Chapter Seven

Khushi was rushing down the stairs of her college, books in hands, as well as some other papers. She was heading out to meet up with Lavanya, and she was late, since she was studying at the library.

Just as Khushi stepped off the last step of the stairs, someone bumped into her, making her books drop and her papers fly.

"No," Khushi exclaimed.

She got down to the floor and tried to gather her stuff. A pair of hands reached out and Khushi realized that the person was helping her. She didn't care and continued to pick up her stuff and once she gathered everything, she got up to leave.

"Khushi?"

She turned and looked back at the person. It was the guy from the Payal's wedding.

She gasped. "It's you!"

He smiled lightly. "Yeah-"

"What the hell are you doing here?"

He was taken aback a bit. "Excuse me? I-"

"Are you following me?!"

"What the?! Why-"

"You creep! I shudda known talking to you would be a mistake!"

"Excuse me?-"

"What do you want from me you creep?! You see a girl and get so impressed that you start to follow her?!"

"No-"

"Shut up!" And she stomped away.

The guy just blinked, looking at her as she left.

Khushi stomped as she walked and she found Lavanya at the gate.

"Hey babes," Lavanya said as Khushi walked over. "What's up."

"Nothing! Now can we go to Josh's?!"

"Uh... sure."

The two headed to Josh's, the most popular coffee shop on campus. Lavanya watched as she sipped her latte and saw the grumpiness disappear from Khushi's face as she gulped down her iced caramel latte. But there was something to it and Lavanya figured it out.

"You yelled at someone didn't you," Lavanya asked.

Khushi looked at her and slightly nodded.

Lavanya threw her hands in the air. "What the hell Khushi?! I mean seriously I get that you studying really hard makes you lose some screws in your brain but seriously?!"

Khushi looked at her iced latte. "Sorry yaar... I just got so grumpy! I was studying straight for the last three periods!"

Lavanya blinked. "Are you... are you serious?"

Khushi nodded.

"Chick! You're psyco!"

"Hey!" Khushi tied to hit her but Lavanya evaded. "Not my fault if I wanna pass!"

"Dude, it's not even midterms and you're studying you *ss off!"

"So that when it's time, I won't have problems."

"Whatever! Anyways, who did you yell at?"

"Believe it or not, it's the guy from Payal's wedding."

"Are you serious? Which one?"

"The "hot one"," she said, making quotation marks with her fingers.

"What?! Are you serious?! OMG Khushi! And hey, he is! But anyways, OMG! He's in our college?!"

Khushi nodded. "And I said the meanest things to him."

Lavanya gasped. "What did you say."

"How... he's a creep... and he follows pretty girls?"

Lavanya shook her head. "Okay, A: he's hot so he doesn't need to chase girls, but girls chase him. B: I can't believe you said that!"

"Well... oh well!"

Lavanya shook her head. "You need to apologize to him."

"I know, but how am I supposed to find him on this huge campus?"

"What are the odds?"

"1 in a million?"

"Nonsense! It can't be that many people-"

"Oh, but it is."

Lavanya widened her eyes. "Damn. ... that is a lot of work."

Khushi sighed deeply. "I feel so bad- no! Rotten!"

"There, there. Don't worry. I'm sure hot-guy wont be mad."

"Hot-guy?"

"Yeah. Hot-guy."

"You're unbelievable."

"Well hey, he needs a nickname, since we don't know his name, so yeah. Hot-guy."

"That's lame."

"Oh please! How is it lame?"

"Cause you'll be going around campus saying "Hot-guy this! Hot-guy that!" It's just plain weird."

"Fine then! YOU come up with something."

"Fine! Um... uh... hmm... got it!"

"What?"

"Toh."

"To?"

"No. Toh."

"What's "Toh"?"

"Hot backwards. Toh."

"Are you serious?"

"Yup."

"Toh?"

"Uh huh."

"Toh?"

"That's right."

"... fine!"

Khushi smiled and the two finished up their lattes and then headed out.