next day
Sona-sumo in front of their lockers.
Sonakshi:see I have to go to the library today after school cuz of tht stupid research assignment
Suman:ok... I ll go...u ll b at home by?
Sonakshi:by umm...probably 6
Bells ring they go to their classes
After school...its 5:30...sonakshi is busy doing her assignment in library,library is almost empty..meanwhile Dev enters
Sonakshi:[to herself ,loudly]uuhh...tired...ohh gosh...my bus comes till 6:30 only...I have to go at 6...maximum 6...uhhh
Dev:hey,..sonakshi..wht r u doing here...
Sonakshi:huhh...tht bio assigment...did u do it?
Dev:well I ll just copy it
Sonakshi:from?
Dev:umm...YOU
Sonakshi:nooo...saari mehnat main karu and credit tuu le jaye...chal apne aap kar...mein koi copy nahi krne dungi tuje...
Dev:[sits next to her,snatches her book]hahahaha...ab yeh toh tuje mere copy kar lene ke baad hi milegi
Sonakshi:dekh...sidhi tarah se de warna...
Dev:nahi milegii...[apna haath upar kar leta hai]
Sonakshi:[stretches her hand]de naaa...plzz..yaar...muje der ho rahi hai...I have to go by 6...[but Dev is tall enough ...]
Dev:nahiii...
Sonakshi:plzzz
Dev:ek shart par..
Sonakshi:tum jooo bologe mein krungi...plz give it to me plzzz
Dev:mera assignment bhi tum hi complete karna...aur muje kal tak who ready chahiye
Sonakshi:wht!!..yahan mera nahi hua...tumhe apni padi hai...selfish!...listen dekho hum saath mein karte hai...lets divide the work...part A ,I ll do it...U can do part B...
Dev:ok...[they do all the work and its 6:30 now]
Sonakshi:wht the time?
Dev:6:30
Sona:whtt...oooh nooo...my bus is gone...
Dev:so...
Sona:Gosh...how am I gonna go home??
Dev:take a damn taxi ...
Sona:good idea..i l l do the rest at home...bye
Dev:oye ruk...muje sikhayega kaun?[but she's gone]
Now sonakshi is outside waiting at the bus stop and is thinking ke she ll take a bus which takes her to transit center and will come back in another bus tht comes nearby her house...
Sonakshi:ohh god...is getting colder...[use thnd lag rahi hai]
Now thodi der baad dev's car comes
Dev:oye,chal sit!
Sonakshi:nahiii...I ll go by myself in TAXI..Tumhi ne solution diya tha naa...
Dev:chalna yaar...I was just kidding...meri car hai to tu aise kaise taxi and bus mein jayegi...[opens the door] if u wanna sit,u r welcome or else...I m going
Sonakshi[kuch toh gadbad hai...yeh aaj itna mahaan kyun ban raha hai ,...who bhi mere saath...??]ok fine...[sits]
On the way...
Sonakshi: Dev,muje car chalana sikhna hai
Dev:hmm...toh...
Sona:toh kyaa...chalo mein try karti hoon,muje driver seat pe aane do...
Dev:wht ...!! R u gone mad...u cant just start driving...its risky...and...Y noww...go to some classes or something...har baar mein hi milta hoon vehicles sikhane ke liye??...kal jake bologi...helicopter chalana hai...toh kya who bhi mein sikhaunga...!!
Sona:tum sikhaoge...toh ...sikhjaungi...plzzz.yaar...sikha naaa...i really wanna drive...pzlzzz[use hila rahi hai and pushing and pulling him]
Dev:ohkkk ...ook...fine..lets go to tht ground...its empty...v can drive there...
Sonakshi:YESSS...[she's excited]
[they go to the ground]
now sona comes out of the car , dev too...they exchange places.
Dev:See,this is break,here's accelarator,tis is...explains all functions
Sona:haan haan...sab pata hai...muje toh bas chalana..hai...
Dev:ok...lets go straight...take the key push it 2-2.5 cm inside the thing,rotate it 180 degrees and then 360 degrees anticlockwise...
