Those Silly Days

Chapter 44

The bell rang. Finally. Officially, this is the most boring day I ever had.

Only interesting thing that happened was an annocement of commencement of scholarship which happens to be 5 weeks away only.

"Guys , c'mon.  Get your arses up. I'm hungry. " I whine. I see Siddie and Shreya looking at each with love oozing out of their eyes while on the other hand, I see Aamir and Myria ready to take each other's eyes out. Looking around, I see Tanvi still taking notes and Priya being a tweedle dumb , flirting with a guy.

"Guys, I'm hungry and I'm going. Jisko aana he aao. Mein ja rahi hu. (Whoever wants to come, join me. I'm leaving) " I speed walk out of the class with my loud grumbling stomach.

Soon, two footsteps fall into a pace with me. On my right, Myria walks glaring angrily to her left where Aamir is walking with us. I chuckle expecting these two foodies on tow with me.

As we make it to our table, I drop my bag and ask," What do you guys want ? Quick ! I'm going to die of hunger here. " I say dramatically as Myria thinks.

"A huge cheeseburger with extra cheese and a coke." Both of them answer at the same time.

I chuckle. "Guys, are you in a secret relationship or something? You guys sure act like one ! " I tease them. Myria turns into a red balloon while Aamir scrunches his nose in disgust.

"Never!! " He mutters.

From the corner of my eyes, I see Myria's face deflate.

"Just kidding , guys ! I will back with the food." I clear the air and leave.

As I quene up, I debate on what i saw. Does my best friend have any feelings for Aamir ? I think so. If yes, I am bad best friend not to know about this. These days I have been so caught up in my own tangled life to see anyone else. I sigh and make a mental note to pry further in this matter.

Finally, after 20 long minutes, I have my food. Since, I had been craving for some noodles, I got myself some Manchurian noodles and both of them , their extra cheeseburger.

I snake my way towards our table to see everyone else seated already except Manav.

"Where is Manav ? " I ask as I take my seat.

"Here !! " He says , pecking on my forehead. I can't help but beam at the gesture. He is still in his football gear as he takes a seat besides me.

"Noodles ! " He licks his lips , digging into my bowl of noodles. Its a delicious sight and i don't stop him.

Looking over , I see Siddie and Shreya lost in their own world.

"Lovebirds to earth ! " I shout, teasing them. Sid glares at for ruining their moment and stick my tongue out at him.

On the other side of the table, I see  Myria and Aamir bickering again. I chuckle. I think I see the chemistry now.

"So, How was your practice ?" I ask Manav, who had an one on one session with the coach today.

From the corner of my eyes, I see the can of coke being snatched back , spilling some on Aamir's shirt. Next , I know is Aamir snatching the can back and dumping the whole thing on Myria.

An angry Myria does the same. Aamir looks around the table and leaning over, he grabs my bowl of noodles dumping them on Myria. Few of the noodles fly and land on Siddie who is sitting next to Myria . He glares and picks up Shreya's lunch throwing it at Aamir.

Unfortunately, it lands on some random guy who glares at Sid before dumping his tray on Sid's head. Sid glares and grabs a glass of juice on the table throwing it on the guy.

Somewhere before I can process what's happening , I hear a loud cry ,"Food fight." In the next minute, I see food being thrown in the air all across the room. I see something smack on Manav's face. His face is covered in what looks a green spinach juice dripping down his face, highlighting his sharp jaw.

I burst out laughing.

"You look like a green monster. " I laugh my head off when Manav sends me an annoyed look. But I can't revel in my glory much because I feel a smack on my back  and stickiness seeping through my clothes. Now, it's his turn to laugh. I glare at him, running my eyes across the room to find the culprit.

Before, I can do something about it ,some thing else hits me , covering my whole front body.

Just then, Dean's loud voice booms through the room.

"Everyone leave ! RIGHT NOW ! " He shouts. People starts to shuffle out of the cafeteria silently.

"Myria and Aamir. In my office NOW! " He looks at them ,deadpanned.

They nod and follow Dean blaming each other with glares.
We all shuffle out, making our way when we hear a voice ," A food fight without me and I am not even invited. Ouch !"

My eyes follow the voice and I jump up in happiness when I see him leaning casually against the wall.

"Sammy!! " I screech in pure happiness and run over to hug him when a arm tugs me back.

I see Shreya holding my arm ,restraining me. She looks at me intently conveying a silent message before saying," If you hug him, you will ruin everything!"

Ouch! That was a little too ironic.

"I meant, his clothes.  We all are dirty and by hugging him, we will ruin his clothes. We wouldn't want to ruin his clothes. Yeah ?" Shreya rectified. I nod and pull my hand out of her grasp.

"Yeah ! " I mutter as the past events flood quickly to me.

"Uhm.. Guys, why don't you all clean up and then we can meet at the cafe , sounds good ? " Sam asks, clearing the silent air amidst the group.

"Yeah sure ! " I hear some similar answers before we disperse.

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I hear the banter going around the table as we finally sit in the cafe two hours later. I twirl the straw before placing my thick shake on the table. I am no more hungry especially not after the conversation I had with Shreya.

"You wanted to talk , Shreya? " I say, as I fish for some earrings into my jewellery box. She insisted on picking me up so that we can have a chat as we head to the cafe to meet Sam.

"Yes ! "

"Shoot then , woman ! " I chuckle.

"I want you to know that I'm saying all of this because you are my best friend and i care for you. "

" I know, Shreya. What is it ? " I take a seat when I know this is going to be serious conversation.

She breathes out before launching into the topic," You should be careful of how you act in front of everyone. " I frown lightly.

"See before whatever happened between you and Manav , Your behaviour towards ... Sam ... didn't matter. But now , it does. Everyone is watching you on how you act with him, towards him and everybody is going to make their own views and opinion on it. You should be ... careful. " She finishes.

I bite my lip , blinking my tears who threatening to spill.

I stand up, walking back to the jewellery box as I say, " I will keep it mind, Shreya. Thanks !"

"J? " Someone calls,waving their hands in front of me.

"Yeah ! Sorry, I spaced out. " I see Tanvi nodding before dropping her hands.

"It's alright !" I hear Tanvi say. My eyes meet Shreya's and I look away.

Muttering an 'excuse me' , I beeline towards washroom knowing the every eye on the table is watching me.