Chapter 2: chapter 2

Paras – Yeah, true. Aman – I am just waiting for the day when I will get married to my soulmate....I smiled while imagining. I almost got lost in my imagination. He snapped his fingers and said, “Hey, come out of your dreams! Now, we are just fifteen. In the minimum ten more years we have to wait!”Aman – Oh, no! Ten more years! Can’t we marry now? Paras – Obviously, not! But yeah, if you want to go to jail, then you can marry! Hehe. Aman – Haha. And what do we do till then? Paras – Open your book and read it and complete your assignment. Aman – Oh, it’s too boring. Can’t we make a girlfriend till then? If we can’t marry, then at least we can make a girlfriend. Paras – That also, you can’t do. Aman – Why? I knew the answer why but even then, I asked. Sometimes, I love to behave childishly before my friend. Paras – Because if you are caught, then your parents will beat the hell out of you. Aman – But nowadays all have girlfriends. I guess all boys of our class, except me and you, have their girlfriends.Paras – Yeah, they have their girlfriends but even if they are caught by their parents, their parents are not going to say much to them. They are from a big family, pal! And we are from a middle-class family. Aman – Oh! I also want to take birth in a rich family. I want to feel the freedom!Paras – Don't worry pal, God will definitely give you this chance too but in the next birth. (Giggled)Aman – Haha. Flash-forwardI took another sip of hot yummy milk, relished its taste, closed my eyes for a while and then let them open on their own when they became comfortable after a couple of seconds. Then my eyes fell on the picture of my college days hanging on the wall. FlashbackI was walking on the ground of my college along with my other friend, Amit. Beautiful girls wearing tight jeans and tops were walking around. My friend’s eyes were fixed on them like an eagle whereas my focus lay on the lush green grass and beautiful long trees. Amit nudged me, “Stupid! Where are you looking? See, today Shilpa is looking very hot! See her curves.”Aman – Buddy, I am not interested in these things. He said jokingly but with a very serious face, “You are a very boring man! Heaven is right before your eyes and you are ignoring it. God will never forgive you.”Aman – Haha, very funny!Amit – Well, it’s also the truth. Don’t ignore what I said. The girls are wearing these kinds of outfits because they want to be noticed. They want to be seen. And you are committing a sin by ignoring them. How can you do that to them? Don’t you have a heart? Aman – Haha! Oh my gosh! Your sense of humour is incredible!He nudged me again and pointed his finger to another girl, “Hey, if you don’t like Shilpa, then look at Shruti! Wow! She is stunning! When she wears jeans, she kills the college!”Aman – Enough buddy. I am not interested in these kinds of girls, sorry, I mean these kinds of outfits.Amit – If you don’t like these things in girls, then what do you like? Aman – What I like in girls, you can’t understand it. Amit – It's not possible that I can’t understand it. Tell me do you like the front figure of a girl more or back figure? Hehe. Aman – I neither like front figure nor back figure. I like pure minds, pure souls, responsible souls... I like the girls who knows something about spirituality, who do something creative and productive in their lives, who knows the meaning of a life, who are doing something special in this God-given life...He hit the right palm of his hand on his forehead, “Uff! He again started his boring lecture! Please forgive me pandit (priest)!”Aman – Haha. Amit – Why are you so boring? Please be practical sometimes. Aman – I told you, you can’t understand me.Amit - Yeah, you were right. I really can’t understand you. Well, I don’t even want to understand your mentality. You are already mad and you will turn me mad too. Leave it. Let’s have party today. Paras is also coming. Aman – When? Amit – Just after college. You also come. Aman – Where?Amit – In the bar. Let’s go drink wine after college. Fed up with the boring studies!Aman - Are you both going to drink wine? Amit – Yeah, not only wine but also, we are going to have meat! Full enjoyment!Aman – Okay, I don’t want to go. Amit – Why? What happened?Aman – I don’t drink. I don’t eat even non-veg. Amit – Oh shit! In boredom, you are allrounder. I can’t believe you are such a boring person. You come with us. Today, we will teach you how to live a life. You are wasting your life!I giggled, “No, no. I don’t want any teachings from you. You are neither Lord Gautam Buddha nor Lord Mahavira. Why do I listen to you?”Amit – You listen to us because we are modern age practical gurus. If you don’t accompany us, you are going to miss the most important practical lessons of life. Aman – Still, I am not interested. Amit – You are so stubborn. Aman – Yeah, I am. I am very stubborn when it comes to right action. I have committed my life only to the right action. Keeping myself alert is a right action. That’s why drinking wine for me is a wrong action because it snatches my alertness. And why would I drink? Is there any benefit? Obviously, there is not any benefit. So, clearly my decision is I am not going to go with you. Amit – Hey, you don’t know there are many benefits of drinking. Drinking relieves us from mental stress and pressure. After boozing, the next day, we wake up with a fully fresh mind. We have experienced it. That’s why we are saying. Aman – Temporary refreshment at what cost? The problems that we run away from temporarily by boozing, returns back the very next day to disturb us again. By drinking we are losing money as well as our health. (If you liked it then please don't forget to comment on it.)