SHE'S ONE OF US

Friendship at First Sight!  &

The Professor's Promise!

It was already lunch time, Shree paid the fees. Two more hours for the college to get over.
Sister Akhila helped her to find the class room. It was upstairs. Akhila waited for her in the lobby till the classes were over.  Shree entered the class. She got her foot in the door ,  still long way to go.  It was not an ordinary class for Shree as others, it was a boon got out of severe penance. She pinched herself just to confirm whether she was in the real world. She couldn't believe that she was in the class room. She looked around and the place was strange because of the strange people. She felt like an alien. She got an uncomfy feeling and she stepped inside the class blinking as everyone attention was on her.  A sparking smile came from an ice breaker.  Shree exclaimed "Mona! Thank god You are here" . Mona too surprised and excited and said "Shree ! I am happy too ..that you are here and can't believe my eyes. I heard that you are joining Engineering".
Shree smiled at Mona and said "Ohh....Thats a big story , I will tell you later".  Shree took  a vacant seat near Mona in the first row. There came a hand around Shree's shoulders and in an enthusiastic tone " Hey ...Hi...What's your name? Where are you from? Which school are you? You look so beautiful" and more and more questions and compliments. It was a short girl with wheatish complexion.  Shree was stunned by the way of approach of the girl.  But still she liked it. The girl had naugty eyes sparkling and she was a sight for Shree's sore eyes. Shree said "I am from Girl's Higher secondary School". Mona added "That's My school too and Shree was my class mate".

Shree smiled and answered all her questions in a way the girl too liked her way of talking. She was surprised that how could a girl talk to a person like this who was completely a stranger.  She was impressed that she heard for the first time an open comment that she was beautiful.
Though she was beautiful no body said her upfront. Shree saw her with the sparkling eyes. Shree could feel a positive vibration about the girl. She thought she was the first person who was not jealous of her at first sight. Shree could see her naughtiness in her.
Following the girl, A voice came from her left side "Hai I m Mina". Shree smiled "Hai I am Shree". The Girl next to Mona said "Hai I am Shiba". The other girls voluntarily introduced themselves. Shree was happy and it was not a strange place anymore.
Again the place turned strange.  A Lady with a strict and serious look entered the class. The Lecturer took the afternoon attendance and looked at Shree and questioned "Are you new to the class?". Shree got up and nodded her head and said "Yes Madam!". Shree smiled .But the lecturer didn't smile back and  she looked still more serious. The Lecturer added in a strong tone "Okay!Come front and Introduce yourself". It was an unexpected invite. Shree stood infront and shivered. The lecturer said "Come on... Start" . Shree started "I am Shree" . Her voice trembled. and  she continued" I did my schooling in Girl's Higher secondary School. Now the shivering stopped and she added "I am from this town. I was about to join in the college as you all But missed my seat due to some  personal reasons and thats why the delay joining". She smiled wide and went back to her seat.The class started
Everybody was listening. Shree turned to her left side. She saw the enthusiastic girl sitting after two seats. The girl waived her hand and smiled in a naughty way. Shree also smiled back and winked at her. The Lecturer saw two girls smiling and winking. She shouted "Shree and Priya stand up! What are you doing .You come to the class to laugh and play?" Both stood up. Shree shook her head "No Madam". Priya blinked as if she was so scared but actually not. The Madam added "This is the First and the Last to both of you.  Sit down ".  They both sat down. Once the lecturer turned to the board  Shree and Priya looked at each other. Both chuckled. Shree kept her finger on her lips and said  "SShhhh..... class.". Even though the lecturer didn't have a friendly attitude . Shree admired her .
The class was over.The Girl came near her and said "Bye Beauty .See you tomorrow".Shree smiled and asked "What's your sweet name?". When she questioned , Shree decided the girl was her best friend in the college. The Girl said "Oh Sorry yar ..I am Priya". Shree said "Ohh...Fantastic.... Priya!!  It's my favorite name.  My dearest friend's name".  Priya exclaimed  "Oh Is it? !! You know, I am stunned by seeing such a beautiful girl and forgot to introduce myself".  Shree shrinked her eyes and saw her in a naughty way. Priya winked her eyes and said "Okay Okay No feelings. See you tomorrow". Shree waived her hands and Priya left the place. Shree was attracted to the Magnetic name and her attitude. Minu ,Shiba and Mona too bade bye to Shree. Shree went to the department and her eyes searched the Professor.  But couldn't find her. Shree asked the lab assistant lady about the Professor. She said "The Professor left for the day. You can come tomorrow and meet her"  Shree said "Thanks". She came downstairs and something made her halt. There the professor was  talking to some staff. She waited till she was done with the conversation. The professor was about to leave , Shree ran and appeared before the professor. The professor asked "How was the first day . Got friends? and Did you like the college?" Shree smiled and said "Madam ! The class was good and got many friends too and I feel as if I am inside a temple" The Professor smiled. She thanked her once again and she said " Madam! I don't know how to reciprocate".  The senior professor shrinked her eyebrows and smiled and said " Hmmmm... Reciprocation! ...I need some thing from you and promise me that you'll do it".
Shree's eyes became wider. Her mind puzzled " Promise??, what is the promise about? I have nothing to give. Once promised I cannot take back."
Whatever.... she made up her mind to promise .


