Unexpectedly

Taking it easy

Divya was annoyed. No. She was absolutely pissed! Mr. Jha was literally glued to her side, checking a thousand times if she was still there and not disappearing into thin air.

What conspired a night ago has shaken the staff more than the victim. So they were stuck to her like a leech for the whole trip. And all her journey ended up on a sour note when the teachers finally informed her parents what happened and they? It is obvious what happened. She was grounded, well 'safeguarded' for the whole summer.

She didn't even get to talk to Vijay about anything much. Why? Because she was too hesistant *cough* shy *cough* to text him. And calling was another thing. The random 'hi's' and 'good nights', 'good mornings' were common. Sometimes the conversation would extend to an hour or so, but neither of them did anything out of ordinary.

One day, Vijay did ask her something out of the ordinary.

'Where was your college again? '

'Delhi'

'Yeah but where? '

'It is near the new market. You will know it when you google it. '

'Okay... '

But she let that slide thinking it was something random.

***

"Try this! " Jhanvi passed the chocolate milkshake which she was enjoying. Divya sipped enthusiastically as its creamy taste relished her taste buds.

"Mmm.. " She hummed.

"Hey! Don't drink it all! " Jhanvi pushed Divya away, who giggled with a mouthful of the yummy delight.

"Ah! What can I do? It was heaven~" She squealed.

"Wasn't it? It would have been tastier because that was MINE! "

" What? You offered. "

"And I want something in return. Like-" Jhanvi snatched the spoon from Divya's hand and took a spoonful of her ice cream. "This." And ate it.

Divya was flabbergasted. She took her spoon back, looking at the large portion of her ice cream missing.

"Now we are even. " Jhanvi wiggled her brows at Divya, who was looking at her bowl with pitiful eyes. But she chuckled nevertheless.

"This is amazing. " Jhanvi sighed. " I was afraid that I would go crazy before I could meet you! Dr. Naik is a pain to deal with."

"Yeah... we also have a teacher like that. Fortunately, she isn't teaching us this year. It's like every university has this one teacher every student hates! "

"I agree. But what about your mom? I thought after that Paris incident she wouldn't allow you to go outside? "

" I thought so too! I was even reluctant while planning this but she said that as long as I am with you, I can go. " Divya remembered how worried her mother was when she learnt about the whole event. She was scolded and grounded at first. Yes, a 22 year old grounded. But slowly she was able to convince her mother that she would be fine. Of course that event gave her mother another thing to worry and taunt her about.

"I wish others could join us. " Jhanvi was missing everyone from their old crew, especially the ones from her school. And so was Divya.

After finishing their desserts, they rode Jhanvi's scooty and ventured here and there, clicked photos and enjoyed until it was starting to get dark. Jhanvi dropped the sad pouty girl off to her home, her long brown hair in a bun.

"See you! "

"Bye! And don't forget to send the photos to me!"

"YUP! " Jhanvi shouted as she rode away.