Anjana

"Excuse me. Do you know where the academic block is?"

"Hey! Look at this yaar!! This block has seven floors!!"

"Oohhhh. Look at that guy! Mahn!!! He is too handsome!!"

"Yaar... Where is the canteen?"

"Do we have the orientation program today?"

"Can we go home now?"

"This college is too boring ya."

"Do the seniors rag?"

I could hear these voices as I walked along with shalini in the grassy lanes o the college. I really loved the owner of the voice who questioned about the canteen. That's so me. Even I wanted to know where it is.

"Shalu, do you know where the canteen is?" I asked her with little hesitation.

"Uhmm. Great idea! Anyways we are early to the college. There is still time for the program. Which canteen we can go to? There are 6 canteens here." She said. Thank heavens!

Now, this is what called as a paradise to a glutton like me!

"Hey, Anjuuu!!" familiar voices made me jerk.

I turned back to find my school friend with some more school friends of mine. I looked at them unable to comprehend.

"Hi!" I said as I smiled.

"You're in this college as well?? WOHOOOO!! That's awesome!! We all will have loads of fun!" One of them said.

Well, actually after my school life got over, I had lost many of my schoolmates' contacts. I got to know only now that they have become my college mates as well. Anyways, I am happy that I have a bunch of people who I know well in this college.

"Shalu, these are my school friends." I introduced shalu to them and vice versa.

"Des-Pa-Cito...."

My phone rang loudly making guys and girls look at me. I picked the call hastily.

"Hello?" I said as I moved away from the crowd.

"How's college baby?" HE asked me.

"Monkey.... I am feeling damn nervous!" I said.

He laughed hard.

"Aarav!! You're laughing??? I hate youuu!!"

"Anjuuu... Yaar.. Come on. You're stepping into the next phase. You should be happy. Not nervous. And mind you, you're gonna love this phase. Try to enjoy to the maximum. Coz, you will miss these beautiful memories later." He said.

"Now stop this advice session. The program is gonna start. I had planned to go to canteen before the program. But, because of you I couldn't. Idiot!"

"Gosh. You're such a glutton!! Okay my dear bhukkad rajmata... I will speak to you later. All the best!!"

"Don't say all the best. This day will turn out bad for me, when you wish all the best to me." I scoffed.

"WTH?! Bye... Ms. Fatty!!" He said as he cut the call.

Aarav. My elder cousin, my best friend, my partner in crime, my pillar of support, my everything.

He was the one who convinced dad when I chose engineering against dad's wish. Thank heavens that dad agreed.

Aarav is 6 years elder to me. He is a management student and works in a private firm. He means so much to me. I smiled. I just hope that it turns out to be a good day like he said.

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Aishwarya

"La la la la la surviva!"

I heard a voice singing as I walked through the campus.

Well, The owner of the voice sang well. It was one of my favorite songs.

I looked towards the direction where the voice came from. I expected a group of girls to crowd that guy. Unfortunately, I was wrong. I witnessed a group of guys surrounding that guy. The group of guys were ogling at that singer guy.

I then turned my gaze away. I focused my eyes on the path as I crossed them.
"Hey you! Gal! Stop! Stop there!" A guy yelled. I stopped and looked at them.

I am not afraid of these. I knew that someday, I had to witness all these.

That singer guy stopped singing. May be that was a part of ragging as well. But that guy sang exceptionally well.

"What's your name?" A guy from the gang asked me.

"Aishwarya" I said.

That singer guy looked at me.

"Oh... So people call you ice!!??" He asked back.

Hell. What was the need to ask such questions? He is making my anger rise.

"No." I replied bluntly.

"Come on! Sing a song!! For her." That guys told that singer guy, pointing me.
Now. These people are getting on my nerves. I moved from there when they shouted to stop. I didn't budge.

"Now whatever you wear bae,
  You can make the whole room stare,  you know that you're my favourite, when you rock it in desi swag...... Tenu suit suit karda"

When I heard this suddenly, I jerked and turned back unintentionally.

Gosh! What did I do? Hell!!

"Man!! You made her turn!! Well done!!" The guys screeched.

Shit! I cursed that singer and my fate and walked from there hastily. This singer guy!! I just hate him!! What was the need to do like that? These boys!! They are just bloody attention seekers.

Little did I know that this was the beginning of a lifetime experience.

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Anjana

"Hey! Sit here." A girl said as she smiled at me when I entered the class. I was little skeptical to sit there because it was the first bench. Perhaps this girl is a nerd. But, she didn't looked like one. She was chubby, with big eyes. Her eyes twinkled when she spoke. She has that glint. Overall, she looked cute. Anyways, I couldn't sit anywhere because I was late to the class and there was no empty place. Hence, I sat there.

"Pragati" She said as she extended her hand.

"Anjana" I said as I extended mine.

"From which school are you?" She asked me.

"Church gate" I replied.

"It's a girls' school right?" She asked back.

"Yeah." I nodded.

