Part- 6
Next morning,
N2G- hi chuhiya, teri date kaisi rahi?
G- hey chipkali, meri date to bahut hi achchhi thi, first class, aur ye bata ki tune kya kiya kal? Bre nahi hui?
N- umm...pehle hui thi par Thodi der baad hi Mayank aa gaya tha, usi ke saath baatein karti rahi.
G- oh, waise kya batein kari? [in a teasing tone]
N- kuch nahi, tujhe pata hai, maine uss bookworm ki coffee mein salt daal diya tha, and he even took a sip of it, almost splashing all of it out!
G- tu kyo ye kart rehti hai? Behcara.
N- hello, mere khayal se tu pagal ho chuki hai. I mean, already sam se confession ho chukka hai, phir bhi ma...
G- I'll really prefer to kill you, rather than to listen to your stupid talks. Now if you ever repeat this...
N- ok ok ok, fine, I won't.
G- that's like a good girl.
N- very funny.
G- I was not humorous.
N- ow...whatever.
S- yeah whatever.
Sam and Mayank joined them.
G- Samrat????
N- why? Can't he be here, in the group?
G- no, actually...I meant... [stammering]
N2M- mr bookworm, I think we are not needed here. We are like 'kabab mein haddi'.
M- yeah, chalo, hum kahi aur chalet hain.
S- nahi, tum log kyo jaa rahe ho?
Mayur looked at each other and smiled. Then both looked at Samrat and said
M&N- ye bhi batana padega kya?
They giggled. Nupur blushed. Sam was embarrassed.
N- hey, look, someone is blushing.
Gunjan was a bit startled.
G- huh! Mein to jaa rahi hu. I can't live among these craps.
M- jao jao, hum bhi, I mean mein aur nupur, bhi jaa rahe hain. Sam ko tumhare paas bhej denge.
S- stop it dude.
M- why dude?
S- arghh.
He also started going.
M- haan, koi tumhara intezaar kar raha, nahi, actually wait rahi hogi!
When they went, Mayank looked at nupur who was first smiling, but as they went she became a bit sad.
M- kya hua nupur?
N- [trying to smile] kuch nahi, kuch bhi to nahi.
M- huh! Ab ye dekho. Drama queen ko acting karni bhi nahi aati.
N- wo...mein...
M- mein jaanta hu ki life mein aisi situatins aati hain which make us really sad, but we should not loose hopes, right?
N- right. But they both are so lucky. My god, I wish I also had someone who loved me.
M- you just wait. You will get hold of him, for sure.
N- what do you mean by 'get hold of him'?
M- I won't prefer telling about that.
N- mayankkkkkk
M [thinking] now I have to run, or else she won't spare me.
M2N- nupur, I think I am getting late for my class.
He turned and was about to go when nupur held his wrist with both her arms!
N- mr bookworm, I think we both are in the same class and we both can go together to the class.
M- [thinking] mar gaya ab to.
But to his surprise, nupur didn't utter a word, neither in the corridor nor in the class.
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After their class,
M- nupur what has happened to you?
N- kuch nahi Mayank, I was thinking how to find my prince charming.
Mayank was about to laugh but he knew he shouldn't laugh.
M- dekho nupur, tumhe usse dhoonde ki zaroorat nahi hai, wo khud tumhe mill jaayega.
N- par kaise?
M- jaise tumhari movies mein dikhate hain. The heroins don't search for their heros. They simply get them.
N- yeah Mayank. [she gave a friendly, but hard, punch on his back, almost throwing him on the floor!] you are right. Thanks a lot Mayank.
M- nupur, ye kya tha?
N- kuch nahi bas ek friendly punch tha. Achchha laga na, I knew, I knew.
He shook his head.
M- hey, let's g to our hanging place.
N- why?
M- sajan would and must be there. Don't you want to enjoy some of their leg-pulling when they will be caught red handed?
N- excellent idea dude, for the first time you got such a nice idea.
Mayank gave his sadu look but then had an evil smile on his face thinking it will be fun catching them red handed.
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