Drool...Drool...Drool

Now, this one happened during my final year in Engineering. Belonging to the mechanical department, we guys did not have the privilege of sharing the class room space with members of the fairer sex. It was a guys and only guys class from the second year to the last year, the first year being a mixed department common class. So, naturally we guys grew very eager to know who is who, who is hot and who is not among the newly joined college figures. These details were usually collected in the hostel rooms, where the fresh kids were summoned to our rooms for the enquiry session. After a bit of normal ragging stuff, the topic usually diverted to the beauties in his class. The answers would be Divya, Preetha, Aarthi Menon, Priya and all.

After 3 or 4 such session we found one particular name being repeated quite too often. Prarthana (Name changed). So, after a bit of a thought, myself and Vijay decided to check who she was. But before that we wanted to know a bit about her. So we asked the junior guy to ask her to fill up a bio-data form and give it to us (So that we would have something to talk when we go up to her!! We knew that our chances of getting tongue tied were pretty high!!! After all, being Mechanos, we dint have much of a knowledge in the art of flirting!!)

The next day that guy returned with the bio-data. I dismissed him and went up to Vijay’s room to check out the details. The bio data went like this…

Name: Prarthana
Age: 18
Fathers occupation: Police Commissioner
Hobbies: Martial Arts
Favorite sports: Karate

And other details about her schooling and all that.

Now, the starting part of the resume did give us the jitters but we smelled foul play in the entire proceedings. So the junior kid was once again summoned and grilled. Finally when given a choice of spitting out the truth or a couple of his teeth, he choose the former. He accepted making up the entire resume by himself with the help of his roommates. (Now, how we handled that issue is altogether a different story, as of now let us be focused on Prarthana!!)

The next day at the end of the lunch hour we both walked up to her class. I wasn’t very sure of myself but anyways I had the company of Vijay and was pretty confident that he would see to that everything went off smoothly. As we stood there sipping ice cold water at the water cooler we chanced upon the guy who had given us the made up resume. Seeing us he made a dash towards the door when our whistle made him stop dead on his tracks.

“Call her” I told.

Shaking his head in acceptance he went in and after a few seconds, out through the door came a girl. A beautiful girl. A very beautiful girl. (Hey…Not three, just one!)

I just stood there looking at her. Vijay looked at me expecting me to start something, but I just stood there looking at her.

“Hi! I am Prarthana” said she as if we thought she were Mother Theresa.

“Oh..Yeah! I am Vijay. This brother of yours over here...yes…brother...brother of yours over here is Hari”

Turing my head slowly I looked at Vijay but he ignored me. I turned back at Prarthana and she smiled at me. I nodded my head in acknowledgment. But wait…something was not quite all right when she smiled at me. Yeah! I got it. There was a huge gap between the two of her front teeth. All of a sudden she dint appear that beautiful to me!!! As I continued to stand there as Vijay asked her some totally absurd questions, I noticed a fat figure approaching us in the distance. It was Shankar. Remember Shankar? Now this guy was not invited to the party but still that dog wanted to barge in. He somehow wanted to join our conversation with Prarthana but he dint have a clue how. So with a very angry,serious,funny,confused expression writ large on his face he walked toward me and enquired “ Hey!Did you take care of that *&^%$# who had given you the wrong resume?”. Without losing any time I told that we had and so he needn’t loose sleep over it. Not knowing how to continue the conversation he looked at Prarthana and Vijay and angrily walked up to the water cooler. He tried dousing his burning stomach with ice cold water and after 3-4 glasses he once again walked up to me. “Er… in case of any issues with that guy just let me know. I will see to that he doesn’t play the fool once again” said Shankar all the while eyeing Prarthana and her lips!!! “Oh…buddy, there is absolutely no need of a guy of your caliber to step into such petty issues. It shall be taken care of…(drawing closer to him I said) Now better push off”. Scratching his head and not knowing how to break Prarthana’s conversation with Vijay he left and half way down the corridor he turned back and came toward us asking “Actually… whose class is it now?” and looking at my expression he left immediately muttering “Oh! Yeah it’s the IC engines hour!!”

Now all this while I was not aware of what was going on between Vijay and Prarthana. I once again focused on the conversation when I heard Vijay saying “Oh! You are so beautiful!” Drool Drool. “Oh! Thank you!” said she eyelashes fluttering. The gap between her teeth once again became apparent. Sick. “Actually, Preetha is our class beauty. She is sitting right there in the last bench” said she. We looked in that direction and sure enough a prettier creature was seated in the indicated spot. “Hmm..Oh..Er..Hmm..but actually you are more beautiful than her” said Vijay (More Drool Drool Drool) My shoes started to slip in the puddle of saliva that was fast gathering beneath our feet.

Oh God! Where have I got myself into? Why is this guy going on in this fashion? How do I change this topic? My mind raced to find a solution and sure enough I thought of something and when I was about to open my mouth, Vijay came up with this classic “You know, generally girls born on the 13th are very beautiful”. “Oh, No! Actually I told you my birthday is on the 31st not 13th” said she.

This was followed by a moment of complete pin drop silence. Vijay stood there stumped. But pretty soon he gathered himself and came up with this cult classic line “Hahaha! You know something? The three and one combination can be either way. So whether it is the 13th or the 31st, girls born on that date are beautiful”

I felt like repeatedly ramming my head in the pillar that stood next to me. But luckily the bell went off indicating the start of the afternoon session and so it was time to bid farewell to Prarthana; the beautiful girl with a gap between her front teeth through which a lorry can pass comfortably!!

Before leaving Vijay turned back and looked eye to eye at Prarthana and asked “You remember our names right?” She immediately replies “Oh! Yeah! His name is Hari and your name is..er…hmm..”

“Vijay.Vijay.Vijay. Don’t forget that.Its Vijay.”

With that we left that place when I heard the sound of a guy falling flat on the corridor floor. I turned back and saw him as he gathered himself up. Scratching his head he was wondering what that little puddle of fluid which made him slip and fall was!!

At least… you guys know the answer.

P.S: Chances are that Vijay might barge in here furiously with a different version!!! You guys just don’t believe him, Okay?

I love you all!!!