Chapter 44 Ticket ticket!😆
Nandini and Navya stood in the bus and there were no seats available for them to sit. The rush in the bus is too much and Nandini looked around at the people sitting on the seats comfortably.
"Ticket ticket!!" The conductor was shouting as Nandini managed to catch hold of the iron railing as she leaned against one of the seats unzipping her bag. She took out her little purse in her bag and unzipped taking out the money. Nandini gave the money to the conductor as she said "Two tickets ple..."
Suddenly Nandini felt somebody nudging against her waist. She turned around and looked a guy who was standing just next to her and he was looking away out of the window but his fingers were tracing down her waist. Nandini moved a little to the left as she nervously licked her lips. The guy was having a little smirk on his face as he gave a cheesy glance at Nandini for a second.
"Two tickets please!" Nandini gave the money to the conductor as she cleared her throat. Nandini looked at Navya who was standing a bit far away. "One ticket is for her." Nandini said pointing to Navya.
The conductor continued to walk towards the crowded areas where some boys were standing together. Suddenly Nandini felt another touch on left side and she looked around and saw another creepy-looking guy standing behind her. He was pinching her arm. 😕
The other guy was standing inches away from her. Suddenly she felt the other guy's fingers again on her waist. He started tracing his fingers down her waist as he lightly pressed her waist. Nandini didn't know which way to move. Nandini pushed the guy's hand away and covered her waist with her bag. Suddenly she felt the pinching on her arm as he pressed his nails onto her.
Nandini closed her eyes tight. "Aiyappa...save me...save me from these scoundrels"😕😭
"Navyaa" Nandini suddenly called out as her voice got drowned in the sound of a horn nearby. The horn was quite loud and the bus had got stuck in the traffic area of the city. The vehicles around were jammed in the middle of a network of traffic. No vehicle was moving this way or that way. Nandini was sweating as she continued to feel the fingers of the other guy pinching on her arm.
The sweat, heat and added to it the honking of the horn made Nandini irritated as she angrily turned sideways and used her elbow to give a good hit at the guy who was till then pinching her hand and stamped with all her might on his feet. 😈
"Owww..the man whispered as he caught his stomach and moved an inch backwards. Nandini gave a blazing stare at the other guy as she turned the other way and again got distracted by the sound of the horn. Nandini bend a bit over the seat to look at the car standing next to the bus and Nandini felt as if the person within was Manik!!!
Manik was wearing his sunglasses and continuing to press on the horn getting restless of the traffic on the street.
"Mann...horn bajaane se agar traffic clear hote tho ye sabhi vehicles se horn ke awaaz aate! Look at them, they are so cool about it" Kabir said with a little laugh.
"Shit man!! I'm gonna be damn late today!" Manik said as he looked at the watch.
"Yaar tu kabse late honese pareshaan hone laga?? Kya aaj tere koi exam hai jo tu itne restless ho rahe hai? Aaj tho hamare schedule bhi nahi!" Kabir said with a little smile.
Manik wiped his cheek with the back off his hand and took off his sunglasses and looked sideways. In the scorching heat Manik was feeling restless and he pushed the button and slid down the glasses of the car. Along with the fresh whiff of air that gushed into the car, he felt as if someone was looking at him. Unconsciously, Manik's gaze travelled to look at the bus standing next to their car and a beautiful face..two innocent eyes were staring at him. It was the eyes that he wanted to look into...
"Nandini.." Manik slowly whispered surprised and he couldn't close her eyes...suddenly he noticed Nandini looking at him without blinking eyes and seeing her innocent face a little smile spread over his face. "Am I dreaming??" Manik thought as wiped his forehead with the back of his palm and due to the brightness of the sun...it was not clear.
"Manik.." Nandini whispered and suddenly she felt the guy touching her waist once again.
"Move away man! U guys shouldn't be disturbing the girl! Should I call the conductor over?" Nandini heard a voice and she turned over to look at a guy she didn't recognize. The guy was lean and he was looking with stern eyes at the guy who was touching her.
Nandini's back was turned to Manik and when Manik strained his eyes to look..he couldn't see her face anymore.
"Was it a dream?" Manik thought as suddenly the traffic was cleared and the bus drove past. The car right in front of him was not moving and Manik restlessly started to honk the horn again. "I cannot miss out this time..she was in the bus." Manik whispered softly.
"Miss out?? What man?? U don't miss out on such boring stuff?? I mean like we are going to go and having some super boring time do you know??" Kabir asked raising his eye brows with a disinterested gaze in his eyes.
"Boring?? Like seriously?? You think that attending college is boring?" Manik asked with a expression of disbelief. "College is super-fun yaar! This is our 2nd year and today we'll have some fun with the freshers and you are bored?"
"Man!! U know me right? I just love our music and Fab 5..everything else is boring!" Kabir said restlessly.
"Ya...but today...I'm pretty sure..it'll be fun!" Manik whispered with a little smirk. "Today will be.."
"Haan...tere saare targets na..mujhe pata lag hi jaate hai. Aakhir tujhe jaanta hoon itne saalon se"
Manik noticed the car right in front of him move and he too accelerated the car forward.
Nandini looked thankfully at the guy who was standing right in front of her
"Thanks.." Nandini whispered.
"Mention not! I was watching this for quite some time and those guys were really cheap to do that to you. But after the rush reduced only, I got a chance to get closer to you!" the guy said with a smile.
"I know..but this is too much...I seriously got scared. Thank god! Aiyappa!" Nandini said as she smiled at the stranger.
"Aiyappa?? Are you a south indian?" the guy asked with a little smile on his face.
"Haan I am...how did you know??"
"Yahan pe log Aiyappa nahi bolte zyaadatar. Yahan pe jab kuch hote haina..tho guys and girls kuch words use karte hai..jaise yuck, shucks and the f-word" the guy said with a little laugh.
"F-word?? wo kya hota hai??" Nandini asked with curiosity in her eyes.
"You will know that soon" the guy said with a smile on his face. "So you are madrasi"
"Aiyoo how do U know that I'm from Madras??" Nandini asked with a curious gleam in her eyes.
"Wo aise hai..ke har ek south indian ko yahan pe Madrasi bulaate hai. It doesn't matter which south-indian state you belong to!" The guy said with a little laugh as he held onto the iron bar of the bus and put his other hand in his pocket.
"Nanduuu stop aagayi..jaldi aajaao" suddenly she heard Navya shouting and found her walking over to her.
"Ok..bye..see you later.." the guy said as he took quick steps to walk towards the entrance of the bus.
"Chal jaldi hum classes ke liye late ho rahe hai! Tune dekhe bhi ke nahi ke SPACE ke baahar hum aa gaye the!" Navya said as she pulled Nandini along with her.
Nandini and Navya got out of the bus and standing on this side of the road..they looked at the building standing tall in front of them. On the arched gateway was written.
"School for Performing Arts and Creative Education"
"SPACE...We are finally here...Aiyappa, make this first day truly memorable!" Nandini prayed as she folded her hands and closed her eyes. 😳
The image of Aiyappa in her heart...was smiling and yes...Aiyappa indeed was smiling!😊
Edited by priakachan - 9 years ago
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