The Big Story Chapter 1 The Topic

 The Big Story

(Because small story already written)

The events and characters depicted in this story are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead is purely coincidental.

Chapter 1

The Topic

“And then she started going with Ajith”. Saleen stopped his story. It was late night. That day was last day of the semester. Saleen, Anosh and Martin shares room number 23 in boy’s hostel. All of them were in same semester, for Engineering.

“Your friend cheated you?” Yani asked. Yani and Dibin were first year students came to hostel this year. They all are gathered in room 23 for chatting. Like always it went to late night. On each day the will discuss about 20 to 30 topics; the topic going on is love experience. It is always hot topic; if it comes it will normally take hours to change to another.   

Saleen is leading the team. He always talks a lot, for any thing under the sun. Now he is explaining his previous experience. Unfortunately it was tragic.

“Don’t ask question in between!” Saleen snapped at Yani and continued.

“But I didn’t know that first. Later I have droughts. And one day she told me that she loves Ajith”

“It all happens after the college tour” Saleen said.

“Thus a girl has a narrow escape from a fatal disaster! “.Martin added his comment.

“Martin, you have no rights to talk about it!” Saleen was not happy with Martin’s comment.

“Do you know Martin propose a girl!”

“No.” answered Yani.

“Yes. In a park. Middle of her friends, with a red rose”

“oh! oh!”. Yani and Dibin said at the same moment.

“It was in his plus two’s. They went for a flower show from the school. He take a rose and given to her. ”

“Did she accept it?” Dibin asked with most curiosity.

“No she ran away.”

“Ha ha..”

“Thus a girl ran away from a fatal disaster!”

             “That was not funny!!” Martin did not laugh at it.

“What about Anosh?”

“His was a small story. He didn’t propose any body nor anyone propose him.”

“Once he fall in love with one but he don’t have guts to propose that’s all. Poor guy!”

“There is nothing you should be afraid of just go and tell.” Dibin advised.

“It was on his school days. Now he does not know where she studies” Saleen answered.

“Good advice! Use it well when you have a chance. Don’t dare to advice a senior”

Anosh said to Dibin.

 “I have to submit an assignment tomorrow. It is time for bed. Good night!” Anosh said.

“Are you leaving tomorrow?” asked by Yani.

“Me and Martin will go home tomorrow, Anosh will go a day after that” replayed Saleen.

“Ok good night!” Dibin wished back and both of then went to there room.

Anosh switched off the lights and went for sleep. He lay in bed for bed for some time without sleeping. A question was really disturbing him “Am I a coward. Did I fear proposing a girl? ” and later he fall asleep.

Next day

Next day Anosh wakes up early morning, at 10’o clock. He has to submit two assignments on that day. One from Engineering Mathematics-2 and other was Electrical Technology. Students at the starting of study leave is always busy than normal days. Actually they can be called as climax of a semester some have tragic climax, some have adventurous all these are rated according to the internal marks published in the notice board. In this semester Anosh’s climax can be called 2 under sectional. It comes under tragic climax. For happy ending teachers allow re-test. Anosh got one in tomorrow.

Saleen and Martin already submitted their assignments and they are going home today. When Anosh went out of room for college both of them where still sleeping. The collage is near to a river.  

 He went straight to Electrical department.  There was a bundle of assignments in the table Anosh placed his assignment some were in the middle. At this time his mobile rang. Mobile phones are banned in the collage. Anosh actually forget to make it silent mode. It was a message form Saleen saying that they are leaving and key is given to Dibin. He made mobile in silent mode.

“Where is your Assignment?” He suddenly put his mobile in pants packet and turns back. ”Why didn’t you submit your assignments?” It is Reena miss.

“O MY GOD!” he said unknowingly. He get stunt. How can he forget this? He had to finish one assignment Network Theory before 12 noon.

“Miss!”

“Why are you so irresponsible? How dare you, to bring mobile phone in college campus? Give me your phone!”

“Miss, Please!”

“Give Me your Phone! Or I have to report it”

“Miss, please, please”

“Why are you behaving like this?” Reena miss shouted again

“You pupils must have to submit two assignments in a semester. I made it one .And I give time still study leave. You are going to get zero for your assignment in internal if you didn’t submit”

“Did you complete it?”

“Yes, Miss it was in my hostel room.” He made a big lie. Actually he didn’t complete a single word of assignment or even bought papers for writing assignments. He forgets completely about this.

“If you are planning to submit after 12 you keep it there for always. I am leaving home and will came only one day before exam.”

He nodded slowly.

“OK! Go.” Miss allowed him to go

He must have made a list of thing to do. He ran in the direction of hostel. Saleen and Martin already left hostel. May be he can catch them in bus stand. But they all submitted it when he was on leave. Their assignments are on Reena miss table. The problem is she is there.

“Hello! Why are you running? What happened?” It was Anita both were in same class.

“Do you submit Electronics circuit one assignment?” he asked suddenly.

“No, I am going to submit.” Anita replayed

“I will submit it for you.”

“No thanks!”

“I will submit it for you along with mine before 12, promise”

He suddenly grabs assignments from here. And get started going.

“How much do you have to complete?”

“Little more, I have to buy some paper before that.”

She smiled.

”I promise I will submit yours before 12.”

He ran in the direction of college store and bought some paper and ran directly to the library.

