Thanks a lot for your valuable votes and comments...

My sincere apologies for not updating the story inspite of the amazing response...

Sorry I was busy with diwali, preperation and work....

Hopefully I make it up with this chapter....

Happy belated diwali wishes....

இங்கே இங்கே நீ வருவாய் என்று...

சின்ன கண்கள் சிந்துகின்ற...

துளிகளில் துளிகளில் உயிர் வளர்ப்பேன்....

Mul: "Chennai la transfer nu sona la?"

Kath: aama...ASAP join vera pananum....

Mul: enga....

Kath: ofcourse my forte....Cyber Crime.....

Mul: Endha wing??

Kat: idha kekaradhu yaaru...ennoda lover Mullai aa illa senior investigative reporter Mullai aa...

Mullai : Ex...

Kat: haaan??

Mullai: ex nu sonen....

Kathir's face withered down....

Kat: mudivu panita pola...ivalo seekaram...

He said trying to bring on a fake smile...

Mul: resign pana ex dhane....illaya..

Kathir let out a gush of air...and rolled his eyes at her so-called comment or joke...

He knew pretty well why his he felt low when she said ex....

It was because his heart had still not come into terms with his breakup...

A sad truth he had realized from the very next moment they broke up...

Was it the same or anything close to this for her?

He wasn't sure at all...

What he didn't know was that the girl sitting next to him, always had him in the bottom of her heart and in the corner of her mind...

Not only now, even back then...

When he had waved a bye, the last day of the chemistry class...

Even when he had moved on into his college life, this girl had his memories etched in one corner of her thoughts and mind...

She who was sitting at an arms distance away from him, was happy seeing the reaction on his face...

A reaction her heart had wished and her mind had chided...

He looked affected....

Pretty much...to the extent that his face and his eyes gave away the heart-breaking reaction...

She was this meagre tingly bit happy that he had not moved on...

He still had her in his mind...

He had not moved on or forgot her like last time....

He had waved his hands off, telling a bye...

She didn't feel any difference for a couple of days...

It all started the next week, when she saw a group of guys standing in a circle...

Suddenly, only his face came to her mind....

She didn't give much thoughts to it..

"Cha....enna kathir nyabagam varudhu..."

She stood thinking until Aisha shook her out of her thoughts...

"Enna di, apdi oru azhndha sindhanai, enna tha pathi yosichitu iruka mulla?"

Seeing her shake her head in a nothing...

"eyyy...poy soladha...un moonje pachaya katikudukudhu....

Ennatha pathi yosikara...

Or even better, yaara pathi yosikara?"

Mullai's eyes opened wide...

"Unaku epdi di therinjidhu"

"Nee seri aana beku Mullai, naan dhan potu vanguren na...neeyum kenna madiri badhil solra..epdi therinjidhu nu...unna lan vechikitu..." Aisha giggled....

Mullai hit her forehead in frustration....

"seri adhan olaritiye....sollu....yaar adhu...nama class aa...illa nama tuition aa?"

"eyyy...apdi lan edhum illa di....nee aa edachum karpana panikadha.....

Naan dhidirnu andha pasangala pathadhum....kathir nyabagam vandichu....vera nee yosikira madhiri edhum illa...."...

"hello...enna madam...naan yaar nu matum dhan keten....vera edhum yosikala...aana inime yosikanum polaye...." She dashed her shoulder with mullai's..

"Konjam gammunu irukiya di..." begged Mullai....

"seri....seri....kadi agadha....naan unna chumma kalaichen...unna naan kalaikama...unna kalaika nu andha street lendhu kadhir aa varuvan..." smiled aisha...

"unna...." Mullai acted like choking her...

"bus vandirichu vaa di..." aisha dragged Mullai away...

Later, the vibe, tension and pressure of the board exam got into her taking other silly thoughts away from her for a couple of days....

But every time she took her chemistry book, she felt her heart wavering into his thoughts...

"Idhu enna da vamba pochu...namaku epovum indha chemistry book thorandha...andha meesa nybagam dane varum...

Pudhusa enna kathir eh nyanbagam varam..."

But, she would hit her head bringing her out of the wavering thoughts and get back to her studies.....

