Chapter-14

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"Achoo..." Zoya sneezed and sniffed her nose. She was sitting in the college cafeteria and completing her notes.

"I told you Zoya to stay at home, why did you come to college? I told you that I will give you my notes...you are still not well?" Tanya said sitting across her and munching on her sandwich.

"I'm fine...achoo..." She sneezed again and took the other sandwich from the tray.

"You are so much fine that you are sneezing out of happiness.." She said eyeing her from up and down.

"I got bored at home..." She said making a pout.

"Anyways, have you studied for tomorrow's test?"

"Test!? Which test?!" Her mouth opened in surprise and she looked at her as if she has grown two heads.

"I told you a week ago.." She said casually taking another bite from her sandwich.

"You didn't!" She said making her eyes wide.

"I didn't?" She said thinking about something. "So, I'm telling you now...we tomorrow have a test of all the matter which we studied the whole month..."

"I was absent for two weeks in the previous month...what will I do tomorrow?! TANYA!!!" She swatted on her head with a rolled up 'thin' book.

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Zoya was lying flat on her stomach on her bed and was trying to prepare for the test. She had a pile of paper to read and everything seemed to be in Japanese. She wasn't understanding anything. Moreover, her head was aching more after reading every sentence. Unknowingly she felt asleep in the same position in which she was studying. The pages of her notes fluttered with the effect of the fan and soon it was night. She woke up late at night, very late. She stretched her hands to feel at ease but after looking at the condition of the room with the papers scattered all around her, she realized the seriousness of the situation. It was her first exam after she resumed her studies again and she was feeling as if she has never given one.

She picked up all the papers and made them stand in a stack. Looking at the height of the stack, her headache returned. How will she give tomorrow's test? She hasn't prepared for it! How will she become like him?! She will lose faith on herself?!  She knew that she was overreacting but she can't help it.

"Ahhh...!!!" She shrieked and held her head as if to get some relief but nothing was helping her. She touched her forehead and found it burning.

"Just Great !!!" She said and sat down on her bed with a thud. Soon, tears started streaming down her face and she was crying. She was crying on her situation. Only one person can help  her.

She dialed his number looking at the clock. The clock was staring back at her showing 1:35 a.m. She felt nervous as he wasn't picking up the call.

"Tanya to ghode bechkar so rahi hogi...she wouldn't pick up..." She whispered to herself. (Tanya would be sleeping as if she has no test tomorrow...)

She tried his number again, crossing her fingers and muttering God's name and...he picked up after some rings.

"Hello.." He said in a sleepy and husky voice.

"Hey..."

"Who's this?"

"You are asking ME who's this?!"

"Zoya..." He said and checked his phone to confirm.

"Oh...You actually called at 2:00 a.m....tell me now what happened..." He said still in his sleepy voice.

"Were you sleeping?"

"Absolutely not ! I was doing a research on how to restrict people from calling you at 2 in the morning and ask you were you sleeping..." He said imitating her.

"Sorry...Bye..." She felt tears again surfacing her eyes and was about to cut the call when he stopped her action.

"Aree jab tumne mujhe ab utha hi diya hai to bolo..." (When you have already woken me up then say what you have to say...)

"I-I have a test tomorrow and I hav-en't prepared for it..." She said trying her best to not cry.

"Look, Zoya when you choose something then you have to give your best to it...you were so ambitious about it then what happened?"

"Actually, I wasn't well from the last two weeks...I was having fever and the doctor informed me to not study...I wanted to but my parents hid all the books somewhere...I'm very passionate about this...but..." She started crying in a low voice.

"Why are you crying? Stop crying first of all...and let me first have a coffee then only I can decide something..."

"Coffee!? What a brilliant idea! I will also make it..."

They both started making coffee for themselves still hooked up on their phone talking to each other. Zoya didn't realized but her headache was long gone. He had some magic in his voice, you will forget all your worries just by listening to it and that magic was working great on her each and every time.

"Do you like black coffee or the milk one?" He asked as he poured hot water in his cup.

"It depends on my mood but I prefer black one more.."

"Same, I too like black coffee more..."

"Do you add sugar to your coffee?" She asked this time.

"Just half a teaspoon..." He answered stirring his coffee with a spoon.

"I also add only half a teaspoon only..."

"Now tell me what happened?" He asked sitting on the kitchen island.

"I have a test tomorrow and I haven't prepared for it... this is my first test after I resumed my studies...what should I do? How will I become like you if I keep scoring less...I so much want to become like you...someone who can bring a smile on the other person's face just by flashing his...someone who can make anyone feel happy and forget their worries just by his talks, someone who radiates happiness around itself...I want to become a psychologist like you!" She said squealing with happiness on the phone. He couldn't help but his lips automatically formed a smile. No one has appreciated him so much and to be someone's inspiration or idol is so much great. He never experienced this happiness which she brought to him. How does it feel to be someone's idol? Well, he can answer this question now.

Both heard a crackling noise on the other side at the same time.

"Are you, also eating chips?" She asked.

"If I say yes then..."

"You are actually having them ! Oh my god! I told you, you will love them now tell me how did you fell in love with them?" She waited patiently as if it was the most needed gossip of the time.

"I had them for the first time with you then the second time was....yes, I was feeling very hungry and this seemed to be the most easy option and then I started having them together...and what are you saying love and all...you seemed as if a teenager ready to hear a romantic story..."

"What's wrong in being that?"

"So, you want to go through that teenager phase again?"

"You can't tease me like this!"

"Of course, I can..!"

They talked for some time more of random stuff, giggling and laughing in between. His gaze landed on the wall clock and saw it telling the time to be 4:00 a.m.

"I think I should sleep for some time more...I have to go to hospital then..."

"I have my college also...Bye, goodnight no morning no yes, sweet dreams..." He chuckled at her cute antics.

"Bye..."

"Listen, don't worry about your test...it's just a test not your final exam...you have studied for half the syllabus...it will be good and you also know that this isn't your best so don't be sad over it when you can do nothing about it all the best..." He cut the call after saying this making her relax and making her sleep go somewhere very far from her.

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