He competed, it with his fastest assignment writing techniques. Like write heading write one line, skip one line write one line, Skip one; write a paragraph make other half. However he completed it in half an hour. Anosh moved quickly to Electrical department staff room. Reena miss was there in the table.

“Did you get it back?”

“Yes Miss”

He placed Anita’s assignment in top of his and placed over the stack of assignments.

“Don’t bring mobile phone in campus or always keep it silent.”

He nodded and said. “Thank you, Miss”

Anosh went out of staff room. Anita was there smiling, holding here college bag in her shoulders. She smiles beautifully. How comes Anosh never noticed that. She was pretty with black eyes. Even in her collage uniform she looks cute. Her bag was red and she holds a big book of engineering mathematics in hand. She wears a small golden chain around her neck.

 “Are you spying on me?” Anosh smiled back.

“What to do, it was my assignment”, she replayed but didn’t stop smiling

“Thank you! You save me”

“Then you should give me a treat.”

“Any time! Are you coming with me to the canteen now?”

“No I am leaving home now” Anita replayed.

“I have a re-test tomorrow” said Anosh

“Ok bye!”

“See you in Exams”. He Wished.

Anita walked away from him. He remain there still she walk out of sight .Anosh went to library.

Some thing had happened in his mind may be in his heart.

Then again his mobile vibrate. It was an unknown number and fancy number too. He went to the bath room and said

“Hello”

“I am calling from costumer care there is a wonderful offer for you. You can now Enjoy hello tunes for just 10 rupees per month and first song download free.” A sweet female voice answered on the other side.

“Hoo! ” he replayed

“You have only to pay just 60 rupees for six months. May I activate it for you sir”.

“Ok!” He answered without thinking.

“Which song do you want sir?”

He selects a song from a new Malayalam movie.

Next day here write the re-test. Even if the questions were given already, but it was not that smooth for him. 

The Big Story Chapter 2 Sonnets

Chapter 2

Sonnets

He decided to propose her. How to propose a girl? “I will got straight to her and say …..Say what?  I love U no no, I am interested on U ho No… No, Will u marry me? Definitely not that because I am not interested in a marria ge now .Or I have a heart for u...But I should be careful as there is a 80 to 99 percent chance of getting a slap on the face. I have to look for astrological prediction before doing that” Anosh’s thoughts gone like that.

After the re-test he went straight to library if he can get one book of digital electronics for the exams. In the library there were different sections for electronics books computer science book, mechanical books. He went to electronics section .Lucky he did not find and any books about digital electronics. That means the weight of his bag reduced and he got a new excuse if he get a failed. Dual advantage.

Near the digital section there was a small rack with non technical books. Anosh always surprised see books  Novels, Stories  etc in the middle of all technical books in an Engineering college library. Harry potter first two books ,Shelock Homes,Some memory improvement techniques , quantum physics and some books language improvement was there.

He found a book named sonnets with a yellow cover pages. ‘Sonnets, I hared the word some were else”. He took the book and opened. Sonnets are actually poem like writings. The book was about the sonnets of William Shakespeare. He went through the pages “The sonnet about love” sonnet numbered 116 is one of the most famous sonnets. Now he remembered studying it in plus two English.” I am not into the marriage of true minds”

“Anosh Exam books are on the next rack” Tony called him from back. Tony and Anosh are doing there Btech in same class. Anosh made a face for him.

“But nothing left there, everything had taken by others nothing left for me.” He was not very happy with Tony’s advice.” I must do some thing agents this”,” A strike agents all the top students in the class those who took the entire book before I get up in the morning”.

“Ha ha “Tony returned a smile.

“Is that a book of digital electronics that you are holding?”

“Yap I took it to take Xerox my library card is full”.

“Ho thanks God” The dual advantage gone.” I was looking for that”

Tony handed the book to Anosh.

“Are you leaving home today?” Tony asked

“Yes ,In the evening”

After lunch he spend rest of time in the library he took a bundle of Xerox .There was a photo stat machine in the library .And there will be a huge rush at the time as the exam week comes near. It is already late for bus. Anosh show the library card and books to librarian. He enters the details of books in computer. Thus he becomes the responsible person of whatever happens to the books. If anything happens to the book he should give a new book in return. That is a universal rule in the library.

Anosh went directly into hostel to his room number 23.His room mates Martin and Saleen already left home yesterday. There were three beds. A bed means something has four legs made of low quality wood. Which can be used to place book, Laptops and can place a sheet called bed sheet and of course we can sleep in it if our smelling sense have some problem.

Then the mobile rang .Anosh’s hello tune was a romantic song from a new Malayalam film.He took the phone.It was an unknown number. “Will it Anita’s new number”.He said “hello”

Answered on the other side “It is calling from customer care would u like to change your hello tunes for just Rs.15 you can select from any of the following hello tunes ……Press 1 to” he did not wait here the tunes .He murmur some thing that I cant write here. 

Anosh packed some of his shirts and pants according to number of days it is kept unwashed. Then he packed some books. If he came home without any books then he will be get fired and went to bus stop. He catches a KSRTC bus so that he can go to bus stand. He saw some of his college mates there.

