CHAPTER 02

Nidhi took Meera's hand in hers and looking into her eyes said, "You are not alone Meera, I am with you! Don't say such a thing again!"

Meera hugged Nidhi! Nidhi kept encouraging her! When it was time for class, both of them got up and went to class!

Nidhi went home after telling Meera to take care of herself but today she was very sad and kept thinking about Meera! The next morning the hostel warden asked Meera to vacate the room! Her room rent had not been paid for the last one month. Meera asked for permission for a few days but the warden clearly told her to vacate the room!

No one helped her, Meera gathered her things and started putting them in her bag. The money she had was spent on her mother's last rites and the subsequent work. Whose help should she take in an unknown city? Meera was a very proud girl and so she did not tell Nidhi about her problem. Meera had no other option but to go back to Bhopal. She left the hostel with her bag.

When Nidhi came to college and did not see Meera in the class, she asked Ragini who was sitting next to her and who lived in the same hostel. "Hey Ragini, where is Meera? Why didn't she come to college?"

"Hey, don't you know? Today the warden madam expelled him from the hostel," Ragini whispered

"What? But why?" Nidhi said in surprise

"Because she didn't pay the hostel room rent! Now don't disturb me, let me study", said Ragini and buried her eyes in the books.

When Nidhi heard this, she started thinking. "All this happened and Meera did not even tell me, this girl is really difficult to understand! I don't know where she would be at this time? I have to go." Nidhi picked up her bag and books and went out of the class! She came straight to the hostel from college and asked Meera's roommate!

The roommate told that Meera was talking about going back to her home! Nidhi left from there and immediately came to the railway station! The train had left! Nidhi became dejected, she looked at the train with sad eyes and as soon as she turned to go back, her eyes fell on Meera sitting on the bench!

Nidhi came running towards her happily but the very next moment her happiness turned into anger and she said, "What do you think of yourself? And where are you going hiding your face like this?" "I had told Ragini that I was not going hiding my face", Meera said in a low voice, "And you think I will let you go like this!" Nidhi said angrily. "But what will we do here now? The warden has also expelled us from the hostel!", Meera said.

"That stupid warden I will definitely kill her .... Tell me why didn't you tell me?" Meera became silent on this question of Nidhi.

Nidhi sat next to her and said, "Meera, you are not my friend just for the sake of it. There are many girls in the college but I chose you as my friend. You know why. Because you are very good and intelligent too. You are a very strong girl, Meera, then how can you go away like this? How can you forget aunty's dream? You have to study and become a big officer. How did you forget this?"

"Nidhi, I have not forgotten anything. I remember everything but I have learnt one thing from this city that if you want to live, you need money and I don't have that Nidhi! I will go home, at least I have my own house to live in there!", Meera said sadly. "Enough of your idealistic talk, let's go!" Nidhi said while getting up.

"Where are we going?", Meera said. "No questions, get up and let's go" saying this Nidhi picked up one bag herself and handed the other to Meera. Both of them came out, Nidhi brought her scooty from the parking and left with Meera.

Hundreds of questions were troubling Meera's mind, who was sitting behind Nidhi. Whenever Meera thought of leaving this city, this city would pull her back to it. There were many questions but no answers. She had no idea where Nidhi was taking her. While driving the scooter on the road, Nidhi suddenly applied brakes and took a U-turn.

"What happened? Where are we going?" asked Meera sitting behind.

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