Mass Bunking (III final)

When  I reached the school bell had already rung and I ran towards my class; saw nothing there but a water bottle  it was of Gunjan’s, if I remember it correctly, I thought that she must have left it here in first shift, felt relieved and cursed myself for being unnecessarily Sherlock Holmes.

As the bell had rung already, I turned back to see my 5^th lesson’s teacher coming straight towards me. I was in a tight spot, so I prefered to run away. I ran until I had left her way back. There, roaming in corridors I had no way to go back home so the best and only way to pass my leisure time was to sit in library, and it was also a way to take a sneaks peek if Gunjan was sitting there or was just showing off in the class. Surprisingly,  she wasn’t there.

10 minutes had passed now only 30 minutes for  6^th period. After the teachers students would disperse from one class to another it would be easy for me to run home.I kept my bag on shelf outside the library,went inside saw some students reading newspapers, magazines etc there were teachers also. At this time the old library was engaged for some renovation and extension purpose. So, these were the home science labs that were being used as temporary library. The space wasn’t big but was manageable. I went inside the novels section. Picked up The Guide by RK Narayan. And when I started to come out of between the  shelves. I realized that no one can have such a worse day that I was having.

When I stepped out I saw my 6^th lesson’s teachers sitting little bit of right in just front of me. I had two choices either to sit on the table and betray my classmates or just stand between the shelves for more 27 minutes. I chose the second option. I was roaming between the novels and home science sections. I had to do that for about half an hour more.

I had heard somewhere that books talk to us but didn’t know that they could do that among themselves even. Don’t know why but I  could hear them which is not normal. The child development for beginners, speaking to the Abnormal psychology and case studies. “These girls think that they are very smart. By the way abnormal psychology you got a new case. Hehehe..!!”

 It is ok and normal with humans to insult me but not books. I had a question which I asked even how does it know how over smart we think we are. Then again it replied “I have been here since 2005.”  "I  believed you for that because I can see your end is near you are in pieces.” I said angrily. I went even more inside the shelves because I could not take more insults. At that point I was praying that no one must have seen me. I could hear the books they couldn’t or maybe it was me only repenting for what I had done. Dug a well for myself . I could have stayed at home. But there was no other way, than to stay there.

There were still 16 minutes left. In this kind  of situations time passes slowly. There was neither light nor fan over these very shelves. I was sweating badly. I sat on the ground until any girl came to choose books from there and I had to pretend that  I was reading the book. The librarian saw me doing this. I don’t know what she must be thinking about me. But whatever the situation was, I had to do that.

Finally! The time passed, bell rang and my teacher went for my class. I kept the book back on its place took my bag and ran away sweating horribly. I was pedaling as fast as I could. Then promised myself not to do these adventures on my own. 

Next day was the day to get our result. No, not the exam one but the deed we had done yesterday with a confidence as high as Himalaya. The 5^th lesson went terrible. The teachers said, “ this is your last warning never do that again. Or else I will come to your class and teach the benches and walls of your class. Only Gunjan was there in the class room so I will put present mark on her name on the attendance sheet.”  She had betrayed the whole class saying that she would be in the library and the bottle that I saw was brought by her only and I was thinking that she must have left it here.

This was ok because we all had to face this but the  surprise of 6^th lesson was just planned for me specially. The teacher came in and pointing at me said, “if you were in school then why didn’t you attend the class.” And I was thinking is that me she is talking about. She added, “ I saw you in the library hiding from me, this kind of behavior would not be accepted next time.” All my hardship and pain went in vain. All the insults that I had to hear from that The child development for beginners just for this that ma’am could point me out before the whole class. It would have been better if I were sleeping in my bed rather than doing adventures.

We all are always stuck in a dilemma; dilemma of what is right and what is wrong. We should take any decision sensibly and patiently because we are responsible for the outcome, no one else is. I tried hard to be loyal to my friends that was my choice and Gunjan betrayed the whole class and that choice was hers...

P.S.  I am not promoting class bunking in any respect. But they surely will count up in your childhood memories.