7. 3rd Sem a Love Story PART 1

As my luck would have it, Prof. Khurana walked in for a class the first day of 3rd semester.

"How much more inauspicious could it get?" I thought, and tried to elude his field of vision for the entire lecture as I didnt want any trouble on the first day.

After that, it was a pleasant ride, as i got better at eluding him. I was so good at it that most of the time he didnt even know i was in the class untill the attendance!! Great success!!

"Write a fourier series fo..." It was Prof K's class.

"Hey, i think i am in love" whispered Doc,

"What the f..k??"

"No no.. not like that, i think its pure love!!" Pure? I was trying to make sense of it, maybe he meant he didnt fantasize about her during The Act, that was just my interpretation.

"Whose the girl, since when?" A thousand questions errupted in my passive brain, it was active again, sensing a subject of interest.

"Which equals..?" I suddenly realised Doc had breached my concentration and i was directly in the line of vision of the Prof, who, in the mean time, had half solved some kind of mathematical jumble and was about to turn to ask his students what the answer might be.

"You Mr.Red T-shirt, what is the answer?" I had managed to duck just in time, and it hit Sheshadri!!, who was sitting behind me.

"Umm.. Sir.. I think.. it.. it should.. its.."

"You shameless creature, call your father" I could hear someone whisper behind our backs.

"You people dont study, your parents are wasting so much money and you.." Prof was seemingly upset on Sheshadri, nodding his head, he continued,"Shameless boy, i would like to see your father sometime, now get out of my class!"

Sheshadri is a very simple guy, i had first met him on the last benches in the first semester. He too was a backbencher, like myself, so we kind of bonded instantly.
As you might have guessed it by now, hes from south, theoretically at least. He had spent most of his childhood in the North-Indian town of Agra. So, presumably, he is a mixed breed.

He looks like an average guy, is about 5'6" and is medium built. He tries to make a fashion statement with the combination of spikes and a moustache!!

Academically speaking, He is too strong in his concepts about whatever he has learnt in classes 11th and 12th. And because of this fact, he was always very eager to answer the questions put up in the class during his initial days. But now, he has got acclimatized. Meaning, he now preffers to maintain a low profile in the class and seldom pays attention to what is being taught.

Linguistically, His English is impeccable and Hindi, much like, if not worst than, the roadside romeos of Agra. However, what i admire about him is the fact that he is constantly adding newer words to his vocab, the Hindi ones. He gets these new words from Security guards, Panwallas, Sweepers and God knows from where else.

He wants to pursue MS, thats right, his masters from outside of india. Thats his only aim in life. Actually he has one more, about which he too is not so sure. And understandably so because its about a girl.

He had met this girl during the counselling process, and as fate would have it, she turned up in the same college.
So, fantasies of Shis took wings!! He thought he couldnt live without her!!

During the first year, he was on talking terms with her but as time passed they started drifting apart. But, Shis never lost hope.

"Ok class, that will be it for today, now for the attendance.." My mind was back in the class, it was attendance time.

"Hey Shis, you better be alert from next time man, he can screw anyone to save his ass!!"pointing at me, Doc tried to speak, controlling his laughter. This was the 3rd time Shis had been sent out in 5 days!

"Ok ok, cut it out, enough, what were you saying back there in the class?" I asked Doc, wanting to know all about it.

Docs known to the Profs as Om. Well, he is 6'2" well built and from Haryana. He is a truly gifted soul!! Give him any piece of literature and he can reproduce it within 2 hours! Word by word, point by point. I guess, partly, that also explains why he is the topper in our group, other part being no one else in the group studies as much.

"I was saying what you heard!! And you know that girl" Doc said with a mischievous smile on his face.

"Whats happening guys??, What did he say?? What girl??" inquired Shis.