Episode 5: The Perfect Shower (A Crush Story Contd...)

We have just completed a month after the start of school and things in the institute is super fast. The portions are completed at the “rate of knots”. Sunday was fun once, but no more. However, one good thing of the private classes is you always tend to answer in school. I and Ganesh from average have been promoted to above average students now; he even bought me a “Samosa” when Miss Shirley announced this in front of the class.

It’s mid July and the best part of the month is the monsoon it brings. Have always loved this period of time. Heavy rains hardly allowed our school to work. The pleasant climate helped me compose my piece of work. Everything started looking fresh, even Mr. Venkat’s Bajaj, cricket has been taken over by football now, hot and spicy delicacies are the order of the day. No wonder monsoon brings in joy and freshness to each one of us.

As time went by Nandini and I became friends. But, my liking for her was the same. Whenever, I heard her calling out my name it bought me smile every single time. We still never talked or chatted long. It was just those” hi and hello” that was on and that too in class. Outside class we hardly spoke or met, but it was great whenever our eyes met. I have caught her couple of times looking at me unnoticed. It’s a great feeling when the person you like gazes at you and you tend to notice it.

My first romantic shower came pouring this afternoon when all of us were asked to shift to the alternate branch couple of blocks away, the reason being there were some fixing to be done of the leakage that we all face during monsoon. Unfortunately, I didn’t get my bike so had to walk all the way. Half way down the lane it started pouring and heavy showers came down rushing; we suddenly grabbed our umbrella and started walking. Ganesh managed to reach ahead of us, thanks to his bike. Like every Romeo is concerned of his Juliet’s safety, my eyes started searching for Nandini and found her taking shelter in one of the shops. I couldn’t ignore so I went up to her and asked if she minds sharing the umbrella with me? There was prolonged silence and I got the answer. The building was just a 100 meters away. I handed over the umbrella and without looking back sprinted 100meters and with a heavy pour like that day it was not a good idea. I was wet completely.

“Oh Mr. Majnu”, said Ganesh “you would have never done that for me” he said, “NEVER” I replied. “It was a very bad idea to do something like this”, I said to myself. “You bet buddy” replied Ganesh. Within minutes reached Nandini, she handed over the umbrella and said “I am sorry, lots of people know me here, and hence I couldn’t come with you” she said looking right into my eyes. “Its ok”, I said. “Your wet and in a complete mess, because of me” she said. “Oh that’s perfectly fine, I will be ok”, I replied. “Class chalein…baaki baadh mein” (Shall we go to the class, rest later), said Ganesh. With a blushing smile she walked in to the class, as I stared at Ganesh. The moment I stepped in, my worst nightmare started. The Air conditioners were on and it was crazy cold. For someone like me who is wet top to bottom, it is never a good experience. Throughout the class I was shivering and despite of me asking for mercy, just 1 out of 3 ACs were switched off. I was not keeping well and to my surprise Ganesh had a concerned look for me. “Dude!!!You ok?” asked Ganesh. “No”, I whispered, “Its damn cold out here and the AC is killing me” I said. “Mam!!!” Said Nandini “Can you please turn off the AC?  It’s very cold out here and I am not able to concentrate on class” she said. Within minutes the room temperature came back to normal and with a evil smile on his face Ganesh winked. The class ended and as we were leaving for the day I went upto Nandini. “Thanks Nandini, since you felt cold I got saved, or else I would have been frozen to death” I said. “It was not I who felt cold” she said looking right into my eyes and walked out saying “bye Eathen”. I stood there just a little stunned and told Ganesh “she asked to turn off the AC for me dude”…. “YES, you TUBELIGHT” he said and walked out of the class.