My brother's best friend - ff (New thread updated) - Page 47

It was a quiet day at the VJN University. The students were busy with their lectures and  their level of concentration did increase, it being the start of the year and all. Majority of students had resoluted to score good marks this year, since their previous year record wasn't that good. But the gang was working in a completely different direction.

Two days had passed since the freshers party and the gang was busy in the elections preparation. The girls were busy making the posters, and had to make a large number of these in one day, since they were being destroyed by the rival team. The boys were excelling in the art of multitasking, largely because the first match of the inter-college cricket tournament was just eight days away and the even elections were undeniably near.

Sameer had never regretted a decision more in his life. Seriously what was he thinking? Elections and the cricket tournament together? That too when he is the bloody captain? He would have refused very skillfully, but two almond shaped eyes were looking so expectantly at him, that he could not just refuse. Truly speaking, he can never refuse her. 

Whatever the situation was, the decision was taken and it could not be changed, so all the people involved took active part in the preparation work. The boys balanced their election work with the cricket practise, with an unquestionable talent. 

Every day, the team reached the cricket pitch at 6 am sharp and practised non-stop, with specific emphasis to the balling and fielding. It was a relief that the batting was kind-of-okay. The practise roughly continued till around 11 am, after which the boys went to the canteen and munched some snacks with the girls. Then they prepared the posters, and convinced the other students to vote for them. It had become their routine since one week.

One such ordinary morning, the boys were in the Red Rose eating their delicious samosas.

"Arey shit, class ka time ho gaya hai. Hum toh bhool hi Gaye the" Preeti exclaimed and slapped her forehead.

The girls got up and quickly took their bags when Sameer said,

"Lekin tumhari class toh ek ghante Baad hai na"

"Ha Lekin aaj principal mam ka surprise lecture hai" Naina answered and the three girls hurried out of the canteen.

Sameer was extremely dissapointed and he cursed the principal in his mind. He was having such a nice time, staring at her perfect, creamy breasts. But no, the old woman had interrupt his fantasies. He huffed and went to the samosas. But a girly voice interrupted him yet again.

"Hi Sameer"

Sameer sighed irritably and looked up. But, Sunaina had already seated herself beside him by now. She looked at him dreamily and continued,

"You know Sameer, maine suna hai ki tum elections mein part le rahe ho. That's such a good news. But I wish tum mujhe yeh batate" She 'tried' to sigh sadly, but failed miserably

"Anyways, yeh tum sab chhoddo. I think tumhe election campaigning mein help chahiye hogi. Ab as a friend, I want to help you out. Main aur Mitali tumhare saath hai."

Sameer looked even more irritated by now. He quickly said,

"Dekho Sunaina tum..."

"Yeh toh tumne bahut accha socha Sunaina. Tum sach mein kitni acchi friend ho humari." Arjun interrupted and gestured Sameer towards Kartik, who was sitting at the adjacent table, and was eyeing the lack of proper distance between Sunaina and Sameer, with a look of pure hatred

Sameer immediately got the point, but he didn't look too interested in the plan. He still remained silent. But Sunaina was escatic.

"Oh ha Arjun I know. Toh main kya help kar Sakti hoon." She asked excitedly.

"Tum aaj Ek baje music room mein milna, wahin saari baat kar lenge" Arjun said rather loudly, so that his voice was sound and clear at the adjacent table.

Sunaina looked at Sameer one last time and went away with Mitali.

At 1 pm sharp, the boys and the girls were present at the music room, doing their preparations. After about fifteen minutes, Sunaina entered the room and her outfit was quiet less, than what it was in the morning. Her skirt seemed to have been shortened to her thighs, and her top was strapless. Mitali too came with her, and both were smiling. 

Preeti and Swati glared at her clothes disapprovingly, while Munna simply diverted his gaze. Pandit concentrated on the posters, and Sameer just rolled his eyes. Naina looked at her said,

"Sunaina tum yahaan, umm... kuch kaam tha kya"

"Kyu ab tumse puchke har jagah jaungi main", Sunaina exclaimed with attitude and glared at her.

"Woh sirf pooch hi rahi thi tumse. Aise baat karne ki koi zarurat nahi hai Naina se." Sameer said. He looked extremely angry now.

Sunaina looked shocked, but she immediately changed her expression and fake smiled.

"Ha ha, main bas thode bure mood mein thi. Toh kya karna hai"

"Sunaina tum inn ladkiyo ki posters banane mein help kar do." Arjun instructed her and went back to his discussion about the election campaign with Sameer.

Sunaina didn't find the work too interesting, but sat with the girls nonetheless. The boys were having a fantastic discussion ten minutes prior, but now it seemed impossible, thanks to the present banter.

