ECHOES OF DESTINY

CHP 13

At 4 o'clock, it was my second math class, so I was sitting alone on the entire bench because I had a fight with my friend Priya for some reason. When Anirudh sir arrived, everyone stood up, I stood up too, and then Anirudh sir went towards the board and asked everyone to sit down.

Then he started teaching, while I wasn't saying anything because I was in a bad mood due to the fight with Priya, and I didn't feel like saying anything, so there was complete silence in the class. About half an hour had passed, and I hadn't said anything, I just sat quietly. Anirudh sir gave everyone a question to solve, and everyone started solving it. I was solving it too, and in 5 minutes, I solved the question, so I said to sir, "sir question solve ho gaya"

His eyes met mine, relief evident in his expression. "Thank god" he exclaimed, "inhone kuch bola main abhi tak soch raha tha pata nahi kya hua inhe aadhe ghante se kuch bol hi nahi rahin, koi sadma vadma to nahi laga"

Then one of my idiot classmates said, "haan sir samjh rahe hain" And then almost all the students said, "haan sir samjh rahe hain"

Sir asked, "kya samjh rahe ho?"

So Vamika said, "sir question ki baat kari question samjh rahe hain" And saying that, she laughed, and the other students laughed too.

Anirudh sir took my notebook, checked at the solution, and said, "Very good" before returning it to me.

Then he asked everyone to solve another question. As we all worked on it, Anirudh sir turned to me and asked, "Bondita tumhe aange career me kya karna hai matlab kya banna hai"

I replied, "sir maths professor"

To which Anirudh sir responded, "maths professor uske liye aapko PhD karni hogi, aapki graduation complete hogi 2025 me uske baad PG aur uske baad PhD karne me.... bahut jyada time nahi ho jayega"

Upon hearing this, I was shocked and said, "sir time jyada lagega to kya hua banna to maths professor hi hai, haan vese beech me competitive exams denge ham"

Then Anirudh sir said, "haan vahi bol raha main tum sub inspector ka exam de sakti ho"

I was even more shocked, thinking, "Matlab yaar inko kya padi hai hame kuch bhi banna ho" Confusion and frustration swirled within me.

Just then, Vamika spoke up, "samjh gaye ham"

Anirudh sir looked at her and asked, "kya samjh gayi?"

Vamika replied, "arey ye Ananya hame abhi jo aapne question diya vo samjha rahi thi to vo samjh gaye ham esa bola vese jo aap ne socha vo bhi samjh gaye" And with that, she laughed and high-fived Ananya.

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The following day, I slipped into a stunning new designer top, feeling absolutely radiant. However, I found myself running late for university. Upon arriving at class, I noticed Anirudh sir already at the board, engrossed in writing questions. I asked his permission, "Can I come in, sir?"

He turned towards me and just stared at me without blinking, from top to bottom, without saying anything.

Then Vamika said, "Sir vo class me andar aane ke liye pooch rahi hai aapka use ghoorna ho gaya ho to kuch boliye" Everyone started laughing, and I couldn't help but laugh too.

Before Anirudh sir could say anything, a boy from my class said, "sir Can I bol rahi vo may I hota hai"

To which Anirudh sir replied, "unke liye Can I hi sahi hai"

Then Vamika and Muskan, with teasing smiles, said, "Oh accha haan ham to bhool hi gaye the unki baat alag hai" and everyone burst into laughter.

I asked sir once again, "sir andar aa jaye?" Anirudh sir said, "aa jaiye" and I entered the class.

My both friends, Mehak and Priya, were sitting on the back desk, and I don't like sitting at the back. I always sit on the second bench, so I went and sat there, but no one was sitting there. I was alone on the bench where six students could comfortably sit.

Anirudh sir started teaching, and he kept looking at me most of the time while teaching. Although he always does this in every class, he keeps looking at me mostly and pays less attention to other students, but today I don't know what was happening to me. I couldn't maintain eye contact with him while understanding the questions. I kept looking either at my notebook or somewhere else, and I was doing this every minute. A peculiar sensation creeping over me with each passing minute. I couldn't understand what the hell was happening to me; I felt very strange, maybe I was getting a little nervous, I don't know why.

Oh, then I remembered that I had a doubt to ask Anirudh sir which was in the photo on my phone, so I sent that photo to his WhatsApp and then said to Sir, "sir hamne aapko ek photo send kari"

As soon as I said this, Vamika said, "hain? Photo kaunsi photo send kari Bondita tumne sir ko" somewhat teasingly.

I said to Sir, "hamara matlab hamne aapko ek question ki photo send kari hai vo hame samjh nahi aa raha hai"

Anirudh Sir then said, "Alright, let me explain."

Then I heard him muttering something, "Rohit... Rohit Sharma,"

I said to Sir, "accha aap Sharma ji ki baat kar rahe hai haan DP par unki hi photo hai"

Anirudh Sir asked, "accha tumhare favorite cricketer hain tumhare Sharma ji" 

I said, "haan bilkul sirf unki hi vajah se to cricket dekhte hain ham"

Anirudh Sir said, "accha mere bhi favorite cricketer hain Rohit Sharma"

I said, "ab kya kare Hitman ki baat hi esi hai ki vo har kisi ke favorite ban jate hain"

Then Vamika said with a smile, "arey waah Muskan pasand bhi mil gayi"

Muskan said, "haan na Vamika acchi baat haina"

Vamika said, "bahut acchi baat hai, vese sorry disturb karne ke liye sir aap dono continue rakho" and then everyone started laughing again.

After the math class, I had physics and chemistry classes. Today all the girls told me that I look good because I really looked good that day.

It was 2 o'clock and my physics lab class was at 2:30, so I was going to the physics department when someone grabbed my hand in between and dragged me to a corner. It was none other than Shoury. "ye kya hai Shoury tum kyun har baar hamare raste ke beech me aate rahte ho ab kya chahiye bhaiya ji ye bata do" I said in anger.

He said, "bhaiya kaise bola tumne hame"

I said, "Shoury bhaiya..Shoury bhaiya aur sunna hai"

He said, "accha ye chodo Anirudh se chugli tumne kari thi na hamari"

As soon as he said this, I got even angrier at him and said, "izzat se baat karlo bade hain vo tujhse umar me aur kuch dino me hi professor banne wale hain"

He said, "ahaan, itna kya respect jaag rahi hai tumhare man me uske liye kya chakkar chal raha hai dono me batao, esa kya kiya hai usne tumhare sath jo uske peeche pagal ho rahi ho, vese kafi acchi lag rahi ho aaj kise impress karne aayi ho usi Anirudh ko na"

SLAP!
SLAP!!
SLAP!!!

Bondita slapped Shoury continuously and angrily shouted, "himmat kaise huyi tumhari ye ghatiya baat bolne ki har kisi ko apne jaisa hi gira hua neech kism ka characterless insaan samjh rakha hai kya tumne, Shoury apni had me raho varna agar hamara shabr ka baan (arrow) toot gaya na to is kadar marenge ki samay se pahle kabr me najar aaoge" Saying this, Bondita leaves from there.

While Shoury puts his hand on the cheek where Bondita slapped him and watches Bondita leaving, grinding his teeth in anger, he says to himself, "ab to tujhe main chodunga nahi Bondita, bahut badi galti kardi tune jiski ab tujhe bahut badi saza bhugatni hogi"  After completing this, an evil smile appears on his face.

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