Sonakshi:Math teacher banoge toh achha pay milega tuje
Dev:wht...I didn't get tht
Sonakshi:are...math padha rahe ho ya car chalana.?sidhe sidhe bolo ki chabi ghumao aur chalu karo
Sonakshi starts the car
Dev:okay...listen carefully...drive very very very slowly and carefully,,,no speeding and be calm
Sonakshi:[shaytaani sujh rahi hai]..okay...she is puts her leg on accelarator..and is driving extremely slow.
Dev:oye...fast chala..tortoise ke saath race mein...tortoise kya...snail bhi jeet jayega...
Sona:ok..ok...acha bachu ...dekh tu ab.,[zor se puts her leg on accelerator and zoom...car is going very very fast]...
Dev:oye..ruk...jaaa...meri maa...ruk...jaaa...[she stops][dev haath jodta hai]...rehne de...tu toh meri car ka kabada bana ke chodegi ...chal ghar chalte hai...
Sona:achhaa...sorry sorry...lekin tum thik se batao naa...
Dev:ok now ...lekin pehle v ll have to turn
Sona:la...main kerti hoon
Dev:No man...ruko...I ll turn...cuz u don hav grip over the steering wheel yet...k..come on my side...I ll come there & I ll turn & then u can come back here and I ll come sit here and...
Sona:y do u wanna waste time changing seats...
Dev:okay..then...[dev steering wheel pakadta hai ]
Sona is blank minded,thinking wht is he doing
Dev suddently comes and sits on driver's seat,his half body is on driver seat and his onther half -mostly his leg- on passenger...kaho toh samjhlo...ki driver seat pe 2 pplz r sitting...lol and sona toh puri press ho gayi near the door and her shoulders r compressed by his ,now he steps on accelarator with his one leg ,but sona had her toes on it and he steps on sona 's foot...]
Sona:ouch...kya kar rahe ho...mere toes...uf...
Dev:ooppss...umm...sorry...sorry...sorry..
Sona:puri nail polish kharab kar di...stupid...dekha...shining hi chali gayi...kitni dhul[mud] hai tere shoes main...
Dev:tere ko nail polish ki padi hai,...muje laga..
Sonakshi:kya laga
Dev:laga ki..
Sonakshi:kyaaa
Dev:ki tuje
Sonakshi:muje
Dev:Ohhh gosh...plzz..will u lemme speak the whole sentence...
Sonakshi:ok..ok...whteva!...NOW TURN IT...
Dev:[to himself]order toh aisa mar rahi hai...jaise...car uski ho...aur mere sar pe uske bhade[rent] ka udhar laga ho...gosh...!! This girl!
Now when Dev was turning...sona is getting more and more shifted towards the door...ekdum press ho gayi...
Sona:JALDII..KAR...
Dev:main koi tera naukar nahi hoon...[to himself:.muje toh lag rahah hai...ki...main jhadu -pocha kar raha hoon ...aur yeh orders jhad rahi hai...yeh karo...woh karo...jaldi karo...bohot saara kaam baki hai..]
Now car is U-turned
Sona:ab jao...
Dev:CHOR!!...meri car churani hai naa...
Sona:WHTTT
Dev:toh jane ko kyun bol rahi ho
Sona:ohhh god...I m telling u to go to ur seat...
Dev:ohh...ok
Dev slides to his seat , sona is relieved...
Dev:ok...now ...v ll go straight...see,hold it firmly...not tightly but firmly...keep it slightly moving for balance...
Sona:le...car mein kaheka balance...
Dev:cuz v r going straight...and wheels gotta b straight..in 1 direction
Sona:oh..i see..
Now sona drives at a constant pace and manages to go straight through,,.
Sonakshi:yeeeaaahhh,,...I did it...!!!..i m Sooo Happyyy...Dev...[and hugs him suddenly ,jumping]
Dev:[feels a sudden current]oyee...dur hath[to himself:ohh god...SONAKSHI, it was 9 999 999 999 999 watt jhatka]...kya hai...pehle car ko sambhal...stop jumping and all...u kid...JALDI...FAST...Break mar.!!!
