The K-factors!! (PART-1)

Well, I thought it was time I started writing about my school friends and I will start with my very recent friends. The K-factors of my life!! The two people that I would’ve never talked to if, circumstances were different. The two people with whom I’d fought for a seat, never realizing that someday I’d be the one who would sit with them. Those two people that I never noticed in entire 14 years of my school life!! Even I’d not known that one them actually existed in my batch. I had literally never heard of him or just seen him; he just came out of the blue, seriously!!

THE FIRST MEETING

I knew they were in my class and I had talked to them but the conservations we ever had were only about the seat and nothing else. Then, this fateful day comes and I’m literally forced to be in their company. My friend gets sick at the last moment and doesn’t show up for the book fair visit where we were supposed to meet an American diplomat. I didn’t have any option other than to be with them so, in that small room I silently go and stand beside that always smiling, tom boyish, loud voiced girl, praying to god that my friend magically comes or this BF of this K girl stops staring at me as if I would steal his GF!!

I always used to think that the K girl and K boy had a thing…you see I thought they were more than just friends. I thought that they were the classic example of opposite attract each other. The K girl with the smiley faces and blow-it-off attitude whereas, the K boy always seemed reserved and serious to the core!!

Alas!! I soon realized that they were not together!! But, it’s not my mistake you see; the guy never talked to anyone and quietly followed the K girl, head high and sometimes smiling while looking at her!! What was I supposed think?? I must confess I thought it was a cute story…the silent types, never saying anything but still understanding each other types. But, all I can say now is that everything is not as it seems!!

The K girl and k boy didn’t object at me sitting with them in the bus but still as we sat waiting for the bus to start, there was certain awkwardness between us. Then, the K girl said “chalo kuch khelte hai”, and the bus started. This was the first time the K boy spoke in my presence suggesting that we play dumb charades…me being me, initially refused because I knew I couldn’t act and was horrible at it but, majority wins!! And with the start of this game our friendship also started!!

All the way to Pragati Maidan we played this game and first time I realized that I could laugh that much. I mean I’d never laughed so much in one day let alone 1 hour!! I totally enjoyed my time through the journey and even when we got out of bus we played this game while walking. All the way back also we played the same game and I’m amazed that I was not bored with it, more importantly, they both were not fed up of me because I’m a terrible actor and whenever I’ve to guess I start laughing!! So, this was the day of the beginning our amazing friendship!!

To Be Continued…