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her parents noticed, they pretended like
everything was fine and didn’t approach her even for lunch. The day
passed like this till the evening, when Pallavi entered Laksha’s
room with a lot of hesitation.
    Laksha didn’t even
get up. She looked away as Pallavi latched the door. But when
Pallavi put her head on her lap and started weeping, she responded
instantly. Pallavi caught hold of her hands and said,
    “ I am so
sorry, I didn’t mean to hurt you. But since I know you were hurt by
him, I didn’t want to reveal our friendship. He is a nice guy, but
you’re more important than him. I will cut his friendship for you
Laksh, please don’t leave me, I’m sorry!”
    When there was no
response, she continued, “Talk to me, please, kill me if you want,
but don’t burn me with your silence. I promise you, no more Prabhu.
He is going to Mumbai for his internship and if he does well, the
company will pick him, offering a job, that’s why he really wanted
to talk yesterday.”
    “ Whatever,”Laksha
replied.
    ***
    27 th May 2010
    The days rolled by swiftly
and the final exam results were announced . All landline
and cell phones in the house were busy, with Laksha biting her
nails in anxiety and praying to her favorite spiritual guru, Shirdi
Sairam. She could hardly bear it when the day came and her dad was
noting down scores relayed by her cousin on the other end,"160 –
commerce, 152 – Accounts, 187 – French, ok then, ok, ok" ermmm..
Excellent, “Lakshaaaaaa, You passed with 78%,” shouted her dad with
excitement.
    Laksha’s
eyes widened with happiness, and she got all geared up, jumping
with joy. Later that day, she dressed up to celebrate along with
her friends while her parents got busy informing all their
relatives. Laksha was overwhelming, and
she was noting down her friend’s marks, the overall percentage of
her school seems to out beat the competitive schools which added
to her joy.
    Pallavi had scored a high percentile of
89%, regarding which Laksha was almost happier than Pallavi
herself. They planned to celebrate together and after several
back-and-forth between the 2 families, they won by getting
permission to go to Pondicherry with a few other
girlfriends.
    The five of them were going to be
accompanied by a friend’s older sister who was good at driving. She
promised their parents to take enough care of the adolescent bunch
and get them back home sharp 7 P.M After all the drama, they
finally headed towards the ECR highway that would take them to
Pondicherry.
    “ You girls, are you all
nuts? What do you all
know about Pondicherry? Do you at least know what one would do
there?” smirked the driving Priyanka.
    Though annoyed, Laksha replied to this
by saying that they loved visiting the Ashram and
Auroville.
    “ Come on! You girls have
just completed school, right? It’s time to get spoiled” she laughed
while the others glared at her younger sister
    Pallavi and Laksha had a great time
walking along the French-style streets, while the others were
praying in the ashram. They had excused themselves from the others
for some time gripping each other hand tight, they walked
synonymously in the same speed with a plaster smile on their face.
The breezy weather allowed them to have a great time in silence;
they were totally comfortable with each other without even speaking
a single word.
    Then Laksha asked, “Pallavi, any news
about that Prabhu?”
    “ Nope, the day after my
birthday was the last time we spoke, he asked me to come to the
railway station, but I was busy crying on your lap that time, so he
sent me a long text and walked out of my life,” Pallavi blinked
rapidly six times to stop the sudden tears from rolling down her
cheeks.
    “ Why this question all of a
sudden? You still suspect me, huh?,” she continued. “I trust you
more than my life. It’s just that as I was deciding on institutes
to study Interiors after my UG, and wondering whether to directly
join interiors, one of the best