Just A Crush?

13. Bad Day

Have you ever felt an urge to slap a person hard on their cheek but you just can't do it as you need that person's help. Have you ever been stuck in such a situation where you have to choose to jump in a deep, vast blue sea behind you or a soil pit in front of you? But then you analyze that jumping in the sea would only prove detrimental to you as actually no one would come in middle of the sea just to extricate you from drowning. So naturally, you are left with only one option i.e. to jump in the soil pit. So without thinking anything else, you close your eyes and straight away land into the soil pit only to feel thousands of wiggly and sticky insects around yourself. Just imagine how awful that will be!

So my dear ladies and gentleman let me introduce you to the ghastly situation which at present is embracing me. Right now, I am in the canteen, waiting for the biggest jerk the world has ever seen aka Vivaan Sanghvi. Yes, we decided to bunk the lecture to have a serious talk and that's exactly what we have done excluding 'the serious talk' part. He had proclaimed to meet me in the canteen in exact five minutes making an excuse of discussing something important to his cricket coach. But this donkey remains true to what I call him, 'a jerk'. Like seriously, who in the right senses makes such a pretty girl wait for 23 minutes!! But then, it's Vivaan we are talking about. Even if I get paid, I can't say this horrible lie of Vivaan having right senses. Sometimes I really suspect his so unusual, mentally unstable behaviour. Maybe, just maybe his mother might have dropped him down on his head from third floor when he was a two month kid. Or maybe, a coconut would have fallen on his head, creating a huge crack in his skull or an ant might-arghh.... Aaru, take a deep breath and give a halt to your such absurd thoughts.

I glanced at the elegant and slim watch that rested on my wrist. It's 27 minutes now. I had nothing to do. Battery in my phone was draining with a lightning speed. I set the timer of 15 minutes in my cell phone. If he does not show up in fifteen minutes, then I am leaving. I cannot miss anymore of my lectures. I squinted my eyes to scrutinize any point of interest around me but all in vain. So I decided the best, to keep my head down and sleep.

"Baby, no need to dream about me anymore. I am right in front of you, so you can open your eyes and fancy my bewitching self", the usual overweening words ran through my ears. I lifted my head and gave him a bored expression.

"You are so modest Vivaan. You are the most bewitching person I have ever met. My eyes are so pleased!" I sarcastically remarked.

"Well, thankyou", he smugly replied.

"It was sarcasm dude."

"So now you calling me dude huh?" He playfully said, his lips curling into his trademark smirk.

"Look, I am least interested in spoiling my mood further by tolerating your nonsense. So better we get straight to the point."

"Ditto."

" Look, I have been observing Rohit's behaviour since a week. He seems to be boomed out and all. I also tried to talk about Suhani but he very successfully avoided it. By pressing on the subject, I got to know that they are on a break. And this is affecting Rohit very badly. I don't know what's the matter with them, but I guess it's something serious. They are acting like complete strangers and none of them has made a single effort to mend the things. I can't see my brother like this. So we need to act their cupids", I said and leaned back on the chair.

He was sitting straight opposite to me, his eyes hinting some seriousness.

"Suhani is also affected. That's why she is behaving so low. And I think, it's because of their break that she went to Lonavala ."