Mangalyam thantuna nena..-6

Vishali sat lost in her thoughts in the library an open book of Integral calculus was sitting in front of her but that was the last thing on her mind right now
"Does shankar feel the same way about me??" she thought and that had been the thought that had been going on in her mind since sudha's wedding a week back.
sometimes she felt that he did but sometimes she thought may be she was imagining it all...
" Vishali.... did you find the equation for problem 4??" Swapna asked and that brought Vishali back to reality
" No...let me look" vishali replied glumly
" really i know this is not the most exciting course that we have taken but i have never seen u this distracted.. what is up with you??" swapna asked with a little concern in her voice
" did not get a good night's sleep yaar feeling very sleepy now..and this is not helping the matter" vishali said gesturing to the book..
"oh...you want to continue tommorow??? u can rest today that way we can get better work done" Swapna said
"no yaar..lets complete it today..let me get some tea iam sure i will feel better " vishali replied"u want to come with me the canteen??"
" Dont feel like Tea..why dont u get some for yourself and hopefully by the time u come back i would have finished the problem" swapna said
"ok" vishali said and started walking towards the canteen and in the distance and she saw shankar walking towards her
" hey how are u?? whats up with you u did not return my calls??" he asked worried
" err.. was little busy" Vishali replied half heartedly. somehow suddenly being around him had made her nervous and she could not understand it
"anyways sudha and diavkar are leaving tommorow ..so we are having a little get together today evening..." shankar drawled
"hey i have stuff to submit tommorow ..it is that calculus class " vishali sighed" i dont think i can come yaar...but i will call sudha and talk to her"
"Is there something wrong vishali" shankar asked
" no...nothing iam just worried about the calculus exam.." Vishali said
"I know you too well to know that it is not what is worrying you..c'mon yaar we are friends..u can tell me" shankar insisted
" hey nothing at all..i have to get back to library swapna is waiting for me there...just came to get some tea and then i have to tackle the assignment.." vishali grimaced
Vishali entered the canteen with shankar in tow and found it to be empty she got her tea and as she turned to leave shankar caught her hand and vishali froze
" i have something to tell u ..." he said vishali felt her heart beating faster as she looked at shankar .she felt like her tongue was stuck to the roof of her mouth she wanted ask him what he was doing holding her hand in a public place but so many questions also flooded through her mind..that she was unable to form one comprehensible question
"hey Vishali..." swapna called from the entrance of the canteen and shankar hurriedly let go of her hand " you forgot your wallet" she said walking in to the canteen
" hey shankar" swapna smiled at him " when is your sister flying to US"
"Tommorow" shankar replied very curtly " vishali i have to go now all the best to u girls"
Shankar waved to them over his shoulder and walked out of the canteen
" what is eating him" swapna asked looking at vishali
" i dont know ..i guess he is feeling low because his sister is leaving..thanks for getting my wallet yaar..i did not even realize that it was not with me.." vishali replied " lets go and finish the assignment"
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Vishali woke up and found that the sun was already up bright and shining..her eyes felt grainy from lack of sleep" damn the calculus assignment" she thought it had taken lot longer than she anticipated "s*** i have to call sudha" Vishali bounded out of her bed and called sudha
" hello can i talk to sudha" she said to the voice on the other line who turned out to be divakar
" sudha is taking shower..may i know who is this calling" He asked
" this is vishali..we met at your wedding" vishali replied hesitantly..he did not seem all that friendly to her
" i will ask her to give you a call later" he said curtly and hung up the phone
" yaruma phone la(who was on the phone??)" vishali's dad asked her
" i called Sudha at her Inlaws place pa" Vishali replied giving him a quick hug and peck on the cheek
by the time Vishali got ready she still had not gotten a call from sudha ..so she called again and this time sudha came on the phone
" hello Mrs. divakar eppadi irrukenga??( hello mrs divakar how are you??)" Vishali asked teasingly
" Alive " sudha replied and she sounded like she had been crying
" hey enna acchu??( what happened??) u sound like u have been crying?" vishali asked with concern
"onnum illai ( nothing) just feeling bad that iam gonna be leaving today" sudha replied in a subdued voice
" hey dont worry yaar we will never let you miss us all...u can always call and talk to us whenever you want and shankar will be comming there to study too soon..send me emails regulary and we can chat ..it will be like we close to each other" Vishali tried to console her
" i know..i have to go now vishali people have come to see us off..if u can it will be nice to meet u before i leave" She said
" i will try .." vishali promised " bye take care"
Vishali then hurried out of home feeling a little sad" why is it tht girls have to leave everything behind when they get married...well iam not gonna be like that..shankar is gonna come and stay her with my parents" and that thought made vishali blush .
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Vishali parked her scooty in the parking lot and hurried to the terminal hoping she was not late
it was almost 6pm in the evening and her lab had gotten cancelled and so she decided to go to the airport to meet sudha. she had decided on the whim but now as she neared the terminal and saw lot of people milling about she realized that it might be difficult to locate sudha just when she was about to give up she saw shankar's dad and patti and came running towards them
" hello mama, patti" She said taking deep breath's because of her running
" Sudha onnoda friend ( your friend) " shankar's appa hollered
"hey" sudha smiled " i did not expect that you will come" smile seemed very genuine and she looked very haggard and her face was tear stained
" Did u think i will let go of you without even saying..Bye" vishali said hugging sudha
Tears trembled at the corner of her eyes " dont worry sudha everything will be fine..email me whenever u can ok..u know me i online most of the evenings..we can fix a time to chat..ok" vishali said
Sudha just nodded her
" sudha we have to go now" divakar said
" ok da kannama ( darling) take care" patti said and surrounded by her family she walked towards the terminal and soon was out of vishali's sight
"poor girl she has never been away from her mom and dad for even a day since she was kid and now she is flying all the way across the world.." patti said wiping her tears
" dont worry patti ..she will be fine" Vishali replied and put an hand around patti's shoulder and saw shankar hugging his mom who was crying a lot.
when she looked towards sudha's inlaws they are seemed to be a little tense and worried " well they must be feeling sad too.." Vishali thought