Luckily Anosh got a seat. There was always a rush in the bus in his route. His home is nearly 55 km from his college. Anosh plugged his head phone to his phone. It was a Nokia phone with 2 GB memory most is filled with songs and a collection of   photos. It has a 2Mp camera most of the photos are taken by him. Anosh selected music player from his menu and selected all from play list and played. It is nearly two hour journey to his home. Must of the time he will play music thought head phone some time he sleeps or some time he will kill time by talking to peoples sitting near to him.

“How to propose Anita? What will I do if she said No? What was I going to do if she agrees? Is it love? But one thing I am sure I want to know do I have the courage to propose a girl or am I a coward in matter of love. I must do that. But there is the big problem arises if she agrees. If she said a No everything is simple. Is this, what is called love? I don’t think so”. The word love made him to think about the sonnet of love.” What Shakespeare said was true will any one proved it was not the true love”. At end of the sonnet Shakespeare challenged all those who loved.

“Idea” Anosh said in his mind.” I will write a poem .POEM yes!   I will write what I found good in Anita ………  And in the last line I will do the trick.”

“She is one among the lacks “Actually Anosh hardly knows 100s or 200 girls. “Good line to start with but were to write the book paper pen are in the bag”.He stopped playing music and open “Write new” message from message menu .SMS draft is an easy way to write some thing in a critical situations like this Anosh had used this service two or three times previously, when he wants to remember list of items to pack, assignments etc.     

He writes the first line “The one among lacks”

Then

Stands still at storms

And so innocent heart Ed,

Who smiles at failure.

Cares for Weaker and Stronger

Ho Goddess I am imprinted on u”

 If u don’t understand what the last line means then you have to read the English novel “The Eclipse” third book in twilight series by Stephanie Meyer. Anosh knows Anita readied the novel and she like it much. 

Anosh readied the poem two three times. “Ok!” and saved it into SMS drafts.” Send it now? No No. What will she feel when she get this? Will she believe it ? Will she delete it in the next second after reading .Now she is talking to me and replaying my messages will she stop doing that?” Thousands of questions arrived in his mind always these kinds of questions plays the first villain a self villain.

The bus stopped in the next stop. Four peoples get down there. But no one get in the bus. The bus is less crowded than earlier. Two three seats were wakened. The outside of bus was getting darker as it is nearly 7:15.

“Yes I will send it now” Anosh got a new idea. His thoughts always results in some stupid ideas which is not going to success. “Send it now and send another message saying sorry that the message was not for you it was for Anna sorry sorry here named was just after your name in my phone.Please doesn’t tell it to any body”. ”Aha nice plan better than the poem, but what if she take my phone and check it?” The villain came to seen again.

“Yes I will get a new SIM number in this holydays and saved it as Anna in the phone .If any body asked I may say she is near my home. And nobody is going to catch me as if they try the number it will be always switched off.” Anosh thoughts don’t stop there it flied aimlessly like a butterfly. He then thought what happens if there is a real Anna and what will be Anna’s reaction if she once came to know about this.

“….No it will create more complications as I have first brake with Anna before showing interest in Anita”. The Villain wins. So at last he decided to keep it safe in his draft and send it when the time comes.

He was sure that Anita will be get surprised by seeing the poem ( will anybody ever consider it as a poem? That he doesn’t know).

Anosh and Anita were class mates and friends too. Martin ,Ganga ,Anosh ,Saleen and Anita forms a small group in the class. They all come two times in a month in last row. The bunch rotating rule was so complex their. It was actually to reduce unwanted noise in the class. And the tutor finds it boring if you sit in a permanent position.

Anosh put the phone in his packet and get ready to get down from bus. Bus stopped and it was his stop. His home was nearly half kilometers from the stop. He walked through darkness as two of the traffic lights in his way to home are not working.

The Big Story Chapter 3 The tone and Gift

Chapter 3

The tone and Gift

Tomorrow Anosh is going to see her again. He has to go to college and collect hall ticket. Hall ticket is always given a day before first Exam.  He had seen Anita a countless number of times. It is going to be different tomorrow.

He gets up early in the morning. Not at 10am but at 5 am. But his face says that he don’t sleep at night. Nobody in his home was awake then. But he took long time to get ready. He took 20 minutes more to bath, Brushed two times, washed his face in between 3 times, he shaved his face neatly than ever. He spent half an hour in front of mirror. He put a white shirt and a new blue pants. 

In mean time his mother prepaid breakfast and tea for him. He had his breakfast and came out of home. It was heavy rain outside.

“Hoo this…. Rain”

His mother came with a black umbrella.

”Take this with you. Walk slowly through the side of road .Don’t forget Umbrella. Don’t forget to collect hall ticket. ”

“Momma! ”

“Keep hall ticket safe inside. Don’t get it wet”

“Ok Mom! ”. He opens the umbrella and walked though rain.

“And Anosh, please take your food on time”

His mother continued advising.

Anosh reached college at 11 am. It was still raining out side. Martin was standing near to the office.

“Hay, dude.”  Martin wished

“Hai, have you collected your hall ticket?”

“Yes. Do you completed preparation for tomorrows exam, I have one module”

“I have two modules to complete” Anosh answered.

“One module completed successfully!” Martin explained.

They moved through veranda.  

Anosh take breath slowly two three times, without getting attention of Dibin and asked very very casually. “Have you see Anita?”

“Why!”