Every now and then, Sunaina found it extremely important to instruct the girls about how they should write more clearly, improve their handwriting, make the alphabets darker and choose some lighter background; without proving much help in the preparation work. Preeti was wholeheartedly arguing with her, Swati was listening to their conversation, while Naina just ignored her.

Seeing that Naina was not following any of her 'useful' suggestion, Sunaina got angry and said,

"Aese banaogi elections ke posters. Na koi class hai aur na koi colour hai. Kitne bure lag rahe hai yeh. Main jaanti hoon ki tum mein style ka sense nahi hai, but atleast koshish to karo. Yeh tumhare Behenji standard ke posters har jagah nahi chalenge." 

Naina had tears in her eyes by now. Sameer was extremely angry and he finally snapped,

"Sunaina tum khud toh kuch kar nahi rahi ho aur us bechari par Hukum chala Rahi ho. Agar itna aata hai toh khud hi Bana lo na, main inn teeno ko kuch aur karne Ko keh deta hoon. Aur ha, humare posters ab tak sabse best lag rahe, yeh teeno bahut mehnat kar Rahi hai inn par. Tumhe zyada problem hai to jao yahan se.

Sunaina looked dumbstruck and immediately muttered a forced apology, remarking that the content written was good, so the colour and style didn't matter much. Naina smiled at Sameer, while he significantly calmed down after being subjected to her extremely infectious smile.

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Barely six days before the cricket match, the principal dropped her RDX.

Well, it was an ordinary morning at VJN, and the gang was working tirelessly on the posters, when they got the news that the principal was about to give some important information regarding the elections.

Fifteen minutes before the arrival of the principal, around three-fourth of the college was present at the conference area, though majority of them weren't interested in the news at all, but the fact they could roam around and gossip with others, forced them to assemble.

As far as the gang was concerned, Munna and Pandit had arrived long back. Sameer and Arjun quickly finished giving some instructions to the team members and arrived. The girls too came quickly, after finishing their lectures.

Finally, the principals came, along with the other teachers. The students quickly quieted down. The teachers headed towards the podium and the principal spoke,

"Good morning students. I hope ki aapke lectures aur other activities acchi chal rahi hogi. But aaj ki announcement ka topic yeh nahi hai, topic hai upcoming President elections. I am glad ki aap log elections ke liye itne excited hai, aur itni bheed jama hui hai, and I want all of you to vote in the elections, aur aap log candidates ki campaign mein bhi help kar sakte. Candidates ki list notice board par hai, please check. But I don't want ki aap log candidates ko sirf unki popularity ke basis par vote karein, I want ki unko apne potential ke hisaab se vote mile, so saare candidates ko parso ek introductory speech Deni hogi, about what they aspire to do for the college. Dhyaan rahein ki elections se kuch din pehle bhi ek aur speech hogi, jismein aap apne proper goals ya promises highlight karenge. But introductory speech mein aapko apna introduction aur aspirations batane honge, taaki voters aapko jaan sake aur samajh paaye. Speech parso theek 11 baje hogi. Thank you and Best of luck."

With that, the principal exited the conference area, leaving behind a large group of gossiping students, and a very frustrated Sameer Maheshwari. First the idea of election seemed so wrong, and now, after learning about the speech scheduled for day after tomorrow, it seemed even more wrong. How was he supposed to prepare for the election speech when he has so little time? And that too when he had his big match barely six days later? 

The gang left the place and immediately went to the Red Rose for further discussion. They sat down at their table and Munna had just stood up for taking their orders when Sunaina and Mitali arrived too. They sat down beside Preeti, much to her dismay. Sunaina spoke,

"Sorry main late ho gayi. Speech ki discussion shuru karte hai. Aur Munna mere aur Mitali ke liye do cream roll mangwa Dena" 

"Na aati to bhi koi farak nahi padta" Sameer said through gritted teeth and Arjun immediately glared at him. Sameer mouthed a 'sorry I forgot' and again asked the orders.

"Toh kaun kya lega ek Baar phir se repeat kar do"

"Mere aur Mitali ke do cream roll" Sunaina told.

"Bhai hum bachpan se saath hai, phir bhi har baar poochta hai. Mera, Arjun aur Munna ka samosa" Pandit informed while Sameer just grinned

"Mera sandwich aur Swati ka cream roll."Preeti informed.

"Theek hai toh Munna tu ek sandwich, teen cream roll, teen samosa aur do pav bhaji likh de. Saath mein aath campa cola aur ek Mangola." Sameer finally told.

Munna immediately went to give the order and they all sat back and began discussing. But Sunaina interrupted,

"Sameer tumne Naina ka order nahi liya?"

