Chaitra

"So you jump off the walls?" He asked looking at me.

I felt like a child caught by her mother while stealing chocolate.

"I was practicing." was my not-so-intelligent reply. Like what the hell was I practicing jumping off a wall in college time? Am I in my senses or my brain slipped out of my body due to my jump?

"Practicing?" He asked raising a brow.

"Yeah...Pole jump. I was practicing pole jump." Here comes another dumb excuse of me.

"Without a pole?" He asked again.

Right now I am feeling like the most stupid person in the world. I face-palmed myself in embarrassment. I couldn't meet his gaze.

After an uncomfortable silence, he spoke again.

"So who's Hitler?" Shit! He heard what the junior said right? Waah beta what a great first impression you made! First, you got caught escaping from the college and now he will know the nickname you gave to your principal. You are a total pappu(dumb or stupid).

"That's.. that's  our principal!" I answered in an embarrassed tone.

"And concentration camp?" He asked again.

"His office." Right now I just wish I could disappear. It's so embarrassing.

He started laughing hard. I laughed nervously.

"See you soon Chaitra!" He said controlling his laugh.

"See you soon Mr. Chauhan!" I replied and literally ran inside.

Daksh

"See you soon Mr. Chauhan!" saying this she ran inside.  She calling me Mr. Chauhan is somehow irking me. I want her to call me by my first name.

But considering it our first meeting, I want her to address me by my first name is a very strange feeling for me too. 

I went to my office after that. 

The next two days went in a blur.

On Thursday evening I am sitting on the lawn with Nithi di, Rohan, Ronak, Naksh, and his wife Divya. We were talking some random stuff when Abhi, Maitri, Rakshit, Aakansha, and Akshaya came laughing. They are holding their stomachs and are laughing like fools.

"What happened to you? Why are you laughing like that?" Nithi di asked.

"Di.. Woh.. Woh.." Aakansha tried to speak in the middle of her laughs.

"Guys, what's so funny? Tell us so that we can also laugh!" Divya asked.

"Di woh Chaitra di.. she.." Maitri is trying to hold her laugh and speak now.

Listening to her name my interest in that topic increased 100 times.

"Will someone just say what happened?" Naksh asked getting irritated.

"Bhai woh... " Akshaya started narrating the incident.

Flashback

We were all doing our work when Tanya a spoiled brat came to us and started accusing us of being partial and making one of our classmates win.

"You piece of shit! How dare you make her win when I deserve to be the winner?" She asked accusing Aakansha and Seema. But Chaitra interrupted her.

"Excuse me miss, it's judges who decided the winners, not the coordinators. So please leave and let us do our work."

"Hell as if I am interested in talking to third-class people like you! I deserve the title so give it to me"

"That's it. How dare you call us third-class? Have you ever seen your face? You look like a witch with makeup and a vampire without it."

"How dare you?" She yelled and was about to slap Chaitra Di but Di moved away in time and she fell on the rangoli colors.

"Now you are a perfect cartoon." Seema di commented.

"You people I won't leave you!" she yelled again.

"Ushh you are shouting too much. Have some water and chill." Chaitra Di gave her a water bottle but she threw it away making Di angry.

So di planned something and bought some Telugu sweets. She gave one to all of us.

"Well, you... you can't have this. you can't handle it." Di said to Tanya in a mocking tone. 

Tanya was so infuriated that she grabbed two sweets and stuffed her mouth. 

After a second the whole auditorium is filled with her screams. 

Actually, Chaitra di stuffed Tanya's sweet with green chili.

She yelled for water and Di gave her the same bottle she threw away a while back.

Tanya's face was worth watching bhai. She looked a complete joker with that color and on top of that Di made her eat chili.

After they completed the narration they again started laughing and we joined them too. She is a real fire-cracker.

I want to meet her again. But how? I'm going to attend the celebrations tomorrow evening. But I want to see her early.

"Rohan we will go and check the arrangements tomorrow morning," I said looking at Rohan hoping he would not ask any questions.

"Are you free tomorrow morning?" Naksh asked.

"Yes! And I want to make sure everything is perfect."  I replied with an unasked reason.

"You and your perfection," Rohan complained.

"Fine, we will go." He added.

As planned we went to the college the next morning. I was searching for her but she is nowhere to be found. 

I got an important call so I came out to attend it.

When I was about to go in I saw her jumping the wall again. The only difference is this time she is entering college.

She is looking around to make sure no one is watching. I cleared my throat to make my presence known. She looked at me with terror and her eyes became wide.

"Mr. Chauhan you and here?" 

"I just came to inspect. By the way are you again practicing pole jump?"  I asked controlling my urge to laugh with great difficulty.

"No, I just forgot my ID." She replied.

"So?" I asked to prolong the conversation.

"Our watchman! He doesn't allow us in without ID even though he sees us every day and I don't have time to go back and bring my ID." She replied with irritation evident on her face.

"Now can we go in or do you have plans to jump again?" I asked her raising a brow.

"After you sir!" She replied with a sarcastic smile.

We went in and I sat in the auditorium with Rohan while they got busy with their preparations. 

After some time the Principal came there and looked at the arrangements. He started eating some of the food items kept there. When he ate something he started to scream like anything gaining everyone's attention.

We ran to him. He is holding some white stuff and is screaming. 

"Sir, are you alright? Have a laddu." Chaitra gave a laddu to him and after having it and drinking some water he was fine.

"What the hell is that?" Sir roared maybe due to the spice effect.

"It's a sweet," Karthik replied.

"Why there is mirchi in it if it's sweet?" He yelled again.

"Because I stuffed it with green chili," Chitra replied bluntly. Her friends are trying to stop her.

"Why did you do that?" He asked.

"Just in case someone irritates my team. But why did you have it, sir?"  She questioned him back.

"How would I know about your stupid pranks?" was his reply.

Everyone is controlling their laugh.

"By the way what is it called?" Sir asked again.

"They are pootharekulu sir. Here try it." She forwarded a box filled with sweets to him. But sir is hesitating.

"There is nothing that would harm this time I promise." She replied with the most innocent face.

She gave one to me and then gave the box to Seema who passed it to everyone. It is really yummy and melted in my mouth. It is filled with dry fruits and is very tasty.