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sourabhi

@katrina_petrova

Voyager

Posted: 11 years ago

Prologue

23^rd December 2027

6:30 PM

Dublin - ITC Maurya (Irish Bar)

Delhi

It was early for Dublin to be crowded but nonetheless it seemed packed more so than usual, most probably due to Christmas weekend, Jodha wondered. She looked at the interior, many things had changed over the years, she couldn't recognize a single bartender, but then again she had changed too, she thought with a smile. Jodha at the wine corner would have been the day the earth dissolved into thin air, but now see sitting amiably in this section without even turning her head to the malt corner it indeed was a miracle. When will this girl come?' she thought sipping on her Dry Riesling. Getting bored she asked the bartender, "how old is this?" "Not that old mam' it's from 2013". She laughed at the mere absurdity of the situation 2013 really' she scoffed. The year she started college, the year it all started, the year her life changed.

"JB yo dude I'm so sorry I'm late" Pearl said sitting beside Jodha.

"Seriously? JB? Yo dude? We are already 32 stop with the nicknames huh?"

"So how have you been?"

"I'm fine, what is so urgent that you had to call at that godforsaken hour?"

"I'm fine for your information" Pearl said pouting.

"So what trouble did you get in? Money? Guy? Drugs?"

"Oi I don't do drugs or guys these days"

"Yeah Yeah right so that is why I had to fly in from Dholavira, because you just wanted to tell me you don't DO guys or drugs anymore"

"Shut up, now listen, there's this thing you have to attend with me, most important moment of my life you can say, so you HAVE to come no matter what" Pearl said with dead serious eyes.

"You want to go to an opium den or what?" Jodha asked with an equally serious eye.

"Dude most people will think I'm getting married"

"No you are not so what is it?" Jodha asked this time sincere.

"I can't tell you before you promise me, you are coming" Pearl said.

"If I'm free and it's not anything illegal I'll come" Jodha replied.

"What do you take me for girl? Everything involving me has to be ILLEGAL?"

"I take you as a fraud for a professor" Jodha replied laughing.

"Okay so you promise to come right it's on new year's eve and I know you are free, it'll be in Delhi only I'll tell you the details later." Pearl smiled her evil smile.

"Something is wrong very wrong, tell me what is the occasion or I won't come" Jodha threatened.

"NO, promise me if I tell you will come, Aaroha ki kasam"

"Okay fine I'll come now tell me what is it for?"

The next words fell on Jodha's head like a bomb,

"It's our COLLEGE REUNION"

Edited by katrina_petrova - 11 years ago

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sourabhi

@katrina_petrova

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Posted: 11 years ago

Index

Pg 1 - Prologue

Pg 1 - Last Farewell

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sourabhi

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Posted: 11 years ago

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Posted: 11 years ago

great concept n nice start👏😉😊

do continue sooonn😳

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sourabhi

@katrina_petrova

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Posted: 11 years ago

Note:

So sorry people I was busy with exams finally got a breather with the new semester kicking off. I can't promise regular updates but weekly sure! So if anyone is still interested in the story let me know.

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sourabhi

@katrina_petrova

Voyager

Posted: 11 years ago

Note: This series does not encourage drugs, alcohol or smoking. But due to the coarseness of the story it is needed. But if it turns you off, I'm open for criticism. And all the characters are fictional; even though inspired from real life experiences, nothing is real. Enjoy the story!

This is more like an intro, the story would go to flashbacks from this point and also flash-forward to present that is 2027!

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The Last Farewell

I remember that day perfectly, the day we had last met, as in all 9 of us, was the day of last exam. We had been happy, bittersweet and euphoric at the same time. That exam had ended was a relief to us, but the fact that we won't be dragging our butts in the morning to college anymore had been bittersweet, but there had been a new start awaiting us which made us euphoric. But there were undercurrents to all that feeling, some unsaid things, some suppressed feelings, some animosity too. But we saw the world with a colored glass right then, it seemed it was filled with endless opportunities and timeless distractions.