Sameer became frustrated at being interrupted again but answered nonetheless,

"Woh last ki do pav bhaji mere aur Naina ke liye hi thi. Aur ek Mangola bhi wohi peeyegi"

"But tumne toh usse poocha bhi nahi"

"Toh kya hua. Pav bhaji uski favourite hai, aur waise bhi woh campa cola nahi peeti. Sirf Mangola hi peeti hai." Sameer told and looked at Naina, who nodded. Naina smiled, 'He knows everything about me'.

Sameer went back to discussion, while Sunaina looked very irritated. He knows everything about her. Without even asking, he placed the order for her and the way he smiles at her! She became extremely angry and nudged Mitali who just gave her a understanding nod.

The food arrived and all started stuffing themselves. Munna and Pandit were busy stealing from each other's plate, while Preeti was sharing her sandwich with Swati. Arjun was telling off Munna and Pandit but Sunaina and Mitali didn't face such problems, since no one paid any attention to them. Sunaina's focus was fixed on Sameer, who was busy ordering extra pav for Naina, despite her protests.

"Sameer mujhe bhookh nahi hai"

"Naina chup chaap kha lo. Subah bhi theek se nahi khaya tha. Agar yeh nahi khana toh, cream roll ya sandwich mangwadu?"

Naina thought that eating extra pav was better than eating an entire sandwich or cream roll and immediately settled for the pav. Sameer grinned triumphantly and ordered pav for himself and Naina. He even put extra butter on her bhaji, much to the chargin of Naina. 

Sunaina glared at them and nudged Mitali,

"Aisa lag raha hai ki thodi der mein haath se hi khilaane lag jayega iss chipkali Ko"

"Chodd Sunaina, isse koi pyaar-wyaar thodi na nahi karta hai. Thode dinon mein bore hoke chodd dega. Waise bhi iss Behenji mein style ki sense nahi hai, tera aur uska koi mukabla hi nahi hai"

Sunaina was satisfied with her friend's explanation and went back to eating her cream rolls. However, she still didn't like how Sameer was ordering things for Naina, and forcing her to eat. He didn't even ask for her order. He already knew!. Even now, he was squeezing a lemon in her bhaji, while Naina was enjoying it's sour taste now. He wasn't even asking her! Has he memorized all of it, and that too for this Behenji?

Majority of them had finished eating, and then Pandit finally spoke up,

"Yaar ab toh khana-peena bhi ho gaya hai. Ab batao iss speech ka kya karna hai"

At this, nine voices heades to nine different directions, with less or no particular regard to each other's views. Munna and Arjun were fighting over the best slogan for election parade, while Pandit was arguing with Preeti about if they should start the speech with "Mere pyaaro doston" or "Respected Principal and Teachers". Swati was busy breaking their 'necessary' argument, while Sunaina and Mitali were discussing their outfit for the big day, since they were a 'very-important' part of Sameer's team. The said person was telling Naina about how he didn't wanted a deliver a speech in the first place, while the latter was listening to him quietly.

Finally, Swati had had enough and she stood up and shouted,

"Chup karo saare ke saare. Aise jhagda karne se kya speech jaldi ready ho jayegi. Dekho ek kaam karte hai, hum sab ke sab ek speech likhenge aur woh Sameer Ko denge, use jo bhi acchi lagegi, woh use bol dega. Simple"

It wasn't that 'simple' since, the eight previous voices came back to action and began telling their own problems. Munna was telling how writing such a long speech was meaningless and they should simply pool their ideas and make a speech at the end. Preeti was telling how writing a whole speech was a rather long task and she is very 'busy'. Pandit and Arjun had their own problems about how their handwriting wasn't that neat and how they can't find any good words. Sunaina and Mitali were discussing that they are very busy because they had to select their makeup and shoes. Sameer was still telling Naina about how delivering a speech was useless and how he can't choose one speech from all the other, since the other people will feel bad that their speech wasn't chosen.

Swati slapped her forehead and shouted again,

"Dekho speech toh sabko likhni hi padegi. Sab ke sab kal subah tak apni speech Sameer Ko denge. Yeh Final hai, ab bakwaas band karo."

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If Sameer thought that he will have any problem choosing a speech out of others, he was proved very wrong the next day.

Arjun's speech barely had anything except the very-long elaboration about Sameer's cricket achievements till date. Pandit's speech was filled with grammatical errors and Munna's piece of writing couldn't be called a speech since it contained only 'catchy' slogans, with very little text. Preeti's speech had only his name and little information, though she claimed to have worked the whole night on it. Swati had filled two long A4 sized pages, though the content wasn't that good. Sunaina's speech was filled with her concern about the lack of style in college and Mitali's speech was about the more free periods they should get. 

