Chapter 11-
We reached our college campus by 10:30 pm. I bid goodbye to Jerri unwillingly and get down from bus and started walking towards our hostel with my friends. I was in the dream world; my thoughts were fully around Jerri. I didn’t even pay attention what my friends were talking. They were happily recollected all the things happened on that day. I too did the same…. GREAT MEMORIES NEVER FADE….We went and took rest in hostel. We were very tired, so slept nicely.
From next day onwards, I and Jerri were always busy in class writing chits and passing to each other. We started to understand each other’s likes and dislikes and mostly our likes were contradictory to each other. But we started to adopt each other’s likes and dislikes. We were started to sail in different world.
Jerri’s Friends Bala and Lakshminarayanan too became very close to me and Divya in class. I, Jerri, Bala, Divya, S.R.Ashwin, Lakshminarayanan, Karthi, Jeni and Gowthami…we all became one gang in our class. I started to enjoy my college life and my love life too… to a great extend
Usually I used to comment the movies. They exaggerate the things about LOVE. Lovers can’t able to eat…. can’t able to sleep…. can’t able to talk… They would be always in different world… As soon as love started, they would go for a dream song… Always be alone and all. But I realized the truth. I experienced everything, what all they showed in movies….
Hmmm….Love… Wow what a wonderful thing?
Our first year university exam was on track. Model exams… Model labs…Univ exams… Univ Practical’s…everything came in order and threatened us. We all kept busy ourselves and prepared for the exams. I and Jerri were very serious in getting good marks and to get good placement, so after that we would reveal our love to our parents. We were afraid because we were facing exam in college after long time. We all don’t know “How the question pattern would be?”” How the paper correction would be?”
So we thought of asking our seniors. But we don’t have that much courage to ask. But anyway we need guidelines from them. Our friend bala’s (Balamurali Ganapathy!!!- our classmate) sister was studying in our college. Her name was Madhumitha, 3rd year ECE stayed in hostel. So I, Divya, Karthi, and Jenifer decided to meet her. First time we went inside our senior’s room. She was in call, very seriously talking (blushing) over the phone. She didn’t notice us. We called “Aka aka”!!!!!!! (Sister) she didn’t even listen our words. We thought of running away from that place.
When we about to leave, she saw us, and gave a puzzled look. She asked “Enna venum????”(What do you want?). We started to blabber something “Ummm… One help…no doubt…..Srrrrrrry…Disturb”…. In tension we gave different answers. Seeing our reactions, she laughed at us. She signaled us to come inside. We saw each other and we entered with hesitation.
Then she kept her phone down and asked “Why this much tension in all ur faces? Anything important?”
Jenifer: “No akka (sister), not like that. We don’t have that much interaction with seniors. Little fear.
Madhumitha (Senior): “Fear huh? Am I a devil to catch u?” (She laughed).
We: (Silent)
Madhu: “Hmmm k k what for you ppl came to meet me!!!!???”
Kathi: “No aka… We are bala’s friends. He only told about you. Exams were getting nearer; we need some information from you?”
Madhu: “What Info??? “
Me: “How about paper correction??? Was it easy or tough?
Madhu: “Hey dont get fear for this simple matter and all, still u ppl were like school kids”
We: (Silent)
She continued…
“Actually you don’t need to worry at all, you just go through all the topics, learn and understand the basics. Don’t memorize all the things, how you did in school days. Hmmm… then paper correction would be easy only. You would get more than what u expected!!! So don’t waste time and start preparing for that. You would have leave in between exams too…. So no need to break your head…
Divya: “How about lab practical’s aka??? In exams, Lab in charges would help us huh?”
(We all saw Divya and laughed in mind because in Labs session, she won’t get output easily, we all would tease her. Lab in charges would come and help her. Even if she gave right connection also, IC Chips would get burned, CRO won’t work. (That much luck she had in getting output). In machine lab, there would be always great comedy. We had Carpentry, Welding and Plumbing. She won’t get exact cutting, shape and size. But she would escape, by showing our materials. But in exammmmmm!!!! So only she asked about that!!!)
Madhu: “Most of the staffs would help. Even if u doesn’t get o/p fully or correctly, they would put partially verified, mostly everyone would get… No probs “
(After that only Divya had some hope) We asked many questions, she replied patiently. Then she enquired about all the staffs and their way of teaching and all. Then we came to kno, she was the topper. But she didn’t show off. She was so sweet and kind. We chatted for a long time. She shared lot, about the funny and serious things happened in college. After sometime we left from her room unwillingly. When we came, she again started her conversation in phone.We had a great relief… We felt our heart become light.
Then we said Tamil Actor Vijay dialogue in chorus “Evlavo panitom idha panamatoma????!!!!” (Many things we did, we would finish that also successfully)
One more month to go!!! Count down starts!!!
