Episode 2

Me and Anand came out of my home by 8:45 and started to "Net Palace" to encounter our fate. On the way I get confirmed that 'Cat Karthi' and Rams also will be there at time. We are in same class 10th 'C'. May be I can now tell we were in the same class as I don't know the future. As I have much to talk, let me introduce my friends in short.

 
Aadhi (Me) - A so called Bright student in the class. Please mark my words.. I'm a so called Bright student. Mostly all the teachers like me.. But I am bit not too close to my friends because of this so called "Bright student" tag.
 
Anand - A very charming personality. People like him much.. But he doesn't like me much. (I feel). Which obviously imposes that me too don't like him much. May be because of the ego that people talk to  him much than me, especially girls. Ours is boys school, Non-Co-Ed. The girls were in the tuition.


Cat Karthi - He's a very very innocent boy in the class who tries hard to study but couldn't. We have about 4 Karthis in our class. So we call him Cat Karthi as his voice resembles Cat.

Rams - Ramanujam: No, he's not an Iyer. We too thought so first, but every Ramanujam need not to be an Iyer. Infact this name doesn't suits him at all. He is one of the roughest student in the class who is under the " No girls like - No Teachers like but boys will be always with him" category.

Ok intro over, now lets continue our journey to the Internet center.  As we reach there we saw a houseful situation, there were rush everywhere. But the person working there "Kumar Anna " is Ram's teammate in his cricket team which plays cricket in weekends for bet money. So, with Kumar anna's help we could reach to the cabin nearby and the net center uncle is sitting in front of computer there watching the clock to say 9:30.

Obviously I was nervous, but I see other three are more nervous than me. Anand was murmuring somthing at his lowest voice possible. I told him "Be cool machi, Our marks have already been finalized. We or even god cannot change that now. So be tension free." Suddenly the excitement was felt in the crowd and yes, the result started displaying. One by one we were giving our registration number. I purposefully sent my friends ahead and I went last. Anand was jumping in joy, I never watched him or anyone. My heart started beating louder and faster as I reached the spot. I told my number 345542 and the screen flashed my name Aditya Karikalan and there was the subject wise marks. I couldn't read them as my eyes were running towards the total.

But, my heart skipped a beat when I saw the total as 396 out of 500. What the hell..! I was finished. There itself my mind started thinking about Anand, Deepika, everyone else. I couldn't notice that the uncle was asking me that whether 1 copy or 2 copies I need, regarding the marks printout. Later he shouted and I told 1 copy and gave the Rs.10. Came out of the crowd and was searching for my guys. They themselves found me and came to me with everyone's mouth full of smile. They asked my marks by then Anand snatched it from my hand and read aloud with a fading voice  Threeeeee.......... Ninetyyy.......... Sixx.. and asked me what happened machi..? I didn't answered him but asked howmuch is his score. It was more shocking to know that he scored 451. Then told that Rams got 359 and Cat-Karthi was happy with his 335.

Then I congratulated all of them. Others were quite but Anand asked me again "Why machi.. What happened.. How come this much low..?".  This question increased my pressure to its peak. Before 10 min I was advising him, now he started advising me as he got more marks. There I decided "Never to advice your fellow friend if you could not handle hearing advice." I wanted to get rid of the situation. So I started to make a move. By the time I heard a voice. When I turned.....  Ohhh Maan, It was Deepika. This day can never go worse that this.

To be Continued.....