Back in the days, I used to be this person who wouldn't stop talking, like literally I can't keep my mouth shut for a few seconds. Not that I'm any better now, but just saying.
So, I used to sit next to Janu back in 5th std. Our classroom had these medium sized brown tables with desks underneath, that we used to pretend were our secret lockers but apparently everything you keep there gets stolen within seconds. So on that particular day of third term, (just two more months and I'll be in my 6th std) my teacher observed how I just can't shut my mouth when I sit next to Janu and she decided to change my place. Yes, changing places, one of the most life threatening things done by the teachers of primary school. I remember having a terrible expression something In between sadness, anger and that 'what's happening' kind of expression, the moment my teacher said those words, 'Dhya, take your bag and come here'. So when I slowly dragged my feet and came up to her desk she instructs me to sit in the first row. There wasn't anybody sitting along with me and I thought maybe I'm one of those 'troubled' kids. But that's when I met two angels in my life. Angels? You'll know why. There were two tiny guys (they were half my height back then) who were made to sit on the either sides of me. Yes, back in those days we were supposed to sit with boys so that we don't talk much. Little did they know that Dhya will never worry about gender, all she needs is somebody to talk to. Driii and Dru, I'm going to address them that way. Drii had rabbit teeth which will made anybody instantly go like 'oh my god, he's so cuteeeeeee', except I found him annoying. And then there was Dru, I think he used to wear glasses but I'm not able to recollect. Dri and Dru were almost the same height which made them perfect to sit in the first row. At first we just stared at each other, but after a few days we became inseparable. I remember all the times we laughed together and made the entire class turn and look at us.
So there was this one day (yes I had to explain so much for this one day), Dri was starring at his pencil and I was wondering how this pencil still fascinated him even after we started using pens. I asked him what had happened and he replied saying that he could break this pencil. I vaguely remember that someone in class was challenging that they could break things, and this little one also wanted to prove that he could. I thought it was impossible for him to break the pencil and so I challenged him to do so. He said that he would accept the challenge only if I would get him a new one. I replied with a happy okay because, I really thought breaking pencils was impossible. And within seconds, my thoughts were broken by the noise of the graphite breaking inside the pencil. Dru and me were shocked. Drii gave us the proud smile and asked me for his new pencil. And that's when I played my game, I replied saying I didn't know what he was talking about. I can literally picture his reaction even now. He was speechless. He gave me this look like, 'You too Brutus?'.
Everyday from then he would ask me for his new pencil, and I would pretend like I didn't hear him, because I decided that I would give it back to him on our 12th farewell. After a few days, our places were changed, and so was our friendship.
My farewell is just two weeks away, and I have realised something. Some relationships can never drift apart. Even though Myself, Dru and Drii will never be like before, we will have these memories stuck to our hearts forever which will make us smile for a life time.
Characters mentioned:
Aadhya as Dhya.
Jaswantini as Janu.
Adrian as Dri.
Derrick as Dru.
Happy reading! :D
