BEST THING EVER HAPPENED

BY A.SAI MAHITHA P.SATYAVANI

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We would like to thank My roomie HARINI.B and my friend Tejaswini for their help and support

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DISCLAIMER This is purely a fictious work .We do not support any kind of ragging.

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My first day in college... That day was a bit different than usual,12th June 2012.New college...new friends...new environment....ufff lot of things were shuffling in my mind...Obviously, I had to look 1 kg prettier than I look everyday(everybody wants to look beautiful on the first day of college right?..:P). After getting ready, I reached the bus bay at 8:30. Curiosity and nervousness surrounded me at the same time. I was watching all around, fathers dropping their kids to schools (missing those cute days), milkmen and newspaper vendors on their cycles, vegetable sellers shouting... then came a girl and stood near me. She is taller than me and was wearing a green colour suit and silver rimmed spectacles. After a while, I went to her and asked, Hie dii! In which year are you studying? She saw me in a disgusting way and replied that she is a lecturer. Omg!!I was taken aback and didnt utter a single word and waited for the bus silently. Meanwhile, lot of people came there but this time I didnt ask anyone anything due to the last experience. At about 9:15, I stepped into the bus and caught a place (window seat :)). Few minutes later, a stranger came, asked me my details and then replied, Dont you respect your seniors? I was confused by his words. He then said, Get upp..!!!.I left my place calmly, stood up and kept watching the beach from the window.

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Within no time came my college entrance. There was a huge gate and to its side, the college name was carved with golden letters on black marble. To the right side after the entrance was a temple of lord Vinayaka and to the left was the statue of the father of nation-Mahatma Gandhi. The campus was beautiful, full of greenery. Huge buildings, lawns, canteens (Frankie hub, which was my favourite) and pleasant environment made me excited. Many students were rushing here and there. I was walking slowly and quietly hoping not to catch any senior again. I was on the way to my class, suddenly a girl came to me and asked, Hey!!Are you in first year ECE department?Yes, are you from ECE too? I verified. I was so relieved as finally I got someone from my stream, we started to walk. Im Aparna....Appu and you? she spoke.I'm Nishitha, you can call me Nishu! I answered.Ohh nice name yaar!! I saw you at counselling, where are you from? I replied that I am a localite, from Vizag itself.I'm from Warangal.Ohh.. so where do you stay? I enquired.I stay in college hostel itself...Amrutha Sadan. Appu replied. She is about 5 feet 8inches tall, has a ponytail and wore a blue chudidhar. Her personality makes her look smart. We finally entered our block, it was a 7 storied building. ECE department was in the 3rd floor n we both rushed into the class. It was more than 15 min since we had come but nothing started. I cursed myself for being stupid in the morning, as I made my mom rush and started too early. BEST THING EVER HAPPENED

Appu is very talkative. She continuously asked me questions. The way she talks is funny (Telangana slang).She is one of those daring and dashing girls and I love her attitude. After about half an hour our HOD came to the class, congratulated all of us and introduced our physics lecturer-Mrs.Bhavani. She was short but had beautiful long hair. She also congratulated us and our basic introduction started. I found out that many of them were non locals. She also explained about the academic particulars and the way things will go on in their (our) college and went off. The next was maths lecture. I'm very poor in maths and was little bit tensed.What if sir starts asking formulae? I thought, biting my nails. What I expected came true, a stout short man with bald head and fierce looks wearing big black framed spectacles came and gave a brief intro about himself, "I am your mathematics teacher Prof.Apparao, PhD from Andhra University having 10 years of teaching experience". As feared he started shooting bombs at us...trigonometric formulae...he was asking randomly. I prayed "Vinayaka, please not today I will refer all the formulae and come tomorrow .I cant get insulted the first day itself but probably Vinayaka was busy, my prayers went in vein. "The girl in white dress!!!" .I stood up.Frankly speaking I didn't know the answer. I started rubbing my hands and suddenly Appu wrote the answered on bench........ I immediately replied. I was so relieved and was veryyy thankful to Appu. Appu z really BEST THING EVER HAPPENED

amazing, she remembered all that maths stuff!!! It was 12:30 ,we all dispersed and went home as the first day was a half day. As soon as I reached home, my mom fired at me with her questions, how was the college, did u make any friends, are they from Vizag, had any ragging and blah blah.After relaxing for some time I changed all the channels in TV and finally stuck to Kuch Kuch Hota Hai movie in Sony Max. It was 4:30 and was drizzling out, my mom made pakodis and I was standing in balcony. Rain, greenary, pakodis, light music, especially soil fragrance hmmmmmmmmmm...perfect combination. I was recalling all the moments that happened in the college. I had forgotten to take Appu's mobile number and thought to take it the next day, suddenly Prof.Apparao came to my mind and I rushed inside to search my intermediate text book . I surely knew that he would not ask me the next day but I had to go through them.

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Day 2: I started to college at 9 realizing that 8:30 was too early. Appu was already in class when I reached. I gave her a hi-fi and we began our gossip. We made some more friends, Maanvi and Sindhu. A few minutes later, a boy came and told us to move to C lab. After finishing 2 hours of session about C, I only learnt that #include<stdio.h> and #include<conio.h> must be the first two lines of every C program. Later, we joined MM class, again Maths..huh...On the first day itself he started our syllabus without any formal introduction and left the class at 12:30 for lunch break. Appu,Maanvi,Sindhu and I decided to roam in the college and on the way we were discussing about our MM lecturer. Appu spoke, Gadendhe negro lekka undu chudaleka chachina,dimag kharab ayindi poyi emina thindam ra rade. We all too joined and made fun of him, but to our surprise he was just walking behind us. We looked at him suddenly with a shock, but he went away annoyingly without saying anything and gave us an arrogant look .The three of us were very frightened (obviously not Appu!) .Maanvi asked, Did he hear us?.Looks that he did,he gave us a furious look I replied.Chill guys nothing is going to happen Appu said. We all went to Frankie hub and ordered frankies, of course BEST THING EVER HAPPENED

coke was compulsory.