“Mmm I have some Xerox of here with me. I mean Photostat of math’s book”.

He lied without any confusion.

“I didn’t see here, she may be in the class room.”

Saleen entered the seen. He was wearing red shirt and Blue jeans. He was almost wet he hates using umbrella.

“White shirt in a rainy day!” he commented about Anosh’s shirt.

“Is that true?” Saleen asked with a meaningful smile. Anosh smelled some thing wrong.

“What that?”

“What we hear about you?”

“What about me?” Anosh tried his maximum to sound casual.

“You have a line in this college right. White shirt new hello tune in phone, dressed neatly”

An atom bomb exploded in his stomach.

“He he” he smiled a crooked smile.

“The hello tune! They gave me an offer. I mean customer care 10 per month. Nice offer right. Don’t miss understand me. ”

“We have no miss understanding about you.”

“It was Anita. Right, I bet” Martin suddenly said. This time three atom bomb with a hydrogen bomb exploded in his stomach and one in his head. He searched for words in the ocean of darkness. This will be the last thing he expected for today when he wakes up. How do these pupils guess all about this? Did they see his message draft? No way!

Lots of possibilities came into his mind. May be, it is the result of chain reaction of atom bomb just exploded.” From where the hell, they get that Idea. Did they see my message draft in phone? No, because they don’t see I or my mobile after writing that Or Is there any hole in my head so that what I think was leaking out through it. Or is there any supernatural spy living inside my head. Did I have a dual personality disorder so that I will tell all my secrets to others and when I wake up everything was forgotten? Whatever it may be I have to find it out or it will be a great problem. If they know everything then this is the end of the world”

In some case friends are like elephants if they see a little plant of love started growing near by them they will crush it with their big black forelegs just for fun. But even after, if it succeeds to become a tree they will stand for it. That is friendship. Anosh thinks if they came to know about this they will kill him and Anita by teasing. They will tease him and her into peaces and serve it for all others in the class as joke meal.

He just smiles. Smile is his most commonly used weapon in this kind of situation. The theory is that others will be never able to find what the meaning of smile is. Some times they think he smiled because what they said was true. Other time they think he is smiling to their joke. Some thinks he is hiding out some think. But they are never going to figure out what actually it is. So here is a tip Smile. But beware if they got proof then that’s all.

“Why did you say like that?” Anosh asked to know if they get any clues.

“Is that true?” Dibin asked

  Anosh again smiled and asked again with curiosity “Why did you say like that?”

“You asked for Anita” Martin answered again.

“Ho! You guys” He said to them. ”Ho that was a wild guessing.” he said in his mind. “How can they guess thinks like that? Who gave them the bloody sixth sense?”

He didn’t ask any further questions to Saleen because enquiring is not like smiling they can get doubter. Second, tip of the day.

“I have to collect the hall ticket” Anosh changed the subject.

“We had already collected; we will be in the hostel. Are you coming there? ”

  “No I will go back to home”

Martin and Saleen run to the hostel in the rain. There was still rain, but its strength was reduced.

After collecting hall ticket, he went directly to class room. But nobody was there. He searched Anita in the library. But she was not there. He searched here in the stairs. But he didn’t find here. Now rain is stopped and it was the time to return to home. He walked towards the bus stop.

Tony was there waiting for the bus. Tony is his class mate who gives him the book of digital electronics in the library. Tony was a day scholar. His house is about 10km from the college.

“Are you leaving home today?” Tony asked.

“Yes I am planning to write exam coming from home.” Anosh replayed

A private bus came into view and it stopped at a distance of maximum from the bus stop. It was always like that. Bus drivers and conductors did not want more students inside. They both get inside the bus.

Anosh was thinking about Anita were did she go today? Did she collect hall ticket?

“Did she get that?” Tony asked.

“What?”  Anosh answered for un expected question.

“You don’t know that?” Tony asked again “Anita lost his golden chain in this morning”. Something hit on his stomach again. And he didn’t go to help here.

“Where did she lose that?” he asked.

“After collecting hall ticket she found it was missing. She thinks she lost it on the way to college. We were searching that all the way. But we failed to find out where she lost it”Tony continued “It was heavy raining that time. That may go through water. ”

“Did she get it back?” Anosh asked

“I don’t know there were still searching when I went to collect the hall ticket” Tony answered. So that’s why he is not able to saw here in the college.

“Is she ok?”

“I don’t think she is that depressed, she can handle that”

“She is cool, right?”  Hearing this Tony looked at him. “Have you done all the preparations for tomorrow’s exam?” Anosh suddenly changed the subject.

“Lot remains. I don’t know how I am going to write the exam tomorrow”. Tony was a bright student. Class top students always answer like this, like they haven’t started even the day before exam. They will never agree that they have completed the revision a number of times.

Anosh knows he is flattering. Anosh decided to call here but not in front of Tony. So he continued talking about the exam. Both of them get down in the bus stand.

“Bye, see you tomorrow” Tony said

“Ok!”

Anosh waited still Tony to get out of his sight. He took the phone and dilled Anita’s number. But she was engaged. She was talking with somebody through the phone. So he cut the phone.

