as bade papa as he treated her like his daughter after his wife and his own daughter died in a car crash. However, Shashank was a strict professor and had told Kripa to label him as 'sir' only, as he did not want anyone to think he treats her differently amongst the rest of the students.

'OK.. beta.. you're already very late… you should leave now… your first lecture is on the first floor… just ask anyone on your way, they'll lead you..' he told Kripa. She got up and left, 'Thanks… sir.. .'.

Shashank had wanted to discuss about Angad to Kripa, and tell her to stay away from him. But he decided to do it later, and after all he had no right to stop Kripa from talking to whom she wants, or at least its what he thought.

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Kripa walked through the hallway searching for her class. She looked around helplessly, it looked so confusing. Just then she spotted someone walking away, with their back facing her.

'Excuse me..' she shouted and ran after the person. 'Excuse me.. can you please tell me where I can fin-d-', she suddenly stopped as the person turned around. She let out a small gasp on realising it was Angad, who couldn't help but smirk.

'Er… i-its ok… main ddoondh loogee..' she whispered and turned around to walk away.

'Da*n it!.. what was her name..kya naam tha..' he muttered to himself and finally shouted, 'K-Kripa… wait..' and walked after her. 'I'll lead you to your class,' he took the timetable from her hands, rather snatched it.

'K.. Walk straight from here and it's the first room on your left,' he directed with her hands and smiled. Kripa couldn't help but smile back at him. She was thankful he gave her directions, her first impression of him due to Harshini was bad, but she herself had told her he wasn't a bad person inwardly.

Kripa whispered: 'Thanks', and walked away. Angad grinned to himself shamelessly and followed her quietly once he saw she was out of reach.

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kk… this is part 2.. hope you like it

Next Part: Angad playing another prank on Kripa.. Kripa cooks for Angad

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