Our class started at 2:00. The most important subject for electronics students is EDC. Let me check your knowledge , Mr. Srinivas our EDC lecturer asked the last bench boy, What is a flipflop? No response came and sir continued next,next and next.A boy named Akhil stood and answered , A Flipflop is a flipflop which is generated by a flipflop and it always flips the flop. That is Flipflop. The whole class burst into laughter, even Akhil was giggling.Out of my class, shouted Srinivas sir. After the class, Appu wished, Super Akhil, Srinivas face was worth seeing. Thanks yaar, he replied. Then came our Mahesh sir, Network Analysis professor. A 6 feet tall fair handsome guy dressed in white shirt blue jeans. All the girls stared at him and more than anyone else Appu had fallen for him and didnt take her eyes out of him. I couldnt stop laughing, never imagined that Appu would fall for a boy. Her full concentration was on our lecturer, she even didnt notice that it was 4:00 and we had to leave.

The day was of complete fun, I really loved it. We all exchanged our contact numbers and went back to our places.

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Day 3: Appu was waiting for me at the main gate. As soon as I met her Vinay came to us and uttered, You rock girls!!! We didn't understand but after moving about half a km, Ajay exclaimed, Wow girls!!! You were amazing. That day was unusual as everyone in the class stared at us in a different way, they were smiling seeing our faces. Appu and I were very confused and a bit tensed so I went to Akhil and asked whats going on. Akhil responded, How is your negro? What? Whats that? Who is the negro? Achaaa,we know all that you guys said about Chinnababu sir. He heard your talks yesterday and at night he created a big drama in the boys hostel.He was so badly hurt on your crack-up that he was drunk to the core and narrated the entire thing to the seniors,he said "Today, four first year girls dared to make fun of me. One girl, having a ponytail and the other having long hair even called me a negro.What the hell is that? I agree that I dont know much about the subject but that doesnt mean they go on and call me a negro" .To add salt to the wounds some boys in the morning shouted morning negro! at his back and ran away. He is already very upset about his unmarried life and now with this incident I think he is gonna murder you with his viva.Appu and I became silent as we started to

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think. We were very worried but yet at the same time could not control our laugh. Maanvi was scared as usual and suggested that we should bunk his class. We have to face him some day or the other, we can't skip all his classes, Sindhu replied. Appu agreed, "Yes, Sindhu is right, we have to face him.""What's with you? You are a genius in maths, I won't be able to utter even a single word., I spoke. Finally we dared to attend his class, I prayed to Vinayaka, it won't happen again, please save us from Chinnababu sir". To our surprise class went on without the mention of the earlier incident. I don't know the reason but there were no classes after lunch on that day. Later, we found out that ragging was going on. I got tensed, the last two days went quiet easily (no ragging at least) and I thought ragging won't happen. A batch of 15 seniors rushed into our class and started ragging us individually. Two seniors came to me and demanded my bio data in Telugu. I started giving my bio but I was stuck as I forgot the translation of primary education in Telugu. Meanwhile many funny things were going behind the scenes. A boy was busy telling the bow table...bow *1=bow, bow*2=bow bow.......,and to the corner, one girl singing the song- chikni chameli and a boy was dancing to the same, one senior demanded for chocolates from a girl, the other demanded brownies from canteen. A senior sir finished off Appu's balance. Akhil BEST THING EVER HAPPENED

was given loads of assignments. Maanvi was asked by a senior to flirt with Rohan-a senior sir. Maanvi whos a weak hearted girl got scared, hmm..Rohan sir is very sweet. His smartness, attire everything in him makes girls go mad... I was noticing the whole play, that idiot Rohan was smiling wide, thinking whatever Maanvi said was true. The senior asked her to continue, Maanvi thought for a while and started again, His hairstyle and the way he speaks is so impressive.... Sindhu, a practical girl, was asked to deliver self introduction. She started, "My name is Sindhu, I'm from Rajamandry..."Don't u know how to stand? Why are your eyebrows going up?", yelled Radhika madam. "Sorry mam, I didn't do it deliberately, by default my eyebrows are shaped like that" Sindhu replied and continued "I completed my inter from Narayana Junior Colege and blah blah.All at once, the seniors rushed out from our class on seeing our Maths Professor Apparao sir. While walking back to our homes, Maanvi cursed herself, "What a fate! Had to praise a guy with Brahmanandam (comedian in Telugu films) looks to the range of Prabhas (actor )!!". "Yes he was grinning while you were praising him as if whatever you said were true.", I replied. Sindhu added, "That bloody senior commented on my eyebrows, what the hell has she got to do with my eyebrows? Does she think she looks like Priyanka Chopra?"."I lost my 222 balance which I recharged BEST THING EVER HAPPENED

yesterday itself" ,cried Appu. I was in a better situation than my other three friends. Akhil came with a down face and yelled, "That rascal gave me assignments of all his 5 subjects.Give all four of us one assignment each. Mummy ne nahi sikhaya??? Sharingggg!!!" I said and smiled.

