shanila T.A

Drama Others

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shanila T.A

Drama Others

Friends Forever

Friends Forever

8 mins
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Roshan entered the gates of Princeton Higher Secondary English school with his mother. He clasped his mother's hand tightly to not let go of it. Finally he had to give in and hugged his mother with tear filled eyes. Hugging his mother, he could see a very happy girl saying goodbyes to her parents on her very first day of kindergarten. In her eyes, he could see the eagerness and curiosity to learn. On seeing her, for a moment, Roshan wiped his tears and followed the lovely little girl and shyly asked for her name. She smiled and replied to Roshan's question,"My name is Priya". It sounded to him as if somebody had already taught her talk to people in a very good manner. Anyway he liked Priya's enthusiasm and optimism.

A boy full of mischief played football on the ground. Seeing this, Priya passed the ball to the boy. Filled with anger, he pushed Priya. Roshan came to help Priya to which she replied thank you well mannered. The boy's mother said sternly at him,"Gautham, behave well in your first day of your school.Gautham ran and played football all by himself.

Roshan decided to ask Priya about being friends. He asked, "Can we be friends?" But the next reply he got from her startled him. She said,"On one condition, Guatham also should be included. Roshan asked Priya why she wanted to befriend him; being so cruel to her. Priya said"I like naughty boys and I like to fight with them.This answer seemed interesting to Roshan. Normally girls were irritated of boys who insulted them. But Priya was different. She had different views on everything.

The students one by one entered their colorful classroom class which was filled with letters and painting.After the students settled in,a pretty teacher about her twenties came in with a warm smile and welcomed all by saying,"Welcome to your first day, little girls and boys". The half of the students were crying or running here and there by now. But Roshan decided to sit beside Priya who decided to sit with Guatham.

Right then, a girl came hastily towards the classroom with her slightly heavy bag. She was neither crying nor energetic but her face was anxious and showed fear. The teacher who introduced herself as Meera came beside her and comforted and told her not to be scared, the class would be finished within few hours.The only seat which was empty now was the last bench beside Roshan. The girl settled herself there. Roshan asked for her name to which she replied in one syllabale,"Anita". Roshan asked to Priya of including Anita to their group as she seemed lost and lonely. Roshan felt pity for her. Priya said it was okay.

Next day, Priya waited for Gautham to come. When he stepped out of the school bus, Priya rushed to him and introduced herself. Gautham grumbled and went to the classroom. Anyway, Priya continued with her introductions saying her name. She asked whether they could be friends. He replied sternly, I don't talk to girls. Priya didn't lose hope.

When the classes started, Gautham as usual started to fight with the boys.Meera Miss turned from the board and asked Guatham to stand up.This time Priya too stood, saying that she was making noise.The class fell silent.

When the bell rang for break, Guatham went towards Priya and hesitantly said sorry. Priya said it was okay. She said to him,"So friends?" Although Gautham took a minute to reply, he answered yes to the question. Priya was very happy. She introduced Gautham to Roshan and Anita. They decided to stick on to each other.

Years passed by, the four friends called themselves the back-benchers. As the years passed, their friendship also grew stronger. Their parents knew one another so well that they were like relatives to the kids. When they reached their teen their character also had changes. Anita was an ambivert who was a problem solver in the group. Guatham turned out to be a flirt but was also a good sportsman who won the hearts of many girls. Priya was a bubbly, cheerful girl who was known for her tomboyish mannerism and Roshan was a typical chocolate boy who was the dream boy of every girl in the class.

Their parents had faith and trust in them to a great extent they enjoyed free time by going to malls and going to theatres. They organized sleepovers, parties and it seemed nothing to separate them.

It was monsoon season and another school year had just Priya went to Roshan’s house which was nearby to go to school as usual. Seeing Priya waiting outside, Roshan was eating his breakfast, stopped eating his supper and hurried towards Priya to give him a minute.He packed his bag and said his goodbye to his mom.While walking to the bus stop, Priya lamented about the stress she was receiving from home to study well as they were all now promoted to the tenth grade. Roshan agreed with her. Roshan had always a certain liking towards Priya. But he wasn’t sure it was a crush or something else. Guatham always knew about this secret as he had caught him looking at Priya with a certain expression of interest.

