Love at Last Sight (18+)

Chapter - 4

Sanjana's POV:

My alarm goes off and I wake up immediately to shut it off so that I do not disturb my friends.

I had my bath and was confused about what to wear. Do I wear Western? Or do I go Indian? As I looked into my wardrobe a pink pastel suit caught my eye. I grinned internally and wore it.

          Sanjana's outfit ^^^^^^^

After getting ready, I woke my friends up. "Arey please yaar Sanju just 10 more minutes", cried Piggy when I tried waking her up.

Sam and Tara got up eventually and headed towards the bathroom. After 5 minutes I started waking up Piggy again. "Piggy, come on wake up, it's our first day of college and we cannot be late as it will leave a bad impression. Stop being lazy and wake up", scolded Sanjana.

"That is why I named her Piggy, she is as lazy as a pig", said Tara laughing at the situation.

"Oh please, it's not like you are hyperactive all the time. You don't even fill water bottles", reacted Piggy sticking her tongue out at Tara.

Tara snorted and started getting ready. "Sam, what do you think I have to wear on the first day? Any suggestion?", asked Tara.

"As Sanjana is wearing Indian, let's all go with Indian wear today. We would be twinning and could click a lot of selfies", answered Sam smiling at the thought.

All four of us were ready by 8:20 am. We took our bags and started going towards our dorm canteen for breakfast. We had some poha and started heading towards our campus.

"Ugh, I can't walk this is so far. Let's book a cab", cried piggy sulking.

"Piggy, it's only a 15-minute walk and who would book a cab inside the campus?", I replied.

"That is why you need to exercise and walk at least 30 minutes a day. But all you do is immerse yourself in that mobile phone", scolded Sam.

"Ahh, please Mother I don't need a lecture on body health blah blah blah and my real lecture has not even started yet", said Piggy.

I have chosen Electrical and Electronics Engineering as my course and am also going to take Art as my side course. Piggy chose Business administration. Tara and Sam choose Computer Science. 

We started heading towards our Campus. All the first-year students have classes in the same block as there are no core subjects particularly introduced this year. Our timing is also different compared to our seniors. First-year classes start at 9:00 am and end at 3:30 pm whereas classes for the second year start at 8:30 am and end at 3:00 pm.

The timings are different to avoid the ragging of juniors. Tara and Sam bid goodbye and started heading towards their classroom room which is on the second floor. Piggy has her classes on the third floor much to her dismay. I have my classes on the first floor.

As I was walking towards my class, I bumped into someone and I saw all the books that the person was carrying scattered on the floor.

"I am sorry, I was bidding goodbye to my friends and did not check who I was running into," I apologized hurriedly picking up the scattered books.

"Oh, that's alright. Even I was not looking ahead. By the way I am Pranay. Nice to meet you", the person I bumped into introduced himself.

"Hello, I am Sanjana. Great to meet you too. I apologize once again. And which course are you in?", I asked accepting his handshake.

"I am in ECE. I am just heading towards the classroom, by the way, you look beautiful like an angel" replied Pranay adjusting the books in his hand and looking at me.

My cheeks started to turn pink due to the compliment. "Thank you. And am in ECE too". I replied and we both started walking towards our classroom.

I took a seat beside a girl and she later introduced herself as Hema. After a few introduction classes, it was time for lunch. I messaged my friends in our group chat to meet me at the cafeteria.

All of us gathered in the cafeteria but there was a very long line. "Come on girls, let's head out. I don't think I have such stamina to stand in that line and I feel like by the time we reach the counter our lunch time would be done", said Piggy scrunching her nose in displeasure.

we all headed towards the nearest restaurant outside the campus. I ordered Veg thali and my friends gave their orders respectively.

We received our lunch within 5 minutes and we started having our lunch. " wow, the food tastes pretty good compared to our dorm canteen", complimented Sam munching on a paapad.

"Yeah, it's good. We can come here from now on if we do not get to eat at the cafeteria and also it's just a few minutes away from campus", I replied agreeing with Sam.

After having lunch we went back to our classes. Once I entered the classroom I came to know that the entire afternoon would be free as there is a departmental meeting.

I thought to check out the college library in the meantime. "Hey Sanjana, I am going to the Library. Do you want to join me?", asked Pranay.

"Yeah sure, I was also thinking the same. Let's go," I agreed and we both started talking and headed towards the campus library.

I talked about my friends and told him that we 4 came to the campus but chose different courses. Surprisingly he said the same thing that he and his friends chose the campus to complete their studies but were into different courses according to their interest.

"You know, am happy that I at least made a friend with someone from my class", I told him grateful for his company.

Pranay smiled and said, "It's okay. I am there so you do not need to worry", he assured me.

We checked out the library for half an hour. Pranay got a phone call and he came to me and apologized that he had to leave as he had a few errands to run.

"It's okay. Please go ahead. I will go around the campus for a while till my friends join me", I told him and he thanked me for understanding and left.

I remembered, that there were some fruit stalls and a coffee shop nearby when we went out for lunch. So I decided that I would buy some fruit and get a cup of coffee.

As I was about to enter the coffee shop, a middle-aged man stopped me and started requesting money by showing me a printed paper telling me that the money would go to a Cancer Foundation for Kids.

I felt bad about the kids and gave him 500₹. He was surprised at first and later smiled at me and left from there. As I was entering the coffee shop I heard a faint mutter of the word "Dumb".

I looked back and found a person wearing a hoodie leaving the coffee shop.

I shrugged and entered the shop and ordered myself a cup of simple filter coffee and texted my friends to meet me at the location.

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