On the last day after completing her exam,

Aisha: "ey...unga veetla okey solitangala?"

Mullai: " ennathuku?"

Aisha: adi paavi marantiya....

Mullai: ennatha di...

Aisha: podi loosu.....10th mudicha anaike nama ellam Orkut account create panrom nu nama class girls ellame decide panome di...

Marandiricha...

Mullai nodded her head in a yes...with slight embarrassment...

Mullai: aaman di maranten....unga veetla vitangala...

Aisha: unga veetla okey solitanga nu soli dhane permission vangunen...

Mullai: adi paavi...

Aisha: aama unga veetla help pana Vetri irukan...enaku dhan apdi yaarum illaye...adhan unna use paniten...

Mullai: nala pana use...loosu...

Aisha: enna di rhyming aa....nala illa....

She shook her head....

The next day, using the same trick that all her friends do have a Orkut account, she somehow the permission after receiving a handful of advices on the pros and cons of using social media...

Typical teacher parents behavior thought Mullai...

"Paathu di....naanum sonadhu aala dhan unaku account open pana okey sonanga....enakum sethu thittu vangi vechidadha di..." was the friendly advice of her brother...

Nodding her head, she headed to the house of the one girl who had a personal computer with internet connection...

All of the friends were sooper happy, they were meeting peacefully after almost weeks, they started their usual banter...

After the juices and snacks, all of them sat creating their own e-mail and then an Orkut account with god knew what type of surname...and profile pictures...

Sending each other request and accepting it, they called it a day and came back home as quite happy souls...

Few days later while sitting in the confides of the browsing center, her mind sparked her about "Kathir"

"ada avana yum theduvom, thinking so she searched for the name "kathir"..

To her bad luck, she knew only his name and his school...

She didn't even know his father name...

So all her attempts went futile...

Somehow, she couldn't muster enough courage to ask her brother...

She was clearly new to orkut and with the limited time in browsing center, she couldn't learn methods to find him in the social media...

Soon, her results came...

She had scored good marks in all subject sans chemistry...

But, with her father being her head mistress batchmate, she could easily ease off a Bio group as per their wish...

But even before the pressure of result came and settled, she had dropped the bomb on how she wanted to do only commerce...

"ammadi....ipo nee science edu ma...commerce eduthu enna pana pora da...science na nee enna vena aprom padikalam la...

Vetri madiri engineer agalam, illana doctor agalam, adhuvum illa na engala madiri teacher kooda agalam...

Science oru vast subject ma...

Commerce ipo aasaiku eduthana...aprom romba kashtam mulla"

"appa, enaku science lan venam pa...

Enaku oru journalist aganum pa...

Indha veerapan aa lan peti edukaradhu pathapodu lendu enaku apdi irundichu...

Aana ipo aduve en ambition aayidichu pa,..

Please pa...

Naan last 3 years aa enna oru journalist aa ve karpana paniten...

Please no soladha pa...

Please pa...please ma..."

"Adhuku edhuku da commerce, science edutha kooda padikalame...."reasoned her mother...

"padikalam ma...aana enaku science varalaye...

Adhuku thirupi 4 tuition poi, aala vidunga please...

Naan commerce eh padichitu poren ... she pleaded with the best puppy dog face which they couldn't tell a no...

"seri ma...un ishtam..." was her parent's ultimatum...

But not before warning,

"Aaana idhu nee edutha decision ma....thapana nee dhan kashtapaduva"

"adhelam ava pathupa pa..."came her brother's instant support...

She was so so happy....

"Anna, unna romba piss panuven ...."

She said suddenly off the track...

"en di ipdi thidirnu solra...?" asked Vetri...

"illa anna...nee Christ college la admission vangi nee poiduva,...adhan bore adikum la...adhuku sonen" she smiled ...

"Aaama dhan...enna pana...vera vazhi ilaye...

Unga ellathayum dan miss panuven...nama veetla ellarayum...friends aa..."

"aama anna, friend nadhum nyabagam vandichu...

Kathir ku endha college kadachiruku"

"avan dhan Cyber criminology padikanum nu irukane...Avan mostly abroad poiduvan nu nenaikuren...

Inga tha vida ang adhan opportunities nariya iruku"

Ohhhhh....was her reply....

TBC...