So,
just a small recap from the previous part, I was getting excited upon the news
of moving to a new academic block, our regular academic session began in which
Mithun & I shared most of our classes, and finally Mithun had woke me up
from my nap just to share his excitement of finding Meenakshi in the same class
and where I got petrified of a totally different sight.
A girl
of peaches-and-cream skin tone with perfectly threaded eyebrows and waist length
brunette half straight & half wavy hair had walked in right behind
Meenakshi. Her eyes were calm and they were an instant attraction. She carried
a perfect hour-glass figure with the right attire & accessories matching
her complexion and structure, ending it with a neat box heel sandal. A shinning
gold wrist watch slides down her smooth waxed arm every single time she moved
the few strands of hair away from her face and a neat shade of “Starla” nail color gave a finishing touch to her beauty.
At the
very moment, out of nowhere, the following lines started playing in my head, on
a continuous loop.
“Chubby Cheeks, dimpled chin,
Rosy lips, teeth within,
Curly hair, very fair,
Eyes so blue, lovely too”
Do the
lines sound familiar to you? Well, of course every one might have sung this
famous nursery rhyme in their childhood.
I felt
like the composer of rhyme composed it by looking at her, as it rightly
exemplified her. She moved in gracefully with a broad smile that totally
illuminated her face. And all these while my eyes were totally glued on her,
ignoring what Mithun was saying to me or any other guy in the class, as this
was the girl whom I wanted to meet right since my first encounter.
She was Ms. Elegant!
Thanks
to my mind that it instantly put aside every other junk stacked in my brain and
started prioritizing with the new job of just observing her. My eyes were in parallel
acting swiftly to capture every single frame of her and getting it uploaded
right away on to my hard disk.
Say,
for another ten minutes or more, she was still involved in some sort of casual conversation
with Harini, one of our other classmates from Coimbatore but I was doing just
one task and it was to keep looking at her. And then suddenly it happened! She
turned around and looked at me for the first time and it brought instant
goosebumps within me. Her face was naturally radiant and the dimples were an
instant eye catcher. Looking at me she gave a small smile.
“Khalaas!” I truly can’t express that feeling through words
(Honestly, even now, smile adorns my face while reminiscing that
moment)
Getting
back to my sense, my mind that was processing rapidly all these while did not expect
this sudden bump to hit it that it got jammed totally. Not knowing how to react
to the situation, I felt a gentle smile would do the justification. So, I acknowledged
her with a warm smile and to my disbelief she welcomed it, turned around and
blushed. Her peachy cheeks were turning bright red and she seemed to relish the
moment.
What
more will a guy ask for, other than this!
In your
teens, normally if a girl looks at you and smiles; unquestionably you get
butterflies in your stomach and I have heard a lot about it from my friends. But,
for the first time when I experienced it, it was like a sudden rush of
adrenaline flowing through me and as if all the other hormones that were on
sleep mode were suddenly activated. It was one of those rare happy moments of
my life when I had experienced such adrenaline rush; well of course the last
time was when my brothers were born.
Amidst
this cute moment, I failed to notice that the staff was already there in the
class and she had been talking to Harini. Shortly then moving to the center of
the class she gave a small self-intro and asked us to do the same. The guys in
the front rows started introducing themselves finally ending it with Mithun and
I. Now the staff turned her attention towards the girl’s side and so did we.
Mithun was equally excited to know more about Meenakshi as how I was to know
about Ms. Elegant.
Meenakshi
started and finished off her part in an instant and she sat down quickly, to
which Mithun was totally disappointed. Next in turn to speak was my girl. As
she stood up, her thick free-flowing hair glided gently on her back like the
waves that hit the shores. She introduced herself as Sri Vidya, from Bangalore.
Her voice was so soft, she was very attentive and clear in speaking about her, just
to make sure that I get hold onto every word that she spoke (which I learnt it
later).
Finishing
her part she sat, flipped her hair sideways, turned towards me and gave a small
nod, asking if I had taken down the details. Well of course, every guy tends to
put in his full attention on the girl he likes and I am nowhere different from
them. In fact I had noted down inch-by-inch of her from head to toe. But being
a good boy (as how the society tagged me) I acknowledged her with a small smile
and for the next few minutes our eyes were glued on to each other. This new
feeling was something first of its kind for both of us and we both seemed love
it. So, we just ignored the rest of student’s intro and were busy with our own
task.
But,
when you have a friend like Mithun, your special moments aren’t supposed to
last longer. Mithun shook me vigorously, as it seems he had been lately noticing
the short romance that I was having with Sri (that’s how I always refer to her)
and also purposely since he was annoyed with Meenakshi not speaking much.
“Hey Dude, get back
to your sense and focus on the class. May be you can continue with your
romance, later”, said
Mithun, turning my face away from her, still pissed off!
I
turned around and stared at him for ruining the lovely moment and started focusing
on the class, though not whole heartedly. My mind was constantly hovering and over
the next forty minutes, Sri & I would have exchanged looks at least 10 – 15
times.
The class
came to an end and as per the school rules girls moved out of the class followed
by the guys. On the way to the next class Mithun started pestering me with
questions. “Well, you always stick with us but had never mentioned about her.
So, how did this happen?” asked
Mithun, cornering me inside the class.
“See there was
nothing to hide from you guys. What you saw today happened for the first time”, I said, but Mithun was not ready to accept it.
And I
was very sure that Mithun would definitely reveal the incident to Kishore and
he will not take it easy and light. So, I had to warn Mithun to shut his mouth
and keep this incident to himself and we made our way towards the boy’s
staircase.
So, to what
extent did this first sight between Sri Vidya & Raghav take them into?
Wish to know
more? Then please stay tuned until the next part rolls out!
