~~~ The Back Bencher ~~~
CHAPTER 1
A car stopped in front of a building, holding a big board, "MPVM Psychic Center", written on it.
Two young and beautiful ladies stepped out of the car. They moved inside, when one of them got a call.
"Hello...ji han aap hi ke phone ka wait kar rahi thi. Wo Main shreya ke sath hospital aayi hu. Daya ki treatment khatam ho chuki hai na, he is getting discharged today." Said the lady and turned to shreya.
"Shreya tu andar chal, formalities puri kar, main bas inse baat karke aati hu, ok." She said smiling and moved in a corner to talk to the caller, her husband actually.
Shreya nodded and moved ahead, suddenly she turned and called her friend, "purvi... Please jaldi aana han."
Purvi paused her conversation and turned to her, "han baba aati hu, nervous kyun ho rahi hai." She said smiling.
Shreya too smiled in return and moved ahead.
"Hello doctor" said shreya entering the chamber.
"Oh hi, kafi jaldi aa gayi aap Mrs Shreya." Doctor said greeting her. He offered her a seat. "Oh, main bhi na, kaisi baate kar raha hu, aapki excitement samajh sakta hu. Lekin abhi aapko thoda aur intejar Karna hoga Daya se Milne ke liye, bas kuch formalities baki hain. Uske baad aap apne pati ko ghar le ja sakti hain." Said the doctor smiling.
Shreya too smiled back, "hmm..thank you doctor. Main bahar wait karti hu." She said and came outside.
She occupied her seat on a bench in the corner. Soon purvi too came and joined her.
"Kya hua shreya, yaha kyun baithi hai?" She asked sitting beside her.
"Doctor ne wait karne ko bola hai, thoda time lagega daya ke discharge me." Shreya told her shifting a little aside to make a place for purvi.
"Oh" said purvi and leaned her back on the backrest. "Kitni ajeeb baat hai na shreya. Daya ke yaha aane aur yaha se wapas jane ki, dono ki wajeh common hai. Aur wo hai uska tujhse pyar Karna. He loves you so much. Kaisa lag raha hai tujhe pure 1 saal baad daya se Milne ki baat sochkar.?" Purvi asked looking at shreya.
Shreya took a sigh, "aisa lag raha hai, jaise daya se pehli baar Milne ja rahi hu. Itni jaldi 5 saal kaise beet gaye pata hi nahi chala. Lagta hai kal hi ki to baat hai, jab main pehli baar daya se mili thi. Tune hi to milwaya tha. Yaad hai wo din?" Shreya said chuckling.
They both looked at each other and got lost in the memories.
5 years back
"Hi, kya padh rahi hai?" Purvi asked shreya getting inside the car.
"Kuch nahi yaar, wo chopda sir ke notes dekh rahi thi. Kitna confusing hai ye." Shreya said flipping the pages of her notebook.
"Offo shreya, college pahuch ke padh lena, abhi raste me bhi kitab me muh ghusa ke rakhna jaruri hai kya?" Said purvi annoyingly.
"Han bilkul jaroori hai. Pata bhi hai, last semester, I scored only 95 %. Can you believe it? I mean, mera record to dekh, 98 se neeche kabhi nahi." Shreya said nodding her head in no.
"Uff.. Kya fark padta hai? 95 ho ya 98 , topper to tu hi hai na. Sare teachers ki favorite bhi." Purvi said adjusting her hair.
"Fark padta hai yaar. Dad ne kaisa sada sa muh banaya tha mere 95 % dekhkar. He expected above 98, and what I got? below 98. I am ashamed of my result" shreya said writing something on her notebook.
Purvi banged her head, "shreya, tu na ekdum original piece hai. Wo sunny aur ayaan ko dekh, 45 % par kya badi wali party di thi pure class ko, aur ek tu hai, top kiya hai tune with 95% marks, phir bhi muh latka rakha hai."
"Wo sunny aur ayaan hain, lekin main shreya hu, Shreya Bajaj. Jiske khandan me sirf toppers paida hote hain. Jis din main second aayi na us din ya to dad mera gala daba denge ya phir main khud wo Naye wale bridge se kood jaungi. Kyunki top par rehna humare khandan ki parampara hai, jise todne wale ko maafi nahi milti." Shreya said still writing something.
"Thank God! I am still in top 5, warna tere dad to tujhe mujhse Milne bhi nahi denge. Mr Hitler Bajaj." She said and received a deadly glare from shreya. But the next moment they both burst out in a huge laughter.
Within couple of minutes they reached their college. They got out of the car. Shreya was walking while reading her book. She was not looking ahead and collided with someone and her notebook dropped down.
"Aahh..what the hell are you doing? Dekh ke nahi chal sakte." Shreya burst out on the boy she collided with.
The boy bent and picked up her notebook. "Sorry shreya, ye lo. By the way good morning" He said giving her notebook back to her.
Shreya almost snatched her notebook from his hand and made an annoyed face.
The boy felt embarrassed, he looked at purvi and wished her morning. She replied with a sweet smile. Shreya moved ahead murmuring something.
"Idiot, loser...huhh!"
Purvi followed her. "Shreya, tu kabhi smile nahi kar sakti kya. Kitni himmat karke to Vijay ne good morning bola tujhe."
"Vijay? Who the hell is this Vijay." Shreya asked making faces.
