Monish gave me a call that day at 12:00 PM during the lunch break…
“Hey RIM, you did not call me up… Where are you?”
“I’m in the department… I’m soooooo tired Dr.”
“Canteen aaja na.. Lets meet…”
“Alright.. see you there in 5…”
“Done… cya..”
I asked Disha if she wanted to accompany me to meet Monish…
Others were busy so it was obviously me and Disha…
“It’s okay Rimsha… You carry on…”
“Arey chal na Dish…”
I insisted…
“Alright… if you say so…”
“Hie Monishhhhhh…” - Rimsha
“Hey RIM…Hie Disha!!” - Monish
“Hey Dr. Monish…” – Disha
“Why are you alone Monish??? Where are Vaibhav and all???”
“Actually Vaibs wasn’t free and the remaining three have gone to get cigarettes…”
“Oh ya.. you don’t smoke”…. I blurted out… Silly me!!!!!
I wasn’t supposed to say that…
Monish was surprised… “How do you know that S.G.?????????”
“What’s S.G.???? RIMSHAAAAAAA”
So two questions were to be answered by me…
I ignored the first question and chose to answer the second one first…
“S.G. is equal to supergirl… Monish thinks I’m a supergirl…” I giggled…
“So Miss Rimsha… How do you know I don’t smoke???”
“Just a guess Dr. Nothing serious…”
Monish did not inquire any further... GOOD FOR ME!!
We were so engrossed in talking that we even forgot to order anything…
It was 12:25 and we had to come back to the department so we took Monish’s leave…
Few days down the line, Monish-Disha and I became the best of friends…
Disha could not hang out with us ‘cause she was from Amdavad… and Monish and I stayed at Nadiad, but despite that we were the inseparables…!!
Monish and I certainly had more time together…
We had lots of late night conversations, never ending phone calls, text messages and meetings where we never wanted to leave…
17/06/2008…
It was another Tuesday…
I was in the autorickshaw and going back from college when I suddenly felt my cellphone vibrate…
It was 18:05 hours…
I was surprised to see “Monish calling”….
He usually never called up in the evening….
“Oi Rimsha… What’s up?” Monish said as soon as I received the call…
“Going back home Monish… What’s with you?”
“I have come to Vaniyavad*… Where are you???”
“Oh where are you????”
“I am at the same place we met for the first time… You want to meet?”
“Is that a question to ask, M.D.S… Wait… m coming…”
I was glad ‘cause usually I loved it when he asked to meet…
“Hey Dr…” I waved at Monish
“Hiee Rimsha… Why’re you carrying such a heavy bag S.G… I know you are S.G. and you don’t need to prove it…”
“Monish, Entrance examination MCQ books” I replied back…
“Ohoooooo… so finally you have started studying… Nice nice…”
“Yes… and you promised to help me out but you don’t…” I gave a sarcastic smile…
“Come on Rimsha… Let’s go to the ward… We can study there…”
“Seriously M.D.S…??? Wowww… But are you sure you’re not busy???”
“Yes supergirl… Let’s go…”
I got on his smart black pulsar and we reached the college….
He helped me with the medical subjects general medicine and surgery; and for the first time in life, studying was fun… Monish made everything seem so much better…
He made food seem tastier.
He made studies fun.
He made staying away from family less lonely.
He made life so livable.
He made me smile like no one ever did…
At 8 PM, I was feeling too hungry….
“Monish… What about dinner?? I’m feeling too hungry…”
“Blueberry’s chalegi kya??”
“Where’s that????”
“Chal pack up… We’ll go there…”
