30/11/2009,8:15 am: Dhara’s say (Part 2)

 I was lying on the ground with half-open eyes. I had just now run a race for life, and was feeling very tired and exhausted with fatigue. I couldn’t breathe. My eyes were closing..

“Dhara? Dhara…wake up!”

Tanya was shaking me. But I was not able to get up. I was enervated with the shock.

“Dhara…get up soon!” She shook me again. My eyes closed completely. I couldn’t see her anymore.

 “Dhara, wake up dear. We are getting late for class….!”

“Class..?” Did she just mention ‘class’?

“OH CRAP!”

My eyes burst open. Tanya was sitting beside me, and I was on my bed. I sat up with a start, and searched for my mobile to see the time.

“Oh shit!” I swore again. It was already 8:15 am. And my class starts at 8:40. I covered my face with both hands and swore again, in regret. ‘There I miss my Principles of Economics class…..once again!’

“Come on, get ready.” Tanya said hurriedly. “We’re already very late.”

“Hmm…” I agreed, but showed no sign of moving from bed. Just then my mobile started to ring. The familiar ringtone, which, at other times would have always soothed me, now became the source of my anger.

I received and shouted, “HELLO!”

“Hey…”, his voice came from the other end, panting. “I’ve reached New Delhi. I am at platform number 16, and now…. I have sat down on the platform itself.” Saying so, he was about to laugh, but I interrupted.

“SHUT UP! IT’S ALL BECAUSE OF YOU THAT I GOT UP LATE TODAY. I MISSED MY POE CLASS. I’M NEVER EVER GONNA COME TO MEET YOU. BYE.”

I cut the line, without giving him a chance to say anything. I felt so angry! ‘OW..’, even my head was hurting terribly. ‘What a terrible dream it was!’

“So…are we going for our class then?” Tanya asked slowly, eyeing me doubtfully. I looked up at her from my sitting position and gave her an innocent smile- and she came to know my answer.

‘I was in the mood of bunking today…once again!’

She let out a sigh. “Dhara… why do you do this yaar…?”

“Hey Tanya…” I put my hands upon hers’. “It’s for the last time, and only for today. I promise, I’ll never EVER bunk again. You see, Nishant has arrived just now. And you know it’s so important for me to go and meet him. Tanya, please try to understand. Please yaar….”

I tried to persuade her. She couldn’t help but laugh.

“Ok, ok.. I should get going then…”

She stood up, went up to the mirror, and rearranged her newly ‘straightened’ hair.

“Tanya?” I said, looking at her.

“Yes?” She answered.

“We have two classes today- POE and Maths. Right?”

“Yup.”

“Do you have your coaching class after that?”

“No.”

“Will you come back here then… after college?”

“Hmm… Ok.”

“Thanks yaar…”I smiled.

She smiled back at me and waved me a bye. “I’ll reach here by 11’o clock,” she said to me and then, turned around to wave at my roommate, Sonali.

“Bye Sonali ji…”

“Bye Tanya ji!” Sonali replied, taking out her toothbrush from her mouth.

P.S.That was the beginning of bunking classes by me….for a good cause of course!