Arushi bewildered...

Arushi was overjoyed when she had found her deductions correct. She found Sree backing out of the class unnoticed by most. Arushi had followed. Today she didn't have to answer Swastika also, as the latter had already informed her that she had some urgent work and would be leaving college in a hurry. Arushi had quietly followed Sree. Down the coridoors, they had reached the stairs leading to the terrace. Infact when Arushi had reached there, Sree was already up the stairs. Arushi decided to take the other flight of stairs to the terrace. When she reached there, she took shelter behind the massive water tank. She could see Sree clearly from there. And Sree was totally a sight...

Streams of tears were flowing down her eyes... She was crying uncontrollably... Arushi almost considered for a second about going out to her... But she knew that would worsen situations... It seemed like eternity until Sree stopped sobbing... Arushi was confused like anything... Sree was the ones who posed solid-like-rock kind of image.... Then why in the world was she crying... Arushi couldn't find any reason whatsoever... Surprisingly, Sree composed herself as suddenly as she had broken down...

 She saw Sree walking towards the edge. And all of a sudden the contour of her face changed. Within few seconds... it was bewilderment... shock... sarcasm... Arushi didn't have a hint what had happened. She watched as Sree kept intently watching some part of the ground which wasn't visible from Arushi's side. All of a sudden, Sree broke into a run. Arushi was so surprised that it took her several seconds to realise what was happening. Finally when she started to move down, she knew she was no match for Sree in these parts of the college. She had to grope in the darkness all the way down. But by then she had lost Sree. She walked towards the entrance of the main building. Sree couldn't be seen anywhere near. She somehow had a hunch that Sree was still in there. She decided to wait in the shadows of the building. This time the wait wasn't long. All of a sudden, she saw Sree running down the garden side. What was she doing in the garden at this time of the day? It was almost dark... Sree was looking for something and quite certainly was extremely disappointed not to find it there. But Arushi was bewildered. She had too amny questions in mind. Too many why's to be answered. Disgusted with herself, she followed Sree out of GEMI.

Both the disheartened souls, left the college that day with a heavy heart. Each unaware of the other's reason of sorrow. Both found a commo solution, they decided to sleep over it...