Though Emma felt guilty about her grandfather willing to sleep on the floor with a mattress, she couldn't do anything else for him. If she hadn't played a prank on her aunt, this would have not happened. She tried her best to convince her grandfather every day but he would not change his decision.All those who had written the medical entrance exam were now looking up for enrolling in colleges. Counselling sessions were held for those who wanted governments seats. Those whose rank wasn't much but qualified for the exam could pay money and get into any university or college of their choice. Since Ria was already under the non-residential Indians quota, she would have to cough up more money even if she qualified and got a rank.To Ria's shock, she did not have the rank she thought she would. She wondered if she was going to disappoint her

Ria filled the form for admission and gave it to her father, who submitted it along with her high school certificates to a bald man who sat outside the Dean's room.In return, the man gave him a couple of papers. On the top of one of the papers, Medical Fitness Certificate was written. Few papers were attached to it from behind."We are taking most of the tests in this building today. You can go to the study room on the first floor. They will guide you from there for other tests. The X-ray will be taken only in the hospital." said the bald man.Ria along with the father walked used the U shaped stairs near the office to reach the floor. The study room was directly in front of them. It was a huge room with students sitting at one end and doctors examining the students

Ria spend the next few days buying books for her college. While she had gone inside to give the x-ray for her chest, her father had gone to the office to get the list of books needed. In addition to this, she also had to buy aprons and a dissection box.Her aunt insisted her father to buy some traditional clothes for her as well."Your daughter doesn't look like Indian. That shirt is so short and those jeans are so tight. She is going to study in a college that is away from the city. People from villages and towns will come there. There will not look at her as a doctor. Please buy some Indian clothes for her." said Mrs Gayatri Malhotra."There is no way I will wear those uncomfortable clothes.""Ria, Gayatri is right. You must wear so

Ria and Nazia sat on their beds unpacking their suitcases quietly. Ria didn't remove her clothes but she removed a large plastic cover which she kept separately to put used clothes in. She wondered if there was any laundry shop nearby the college."Is there any laundry shop nearby?" Ria asked Nazia."No, but there is a room downstairs that has a washing machine, a television and a fridge. We can use it but we have to pay the warden.""I have noticed something in India. We have to pay for every small thing. I mean payment just to keep something in the fridge sounds absurd to me." said Ria, shocked."I know it sounds funny. I can understand about using a washing machine but we will hardly use a fridge. We would be eating in the hostel canteen. Maybe once or twice we may need to keep something in the fridge and just for that, we have to pay. It sounds like the college is desperate for money." said Nazia.

Ria had never expected her first evening on the campus to be so eventful. She didn't think she would land in trouble with the seniors. Even though she felt happy after getting them arrested, she wondered what lay ahead of her. She didn't bring anything for the mattress because she thought that it was already provided by the hostel so she asked Nazia if she could borrow a bedsheet from her. It was the only thing she could do for the moment. Ria decided to send some money to her uncle and ask him to buy a couple of bedsheets and a blanket for her.Nazia removed two white bedsheets. She gave one to Ria and adjusted the other one on the mattress. Ria sighed as she sat on the bed. She looked at Nazia who had already fallen asleep. Ria now decided to focus on her plan. Tomorrow w