“Is she really encaged with some one? Did she already have a boy friend? What should I do then? Then she is going to say a no. She is gong to reject me if she is already engaged with somebody else. So that is going to be her answer, that’s all.” Anosh continued talking to himself. “Then there is no need to send the poem. I should delete them, so that nobody will see that. But what is the answer to Saleen’s question, am I a coward? No guts to propose one. Whatever here answer I should do that I have to prove myself? But what will Anita think? If she says a no, there is no need to explain this to here. And for a yes I will never say this to here.” Anosh seems everything is fine so he decided to continue.

Anosh get into the bus to begin the journey to home. It was twilight. The sky was red. Some of clouds seem to be in golden color. It was after the rain. Some where distant Anosh see a rainbow. He always wondered about the beauty of the rainbow. No body seems to notice that except him. People moved here and there very busy. He keeps on looking to it still it go out of his sight.

“She will call me, or do a miss call when she finds my name in miscall list. What to say when she calls. Sing a song so that she forgets she lost his chain today.” His mind went out of coverage.

"Idea!" he said to himself, something is not ok.

"I will set a hello tune for her. But, which one? I must be little careful. There is a chance that Others can get drought on me. I must be very cautious about Martin and Saleen "

He thought of different songs and decided with an old Malayalam song from Malayalam movie “Olangal” starting with "Thumbi vaa". It was a childish type melodious song.

"That was a nice one and safe. Nobody will be able to find this type of meaning for this song unless I told."

He was more than happy about his idea. But the big problem is the mobile balance. He checked his mobile balance.

30 Rs 22 pica. Enough! He dialed customer care number and selected talk to customer care from the voice menu.

"It that song is available?" he asked

"Yes, it is available, May I set it for your mobile sir?" a sweet female voice answer at the other end

"Yes.” he allowed.

"Your hello tune is changed. You have been charged just 15 rupees as song download charge. Thank you for using our service"

That was the end of 15 rupees. But he was happy.

He waited for her call.

The bus was getting nearer to his house. But she didn't give a miss call even.

The bus stopped at his stop he get down and walked towards his house through yellow street lights.

 "What went wrong? May be she don't found his miss call? Or she may not want to talk to him? Of curse not that. She may not have balance in her phone." He decided to wait the whole night.

“Idea!”, not again.

“She may not have the balance. I will recharge his mobile, as a gift. She will get surprise when she founds it. She is really going to think it was done by mistake”

Mean while he reached his home. But still Anita did not call him.

He opened the gate of his house. His mum was there in front of the house.

"Why are you seemed to be dull?"

"Nothing, Mom! I have to study a lot for tomorrow’s exam.” But that was not a lie.

The Big Story Chapter 4 Mails and SMS

Chapter 4

Mails and SMS

"Ding! Ding!"

"Please stop writing; place your pen on dusk" Mohan sir demanded to the students.

            Thus the first exam for the semester is over now. Anosh was sitting right side of second last bunch in the exam hall. Anosh closed his ball pen and placed inside his pocket. Time was 12:30 .Mohan sir came and collected the answer sheet according to roll number. Anosh collected all his belongings and got out of the class.

“How was that?” Anil asked.

“It was ok. I will definitely make pass mark” Anosh answered

“I got the second answer wrong” Tony said.

“Oh God you got at least one question wrong” Saleen commented to Tony with a smile.

   “That was the end of first exam and it is the time to relax. We got 5 days gap for the other one.” Anil pointed out.

“Are you coming to the bus stop, Anosh?”

“No I have to go to library” Anosh answered

But Anosh had a different plan in mind. He had already noted Anita’s class for the exam. It is in the other block. The same block where library belongs to. Students were discussing about the exams all the way.

On the way to library block Anosh saw her. She was with Ganga and Hasna. Martin was also there.

"Hay Anosh! How was your exam" again the same question. This is the most common question asked after any exam. This time it is asked by Ganga. 

"Not that bad." Anosh answered

"It was an easy exam, right?" Anita asked "Most of the questions are same as the previous year questions."

"Did you get your chain back?" Anosh asked without any change in tune.

"Oh no. I think, it may go through water. I have to search it again today. It was presented to me on my birthday"

"If it was gone through water now we can search it in the river or sea tomorrow." Anita was not happy with that comment from Martin she give a staring look at Martin.

"Is that real gold?" asked Hasna asked.

"It was pure gold of 22 karat." Anita replayed quickly.” I hadn't told to dad. I have to find it before he finds it was missing"

"Come on! We can go to the River and have a search" said by Martin.

. They searched all placeless from college to hostel and in the class rooms.

"Why did you call me yesterday? Anosh" Asked Anita when they were searching through grounds. It was a sunny day. The sky was clear and blue. Two three white clouds are floating in the sky.

"Nothing important, I just want to ask about this.” He was actually waiting for the question and was prepared for the answer.

"I think you will call me back or at least give me miscall."

"Sorry dude, I was really worried about the chain and today's exam"

"Oh tats Ok!” Anosh stopped for a while and continued “You are cool! You are not tensed as much I thought”.

"Actually I am really worried. Not because of the chain had gone but because I had to relive all this in front of my dad"

They searched the chain again for an hour.

"I lost all the hope. You guys carry on" Martin said holding a bunch of green grass "One day your father will know this. All the best"

"Tat was not funny.”  Anita answered with some disgrace. Anosh was also not happy with that comment. Martin walked away.

Rest of them continued searching for half an hour and finally decided to give up.

