The idiot

My big mistake

Sometimes mistakes are good.

~Veer

CHAPTER-10

"I love pizza," Aditi said, relishing on the extra cheese barbecue chicken pizza.

"Me too," I said taking a bite of pizza.

She stopped eating and looked at me. "Are not you a pandit?"

I looked into her questioning eyes and smiled. "Yes. I am."

She sighed. "How come you are eating non-veg pizza then? I remember you didn't eat non-veg in school."

"That's true. I started eating non-veg food from college. And, now I can't live without it."

"Your college life is still a mystery for me. You always skip question about your college time." She said, complaining.

I arched my eyebrows. "When did I skip your question? I never skip your questions."

She gave me a dirty look. "Alright...tell me who Yuvika is?"

I was in a good mood (good food always set my mood right). "Yuvika is Arjun's girlfriend." I said smiling. "And my ex-girlfriend."

"I KNEW IT!" She shouted.

Oh Lord! I regretted telling her the second part.

"I BLOODY KNEW IT!" She squeaked. "Tabhi main kahu why she likes your every picture you post on Facebook."

What? She likes my every picture I post on FB.

"I don't know what else you are hiding from me." She whined.

Why did I order pizza at first place?

"I-I am hiding nothing. I have nothing to hide, baby."

"Don't baby me." She said, pointing her index finger at me.

"Alright. I will tell you whatever you want to know?" I said, giving up.

"That's like my baby!" She beamed at me and ruffled my hair. "Tell me everything about your college life?"

I rearranged my hair and smiled. "Before I start I would like you to order one more chicken pizza for me."

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A few years ago

It was first month of the year 2010. I was in second year of college and I have just returned back from college after attending three utterly boring lectures. We had left college hostel after four months and rented an apartment nearly five miles away from college. I was all sixes and sevens when I saw Arjun and Raghav sitting in utter darkness with their eyes glued to their respective cell-phone's screens with headsets on.

Raghav Pawale was a loving person with great lust for life. He was a relatively straight-faced idealist. He was good looking and had broad shoulders and chiseled abs which gave him definite edge over others boys. However, he was one-girl-boy and was in relationship with Neha Salvi since eighth grade. He was our go-to-guy as he loves ideating and troubleshooting. He used to dig deep to understand issues and come up with apt solutions. He was the one people count on anytime for anything. He was extremely positive and once said to me "If you raise your level of positivity, then your brain performs significantly better. Your intelligence rises, your creativity rises and your energy levels rises." On the contrary Arjun Gupta was an in-your-face, street smart guy on the make. He was of average built but his charming looks & flamboyant attitude attracted more girls than sugar can attract ants, which explains the reason behind girls walking in and out of our room every now and then. He was not only a chick magnet but also a trouble magnet. He and trouble went hand in hand and we were always in trouble because of him. His popularity amongst girls resulted in unwanted sore eyes from other boys which in turn bought us more trouble.