The trio... made or broken?

Sree was touched by what Arushi had done. It was inherent in Sree that she never forgot what people did for her. That day itself during the break time Sree asked Arushi to join her and Swastika for lunch. Arushi readily agreed. And for the first time Sree saw her smiling ear-to-ear. She was evidently happy. For the next two days, the trio met up at Swastika's house to prepare for the exams. Swastika's house was one of those Zamindar times... huge with arched doors and waxed red floors. They had an entire room to themselves and her family never butted in during their studies. Infact her parents were a very friendly couple.

By the end of Monday, they had somehow battled through the entire syllabus of the six subjects atleast once. And when they were finally handed out the question papers for the next three days, they weren't atleast aliens to the topics. Finally the exams were over and the marks were out.

Sree had modestly scored above 25 in almost all subject except Physics. She concluded, this subject would haunt her down her life. Not that she didn't understand well, but never scored well. But to surprise them all, Swastika had topped the class followed by Arushi, evidently disappointed but much to their relief she atleast didnt brood over it for more than 3o minutes... For those who knew her, knew it was a minuscle amount...

Life was sailing by. All of them were happy... if not cintended... But... One fine day Sree entered the class to find Swastika sitting with Arushi. Both of them smiled at her... But Sree couldn't straighten her brow...