Ria and Nancy returned exactly an hour later with a huge smile on their face. It wasn't a happy smile but Nazia felt that they had done something which was not good. She wanted to win the elections but not by using the wrong path and she wondered what her friends were up to. She knew that Ria and Nancy were very bold but their boldness often got them in trouble. Ria did not believe in compromising any situation. She would often go too far to show someone that they were wrong. Although she did not like it yet she could never stop her from it.
"What is with that smile on your face?" asked Nazia, concerned.
"Yes, that smile looks creepy," said Anusha.
"Oh, girls! Please relax and enjoy the show," said Nancy, as she and Ria sat down on their bench.
"Nancy, if you did something wrong then be ready to get scolded at home. I will call your mother and tell you everything," said Anusha.
"Anusha dear, there is no foul play here. Just a reaction to an action
After Nazia's speech, two more students gave their speeches. One of them was from Ria's stretcher. He was very tall and had curly hair that almost covered his eyes. His name was Sai Kumar. Ria wondered how could see anything with that hair over his eyes. The other boy was neither tall nor short. He wore simple shoes and clothes. Ria almost felt that she had never seen him before. His name was Abhijeet Sehgal. Doctor Shruti left the room saying that she would come back again."I am going to vote for Nazia but I am confused about the guys," said Ria."I am going to vote for Sai. He sounds very serious about his work," said Anusha."Yes, so serious that his eyes got covered with his hair," said Ria.Anusha scowled at Ria but Ria continued to smile. Anusha rolled her eyes at Ria's attitude."He looks as though someone broke his heart and he is still suffering from that pain. He decided to grow more hair in the front so that he would not see any g
Ria played the video that she had recorded earlier when she went downstairs. The video showed Vinodna's friends talking about Manisha removing a few of Nazia's votes to make Vinodna win. This shocked everyone in the classroom. Nazia looked furiously at Manisha, who kept sneezing again and again because of her allergy."Manisha, how could you even think of abusing your position to make someone win?" asked Doctor Shruti loudly, after watching the video completely."Aahchoo!" said Manisha."Shruti Mam, I am sorry," said Vinodna.She kept her head down and Ria could see that she was completely embarrassed now. Ria did not feel any sympathy for her. Instead, it made her angrier. She had tried to win unfairly.
The argument Ria and Anusha had did not continue the next half of the day but neither of them spoke to each other. Ria did not care much about it. She had never extended her hand for friendship towards her. She only sat along with her because of Nancy. Anusha was Nancy's cousin and they frequently sat in Anusha's car to reach the college. Personally, Ria hoped that Nancy would shift to the hostel but unfortunately no room was available for her to stay.After the election fiasco, all the first-year students were asked to take a lunch break before their laboratories. Ria and her friends went to the college canteen for their lunch. Ria as usual had to buy curd again to eat with the rice. Nancy and Nazia took a chicken sandwich. Nancy ate as though she never had anything that delicious in her life."Umm..so yummy!"
Ria never knew that someday she would have to experiment on her own blood in a college. Her parents had never told that to her anytime and she felt that she wasn't ready for it. The professor in front was strangely looking at her again and again. This made Ria fear that she might observe her while she would be doing the same experiment later. It made her so nervous that suddenly her hands and feet went sweaty. Back in school, Ria and her friends had made a plan for the dissection of the cockroach. Only Leela was not afraid of cockroaches while the others could not even touch them before dissection. Their parents were tiger parents, very determined for them to do and therefore they could not opt-out of the dissection class. So Ria and her friends decided to use Leela's cockroach for the dissection.The idea was to pretend as though you were working on it. Once Leela finished, she wo
Life at Lakshmi Narayan Medical College suddenly changed after Ria attended her physiology laboratory. They now started having the classes for all the subjects after dissection in the morning and laboratories in the afternoon. The dissection began at nine am sharp and those who were even five minutes late were made to stand outside.Three hours later they had their anatomy and embryology class with Dr Hari Prasad but Ria had decided to skip it and sit in the library studying. Anatomy class would be followed by biochemistry. After the break, they would have physiology and finally laboratory.Nazia did not like Ria skipping the class and refused to give a proxy for her attendance. She was announced as a class representative and she was supposed to take attendance for dissection and the class after it. Ria began to give various excuses eve
Dinesh agreed to show Ria how to wear the Nauvari sari. It had a typical Maharashtrian saree draping which Ria's mother often wore in Indian weddings. Ria decided to contest for fresher's day. This wanted to show Manisha that she isn't afraid of anything and no one can challenge her. This was going to be a tough task for Ria because she had never done it before. The sari that she borrowed from Nazia was torn while she tried to walk in it but this time she was determined to do her best. Luckily, their fresher's day was postponed to the next week and this gave Ria some more time to practice. Since Dinesh did not stay in the hostel, he could bring a sari for her. Ria was very careful while selecting the sari because she didn't want to look like a clown. Of all the photos Dinesh showed her which he saw online, Ria selected a red silk sari with a green blouse. Dinesh agreed to meet her
Nazia's continuous rude behaviour with Dinesh made him so upset that he began to make more demands. Ria is now supposed to do the physiology homework's that Professor Shruti assigned them. Ria tried to hide everything from her roommate Nazia's vulture eyes but she was exposed. Nazia, who was the female class representative, was given the task to collect homework. She immediately recognized Ria's handwriting, though Dinesh submitted the papers along with his friend. Her vulture eyes looked at Dinesh furiously and before she could say anything further, he pelted across the benches quickly."Ria, he is crossing his limit. Just stop asking him for help.""Nazia, we are only helping each other now. Once the fresher's day is over, I won't need to do anything.""Please just think once again."
Finally, Sunday came, which meant that Ria could spend some hours away from her books to practice how to wear and walk in Sari. Dinesh would bring the sari for her and she would have to try it. He would show her how to wear the Nauvari style of sari. Nazia also agreed to come along to help her. Ria felt nervous because if she messed up something today, she would look like an idiot in front of Dinesh. This was a very important day for her because she wanted to show Manisha that she is up for any challenge and there was nothing Ria couldn't do.However, by Sunday, many first-year girls suddenly became hostile to them. Many of them were very rude and few even dared to ask her if she could walk in a sari."Don't worry about that. This would probably last until the competition. Many girls from hostel are participating for fresher's day and they think you already have an edge." said Nazia as she and Ria sat on in the corner of their hostel canteen."I don't get you,"