A Love-tale in Lovedale.

Part 11: 'The first Text'

Finally... it was 4.00 pm..

At the book shop..
Arya, hurriedly took his phone..

At the college..
Shraddha was the first one to come out of the college. She wanted to get home soon & switch on her phone, expecting that Arya would msg her.
(Mobile phones are not allowed to her college)

Here, Arya typed her number in the 'To:' section, & typed "Hi.." in the 'Msg' section.

But, before pressing 'Send'.. he paused a minute & thought "She wouldn't have reached her home. So, let us wait for few mins". And waited for few minutes to pass.

Shraddha came home..

She rushed to her room..

Took her phone..

Switched it on..

Waited for few seconds..

No msg was there in the inbox..

Dissappointed.

Waited for few minutes. No msg or call came.

She then went on to place the mobile on her bed & to go & freshen up..

Before keeping the mobile.. it vibrated along with the msg tone.

She opened the msg.. it was from an unknown number.. it said, "Hi.."

Yes!.. Arya had pressed the 'Send' button on his phone.

She was excited to see that. She knew it was Arya.

She typed "Hellow..". But before sending, she erased it & typed "Who's this??"

Arya received the msg.. He reads.. "Who's this??".. ?!!?!

"Oh.. ok.. wait.." Arya thought to himself & typed a msg & sent it to her.

Shraddha received a msg written, "Hey! I'm your friend Shalini. This is my new number. Save this"

(Shalini is the girl, who usually awaits along with Shraddha in the bus stop. Arya knows her & her name too)

Shraddha's excited face, shrunk up.
She typed, "Hmm.. ok Shalini. I'll save this" slowly in a disappointed mood.

Arya on seeing it, replied.. "Hey! Shraddha. Just kidding. I'm Arya :) ;)"

Shraddha on reading it again got back to her excited mode.

This time she didn't pretend to be normal & without controlling anything, she typed.. "Happy to see your msg.. :) "

Arya: "Ha.. happy to see you saying this :) :) :) :) "

Shraddha: "How r u..?"

A: "In the same state, how you saw me in the morning"

S: "Oh.. good" (She didn't know wat to speak)

A: "Have you saved my number??"

S: "Yup..!"

A: "Like what.. in what name??"

S: "Shalini.. this is your new number know. Isn't it Shalini..?? ;)" (on a funny note).

A: "Haha.. nope.. this is not your friend's new number. But, the number of your new friend.."

S: "Ha.. nice dialogue. But, I'm not your new friend"

A: "Then..??"

S: "You are my friend, for the past three days or so.. don't you remember?? I said 'yes' when you asked me for friendship that day"

A: "Hmm.. yes.. you said 'Hmm.. ok', when I asked you that"

S: "So you remember the exact words too.. huh??"

A: "Ha.. how wouldn't I memorize those words.. the whole day I was thinking of that only na.."

S: "Oh.. " (she blushes)

Like this they both spent the whole evening with their phones, by texting each other.. while eating.. while sleeping (lying on bed).

And Shraddha fell asleep, in the midst of msging.

Arya waited for few minutes for her reply & thought she would have slept.

And so he just dropped a msg..
'Good night.. sorry! Good morning! By the time you see this msg, it would have been morning.. it was great speaking to you.. thanks :) see u at the bus stop'

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