When Love Is In Air

chapter 2

The chapters 2,3 and 4 are a little introductory in nature....the real story starts from the 5th chapter..but the above mentioned chapters will help the readers to link the story.. :)

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MAHI

Mahi is the youngest daughter of her house.Her father is a maharashtrian like everyone else's in our group but her  

mother,Vismaya aunty, is a gujarati.It was Mahi's mother's sister who had lovingly named her niece and so her  

name mostly bends towards Gujarat.The Pradhan family is just like my family.They are very welcoming to the changing 

times.Mahi has a big brother,Niel who studies in the U.S.A.Though Mahi misses him very often,she is truly happy 

that he stays away for one reason.Whenever he is home,he continuously insists her to come to Washington for higher  

studies.This angers Mahi to the core.Mahi has often expressed her wish to clean up the Indian political scenario and this makes it clear enough that she will want to stay in India. 

As far as I know her, she will never leave the country to settle in some foriegn land.Not even if its in her benefit.So whenever her brother starts his 'come to Washington' blabber, she either changes the subject or the room itself. 

 Mahi has had a hard life.Five years ago,that is when we were in the 11th grade,her first boyfriend,Nishant broke  

up with her because he liked some other girl. 

Unfortunately,she had had begun to think him as the 'love of her life'.The break up affected her so badly that poor Mahi  had a high fever for almost a month. 

The doctor recommended her to stay at home for a week or so in order to recover.But Mahi had turned physically so weak that she had to spend the whole of the next month at her home. Our college did not recognize a 2 month medical leave and she had to leave the college inspite of holding a rank amongst the first five toppers of the college.

Thus,Mahi had to give her 12th exam privately.The 12th grade exams are considered very crucial for moulding one's career in India and so we thought she might stress herself  alot thinking about her future. But she accepted whatever fate had restored for her and thats actually not what everyone is able to do.

Now, Mahi is again back with her usual hilarious self.She has forgotten Nishant completely and is again venturing out for finding her better half.

Now that are college years are over we do not get together as frequently as we did in those days.Last year on farewell,we all had cried as if we were leaving each other forever and could never meet again.Now our work places have replaced our college and the time that was reserved for friends has reduced to a large extent.But every Sunday is our day of reunion.There is hardly any Sunday when we do not meet.This is the only reason for why life seems to have changed only a little.

I have been noticing Mahi and Adi during our reunions.And whenever you look at them,the same scene is seen playing.Adi will whisper something to Mahi and she will giggle to it uncontrollably.Most of the times they can be seen in their own world, laughing and talking and again laughing.I bet this is noticed by the others too because it fails to be the otherwise.I had mentally made a note to ask about this to Mahi But it always slips off my mind.How amazing if they are together or atleast thinking of being together!We can readily give them the needed 'push'.That is if they need one.

Aditya had come in our lives during our graduation year.He was a new student then.I was the one who had made friends with him first and had introduced him to our gang of girls.He soon became a good friend of ours.Netra introduced him to Sameer too,her boyfriend, but Sameer was not in our college so Adi still longed for a male company.Ours being an all girls group, he naturally was caught in some awkward situations.

Once when we were having our lunch together,the very intelligent Mahi  burst out that her bra strap was slipping off her shoulder over and over as it was loose and she badly wished to remove it and throw it off at once!This statement earned her three pairs of staring eyes but the idiot as she is,still did not realise that Adi was with us and she had put everyone in an awkward situation.It was when Adi coughed that Mahi was embarressed and said,'Oh.Uh s-sorry.'

After that incident Adi stayed away from our group.He started hanging out with his newly made male friends.It was during the last year's college festival that he had become a good friend of mine as we were working for the same department.He eventually rentered our group at the end of the year.After the final exams,Sameer and Adi became best friends as they began meeting more often then.Now our group is complete with its members being me that is Ria,Netra,Abha,Mahi,Sameer aka Sam and Aditya aka Adi.