Patience !!  Lets wait and watch out this space for the suspense till next Friday to know what was the Promise!

SHE'S ONE OF US

                          

Shrinked of Shame!

The HOD was annoyed of Shree coming behind . Though the HOD was irritated to respond, She halted for a minute and said "Whatever the case may be, Please do not waste my time and pull my soul out . The Seat lost is lost. You can go and do not waste your time too" and moved on.  Shree was  unable to face her and looked down. She felt like crying but her tear glands was running out of tears.

Shree continued going to the college and followed her routine of standing in the queue and meeting the Principal for the next seven days. No improvement. Shree came to the conclusion that one year was wasted. She couldn't think any other options as other colleges were far and she could not afford the high fees and other expenses . She became silent and her mind went totally blank. With an act of surrender,She closed her eyes and rendered her hands to the fate to take her anywhere it wished. But still she believed her God. It was Day 8, Shree was waiting in the queue to meet the principal and that day the crowd was little more and people were rushing to meet the principal. Suddenly a middle aged tall man arrived out of the principal's room. He was a very famous and a wealthy man in the town and a Family friend of Shree as well . He was there to recommend his relative girl in the college. He pretended like he didn't notice her.

Shree thought he really missed to notice her and she went forward from the queue and called him "Uncle" and her intention is to greet him.  But before she opened her mouth, Shree didn't  know there was a heavy thunder awaiting. The moment she opened her mouth, the tall man raised and joined his both hands above his head  like a politician and said "No No ..No Recommendations Please" and he left the place as if he did not know Shree.
All he did was , he made the crowd to think that he was a great person.  He added fuel to the fire in her heart . All the eyes were on her. Her situation was pathetic and embarrassing. Her body shrinked of shame. She slowly moved to a place behind a pillar where no one could see her. Something blocked her throat and she whimpered. She heard an inner voice from her heart saying "Do not worry , Wipe your tears and Face your fears, Your day will come and this too will pass!". After a while, She wiped her tears away and habitually met the principal and went home.

"She didn't know a word to say which meant "more than thanks"

It was Day 09,  Shree waited for the  principal , but unable to meet her as she was out of town. Fortunately she got a chance to meet a senior professor in the department. Shree explained about her whole story and spoke in a depressed way "Madam, I am from a poor family and i need the seat badly otherwise my whole life will be ruined" .The senior professor got her file and looked into it and was  awestruck by her marks. The senior professor exclaimed  "We are lucky to have such a bright student in our department".
Ahhhh.....Those words were medicine for the wound in her heart. She felt little better. The Hope which was about to die just popped its head and was ready to get up. She perceived that God came in front of her in the form of the senior professor. The professor was kind. She notified Shree that  "There will be a meeting held tomorrow. The list of seats will be finalized and I would definitely suggest your name in the meeting and will do my best". The moment the professor said those words, with no thought Shree fell on her knees and touched the professor's feet  to thank her. The professor gave an encouraging pat on her shoulder and that really lifted her spirit. Her light of dawn came seeping through the mountains.

