A beep sound in Rohit’s
phone.
“Hi, Good morning J”
This made him smile too.. But why, it was
just a good morning na?
“Hi, have a nice day JJ”, he replied
back.
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This short but sweet
conversation has now become a routine of Rohit’s life. On the other end, it was
Rasna. She too feels the same..
Rohit was getting ready for college. He is
doing his Masters now. A very ambitious, enthusiastic, and smart guy.
Just like
every day, some sweet memories came to him. Flashback....
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Rohit and Rasna were studied in the same
boarding school. They were in the same class, but not close friends. Rohit’s
memory strikes in their 7th standard. He was a studious boy, but was
so shy compared to other boys in mingling with the girls in the class. Rasna was
the topper, and the smartest girl in the class. Something else was there in her
that made Rohit started noticing her. Each and everything related to her makes
him happy. She had a hobby that time. She used to collect different varieties
of postal stamps, and arranged them neatly in an album. Rohit used to give her
some rare stamps as his father was abroad. He wanted to see her happy on
getting all that.
Thus, “ Rasna is Rohit’s 1st
crush”.
But Rohit was unaware
of a thing that, somebody else is observing all these in between them. It was
Jithu, another boy in the same class, bench mate and room mate of rohith. One day,
Jithu announced in the class (don’t remember what made him do so) that Rohit is
in love with Rasna. As soon as he made his surprise announcement, Rasna started
crying, and poor Rohit had no idea of what to do then.
At the same time, the bell rang and came the Maths
teacher, Mr Pande. He is an old, balded person. From the looks itself, we can
understand he is a very strict person.
Everyone become silent, when Mr. Pande entered
the class room, except Rasna. She was still sobbing. Obviously, he asked her
what made her cry. And she said “ Rohit said that, I am his lover”. All the
students started making noise. “ KEEP QUIET”, as Mr. Pande raised his voice,
everybody become silent. He called out “ Rohit, STAND UP”.. Rohit stood with a
fast beating heart. “Stretch your hand Rohit” . With his hand trembling, Rohit
was beaten up by the teacher very badly. He cancelled the class, and took him
to the staff room, where he had given some more punishments in front of other
teachers.
Rohit was totally shaken by this
incident. He felt so broken. And within one day, his parents came to take him. He
didn’t want to continue in that school. He wanted to live with his parents. Any
how, this incident brought to him that luck too. He could stay with his
parents!!.
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That was the flash back..
Then, after school
both joined different colleges, and busy with their own careers. It was after
he joined for his Masters, that he joined in face book. He could find out a lot
of his old friends there, but not Rasna. It was she who send a friend request
first. Even though they were not keeping in touch for a long time, both felt so
special to each other. And you know
what, another story started....
To be
continued.....