Just then, the school bus came. When they reached their school and went to their respective classrooms, everyone was already studying in full swing and there was an exam fervor everywhere. The backbench was empty as everyone needed to grasp everything they could from the front benches. The “back benchers” scanned the whole room and was happy to see the last bench empty. They thought they received a royal treatment was given to them.

As the days passed, the board exams were coming up and each student’s face was buried in books. Even the back benchers conducted combined studying in which Anita cleared all their doubts.They end up talking about different subjects of their interest.

But before their exams, they had their class trip to Hampi. Everyone was so happy that they could de-stress from the exam tension for a while. On an October morning, they started off their journey to Karnataka.The students were so excited that they forgot that it was an educational trip. It was a four day trip in which they covered all the important monuments. They saw the famous Vijayanagara empire which had the Virupaksha temple. The guide instructed about the history of the empire.The students were busy taking photos of the site and their selfies. Priya, Anita, Gautham and Roshan took lot of group photos and enjoyed the scenaries.

When it was time to enter the bus,and leave the site, every one took a class photo to make the trip a memorable one.When the dusk came,hey reached the Gokarna Beach.The four friends ran and played in the water. The night fell and it was time for a cozy camp fire to which the students danced to the tunes of the guitar Roshan played. Priya stood up and went towards Gautham. They both went to the beach side and hesitantly she confessed her love to him. Guatham didn’t know how to respond or what to say.He just saw Priya as a friend and he knew his best friend Roshan liked Priya from bottom of heart. After thinking what to reply, he said to her, ”Priya, I had always seen you as a friend and not only that I know a person who likes you very much”.Priya I do believe that you deserve a much better guy than me. Just then Roshan came beside them and asked what were they talking. Gautham hurriedly replied, “Nothing much, we were just discussing the itinerary and fun stuff we got to do” Roshan said,”Oh yeah, carry on” Gautham said to Priya that not even a single soul should know about our conversation. Priya replied, ”But about my feelings towards you?” Guatham replied, ”If we start a relationship, it would ruin our friendship Priya...and I’m sure a guy who is much better than me. Please don’t feel bad about this. I can’t bear with all this drama.” As they all went to the bus,and the students danced to the latest hit songs, Gautham went to Roshan and said to propose to Priya. Gautham said that now is the right time. But Roshan feared that it would ruin their friendship and trust. Just then, Gautham wondered how like-minded were they.

When the tour came to an end,the back benchers came to school with a heavy heart, they thought how much they have evolved since their kindergarten days.Their feelings had changed for each other and new issues were arising.

The days passed quickly,and it was the time of their board exams. The four friends met during their exam holidays and started to study.When Anita, who was their tutor started explaining about different subjects, the rest of them did not show any interest to study. Anita had caught them lost in thought during the class hours and decided to ask them about the same. The three of them had acted very indifferent to Anita after the trip. When she asked them, what is the reason for their strange behaviour they couldn’t say anything. As they preparing for the bard exams, tried to be more serious and focus on their studies.

It was the day of their board exams, and the four friends did their last minute studying although they had burned the midnight oil. They went to their school after praying well for the exams.

After writing the last exam, the children was so relieved and excited to enjoy their vacation. Many made plans to travel with their family. And not long enough did the time came of the announcement of their exam results.As expected, Anita scored well that she was one among the toppers. Priya managed to score well with a eighty five percent. Roshan and Gautham scored seventy five percent. Anita decided to take up the science stream where as the rest of them were inclined to take up the commerce stream. They knew once they enter the high school their friendship would never be the same.

When the farewell day of the students came, although everyone enjoyed the program. Everyone was going to miss the school so badly. Anita was so sad that she began to cry. Priya hugged and comforted her. Now only Priya,Guatham, and Roshan were left to study in this same school.

But without Anita, they couldn’t enjoy their friendship. So they all decided to part ways by going to a new school. That day they sat together on the ground and talked endlessly of their memories and their future. It was time to go back home.The four friends decided to sleepover at Anita's house.That night, they talked for hours without falling asleep.

Next morning,they had to say farewell to their best friends once and for all. At the end of the day, they had to face the reality.


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