SOMEWHERE IN THE JOURNEY OF LIFE

CHAPTER 2

“one of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand
And to be understood.......”
                                              -Lucius Annaeus Seneca
SHIVANI POV:
                       The train reached cochin and I got out of the train. But before i could take one more step towards the exit, something slammed into me. Atfirst I was heavily disoriented and it took me a minute to steady myself. Only after that did i realized that the ‘something’ is still attached to me and that ‘something’ is actually not a thing at all but a girl. SHOCK!! And also it was Not some random girl, she is Jessica martin, my beloved BESTFRIEND from my diaper days.

                       “oh my God shi... i cant believe it. Is this really you?...OMG!!!you have become soo hot!!.... Where is my nerd bestfriend shivani? I missed you so much shi...It has been four years is it not? I am soo glad you are here.” Jessy squealed into my ears. I laughed and hugged her back.
“I missed you too Jessy. How are you?" i asked her while pulling away from her.
“I am doing great shi. It’s been 5 years isn’t it? Time went by too fast. Do you remember the last time we saw each other?” she asked while taking some of my luggages.

             “yeah it was just like today ,in a railway station. But in Coimbatore. you were moving to cochin. I remember very well ms.martin.” I told her chuckling.
             “And now you are here too. WELCOME TO COCHIN SHIVANI!!!!!” she yelled while tackling me into yet another bone crushing hug, making me smile widely at her hearty welcome.
We both were best friends for as long as i can remember. First we were neighbours and then we were put in the same class. we completed our schooling together in the same school. But as soon as we completed school, Jessica’s dad got transferred to cochin. so she had to move here.

