AneStory

Something was wrong with the morning, it was not as if Sun had come up from wrong side or anything, it just did not seemed to be normal. Then there are very few things abnormal in any ones life, this was one such day in Hera’s life. Hera got up, and for no reason known to him, got ready very enthusiastically, and went to college, was just in time! Just before the prayer started. This had not happened for a long time now, well unless Hera did not sleep at all at night.

And here, even before he could enter his class room, he was escorted. Unannounced, without much details and without any prior notice, like an arrest. Towards an office, where Hera would not have gone for any reason at all, not even if it had been an emergency. And he started feeling the fear of a lamb being taken to gallows once he saw Avir standing in attention, very quite, as if he has been punished.

With a subtle moment of an eyelid Hera asked Avir

Hera: *What is going on?*

Avir: With not so subtle moment of shoulder *I dont know!*

And then they saw, what they wished they wont get to see, Dean walking towards the same office, gave them a bad ass glance and went in to the office, he was soon followed by the two professors who had helped Avir and Hera. They seemed to be surprised at the summons. Soon other directors of institute were coming, and entering office of the Principal Director.

After about an hour of tiring, mentally and physically, Hera & Avir were ushered in to the office. Hera was 1st too break silence.

Hera: “Sorry!”

Avir: “But Sir! Why were we called, when we did not get permission we dropped the plans.”

Sir: “We dont want you two to drop the plans, instead we are ready to give you permission, however; you would have to convince us how would your race help us and environment!”

Hera & Avir were stunned! And dint know what to say, so they did the best thing they knew, keep quite and stare!

Sir: “You dont have to answer now, but be ready with answer by day after tomorrow, and also think of a way to finance this event, and also remember we are going to demonstrate a device that will lower the emissions by near 100%”

And they were allowed to go and attend the class or go home and think of a way to get answers!

Hera: “Why are we supposed to look for finance? We went to them to get finance!”

Avir: “We are stuck in a pickle! We wanted race & money, and now we are going to do Rally and give money!”

Hera: “Whatever! Lets get something to talk about after 48 hours! And I was so sure this strange day was good, got up early and now I will sleep early too!”

Avir: “You were lucky then! I was dropped here by my father, he got a call from college, asking about me! He blasted me through the whole 30 minutes drive to college!”

Hera: Just looked at Avir and “Good night!”

Avir: “Good night!”

And they did go on to sleep, at exact noon o’clock.

On all of the Earth, everyday, every minute, every moment, plans are made, changed, twisted, broken and what not, but humans keep on planning things, keep on planning life, keep on doing things so that plans do not get affected and still end up changing them.

Likewise, the plan of visiting Monsoon’s place needed some change, for now, Hera was not in any position to gain from visiting her home town, and on other hand Monsoon had asked to postponed it herself. Her exams had been rescheduled.

Hera wondering, while his mind wandered, with what should he fill the vacant days with, and he was coming up with nothing or absolutely ridiculous ideas in world, one after the other.

To get his mind off the case, Hera decided to be friends with the new guy in class who was transferred from another college and was for some weird reason trying to be friend. Avir.

Avir was very much interested in cars and had even managed to buy a run down Fiat Premier Padmini and was devotedly renovating it, but was finding it very difficult to get the funds together.

Avir had a brain wave of asking it to Hera, and Hera had a brain wave of suggesting an answer.

Hera: “Why not organise a motorcycle race?”

Avir: “Great! I know a guy, who can help!”

Hera: ”Why not ask college, as a part of sports festival!”

Avir: Thinking this was bit stretching, but enthusiasm on Hera’s face. “Yes! Why not?”

Hera: “Any how, we will need their permission to let students participate in it, else we might not get any takers.”

And they roped in two faculties, lying about green words, and how they can help students learn how to save petrol as well as race and stuff. Got a proposal made, with signatories: Hera, Avir and the 2 faculties. Things started to role, until they hit a rock wall of their Dean.

Dean’s first word were

Dean: “Why don’t students just shift to cycling instead? It is more environment friendly!”

And there the plans of winning a race, that is what Hera was thinking, ended, until one of the director of society, a person much higher up the leader started showing some interest, and gave new life to Fiat! Plans got twisted!