7. Hum dough, humare dough

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The first 3 lectures continued in the same way. Teacher would come to the class, have an introductory session, tell the students to focus on studies, share advices and then leave. It was fine for Tanishq and girls, but Sidharth was getting bored because he was speaking the same thing in every introduction. He sighed in relief as it was lunch break now. Harpreet had some work in the library, so she took Shehnaaz with her while the boys left for canteen. Since, they were in class 11th, they had their lunch break with students of class 12th.

When they reached the canteen, they could see students only of their class. Seniors didn't arrive yet. They took their food and sat on a random 4 seat table.

"Toh Mr. Sidharth Shukla, kaisa raha aapka ab tak ka safar? The nation wants to know. Kya aap pareshan ho chuke hai har baar apna naam batane se ya phir aapko maza aa raha hai?" He asked in an interviewing manner, mimcking a world class journalist. (Pun intended)

"Dekhiye Mr. Tanishq Shrivastava, abhi tak toh mein bahut irritate ho chuka hun. Aur agar aapne yeh band nahi kiya toh uske baad jo hoga uske zimmedar sirf aur sirf aap honge." Sidharth threatened.

"Aapki dhamki ko dhamki ki tarah lete huye ye show yahin band karte hai aur aap sab viewers se vida lete hai. Savdhan rahe, satark rahe!" Tanishq said to his imaginary audience.

"Bakwas band kar aur mujhe ye bata Shehnaaz aur teri 'girlfriend' kab tak ayenge?" Sidharth asked.

"Girlfriend meri hai tu kyu usko yaad kar raha hai?"

"Use kon yaad kar raha hai. Mujhe toh Shehnaaz se baat karni thi."

"Kya? Usse kya kaam hai tujhe?" Tanishq raised his brow.

"Ashish sir ne kuch book list lene ka bola tha."

They kept on talking and after some time girls arrived. This time during the conversation, Sidharth and Shehnaaz were teasing Tanishq and Harpreet together. They enjoyed each other's company and also revealed each other's secrets.

"Ek baar toh Sana ghar pe so rahi thi aur uski mom use uthane aayi. Aur isne neend me hi unhe bola, 'Chhutta nahi hai aage bado' phir Sana aage aage aur aunty iske peeche peeche." Harpreet said.

"HAHAHAHAH! Shehnaaz tum itna soti ho ki tumne apni mom ko bhikhari samajh liya!" SIdharth laughed loudly and in response, Shehnaaz hit him on his arm.

"Arre aisa nahi hai, woh toh mein sapna dekh rahi thi isliye muh se nikal gaya." She tried to justify but couldn't due to Sidharth's loud laughter. She pleaded Tanishq through her puppy eyes and he smirked.

"Ruk jaa Sid, aaj teri bhi baat batata hun," Tanishq said, making Sidharth gulp. "Yeh jab 2nd me tha toh ek ladke ne ise kuch ulta bol diya and Sid slapped him. Maze ki baat toh yeh hai ki jab iski mom ne ise puchha ki kyu maara toh bolta, 'Maine nahi maara. Mera hath utha aur apne aap uske gaal pe lag gaya.' " Shehnaaz burst out laughing and teased him with weird names. Sidharth kicked him from under the table. 

They were having a fun conversation, when someone came and tapped on Sid's shoulder. He turned back and saw a guy standing there. The guy was Atharva, from Ronnie's group. Ronnie was the leader of the most notorious gang of school. They would trouble other students. Shehnaaz, Tanishq and Harpreet never liked them but they couldn't do anything. They complained about Ronnie to the teachers but it didn't help much. But all 3 of them always gave it back to them. Tanishq had told Sidharth about them. But he did not know them by face. So, he just looked at him in a questioning way.

"Chal uth yahan se." Atharva said curtly.

"Excuse me. What?" Sidharth questioned.

"Uth yaha se yeh hamari jagah hai." He said again, louder.

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