We had driven straight from our college in North campus to Mochas near civil lines metro station. In the 9 of us only two hadn't smoked hukka, and I was obviously not in those two! Even though I didn't smoke cigarettes, I had smoked hukka twice before that day and I had liked it. For old times' sake two flavors had been brought in sex on the beach' and the paan'. When it came to hukka or any type of smoking Pearl had been the best. The delinquent in our group, we had called her our "resident badass". I had always said that Niagara Falls came out of her mouth when she smoked hukka. Aishav had been busy making smoke circles and I had been busy taking pictures of it. Aishav was our very own "sharabi", a long story behind that nickname. But we were really close, and I had known that I would miss him. Aish had passed it on to me and as I was setting my mouth piece, I had looked up to the corner where "intro" and "wifey" were sitting tsking their tongues at us. "Wifey" had shot me a look saying I'm-so-disappointed-in-you, I had taken a deep breath of hukka at that and just to spite him I had taken an empty glass and poured the smoke back in it and rolled the glass towards him. He had caught the glass before it slid off the table and slid it back to me. He had got up then and stalked out of the glass cabin, I had wanted to apologize then, I had wanted to say so many things but I had stopped as I remembered the mile long gap between us. I had turned my head towards Sarthak as he had been asking for the pipe, even though he had rarely done anything else he had been a through and through hukkad. We had called him "thak thak", it stood for the sound of beating heart but I had secretly called him "Awkward" all because of our awkward relationship, it too had a long story but I just never had been comfortable around him. Pashmina had been saying something but nobody really listened, which had been a common occurrence, that's why her nickname was "pashu" no one really bothered about her "noises". Pashu and I had not been really that close but I knew in my heart I would miss her "Noises". Ali had come to sit beside me and had whispered in my ears "my nothing' what happened?" I had laughed at that, he would probably be one of the men in my life I would never forget. He was an old flame for me and I was for him. Even though he was known for his playboy skills in our group, we were tight friends. He was nicknamed "Behen ka bhai" because whenever flirting he would always bring up the fact that he didn't have a sister, so we always called him "Behen ka bhai" actually insinuating another slang. That was the reason he had called me nothing' we would always say that we were not friends not siblings we were nothing' to each other. It was an endearment I loved to hear. Last but not least Siddharth had come running, coming a little late, he was probably busy with his debating society. He was my book buddy, for others he was "angrez" because of his looks probably, with hazel eyes and pinkish skin he did look a little British. For me he was my go to person when I read a really bad book, because even though our favorites never matched our worst book ever' always matched. When everybody had been raving about fault in our stars' he was the only one who heard my rants and agreed with me. Now the non-hukkar "intro" Garima was my first friend in college, even though three years later we were not best friends anymore, we were still tight. She was called "intro" because she was introvert but Sarthak always called her "notes" because apparently whenever she had called him up it was only to ask for notes. She was the resident sweet girl and the prettiest also, good in studies. All around nice girl and we all knew many a hearts beat for her in our group. Unspoken feelings were the trend in our group. There was an unspoken rule "Thou shalt not date thy friend of the same group", and there was always that fear of mucking up a good thing, of breaking the group if the other person said no. So we all had kept things bottled up cheered each other when we dated outside of the group. Some were thinking of confessing at least in the past tense, that there was a time when I liked you. But we all had kept silent. But I knew I should do something about my feelings, I needed closure. I decided to at least honestly admit that there was a time I was crazy about him.

So I placed some money on the table paying my part and headed outside after "wifey". He was called "wifey" because he acted like the mother hen of our group always worrying about everything, he was the only one in our group who helped his mother at home chores, he was the counterpart to "intro" the all around boy next door. And I had loved him for two years silently. As I had stepped outside I had seen him looking blankly at his phone. I had known something was wrong. I had stepped cautiously towards him.

"Jalal what's wrong?"

"Huh... Oh it's you"

"You seem upset"

"Yeah I guess I need some consolation Yaar"

"Why what happened?"

"Rukaiya broke up with me"

I had looked on dumbfounded and I knew I couldn't tell him about my turbulent feelings then. The rest of the party came out of mochas by then. Someone shouted "Let's head to Hauz khas Village to make this evening khas!"

Edited by katrina_petrova - 11 years ago