Arshi SS: The Ghostly Girl

Chapter 15

"Urrgh! I hate this!" Anand said to Arnav.

Both the boys were in a group of freshers who were being shown around the campus as a part of orientation.

"I'm trying to spot basketball court!" Arnav said chuckling.

"But they are just taking us to labs and classrooms. Seriously who needs that?" Anand hissed.

"Hey you two, come here!" they heard a loud voice and turned to find some boys sitting on bikes. They motioned their fingers asked them to come.

Arnav and Anand pointed to themselves asking, "Us?"

"Come here dimwits!" the leader of the gang shouted and the other boys laughed.

Arnav and Anand walked to them and the boys asked, "Names"

"Arnav" "Anand"

"What kind of names are those?" one boy asked laughing.

"It's Indian names. You won't be able to pronounce it since you guys are British!" Anand said recognizing their accents.

"Hey don't be over smart. You gotta respect seniors, little boy!" another boy hissed and Anand looked down.

"Which course" one boy asked.

"BBA" Anand and Arnav said together.

The boy was about to ask something when they heard a voice, "What is going on?"

"Ah! Here we have another Indian!" a boy rolled his eyes.

"Leader of anti ragging squad. Ms. Nerd Gupta" another boy said as a girl wearing shirt and jeans with spectacles covering her eyes walked to them.

"You cannot rag freshers. It's against rules" she said sternly.

"What are you gonna do nerd?" a boy asked laughing.

"You know what I can do!" she said calmly, "You guys are second year isn't it? It isn't late to pack your bags and leave the institution!"

The boys got up and walked away muttering and she turned to the boys.

"Hey, aren't you Anjali's brother?" she asked looking at Arnav.

"Yes. Khushi right? Di told me that you're studying here" Arnav said smiling.

"Khushi Gupta" she said extending her hand and Arnav shook it.

She extended it to Anand who smiled and accepted it. "Anand Sharma"

"Go and continue the orientation. And yes, I'm the leader of anti ragging squad, so if you have any trouble, come to me! Here is my number" Khushi said handing them a paper with her number scribbled over it.

"Thank you" the boys said and she walked away.

Two months later

"Khushi please..."

"Arnav, I said NO" she said sternly and continued reading her book.

He sat near him and took away the book. "Why can't you go out for a date with me?" he asked.

"I'm not interested" she said.

"Why?"He whined.

"Because you're a whiny baby" she said laughing.

"Khushi" he cried.

"Fine" she turned to him, "You want reasons why I'm not interested?"

He nodded his head vigorously.

"Number one, you're a baby. Number two, you're immature. Well that can be associated to number one. Number three, you're my best friend's brother. That's a complete NO in relationship protocols. And finally number four and the most important one, I DON'T LIKE YOU!" she finished in a breath.

Arnav sighed and said, "So it's a no it seems"

"It doesn't seem....IT IS A NO" she said sternly.

"Don't worry. I'll pester you and make that no and yes" he said smiling cheekily.

She groaned and he stood up. He leaned down and kissed her cheek.

"Hey" she whined and rubbed her cheek with her sleeve.

"See you later babe!" he sang and ran out of the library.

A month later

"Yes yes...it's a yes....

Oh my divine gods....

It's a yes...." Arnav sang as he danced around his room.

"What has gotten into you?" Anand asked frowning as he walking into his crazy friend who was dancing.

"Khushi....she said a yes....

She got me in a mess....

She said a yes....." he sang and took Anand's hand twirling him.

"Arnav" Anand cried.

"SHE SAID A YES TO GO OUT WITH ME!" Arnav screamed and jumped around the room. Suddenly he stopped seeing Anand filming it.

"Hey" he cried and Anand said chuckling, "Lemme send this to Khushi. I'm sure she would change her mind"

"NO" he cried and pulled his friend's mobile.

"Oh my god! I'm so happy today" Arnav said and slumped on the bed.

Anand chuckled and Arnav sprang up. "Can you believe it? She said a yes to me!"

"You're acting as if she said yes to marry you" Anand said laughing.

"One day I would get her say that too!" Arnav said smiling.

Anand rolled his eyes and said "Yeah whatever"