Chapter 4 “Where were you yesterday?” – Anushka asked as it seemed that she was angry. Me - “I was busy” “Oh! Busy. So at least you could have sent me a single scrap.” She said Her tone was changed and I loved her sweet anger. “But what happened? Do you remember, one day you said that we are not going to die if we will not talk for one day. Remember?” – I said. I was trying to tease her a little bit. She had definitely narrowed her eyes on her computer screen. “Oh! So you want revenge? Right?” – She said. Me - “No” She- “Then?” “I am sorry, I told you that there was a lot of work yesterday and my internet was not working when I tried to leave you a scrap. “It’s ok. – She said. “Where was your mobile?” Mobile? My mobile was with me. Why! What Happened? Did you check your mobile yesterday? - She again asked “Yeah! I was playing game for the whole night. What is the matter?” I was surprised that why she was asking for my mobile.” “I called you yesterday. I was worried about you. I thought you were still upset that’s why I decided to call you on the number which you gave me. But I didn’t get any response.” I was surprised that did she really call me. I got my mobile and checked miss calls. There was a miss call from an unknown number. I received it when I was sitting with Sheetal. “You called me around 1:00p.m. Right?” – I asked “Hmm”- She said sadly. “I am sorry. I didn’t know that it was your number. If I would have known, I would definitely call you back. I am sorry Jaana . Can I call you now”. – I said because I was so excited to talk to her. That was the first time when I got a girl’s number. “No, don’t call me know. Mom is near me. I will call you back. – She said. Amazing feeling I was getting at that time. First time after 6 months of our friendship I was going to hear her voice. That day there was an emergency in the city, the college management decided to close the college after lunch break. I had my lunch and I left the college at 2:00p.m. I got my village bus. I was having my mobile in my hand, waiting for her call. But she didn’t call. It was full rush in the bus. Hardly had I got a place to stand at least. All of a sudden, my phone started ringing. I tried to get it but I was unable to move a single inch from place. “Do you have any problem?” An old man shouted as I was pushing him again and again while trying to get my phone. “No, I have not any problem but If I will not pick my phone, then it can be a big problem, Uncle”- I said and again pushed him. He gave me a weird look while I was smiling like an idiot because I was happy because of Anushka. When I took my phone it had already disconnected. I decided to call her back but as the bus was fully crowded, I decided to call her back after sometime. I reached home after 15 minutes. I called her but she didn’t respond. May be she was busy at that time. I started changing my cloth and the same time I heard my phone ringing in my bedroom. I at once ran to that room but my mom picked my phone. I stood shocked. I proved myself careless even at the first time when she called me. My heart started beating at its full speed. I thought I am going to die now. My mom spoke hello for two or three time but no she didn’t get any response except one hello. Mom looked at me and gave me my mobile. “There was a girly voice on the phone”. She said “Girly? – I said- May be it was a company call.” I changed my cloth at once and started running outside the house shouting. “Mom, I am going to Grandpa’s House.” My mom was surprised. I had never gone to my maternal grandfather’s house after returning from my office. On the way, I dialed her number. “Hello” – I said “Hello Daksh?” – she said. “Haayee” – I said What? - She sad surprisingly. I mean “Hi”- I corrected my last word. “Who picked your phone? - She asked. “Mom” – I said “Oh! Sorry. You might be in trouble when she asked about me from you.”- She said. “No I told her that It was a company call. - I said Ahan! Great- She said “How are you?”- I said “Well I am fine, how about you Daksh”- She said When she called my name, I felt amazing. When you talk for the first to a girl, who is your friend and you have never met her, all these things make your bond with her much stronger and excited that you just want to jump from your place to her to meet her. But that was not possible me. I kept smiling like an idiot in the streets of my village. A few people caught me smiling but when I noticed them, I pretended myself serious. But that was too difficult for me to control my happiness. As they crossed me, a smile again rose on my face. “Well I am good now.”