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Day 4:
Maanvi and I decided to bunk the college fearing of ragging. Suddenly my phone rang, it was Appu,You guyz are dead if u dont show up!So I started, unwillingly though. We had EDC lab in our schedules, a beautiful and descent looking madam with her hair tied up and a cute smile on her face was standing there and introduced herself as Prof.Shanti, PhD from IIT Bombay. She explained the basics in colour coding of resistors(BBROYGBVGW..B.B Roy of Great Britan had Very Good Wife), gave some examples and left, handing the class to the lab incharge. Akhil came to me and said, Hey, Nishu seniors are calling you. My heart started drumming in my ears as I started to rub my hands, searching for a way to escape but finding none. Finally, I went to them and greeted, good morning sir.. Sing a song, Nishita,one of them said.I felt like awwwww, I knew that they would never leave me without singing, I finally decide to sing and started,
The other senior spoke, It was an easy job for you ,right? Well `then, dance for a song. How could I do that it would have been so embarrassing so I pleaded, Sorry sir, but I cant, tell me anything other than dance. They both

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thought for a sec and then said, Fine, the 3rd lecture is about to end, your task is to give a heart shaped gift to the last person coming out of the third year ECE B3 section everyday till the freshers party. I went dumb. I was literally in tears and almost begged them but it was of no use. Now I felt as if dance was much better option. My heart was beating high, my eyes were filled with water.

Lecture was over, students started to come out. I prayed,God, please let the last person from the class be a girl and anxiously looked at the students coming out. One after the other students rushed out, some were girls some were boys. After about 5min I saw Radhika mam coming out. No one followed her. Phew...I was so relieved. She has got all the arrogance of the world but at least she is a girl. But just then, a tall boy passed. My heart sank. I waited to see if anyone else would come out but no one did.So here is your man be ready with your gift tomorrow they ordered and left. I went blank. Tears were rolling down my cheeks. Somehow I controlled myself and walked back to the lab slowly. What happened?,What did they do? asked Appu and Sindhu. I narrated them the whole incident. It is all my fault, I forced you to come to college, said Appu.It has nothing to do with you Appu who knew that this would happen , its all in my fate.I replied in a BEST THING EVER HAPPENED

dejected tone.Hey, but its so romantic giving a heart shaped gift everyday... Maanvi exclaimed.Shut up you idiot!!!No need to give anything lets see what happens!!!Appu yelled.But I dont think its a good idea to disobey the seniors they will torture u more if u dont obey them Maanvi added.I think Maanvi is right. You were not told to propose him right? So just take it in a stride and give him some gifts, Sindhu suggested.

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Day 5 & 6: Hey !Wassup? Where is the heart for your hero?asked Sindhu . I gave her a frustrating look. She calmed down and sat beside me. Im not going to give any stupid stuff to anyone, I didnt bring anything.Good yar,finally proved that you are my friend by showing some guts Appu exclaimed . What if seniors catch u again?asked Maanvi. Lets bunk the class and go to beach, suggested Sindhu.First movie ---Gabbar Singh (Dabangs remake in Telugu) exclaimed Maanvi. How many times are you going to watch it you crazy girl??? yelled Sindhu. After finishing the movie, we went to chocolate room, one of my favourite places in vizag, the beach looks fabulous and we had loads of fun. I was very pleased with the way my friends tried to console me. Next morning, classes continued as usual.Appu, I am very tensed what if those two seniors catch me again.Calm down Nishu, nothing is gonna happen. I think those two morons were jesting they are not serious..I hope so.. I replied. We all had our lunch. Nishithaa!!! someone called me. I turned back and it was the seniors again. I turned pale. Slowly, I walked towards them.How was the movie and the panipuri in the beach?I was shocked.I think we BEST THING EVER HAPPENED

gave u some task, right? asked one of them . sir......actually........I murmured.You are dead if u disobey us again. Now go and give him the gift. I returned back to my friends. Appu shouted , Come ,we will complain, let us see who is going to die.Complaining would make the situation go worse, all the seniors may turn against us Maanvi added. Its just 15 days to freshers. Dont think much just take it light and give that idiot some gifts Sindhu proposed. I finally decided to give a gift.What should I give? I asked, irritated and confused.How about a beautiful red heart soft pillow? Maanvi replied. Have u lost it! He is not her boyfriend, Appu screamed. Just give him a paper cut in heart shape, Appu! make a heart shaped paper said Sindhu. Appu gave us a look as if Sindhu asked her to perform a heart surgery. Maanvi yelled out Hell with your paper! and went off, even I felt the same and got an idea, How about little heart biscuits? Ya, good idea! Better than Sindhus stupid paper, atleast one can eat them said Appu. But I barely remember his face I uttered, Whattt??, the rest all shouted at me. I just saw for him a sec and then went out of mind recognizing him as a boy, I screamed. Great! What now?,murmered Appu. Can u BEST THING EVER HAPPENED

identify him if you see him again? Sindhu asked. Hmm... maybe I replied and we all went in search of that stranger. After wandering a while in the campus, I noticed a boy in black shirt sitting on a bike talking to someone. He was moderate coloured wearing goggles and had a spiky hairstyle. I think its him.. I said at pointing him .All the three turned and stared at him. Awwww, he is too dashing. You are so lucky Nishitha.Appu tapped Maanvis head and asked me Are you sure? Yes I replied. Then just go and give him his gift said Sindhu but I couldnt move,the three started pushing me.Dont worry just give him and return back spoke Sindhu. Finally I started to walk. I think my feet weighed 10 kg more that day. With all nervousness and embarrassment I finally went close to him kept the little hearts packet on his bike turned back and walked back as fast as I could .I felt so relieved as if I climbed Mt.Everest. All the three were waiting for me, questions were fired all at once seeing me Howz he?, What did he say?, Did he misbehave? and more... I just gave the packet and ran away , didnt even see his face they all broke into laughter. I embarrassingly and irritatingly asked whats the next gift? Please dont look at me, I know nothing about these silly things ,looks like Maanvi is more interested in him,she can you give nice suggestionsAppu BEST THING EVER HAPPENED

said. Oh common he is handsome Maanvi replied.Well yes, he looked cool and was riding Yamaha R15!! continued Appu. Their discussions annoyed me more and our day ended.