Anosh didn't get any chance to talk to Anita alone. The poem he wrote was still in his mobile SMS draft and also the tone. But Anita had no idea about that. She may not thought of this in her dreams.

No one in this world has the power of reading others mind. Anosh wished if Anita and he got that power of today.Then everything will be very simple. He can know her answer.

But, what about his guts. So he has to ask her once. “Not Now!" Anosh said it a hundred times to himself. His brain was actually splits into two. One half says to tell it now. Other says not now later. Finally he decided to do later.

"But one day I have to do this. No matter what was her answer" Anosh said in his mind.

"Are you going home today?" Ganga asked before they go to wash their hand.

"Yes, I am leaving home today. Before that I have to go to hostel and collect some Photostat for Network Theory" Network theory was the next exam.

Anosh walked straightly to hostel. Saleen was there in the room. The room was messy like always, there was a stack of Photostat in one corner and a hill of unwashed clothes on the other. Saleen was lying on the bed.  

“Hay, Saleen do you have your lunch?”

“I had that on time” Saleen answered and ask “Did you?”

  “Yap I had it just now. Where is Martin?”

“He is in the common room watching TV. Are you staying?”

“No leaving home.” Anosh start searching the stack of papers in the corner. And collected some photocopies of Network theory text book. He placed it inside his bag along with his dresses. He closed his bag.

”By Saleen, See you in next exam.”

“Ok dude” Saleen replayed carelessly.

Anosh went out of the hostel. He revised his plan on his mind. The poem was there in the mobile draft. “Send the SMS now. But not now she is little depressed now. How will she react if she gets the SMS now? She will react very badly and that will be the end of our friendship. Yes I will send it only after I send the gift then she will be surprised. And I will send it only when I am sure her mood is ok. I may send it after the next exam”. An exam always changes the mood. I don’t know how it works for me it always worked. But one thing, we can’t predict the mood after that, it depends on how was exam    

Anosh suddenly stop walking. He placed his feet on mud. It happens normally if we are walking careless. His mind was busy with other thoughts but he stopped suddenly.

"Ho shit!!" he said unknowingly. Bottom of his pants were already wet with mud water. There was a stream near by. He washed the mud from his pants. Something was shining in water. All glitters are not gold. But this was actually gold. He can’t believe his eyes. At last he discovered it.

"Thank God. You are so great”. He suddenly grabbed the gold. And verified it was Anita’s. Yes it is really Anita's.

He suddenly took his phone and dialed Anita's number and waited. In the other side of phone he hears ringing. He waited. But there was no hello from Anita.

He dialed again this time Anita said "Hello, what Anosh?"

"Did you say it to you dad?"

"I reached home just now. What is the mater?"

"Then you need not tell it you dad?"

"What?"

"I found you chain."

"Oh!!!!!!!!!" a sound of happiness came from other side of the phone.

"Did you have it really?" she asked with disbelief.

“Yes, it is now in my hands.”

“Thank you Anosh, Thank you very much. Where do you find it?”

“In the water stream near to college gate. I think you lost it here it don’t flow that easily, is it?”

“Whatever may be, at last you found it? I owe you one.” She said again

“Are you coming college tomorrow?”  Anosh asked

“It will be difficult for you to come here tomorrow right.”

“No Problem, I will come to the college tomorrow”

“No you just keep it safe with you and give it to me when you come for next exam” Anita denied it.

In his mind he thought a different way it would be wonder full if he gave it just after sending the SMS, which was in his mobile.

“Then Ok!” he agreed to here. They continued their mobile conversation for fifteen minutes. He acts just normal. He said the story of how he found it from water. Anita said the story of how she lost it and what is going to happen if he doesn’t find it. Anita decided to tell her dad that the chain was with her friend if dad discovers it was missing. And they talk about the rain and bad weather conditions. Anosh described to her how he found a rainbow yesterday.

“Ok bye.” Anosh cut the call and place the phone in his pocket. He placed the golden chain safely inside his bag in one of inside pocket. He was the happiest man in the world at the moment.

When he gets down at KSRTC bus stand, he has some other plan in his mind. Recharge! Yes recharge Anita’s mobile, a surprise gift. But she is definitely going to believe that it was donning by mistake. “She will never know this until I tell her. Idea! I will give her a clue. I will do recharge for her twice. That can produce a drought in her mind”. Anosh decided to execute first step of the plan now.

 He walked towards the mobile shop and asked for BSNL recharge of rupees 50.

Shop keeper gives him a recharge coupon worth 50."Isn't there an easy recharge for BSNL mobile?"

"Yes, Then write you mobile number her." shopkeeper show him a notebook which have a list of mobile numbers. Anosh write Anita’s number. It was by heart to him.

"It was not my mobile that’s why."

He waited sill Anita’s mobile been charged. Everything was more than fine for him in this afternoon. He did two things for her that made him feel very happy. He achieved something today.

He reached his home near 7’o clock evening.

“How were you exams?” Again the same question this time asked by Anosh mother.

 “Fine mom!” he answered.

 Today is the day of rest. Parents has no right to ask him go to study .There is five days leave before next exam.

He switches on the computer and placed himself in front of it. He signs in the mail and checked mails. There was an email from Anita. Anosh looked at online fiends list. Anita was not there. He didn’t mind others and opened Anita’s mail.

