Friendship : A Priceless Treasure

PART TWO

She was hurriedly walking through the corridor... "I knew it... tum aaoge Asad..." She was brimming with excitement of finally meeting him after seven long years as she mounted the stairs two at a time

"Miss Perfectionist, don't you think, you are quite late today..."

She halted in her track and turned... He was standing there, leaning back to the wall... Hands in his jeans pocket and a teasing smile playing on his lips...

She chuckled, "You are still the same Asad..." She mumbled walking towards him...

"Did you expect me to change?" He raised his brows and stepped back

"Never ever!! I expected you just like this...bright and carefree..." She smiled moving ahead... Her heart danced with happiness... seeing him after whole seven years...

"But I can see you have changed a lot Zoya..." He crossed his arms, "And I win the challenge...I was right all the time..." He said with attitude and she shook her head...

"Yes you were right Asad...always right..." She smiled and narrowed her eyes as he kept moving back... within a moment his smiling figure faded in air and she sighed looking around...

"I miss you Asad...I really have missed you a lot" She breathed walking towards the classroom beside... Pushing the door open she walked inside... Again there was him only... Asking her to smile, forcing her to eat some junk food, hiding her books so she would listen to his stupid stuff, doing some or other things just to irritate her, pulling her out from the classroom to enjoy the rain outside and sometimes out of the blue just sitting beside her and chatting seriously about life... She smiled cherishing those memories and walked towards the bench where she used to sit... "I am wishing to learn everything again Asad...I need my tutor..." She sat on the bench and again another memory flashed in front...

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"God!!! You are sitting here peacefully and I am looking for you everywhere..." He shook his head walking towards the bench where she was seated...

"Give me your hand?" He said as he sat beside her

"Huh!!!" She stared at him questioningly

"Zoya...we are friends, right?"

"Tsk..." She shook her head, "How many times I have to tell you that Asad...?" "Yes you are my friend now...stamp paper pe likh ke dena padega kya?" She asked irritated...

He shook his head as he laughed, "Hehe...no need of that... friendship is not any agreement..." He said as he took her hand in his while she stared at him confused...

He smiled as he fetched something out from his pocket, "If you forgot, today is friendship day and I want to tie this band..." He said as he tied the band around her wrist... "Friends forever..."

"And what is the need of it..." She asked examining the band around her wrist, "I really don't understand this stupid show off..."

"Huhhh..." He sighed rubbing his head, "It's not show off Zoya...just a celebration with friends..." "What is wrong in expressing love for friends and cherishing their presence in life...?" He asked but she just shook her head... "Its fine, you are just on the first stage of learning such things... But I am sure, with the help of tutor like me you will learn soon..."

"You are really intolerable..."

"Am I, Really?"

"Hmm...I am trying my best to tolerate you" she smiled as she adjusted the band on her wrist