- I said “Now? What happened to you before? Are you alright? - She asked. “Earlier you never had a talk with me. That’s why I am much happier than before. That’s why I said I am HAPPY now.” I said. I caught the longest route so I could talk to her as much as I could. She was smiling. ““So you break my one rule. Huh. I had never given my number to anyone else. I don’t know how I called you. It was surprising. I can’t believe that I called you. ”- She said “We make our own rules, so that we can find someone who can break them and what’s the problem? After all we are friends and there should be no rules in friendship. Right”- I said as I was enjoying talking to her on phone. “Hmm”- She said. “But it was the first and last rule which I broke for you. In future, I am not going to break any rule of mine.” Me - “That’s enough for me, for now, I mean”- “For now? What do you mean? If you are expecting something more from me, then Daksh Partner, you must control yourself. – She said as she started laughing. I too smiled. “Okay Daksh It was nice talking to you. I will catch you later. Bye take care.” She said and she disconnected the phone. I was on the half way. Then I remembered that there was no one in my grandfather’s house. All of them had gone to Amritsar. I was sure that Mom was thinking something strange for me. I turned back and ran to my home. Mad I was at that time. I was unable to understand my situation. I never knew what was happening to me. May be I was in love but falling in love with a person whom you have never meet is almost impossible. But that was happening to me. Slowly but genuinely I started feeling something strange for her. I came back and found that my mom was standing at the door waiting for me. She already knew that they all had gone to Amritsar then why he is running there. I didn’t speak anything. I smiled and said – “I went to recharge my mobile.” I was used to reach home at 7:00 p.m. those days, but that day I came at 3 p.m. and it was difficult to spend the whole remaining day without talking to Anu. Somehow I spent the day. Next day, in the office, I logged in orkut. “Hey Jaana! Good Morning.” - I wrote. No reply came from her side. I thought she could be busy with some stuff. I sent her some SMSs. I waited and again sent her a scrap after one hour. But again she didn’t respond except three SMSs. I started doing my work. I was checking mails. Suddenly I found her mail in my yahoo mail inbox. I surprised after reading that mail. It was something like that. “Hi daksh! How are you? I hope you are all good. I want to say something to you but don’t know how should I talk tell you. I know I called you that day. It was just because I was worried for you. Please don’t take it in some other way. We are just friend and I don’t want to spoil our friendship giving it the name of love. I know you will get angry after reading this mail and definitely you will think that what type of girl I am. All I want to say that we cannot talk on mobile. We are talking on orkut and I think that’s enough for us. Please try to understand me. Don’t’ be angry. I read your scraps on orkut but I couldn’t reply. May be I thought you will delete me from your friend list. I am helpless. Bye. Take Care – Your Anushka.” I thought for half an hour after reading that mail. Actually I got hurt after reading but don’t know why. May be it was all because I was attracted towards her. I kept quiet for a moment then decided to write a reply for her mail and I wrote. “Hey Jaana!. Who told you that I will get angry after reading this mail and why the hell you are so worried about that. You don’t want to talk on mobile then it is ok, why to worry? We are best friend and almost more than 3 hours we do chat daily and I think that’s enough. And second thing how can you think that I will delete you from my friend list. I don’t want to say anything else. I am deleting your number from mobile. And I promise that I will not talk to you on mobile until you will yes to that. Okay? Now come online. I am dying to chat with you. Bye for now. Your Daksh I deleted her number from my mobile but it was hard to delete from my mind. I had already mugged up her number but I never called her without her permission. After 5-10 minutes, she came back to orkut. “Hey Dakshu! Thanks!” – She said “Thanks? For what” – I said sadly because still, somewhere in my mind, I just wanted to hear her voice each day but that was not possible, I thought. But I stopped thinking about that. I started talking to her like nothing had happened. I totally ignored talking on mobile just because I wanted to be with her each and every time. You will definitely feel lonely when you have a best friend and still you can’t talk to her without any reason. The same I felt when I was reading her few SMS which she sent me on the first day while lying on my bed. May be she was also missing me but I was not sure about that. I read her messages again and again and then I slept. Next day, in office, I came to know that college is organizing a function in its new building which was almost 10 k.m. from the city. All of us were busy shifting the whole college material to the new building. The new building was just mind blowing. It was mind blowing because there was a separate room for me. It was well furnished. My new chair, my new table, my new PC everything was just mind blowing. I loved that so much. There was a lot of work so I couldn’t talk Anushka for 2 or 3 days. May be she thought that I got angry after her behavior but nothing was like that. Whenever I got free, I sent her a scrap. And it was more fun for all the staff members to spend more time than before in college bus travelling 10 k.m. The second most interesting thing for me was that every day, the college bus had to start from the school in which Sheetal was working. So was able to see her every day. One Day, we were sitting in the bus waiting for a lecturer. Suddenly one lecturer