It was Day 10, Final seat allocation meeting for the department was about to happen. That day Sister Akhila accompanied Shree to the College. There been a great tug of war between Shree and the Fate.And now There was no point in asking who was going to win, Fate had no option rather to make Shree win, as she already been surrendered. It was like a Struggle for life and death. After an hour, the professor came out and went passing her. She hastened to her and stood in front just to help her remember that she was waiting.  Shree was restless and praying. The professor said "Oh I'm sorry I forgot that you were waiting . You got the seat. Pay the fees and come to the class".

Shree was dumb struck and missed her breath. She astounded and couldn't bear the sweet shock. She didn't know a word to say which meant "more than thanks". Her two palms joined in front of her chest and happy tears  pouring down . The professor gave a  pat on her cheeks and a warm smile and  said "You got the seat only because of your marks". Shree smiled  through her tears with eyes glittering. The Professor congratulated her and paused for a while seeing her pathetic position, and asked "Do you have money to pay the fees?" . The professor stressed the same repeatedly as she doubted whether Shree had the money.

Shree uttered in undertone " Yes Madam, I have the money to pay the fees". She was totally unhappy that she lied to the professor who helped her. The reason was Shree was very shy to reveal the truth that she was down and out of money. She was puzzled and didn't  know what to do. Akhila rushed to the nearest public telephone booth and called a friend and explained the emergency. The boy at the other end spoke "Do not worry Akhila! I am on the way to the college". The boy hurried to the spot and handed the money to Akhila and vanished.

But Shree didn't realise the boy helped her was going to exchange his soul with her in future.

SHE'S ONE OF US

                     

LET EVERYONE BLAME THE FATE !!

Two Months ago,Shree finished her 12th exams and Engineering entrance exam and got excellent marks. Her dream was to join in a competent Engineering college. Due to her family's financial situation ,her school principal who sponsored her school education promised her that he would take care of her Engineering dream. She had too much of  confidence about her Engineering future. She was waiting for her counselling and just for a safer side she applied for the science group in a leading Arts and Science college in her town. The days passed, She got an admission letter which mentioned a joining date from the Arts and Science college .She kept it aside and continued with her Engineering dream.
The Joining Day came and she didn't go to the College. There was an unexpected turn and  had no choice but to go with it. It was 7 pm at night. A Shocking news awaited her. It was from her school principal that he couldn't help pursue with her dream.  On hearing the news she felt the ground under her foot was slipping. She was stunned and speechless. She missed a single seat which she had applied. She felt that she was been traited. She thought her whole world become dark and she fell into a deep pit from which she couldn't get up.Her family consoled and was a moral support to her, But still she couldn't come out of it.She smiled at everyone as if she had nothing in her heart and made others think that she was a bold girl. She went to her bed. That night her eyes did not rest to sleep. It was so busy the whole night. The pillow got all her sorrows.
The next morning Shree went to the College.She went behind every staff she could see. But everyone in the college said that she missed her seat and she would not get her seat back as it was an Open competition seat. Everybody started blaming her for not coming on time.Even in this tough situation,Shree's naughtiness had no boundaries. To make the situation little better, she framed a story about why she didn't show up on joining date. She thought Fate made her suffer ,So she decided to take a revenge on it. Let everyone blame the Fate and not her. She headed to the science department to meet the Head of the Department. But the HOD ignored her and said that she was busy with the admissions. Though the HOD was not interested to listen ,Shree started to tell her framed story. Shree ran behind the HOD who was walking out and said "Madam !For the past one week,  me and my family were out of town. By that time the joining letter reached my home and it was received by the person next door. When we returned home ,the neighbor went to their home town out of some emergency. and so the joining letter reached me late. This is the reason for coming delay to the college
HOD spoke back to her in a way that Shree's hope went further down 

 Let us hope Shree soon glimpse her first gleam of dawn....

"SHE'S IS ONE OF US"

SHREE -SHE'S ONE OF US

The Start!

I am very much happy to share with you my creation "SHE'S ONE OF US".This story is full of my imagination.