Chapter 12-
We all started studying seriously for our exams during our study holidays. Since we were 1st year students we didn’t go home for study leave, we all girls planned to stay and study in our hostel itself; obviously boys were enjoying their study holidays without knowing the seriousness of the university exams…During study hours and all we could see the exam tension in everybody’s face including ours… Study Holidays passed very fast like a super fast express train.
Exam day came. All students were asked to sit and study in the exam hall corridor. During that time also, we were studying sincerely without any disturbances… But some boys were teasing everyone even without having book in their hands. I called Jerri, Bala, Ashwin and Lakshmi Narayanan to just tell them the key points and discuss the important questions with them since I guessed, they would have not prepared for the exams in hostel. So I asked them to study seriously at least for the last 2 hours. Unwillingly they all came and sat near me.
I started telling the key points for that day’s exam. They all started hearing keenly whatever points I told without distraction. Boys around us started to tease me with them, but I told them not to bother about those silly comments; just read I want u all to get good marks in exams. My friends too neglected those boys and grasped the key points. We all wrote the exam very well that day.
Same routine repeated throughout the exams, we all would sit together and read the key points for the last 2 hours from 7:45 am to 9:45 am. The last time preparations helped us a lot in the exams. Successfully we all completed our final exams with a little confidence that we all would pass…
Semester holidays…..
Great enjoyment… Everybody in hostel happily packed everything and started to move to their native places. But there was no enjoyment for me and Jerri. That was the first separation between us, after committed. We won’t see each other for 2 weeks. We two had very sad faces.
Jerri waited in front of the exam block. I told Divya to inform Jerri that I would come after 10 minutes. I went near Jerri, he was dull. Then he came near me… he was almost into my eyes and told “Ammu, Take care of yourself, Eat well in time, Enjoy your holidays, I will be always with you… MISS YOU DA”
But we managed to spend our holidays with our family. I went for a tour with my family to hill stations that made me to manage the pain without presence of Jerri.
I didn’t have mobile too in my 1st year college. So I can’t even message or call him. I know he would also be longing like me. I and Jerri were longing for college re-opening day.
At last the reopening day came as our wish .The first bad news we heard after entering our college campus was that our class sections had been split from 2 sections to 3 sections (i.e. from ECE-A and ECE-B to ECE-A, B, and C.)
Members were equally divided into 46 members in each class. I was the last member among the 46 members in ECE ‘A’ section, so I was very unlucky and left my Jerri in ECE ‘B’ section. Me, Divya, Gowthami, Bala, S.R Ashwin and Lakshmi (Narayanan) were in same class (ECE A). Jerri, Karthi, and Jeni were in one class (ECE B). I was very depressed. The college management had split the class for their benefits. They planned to take more number of students for the upcoming academic year. But why the Hell, they played in my life. I thought of killing that Villian, who made that plan.
Jerri was even more depressed. He didn’t even face me when I went to meet him in his class. We both were like in the entrance of hell. We started loving a month before only, but god had separated us. Then Jerri consoled me, he told everything happened was for good cause only. No other way I have to accept this situation. We both didn’t have the mind to concentrate in our 2nd semester classes. I was fully thinking about Jerri and he too did the same in the class hours.
We were not able to see each other most of the time. The only time we saw each other was during the break and the lunch hour. Our situation was too worse. In break time too, we had to pretend to be friends in front of everyone otherwise it would create many problems, so we would just talk casually for few minutes and I would go to my class half-hearted. I don’t know “Why God created such a worse situation to me and my Jerri??????”…
I thought of changing the class too but “What reason I would give to my HOD, class friends and staffs”, so I left my thought. For few days I found no enjoyment in my life, I didn’t even eat and sleep properly. The next day Jerri gave one letter to me during the lunch hour; I took it and read in privacy.
Letter Started with
Dear Harshu…..
I can’t able to bear the pain without your presence near me. I don’t know what I will do. I am not able to concentrate in class. From morning till evening my full concentration was on you only dear. I was feeling alone da. I am not able to talk jovially with anyone. I was fully occupied with your thought da. I have planned to get mobile for you. We would talk with each other after college hours. Please keep the mobile safely without the knowledge of your hostel warden. Please be careful when u r using your mobile. I would get u one bulb holder too please use that to charge your mobile phone. See u after lunch .
With loads of affection and care,
Jerri.
I was in cloud nine I could spend more time with my Jerri, if I got mobile phone…. But the thing was I have to use it carefully.
Chapter 13-
Jerri bought mobile for me. He asked me to keep it safe without the knowledge of hostel warden. I am excited about spending more time with my love; we would get more chances to understand each other very well than before. After reaching hostel I took my mobile and called Jerri. We started to talk casually but our bond of love had grown a lot in that period. We enjoyed our love life by sharing our personal things to each other; a month went like few seconds…
Life was moving smoothly like a breeze in its own way for me and Jerri. I was flying like paper in that floating air. But we can’t expect the happiness to be there for us always. There would be ups and downs in our life. Happiness and sadness are like both sides of coin in our life… We would have to overcome those situations without any fear, and then only we would be able to enjoy the fruit of success in our life.
