Best Days

August, 2009.

The thought had never crossed my mind. All of a sudden i felt a tingling sensation in my stomach, my heart was sinking. The very thought of parting from each other cast a gloom on all of us. The atmosphere turned being vibrant to dull and sad, as if someone important had passed away, i dint realize till a little while later that it was really something that had passed away.

August 1st 2004.

My friend who was studying in the college i was about to enter, passed away .It was friendship day and also one my best buddy’s birthday.

August 2nd 2004.

I entered college on a bad note, never expecting that i would ever find happiness in the college at all.

As days passed by, after i overcame the fear of ragging, i shifted from a flat to college hostel. The fact that Johnny was also shifting to hostel was a kind of relief for me. The sea of seniors gave us a chill in the spine. The first few days, we lived in fear and constant anticipation that some senior would come and give us a torrid time. Then the inevitable came, i was ragged, not quiet as badly as my friends described it would be. Johnny was spared the blushes courtesy, his fractured Humerus . We dint make good friends with any for long. We were told not to make friends with Baba when we first entered hostel. Baba, a dark guy, who had stunned the class with his shayaris and all kinds of silly comments stuff. Baba and Sunil were peculiar. They had their own world, they kept to themselves. After some days, i found that Baba, Sunil, Johnny and me had similar interests. Then came Chenna. We became instant friends. We started to hang out together. Our attendance percentages kept falling and on waking up, the first thought would be of “Which cinema?”, “Which restaurant?”, “ What shall we do today?” . We had forgot that we had a college to attend until our attendances were posted in the notice board. A rude shock, that was. As the exams approached, we started swotting out with books like never before.

First year passed, so did second and third.

Final year blues were waiting to greet us .... The years we spent together have left an indelible impression on all of us. We understood how important each one of us was to each other. We studied together, ate together, had fun, roamed together, went places, did all sort of stuff that we wanted to. We stood by each others’s thick and thin. Final year is over. We have different destinations to reach, we have to part ways. It’s August 2009 and Baba said the word. “This is it guys. “ And we realized we had to stay away. We still keep in contact during our internship, but the best days of my life have passed and it makes me sad. I wish to relive these days again and again. Its Sunil, Chenna, Johnny, Baba and me.