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Day 7 & 8: Sindhu exclaimed , Hey, Nishu is coming! Appu and Maanvi stopped their conversation and stared at me. They were all very curious to see the gift . Hey,heyy show me what u bought for your handsome guy Maanvi burst out. Giving a furious look , I showed them a heart shaped table clock. Previous days experiences were revolving in my mind, we moved to the C lab. I wrote two golden lines and started to wait for someone to mail the program. While leaving the lab, I saw the senior standing in corridor, talking to someone on mobile, I thought , its the perfect time so I rushed to him and gave him the heart shaped little gift. I dont know whether it was accidental or intentional but I saw him, he smiled looking at it. I flew away from there within secs.Did you give him?, enquired Sindhu.Yes, he just smiled seeing the gift and didnt utter a word. I think he understood that it was a part of ragging and I am not doing it deliberately.Well that was very descent of him that he did not misbehave in anyway replied Sindhu .Yes, now I have got a little confidence that it will go on smoothly. I enquired about your senior in the hostel .His name is Rahul, DSPs son, very popular for his looks and even his grades. There are talks that his girlfriend is Sowmya. BEST THING EVER HAPPENED

He is a descent guy,there will be no problems so just chill Appu said. Her words comforted me a little.Ohh..DSPs son waao!!!exclaimed Maanvi.Sowmya??? Is she the senior who resembles like Ileana...Sindhu enquired .Appu spoke, yes she too is very famous in college.I checked her facebook account she has got 700 odd friends, replied Appu. Maanvi continued ,Rahul.....u like that name right Nishu??Its your favourite actor Sharukhs name in many movies. I gave her a frustrating look and said I donot like Shahrukh anymore neither do I like that name. Lectures passed, our day ended, all three were in a casual talk but I was quiet ,Maanvi asked, Where are you madam? What are you thinking about?Appu added, She is in dreams with her hero and thinking what to give him tomorrow, right? Akhil came from behind singing My dil goes mmm...mmm.. mmm. Do u want to get punched?? Dont you dare tease her again Appu scolded him .Hey sorry, I was just kidding Akhil said and left away and then all the three suddenly started chorusing My dil goes mmm..mmm..mmm....I felt even more annoyed.

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Day 8 &9: Appu called saying that shes not well and asked me to give proxy, I went directly to the college hostel to meet her. She was suffering with fever, come on , lets go to the health care center I said. I puke when I smell hospital. Nothing will happen ,I am strong ,you go and attend classes .This time ,you will get punched from me if you dont come I warned. She had high fever, doctor advised her to rest.come,lets go home.Eh...hey no need, I will take rest dont worry I will be okk,Dont irritate me! You are coming with me,I shouted. My mother made some broth for her .Within no time she became close to my family, Abhi my younger brother and Appu got busy in games.You are always welcome to our home Appu, feel free my dad spoke.Ya, we can watch the wwe matches together I got tired of this girls stupid romantic moviesmy brother exclaimed.Thank u uncle thank u Abhi,Appu replied and smiled. What about todays gift? What will you say if seniors catch you again?Appu asked. Chill yar, I can handle it after all I am Appus friend I replied,smiling .
Next day Appu and I started for college together .We got a blasting news after entering the class, negro chinnababus surprise test .During the whole lecture his

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total focus was on the four of us . We could hardly copy . Akhil came to us saying negros engagement got cancelled due to brides grandmas death. He is showing this frustration on us. At lunch break I started my search for Rahul sir, this had become my everydays routine. I was waiting for his class to finish, so that I could give the gift and run back to my class. Are u waiting for me? someone called, I turned back , it was Rahul sir standing in style with one hand in his pocket. Yes sir... I replied, amused. Are you okk?I saw u going to the health care centre yesterday! I nodded my head, kept hands in my bag and took out the gift. It was a heart shaped perfume bottle .I gave it to him and started to walk back. Take care of ur health he said from behind. I was unable to concentrate in my classes, many things were going in my mind. I asked Appu, I dont know for which sin God is punishing me, why in the whole world did those two jerks choose me ?I neither have great looks nor am I bright in studies . Appu nodded agreeing that it was true. Appus reaction made me sad. I forgot BEST THING EVER HAPPENED

everything else.Do I look that bad? I kept thinking. I was quiet and didnt speak to her for a while. Appu understanding that I got angry on her said, You dont have great looks, have an old fashioned dressing style, your long straight hair makes me sick and to add you are too short (well I dont think I am short she is too tall .About half of our class boys are shorter than Appu) but u have the cutest smile I have ever seen. Your eyes sparkle when u smile. More than anything else you have a great heart.Appu said. Her words made me smile. On the way back to home, three 2 year boys stopped me, Are you Nishita?asked one of them...yes sir I replied.Do your hearts belong to only one person? Give us too...spoke the other. I froze. I was about to shout at them when suddenly came a voice, What is going on...?It was Rahul sir.Eh...nothing sir we were just taking her intro... one of the three tried to explain.Want to die? Dont dare to tease her again! he shouted. The three flew away. Smile spread on my lips.They wont trouble you anymore, come he said. We were walking together, I was smiling and heart started palpitating. It was as if I was with someone very close. An unknown happiness ushered within me. I felt protected. We reached home.Thank u sir.. I said.No problemhe replied smilingly. I waved bye and walked BEST THING EVER HAPPENED
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inside slowly. His thoughts filled my mind. His smile, eyes, style, voice everything were flashing around me. What has happened to me? Till now, I never thought of him and all at once I couldnt see anyone except him. The memories about when he asked me to take care of my health, warned the brutes, dropped me home flashed in my eyes. I opened his facebook account and kept staring at his pics and the stuff in his blog.

