Chapter 1
A small town
in Himachal Pradesh - Manali, India. It was night time and cool breeze was
blowing outside. A small college is situated close to the mountains. Focusing
on the college campus around the dorms area; three girls were standing on the
common ground that separated girls and boys dormitory.
Girl 1:
"Where is she?"
Girl 2: "Let
me guess, she's finishing up her assignment at last minute. As always!"
Girl 3: "You
guys are right." First two girls look at her who was looking up titled towards
the sky. They follow her gaze which lands on one of the windows' on third floor
of girls' dorm. Certainly, they saw a girl, leaning over the window, a pen
touching her gentle lips and huge stack of paper in her other hand. All three
of the girls' hit their fore-head at the same time and shaking their head
disapprovingly, they made their way towards the dorm's entrance.
Continuous
banging on the door made her roommate angry, who was having her 'beauty sleep.'
She yelled, "Can you get the damn door!" Hearing the commotion, she snapped out
of her line of thoughts, looked around and as she realized the situation, she
walked towards the door.
She hadn't
even fully opened the door when her three friends jumped on her screaming all
at once. She struggled out of their grip but their screaming didn't stop. She
crossed her arms across her chest and after bearing them for about ten whole
minutes, she yelled, "SHUT UP!"
All three of
them dropped dead silent in the next two seconds, and her room-mate jumped out
of her bed and looked at her as if she was insane. Her friends screaming hadn't
awakened her but her one yell had done that.
Calming
herself down, she spoke reasonably, "What in the world are you guys doing over
here at'" she paused, glanced at the watch above her bed and continued, "'at
11:00 of night?"
Girl 2 replied
with a dramatic voice, "What are we
doing over here? We?"
Girl 3: "We are over here to remind 'Ms. Ishika' that we are supposed to be at a party at this moment."
Ishika gave
a confused look and searched her brains to remember if they were really
supposed to be going to any party tonight.
Her three
really good friends gave her a look that clearly said, 'Please don't tell us that you forgot!'
Ishika
murmured hitting her fore head, "Oh shoot!" She said a little bit louder, "Five
minutes and I'll be down."
Girl 1:
"Five minutes." Saying so she pointed at Ishika and then behind her, at the
door as if to say 'We are waiting, you better hurry.'
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Two cars
were zooming at full speed at different location on the same high-way, as the
night seeped by the cold breeze started getting chillier. Four young guys were
goofing around in one of the cars' that was a Volvo.
-? Said on a
serious note: "Dude, I seriously can't believe that we are driving all the way
to Manali just for one party."
Guy sitting
in the passenger seat replied, "Speed it up. We have to reach there at least
fifteen minutes before the hand hits twelve."
Boy 3:
"Seriously? If we are just going for a Christmas Eve party, we are having one
at Xi'an too. Why are we traveling six hour long route?"
Guy, who
replied earlier, replied again, "'Cause it's a special invitation."
Boy 4: "May
we know who this special person is who gave you a special invitation?"
emphasizing on the word 'special.'
-? : "You
don't need to know. You're getting to go to a party for free. So just enjoy and
have fun!"
Saying so,
he and the guy in the passenger seat looked at each other and exchanged a
knowing smile.
Shifting off
to another car, ignoring the chilly night, the car was open roofed; a dazzling
blue sports car.
Girl 3: "I
can't believe you would actually forget."
Ishika said
in an apologetic voice, "Sorry! I have an assignment due tomorrow and as you
guys know -"
Girl 2
finished: "- You just started on it today."
Ishika gave
an innocent nod.
Girl 1: "Why
are you even doing it? Tomorrow is your last day here."
Ishika
sighed and getting into an explanation mode, she said, "Well, this is an
important assignment that will determine my classes at Xi'an since its
standards are much higher than our small college."
Ishika
slowed down the car and eventually it stopped as they had reached their
destination. Getting out, she said, "Night, here I come."
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Next Part: Chapter 2
Xx Monal and Khushi xX
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