Those were the days.....Chapter VI (persuasions and rejections..)

After 8 months I got a chance to write.. things haven't changed much in last 8 months...

Lets assume the 3 girls as Drew, Cameroon and Lucy...

work has been usual..though my sister is getting married next month.. and after a gap of almost 7 years i spoke to Drew... we caught up on happenings in our lives and laughed at how childish we were in college... met Lucy as well and it was the same thing with her.. laughing and making fun of what we all were upto...

The Proposal and persuasions..

Well lets get back to the story... after handing over the cards, I left the lab with loads of questions in my mind.. next few days passed waiting for a reply..but nothing came out.... lucy, anand bhaiya and rest were not making it easier for me... exams were around the corner and it was getting difficult.. with 3rd sem being one of the toughest in BIT, it was getting worse.. subjects like Thermal Engg, Mechanical Engg..all were getting tougher for me day by day... lost in my world.. staring at books is what all I was able to do..meanwhile Seemant told cameroon about his feelings and was in a similar situation... Mid-term came and went.. managed a decent score..

there were outings planned after this.. visit to sudeep's bua's place.. IEE technical trip to Power plant..movies with special balcony arrangements courtsey ruchika di and anand bhaiya...guys night out ruhail bhaiya's place...so on and on..

Anand bhaiya's birthday party at kaveri followed by temptation.. i still remember wearing that fluorescent yellow t-shirt which i wore just once and never touched it again... this was the time when kuchu planned his visit to mangalore during diwali vacations... (i hope you will notice that we are still waiting for a reply)... well the trip was planned.. me and kuchu to bangalore via kharagpur.. we dint have any reservations.. so we boarded with the entire gang.. those days train to Kolkata use to have min 100 people heading to kolkata in same train.. so u can adjust..


well why I am highlighting this trip is because....
I was in the same compartment as drew n with bose not around this was the right time to talk to her.. Me n Kuchu were occupying seats of our 2 seniors (Sinthaliya and Ravi) who have gone elsewhere for sometime... seeing the opportunity I called Drew n we were talking... suddenly the seniors returned and seeing me the started teasing me to get off the seat.. I gave them a wink n then both went on the Upper berth(the seats were side lower n upper).. the conversation continued and I could hear smirks from the upper birth with both of them bothering me once in a while asking for water/ eatables etc...the talk went well with me telling how I felt n all.... after an hour or so she left for seat..still NO ANSWER!!!!

The acceptance
Well on return from vacations it was again time for exams.. finals..with an average score in mid-term I came up with a focus towards studies and the unexpected happened..(reminded me of the English play in 10th.. "with women around, the unexpected always happen"..)...


The D-DAY (Cassi's whistle)
One fine afternoon, me, ayush, momo, seemant, bose, kuchu, sudeep were walking from inner canteen to hostel.. we saw Drew coming from opposite directions and all started teasing me... well i started walking slowly behind the crowd.. and the unexpected happened..she said a Hi and asked if I have few minutes..
I stopped and the gang went ahead.. we just started and Cassi whistled..(wat a bitch he was).. she got conscious and said will talk later.. I felt like chopping him into pieces (LSD style)... well I came back and went for a nap.. I was woken up by seemant banging at my door.. waking me up, "someone wants to meet u in OC at 5 pm in the evening"... my heart started beating.. with so many seniors knowing me and friends knowing me.. me going to OC to meet a girl would be talk of the hostel.. I called up momo n told him to meet me at OC..

I headed to OC with a book on pretext of meeting mohit.. after that we both started walking towards inner campus..on our way we met Drew n her friend.. we all 4 walking towards OC again.. on nearing OC, Drew asked her friend n momo to go and get the snacks and stationery etc leaving me and her behind... she turned and we started walking back towards IC disappointing anand bhaiya, seemant, ashutosh who have reached OC by that time...
Drew : "How are you?"
Me : "Doing good. you tell me? How are preps for exam?"
Drew : "Going on well. Why don't' you talk to me these days?"
Me : "Well not much of time and exams are around."
we went on talking for next 15 mins with Momo n friend following us.... Momo told me later (today) that both of them were nervous and dint know what to talk about...
well moral of the walk is I got my answer that day and I was on Cloud Nine...
Interest in studies came back and I was able to concentrate better..

The next day Cameroon, Lucy all started pulling my leg in lectures.. me n Drew use to catch up after classes.. go around for a while till Hostel in-time for girls(a strict rule of 6 pm in Girl's hostel) and there was an LOC beyond which guys were not allowed... but this happiness was not to last for long..

The Rejection....
after 15 days..one fine evening me n Drew were sitting at OC and...
Drew : "What if I said, whatever has happened in last 15 days, was just for fun and I was not serious"
I was shocked..heart skipped a beat or two.. I din't know what to say!!!!!! just then anand bhaiya n ruchika didi came by and we all went to OC for snacks..by the end of the evening I knew that it was to end..a rejection..a heart break 10 days before exams.... I was doomed...
Lost all my interest in exams and studies.. no words from my mouth for days...no food.. somehow anand bhaiya pushed me to studies.. sitting with him in his room... I gave all my exams... was scared that will flunk in Thermal..
After exams, went back to bangalore and one evening I was talking to dad about studies and exams..
Dad : "how were your exams this semester.. you don't seem to happy"
Me : "Exams went well. except for thermal Engg..I guess I will pass in all"
Dad : "Thermal Engg!!!!! that was one subject even I was scared of, such a fat book, such a vast syllabus.. but I managed to pass, don't you worry"
I took a sigh of relief and was disappointed that even after 30 years, the course, book of subjects in India still remain the same.. all bookish knowledge...

In 3rd sem, another interesting chapter was of Jai Sharma being my room-mate.. one hell of a guy he was..famous for his extempore in first semester and telling Khowala bhaiya that a certain book was not meant for his standards... but this guy shot to fame in Semester 5 with famous Baddy bhai.. much on that later....

By the way I did pass all subjects..even thermal with just 60 marks.. I guess it runs in the blood..