She saw the man in front of her. Though she never spoke to him but she has seen him in her college many times. He is the infamous Mahir, well know personality, student president. He turned around to look at Shriya and asked her if she was okay. She nodded her head, how can she be not alright afterall she is the one who slapped the man, not the other way. Then came her driver Naveen worriedly. Mahir looked at the man who came running towards them asked with a cold expression "who are you ? I dont think you are a student here."
Before the driver can answer Shriya replied "He is my friend." But Naveen told "actually her driver." He then moved towards her and asked her If she was okay and what had happened. He was out to park the car and then here it took another mishap. This is the second time and first time was when he went to pay the bill, Vishnu created a scene at the ice-cream parlour. If this happened again Abhi might fire him. Actually today he saw Brahmini enter the college in her scooter so he waited for her to park, that is when this all happened. He was never the type to ditch his work or show his feelings, but whenever he sees Brahmini he feels a little lost. Then his gaze turned towards the man in front of him and he thanked him for saving Shriya.
Mahir nodded his head, turned to face Shriya and said "well I am Mahir, the student president, if anyone bullies you or your friends in future, complaint them to me. I will take care of them. Should I see you to your block" he offered help.
Shriya smiled at him and said "no, but thank you. I have my friend and we will go on our own. Thanks, bye." with that she waved her hand and walked away. Naveen followed behind them and apologized to Shriya for his carelessness. She smiled and said that's not a big deal and not to worry about it and went into the class.
After the class, at lunch, they walked into the cafeteria and Naveen brought the food. Abhi is a fitness freak and is careful about his diet. He ordered his chef to cook the food, the dietitian has suggested to everyone in the house. So Shriya's lunch pack has so much food in it rice, curries, roti, Rasam, curd and a sweet dish. Evening Naveen gives her a fruit. But today in addition to the daily lunch pack, usually which is enough for two people, Naveen also brought a take out of Paneer butter masala. They opened the package and started eating. That day Sony didnot attend the college as she was suffering with flu, which means there were only two people to eat, Shriya and Brahmini. In the earlier days of her college, Shriya asked Naveen to eat with them but he didnot as it would not be correct for him to eat with his madam at the same table. When she insisted he accepted to eat with them but not at the same table but on the adjacent one. Today there were only two people and so much food, so Shri asked him to join them and he readily accepted her request. He knew his madam is not being just polite, he knew she meant it as she is a kind hearted woman. After opening the package she made a rough guess why he brought a take out. That day curry is Palak paneer which Brahmini hates and complains whenever Shriya gets it. She looked at the two people in front of her, she sensed something weird with them but couldnot pinpoint what it is. That day after a delicious lunch, Naveen asked Shriya to let him leave work early as he is not feeling well and told her that he had already asked Abhi about it and the latter accepted it. He also told her that other driver will pick her up after college. She nodded her head and asked him to take care of himself and asked him to rest for a few days. He bowed his head to her and left. Brahmini who is always talking was extremely silent today and went straight to the class. That day in the afternoon session they had to attend Chemistry laboratory. The experiment is 'Identification of a chemical compound' and the compound is 'p cresol'. The experiment has tobe done by a group of three people as a batch and Shriya's group is Shriya, Brahmini and Sony. As Sony was no there, all the experiment has tobe done by these two people. By the end of the day all the people smelled like phenol. Shriya felt exhausted and she didnot even change her apron and came down and when she was about to call the driver forgetting he had left already, Abhi's personal driver came running towards her.
Thought of the day,
Every year teaches one that times never stops and how to move on in ones life when a person dear to you left you.