Chemistry Lab

“Listen! I have seen you staring me many a times. Do you have any problem with me?” Siddhant asked me in college toilet.

It’s a college toilet which is at the extreme end of basement floor where hardly anyone goes. But who all goes for physics lab or at library goes there only.

“Are you gone sick?” I said with fake anger and trying to defend myself from all the allegations.

“Yes I have seen you many a times even my friends told me about this.” He said more firmly.

“Yes, do you have any problem?” I accepted all the charges because there was no escape. “This means that you also stare at me right?” I put a cross question.

“Yes” he said without hesitating.

“But why?”

“I feel you a right person for me and my life.” He said with all his valor and he was at his knee in the next moment “Will you marry me?” he proposed me. Place was not at all appropriate but he did.

I wanted to say yes but I was doubtful about his act. And to avoid that situation and to come out from that toilet I said “it’s not the right place and time to answer your question. And I cannot take any decision within a minute give me 15 days to think and answer you.”

“No, I cannot give you 15 days it’s too long” he said firmly but I can sense fear and persistence in his voice.

“Then how many days?”

 “Two days only. That is on Monday.” He said more persistently.

“Okay” I said and left from there.

Siddhant was my senior; he was in B. Sc. Third year. And I was in 1^st year. Its mid-November, post Diwali period when very less students come to college. And who all come mostly they were at canteen or at library for time pass or writing their journals or just to meet each other. I and my friend Atul stay close to college but in opposite direction and so college was central location for us to meet and discuss things. And similar was Siddhant’s situation but he stays close to my house.

I was taking classes at home on Sunday evening and my cell rang. An unknown number but I picked up the call.

“Hello”

“Siddhant here, don’t get so busy in taking classes that you forget to answer my question tomorrow.” He said.

“How you know that I am taking classes?” I asked him curiously.

“Don’t think about that. Think about your decision.” He said. He sounds like he was trying to warn me.

Its 7 AM in morning and I was at chemistry lab and I saw him. There were two chemistry labs in college which were internally linked to each other. And we both have experiment in those labs on every Monday to Wednesday from 7 AM to 10:50 AM. For the first time I saw him in this lab only and from here I started noticing him whenever and wherever I can. But today because of fear I did not went into another lab which I always used to go there every time we come here for practical but today I was avoiding. Siddhant appeared suddenly in front of me and looked at me.

“How are you?” he asked

“I am good and you?” I replied in low voice with fear.

“Good.” He said “just came here to see you.” and he disappeared in another lab.

I wanted to run out of that lab but I was not able to do that. We finally met at college parking as decided. Quit a less people compared to other days. I don’t want to meet him but I met. I was scared that if a guy can take out my cell number and knows about my daily activity, can do anything and so I thought it’s better to meet him here and end up everything. I went close to him. He was happy and blushing like a kid who got lots of toys of his choice. He was in black half sleeve shirt and light brown color pant, very up to date.

“I am sorry to say I cannot accept your proposal.” I said without looking at him.

His blissful face turned down and tears rolled out from his eyes. He wanted to cry as loudly as he can but he controlled himself and asked me why?

“Because you was spying me.” I said “and a guy who started spying me when nothing is there what he will do in future. There are chances that you might ruin my life.”

“I did not infiltrate you and never I am going to do that.” He whine .

“Then how you got my number and how you know that I was taking class yesterday when you called me.”

“I got your number from your article which was published in college magazine it was really nice and I love your writing skills. And you were telling your friend that Sunday evening it is not possible for you to come out from home as you will be taking tuition classes. Then only I got to know about you. I really admire you that you have sense of responsibility towards your duty.” He said. “So did I plant you?”

“Oh! So you are following me so intensely!!” I said.

“Yes” he said “Will you marry me Mayank?” he put his proposal again in front of me.

“Yes! Yes!! Yes!!!” I said with full energy and he hugged me.

For a moment we forget that we are in college parking, and we liked to be in each other’s arm as long as we can. It was our first touch to each other. The feeling was so heavenly and incredible. We don’t want to leave each other. But still I shoved him and said “we are at college.”

“Oh yeah I am sorry”

 “It’s okay” I said and I was able to see his blissful face again. And the love happened. 

Vrishna

“In the light of all the evidences and witnesses, court has come to the conclusion that charges against Rohan Khanna could not be proved and hence he is relieved of all the charges against him.” Justice Tiwari said “Now the court redirecting the matter to investigating officer to further reinvestigate and produce all the evidences against the offender.”

“No!! It’s an incorrect verdict I know Rohan has killed Varun.” Krishna yelled in the court and tried to ran towards judge but cops and his dad hold him back and took him out from court.

“It’s an incorrect verdict I know Rohan has killed Varun” Krishna repeated in loud cry, when his dad was dragging him out from the court.

“Everything was over son; his advocate has proved him innocent.” Krishna's dad tried to console him.

“But I know everything dad” Krishna said “Rohan always used to threaten us for one or the other reason. Even he challenged me that he will take Varun away from me. And he did it. He ruined my life.”

