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Sid finds a board in which B.E(CSE)-1st yr is written….He is relieved and gets inside the class…He sits in an empty bench and have a look around…He finds a gorgeous girl in pink salwar sitting alone in the last bench…She is lost in thoughts and is playing with the strap of her bag…Sid wanted to go and talk with her but he did not go thinking what if she mistakes him…He looks at the other people in the class who were excited about the first day of their colg…But the excitement was missing in the girl’s face..
The bell rings and a tall man enters into the class…He greets everyone and talks about the colg and importance of their course…He gives advice to the students…By then Shruti is searching for the class and she finds out…
Shruti: oh God!Save me…First day itself i m going late…
She runs to the class…
Shruti:May i come in sir??
On seeing her,Sid widens his eyes…He cannot believe his eyes…
Professor: Are u a student of this class?
Shruti: Yes sir…I went to the office room and so i m late…
Professor:Oh…Get in…Take ur seat…
Shruti: Tq sir..
She sits in a bench And turns around…She sees Sid staring at her…He says “Hi” and waves his hand…She widens her eye and turns…The professor asks everyone to introduce themselves…Everyone introduces and Shruti’s turn comes…
Shruti:Hi everyone…I m Shruti Srinivasan…I live with my parents and grandparents in Chennai…I hav a brother who works in Mumbai..
On hearing that Sid smiles widely…He had confirmed that she is none other than his long lost childhood bestie Shruti…”Ur guess s ryt man!”,he tells himself….He is disturbed by the intro of pink salwae girl…
Girl: I m Swadeenta Ramakrishnan…I live with my mom in Chennai…
Sid repeats her name n mind and thinks”Nice name”…Sid’s turn comes…
Siddharth: Hello!I m Siddharth Subramanian….I lived in Coimbatore for the past 4 years And came to Chennai last week only…Before 4 years,i was here…I live with my parents and i have a sister who got married…
He tell that and looks with a smile at Shruti who was looking at him with gaped mouth…Shruti was on cloud nine and wants to go and hug him…She has happy tears..She controls herself and sits in her place…
Aftr sometym the bell rings…Sid runs to Shruti and hugs her…She cries and beats him…
Shruti: U duffer! How dare u? U ran away frm me without even telling me no? Get lost u stupid! I wont talk to u…
Sid: Oye drama queen!I m also angry at u…U saw me in the morning and u cant even recognize me ryt??
Shruti: Oh ok…So tell me…U recognized me ryt??U stupid….U too hav forgotten me no??
Sid: Actually i recognized u on seeing ur chubby cheeks…But before i could say, u flew off in ur scooter…Wat to do?? That is not my mistake…
Shruti: Oye…I m not chubby…That was 4 years back…Now i m slim only…Now See u hav diverted the topic…And remember..I wont forgive u…
Sid:Now wat Shruti?Starting again??See…My dad’s business was down…We suffered heavy loss…So we sold our house and went away…All these happened in juz a couple of days and i could not inform u as u were out of town..
Shruti:So wat?I m ur neighbour only na? Cant u write a note in a chit and keep it or better u could have called me no??
Sid: u knw abour my dad ryt?? He asked us not to call anyone in Chennai…I was helpless…
Shruti: Wah! Lame excuse! I wont forgive u anyway(she fakes anger)
Sid sings kabhi kabhi aditi song frm jaane tu na jaane na… ” Oh shruti! Haste haste haste haste haste tu zara…Nahi toh bas thoda thoda thoda thoda thoda muskura”(hindi)
In tamil…Kannaal pesum pwnne ennai mannipaya…
(Note: I hav seen so many tamil ppl in tu…So i hav written a song in hindi as well as in tamil…I l try to give both tamil and hindi silongs so that both the readers could connect with it)
He does some childish acts which makes her laugh…
Sid: And finally u laughed..Thank God… I knw hw to cool ur anger…Come..I l get u something frm canteen …U glutton!
Shruti: Dont call me glutton..Call me foodie…
Sid: Whatever…
(They go to the canteen)
The class of final year CSE is shown…Arnav s writing something…Vicky is hungry…
Vicky:Shall we go to the canteen?
Arnav: I m not coming…
Vicky: Wat yaar? plz come for m sake…
(They go to the canteen)
In canteen:
Sid: Give me two icecreams and a juice…
The man gives him..Shruti opens it and the icecream was molten…
Shruti: Bro…Wat is this??We asked for icecream.. not milkshake…It melted awa…And look at this juice…It is not juice…Its water….
Sid: Adjust it na??
Shruti: I cant Sid….We r paying for it ryt??Bro…Give us good ones…Or else I l complain to the management….
Arnav and vicky see it frm a distance…On seeing her arguing,some flashes of images come into Arnav’s mind and he feels dizzy…Vicky makes him sit in a chair…
Arnav: Get me something sweet…
Vicky runs and gets candies…He gives one to Arnav…Aftr having it he feels normal…
Vicky: I knw…That girl’s attitude reminds u of her no??
Arnav: Hmm…That is why i felt dizzy…
They sit for sometime an d goes to the class
Sid and Shruti also goes to the class and tgey sit together….
Sid: Shruti! Look at her..(points to swadeenta)She has been sitting alone since morning…Shall we go and talk to her??
Shruti: Oh yes…Wat is her name??
Sid: Its Swadeenta..Swadeenta Ramakrishnan…
Shruti:Oh…Look at u(she tells in a teasing tone)
They go to Swadeenta…Shruti sits next to her…
Shruti: Hi…I m Shruti…
Swa: Hi….Swadeenta…
Shruti: Nice name…I means independence ryt?? Frnds??(she forwards her hand)
Swa:Frnds(she shakes her hand)
Shruti:Y r u sitting alone? come and sit with us…
Swa:Its ok…
Shruti: I m telling no…U hav to come…
Swadeenta comes and sits with them
Shruti: And he is Siddharth…We r childhood frnds…
Swa: That i so nice to hear…
Shruti: We hav met after 4 long years…There r many stories to share…Join us…
They keep on chatting for the rest of the day…Most of the time,swadeenta was silent…Evening came and the bell rings…
Shruti: Swadeenta..Hw wil u go??
Swa: By bus…
Shruti: Shall i drop u n bus stop??
Swa: Its ok..I l go by walk…
Shruti: Wait…I l drop u…
Sid: I hav some work in office room…U drop her and wait in bIke stand…I l come…
Shruti: Okay…
She drops her n bus stop and waits in the bike stand…By then Varun comes with his friends and starts ragging Shruti…She refuses to do wat they had asked her to…One of his frnds s about to hit her…By then Arnav arrives and seeing everyone ran away…(Varun has guts to tease Arnav only when he s with Sanjay)
Shruti: Thank u so very much sir….I dunno frm who r these idiots…Thet r not looking lyk students …Tgey r like rowdies…
Arnav: They r my classmates…
Shruti: wat?? See how sweet u r and hw rude they r…Btw i m Shruti…(She forwards her hand)
He did not respond..
Shruti: May i know wat ur name is?
Arnav: (angrily)Look…I saved u and u thanked me…Thats it…U dont have to knw my name…Juz move frm here asap…
By saying this he moves…
Shruti wonders:Wat s wrong with him??Is asking a guy’s name a crime??I don understand…He s ruder than them..Khadoos!
Sh keeps on waiting…
Wat s da reason for Arnav’s behaviour?? Why Swadeenta is sad? keep on guessing…
PRECAP:Arnav lies in his bed and thinks of the past incidents of his life…Swadeenta cries and tells about her life to Shruti and Sid…