Life Hacker

Chapter 3

'What?' Zoya exclaimed as I told her about my conversation with Girish. 'He likes you? The topper Grishav likes you?' It beat me that how fluently she said his name correct.

'no. its just that were hanging out.'

'As on a date?' she asked raising an eyebrow.

'Except it is not a date.'

'It is a date. Have you got second thoughts about Head Magnas? This story of Romeo and Juleit is gonna fade away.' Argh! Zoya blunted.

I checked my watch, it showed 430 whereas my classes were over at 400. He must be waiting, I thought as Zoya began lecturing about ... something.

'Zoya' I clenched her hands, 'Look I am already late for my date, I need to go.' She raised an eyebrow. I sighed, 'Fine, my not-a-date.' And rushed towards the campus café.

When I finally got outside, I took a deep breathe, I was going to meet this new guy again. I looked across the room as I finally forced myself to enter, Girish was comfortably seated in a two tabled seat with the window at the side, the eveving dusk reflecting, a good selection, I thought as I approached him.

He seemed to be engrossed in the newspaper in his hands. As I adjusted my backpack and laptops in the table, I cleared my throught, 'Girish, what are you looking at.'

He suddenly looked up and on seeing me smiled his lazy curvy one, 'hi!,... Oh! Just looking at your photos.

'My photos?' I exclaimed, snatching the papers from his hands. As I looked at the newspaper, I was dumbstock. The headline read

Head Pitches marries Head Magnas

The subheading continued, 'She loved her work but he loves her, so the dices are rolling and the weapons are changing. On this situation, they are marrying, we wonder how wise is that?'

'Whoa! How could they? Why? How?' I started banging on the table, this was ridiculous. 'Sun, calm down.' He gently snatched the papers and put it inside this backpack 'The press are doing funny stuffs. You don't mind it, do you.'

Of course I mind it, I am not getting married. So what if they had right to pulisize, I too had a right of privacy but I didn't say my thoughts aloud, I just forced a smile and nodded. He was nice and good guy, it was such a short time but he already made me feel so homey. I was about to ask him that how many girl friends he had when he spoke all of a sudden, 'You want to eat?'

I just shook my head. I didn't really wanted to go on that part. Firstly, who could purchase and who should pay. I had enough questions to hang up my mind.

'I'll be good, tell me more about yourself, like your family.' I needed to mke a cnoversaion and this seemed a good and friendly topic.

'Are you sure?' he asked. I felt so much pride inn knowing that he still remembered and asked.

'hundred percent.' I replied.

'So, my mother is a housewife who really loves a simple life whereas my father is a big businessperson who belives in living rich. Frankly they are so much alike. Love can happen unexpectly ' He laughed.

'businessperson like what?'

'He earns housing and plazas.'

'Suprisingly he earned Plasma towers.' I joked.

'Wow, you don't much about mee, do you? Yup, my dads got shares in it so pretty much he earns it.' he said.

'What?' I exclaimed. So, that came out pretty bad memories. I shook my head to clear it out.

'I've never been there but I guess now its time.' He winked at me on which I rolled my eyes.

'Do you have any plans for tomorrow?'

I opened my diary andbegan flicking offthe pages searching for the next day. 'Oh! No I've got extra class.'

'You take extra class?' he asked pretty amazed. 'Kind of, its basically of Pitches. But its gonna end soon.' I said clearly knowing it wouldn't, I'll have to make up some excuse, I thought as I got a satisfied smile from him, 'See you tomorrow then.'

As he got up, I realized, 'Waite, so where are you going to see me?'

'Anywhere, just call me I'll come to pick you up.

Just then I sensed a hand on my shoulders. I was sitting but I couldn't see the face. As Girish turned to face me, he looked up and gave a wide smile.

'What are you doing here?' he asked, when I heard a reply, 'Nothing, so whose this lucky girl.' I knew this voic but I couldn't figure out. The accent was a strong female type.

Oh my God, I realized as I turned to face....

Trisha.

As expected her smile froze. She was not the only one surprised. I had almost got heart attack when I saw her holding hands with Bickey. I placed my both hands around my mouth to prevent me from screaming with shock.

'Sun' she gasped. Just then I heard Girish mummer, 'the lucky one.' Right! Who was she even kidding.

'You two know eachother?' Girish asked on which she replied, 'Very well.' I needed to show her that indeed I was not so good of being friends with the ones disliking me.

Finally Bickey spoke, 'Look, Sun I am so sorry for troubling you.' On which my stupid mouth autimmatically replied, 'No, there was no troble.'

'Really!' he exclaimed.

'Really' I confirmed.

'Really! What is going on?' Girish asked.

'I think we need to go. Bye Grishav.' Trisha said and went on her way dragging poor Bickey away. Put yourself together, Sun. I advised myself as I turned to face the standing Girish, 'Girish, you know Trisha.'

'Firstly, its Grishav and secondly its yes. We know eachoter in kind of college friends. She comes to me in case of any help.'

I cursed myself as I turned on a smiley face.

; Why had I never before come to this boy for any question, I asked myself as my sub consciousness answered me; First; I don't study and Second; I always thought that the toppers cheated in class. Well I thought geeks could be both brainy and nice looking.

I jerked as I snapped back to reality. 'Fine I'll go. See you tomorrow.' He said. As he passed by me to head to the exit. Sitting there I grabed his arms when he looked at me.

'Do you always have to exit such a way.' I asked.

'Well, Sun you're the one with the cool entry so I guess exit should be mine.'

I giggled, 'Your cool'

'So does that make you hotter than me?' he asked and slid through my grip. I kept on staring at him as he dissolved along the crowd until I forgot where he had gone.

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