"Oh shit..What a miss!!” ,Krish yelled out when Ashok Dinda missed the catch of M.S.Dhoni. We were sitting in the drawing room of our english tuition watching IPL t20 in the television. The match was between KKR and CSK.
"Sravani, get one more packet of chips, this one has finished”, Jit ordered me showing me the empty packet of Lays.
“Why don’t you get it yourself, the shop is just outside the housing complex!” , I said in disgust as he was trying to distract me from the match. I turned my eyes from him and again held them on the television screen trying to concentrate back on the match.
” This game of cricket is not meant for you girls, you fool...!!",Jit told me.
"I understand cricket more than you, I’m not a fool like you, you looser!” , I said again turning back to him.
"You just see what I do to you when we get out”, Jit threatened me.
"Oh really, then lets see who does what to whom, dogs like you can only bark they don’t bite", I said him.
Krish been unable to concentrate on his match shouted at us,” Will you guys please shut up your mouths or please go out, fight your best, finish up your fight and then come back peacefully".
"This was Sravani's fault, she started it first", Jit said pointing his finger at me.
"I didn’t start it,you had started it, bloody looser”, I said him pointing my finger at him.
"Sssshhh,no slang Sravani,it is bad!!!", suddenly sir spoke out who was sitting silently at one corner of a sofa concentrating on the cup of tea in his hand and the cricket match going on the television set.” And you two stop fighting, let’s concentrate on the match"
"Jit and Sravani, you two go out and get some snacks, the chips have finished and you all would need some more snacks to munch upon while you watch the match", Ma'am said as she came out from the kitchen. So far she kept quiet working in the kitchen. “As you go out, you both can finish up your quarrel on the road"
"Ma'am, this type of fights are regular between us. We both cant live without fighting with each other for even one day",I said smiling at ma'am.
"Ma'am, this is the way of expressing our love for each other, we don’t fight seriously. We cant stop doing this, afterall I call her my sister..!!, Jit smiled and said this to ma'am.
"Howzzzzzat",Krish shouted in joy. We turned back to see the TV. Dhoni was bowled out. The ball was delivered by our very own Sourav Dada.
"Well done Dada...!!",yelled out Krish again. He was very excited watching Dhoni go out of the field giving a sad look.
"Yieepeee", I screamed, "Korbo lorbo jeetbo re..Dada rocks..Mahi sucks...!!!"
"It was a fabulous wicket taken by Dada”, said Sir.
"Well,during this short commercial break,Jit and Sravani go and get the snacks", Ma'am said looking at me and Jit.
"Yeah Ma'am surely",said I standing up and asking Jit to stand up,"Jit.lets go".
Ma'am handed me some money of about 20 bucks to buy the snacks. Me and Jit were going out when Krish stopped me from back."Hey Sravani, get me a packet of Lays if you don’t mind”, said Krish taking out a 10 bucks note from his shirt's pocket. I was shocked for once to see him being so formal with me. He rarely showed these types of formalities on me.Then i got him, all these formalities were due to Sir and Ma'am's presence.
"Yeah surely Krish",I smiled and said him as i took the money from him.
"Why you didn’t ask him to get it himself like you had asked me??,Jit asked me."Well he is afterall your dear Krish,you cant say a no to him,he is very special to you.isnt it??"
Sir and Ma'am were looking at me and Krish giving us a suspicious look.
"Yeah Krish is special to me because he is my best friend", I said immediately to avoid their suspicious look. I pulled Jit with me out of the door. "why the hell you don’t keep your mouth closed at times when you cant use your brains?",i said it to Jit punching him on his back as we walked down the stairs.He punched me back on my arm.
We took about fifteen minutes to come back with the snacks and the packet of Lays for Krish. We entered Sir's house and saw that the match had already begun. I gave the packet of Lays to Krish and straight went up to the kitchen to assist Ma'am to distribute the snacks. We brought the snacks to distribute. After distributing the snacks we all sat together in front of the TV to watch the match and to munch upon the snacks. The match was about to finish. CSK had to score 15 more runs from 10 balls.
Finally, KKR won the match and we started cheering for KKR. After that me,Krish and Jit came out of Sir's house and were strolling down the streets chatting, joking and walking together. We three were very good pals and often hung out together. Although both Jit and Krish were close to me but Krish was my best friend. I shared every thing with him. Krish,Jit and me were students of class 10, studying in different schools but same english tuition.
As we were strolling and gossiping, we had no idea how the time was passing. Suddenly I looked at my watch to see that it was already time for me to get back home.
“Hey guys need to go, catch you later. Bye and make sure u both come to Sir’s house on the next match of KKR.”,I said as I waved at both of them bidding them good bye. I strolled back my way to my home.
The IPL rage was finally over. The former day was the finals but the KKR were crushed out of the match much before that. I woke up at eight in the sunday morning and before sitting up on the bed I looked for my cell phone which lied under my pillow.
‘2 messages received’ flashed on my mobile screen I opened my phone’s inbox to find that the sender of these two messages was Krish.
MESSAGE 1: ‘Hellos wassup, gud morning!! J’
MESSAGE 2: Still asleep or wat??’
I went up to the washroom to brush my teeth as I was going through Krish’s messages. I kept my phone outside the washroom and went inside. After around twenty-five minutes, I came out after taking a fresh bath.
