Remeberance Time: 5 Years Back

Shivam is daydreaming once again. It is his favourite pass time. He does this often to relax his mind from the busy schedule of the work, but this time it is different. He is now remebering his missing five years of college life with affection and sincerity.

Shivam & Shivangi

Scene 1:

Five years ago they met the college campus of St. Xaviers College, Mumbai. He was practicing football with his mates. A crucial match was postponed and scheduled to take place some days later. His position was on the striker end. He was busy dribbling the ball with his right foot. All of a sudden he shoots the ball and with an extraodinary speed it hit a girl. Oh how dispointed he was that day. He missed the one golden chance to score. He shrugged his shoulders in great dispointment but he stopped at once. The girl, whom his ball hit on the face, fell down with bleeding nose on the road next to the football court and she was struggling to stand on her feets once again in vain. With long strides Shivam reached near her and outstretched his right hand towards her for help by saying -"Hey, take it. You need it." He told her this with confidence. He was so sure that like any other girl of his college this girl would also fall for his charms with ease.

On the contrary, the lifted her face slightly towards him. Her pretty face was distorted in pain and agony, but is still beautiful. "Sorry, I can manage. Thanks." She bluntly rejected his help.

Shivam was taken aback. His pride was hurt. Till now no girl ever dared to reject him. "What she thinks of herself?" He asks in mind. But he decides to enquire about her. "What is the problem? Why can't you try to get up then?" He asked her with patience.

"I don't know. May be my ankles got sprained." She replied pensively with teary eyes.

Without listening any protest from her behalf he lifted her in his lap in a bridal style. The sensation of her skin in his hands felt so soft. Just like a feather. Her pinkish cheeks got red immediately in embarrasament. Everyone around them starts cheering and whistling to see it.

"Put me down. Put me down. At once." She demanded with a cry.

"Sorry, but you need help." He told her that and with a curt nod of head carried her to the nearest bench and send one of his friends to call for a nurse to check on her. After putting her down, she all of a sudden slapped him hard on his face.

"So that's your gratitude." He responded quite angrily with rolling his eyes.

"No that's for my bleeding nose, sprained ankle and lifting me without permission." She replied with dignity by slightly tilting her head towards him.

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Scene 2:

She stroked her hair absentmindedly while climbing down the stairs of the college library. Her arms were full of books. She was known to be a voracious reader and bookworm among her classmates, but she did not pay any attention to it. She liked to read books. Befor the starting of summer vacation of her colege she took out these books so that she could take them with her in her ancestral home at Lucknow.

Shivam was also passing through the library stairs. A friend of him wanted to meet him there urgently. He suddenly stopped and tried to catch his breath by seeing her. It was the same girl who slapped him before. She was coming down the stairs. Her long black hair is glowing in daylight and flowing with a gentle breeze of air. Her blue dupatta is flowing too. In his eyes she was not coming out of the library, but she seemed to come out of heaven. She looked like an angel to him. She wore a simple cotton oversized salwar suit but it seemed as a marvelous off shoulder gown to him. He heard the bells ringing behind her too. Some locks of hair in her forehead were moving with the breeze and she tried desperately to manage them. She looked quite innocent yet mesmermerizing to him. Was it his dream or reality?

Suddenly some books fell down and she stretched her hands to fetch them. He also bent down before her to help. Their hands collided with each other and with a jolt she looked at him. Her big beautiful hazel eyes nested on him for a second in qurstioning mode and then she seemed relieved. He felt her insecurity yet he fell desperately for her. That was love at second sight. He wanted her. He wanted her body and soul. He wanted to worship her. Throughout whole life.

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Scene 3:

"Are you crazy or something? Why are you following me everywhere?" She asked with impatience by striking her foot on the floor.

He maintained his silence. Since that day he had been following her nonstop. So she was perfectly right in her claim. He was behaving like a mad stalker and any girl had perfect right to get angry in such situation.

He lowered his head for the first time in his life in front of anyone. What could he say to her? I love you desperately. Please take me. This seemed like utter nonsense to him. A true Raizada could never propose in this way. But he had nothing else to do. He was bound by his heart. His heart beat only for her. How on earth could he show that to her?

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Scene 4:

"Leave me at once." She demanded once more. Her hands were tighly in both of his hands, but her fierceness did not let her surrender in front of any man.

He pulled her towards himself and held her tightly in his chest without uttering a single word. His heart beat loudly but he did not care at all.

She bit him, dug a nail on her shoulder, slapped his extremely handsome face several times but he was not bulging at all. He wanted her. He wanted to show her his true feelings. He did not want to hurt or harm her, just to tease her that's all. She was screaming her heart out but nobody would ever come to help her in this dark garrage of college building.

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Scene 5:

"You are dismissed from this college. A girl like you is a shame on a reputed institution like us."

She controlled her urge to laugh aloud while listening to the lecture of the Principal. When she was a victim of molestation, justice should happen with her. But no, with money, power, affluence and political connections of the Raizada family, justice could be bought easily. She took a vow in her mind to fight against injustice till her last breath.

He was also standing outside the Principal's office leaning on the railing. He never wanted this to happen to her. She came out and proudly looked at his face. With an uncannily shrill and cold voice she threatened him for the first time -

"Don't worry, you ruin my reputation, I will ruin yours. From now onwards I will be the worst enemy of your life. So beware of me."

By saying this she left the the college campus forever.

He stopped breathing. He met such a fierce girl for the first time in his life. He lowered his head in admiration and promised to himself to wait for her return back in his life. Once more. He wanted to have only this girl now onwards. Shivam had ultimately found out his mate, Shivangi.