chapter 3

I stared at them for about a minute and then out of frustration, I said, “We are missing life!”Vaishali looked at me with her own frustration cum scared eyes, “I also think so. School life comes only once. When all of us will leave the school, they will have made a lot of sweet memories by then. When they go to college or become professionals, they will have lakhs of topics to talk upon, to discuss, to gossip but as our life is going, we will have nothing to talk upon.”I said, making an innocent and helpless face, “We are already in the ninth standard. One class more to go then we have to leave this school.”Gloominess spread over the face of Vaishali. I said, “Vaishali, by telling lies, at least you have succeeded in becoming respectful in the eyes of the other girls. But what about me?”Vaishali - Abbe yar, who has forbidden you not to tell lies? You can also tell lies and become respectful.Divya - But if someone comes to know about it, then? All the girls of our school will tease me. Vaishali - Use your brain, Divya. Tell them like I did. Say, I have a boyfriend who is studying in college. School girls don’t know much about college guys. I thought for a couple of seconds and then said, “Telling lies is a sin. Haven’t you heard the poem? Johny johny yes papa. Telling lies no papa! Haha!”Vaishali laughed, “Haha! Yeah,” Both of us said together, “Telling lies no papa, open your mouth haha!”Divya - Hey, you got distracted from the topic. I was saying, why should we resort to lies? Why don’t we make our own boyfriends in real? Vaishali - Hey, what are you saying? My parents are very conservative. They will beat the hell out of me, if they catch me. Divya - If they catch you, only then they will beat you na. What do you think, Ketaki’s dad told her beta, don’t worry, make as many boyfriends as possible in school. I am with you? She shrugged and said, “I don’t think so.”Divya - No parents allow their daughters to make boyfriends openly. All these things happen secretly. It has always been so. She appeared to be impressed by my thoughts, “Divya, don’t you think you are becoming smart day by day?”I felt proud to hear that, “We have to become smart if we really want to live our life.”Vaishali - Divya, you are a very bad girl. Divya - What happened? Vaishali - You have also motivated me to make a boyfriend. I have even started dreaming about it. Can we really have a boyfriend in our life? Divya - Why not? We are also girls. What Ketaki has, we also have. We just need to learn few tricks. Vaishali - Tricks like? Wait, wait, wait… I can’t believe I am trying to learn tricks from the girl who herself don’t have any boyfriend.I said in a bit loud tone, gripping her wrist, “Listen carefully. We have to teach each other. What do you think, is Ketaki going to teach us the tricks? Didn’t you notice the way she spoke to me? She was just bragging. She was able to brag because I was inferior to her. In this world, everyone wants to keep the others inferior so that they can boast. Got it?”She said a bit timidly, “Got it.”Divya - Now, tell me which boy you like the most in your class?Vaishali - I never thought about it.Divya - Then let's think about it.She asked me snapping her fingers, "Which boy do you like the most in the class?"I started thinking, "I never felt very attracted towards any boy. But today, I have to choose someone. I have to take the first step. I read somewhere taking one step means half the journey is completed. Hmm… which name should I take? Hmm… who can be a good boyfriend of mine?"Vaishali waved her hand in front of my eyes and said, "Where have you lost miss Divya?"Divya - I am here only.Vaishali - Tell me a name.I thought, "Nikhil is the most intelligent boy of the class. He will be good boyfriend of mine."I abruptly said, "Nikhil."She said, "Ayyy… I never thought you could have a crush on him."I laughed, fakely blushed. Somewhere, I was just acting. I knew I was acting. I had no feelings for Nikhil but still, I was trying to enjoy my acting. I don't know why. Was it just a social pressure, peer group pressure or what? I was not able to understand these things at such a tender age. Vasihali teased me, "Oww, his intelligence stole your heart. My baby, aww…Hehe!"I giggled. Somewhere I was enjoy her teasing too. Perhaps, it made me feel that I had caught up with my peer group. Now, I would also be having a boyfriend. Perhaps, I was happy for that. Vaishali - You know what, I have even started imagining about you and Nikhil together. You will look awesome together. Nikhil will look like a hero and you will be his heroine. Hehe!Divya - Haha! Yeah you are right. You also start choosing a boy. Your life will become heaven! Hehe.Vaishali - Yeah, I will also choose a boy soon. Don't get lost into dreams. Start planning how you are going to impress him tomorrow.I became serious, "Hmm…Vaishali, you see tomorrow what happens. He will become crazy for me."Vaishali - Really? What are you going to do? Hehe.Divya - That you will see tomorrow. If I tell you now, then the suspense will break. The reality was that I didn't even have an idea what to do to impress a boy. I simply told her to feel like a movie heroine. I got on my scooty, ignited its engine and left her in suspense. Vaishali wondered, "What is she going to do tomorrow?"(It will be so nice of you, if you leave at least a single word comment and please don't forget to follow me and become my superfan. You will be able to read all the locked parts of all my series for free and you will also be able to chat with me and my superfans directly.)