High school sweethearts... (#Wattys2017)

THAT ONE YEAR -VI

                

               

                Chapter-50

    ( That one year -Final part -6 )

" So......? John asked me with excitement."

"What so? that's what I said her."

"So you rejected her offer of beautiful love." John chuckled 

" I guess you seriously need a hi five on face."

"But Aj dont you think it was too romantic, drizzling rain and sizzling girl. Did you kiss her?"

"Shut up , youuuu...." As I was  trying close John's mouth our physics lecturer noticed us playing and with in no time we are out of class.

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" Are you still hiding from swetha or can we board college bus at least today? Din asked impatiently.

" They are in love bro, I guess I need to tell u full story." John giggled and started teasing me again while we were eating our variety veg burger in a tamil Iyengar bakery."

I threw a wrapped tissue paper on John's face and he did the same . This mini world war ended when the bakery owner shouted something in tamil and immediately  the server took away the tissue papers stand on table.

While we walked towards our college bus, very slowly and carefully with the fear of getting caught by Swetha, we encountered another twist. College bus was leaving already . At once we started to run but I bet if ussain bolt was an intermediate college student in Sri chaitanya college he can never chase a college bus as his college bag will be already filled with tonnes of books.

      After waiting for an hour we got into a public bus teasing each other. As the bus was already filled we three were standing in bus and coincidently found a guy who is from Nisha’s college. He introduced himself as Abhinav to John while I stood away from their conversation.

        John knows that I was curious to know about Nisha, so he casually asked Abhinav about Nisha.

“Nisha!!! Bro she is the heart throb of our whole college and many follow till her home daily after college to try and talk with her.”

 “She is my classmate and I happened to visit her home once. And do you know, she sat just beside me while I was afraid at her mommy looking at me with lots of anger.”

“She is close with few guys and one of our lecturer’s is always with her 24x7.”

“Does she have a boyfriend?” John asked looking him while he noticed the curiousness on my face.

“BoyFrienddd??? No it should be Boy friendsss, and even she had an affair while she was in schooling.”

        This made me lose my cool at once, I wouldn’t mind if Nisha really got a boyfriend but the way this fellow was mocking her reputation prick me deep in my heart.

        Within a matter of few seconds I caught hold of his shirt collar and pinned him to the rod in front of me. My nerves were already breaking my brain and I raised my fist to give a quick jab. But my inbuilt morals from school stopped me doing that. I at once threw him aside and hit the pole with my fist to control my agony.

        Whole bus started to look at us while I caught hold his hand and raised him up. I brought him very close to me and said, “Mind your words while you are talking about girls, this time something inside me stopped you or else you would have been out from this moving bus.”

        In the immediate bus stop he got down the bus. While I was still ragging with resentment ,my two buddies kept calm. We walked out of the bus once we reached our bus stop and none of them opened their mouth. My mind was repeatedly asking me hundreds of questions.

        “I said you the world outside is filled with mean people, they are out there only to tarnish your image Nisha. I said not everyone are same. There are people who back stab at you always. I said you guys always try to take advantage of your innocence. I said you everything that last day Nisha. I would have been glad if you have forgotten me, my love, days which we spent together and remembered only these words, but you washed everything from your mind. You completely forgot me Nisha.” I was crying aloud in my heart.”

        Din crossed the road and I and john are left out on the other side. I was still in the trans while john took my hand and started to cross the road.

“That fellow is cheap rascal, Nisha is same bro, don’t worry. Don’t think of anything.”John said looking at me.

I raised my head,turned towards John and noticed a speeding vehicle.

I caught hold of John’s shoulder and pushed him to the other side of road, meanwhile I tried to escape from it but I couldn’t. I was able to visualise every single moment at that time, whole world seemed to be moving with 8x slow motion. I could see the head light of vehicle piercing my retina,I could see john lying opposite on the road, I could hear Din shouting my name, I could see the driver of the vehicle taking a small turn but couldn’t and hit me on my shoulder. I felt a sudden jolt and couldn’t stand anymore. I was horizontal in the air for half second and landed on my head. I stood up immediately and was checking John and Din but something pulled me down. An intense pain in my head made me fall again on ground but this time

I couldn’t get up while the image of the crowd slowly started to faded and I could see Nisha's smile.