“Sravani, come fast to the dining table!”, My mom called me for breakfast.
“Coming ma, just two minutes!” , I answered my mom.
After finishing stuffs like combing my hair and all I took my cell phone, which was lying on the table outside the washroom and forwarded towards the dining table where my whole family was waiting for me to come for breakfast. This generally does not happen on weekdays, having breakfast with the whole family. But as it was Sunday, we all preferred to start our day together with the whole family on the breakfast table.
My family constituted of my grandmother as the eldest person in the family, my Dad, my mom and my younger brother. I suddenly remembered Krish’s messages. Sitting at my dining table with my family, I concentrated on replying Krish. I started typing:
‘Gud morng buddy, wazup?’
I sent the message to him and then started with my breakfast.
"This mobile phone is ruining the life of all students. They shouldn't be handed a mobile phone unless they are self dependant", commented my grandma seeing me working over my cell phone.
“Nowadays mobile phone is a necessity, grandma!”,I answered her back looking at her.
At that moment, another sms entered my cell phone. The message was of Krish. The text written in the message was:
‘Hi sravani, I jz returnd home 4m d field as I was practicing cricket since morng. Neways,wazup wid u? Y such a late rply? Got up late?’
I started replying his message when mom suddenly interrupted.
“Sravani, stop messaging and carry on with your breakfast”, commanded my mom.
“Please ma, don’t start this again”, I said.
My whole family was staring at me; I neglected their look and re-concentrated on replying Krish.I started typing the text message. The message read:
‘I ws hvng brkfst wid my family..yeah buddy I actually got up late n d morning. I ws studyn late nyt cz xams r strtn 4m nxt Monday...’
I sent him the message.
I had already finished with my breakfast as I was sending the message to Krish. I got up from the chair and went straight inside my room closing the door behind me. My mood got pissed off due to the interruption of my family while I was messaging Krish. I generally never had behaved so rudely with my family or anyone but if anyone interrupted in between when I was busy with Krish then I couldn’t control my fury. I felt guilty about the thing I had done at the dining table.
“I shouldn’t have behaved that way with everyone at the table today”, I thought.
A message entered my phone and the sender had to be Krish. I opened the message.
‘Gud dat u r studyn,I thnk I shud strt studyn by nw as my xams r also strtn jz aftr a week aftr urs r strtn. Anyways gotta go 2 ttn ryt nw, msg u latr, bye cal u n d eveng.’
I smiled as I went through the message and replied him:
‘Ok bye’.
Krish been my closest friend and my best friend held a special part in my life. I did not compromise him with anything or anyone in this world. He had always been very special to me and everyone thought that there was something going between us. Maybe some feelings were growing in my heart for him but I never understood my own heart.
These thoughts were creeping my mind when I suddenly remembered that my examinations were not far. I cleared up my mind from these thoughts, took out my Geography book from my bookshelf, sat with the book, and started studying.
At about four past ten in the evening, I was comfortably lying on the divan in my room reading ‘The Complete Series of Sherlock Holmes” with complete attention when my mobile phone suddenly began to ring. It was Krish on the phone who was calling me as he had messaged me and said that he would give me a call in the evening. I took his call and heard Krish’s voice on the other side of the line. He said in a cool voice:
“Hello“
-Yeah Krish, say what’s up?” , I said
“Nothing much, was planning to have a walk at the Joggers’ Park, I was thinking if you could join me, I…I meant to say..errr…if you had no problem then----“
-“Oh sure dude, why should I have a problem? Anyways I was getting bored inside the house. Where are you now?”
“In my home right now”
-”Ok so you reach the Joggers’ Park, I’m joining you in ten minutes!”
“Ok as you say… meet you then, bye!”
-“Bah-bye but be quick, reach fast, don’t make me stand and wait”
“Ok bye”, he said and hung up the phone.
I threw my cell phone on my bed and quickly went up to my wardrobe to take out my dress. In five minutes I got ready and left my home. I went up to the rickshaw stand for taking a rickshaw. I took one and went up to Joggers’ Park. I was paying the rickshaw when I saw Krish entering the Park’s gate. He saw me and stopped. I paid up my rickshaw, joined him, and went inside the park.
We went inside the park and started walking together. I usually loved to come to Joggers’ Park, especially when Krish was there escorting me. I actually loved Krish’s company. If I would ask my heart why I was so much fond of Krish, why I enjoyed every moment I spent with Krish, as if each moment were one of the best moments of my life, I didn’t get any answer in return.
“Your birthday is on ninth of June, isn’t it?, asked Krish breaking the silence which dwelled between such till now from the time we had started walking together.
“Yeah but suddenly why you are asking this?”, asked me looking up at him.
“No actually I was thinking, my birthday was ten days before you, that is on 30th May so—“
“So what Krish?”
“Nothing, just like that, I meant to say then I’m ten days elder to you”
“Yeah, so what? What is so strange about it? You can be elder to me! “
“Yeah then we both are of the same zodiac sign”
“Yeah and that is why our way of thinking is equal to some extent”
“That’s right!” said he.
Our discussion kept going and we finally left the Joggers’ Park after walking for an hour. Everyday we came to Joggers’ Park and the proximity between us increased day by day.
This story has not yet finished....to know what happens next, wait for the next part of the story.....
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