THE CHOICE- CHAPTER 9

Heello my amigos…bfr i begin i want to say some things…
Sumo..nandini…naina…lily…riya…all of u i m missing u like hell..plz be back soon…
Anjo nd anjali…u ppl r already my frnds….
These stupid school ppl have postponed my exams…so now i will meet all of u for part 2 after 26th….
This is the second last chp of part one…
Frankly speaking I m not satisfied wid last few chps….u ppl r just polite enough not to say it on my face.
But I promise …I will surely nd hopefully make it up for u in part 2…for now its titled noise of the past….I will post a small intro abt d story in a few days…
Now enough of my blabbering…let’s get back to d chp…its too short..nd technically contains nothing important…but I will feel really happy if u take out two mins..nd read it for me….
So her I bring to u….

CHAPTER-9

Some days have passed…its morning..Suman gets ready for her lectures…she is wearing deep blue top… nd khaki coloured shorts…a scarf is wrapped around her neck…she has left her hair open… she does so very rarely… But they r wet today..so she has no option… She puts on lip gloss..her sole makeup item..she uses…nd then takes her things to proceed for d lectures..
On her way to d first lecture.. She sees Adi..nd she feels strange.. He didn’t just go away seeing her…as he has been doing for d last few days..
” What…has his heart melted…?.. Or suddenly he has decided ..that I don’t even exist that he should give any importance to ignoring me…? ” Suman thinks….He is standing wid Kunal…nd discussing about playing badminton in the evening….

Suman goes from there..as she is getting late for her lecture….she is unable to meet Shravan d whole day…nd it makes her upset….She likes spending time wid him…there is no one who can listen to her blabbering so patiently….Although he flirts wid her.. He is a very nice friend to her…nd he has become one of d very few people who r close to Suman… Like really close…someone whom she can trust…wid everything.. Though d same cannot be said for him……
After her lectures…she goes back to her hostel room…today she doesn’t feel like going to d lake..she is having a different feeling from inside…some kind of excitement…happiness…
She sits down to paint… she paints a painting of girl walking down d street alone….what makes d painting look beautiful…r not d strokes…but d vibrant nd contrasting colours she has chosen…yellow..orange nd white..wid blue nd black…
Suddenly her phone rings…she sees d caller name being displayed on d screen…nd it brings a smile on her face..
” Hello Sweety” says a cheerful male voice from d other end….
” Hello dad….how r u?” Suman says…still painting….

“I m good… Actually.…Mrs. Kashyap wanted to talk to u…..Here..I will give d phone to her… Wait a moment…” Kabir says…handing over d phone to Priya….
” Hello…Sumi?” Speaks a soft but stern voice from d other end….
” Yes..mommy….! All well?” Suman says…now keeping her brush nd painting aside…
“What well…for me..every day is d same…from morning to evening… Work like a slave..nd then my family still doesn’t understand my value… I think they have forgotten… that I m also a member of d family..nd they should talk to me also…” Priya says sounding tired..irritated..angry…and upset at d same time..
” Mom..y do u say so…did u have a fight wid dad?” Suman says….
” He just never talks to me properly….” Nd d voice trails off and her dad’s voice is heard shouting…” She asks silly questions.. Nd she doesn’t expect stupid answers….”
They all talk for a while…after which Suman gets Shravan’s call…
” Helllooooooooooo!!! ” Shravan shouts in d phone…..
” Ughhhh …Shravan!!! Y d hell r u shouting…..Can’t u speak normally….? ” Suman fumes….
” Umm…I m so sorry….actually I m not excited….!” Shravan replies…nd he realises he shouldn’t have said that….nd he corrects himself…

” Actually I wanted to play badminton wid u….so I m excited for that….” Shravan says nd hits his head wid his other hand..” What a lame reason Shravan…!” He thinks…
Meanwhile Suman remembers Adi nd Kunal talking about playing badminton in the evening….she doesn’t want to face him…not that she is scared or anything….its just that she doesn’t want any other drama to take place in front of everyone….
” No Shravan…not today….” Suman says…
” Don’t worry Adi nd Kunal r not here….” Shravan lies….they r obviously here…but they r not playing..so technically they r not there….he justifies himself in his mind…Suman thinks how does he know that’s my problem…? Is he some astrologer or what……..he knows me this well….I never knew somebody could….but d fact is…I have told everything about me to him…there’s nothing hidden about me..to him …
” Ok I will come in some time..”Suman says…she really wanted to see Shravan… Her day is incomplete without talking to him…
” Okay….” He says nd cuts d call…
All he wanted was her to come..badminton was just an excuse… she would be getting d surprise of her life today….nd he will get….’ Boundless happiness….