Yes….We got our semester results, I and my friends cleared our exam with good percentage, but the sad thing is Jerri, Bala, LakshmiNarayanan and Ashwin all got one arrear. We were worrying for our friends a lot. We were not able enjoy our winning in that first war (semester). It’s a fact that whenever our friends were worrying about something though we were in enjoyable mood we won’t celebrate it we would be on our friend’s side as a great support.
Likewise we all supported them and asked them to apply for revaluation and gave them confidence that they would clear the arrear . They too agreed with us and were normal in their routine in classes but our classes lost the liveliness which was present there before our exam results. We were making fun to make them normal. I would talk in mobile with Jerri and encourage him to concentrate for his forthcoming semesters.
After few days we got some festival holidays and we all went for home for mind change. During that time my friends got their revaluation results, as we all prayed they all cleared their arrear. Ashwin, Bala and Lakshmi called me and told their results. I was very happy and my heart longed to talk to Jerri. I didn’t have mobile phone during my 2nd year; my parents also didn’t buy me since mobile phones were prohibited inside our college campus. I was waiting for the right time to talk to Jerri. I and my dad went to buy some household items outside. Yes!!!!!!!!!! This is the right time… I asked my dad’s mobile and told him that I would make one call to my friend. Actually daughters were special for all fathers. Similarly I and my father were very good friends. But in this love matter we should be very careful to our parents if we give some hint that’s it they would always find a good way to separate our love. So only I didn’t reveal to my father too.
I dialed Jerri number and talked with him. He was very happy about clearing the arrear. And I cut the call when I saw my father coming out of the departmental store and deleted the number too. My dad came out and asked his mobile for calling someone. I gave him without any hesitation; he casually gone to dialed numbers and called his friend. He asked me “Did u called your friend?” I told him “Yeah”. But I didn’t find any number in my last dialed calls. I told him “I deleted dad. Because unknowingly if u dialed it wrongly means, so only I deleted”. My dad told “So what anyhow it’s your friend only know?” I was not able to reply. Dad continued “Don’t try to do any wrong things. Studies first, then u can take care of other things after college days”. I was shocked to hear that from my dad. I thought to myself “How parents are able to sense if we are hiding something from them”.
Next day I was busy in packing my things to go back to hostel. Got bus to Chennai and reached hostel by early morning. I was very eager to meet Jerri and went to his class and talked with him. He explained his parent’s happiness for his clearing arrear. I thought “Thank god, you had fulfilled my prayers by making my friends happy”. D
ays went as usual with the boring lectures and lab sessions without Jerri in my class. I asked to Jerri to study for the model exams and university exams from starting itself but he was not doing it.
Suddenly I got an idea “Why can’t I do my combine study with Jerri through mobile!!!!!!!”. Evening I called Jerri and asked him to call me back with Electrical Machines Text book in his hand. He too called with confusion “Why u asked me to take text book ”. I told him “from today onwards we were going to do combined study through mobile in the evening and u go and study that in our study hour we could continue the remaining part after dinner time”.
He sat to study with me half heartedly but he tried to concentrate since I was teaching him putting efforts for his studies. After that we both started to study daily as we planned. Jerri and I got good marks in our model exams. Basically, Jerri would be getting average pass marks only. Starting from 3rd semester, Jerri was getting above 75 marks in all subjects. Everybody were surprised by his marks even his staffs, except our friends (his roommates) Bala, Lakshmi and Ashwin since they all know that we both were doing our combined studies in phone. They too encouraged us for getting success in both our life and love.
We studied only for few hours together but our results were too good. We got good marks in University exams too. Jerri and I got distinction in our 3rd semester. Jerri got his name in top 15 students in his class. Our friends Divya, Karthi, Gowth and Jeni all were happy for us. They gave positive motivation for our growth…
One Day, during late hours Jerri called me and asked to go and take room in outside hostel instead of staying in college hostel during 4th semester because usage of mobile it’s not safe and it is not a good idea to stay in this college hostel because they were more complications in charging the mobile and all. If I got caught red-handed by my warden while using mobile or charging in hostel means that’s the end of my love. Jerri was very frightened since his hostel friend got caught by their hostel warden and our college Chairman called his parents and made him to go out of hostel. But if we both were caught means no chance of getting success in our love.
So I too agreed with him for moving to outside hostel. He also assured me that he would also come out of the hostel during 4th semester. But what reason I would give to my parents for leaving the college hostel. If I was telling them about going to outside means they would raise hundred questions. How I would manage all those questions and manage to come out of college hostel? , but I got a great way to go out of college hostel.
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