Chapter 5 - How to Screw your life

I have been trying to contact her for the last 2 weeks but I couldn’t. I even tried to contact her through her friends but nothing really worked. I was looking like a typical devdas except for drinks and dogs. Because I was feeling low, 4 of my friends compelled me to come out with them for a movie and dinner. First I restrained, then hesitated and then joined them for the operation roaming out.

After watching the horrible movie everyone was tensed and we all hit the person who gave this crap idea and booked the tickets.

Ash: “I am not going to kill you only for one reason that you are my friend. If you ever give idea to watch a movie like this I swear we will kill you on the spot”

Me: “Free machi. Leave him. Let’s go for the dinner and because you gave this poor idea you are going to pay the bill”

Nandy: “I double agree”

Kart: “Machi I am really tensed after watching the movie. Let’s go to a bar. I have to get drunk today”

Harish: “Machi super da. Even I have to. I booked the tickets so I will sponsor for the drinks”

Well when everyone agrees I have no other option. I don’t drink, but I give them company and they really need someone to control them when they are drunk.

In the Bar

I was sitting quiet and allowed my friends to continue their conversation. Even though they were drunk and getting high they understood how much I feel bad.

Ash: “machi don’t worry. I am there for you always” in a typical drunken slang where the words take huge time to come out and people listening need experience to understand what they actually speak.

Me: “ya you are there”

Ash: “I am seriously there for you machi. Trust me” and he started crying for no reason

Nandy: “machi I guess he is high. What will you do for him?”

Ash: “I can do anything da. I can give him my quarter if he wants. Machi take this. Just one drink you will forget the sorrow and tomorrow morning everything will be fine”

Me: “Ya I have already had enough. Thanks”

Ash: “you are cheating me also? Why? If you drink this I will join you with your girl aneesha”

Me: “She is not aneesha. She is subhiksha”

Kart: “I am also ther. If you drink this I will also help you”

Me: “ya done. I already got drunk”

Harish: “Dei you don’t believe us. Come on guys we will promise now that we will join him with his girl friend tonight itself if he drinks this glass of alcohol.”

They started to shout ‘drink now, drink now’ and soon the entire bar started to sing along with them. The owner of the bar requested me to drink as he was scared if I don’t then there could be some damage to his properties. So without any option I took the glass and engulfed everything at one go. It was the worst thing I ever had. It tasted like varnish. After few minutes everyone started clapping and something was going on in my mind. I felt happy, sad and also as a hero in front of the drunkards. I got some courage and confidence and I didn’t realize I was also getting high.

Me: “machi and friends” I know I was blabbering “I did what you said and now you do what you promised me”

Ash: “machi all the problems are because of arun karthik. So first we will teach him a lesson and then we will go to her hostel and to her room and tell her we love you, sorry sorry you love her.”

When I heard the sentence teaching arun karthik a lesson, I was very happy. I immediately accepted it. He was also studying in our college. But first I thought of going to her hostel room and ask sorry and then teach arun karthik a lesson.

We climbed a tree outside the girls hostel fence and then jumped into the fence when no one saw us. There was an opening near the motor room that is on the opposite side of the hostel entrance. The opening was very big that through this anyone can enter even the man as big as the great Khali can enter and no security was available there. I wondered how girls were safe in such a hostel. We went inside the hostel and headed straight to warden’s room. I have heard from her that the warden’s room is the first room near the entrance. We peeked through the window and confirmed that the warden was sleeping. She was huge, well built and was almost like a photocopy of a hippo. I then locked the door from outside.

Me: “machi I locked the door”

Ash: “machi one small problem” I turned back to see 4 German Shepherds waiting as if it’s their dinner time. I closed my eyes and could hear their sound and my friends screaming. I thought I was gone but to my surprise they chased my friends who ran for their lives. That was the first time I saw dogs can also be fools. Anyways I was determined in my mission to meet her. The hostel is a circular building and has staircase in three positions. I don’t remember her room number. It must be 303 or 330. I started to walk in the staircase. I reached the second floor and saw 2 of my friends jumping out of the fence while 2 others were still running. Some of the girls were awake and started to scream. Luckily no one noticed. Since it was too late most of them were in deep sleep I guess. I reached the third floor and turned to my left to see room number 301. I walked a little bit further passing by room number 302 and stopped at 303. I looked to my right and left before knocking the door.

