It's a sequel post to the first part : It's his highness' b'day
I typed “Screw you Mr. Govind Malhotra. I know it’s you who’s playing” and sent the text.
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Assignments!! Assignments!! & Assignments!!
Literally, an engineer’s life has always been (and is) screwed up by professors
but, nevertheless, can’t avoid it. After all we are the ones who chase after
grades, marks for what good they do. Placement, Money & lots of money are
what we run after. Nothing changes that fact no matter how much we deny.
Well, anyway, it’s still 24th October
today and i was, as usual, busy completing assignments. They are subjects of
abhorrence, i tell you. My phone beeped.
‘New text message’ my phone read. I
clicked open it.
“Hi Manmay” The message read.
I had recently lost my cell phone (poor me). So unfortunately i had lost
all my contacts. I got a new cell number after that and very few of my friends
knew my new phone number. That meant, i had still lot of sweat to shed.
“Tomorrow
first thing try to make contacts and inform my friends about my new phone
number so that they could contact me” i said to myself.
“Who’s this?” I enquired as my, temporary, phone
read an unknown number.
“This is Anshuman Das, Neha’s best friend. She might have mentioned me in your conversations.”
“Huh??”
“This is Anshuman Das, Neha’s best friend. She might have mentioned me in your conversations.”
“Huh??”
WTF!!!
SERIOUSLY, WTF!!! I couldn’t fathom the possibility of
Anshuman contacting me. Me!!! Yeah, Neha did mention about him earlier and i
had apt knowledge that he was Neha’s best friend, her first crush. No way would
he contact me. Why? What did this mean? I was befuddled. I was perturbed. Is
there any possibility that he was contacting me from Neha’s side? Is it that,
it was difficult for Neha to confess her love to me that she would ask her best
friend to speak to me?
‘Naahhh... she
wouldn’t. I know she doesn’t think of me in that sense. She doesn’t love me. I
know that!!” my insides spoke to me; but, then, why??
“Is this some kinda joke? Not funny though.” I
replied to the text, to the person claiming to be Anshuman.
“Neha told me that you are from NIT, Rourkela.
Actually our college techno-management fest is in January named ‘kshitij’. So i wanted to send you the
invitation + 50posters. Will you paste them in your college?”
Hell i was gonna do that job!! I didn’t know him
and he was asking me for a favour already. Screw him!!
“May be i can but how will you send them?” I lied.
He claimed to Neha’s best friend and if he really was, there was a possibility,
then i had to show some respect (“Respect,
my foot!!”my inner spoke again. “Shut up” i bolted the voice within.)
In
the mean time i texted Neha. I wasn’t supposed to disturb her calling because
her exams were near and i didn’t want to be one disturbing element in her
preparations.
“Hey... I wanted to ask you something. You there?”
I typed and sent the message.
“Yup. Tell me” reply was fast.
“What’s Anshu’s phone no.? Tell me. Even if you
could tell me the first 5 or last 5 digits, that will be fine. Tell me and i
will tell you why i’m asking if you are wondering about it already.”
“97568, thhe last five digits of his phone number.
Now the Reason?”
“Some guy is claiming to be Anshu and texting me
with a number ending 7311. Airtel number i guess. Any idea?”
“What!! No way!! And by the way, no idea about
that number you told me about. Anshu uses BSNL number though.”
“This guy (pretending
Anshu) is asking me about some college fest work, that he wants me to put
up some posters of that in my college. Did you give Anshu my number by the way?”
“Why would i give him your number? And why would
he ask you regarding fest work? He has many friends in NIT, Rourkela itself.”
Back
to the guy who pretended to be Anshu.
“Dumbo...
Of Course, i will send them, by courier. Will you paste them or not?” he
replied
“I will see. But Neha says she hasn’t given you my
number and this is not Anshu who I’m talking to.”
Back
to Texting Neha
“He is acting weird now saying he would send the
posters by courier. I dunno what to reply.”
“Just don’t reply. I’m sure it’s not him. I’m
talking to him right now.” Man!! She was talking to Anshu, texting him and she
has no time to reply my messages. Her excuse STUDIES. Didn’t seem to me so, but what could i better do about it. I’m just
another friend and Anshu is her best friend after all. My heart capsized.
I could just reply, “Ok...”
Yeah, i replied 'Ok...' but what if the guy who was pretending to be Anshu was actually him? May be i could get to know about Neha's feelings for me through him? Or may be not? Confused, i decided to go on, ignoring Neha's Just don't reply. I'm sorry for that Neha.
I could just reply, “Ok...”
Yeah, i replied 'Ok...' but what if the guy who was pretending to be Anshu was actually him? May be i could get to know about Neha's feelings for me through him? Or may be not? Confused, i decided to go on, ignoring Neha's Just don't reply. I'm sorry for that Neha.
Back
to the guy who pretended to be Anshu.
“I myself asked Neha not to tell you that she had
your number given to me.”
“Seriously now who’s this?” I was restless and
things were getting on to my nerves already.
“This is Anshuman. ‘ Neha’s Boy ‘“
“Like i will buy this shitty prank now. Screw
you.” I was now annoyed, vexed!!
“Neha was mine, Neha is mine and Neha will be mine
forever. Just stay away from her. If i see you talk to her or text her, i will
kick your ass!!” That was way too much. This talk was going nowhere and I now i was feeling like being slapped. I couldn’t abide
by this anymore.
But then just something deviant struck me then.
It must be Govind who must have been pretending to be Anshu all this while. “Yeah!! Besides none of my friends knew about Anshu except Govind and the one who knows must have been playing this prank” my inside spoke again and i was happy that my brain could at least come to a reasonable conclusion.
But then just something deviant struck me then.
It must be Govind who must have been pretending to be Anshu all this while. “Yeah!! Besides none of my friends knew about Anshu except Govind and the one who knows must have been playing this prank” my inside spoke again and i was happy that my brain could at least come to a reasonable conclusion.
I typed “Screw you Mr. Govind Malhotra. I know it’s you who’s playing” and sent the text.
My phone beeped almost instantly.
“I expected a happy birthday J” Aww.... that was
the most huggable moment. I so wanted to hug him. He scared me to wits as he
pretended to Anshu, but i was happy as well. I missed him. We haven’t had
contacted each other for, what was, a week now and suddenly this surprise.
“Don’t you dare play such a trick again. You scared
the shit out of me, you know that? And yep, happy birthday my LOVE GURUJ. I had your contact
lost u know why, so i couldn’t wish you birthday over phone. But over Facebook
and most importantly my blog, i did. You will know seeing them if i have had
wished you or not.”
“I know... Thanks a lot for such a lovely blog
postJ. It’s such a
wonderful gift.”
“Well, that’s the least i could do this far away
from youJ” I replied.
Well, his little prank, surprised me, amazed me,
confounded me but in the end i was so contented. THANK YOU GOVIND MALHOTRA. J
Now i could conclude that “If love wounds, friendship Heals. “
Now i could conclude that “If love wounds, friendship Heals. “
Saala ye govind bahut bada kameena hai. You must have understud ehy m saying dat....:P:D:D:D
ReplyDelete@sumangal -- Of course he is .. you must have understood why m saying dat ;) :P :D
ReplyDeletecheers to govind bhaiyya :D n manmay bhaiyya u rockkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
ReplyDeleteThank u ahana ... well i thought this post writing was the best as far i could give .. still lots to improve but i think abhi ke liye i couldn't have written btr than this and as always, real time experiences helps :) :)
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