A NEW LIFE

             It was a fine sunny day… the day, when Briti and Sudeep were parting. It was the first day of Briti’s higher secondary school. And it was the same day Sudeep was leaving for college, which was thousands of kilometres away from his hometown. Briti was very happy for two reasons. The first one was her joining the school and the other, as you expected, her cousin, Sudeep’s parting for college.

        

  It was time Sudeep left the place. He waited for Briti, but she was enjoying with her new friends at school. Sudeep’s father asked Sudeep to hurry up if not they would miss the train. Sudeep with his luggage sat in the car when Briti reached home. Her granny asked her to accompany them to railway station to see off her cousin. Unwillingly accepted, Briti sat in another car with granny. And Sudeep was glad to know Briti was coming. Granny started asking Briti about her new school and new friends. Briti kept on saying about her experience on her first day at school to granny till they reached railway station.

        

   Sudeep wanted to talk to Briti and spend some time with her. But he dare not approach her. He was seeing her observing her gestures to her granny and thought, “Look at her, how cute she is, her smile, her lips and big blue eyes… she is my little angle. How can I be without seeing her for four years? I wish time flew away soon. I wanna spend some quality time. But she is not even looking at me.” 
Train No. 17562 is going to arrive shortly, announcement for train. 

There were only 3 minutes for the train to come. Sudeep thought, “first time in life, I wish the train came late. At least depart after 30 minutes. Why doesn’t she look at me? Ok, let me go to her and talk. Yes! Yes! You can do it Sudeep…”

        

 Sudeep took steps to go to Briti when the train arrived. His father called him and asked him to board the train. Then, Briti came and said bye. It was the most painful situation no guy can ever face. Briti was still smiling. Having that smile in his heart, Sudeep left the place, boarded the train. The train started moving slowly while Sudeep’s heartbeat was increasing. The speed of the train kept on increasing and so did his heartbeat. It was like almost stopped beating for a moment when the train had left the platform.

                     

                 Briti was very happy and returned home with her grandparents. She felt as if she conquered a state as she was the oldest of all the cousins and now she would have her own kingdom. Whereas Sudeep, in that train had no provision to take off the pain in his heart as his parents were travelling with him. It would take 13 hours to reach the destination. As the train was moving, the memories of her were also kept on moving around in his mind.

                 

               They reached the destination; Sudeep had to join that day. They went to a hotel, freshed up there and reached the university. It was his dream to study in that university. 

First day, achieving the goal, he was very happy yet somewhere there was some dismay. He got some good friends on the first day in his campus. His parents left for the hometown saying cautions and caring for him.

                    

                  Meanwhile, Briti made a dozen of friends who were playful, studious and naughty just like her. One year passed and there was not a word over phone or letter from Sudeep to Briti or from Briti to Sudeep. Days were flying. Both were busy in their studies. 

It was her second year. She became the head girl of her school. She was active, studious and beautiful. Many boys fell for her in school and she rejected everyone. Her group consisted of eight, three boys and five girls. They all were best friends. They go together, come together, and party together… But, what no one knew was there was a boy in the same group who love her but didn't express to Briti ever. His name is Yayin. He was a silent one-side lover. Days were passing just like a gust of wind. Their plus 2 would come to end in a few weeks.

Will Yayin expresses his love to Briti?

Or, will he remain like a one-side lover?

Let us learn what happened in between Yayin and Briti in the next article.