Making friends

CHAPTER 4

ONE DAY I SAW A GUY FLIRTING WITH EVERY GIRL IN COLLEGE AND EVEN FLIRTING WITH THE FEMALE STAFF OF COLLEGE. HIS ATTITUDE WAS LIKE A FREE BIRD AND HAD A BOLD AND STRAIGHTFORWARD PERSONALITY. HE WAS TOO GOOD AT WINNING EVERY GIRL’S HEART!

FOR A WHILE I THOUGHT ABOUT TALKING WITH HIM, BUT I WAS GETTING LATE FOR CLASS SO I LEFT THE TOPIC THERE ITSELF. I SETTLED DOWN ON THE LAST BENCH OF THE CLASSROOM AS THERE WASN’T ANY BENCH LEFT IN FRONT.

THE LECTURE STARTED. SOMEONE JUMPED INSIDE THROUGH THE WINDOW AND SAT WITH ME. IT WAS THE SAME GUY I SAW A FEW MINUTES AGO. HE WARNED ME TO BE QUIET.

CLASS GOT OVER AND OTHERS WERE PREPARING FOR THE NEXT CLASS. TILL THEN I GATHERED SOME COURAGE AND TALKED WITH THAT GUY.

“EXCUSE ME. HELLO, MY NAME IS ADRIAN, ADRIAN ALFONSO.”

“ HELLO MYSELF VINAY SHARMA. NICE TO MEET YOU.”

I TRIED TO GET ON THE WITHOUT WASTING A SECOND.

“I SAW YOU A FEW MINUTES AGO. YOU HAD A VERY FRANK PERSONALITY. UM...CAN WE BE FRIENDS?”

“WHY?”

“SORRY, DID I SAY SOMETHING WRONG?”

“NOPE. I AM A BIT CURIOUS. WHY DO YOU WANT ME, A BACKBENCHER TO BE YOUR FRIEND? AREN’T YOU WORRIED ABOUT YOUR STUDIES?”

“I DON’T HAVE ANY FRIEND TO GUIDE ME AND TO ENCOURAGE ME. AND I WANT TO BE AS FRANK AS YOU.”

“BUT WHY?”

“BECAUSE I….I…”

“WHO IS THE GIRL?”

“WH…WHAT? TH…THERE IS NO GIRL AS YOU THINK.”

“COME ON BROTHER, DON’T DENY IT NOW. IT HAD COME TILL ON YOUR TONGUE JUST SAY IT. WHO IS SHE?”

“LEONA D’COSTA”

“OKAY, THIS GIRL MADE YOU BLUSH SO HARD! INTERESTING. WE WILL CONTINUE AFTER CLASS OR YOU MAY GET SPOILED.”

HE SMILED IN A NAUGHTY WAY AND MADE ME SMILE TOO.

I TOLD HIM EVERYTHING AFTER CLASS. THE DAY I SAW LEONA, MY STUPIDITY AND EVEN THE COINCIDENCES HAPPENED TO ME.

HE STAYED SILENT FOR A MOMENT AND SAID,

“BROTHER TILL NOW YOU WERE JUST WASTING YOUR TIME. REALLY WITH THIS SPEED, HER PRINCE CHARMING WILL TAKE HER TO HIS PALACE AND SHE MAY HAVE FOUR KIDS WITH HIM. SERIOUSLY? LINGERING ON THE TERRACE, FOLLOWING HER, SEEING HER IN THE LIBRARY, THESE WERE HAPPENING DURING THE PERIOD OF BLACK AND WHITE FILMS HINDI FILM INDUSTRY. ARE WE STILL IN THAT ERA? BROTHER THIS IS 1977, GROW UP MAN!”

“THAT’S THE REASON I NEED YOUR HELP TO IMPRESS HER.”

“OKAY, I’LL HELP YOU. DON’T WORRY. BUT I WON’T BE A MESSENGER IN YOUR LOVE STORY. I’M JUST A SUPPORT. OKAY?”

“AS YOU SAY. I AM HAPPY.”

“THEN LET’S START OUR FRIENDSHIP WITH OUR FAVOURITE PASTRIES.”

I DIDN’T GET THAT IN ONCE THEN HE RAISED HIS EYEBROWS IN AN EXPLANATION MANNER AND I GOT IT. HE WANTED ME TO GET OUR FAVOURITE PASTRIES.

“OH, OKAY. I GOT YOU. WHICH FLAVOUR?”

“STRAWBERRY.”

HE SAID IT WITH A SMILE AND THAT’S HOW I GOT A FRIEND, VINAY.

END OF THE CHAPTER.

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