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Day 10 &11: I got up early. The day was a bit different from all others, I continuously stared at my wardrobe confused about what to wear, changed two dresses and finally wore the pink dress (one of my favourites). I headed to a nearby bakery and glanced at all the items over there and finally picked a cute heart shaped chocolate box filled with Belgian chocos and truffles. I was excited and anxious to meet him today. My eyes were searching him while I was walking to class but I couldnt find him . Appu exclaimed on seeing me, What has come to u? Why have u become Maanvis pinkie Barbie doll?Shut up you tomboy, you are luking awesome,Nishu said Sindhu .Yes, you are looking lovely added Maanvi. I smiled (shyed). Our physics lecture began. I sat in the second bench next to the window and got lost in thoughts.
It was evening, I didnt meet him. We kept searching and suddenly Appu shouted,Heyy!!Theres your man under the tree. .I turned my head immediately, Rahul was walking with Sowmya mam. I went blank, a great grief enveloped me. You can close your eyes to the things you dont want to see but you cant close your heart to the things you dont want to feel. What are you waiting for? Go and BEST THING EVER HAPPENED

give Sindhu yelled. He is not alone and its getting late moreover I dont wanna disturb them, they are in serious talks, lets go, Im not giving him any gift today, I uttered but Appu and Maanvi pushed me saying no baby, you have to go otherwise seniors may catch u again .I went to him, my heart beat raised as I approached him but my eyes filled with tears. I gave him the chocolate box. He smiled as usually and said, Thank u! I left the place within no time.

Looks like they like each other Maanvi said.Ya, who wont like a girl like Sowmya? She has both looks and brains. I think they perfectly match each otherAppu added. I was listening to them silently tears were about to fall off from my eyes but I somehow controlled them. I knew things were going wrong. I was getting crazy over a four days relationhip. I wish I could delete my feelings for him but they were no longer in my control. I walked to home calmly. I couldnt catch my sleep. I was thinking of him and his smile. I woke up in the morning thinking about the gift. Then suddenly, came to my mind and I noticed the time. Its 8:30!!! Shoot I had to catch my bus at 8:45.I didnt even buy any gift for Rahul.What to do now? I decided to bunk the classes in the morning session BEST THING EVER HAPPENED

and called Sindhu to accompany me. At 10:00 we went to a nearby Gallery, I tried to select the best gift out of the lot. Finally I took a beautiful pair of red heart shaped candles. Maanvi figured out that there was something wrong with me, Nishu, have u fallen for him? No wayyyy, have u gone crazy?I replied. Rahul passed by our class, I immediately picked gift, went out and followed him ,tried to call him but voice struck seeing him. He suddenly turned back, both exchanged our smiles. I gave him the candles. was looking more handsome in his formals. I wanted time to freeze there. my my we He the

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Day 12 & 13: I got a text from Appu ,Come quickly Nishu, Im waiting , I have a news for you I thought that she was gonna tell me something about Rahul. I rushed to the college immediately but Appu said, I got caught in hostel Whatttttttt????? I exclaimed. Day before yesterday I saw a cockroach in our hostel sambhar so I went to complain our coordinator but she told me to take it lightly. I got more angry. I even became ill due to the hostel food. So I wanted to teach her a lesson and I decided to do the same thing. I took a cockroach and silently tried to put it in her lunch box. But, Hey!! What the hell are you doing here? shouted the coordinator. She continuously cursed me, Are you a kid? Dont you have minimum manners etc.. I was giggling myself. She left with anger. I was happy that at least I tried to fix her. Later, there was an announcement for me. I went downstairs and enquired. Our chief warden was there asking me to call my parents. I was like awwww....I pretended like I was calling my parents and then said, no coverage area, madam, my parents went for a function in a village and I think theres no signal. She left me telling me to Meet her tomorrow. BEST THING EVER HAPPENED

What to do now?she asked .I thought for a while and said, no problem ,my mom will handle it but you please just stop such nonsense. If this happens again, even I cant help it. Appu nodded her head saying that she will not repeat it again. We both went to our classes. Our negro gave us the score of the test and to our surprise Maanvi who copied from Appu got highest marks. We got a notice to create our account in library, so after our lunch, all the four of us went to the library. We were asked to fill our details in a form. I forgot to bring a pen (but not gift :p) .I turned back and to my surprise. Rahul...It was Rahulllll...I rubbed my eyes and saw him again.Yes its Rahul sir!. I forgot about the pen, went to him and gave the gift- a heart shaped pendrive. He was also surprised to see me there, I could see that in his face. He smiled at me, Thank you Nishitha! he replied. I couldnt hide my happiness. Eyy..eyy...he called my name for the first time. I was in cloud 9. I forgot about the form, and got lost in his thoughts . Maanvi tapped me and asked, Where are you madam?I came out of my world. All the three were busy in filling forms, I stood quiet and waited for them to finish it. Nishitha.... Rahul called again. BEST THING EVER HAPPENED