Yes. I am from a girls' school. So I didn't have an opportunity to meet boys or talk with them. Hence, am very shy to speak and mingle with them. But, I love to be friends with them. I know that that's impossible with this introvert nature of mine. I don't believe in these love stuffs. Especially the ones which they claim to be love at first sight. I believe in arranged marriages. Because, I feel that it is right. Many have been contrary to my opinion. But I don't care.

I slowly turned behind and scanned my class. There were many boys than girls. Obviously, it will be. Coz, it's the class of chemical engineering. That's one of the reasons my dad was against of me joining here. All thanks to Aarav, I am here.

Though I don't believe in love, I check out at handsome boys. That's a girl's trait, you see. I scanned this class to find whether anybody is handsome. And to my huge disappointment, there were any. There were boys who were so tall, some with big glasses which almost covered their faces, some wearing uncle types full handed shirts and their hair combed in a proper goody goody guy types, some were looking so small and kiddish, some looked so gigantic and some looked too boring. Gah. This class is full of nerds.

Then, I looked at the girls in my class. Since this college has a dress code, every girl was dressed in a salwar. Most of the girls in my class looked very nerdy and goofy. Some 3 to 4 girls had so called modern looks. Like, they had their hairs let loose curled at the bottom. Well, it seemed a bit modern for a nerd like me. For a person who wears a huge round glasses and looks every bit a nerd, all these seem new. I expected a class who I thought will not so studious. But, sadly it is.

How will I manage with this class for four long years???

" What's your name?" Pragati's voice made me turn.

She was speaking to the girl behind our bench.

"Sneha" The girl said politely.

I looked at Sneha. She was beautiful with long hair which was plaited and looked traditional.

I smiled at her and introduced myself. She smiled back. There was another girl sitting beside Sneha. But she didn't bother to look at me and Pragati. So we turned.

We had our orientation program for the first years. So we had to go to the auditorium.

"Come on Anjana, let's go." Pragati said as she stood up to move. I picked my bag and walked along with her.

This is too boring. I didn't expect my college life to be like this. I mean, the first day is so boring. Probably, since this is the first day, it's like that. But then, I didn't know that my life is gonna be filled with twists and turns herafter.

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Aditya

"Hey AD!" Shouted one of my school friends when I was on my way to the auditorium along with my class guys.

"Hey hi Anu!" I replied back.

As I came back after talking to her, I noticed that my class guys looked at me weirdly. I raised my eyebrows and asked "what?"

"Nothing, Aditya.... It's just that he is jealous that he doesn't have girlfriend like you!" Said Raghav, my classmate and newfound friend as he winked.

"What rubbish?! She is not my girlfriend. She is my schoolmate. That's it." I said.

"Okay boss!" Raghav said as he raised his hands in surrender.

"Hey addu!! You're in this college as well? Cool! Most of our gang is here. We all will have loads of fun!!" Chirped my another school friend.

" Addu?Fun?" Raghav whispered in my ears mischievously. I glared at him.

"Hi trisha.. Yeah sure. Okay bye!" I said and walked from there.

I cursed the management of this college for constructing the auditorium too far from the other blocks.My legs were aching and I was panting. And to my bad luck, most of my girl school friends who were in this college saw me in this condition on my way to the auditorium. Some wished Hi, hello, hey, some waved out their hands at me and laughed at my sweaty look. Raghav giggled at me. I just ignored him. Why these guys are reacting too much? Those girls are my school friends. That's it. Gosh. These guys of my class are just over reacting.

"Seems like someone has huge fan following! Mr. Playboy Aditya!!" Raghav said as he laughed loudly. Everyone laughed.

"What. The. F**k. " I said as I smacked his shoulder.

"Raghav, leave him yaar... don't tease him too much." Said Kavin, my classmate.

"Haaye! Friendship goals huh? That too within 2 hrs of meeting? I have heard of love at first sight. Is this called friendship at first sight?" Chided another guy from my class. Everyone including me laughed.

"Dei... What did he say that you guys are laughing too much?" Said Raghav.

"Chemical boys!! Come here! Assemble here." one of the staff shouted.

We all went there and sat at a corner of the auditorium.

"Raghav, What the hell are you doing??" Kavin whisper-yelled as Raghav took out his phone.

"Kavin, it's just phone. You're saying like I took out a gun. " Raghav said casually.

"Raghav, you don't know. There's a student care team in this college, which seizes students' phone if the found us using phones in the college premises." Kavin said.

"Kavin, can you see the man in a blue shirt beside you? He is the president of the student care. Come on we will capture him also." Kavin looked shocked at raghav's words.

"Boys!! Let's take a selfie!!" Raghav said and we all posed for it.

Raghav immediately posted it on all the possible social networks with the caption,

MEET MY BOYS! #chemicalboysrocks

This is just the beginning of the fun.

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Hey guys... Deesh back with another chapter. It is a long chapter. And since there are too many characters, I know it's confusing for you. Hope you all like it!! Thanks a lot guys!!