OBLIVION (series -1)

Chapter-2

Last night was kind of blurr, as I had to travel all the way from the airport to one of my aunt's house, as it was very late and my aunt had already invited me over couple of times so I decided to give it a casual show . As my college was all the way around the city in some deserted place, I decided to wake up early and head towards the college. The college was on the outskirts of Kashmir. The building was kind of old as it was built in the 1900s with mahogany trees all over its perimeter. The view was breathtaking. The buds were sprawling , birds were chirping, a full blown spring was kind of arrested there.

The classes were pushed back due to some management issues, so I still had two spare days to decorate my dorm room, I checked in my dorm building after getting lost on the way several times. The warden handed me a booklet containing all the rules and regulations to be followed strictly by its residents. When I arrived in the room ,I was the first one so I had the full opportunity to select my bed, so I took the one with the window as it accented the spectacular view of the valley.

Okay the room wasn't that bad. It was an average sized room with three beds pushed to the corners. There were two windows out of which I had taken the one by the bed. There were three study tables , each besides the bed and for my surprise there was a bathroom attached to the room. Thank Goodness! No other college had an attached bathroom in the city which made me felt kind of blessed.

Later that day there was a knock at my door, by all the luggage she was carrying and a streak of nervousness radiating through her face, I could guess that she was my roommate , she introduced herself as Maliha .Her parents were also with her. They gave me a huge smile and began stuffing her side with all her luggage. I gave them some privacy and let myself out . I rambled outside for a bit , took few pictures of this beautiful campus and posted them on Instagram, isn't it all about the social popularity these days? Another perks of this college was the free Wi-fi in the campus which made my social networking fantacies spread to it's full blown stage . Now that's called a life. After having coffee from a nearby Nescafe , I headed towards my dorm . Maliha was still arranging her stuff in the cabinets .She had a lot of stuff so I offered her my help and made her bed and cleaned the floor which to my surprise was made of wood,  another classic one.

After all the so- called hardwork , Maliha went on to take a shower and I arranged the stack of my novels in a presentable manner on the cabinets. Now as we all were fully relaxed from our unpacking , I noticed that Maliha had a typical Kashmiri girl's skin ,blushed cheeks, fair skin but surprisingly her accent was not that of a typical Kashmiri which might be because she didn't spent much time in Kashmir.

We got to talking after she was freshly bathed and nicely dressed ,then I came to know she was transferred from Delhi due to her father's postings.

All the things about which I was dreading since coming here ,the room , the roommates, teachers, all the fears were slowly beginning to vanish, I guess I will soon overcome my last fear tomorrow!