High school sweethearts... (#Wattys2017)

(Revealing the unrevealed)

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 Chapter-68

(Revealing the unrevealed)

“Hi Aj…” Nisha said walking towards seating area in the stadium and I followed her.
I just looked back and found kuchupudi dance is done and all the dancers are slowly walking down the stage, along with them whole stadium was getting emptied .Within a time span of 15 minutes whole stadium left us both alone with another girl sitting right in front of me and John standing behind me.

“She is Sushma” Nisha said pointing towards the girl sitting right in front of us and I quickly exchanged a smile.

 I probably lost all my voice looking at Nisha after so many days. It was like looking at a dream instead of dreaming a dream. I starred at her with my mouth completely.

“So, how are you? How is your life? You people are doing Engineering obviously you will be enjoying. And… any new girl friends?” Nisha asked Giggling.

I don’t know what to answer her; I don’t even know whether she heard me saying I love you to her. I can’t be naïve saying I love you again to her. I feel she changed not only in her beauty but also the way she used to behave. Yes I know change is the essence of life, but this drastic change of becoming everything to nothing was pushing me into dark.

While I was introspecting this, Nisha said distracting my thoughts “We are getting late. Can we start walking out?”  

“Yaa...” I said with my voice coming out from a buried throat and I corrected immediately saying “Ya,” clearly.

We both along with Sushma walking in front and John walking at back started to walk out of the stadium.

It is truly magical to see your lost girl friend after many years; it is like finding a dream which dream would love to dream for a life.

I kept continuously starring at her without uttering a single word and she reflected the same.

Finally we reached the stadium gates where we need to disperse.

“Why don’t you come along with us till my home?” Nisha said with a low tone.

“Ya… I will” saying I looked at John signalling him to leave home.

As Nisha’s home is about 8 Kilometres away from stadium, I immediately hired a 3 seater auto. Both Nisha and Sushma adjusted themselves at the back seats in the auto and while I was sitting in the front beside auto driver, Nisha caught my hand and said “Come back, we can adjust.”

I moved back and sat beside her.

“Why are you not speaking anything?” Nisha asked looking into my eyes.

“Why are you so beautiful?” I reflected back a question and she smiled and said “not more than your engineering girls.”

I think Nisha is obsessed with whole of this Engineering thing. She keeps on comparing and thinks Engineering is excellence and highest above everything but the bitter truth of engineering is known and understood only by an Engineering student, It is like grass is green on other side.

I was hesitant to sit beside her as the distance between us grew in this 2 years 8 months and 3 days.

“Truly Aj it was good seeing you again.”Nisha said with a smile on her face.

 “I feel 10,000 times of what you feel now Nisha.” I said in low tone so that anyone other than us listen what I said.

Her face turned pale but she smiled and said, “It’s really nice to meet old friends and do you remember all those silly things? I completely feel foolish and childish remembering all the mischief we did those days.”