Sonakshi:[[suddenly gets hold of the steering,iiinnnchhh...breaks]:ohh noo...mein toh bhul hi gayi ,ki car abhi bhi chalu hai...excitement...u know...
Dev:[gives a side smile]tu excitement mein aur kya kya karti hai???
Sonakshi:ok so now v hav to turn... [bat talti hai]
Dev:ok...so now,dheere dheere,put break and turn the wheel and then accelarate very very slowly...ok...and don't do it too fast or else the car wud go in a circle...
Sona:ok...
Sona puts her leg on accelarator and slowly turns and then on breaks ...
Dev:aise nahi dekho..pehle[puts his hand on sonakshi's which were on steering and other hand on sona's other hand and slowly moves his hand towards her left and rotates the wheel]
Dev was now constantly looking at him and then his hands ,then him,then his hands,vibrations coming from his hands and going thru her body...
Dev:aage dekho
Sona:umm...huh?...yaa...oohh...okay...[looks ahead]
Dev:[takes his hand off hers]chalo abhi bohot hua...ghar nahi jaana kya...
Sonakshi:haan...lekin I ll drive to my home now
Dev:NO WAY!!..R U KIDDING!!I Didn't even marry yet,no kids nothing...I gotta plan my kids' marriage ttoo...I hop u got the point
Sona:I got ur point...yahin naa...ki ...u wanna marry me?
Dev:whttt...nooo...my point was ke"I don wanna die too earlyyy"...
Sona:hey...don panic..just joking...
Dev:waise,not a bad idea...we can find someone for our kids...
Sona:Shut up...khud ki setting toh huyi nahi ...aur chale...baccho ki karne...don forget...u r still 18...
Dev: and u ?
Sona:I won't tell
Dev:haan.,..sharam jo aa rahi hai...hogi koi 70-80 ki...
Sona:NOOO///I m still 18 ok??/do u get tht...
Dev:oops...y r u getting so angry on tht...so u r 18...hmm...
Sona:wht r u thinking?
Dev:nothing...anyways,when is our graduation picture thing?...
Sona:its probably next week...ask mrs.Baker tomorrow...she handles all tht stuff...
Dev:I didn't even fill the form up...which option r u taking
Sona:option A...
Dev:so,u ll b coming to commencement...
Sona:of course...
Dev:I m taking option D
Sona:r u gone mad...u won't b allowed to get proofs and ordering the pics...u dumbo...and the main thing...u wont b allowed to come to commencement...u dumbo...
Dev:its soo boring man...
Sona:no its not...its exciting...
Dev:yeah...6 hours...
Sitting at one place ...and being called up after hunderred's of students and 2 mins of show,where u go and hav a pic with princi...and tht too...don't u know,they hand u up with a paper and roll a ribbon ...
Sona:thts ur diploma cert
Dev:no its not,its just a simple printing paper...
Sona:haha...thts funny...but ultimately u r gonna get the certi..
Dev:yeah..the only thing tht is awesome there is...
Sona:is?? Wht??
Dev:those girls in grad gowns...oh gos...they looks stunning man.,...I saw the pics of previous grad students...my myyy...those girls...
Sona:ohh...god..u r such a flirt...y do u always think abt girls...?
Dev:tumhara ghar aa gaya...
Sona:ok...bbye...
Dev:cya tomorrow...mera assignment kar lena...I want it ready ...ok...
Sona:teri naukar hoon kya...khud kar lena...
Dev:hmm...tum help toh karogi naa...come at 7 in library tomorrow...
Sona:ok..i ll b there...and I gotta tell u something kool...
Dev:wht?
Sona:tht I ll tell tomorrow...ok...cya..bbye.
Dev apna haath sir pe ghumata hai...and smiles a bit
Sonakshi smiles a bit too
That is the end of chapter 16. 😊
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