Chapter 8

My friends got done with their reviews on time too. It was time to leave. Lakshman, and Hameed got home for a short while before they could start on their jobs. Pramod, Kat, Nigga and I got our visas approved to travel to the USA for higher studies. Paras got done with his review finally, with his extremely irritating advisor, letting him leave. It may have taken time, but what came out of it, was some real satisfaction for him. As for her, no one really knows what she feels for her student’s work. So, he didn’t really care.

He was leaving, to the railway station, and I was walking with him to the cab, when he asked me if I had told Vedha. I told him that I wasn’t planning to any soon. He then told me

 Fools assume, Wise men ask.

I had the customary summer evening bath. I got online, and found Vedhaa online too. I wanted to tell her to the face, but maybe it was too late. I opened the chat window.

Vedhaa: Hi.

Me: Hey, I was going to ping you. Tell me.

Vedhaa: I need your advice on something.

Me: Yeah, go on.

Vedhaa: Your friend Sridhar asked me out. He’s smart, interesting and I find him cute too. I wanna say yes to him, but before that I wanted to make sure I was doing the right thing.

Me: Hmm...

Vedhaa: What does that hmm... mean??

Me: Do u think u will be able to manage a long distance relationship? He is going to app and u are going to stay in insti for another year.

Vedhaa: All that isn’t a problem, is he the nice guy he seems to be?

Me: Yes, that he is. But ...

Vedhaa: That’s enough . Thank you sooo much! J

Fools assume. Wise men ask.