“Alright let’s go shi.” she said moving towards the parking lot.
“yeah.”
she started the car and pulled out of the railway station.
“How have you been shi?” she asked me as we stopped at a red signal.
“I have been good Jessy. And I am feeling even better than i ever did in the last few months.” i said giving her a small smile.
“I’m glad to hear that doll” she said sincerely. that is how Jessy is. she can make you feel better just by being there for you.
“so how did my nerd goodey two shoes shivani turned into this hot species?”
she said winking at me.
“‘hot species’,seriously Jessy?” i said laughing at her crazyness.
“Yeah shi.. thats what you are now.” she said laughing at me.”But seriously you look great shi. you are lot more confident than when i know you before. so tell me what caused this change?” she asked looking over at me.
“Do you believe in magic Jessy?” i asked her. she cast me a confused look but answered nonetheless.
“Not exactly. But if you just say that a fairy God mother made you look like this, then I will definitely ask for an intro” she said grinning like a maniac.
“No not that kind of magic. Iam talking about the kind which answers your little prayers, the magic which saves your day, the magic which gives you hope, and the kind which eventually makes your dreams come true? that’s what the kind I’m talking about Jessy. And that is what happened to me five years ago.” i said staring ahead.
“Wow” is all she said in reply. And I just smiled at that. Silence enveloped the car as we made our way to Jessica’s house. And my mind went back to the day I first experienced that magic.
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First year , first day of my college life .To say that i was nervous would have been an understatement. I stepped out of my father’s car and took a deep breath . ‘ I can do this’ I said while taking another deep breath.
My parents came by my side to give me a hug.
”All the best baby girl! you will do great.” my mom said giving me peck on my cheek.
“Thank you ma” i told her quietly.
My  parents  Mr.Ravi shekar and Mrs.Ishitha shekar  are big shot lawyers of Coimbatore. and I am their only daughter. so me and my parents had a very close relationship. They were my bestfriends besides Jessy.
All through my school life, I had Jessy with me. And I didn’t find the need to be nervous about a new day in school. But she is not here with me now. And that makes me 10times nervous.
        “You can do this my darling. Don’t be nervous. Just try to enjoy it alright babygirl?” My dad asked patting my head.
       “Okay pa. I will do my best.” I said to my dad and collected my backpack from the car. I waved good bye to my parents and turned around to face ‘The prestigious ZIT’ of Coimbatore.
       I pushed up my glasses and hugged my file to my chest. And then I set foot into the grounds of my college. There was life everywhere, students were just starting to come into the college. The whole ambience radiated youth and cheerfulness.
     I kept my head low and tried to be as invisible as I can be. I’m very sure that this day is going to be a miserable one. come on! lets face it! I am totally awkward with strangers and this place is full of strangers.
     while i was busybeing invisible, I forgot to watch where i am going. and so I bumped into someone.
   “Oh Iam so sorry !!” said the brown haired girl who bumped into me . why is she apolozising to me? I should be the one doing that.
I shook my head “No, I’m sorry. I should have watched where i was going.” I said embarrassed .
    “That’s alright. I am Ananya. and you are?” she asked holding up her hand for hand shake.
  “I am Shivani.” I said shaking her hand.
“Well Shivani, what is your major?” she asked me.
“Computer Science. What is yours?” I asked her nervously. I silently prayed to god that she will be in my class too.
“Woww.... really? My major is computer science too!!  well then come on shivi, we don’t want to be late for our first day class . Do we?” She said jumping up and down.
“No definitely not.” I said smiling at her nick name for me.
And that’s how I met Anny.
  when we entered the class room, we noticed that there was a commotion going on in the center of the class. we moved towards it. There were three people arguing, two girls and a boy. one girl had long black curly hair and the other girl had a shoulder length brown hair. She was cute and little like a cup cake.
“How dare you talk to me like that?” the second girl yelled at the boy.
“What?” he asked causually.”I was just stating the fact that you are short “ he said and then added with a snigger  ” Like a brinjal”
what????? he is soo stupid.
“And that exactly is none of your business. so keep your mouth shut and keep your opinions to yourself.” the other girl warned him. No one seemed to care enough to stop the arguments.
  “Why you..” he started to say something but was cut of by Ananya.
“ Hey guys, break it off! Do you want to start this journey on a bitter note? No right? then calm down.” She said to all three of them. And then she turned to the boy.
“Hey,What is your name?” she asked him.
“I’m Rohit pretty girl. What is yours?” he asked smiling wickedly at her.
even i wanted to punch him. He is so irritating.
“First of, don’t call me pretty girl. and second, apologise to her.”  she said pointing to the girl whom he called brinjal. And he scoffed.
“Why would I do that?” he asked Ananya with a smirk.
She smirked back and said that” Well the professor would be in here any time soon and iam pretty sure you wouldn’t  want me filing an raging complaint against you. would you?” she asked watching carefully.
he gulped and muttered a not so audible sorry to the two girls and went back to the back of the class.
“Thank you yaar..” the short girl said to Anny. “ I am Meera and That is Shakthi” she introduced herself and her friend to us.
“Its not a big deal. so chill and Iam Ananya and this is Shivani” Anny introduced us. “Hey shivani. Its nice to meet you too.” said Shakthi.
“Hey guys.” i said to them smiling shyly and pushed up my glasses.
This is how Meera and Shakthi became a part of my life.
we took our places and the introduction class begun. but ten minutes into the class, two girls came bustling in. The professor was not happy but the girls said something to him and then pointed at Rohit. and we looked back to see that he had a smug look on his face. i rolled my eyes at that.
After few more minutes of explanations, the professor allowed the two girls to take a seat. They came and sat in the bench behind us.
And you would have already guessed. that is how those two idiots Samyuktha and Riya came bustling into my world.
After the introductory session got over the professor announced that we will be having a campus tour in ten minutes. We all got up to leave.
Rohit passed by our row and cast us an angry look .
What is your problem dude?????
“Hii. Iam Riya” said one of the two girls who came late. she was very beautiful in a rockstar kind of way.
“hii, Iam Samyuktha” said the other girl with pin straight black hair.
“Hey guys!!!” the four of us said together. and then we introduced ourselves.
“Looks like you are not a fan of that prick too?” asked Samyuktha laughing.
“Yeah.. he is the epitome of stupidness.” said meera and then she highfied Samyuktha. we all laughed at that.
“Who cares? Now come on let us move before the professor gets irritated again” said Ananya and we all agreed with her.
At that day i never thought that they would become a very important  part of my life. And I didn’t even notice that a life time blessing was cast upon me.
And I definitely didn’t believe back then that a simple magic would change my life.
But it did. And the magic also brought out the best in me.
And that magic is called FRIENDSHIP......
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A/N: Hey guys... Sorry for the wait... Here is your chapter.
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