Not everything will go as we expect in our life. Sometimes we need to drop our expectations and go with the flow of life!

In life, things happens for a reason out of our control. Instead of getting down when things don't go right in our life,the only way to thrive in life is to have some positive thoughts and feelings. Everyone will be tested in our life with daunting obstacles not to know our weakness but to know our strength.

Achievements are neither big or small. When exceptional and extraordinary things are at greater heights to get, still we move forward to achieve them and that is "The Great Achievement". Do not regret in life what we don't get. Someday everything will make perfect sense. Keep in Mind, Everything happens for a reason!. Even though the story is about a  girl, every person might have come across such experiences.

Before going into the story I have to describe about My heroine Shree, who is one of us and My Hero Sai. Shree is a girl from a family living in a small town in southern part of Tamilnadu. She is beautiful, joyful, extremely naughty, bold, honest, spiritual, straight forward and outspoken. She still looked beautiful for her values and her character. People easily get jealous of her because they like her so much.

About her family, her father doing small business with which they couldn't make a descent life and her mother,a home maker. She has an elder sister Akhila. Akhila is an Engineering student in her final year. Being a poor girl, her talent and the sponsors are the reasons for her education. Though the Family is an orthodox,they have modern thoughts. Shree's love and affection towards her family cannot not be measured.

Coming to My Hero Sai is a guy who has a neighbor boy look and has a familiar face, that everyone like to mingle with him. He has magnetic eyes. Simple words which defines him is"A kind hearted man who always come forward to help others". He too  doing his engineering final year and  he is a friend of Akhila and a family friend too. He is from an upper middle class family.

My Creation reveals about the problems of Shree which lead to a struggle and how Shree takes that as a success in her life. It also reveals how the situations and experiences in her life makes her to develop her values. Her positive approach towards the life is really amazing. Her Satisfaction in life even when the life is not perfect for her which is even amazing.

Enjoy the story 

Here comes Shree- "SHE'S ONE OF US".

CHAPTER 01:

A STORY BEHIND THE TEARS!!

In the Town,near the Main road,there goes a wide path. It leads to a place with green meadows,lot of trees,a statue in the middle and a temple too. The little breeze made the environment very pleasant. A Peacock dancing and a group of peacocks running here and there. The scene was a great treat to the eyes. The place looked like a big park and the buildings around. It was a wonderful environment. There were some people standing in a queue in one part of the building. The pin drop silence made the place still more beautiful.

But Shree was standing in the queue with a sad face with a file in her hands in front of a room. Tears were just playing hide and seek behind her eyes. Her dressing made her look poor,But still she had a rich look. She was totally down without any hope.

It is 10.am in the morning, the crowd was little disturbed. There came a Lady with the majestic look, neatly dressed, wearing specs, little dark hurried inside the room. Just above the room it was written "The Principal". Yes .. It was a College campus and it was a leading and a popular College of Arts and science for women in the town.

Shree was waiting to get a seat in Science group in the college. The crowd started moving towards the room. Her turn came, she went inside shivering and gave her file to the principal. She started telling some stories to the principal. The principal listened her and said "There is no point in waiting and You can go".

She already felt so depressed and the moment she heard those cruel words from the principal, Her heart broke into pieces but nobody heard the noise. The tears which were playing hide and seek was caught and came out like waterfalls. She felt as if she was detached from her life totally.

In mean while, she overheard some conversation from principal's PA room. The personal assistant was talking to someone who was also waiting for the seat as her. She said "Do not lose Hope. Come Daily. Show your face to the principal and you'll definitely get the seat at least out of sympathy". The words were not just words for Shree. It was like a small drizzle in a desert. She made up her mind and went back to her home in her cycle.

Having scored an extremely very high marks in 12th standard, Why she is standing in the queue for the seat? Why she was begging for a science group seat in an arts and science college when she deserved more than that?? Most of the leading colleges would definitely welcome her for her marks, But why she was standing here with that heavy heart and without any hope. Why she was afraid of her future ? There was a sad story behind her tears!

The only one answer for her standing here was "The Fate".
"The Fate don't ask what we want but know what is the Best"

Lets always hope for the Best!!

Struggle continues ...........