Life Is Beautiful - 02

Took out utmost pain in reaching the bus stop, as the rain hit very hard the morning. The roads took out a clean bath and now started to overflow. We had small ponds, little flowing rivers and even huge lakes! The road side sand hardened a bit with first few minutes of shower, later it started to loosen up and started forming a muddy mould with many tyre and foot path designs! I was totally engaged in watching the roads carefully and had no time even to think about her.

Heart responded softly “Nothing wrong in thinking! We have made that amendment!”

Smiled to myself and continued walking to reach the bus stop. I had to wait for another 5 more minutes in the rain with dripping umbrella and a shoulder bag. If I were not into the college, I would have certainly thrown the umbrella away and started enjoying the chill rain drops.

With that entire usual chit – chats in the bus, we finally reached our college. Best thing about our college is that they will make us feel the worst possible thing better! Now they have taken up the roads in India. All through the path, the red sand was turned clumsy with the ordinary sand and looked like a flour mix for Roti with excess water in it! We need to walk about 400 metres of such muddy mixture. It remembered me the ‘Takeshi’s castle’ in Pogo with all those skid and slid fun!

Alas, reached the dry zone – no pun intended here – just meant my first floor classroom without any symptoms of rain! Dropped my bag in my seat at the last bench and from there all I could see is only a cluster of umbrellas in the dais. Walked out of the class room and reached the corridor as I still had 5 more minutes for the bell (Siren :P). Nothing happened more interesting there and so returned back to my seat thinking of ways to win the bet.

Our class room was a 20 X 18 – nearly a square hall with 30 two seated benches aligned with 5 rows and 6 columns. Boys would take 3 and a half column leaving the rest to the girls. I usually take up the right side seat in the middle of three allotted columns in the last row. This right sided seat will be much effective in sighting process as we had corridor exactly to my left.

The first thing I decided was to swap places with my friend so that I would take the left seat so less chances of seeing her and thereby winning the bet! The classes started and I was very careful in not turning my neck to the other side.

Brain started, “You made the right amendment in time… now you think about her more than you usually do!”

“Shut up. Its maths class and no more thoughts!” I said to myself and started concentrating more. There was a small confusion with exchanging calculators. Though everyone have one calculator, no one brings them saving for the final examination. If the staff was in a good mood, she will allow us to share it; else will order us to get it from other department friends! So much of noise just ended up with a strong word from the staff. The class was completely silent and could even hear a simple pen click at every corner of the room.

Simple sounds of approaching footsteps and finally the staff started “Attendance please”

Her name was the first with so much of ‘A’ to start with and the chorus from the other side was “yet to come”. I just took my pain out of my neck to turn the other side just to see her desk to be vacant. The class turned to be noisy again and no one could hear the feeble foot step sounds approaching and yet another “Excuse me!”

Whole class turned towards the entrance, even I, just to lose a buck as she arrived late crossing the fresh pond!

 

Life indeed is Beautiful!