Thank U, again. Tats was just an escape I had today…

 Dad noticed it is missing. I said it is with Ganga……he asked why?

Ganga had a marriage in this week and he lends it for the week……

Wat abt network theory?

Bye see u at exam.

  

He replayed to the mail

Nice to see ur mail....

NO study for today...dont ask me about next exam just after an exam....

I would have done the same if i were u. Did u mention this to Ganga?

bye..

gd nt..

After sending this he signed out from his account and watched a movie named 'serendipity’. Serendipity is a 2001 romantic comedy, starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale. It is a romantic comedy. Movie says about means fortunate accidents which brings hero and heroine together.

He checked mail after watching the movie. Anita had replayed for his mail! He looked at online friend’s list. No she is not there. He missed here. She came online when he was watching movie.

Ho! Yes I informed it to Ganga.

See u at college

Bye

Good night 

”Ok send the SMS now?” it was the effect of the movie he just sees. “Yes I should ask her before sending the message” Anosh clicked replay button in the email. “It will be a great idea to ask may I propose you. You can know the answer without proposing.” He is thinking some stupid idea. So he deletes everything in the replay box and wrote.

   May I propose with a poem?

But some thing was wrong in that. Anosh did not feel confident about that. So he cleared replay box and write.

There is a surprise for u
I write a poem about u and it is in my mobile sms drafts...
may I send it to u????????

And he clicked send button. And finally he had done something. “What will she replay? Of course, yes or no. Digital answer, one or a zero. If she say no tats it the end of all. Ok, if she sends yes…….. I will send the poem and sees if yes remains the same…And will continue still a No…”But he had to wait. He is not going to get the replay at least today night. “She may be sleeping some were in her home now. What if she never replays the mail? Ok that will be the No. Will she ignore the mail?”  If she ignores it he has to wait a long period of time or wait for ever still he get a response.

Anosh readied the poem again. He replaced the word goddess with angel. She is really an angel.

Next morning.

Like normal days Anosh got up at 9 am. He checked the mail. No she hadn’t replayed.

“What are you doing there in front of computer before you get up from bed?” asked by his mother.

“I already got up mom.”

He checked mail two three times that day. But he didn’t see what he is looking for still night. At last she replayed. Her replay was there in his inbox. He opened. There was the no the first word. He feels it is better if hadn’t opened it.  

NO……No……I know…. it will be to make fun of me….

Don’t do tat………..

It will be something to make me an ass……

“That was actually not a complete rejection, is that? Ok I will not propose her. She thinks I am going to fun for her. Actually I never mean that. So there is no harm in sending the poem at least by deleting last line". The broken hearted finally decided to send his poem by deleting the last line.

He takes his mobile and deleted last line of the poem from his message drafts. But decide not to send now at night.

Next day before lunch he sends the message with last line deletes. Within few minutes he gets the replay. That was the difference between SMS and mail. For SMS we will get a faster response.

U...__ what do u mean by this… .What do u thinks of your self… once sent is sent.. Don’t do that again.

Anosh reads the message twice. “I should not have sent that. “

He replayed with a SMS.

 If tats too boring delete……….never mind...

After sending the message Anosh continued his network theory second module. In the evening he checked the mail. There was a mail from Anita. He opened it. That was a warning, literally

Whatever sends.........................?

Don’t dare to do that again unless u wants to here some bloody words from mee…

            That mail made him little insane he replayed back.

If that was like this watt will u do about other things….other surprises?

Don’t mind, it was a joke, is it?

He clicked send button. Next day he got the replay. Not by mail but by SMS. That was a very fast response.

 Wat was that mail.. I didn’t understand anything from tat..

He readied the message again and again. He now realizes that was a big mistake. “I should not have done that. Now, what to replay?” Anosh selected replay option and wrote.

Sorry for that, if you don’t understand that it is better you don’t. It was a small story. Sorry for tat mail.

            He sent that to Anita. But when he checked the mail next day there was also a mail from Anita.

I dint understand a word of tat mail... What was that?

He gets confused. “What to do next. The things are getting worse and out of my control, what to do…. What to do?” He finally takes a decision to tell everything to Anita. “Tell! No…. No , write yes write the small story” After a long period of thinking, he took a word file and write some thing . He cleared all and re writes it. After two three try he made the small story. Anosh titled it as “The Small Story”.

It was late at night. He click replay button in Anita’s email and wrote.

Hay Anita

            Don’t take it seriously

The Small Story

                        Once Saleen said his tragic love story, Martin his, finally he said I have no guts to propose a girl. So I decided   .On the day when u helps me in my assignments at last moment think I will try.

            For that I decided to give u three surprise and two rules for me, one if u stops respond I will stop other if u say no I will stop…These are I plan for u

The Poem

            It is to write a poem about u .Actually I don’t write it to make fun of u.

The one among Lacks,

Because I haven’t seen a girl like u

Stands still at storms

U sand cool even u at difficult

And So innocent heart ed,

I feel so in ur mail replays. Even if  u behaves like a very brave and friendly one and u r frank
Who smiles at failure,

You are always plecent.

Ho angel  I imprinted On u

I deleted last line as u said “No.”…(Rule two).Little Twilight

 How is it?

