New friends

3rd Jan, 2016….

I was just 18 when I joined the college and now I am 24, when I suddenly plan to pen down my story. In another exactly two months, comes the day when I am getting married. This speculation reverses me, to ponder at what I have learnt in these past 6 years. Love is not about staying together for whole life. Whatever time you get with the person you love, make the most of it.....

So, coming back to the second year of my graduation, this was the year when my life took an entertaining turn. This was the year, of making new friends every day. I didn't know much about most of them, but they were friends who were divided in different groups. Some were friends from economics class while others from English Literature class. Some were friends who met during lunch while some, met me at the dinner. The closest friend was my roommate Natasha, with whom I shared economics class, lunch, dinner and a close bond.

The results of our first semester were out and I scored pretty well in all subjects apart from, economics. This was the historic moment in my life, when I decided that I needed extra coaching for this subject. This added to another group of friends 'the coaching friends'!

What was different about this set of friends was that this group had guys too, from different colleges. The coaching was on alternate days but our teacher, Mrs. Eta Khan was generous enough to give us coaching passes for each day. So, one day was coaching for us while the next day was an illegal day out, frolic for us.

The best part of the day was always the coaching, which was more of delectation and less of studies. The coaching started with the roadside side "sea- food" and ended with a "kwality" ice-cream. The gate pass limit was till 7 pm and it was always a race till the college gate to reach at dot 7pm, not a minute early and not a minute dilatory. I literally begged Natasha to join the coaching with me, but she refused since she had topped in economics and reckoned it to be useless. In a month of span, I made many new friends- Niki, Tanya, Aarosh, Ruhani, Viva and Sam.

Niki and Ruhani were each other's best friends and roommates who were in the same hostel as mine. Whereas Aarosh and Vivan were best friends and these four were closest school friends, hailing from Bangkok. I was the newest member of their insane group and thus always the victim to their moronic pranks.

I gradually, started to spend quite a lot of time in Niki and Ruhani's room, but equal time in my room with Natasha. Natasha was an extremely possessive friend and always wanted my time for herself. So, even I made sure that I spend good amount of time with her. Natasha's boyfriend Manuel, her childhood sweetheart was actually a sweet heart who generated stability in her life and enabled me to get some time off from Natasha, while they were over the phone, romancing. Having no interest in listening to their mushy talks, I preferred spending time in Niki and Ruhani's room.