My Love Story : By Abhishek Malhotra 47 Back To College 8

Shriya entered the campus and then she met the administration office and took her daily schedule and following the guidelines, she went to her cla.s.sroom. There were very few people in the cla.s.sroom and they were chit chatting. Most of them appeared to be from high cla.s.s families and were very fas.h.i.+onable. Shri understood what Abhi meant, when he said that she represents him. She has to maintain the minimum standards. Though she is a girl from country side, but she has to change for him. She also understood that the college is not famous for its standards in education but also ,the weak cannot survive there. There were bullies and they always picked on the weaker ones. She cannot afford to stress Abhi over these trivial matters. As it is the first day after reopening of college there weren't many students and not many cla.s.ses. Shriya choose to sit in the second row and she soon made friends. She used to be a tough kid in her earlier day of schooling, but the incident changed her personality. She became more introverted and patient. She understood that she has to bring back her old personality to survive in this environment. The lecturers are good and they are very helpful and most importantly the Head of the department is a little considerate towards her. She made many friends. But there was a group of nine girls who are famous as 'nine mirchies'( Mirchi is the word used for chilli?) and they are a group of bullies. Unfortunately they are all her cla.s.smates. They were many complaints registered on them to the Princ.i.p.al but no action was taken against them. Because two of them were the toppers in the common entrance and scored highest marks in all the tests. They all are from high socialite families or daughters of civil servants or government officials. One of them is the daughter of member of local state body. Though there were many boy gangs, their teasing towards girls is not too far and they are more involved in inter college disputes and fights. Everyone in her cla.s.s is known to one another but only Shri is the new among them.

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Abhi knows that there were such gangs in that college. But she has to survive in such conditions to become brave and she has to face these problems herself. But he is so caring, that he met the Head of the Department in private. He explained her Shriya's shyness and her calm nature. He asked her to watch her and also asked her to inform him in person if anything happens to Shriya.