. . What was happening to me..?I couldnt even understand. Do you need a pen? He asked. I replied, Yes sir... and he gave me his pen. I was holding the pen like a piece of glass. I filled my form ,went to our class (didnt return Rahuls pen) .I was so so sooo happy that day. I thought, Ive to make something myself and give it to him the next day. Many ideas were striking my mind and I finally decided to make a heart shaped greeting. While going back home, I bought all the necessary stuff to make a greeting .As soon as I went home, I directly went to my room and started working with the stuff. I had my dinner in between and again got very involved in making the card it looked perfect . Next day, my friends asked Show us what you have bought for your hero today. I hesitatingly showed them the greeting. Maanvi exclaimed Wowww!!!How lovely...Nishuuu...tell me really, have u fallen for him?? I wanted to say yes, but how could I say that when I know BEST THING EVER HAPPENED

that he has got Sowmya. So, I replied Noooooooo......., I couldnt find any gift but it has become a compulsory job for me. So, I made this in a casual way. Then why didnt you ask us, we could have given you some suggestions na exclaimed Maanvi.Yes you and your Barbie bimbo ideas Appu uttered. I didnt want anyone to interfere in these gifts. I wanted to gift him according to my thoughts. I just smiled at Maanvi and said nothing. I waited for him near his class at lunch break. All were rushing out but as usually I didnt find him. I felt that he was absent, my face went pale. I just peeped into the class to find if he was there. Yessss......He was on mobile. I smiled and felt very happy. He saw me, but today he didnt smile.
He saw the greeting in my hand and walked towards me. I gave him the greeting, Whats this? How much time have you wasted for this? I was shocked. I expected that he would be very happy seeing the greeting.What is ? he asked. I froze.Go and do something useful he spoke.

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gifts.Whatever may happen, Im not going to do this again......instead of thanking he shouted at me. He has got all the attitude in the world. I said to myself, Be strong Nishu....concentrate on your studies. Hes already committed. Just live your life. But it is easier said than done.

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The Following Days: I strongly decided not to gift him anything and went to college .I thought to come out of my feelings and got completely involved with my friends. We are cracking jokes .Akhil ,hero of monoaction imitated all our lecturers .We were having great fun. I was trying hard to come out of my thoughts. We all went to canteen, ordered snacks. Appu and Maanvi got involved in commenting the people specially couples who came there. Suddenly someone yelled arey Rahulll ....mazaak matkar .I unknowingly turned my head and saw him. He was with his gang cracking jokes. He was smilingggggg... I melt when he smiles. How could I stop myself looking at him? I forgot all the things that I decided to do to make myself strong. My heart was just saying..goo...grab a gift and give it to him. But I didnt bring anything, I scolded myself for doing that, suddenly I saw a coffee machine over there... Got an ideaaa.... I immediately rushed to the machine, poured the coffee, turned the chocolate flavoured foam on it in heart BEST THING EVER HAPPENED

shape and asked a waiter to hand it to him .My heart was beating high as the waiter was walking slowly towards him. I was tensed about his reaction. As soon as he handed him the coffee all his friends exclaimed together,oooohoooo!!!.Who is this mysterious fan?asked someone. He looked at me from his place and smiled. I fell for him again. After going home, I got busy with my drawing assignment.Probably, yesterday he scolded me for my own benefit. He wanted me to concentrate on my studies. He is a nice guy was the justifictaion I gave to myself. I was floating in air as it was his birthday, only 5 min left I was nervous .Every second my eyes drifted towards the clock. At about 12:30 Appu called Heyyy do you know, it is your heros birthday today, I heard Sowmya madam wishing him at 12:00 I ended the call. Probably Appu thought that I got angry on her for giving me Rahuls information. I was happpieeeee that it was his birthday and at the same time Sowmya mam striked my mind saying Im there for him babyyy!!I was both excited and upset. Thinking about him I fell asleep.

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Next day morning I hid behind the tree near his class ,waiting for him to enter. It had been 20 minutes, students were coming one by one but there was no sign of him. Even waiting for him feels good. I was watching here and there and all of a sudden heard sounds-Happy birthday ,happy birthday Rahul and more...Rahul entered in a bluewhite chequed shirt, blue jeans, white sport shoes ,black goggles .His chocolate boy looks can drive any girl crazy. His classmates took him to the lecture table where I had kept my gift (Heart-shaped sponge cake with chocolate cream) and within no time some of his friends shouted areyyy Rahulllllllllllll!!! How lucky are you man? Common now tell us, who is this mysterious girl?asked Anil sir. Rahul glanced at me, smiling. I quickly hid behind the trunk but I was sure he saw me. I wondered how every time he came to know where I was. Its Sowmya someone screamed. Not me guys, these days the boy has acquired many junior fans.Sowmya mam replied. Rahul blowed the candles and cut the cake. All were celebrating. I was never excited to this extent even on my birthdays. I was in sky...whattt a lovely feeling...slowly step by step...step by step...I went to our class. I didnt even notice BEST THING EVER HAPPENED

the time, one lecture had already finished and physics class was going on. I was a little bit tensed , if mam asks the reason for coming late, what shall I reply?.But maybe she was in good mood, she allowed me to class with a smile. Evening on the way to home, I found a dazzling heart shaped photo frame embossed with tiny roses and stones. I immediately rushed into the shop and got the gift for Rahul. But was disappointed too as I would not be the one in his photo frame. Think of the devil and the devil appears. Rahul with Sowmya mam on his bike. They went to the palm beach restaurant. On seeing both of them, tears flowed down my cheeks unknowingly. I felt jealous. I stood like a statue for a while, I couldnt tolerate that pain but it was time to face the fact and move on.

