The Last Goodbye

Chapter 9

The award function for the student of the Year, like every year would take place during the Annual day of the college, and hence once again Divya and Nandini were on their toes. With the two of them having their respective roles of designing, selecting the performances, Nandini herself was performing along with Kavya, Manav and Atharva.

As the final day of the rehearsals arrived, Divya made her way into the auditorium and took a seat beside Ms. Maheshwari. The lady had her pants twisted and she really couldn't understand what she would ask for at the last moment. As Divya went through the schedule that they had made, Nandini and kavya walked into the room along with their team...it was their performance. Keeping the documents aside Divya sat straight to watch the performance. As the team glided on the song, Divya couldn't help but smile at the way they all looked. She wished if only Nandini and Atharva could have been paired together, they would have looked even more cute together....the lifts would have been perfect just the way their enacted chemistry looked.

As the last song came along and the girls lifted the boys, the whole room fell into deep hooting... it was amazing and Divya was so proud of them all. The group gathered around Ms. Maheshwari who pointed out a few things and gave certain suggestions and then called out for the next group, she then turned towards Divya and said,

"Divya dear please go and check on the other side if the practice for singing is going well, I will be there in the next hour."

"Sure ma'am" Divya walked into the room and smiled at Aisha who sat with yet another faculty who was looking at the performances here. The song Moh MOh ke dhage was being practiced, divya sat beside Aisha who whispered into her ears,

"When do you think the results for student of the year will come?'

"I don't really know, they should be out by now...it's really frustrating now. Since the morning that I am here everyone is coming and congratulating me, as if I have already won, it would have been really a different case if they all would come and console me later on if I wouldn't but none of them would be even seen around, and I am so sure about it."

Divya saw the way Aisha gave her a tight lipped smile, even she knew she was nervous. The two of them were in a neck to neck competition. Where Divya had achievements of national and international level, Aisha had university ranks and ranks in courses related to university. Even Divya had a few but they all summed up for just a year, whereas Aisha had been there for all the three years.

"None of them have come as of now, but it's really frustrating...." Even before Aisha could say anything else Gautham came and Hugged Aisha. He looked so happy, and no matter what Divya could feel her heart sinking, all that little hope that she had was wiped off, her heart pained in the most rueful manner, she had never thought that she would actually be affected this much by such a small thing. There were so many things that were there for her, yet she felt sad, disappointed, all in all everything that could spell loss.

As the two broke the hug, Gautham smiled at Aisha in a very teasing manner...his eyes then went off to Divya, "Ohh Divya, I am as well so proud of you." Both the girls as confused as they were, they couldn't believe anything that Gautham had to say, but the way the rest of the commotion began with Aisha's coordinator coming towards the auditorium with such loud galor Divya knew it was official all that was left now was the official letter to be given to Aisha.

"Who won in Boys?' she asked, her voice cracked which she covered with a fake cough as the winner himself walked into the room.

"Ohh Rishab.... Rishab won in the boys category." As Gautham smiled at her widely, she wondered didn't he hoped for it as well. She remembered the way he had been working towards getting certificated in the sports category... but then looked at Aisha and the way everyone was around her, though she was happy for her she was sad.