"Perhaps I wont even understand the question"he thought and whistled nervously fooling himself.Then he thought of his father who lived with the concept of "patience is a virtue"which made him forgive his son every time he screwed an exam.Avi had been climbing the ladder of embarrassment for two years and badly wanted to get down this time but it was too late.The hostel life had ruined him.How could he show his face to the most patient father in this world.
Someone knocked at the door.
"Opportunity knocks at your door only once"he thought but didn't know why this quote creeped into his mind in such a situation.
The slight knock accelerated to become a series of banging sounds with instantaneous gaps.
"Bad luck keeps on knocking till you open the door"he changed his perception and cursed himself before getting up and strolling towards the door.
He opened to see Rex, his friend smiling awkwardly at him.He was in his shorts and unsurprisingly shirtless.A long book hung between the tips of his fingers.His hair untidy.Absolutely not a face one would like to watch in this hour. " I was wondering if you could tell me the syllabus"Rex asked . "No, get lost, do not disturb me" Avi almost screamed and shut the door.He hurried towards his study table and took out the largest book from the pile and started reading......Reading what? he only knew. It was again at 3:00AM that he looked at his watch with heavy eyes which were soaked in tiredness. Nobody had knocked at the door since midnight.His mind was doped with formulae. "I deserve a break" he thought and left his room into the corridor.
The corridor was lined with rooms.With hands stuffed into his shorts he walked humming his favourite tune and occasionally gazing at the closed doors.In the lightly lit corridor he could see a dominant glow of light that scattered on the corridor floor.The light which came from an opened door, room no.2428.Half smiling he paced his speed and seconds later he found himself leaning against the door of 2428 and staring at Rex who was sipping tea on his chair and watching "The final destination". Rex winked at him.After a while both of them laughed at each other.
"sorry about that" snapped Avi as he began to walk towards Rex. "cut it, can i say you finished studying?" asked rex. " I don't know, I've read the book like a newspaper.Its like I know that India has won against Pakistan, but in the exam they are going to ask to spit out the scoreboard anyway" said Avi. " A bitter truth" exclaimed Rex and added" can we talk of something else?". Avi turned his attention towards the movie. "why dont you have some tea?" Rex added and threw the flask at Avi who grabbed it carefully with his fingers. " Fool! you won't feel hot when you are holding a tea flask"Rex laughed.Avi started scratching his head. "can you feel the confused state your mind is in?"Rex muttered. "whatever" said Avi and added" why are you awake? i don't think you have started reading" seeing the empty table and the soft matrice that seemed as if it was melting into the cot. Rex shrugged.
"Damn you man!" you are a step ahead of me when it comes to confusion. "yeah" Rex smiled as he said "I am a confident confused guy".....................
to be continued.....