"God! Classmate hai wo humara. Par tu chod, tujhe bhala kaise pata hoga, tu back benchers ki taraf kabhi aankh uthakar dekhti bhi hai jo unhe pehchanegi." Purvi said taunting her.
Shreya looked at her with a jerk, "what? Back bencher? Pehle nahi bata sakti thi? Usne meri notebook ko touch bhi kaise kiya? I just hate back benchers!" Shreya said gritting her teeth.
"Ok ok relax, meri topper queen. Sare back benchers idiot nahi hote. Aur kya pata Teri kismat me koi back bencher hi likha ho? Hmm? Ab tere liye 98 above wale ladke dundh pana to mushkil hi hoga na." Purvi said teasing her.
Shreya hit her with her book, "shut up, we are getting late, bakwas band kar apni."
And they headed for their class.
The lecture was on, shreya was totally engrossed in the topic, but purvi found it boring. She shifted her attention from the lecture and started moving her eyes here and there. While doing so she spotted a handsome, good looking boy sitting at the last bench just beside Vijay was staring at shreya. Purvi jerked her head and shifted her gaze. Sometimes later she again looked backward and again found the same boy still staring at shreya. Purvi looked at shreya and found her totally unaware of this.
"Kaun hai ye badtameej ladka? Kabse shreya ko ghoore hi ja raha hai. Pehle kabhi to apni class me nahi dekha." Purvi thought and looked away.
She didn't tell shreya about him. But she started keeping an eye on him. She was shocked knowing that actually he was following shreya continuously.
Whenever they are in canteen, he always used to take a seat just behind shreya. In library, he always used to study the same book, shreya was reading, that too sitting just behind her. Purvi noticed it for so long while shreya was still unaware of this because it was not her job of interest to look at the back benchers and talk to them.
Finally purvi decided to tell shreya about that crazy boy. Shreya didn't believe easily in it.
"Kya, wo mujhe itne dino se follow kar raha hai, aur tu mujhe ab bata rahi hai. Bloody back bencher, milna padega isse to? pitega kal mujhse tu dekhna." Shreya said gritting her teeth.
Shreya was so curious about him. The girl who always hated to look backward, was looking again and again at the back benches just to see an unknown classmate. But he didn't come.
Soon the lecture started and shreya got engrossed in her study and forgot about the boy. After 5 to 7 minutes, purvi looked behind and was shocked to see him sitting at his regular seat. She nudged shreya and signalled her to look back. Shreya turned her head and looked back.
She was shocked seeing a boy staring at her. But as soon she looked at him, he looked away. Shreya felt very strange.
Shreya decided to scold him and warn him, but she couldn't do so. She even didn't get enough time to get some information about him. All she could do was just catching him red handed stealing glances at her.
"Wo back bencher diwana lagta hai humari topper queen ka." Purvi started teasing her.
"Shut up yaar." Shreya always ignored it.
One day shreya lost her wallet in college. It was full of cash, credit cards, her ID card and some other important stuffs. Shreya lost her temper. She was panicked.
Purvi consoled her and took her back to her home to make her relax.
"I am so stupid purvi? Kya karu ab main? Usme mera I card hai, credit cards hain, ATM card hai. Dad ko bataya to meri khair nahi. Humari family me is tareh ki laparwahi karne wale ko bilkul maafi nahi milti." Shreya said on the verge of tears.
Purvi kept her hand on her shoulder, "Relax shreya, mil jayega."
Meanwhile someone rang the doorbell. Leaving shreya, purvi went and opened the door. She was shocked seeing the same boy standing there with shreya's wallet .
"Umm...hi, main ye wallet dene aaya tha." He said gently.
Purvi couldn't hold, she called shreya loudly. Shreya cane there and she too was stunned seeing him there.
"Mera wallet? Tumhare paas kaise? Kaha mila tumhe?" She started her enquiry.
"Ye aap library me bhool aayi thi." He said simply.
"Shreya, dekh sab kuch sahi hai na?" Purvi suggested.
Shreya checked her wallet and was relieved seeing everything at its place. She closed her eyes and thanked God. Then she looked at him who was staring at her like always.
"Thank you so much! Thank you..." She paused.
"Umm...daya, daya shetty!" He said smiling at her.
"Thanks daya." Shreya said smiling.
Purvi was shocked at shreya. She whispered to her, "haww shreya, kya kar rahi hai? Tu ek back bencher se baat kar rahi hai, aur isne to tera wallet bhi chu liya, ab kya hoga."
"Shut up !" Shreya whispered, "daya andar aao na, coffee pikar jana, purvi coffee leke aa na tu." She said signalling her through her eyes to go.
Purvi smiled, "han bilkul, tum dono baitho, main coffee lekar aati hu." She said and moved inside.
Shreya looked at daya and asked him to come inside. Daya took his eyes off from her for a moment and came inside.
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A/N: hello all…here I am starting my new fiction on dareya obviously
Hope you guys likeed the starting. The story will be in flashbacks.
You all must be thinking what daya was doing in the Psychic centre, right? I think you all have guessed that daya is a psychic lover in this story.
He loves shreya beyond insanity. Stay tuned to know more if you find this story interesting enough.
One more question, I wanted your suggestions for Purvi's partner? Suggest your choices and I'll decide on the basis of your suggestions ki purvi ko kiske sath pair karna hai. Though it will be totally dareya centric but still I want a name for purvi's partner.
See you all soon…till then
Keep loving dareya…
Love you all…
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