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Day 17 & 18: Two days to go for the freshers party. Count down started in my heart. Now, no more gifts, no more everyday meetings, no exchange of smiles...nothing. In the beginning I waited for this day like a child for chocolate and now when it has come I feel terrible.Why did this day have to come so soon? I was lost in my thoughts. Some of our seniors came and picked few members to help them in works. They also asked for new ideas to work out, on that day. All the girls were ordered to wear saree on the freshers party.Common lets start our work guys! seniors said and went off. All were very excited. Sindhu after hearing the news exclaimed, Now you are a free bird Nishu!Appu and Maanvi got involved in some stalls. I was watching all my surroundings, I couldnt hold my tears but I have to or else I would have gotten into trouble.

Akhil called me to help him in stage decoration.Thank god, may be now I can come out of my thoughts I felt and went to him. There came the seniors who asked me to give the gifts to Rahul. They smiled and asked about my presents and were surprised to hear that I didnt skip even a day. They both laughed at me and said, We didnt expect this from you, thought it would be just for two days. Well nice job anyways, BEST THING EVER HAPPENED

things like these create fun and also establish a good senior junior relationship other spoke and both went away.Fun? Senior-junior relationship? Because of them I have lost my mind and fallen for someone who is in love with someone else I thought. Akhil got very angry on them and felt pity on me. I couldnt control my tears anymore , I was crying like a kid, Akhil consoled me Those two jerks! I am sure they will soon get a lesson for their pranks. Calm down yar its over now. Yes it was all over now and that was the real reason for my sorrow and tears. But, I couldnt tell that to anyone. Akhil continuously cursed the seniors. He asked me to go home and take rest as there were no lectures that day. Both of us were walking towards the parking area, Rahull... again. I had brought the gift for him, it was my last gift. For a moment I thought of skipping this time but my heart never agreed. I headed towards him and without seeing him kept the keychain on his bike. Please insert your bike keys to it I said and left. Rahul...the best thing ever happened to me, just being with him makes all things well in my world. But my golden days finished. Now, no more gifts, no more fear, no more thoughts, no more love. I cried and cried until I got tired. Love, the four letters have amazing magic in them. One cant come out of it easily. Falling in love is easy, but falling out of it is awful. BEST THING EVER HAPPENED

My mom asked me to accompany her for shopping. I needed to divert my mind so I went with her. Wherever I go, whatever I do, I see only one name, only one image, only one thought thats Rahul. Why have I become this crazy for a boy? .I was getting irritated and angry on myself .I tried to be strong and decided not to think of him. I had to be normal and accept the fate. On that day evening, Appu ,Maanvi and Sindhu came to my house. We were speaking about some casual things. Sindhu asked about sarees. Appu responded saying, Ill come in jeans, it will be cool. When I cant handle suits, sarees are far away to think of. Moreover I dreamt yesterday that I had stepped on my saree and fell off in the party. I am not going to take any risk. Sindhu and Maanvi burst into laughter on hearing that. Maanvi exclaimed that it was compulsory dress code and Mahesh sir likes girls in sarees.How the hell do you know that?Appu yelled.See,I knew Appu likes Mahesh sir. Sindhu added. The two laughed again.Stop it guys, enough now. Appu, I am sure you will look gorgeous in saree .You have good height and personality. You can choose any of my mothers sarees. I replied. Because of them, somehow I came out of my thoughts which was good for me too.

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FRESHERS PARTY: I was getting ready for the freshers party. Maanvi called me and told to come quickly as the program has already started. I rushed out of my house and my Dad dropped me. I wore a light blue shaded saree. On entering the college, few seniors welcomed me with roses. Our college looked even more beautiful that day due to decoration, stalls and most importantly the vibrancy of the students. Akhil came from behind and informed that my friends were near the coin stall. I went to them, Appu was playing the game and the rest were watching and cheering her. Song dedications were going on parallel, after about 1 hour the program started. Our Principal M.Lakshmi Narayan along with other officials inaugurated the event by lighting the lamp. The program kick-started with a melodious group song by senior students. It was followed by ramp walk for contestants of Mr. And Ms. Fresher titles. Then came Aakash with a song. He mesmerized everyone and captivated us in a spell of his melodious voice. Vinay and Ravis dance performance put the stage on fire. Voting for Mr and Ms. Eve was going on simultaneously. Comedy skits and several other shows also took place. Every event made the night more glorious. BEST THING EVER HAPPENED

All of a sudden my eyes caught Rahul in the view. I pinched myself to verify that I was not dreaming again. But it was really him. Even Sowmya mam had come .My friends noticed them too. What the hell are they doing here?Appu questioned. Probably they didnt find any other better place to have fun Sindhu replied.What a fate I have! Why is God testing me so much? Everytime I try to forget him he appears before me that too with that she devil. My mood went off again, I was in despair as I felt my heart breaking into thousands of tiny pieces which I am not sure if I would be able to join after this experience. The party was not enjoyable anymore as I felt my pain takeover my joy, I wanted to leave but couldnt ask my friends as I knew they would never permit. After a while, Rahul started to step up the dais. He wore a black coat on a white shirt and was looking extremely handsome, the best until now. With a sweet smile on his face he took the st nd mike and said, Sorry guys!!!Its your party (1 and 2 years) but I have a confession to make for someone very special here tonight. Some people shouted Go on sir!!!Immediately Appu and Maanvi uttered, Its about Sowmya mam .Tears flowed from my eyes as I watched him. Love, love at first sight, I didnt believe all these things but a girl changed me...It was the month of BEST THING EVER HAPPENED