The gift

            It was to send u a surprising gift which u cant know until I tell which u cant reject easily or threw it  away .Do u get that that was easy recharge (ha ha ha) .First I charged 50 for ur number and then with 110……..

The thumbi(dragon fly)

             It was a very funny Idea to set a hello tune in my phone .And declares u as the thumbii .To understand that u have to hair my hello tune…

I won’t take u r next call

            Before all this I want u r permission so I ask u “may I snd it”.ur answer was NO

( ha ha)

            Saleen and martin have no idea about this so plz…

Sorry to bother u………… 

But the question still remains .Did I have the guts ?? Did it worth another try? What did u think?

I think now u understand everything

Again don’t take it seriously

Take care, bye

Anosh

That was little lengthy mail. May be the largest mail he ever written by his own. He sent the mail. He had a sleep less night that day. Day after tomorrow he is having the exam.

The mail made things more badly. He gets an SMS next day.

What was tat mail?? U recharged my phone…I told whole world I got recharged by luck…. Why did u do that… u wants to test guts???.. I don’t understand any thing...

He did not replay to it. This time Anosh was sure was Anita had send a replay in mail. He switches on the system.

 “What are you doing in front of computer? What are you going to write on tomorrow’s exam?”

“Mom Please. It is little important. Martin had sent some notes in mail” He answered to his mom.

As expected there was a mail from Anita.

I read ur mail

What was that all about???

  You want to propose some one and u just had a trial or reversal with me?y??
bcoz i was the stupidest among al u tot??

oh i think tats rude........

actually I dint  understand much of dat  mail...........
and y did u recharge to my phone..???

u cud have done all these to that girl itself...y this trial???

Or is this a joke of u guys???



How can I say tat u have d guts r not???

Whatever... I don’t understand.....anything....

The mail was a real shock for Anosh. He readied it a number of times. With all his courage he replayed it in a different way.

Sorry Anita,

wat was that all about???

  u want to propose some one and u jst had a trial or resersal with me?y??

(Not some one but U only)

bcoz i was the stupidest among al u tot??

No ,but The one among Lacks, as i wrote

oh i think dats rude........

ok ok ok,,Sorry Sorry.........

 

actually i dint  understand much of dat  mail...........

but i understand u r very much angry  with me..

and y did u recharge to my phone..???

u cud av done all these to that girl itself...y this trial???

or is this a joke of u guys???

Actually S .Sorry  (but i think u will also take it as a joke please please)

HW can i say tat u have d guts r not???

whatever...i dont understand.....nything....

Sorry for all those now I understand it as a Himalayan mistake in my life..


Sorry to hurt u(but i don’t mean too) 

Sorry to disturb u.

Now won't disturb u...

please forget all these...All was my mistake..
i wont do it again.


All the best for up coming exams

take care bye...........
Anosh

Next day was the day of exam. Anosh check the chain twice before he went to college. The exam was really difficult with lot of electrical problems. He has no idea if he passes or fail. He went directly to Anita’s exam room. “Did she see me?” Anosh see Anita before climbing up the stair. She was there standing near the stair. Anita move suddenly as if she seen someone she don’t want to meet. She disappeared into crowd of discussing students. He stands still there for few minutes and decided to go home.

At home he got a call from an unknown number.     

“Hello.”

“Is that Anosh?” a female asked.

“Yes”

“I am Geetu. I am a first year student. I lost my golden chain in water. Anita said me that you found a chain in steam. We were neighbors. ”

“OK”

“Can you send picture of the chain you got in mail.”

“What?”

“Please… please  ...” There was something wrong with tat please.

“But I don’t have your email ID.”

“Just send it to Anita’s mail.”

“But…..”

“Please.. Please”

“Ok I will send it, but I think it was Anita’s”

“Pleas send it so tat I can check.Thank you.”

She cut the phone. “What was that means?” Things are getting worse. “She may be thinking I lied to her that I got the chain. Or is this really Geetu’s”. One thing he was sure that Anita does not believes in him any more.   

He takes the picture of the chain and send to Anita’s email. After sending the mail he sends an SMS to Anita.

Check the photo in mail ……..

You don’t want to talk to me?

She didn’t replay to the SMS. He checked the mail. There was no replay.

He checked mail three times a day. But there was no replay. But finally he decided to do some thing more foolish than all that.

“Idea!” O My god! Again.

“I will write a small novel. ‘The Big story’ But what happen if someone read that? I will write it in different situation. A really imaginary situation .If some one see it then I should said that it is just a story”

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I readied his entire story. Hello I am Pramod Sahu .You doesn’t get me. I write this story for Anosh. I had gone through Anosh’s story. I am Anosh’s best friend .I am also his cousin. He shares everything with me. When I readied the story Anosh want me to rewrite it. That is what you just readied. Before reading the last chapter I asked him.

“What do you expect now?”

“Just nothing, you haven’t readied last chapter” Anosh asked to me. We both were at his house.

“No. I just completed second last one.”

I meet him just after all his exam.

“Did you give the chain to Anita?”

“No it is still with me. I will give it when she meets me next.”

“What will Saleen and Martin do if they happen to read this?”

“They will kill me first. Martin has some strong droughts about my hello tune.”

I continued the reading. The last chapter. It was nothing what I expected. I am not going to edit a word from that one. I am adding that here just as what it was like. I am also looking forward whats going to happen next when Anita reads this.