Chapter 10 : Operation X May 20, 2008

“Welcome back..!!”, Palak came and forwarded to shake hands with me.

“Yeah…thanks.”

My mind was already dumb. My confidence used to shaken up when I was in front of her.

So for the whole week, I lingered around Palak. She liked my company. I used to crack jokes (copied from santabanta.com) and she loved them. Although there were other ‘hotter’ girls too, but I didn’t want to look
like a playboy amongst 6 girls.

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THE ‘D’ DAY:

Finally after puffing our lungs for a week, the competition-day came. After analysing the rehearsals of other participating houses, we were damn sure that the trophy is ours this time.

And our turn came. I began to feel awkward as I reached the stage realising that I am the ‘odd man out’. And we sang the song.

Chanda Sooraj Lakho Taare
Hai jab tere hi ye saare
Kiss baat pe hoti hai fir takaraare.

It was a wonderful performance (with a little contribution from my side too). And as expected we won.

“Hurrayy…!!!” Seema exclaimed and leaped towards me. And that was the second time in my life a girl hugged me. I wished she were Palak. Nevertheless, Seema also felt nice.

Infact, if you’ve ever hugged a girl, you must have experienced 3 sorts of feelings:

1. The sweet smell of shampoo from her hairs which fall just above your nose.

2. The ecstatic perception developed by the caressing of her breasts.

3. The continuous staring and humming of the people around you and their comments on the event.

But who cares? All I knew that I was the luckiest boy of the whole school for a few seconds. Things were good for me now. Palak and I became very good friends. So the only thing of concern in my life was
my studies, because I had a board exam on my head.

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3 MONTHS LATER ~ 5th MARCH 2005

“How much you did?” Karun said. He had come to my house. After I left tuitions, he was the only person with whom I was in continuous contact.

It was the starting of 5 days ‘gap’ for the Mathematics Board Examination. There is something special about the gaps in exams. Except studying, students do everything in these days including asking
each-other if they have studied anything.

“Nothing much. Let me take a break dude.” I said.

“Thats what I am here for….to give you a break. What about going to Hot Dot??” Karun shrieked. Hot Dot was the only internet cafe in my colony and a popular venue. Karun and I had spent hours in it watching
pornos.

“Crap…Not at this time.” I replied totally uninterested.

“Hey dude, you didn’t get me. I need to download CBSE Sample Papers. And you know, I am dumb at computers.”

This was true. Karun was absolutely dumb in computers. I guess, computers were the only thing in which I was better than him.

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‘HOT DOT’ INCIDENT

{Sorry friends, I’ve deleted the rest b’coz I got it too personal. Sorry to all those who got hurt by this post. I apologise by deleting this portion.}

{rest continued in Chapter 11}

PS — Sorry for modifications. I’ll write the next post soon and will continue the story.

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