spoke to me. “Daksh, Can you help me.” – She said “Yeah! Sure”- I said as we all ever eager to help each other every moment. That was just because of our President who taught us how to co-operate. “There is a teacher, named Sheetal in the school. Can you please and get her number for me. I have deleted her number by mistake. There is still 5 minutes remaining for the bus to go.” – She said I kept quiet for some trying to hold my laughter. I was about to cry with happiness. Still I managed to control and got some courage to speak. “Y Yes Mam”. I will go – I said and I didn’t move from my seat. “Then go! What are you waiting for”- She said as she started laughing. I at once ran to the school which was 200 meter away from the bus. I was about to enter the school, suddenly I saw someone standing in the park with cute kids and they all were standing in a row. Sheetal was there, teaching exercises to the kids. I went there. They all were between 2 to 5 years old. I love all the kids and more than that I loved their cute actions. Then Sheetal looked at me and passed a smile. I responded her with a mad smile. I went near her. “Good Morning, Mam, Sheetal, Sheetal Mam,- I said surprising what to call her Sheetal? Mam? Or Sheetal Mam?. She started laughing when she noticed me stammering. “Very good morning, Sir- She said. “Mam, I am here to get your number”- I said She got surprised and gave me a weird look. Before she could speak anything cleared my words. “I mean Kavita Mam is asking your number, who is sitting in that bus.”- I said She looked the bus. “Okay! Note then”- She said I tried to find a paper but I didn’t. I took out my pen and started writing on my hand. “Chhiiiii.” She said. “Don’t write on your hand, they will get dirty.” She said as I started smiling. “Don’t worry about that Mam”- I said. “I can wash them”. She smiled and I wrote her name in bold character “Thank you” – I said I started leaving then she said bye waving her hand. After looking her hand waving in the air, I also took my hand from my pocket and waved that hand. She burst with laugh. I never knew that it had been 10 minutes since I left the bus. I heard the bus horn and ran to the bus. I mugged up her number many times on that 200 meter. “What happened? Why did take so much time getting her number. I thought she might have slapped you.” The lecturer said as she too started laughing. “No! No!. But yes she was about to slap me but before she could do that I told her that you were asking her number.” I sat on my seat and bus started. “Where is her number? - She asked I showed her my right hand’s palm. “Here it is” – I said and winked. She raised her both eyebrows and looked surprisingly. She added her number in her mobile contact. “Wash your hand as soon as possible and don’t add her number in your mobile contacts and also don’t ever tease her by calling her again and again.” She said kiddingly. “Oh don’t worry about that.”- I said I took out my handkerchief and erased her number from palm. “See. Its invisible now”- I said. All the staff members in the bus stared laughing. “Daksh is a nice boy. He will not do such cheap thing.”- Another lecturer. Sometimes, it’s better to be cheap. All you need is to have someone like Sheetal in your life. I was thinking in my mind. I looked at the lecturer who praised me. “Dude! I was going to call her. But your statement made me to change my mind. I will see you next time. - I murmured. “I didn’t mean that. I was just kidding. I know Daksh very well.” Kavita Mam said. Then they all started praising me and I started heading out from the window and we reached college after 15 minutes. While going to my room, I took out my mobile, dialed Sheetal’s number and add her number in my contact with some different name. So that no one could know that I have her number. I was smiling and at the same I noticed that someone patted on my back. It was the same lecturer who praised me first in the bus. “Keep her number safe, she is beautiful.” – He said We both started laughing. We were like brothers. He was elder than me but he was always there for me in all circumstances. We both entered in each other’s room and started working. I logged in orkut and told Anushka everything She laughed a lot when I told her about my funny expression which I made in front of Sheetal. “So at last you got her number. - She said Yeah! I have her number but I am not going to call her”- I said “Why”- She said. “Are you mad? You are saying that she is beautiful then why the hell you will not call her? “I will call her when she will give her number herself. Only then, I will call her, I think.”- I said. “Oh! Great! That’s a sign of honest boy.”- Anushka said We talked for half an hour and while talking to Anushka I forget about that number incident related to Sheetal as I was used to forget everything whenever I started talking to Anushka. I had two numbers in my mobile. Two numbers of special persons of my life, I must say. One was my best friend and second one was my crush. But it was hard to make a call to any of them. I was totally confused what to do now. It was something like having your favorite dishes in your front and someone has tied your hand so that I you can’t eat them.
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