December. A girl in red chudidhar was waving hands to school children in bus stop. My heart skipped a beat seeing her. Her eyes sparkled when she she was smiling. Her smile truly reach her eyes with such innocence that is lost once we grow up. Those eyes were the most beautiful and gorgeous eyes I had ever seen. They truly made me believe that the eyes are a window to the soul and her soul is more than just beautiful. From that day on, I went to the bus stop daily hoping to catch a glimpse of her but in vain. After 3 months I saw her again in a theatre with the same breathtakingly beautiful smile that draws me close to her just like a honeybee that is being drawn to the flower. But the luck didnt play into my hands and I missed her again with a hope to see her soon. Nothing can change your destiny, I saw the same girl again in our college. I pinched myself like a kid. She was just few steps away from me. I had gone mad. Unbelievable!!! I was on the top of the world and desperately wanted to meet her. One fine day when I was sitting on my bike waiting for my friend, to my surprise, my dream girl came to me and gave me a pack of Little Heart biscuits.Whoaao, what is happening? I thought, but she didnt even see my face. BEST THING EVER HAPPENED

The next day, I was standing in corridor and was talking to my buddy on mobile, then again the girl came with a gift pack. She saw me this time and I smiled seeing her but she didnt. In fact I could see fear in her big eyes. I opened the gift pack and found a heart shaped table clock . She didnt come to the college the third day. My eyes were searching each and every place trying to reach out and find her. I didnt even attend my classes. Finally I saw her coming out from the health centre with her friend .I got worried. She left with her friend. The whole day I kept thinking of her. She was waiting for someone beside our class room following day. I called her, she turned towards me. Her face had an aura of innocence surrounding it. She gave me a heart shaped perfume bottle and went off. I was delighted on finding that she was waiting for me... After college, I followed her and saw some guys teasing her. I made those jerks run away and started walking with my angel....All my dreams were coming true. I have run out of words to express my feelings. Next day, Sowmya and I were discussing about our seminar schedules and suddenly my princess appeared with a heart shaped box of chocos. I was really surprised BEST THING EVER HAPPENED

with my girls surprises. I felt like I was the luckiest man on earth...I am waiting for the day when I can share these chocolates with her. I was completely out of mind. I was thinking of the next present she is gonna give me. Her eyes, smile, fear, innocence took away my sleep. I was very eager to see her so I stepped towards their class and gave a glance while passing but I couldnt find her. Suddenly it seemed as if someone was walking behind me .Again to my surprise, it was her...She again handed me a gift pack with that cute smile of hers which never failed to captivate me. The pack had lovely candles which I wish to light up it in a candlelight dinner with her. Day by day my love for her was blooming. I met her again in Library. She saw me there and gave a surprising look as if I was sitting behind the bars. Heart shaped pendrive was this times gift. Immediately after going home I loaded the pendrive with romantic medlies and thought of using it only when I was with her. She came to me with a greeting the next day which she had made herself. She was looking splendid that day in her pink dress. But instead of thanking I scolded my little girl for wasting time on it .After looking at the greeting, I realized her talent. I cursed myself for being rude to her. I BEST THING EVER HAPPENED

feared that she wouldnt come to me the next time as girls are very sensitive. I saw her in canteen the following afternoon. Suddenly a waiter, placed a coffee cup with heart shaped foam on it. Immediately my eyes turned towards her, I was extremely happy. That was the best coffee I have ever tasted. It was my birthday, I was waiting to see her but my surprising angel came with a new surprise that day. She had kept a heart shaped chocolate cake in our class...All my friends were asking about my mysterious fan not knowing that Im her fan. I felt as if my heart would stop beating, seeing her surprises. The next day, she gifted me a photo frame but with a dull face. I wanted to thank her for the surprise on my birthday but she didnt even give me a chance and left. Her grief stricken face made me sad. I have put mine as well as her photo in the frame. But the best of all was the last gift she gave me. It was a heart shaped keychain written, Drive slowly, someones waiting for you. Now, I could no longer stay away from her. I wish that day to come soon when you would be really waiting for me. Sorry Nishitha!!! But today Ive to tell you the truth BEST THING EVER HAPPENED

.The seniors who ragged you are my best buddies. I told them to rag you and made you to give me heart shaped gifts every day.... I Love You. I truly love you from my heart and soul. You are the best thing ever happened to me.

I was dumbstruck ...couldnt believe my ears. I never imagined this...The boy, whom I was crazy about loved me way before I knew him and now he has proposed me infront of everyone!!! There was a huge applause from the audience. Sowmya mam took the mike from Rahul and spoke with excitement,Can we have Nishitha on stage please!!!. Everyone started to shout Nishita...Nishita... But I could hear no one, could see no one, except him. My eyes were glued to him willing it not to be a dream. I dont know from where I got the courage and power but I walked to the stage near him. All these days you gifted me, today I want to gift you something. He took out a box from his coat and opened it. It was a ring and guess what...? Yes!!! a heart shaped ring!!! My hand moved forward automatically. I love you he said again, while putting the ring. I love you too I replied, my lips smiling and my eyes sparkling with renewed happiness and dreams of our future which will be as wonderful as it BEST THING EVER HAPPENED

begun, for this is not the end but only just the beginning of something so beautiful that made my life worthy to live and not just survive.

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