North Meets South (Part-4)

Dan silently stayed in the room, studying most of the time. Listening to the stories of Montek and Upman - about the girls in their classrooms and thinking - How much these people waste time on unnecessary matters. Sheravan, Modi and Akhil used to chit chat along with Upman and Montek for a long time. Sometimes, they used to chit chat for 6-7 hours in a single stretch. But Dan, sitting at a corner used to study for exams. First semester ended. Results are out.

Everyone thought that Dan would be the topper. But it was Upman, the second was Montek. Well, there is one thing for Dan to be happy about. A custom started that throughout the four years, whoever comes first in any semester, he should give party to the rest of the guys in the room. So, Upman became the scape goat of first semester.

Dan couldn’t understand, why his result went down. So, in the second semester, Dan tried to become social. Started helping people. One day, he went to a bank, where there is a old woman, who couldn’t fill the with drawal form. She asked Dan for help. And there is the NRI girl, Diana standing there. Dan took hold of the opportunity, and started a conversation

Dan – “Hey, you are from first year na”

Diana – “Yeah”

Dan gave a moment pause, expecting her to tell her name, so that he could tell his. She didn’t

Dan – “This old lady present here wants me to fill her form, but I can’t understand Odiya, so could you help me?”

Diana – “Yeah sure”

Then the translation happened, slowly, from the old woman to Diana and then from Diana to Dan. The filling of the form is over. Then, Diana went away.

Dan went to the room filled with jubilance to tell his friend’s that he too met a girl. When he entered the room, he overheard them speaking about a girl with dangerous attitude levels. Dan understood that they were talking about the girl he just met. Dan asked what was her name, and Modi – “Her name was Diana”. When Dan told them about what happened just then, they started teasing Dan using the name of Diana. Dan felt good - Now, I am one of them