Knock knock

I called her name in a low voice so that I don’t disturb others

“Subhi Subhi”

Suddenly the next door opened and 2 girls came out. They were stunned to see me and I didn’t know what to do so I said hi

They started to scream and the door of 303 opened. Subhiksha was there standing and I said hi. She too joined the screaming contest. Before I could run, the omelet I had gave me some troubles and when I tried to control their screaming by shouting at them, the omelet came to my throat and I couldn’t control. I puked just in front of her room. She stopped screaming.

Me: “I am sorry. I got drunk” I dono why I said this. Maybe she might get some sympathy but it turned out to be a disaster. She just gave me a slap. I was shocked. I was just standing there looking at her and covered my poor cheek with my hands. The other girls came with some group of girls and I had no other choice than to escape. I ran fast and got to the ground floor. I didn’t see what was coming in front of me and just climbed the wall and jumped into a small pond outside the hostel. I knew I am finished. But more importantly the idea to get her back was a disaster. After running for 2 kilometers in 20 mins without even turning back I stopped to get some air and to breathe. I called my friends and we met in the bus stand at 2 am. There was no one on the street except for some stray dogs and some people sleeping in the bus stop and plat form.

Me: “I can never get her back man”

Kart: “what happened?” and I explained whatever happened to them.

Ash: “machi its all because of that bastard aun karthik. We will go and show him who we are”

Harish: “machi I don’t think it’s a good idea”

Nandha: “scre arun karthik. It’s all because of him. Come on guys this is for our friend. Our mission is to make our friend happy. Let’s get that fucker down”

I was really charged up especially my sadness turned to anger. We went to his house. He was a day scholar.

I opened the door and was about to ring the bell when suddenly nandha started to talk

Nandha: “what the fuck are you doing? We are here to thrash him and not talk to him. Start with a bang” as soon as he completed he bend down to take a stone and throwed it on the window. The glass shattered into pieces. We all laughed and got pumped up. Everyone of us picked up the stone and started throwing.

Me: “you bastard come out of the house. You think I am a gentleman. I will show you who I am. Come out you ass hole”

Ash: “come out you bastard. My friend is waiting for you. If you are really a man come out”

The lights were switched on inside the house. We also notices the lights of neighbours were also switched on.

Harish: “machi I think its becoming a big issue. Lets run away before someone comes” kathik and harish tried to take nandha, ashwin and me with them. But I was completely down that they took nandha and ashswin with them. I was left alone shouting in the streets.

Me: “come out you asshole”

The door opened and I saw a old man coming outside. I never expected arun karthik to be that old.

Me: “when did you became old?” I laughed at him and asked him. But he was in no mood to answer my reply. I saw few more people coming out from their house and suddenly saw arun karthik standing behind me.

Me: “what are you doing there? Trying to sleep with some other girl in the neighbouring house? Who is this old man in your house”

AK: “this is my house and that is his house”

Shit. All this time we broke and shouted in front of the wrong house. That aggrevated me further because he escaped. I searched for something by which I can attack him. I just had a half bottle of old monk and a match box. I took a handkerchief and soaked it in the old monk took my lighter and lighted the hand kerchief which I fixed in the bottle. As people watched, I threw it on the house of arun karthik. The bottle broke into pieces immediately followed by a blast equal to that of atom bomb which we blast during diwali. The crowd started gathering and everyone was getting freaked out. I felt like a hero and made few punch dialogues

Me: “if again I see you talking to my girl friend I swear I will throw the bomb on you”

I turned to the other side and was shell shocked to see police constables waiting for me. Even before I realized what was going on, I felt a great pain on my head as if a thunder stuck me. After feeling the pain in my buttocks and legs I realized it was not thunder and it was their latti.

Me: “sir sir sorry sit. I am like you son. Please leave me”

Just as I was crying a police jeep came into the area. It was inspector pandian.

Ins: “what’s going on? What the fuck are you doing man?” he asked me straight away and he continued “who called the cops?”

The old man spoke for the first time

Old man: “sir I only called you. This guy broke all the glass and even throwed a bomb. I don’t know what the problem is. There were few more people but they left and he is highly drunk”

Inspector came to me and without asking anything gave me 3 severe slaps.

Ins: “bring him to the station. You come and give a complaint tomo morning” he ordered the old man and he nodded responsibly.

For the first time in my life I was arrested by the police for public nuisance and was thrown into the cell along with some notorious people in the town. I knew my life is gone. The college will chuck me out, she will not even see me here after. Arun kathik has won against me without even fighting. My career is gone. For the first time in many months, I remembered my parents and missed them badly. I realized I screwed my own life.