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understood the hints, Saurav and his part of
the story. She called in sick, was and kept thinking about the
incidents over and over. Though it goes in vain, after all, that’s
what a girl’s mind usually does. To her surprise, her mom didn’t
ask her anything about it on their call; even when Laksha
volunteered to talk, she ignored it and changed the
topic.
    She thought it was time to talk to
Pallavi as well, and after a lot of thought, dialed her
number.
    “ Pallavi, I want to tell you
something important,”
    “ Me too!”
    “ Ha.. Okay! So
this..,”
    “ Can I go first?” Pallavi
interrupted.
    “ Oh sure! What’s the
news?”
    “ You know what? I
interviewed with four companies in this campus drive, I didn’t get
through any and I’mstill jobless, but the others are all placed,”
Pallavi started to cry.
    “ Oh My God.. Pallavi, Wait.
Don’t cry.. You will get a job soon,” Lakshasaid.
    “ No Laksha, I am.. Sure, I
will get some other job, but you know, there were stupid
incidents,” she started to explain.
    “ That’s good, don’t lose
hope! Cheer up, okay? Shall we meet? Even I want to talk to you,”
Laksha told.
    “ I’m not planning to go to
Chennai without a nice job offer,”
    “ Pallavi..”
    “ Don’t force me, I am
already upset because of these people Laksha, you know when the top
ten were selected for training to do well in the placement, the
whole class pointed at me, stating I would bag the first
offer.”
    “ Hmm.. Hmm..”
    “ I tried really hard, I was
all prepared with everything, right from current affairs to all the
aptitude problems in R. S. Agarwal book, Shakuntala Devi book,
solving Sudoku, what not,”
    “ I understand Pallavi, hard
work never fails, you will get an awesome job for sure honey,”
Laksha tried to calm her down, but failed.
    “ See Laksh, I am the only
one without a job in the whole lot, nobody talks to me now, they
kept saying that I would definitely make it, and it did build my
confidence, but I have never dreamt of getting back to college
empty handed.”
    “ I know how it feels; I also
understand that you need me right away. I have taken leave for a
few days, can I just come over to CBE? What do you
think?”
    “ Will you?” Pallavi
asked.
    “ I’m booking my tickets
right away! See you soon!” Laksha explained.
    “ Hi Saurav, I have an
emergency, am leaving for my hometown tomorrow. I would like to
extend my leave for the next two weeks, as am not well, my parents
want me to get back, I will complete my medicals and get back
asap .” Laksha sent a small text for which
she received a “ take
care ” in return.
    “ Dad, there’s some touring
here in the office, I need some money, can you send some?” Laksha
asked over the phone.
    “ How much? 1000 bucks will
do?” he asked.
    “ Daaaddddddd,”
    “ Hahahaa.. Okay! I will put
10k by evening, alright?”
    “ Thanks dad, love you!”
Laksha was excited about her sudden visit to Pallavi’s
place.
    ***
    Dec 2013
    As she started packing her bags, she
had many thoughts about Sai running in her mind. She tried to
ignore them, but she understood that it was just not possible. She
finally managed to say “it’s ok, it’s ok,” to herself to get out of
the distraction.
    Three and a half hours of journey
drained her, but the moment she saw Pallavi at the airport, she
jumped out of joy.
    “ Huff.. 3.5 hours, huh?
Damn! I prefer long hours of journey via train, it would be more
interesting nah!” Pallavi said.
    “ Make it four, my damn
baggage came last,”
    “ Ha-ha, see, this is the
reason you should never make it on time to the airport, they will
take your bag last, go late and get fast, FIFO,” said
Pallavi.
    “ What the hell is
that?”
    “ First In First Out – I
studied it in data structures,”
    “ Oh hahaha, call a taxi you
idiot,” said Laksha in a teasing tone.
    “ Oops, yeah, come on give
the bags to me,” Pallavi offered and then, they made it to the room
where Pallavi