Fir yah kyon aa gaya.Mai ise darwaje se hi lauta dungi. Yah soch kar darwaza kholne lagi. “Namastey Bhabhi, aap soch rahi hongi mai itni raat kyon a...aya. Kyon ki akash ghar par nahi hai. Par mujhe akash ne hi bheja hai”. Akash ka naam sunate hi neelu ne use andar bulaya. “Akash ne kuch paise diye hain aur kapdo ka set mangaya hai. Wah 12 din aur bahar rahega. Mujhe subah pahuchana hai.”Neelu ne paise rakhe. Itni dur se scooter chala kar aaya hai yah sochkar chai banana chali gayi. Idhar ankit. ”“Yeah, I whacked him a really good one. Bet he has a hand mark on his fat face,” Barbara grinned.“Good for you!” Denise exclaimed. “Anyone know who it was?”“The Guardian ran to follow him, blowing her whistle. I think my hand print will be pretty good evidence.” She left for the food line.Gradually our table filled up and we talked about teachers going crazy. We all decided this was a result of the Program and then Andrew piped up with one of his crazy comments.“There’s gotta be a mandatory. If two people finding love while going to the prom was not good news,than nothing was. Right up there with sharing good news was peopleletting others in on revelations. If Ziggy being gay was notsurprising, than nothing was. Many people thought he was in love withhis best friend, Joy.The gossip made it to Joy before her first class started. The rumors ofthose Ziggy and Jordan flirting and how Steff try to make light of howthey felt was even juicier than yesterday's big story of the prom. “You’d think that I would have gotten used to that. I mean you having stolen it from me first.”“Hmm, I love you, Mister. I just need you to come home safe and sound and take care of us. Oh, and no Purple Hearts. I know what those are, and I don’t want you to get one. Any other medal will be fine, but no Purple Hearts! Got it, young man,” she said.“Got it, no Purple Hearts,” I said, repeating what she said. **** Milano’s was busy. I saw Cecilia come toward us. She was smiling.“Hi guys, Sam I.
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