Sameer grew extremely frustrated after reading their speeches and decided to write the apology speech instead, which he will give to his friends after losing the elections. It was three in the afternoon and and the college was about  to end, still his speech wasn't ready. He was however still curious as to why Naina's speech never turned up. This problem was solved when he saw Naina sitting in an empty classroom, the same one where they became friends.

He saw her from the door and observed her for a while. A smile reached his lips.She was reading a piece of paper too carefully. After every interval, she did some corrections in the text she wrote and played with a strand of her hair. Her eyebrows furrowed everytime she encountered something dissatisfying. Sameer felt a strong magnetic field around him. He came inside and sat on her adjacent bench. He eyed her bare neck and her long and beautiful hair. He cleared his throat.

Naina immediately  looked up and concealed the piece of paper behind her back. Sameer saw this, but tried to ignore it. He finally spoke up,

"Tum gayi nahi abhi tak. Teen baj rahe hain Naina"

"Bas abhi Jaa hi rahi thi Sameer. Umm... kuch padh rahi thi."

"Waise Naina tumhari speech kaha hai. Sabne di hai lekin tumne nahi di"

Naina didn't speak anything and started fidgeting her hands behind her back. Sameer understood and immediately jumped to snatch the piece of paper from her.

 Naina was shocked. She tried to get the paper the back, but Sameer held it up and no matter how much she tried, she couldn't reach the height of Sameer. She gave up at last and Sameer lowered his hand and read what she had written. A shocked expression reached his face.

"Yeh tumne likha hai Naina."

"Ha, lekin sorry utna accha nahi hai. Mujhe likhna nahi aata. Tum doosri speeches le Lena" She began blabbering and Sameer tried to quiet her down. When he wasn't too successful after all, he came forward and kept a finger on her pink, plump and rosy lips.

Sameer felt her softness and juiciness and trembled. He could now experience how plump they were and how his finger was in heaven. If only his own lips replaced the bloody finger...

Sameer took back his finger and cursed himself internally. "He is definitely not having a nice and fantasy-less sleep tonight".

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The big day arrived and more than half of the college arrived in the conference area. The principal was seated on a desk, kept in front of the stage and the students were bustling around her. Finally JBR arrived and started with the event.

"Good morning students. Aaj bahut bada din hai. Aaj teeno candidates apni introductory speech denge. So let's start with Mohit Rana"

Soon Mohit started with his speech and majority of his speech was concerned with his good academic record. Majority of the crowd was extremely bored with his stupid boasting and he got only a few claps, that too from the topper section of the college. 

The next was Karthik, who smirked at Sameer before going to the podium. His gang of losers shouted the slogans of "Karthik hi jeetega", followed by shouts by Munna, Pandit and Arjun. His speech highlighted that he was the trustee's beloved grandson and each vote will help the college. His speech was comparatively well-taken by the crowd and he got a good lukewarm response.

Finally, Sameer's turn came. His gang was shouting the slogans like " Hum to Baazi maarenge, humare Dushman haarenge", "Humara President kaisa ho, bilkul Sameer jaisa ho", "Jab tak Sooraj Chaand rahega, Apne bhai ka Naam rahega". The chants quieted down after he reached the podium. Sameer glanced at Naina and began,

"Good morning respected Principal, my teachers and my dear friends. Jaisa aap sab jaante hi honge, Mera Naam Sameer Maheshwari hai, aur main aapki college cricket team ka captains hoon. Mujhe zyada speech-veech deni nahi aati hai, lekin main yeh speech apni taaref karke kharab nahi karunga. Main iss college ke liye sach mein kuch karna chahta hoon. Kuch alag aur kuch effective, jo pehle kisi ne na Kiya ho. Mera pehla target hoga ki main Aaa sab tak pahuch sakoon. Main ye koshish karunga ki aap sab Apne talent Ko Pehchan sakein. Yeh bahut zaroori hai taaki sabko Barabar ka Mauka mil sakein. Phir main college mein individual respect par dhyaan dunga. Hum sab ek Jaise nahi hai, hum ek dusre se alag hai aur har ek ko respectful atmosphere milna chahiye. Lastly, college mein individual relationships ka dhyaan rakhna bahut zaroori hai  Chahein hum topper ho, ya sports mein acche ho, ya competitions aur speaking mein, hum sabko ek dusre ki problems aur skills ki knowledge honi chahiye. Kisi Ko bhi khud Ko inferior ya kisi se Kam feel nahi karna karna chahiye. Main kisi Ko kisi ke liye vote karne ke liye force nahi kar Sakta. Bas mujhe ek chance dene ke liye request kar sakta hoon. So please, make a good choice, even if it's not me. Thank you"

P.S- Happy New Year to all of you!!! Ab toh present mil Gaya, happy?

P.P.S Pls thode detailed comments. Maine party se update diya hai yaar.