12. Love Story PART 3

It was not hard to see why Doc was feeling the way he was.

During the first year of college the course is common for all the branches and students are divided according to their respective PCM percentages. While I and Shis were in the same section, Doc was in the other section with .. ya you guessed it right, Shruti.

It was never too hard for Shis to strike a conversation with her during this time and Doc hardly seemed to interfere, partly because we didn't know each other then and partly because he simply couldn't. She had a group of her own and to put it politely, Doc was not welcome. The only time he had with her was during the bus journey (She lives near his house and they travel by the same bus) and labs.

The chronic problem we guys have is that if a girl we have a thing for, starts talking to us often, we feel she has a thing for us too. And, I hate to say this, but 90% of the times its not so and the girl regards us as just a "good friend"!!

Doc was no different. After the big revelation, Doc told us about many such occasions where he almost told her how he felt but could not.

"You had kept it to yourself since the 1st sem??" Shis wanted to get every small detail out of Doc.

"I didn't know you guys then, thats why"

"Ok, we have a situation here guys, Doc likes her, you like her, I.." I was cut midway,
"YOU TOO??" Shis and Doc seemed in the same team for once.
"No no not like you guys, nothing serious, its just admiration here!!"

"You are a pig, you know that" Shis and Doc, still on the same side
"Fuck you man, you got 100s of girls to drool over, leave her alone, will you??"Words of wisdom from Shis.

"Well from what I know her MI is 0 maybe 0.1 so I would suggest rather than having this serious stuff going, you people also start appreciating her fi.." Another sentence I could'nt complete.

It was my turn to run around the compound.

MI meant malleability Index, how much effort does it take before you can actually take her out.
A ZERO meant doesn't matter how hard you tried, she just won't go.
A ONE meant not more than one working week, starting from scratch.

One good thing about engineering is that you learn these swanky words that fit into our lingo as much as they do in the industry.

"Have..y..you eve....ever lo..ok..ed at i...i mean Not looked at a girl like that??"Shis was trying to catch his breath, while Doc preferred to lay down on the grass.

I had wanted to tell him about Preeti and Arpita, but, maybe some other time.

"God is the best architect, isn't he??" Those were the lines Shis always used whenever he liked what he saw.

"He is, I am sure but leave someone out and hey I am talking to you, what are you looking at?"

I pointed to the Coffee joint.

The view was too much for him I guess, He was spell bound it seemed. Doc was up by now, his reaction no different.

It was Shruti after all.

Her brownish black hair seemed like a perfect reflector, reflecting all the sun's rays that were falling on them. A gleaming White T, and the most perfect blue denim made her look even more stunning. She was laughing, giggling maybe, having fun with her friends and was not conscious of her surroundings. i.e. Shis and Doc who were staring hard at her by now.

"Haaa-aah, I love her" Shis sighed.
"Me too!!!" Doc was also in the same boat.
While they were deep in their fantasies, it looked hilarious, at least it did to me.
They were holding hands and their heads tilted sideways touching each other's, it really didn't look as if they were in love with Shruti, It was much like if they were in love with each other!!