Krishna and Rohan was class mate in 3^rd year since 1^st year of engineering and in 2^nd year Varun took admission and came in to the same class. From the first day Varun started liking Krishna whereas Krishna does not have such feeling initially but changed in third year. On the other side Rohan likes Varun; it was mere attraction of Rohan towards Varun just to sleep with him. On the last day of fourth semester Varun proposed Krishna, which was already an accepted proposal from Krishna’s end.       

                 Within few days of this acceptance Rohan came to know about his defeat in the race of snatching Varun from Krishna. But he never gave up and called them at their common meeting point and warned Krishna to leave Varun else his decision can make him to pay huge penalty. Varun tried to explain him that love is always two ways and you cannot force someone to love you. Focus on your carrier and leave us for each other as we love each other. But Rohan avoided his words and warned him again.

                After few days Varun was found dead in his hostel room with foam coming out from his mouth with no other signs on body except a cigarette filter which Rohan smoke, a shirt button in Varun’s fist, a shoe mark near the door step. Which were not enough proof as per court to prove that Rohan guilty. Whereas the autopsy confirms that it’s a mere case of food poisoning.

Did I really steal her guy?

“Bastard! You ass hole you stolen the guy whom I was dating” She started yelling without telling me any reason, when I was talking to Srinath at my office canteen. All the people at canteen were looking at me. And Srinath and I both was very confused that why she is yelling and abusing me.

“What happen Priya?” I asked her calmly.

“Don’t act innocent as if you don’t know the reason.”

“Why would I ask you if I would aware of reason?”

“Okay, tell me what you are doing with Srinath now, when you know that I am dating him.”

“He is good friend of mine, and we are here for some discussion.”

“Oh! Is it?” she looked at me cunningly. “Then what about yesterday evening?”

“He wanted to buy some cloths and so we went out.” I said “how you know that we were together last evening? This means that you are keeping eye on us. You know for this I can throw you behind the bars. Better stop bothering me or Srinath and leave from here.” I completed with anger in mid tone.

With my last words she left the canteen, blocked us on facebook and on whatsup, ended up every contact with me and him. And for any single thing Priya and I started going via email or thru our colleagues as we were in same team.

Srinath was a guy working in my office but in different deal and at different floor. The day I saw him I started following him and always try to grab every chance to look at him. He stands 6 feet from ground and average build up guy. He was dusky in complexion. He was working as software support executive. Though he was tall and average muscular guy still he was very down to earth and humble. Slowly when the day passed he also started looking at me and try to grab every single moment to catch my attention.

One day Priya showed me a screen shot where Srinath sent friend request to her on facebook. That was really heart wrenching moment for me. I abused Srinath and Priya from heart. Till the time Priya and I was not friends on facebook and next day of this incident Priya asked to send friend request to her. But I denied with reason that I never send friend request to anybody. And on Saturday I saw friend request from Priya. I kept that screen shot and two days later I accepted her request. Two weeks later on one Monday I got request from Srinath. I was very happy that this guy showed interest in me. I accepted.

On the next morning when I was working at my desk I got message on IM, an internal messaging system for employees within same organisation, from Srinath.

“R u in today?”

“Yes”

“I wanna meet you today. Can we?”

Goosebumps ran through my body with a thought of fear why he wanted to meet me suddenly. But I accepted proposal for 11 AM.

He was already waiting for me at a table at far right end of canteen when I went there.

“Hey!”

“Hello”

“Come sit” he said “how are you?”

“I am good and how about you?”

“I am good and thanks”

“Thanks for what?”

“For accepting my friend request and for coming here.” He said “would you like to have some tea?”

“A coffee will work better.”

“Wait here, let me bring the order for us.”

He came back with two steel glasses a coffee for me and a tea for himself. He sat in front of me and looked at me and then began to speak.

“Actually I noticed you many a times staring at me. Can I ask you why?”

“I also noticed the same so can I ask you the same why?”

“That’s not the answer to my question.”

“Yes I look at you because I have a reason. But I wanted to know your reason first.”

“Yes I do so, because I like you and want you in my life.” He said with lots of energy, courage, zeal and enthusiasm. ”Now your reason please.”

“I too want the same.”

The proposal and acceptance has been done. It is nothing but love at first sight and we started dating each other. He likes me lot and loves me lot and I too have the same feeling for him. Around a couple of week later Priya came to know that Srinath started lying with her and started avoiding her. Before meeting me he used to go out with her but suddenly he stopped. And finally the dooms day came, when volcano inside her blasted in canteen. But her anger doesn’t create any alteration among us, it created her bad image in front of Srinath, I and other people in canteen.

After her tantrum we went to floor. I neglected what all has happened and attempted to explain her, what all has happened and how. But she was not ready to hear me, as we were on floor I did not forced her, rather I came back to my desk. After few minutes I got an email from HR wherein they called me to HR meeting room along with my team lead, Priya, Srinath and his team lead. That email was escalated by Srinath and that was a complaint against Priya. She was booked under misbehavior, disrespecting individual, using abusive language, spying and some more charges. She was asked to resign immediately with immediate effect.