Silence, pin-drop silence! I knew someone had to initiate a conversation, otherwise the situation was not heading for a “bright future”. The sound of cool air pumped out from the AC vents and some aggressive gear-shifts made by Ravi’s father, that was the only audible thing until then. The old Hyundai Santro had a really nice AC that, even I was shivering at the back.
“Lucky me! Just missed! Otherwise I’d have been taken by them too. Man, you are having a really bad time.” At last I broke the silence, by delivering the carefully made out sentence which I had been thinking since we got into the car from Police Station.
“Exactly! What worse could happen? We were just discussing things at the shop next to the college entrance. Seemed like it was all planned. Somebody sold us out.” Ravi replied with a gust of anger and disappointment.
“Like it’d be hard for you to get a good night sleep, if things were not mooted tonight itself. You guys knew they were coming. You should’ve acted smart.” Ravi’s dad pounced into the conversation.
I was really happy to have taken them out of the embarrassment and talking. Because no father would want to see his child under Police custody. However, I was very cautious about the choice of words. One wrong word and the situation would take a turn for the worst. I patiently played the moderator, supporting Ravi wherever I felt necessary.
“Thank God! The officer was a nice person. I requested them to leave the other boys as well. After all, we were all college students once.” Ravi’s dad said with a sigh of relief.
I must admit the fact that his dad is a cool customer. He was an army officer once, so you expect him to be. I suddenly pictured my father in the situation. Boy, he'd have been disappointed and very much let down by me.
“Okay now tell me, what was the fight all about?” He inquired. “Oh, that was nothing daddy.” Ravi replied .
You know? The universe was created out of nothing!“Lucky me! Just missed! Otherwise I’d have been taken by them too. Man, you are having a really bad time.” At last I broke the silence, by delivering the carefully made out sentence which I had been thinking since we got into the car from Police Station.
“Exactly! What worse could happen? We were just discussing things at the shop next to the college entrance. Seemed like it was all planned. Somebody sold us out.” Ravi replied with a gust of anger and disappointment.
“Like it’d be hard for you to get a good night sleep, if things were not mooted tonight itself. You guys knew they were coming. You should’ve acted smart.” Ravi’s dad pounced into the conversation.
I was really happy to have taken them out of the embarrassment and talking. Because no father would want to see his child under Police custody. However, I was very cautious about the choice of words. One wrong word and the situation would take a turn for the worst. I patiently played the moderator, supporting Ravi wherever I felt necessary.
“Thank God! The officer was a nice person. I requested them to leave the other boys as well. After all, we were all college students once.” Ravi’s dad said with a sigh of relief.
I must admit the fact that his dad is a cool customer. He was an army officer once, so you expect him to be. I suddenly pictured my father in the situation. Boy, he'd have been disappointed and very much let down by me.
“Okay now tell me, what was the fight all about?” He inquired. “Oh, that was nothing daddy.” Ravi replied .