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Who Knocked at Her
Heart
by
Amaan Khan
EDUCREATION PUBLISHING (Since 2011)
www.educreation.in
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For you
I have lived a true life with you. Now I don’t need
anything. You will be in all my stories and therein
somewhere in the characters of the stories. I am
busy writing you in my life again. I have learned
prediction and it would not bother you. I can have
you in my life through imagination. You will play
the main role and will be the heroine or Princess of
my kingdom of imaginations in all the stories.
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Chapter 1
First Interaction with
A Stranger Girl ____________________________________________________________________________________
This was the first year of Ayaan’s post-graduation;
he was not new to the university, he was doing post-
graduation after the gap of two years in the same
university from where he had completed his
bachelor. He knew her because at the beginning of
the first year of his post-graduation. He and She
were two students who took admission in MBA at
the same date. They met in the admission cell when
she needed a pen for filling her admission form. She
was shaking her pen because it was not working
properly. Ayaan was also there to take admission in
M.B.A. He was also filling his admission form
sitting in front of her seat. A small drop of ink fell
on his form, he looked at her and then noticed, she
was trying to write something on her admission
form but the pen was pausing frequently. So, he
stopped filling his form and offered his pen to her
from which he was filing his form, whereas he did
not have another. He offered it to her because he
could have another one from the teacher who was in
the cabin which was just behind him. But when he
offered it to her, she refused to take it from him by
nodding her face. He insisted her to take that.
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“Take this pen I can ask from sir for another
one,” He said to her leaving his chair. She took it
with thanking him.
“Thank you very much for that,” she said
penning on the form.
In between, Ayaan went to his class teacher
who had taught him in his graduation. He had
taught him five subjects when he was in B.com
there.
“Sir, my pen is not working properly, it is
pausing at the time of writing on the form,” Ayaan
lied to the teacher. Ayaan knew that it was her pen
which was not working properly, but he lied to his
teacher that it was his pen.
The teacher gave a pen to him after asking his
colleague, if his colleague had an extra pen. Ayaan
knew that the teacher would not refuse him to give a
pen. After taking it from the teacher, Ayaan went
back to sit where he was filling his form.
“Your form had flown from here,” she said
giving that to Ayaan. “Thank you for this,” he said
putting the form on the table.
He completed his form and went back to the teacher
to give back pen. He thanked his teacher for his
kindness. The words uttered by the teacher were
quite impressive for him.
“No need to say thank, you are like our child.
We are not just your teachers, we are like your
parents too,” Teacher said to Ayaan.
He returned to the girl, but she was not there on
her seat. He searched her here and there by
rounding his head from the seat.
“Here is she,” he mumbled as he saw her.
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She was submitting her form to the teacher who
was sitting in the cabin which was near to
admission cell gate. Ayaan took out his cell phone
from the right pocket to see the time. It was ten to
eleven. Meanwhile, she came back on her seat,
started writing something in the form. He noticed
her form. She was still filling the admission form.
Apart from that, he noticed on her form. She was
also taking admission in M.B.A. He squinted for a
while on her form and saw her name on the form.
“Sara” He mumbled her name and turned his face
when he felt if she noticed to him squinting at her
form.
“Has she noticed me while mumbling her
name?” He thought.
He took a sigh of relief when he didn't get any
change in her body language.
“No, she didn't notice you,” he said to himself
in his mind.
She was busy on the last line of the form,
finished her form. She again went to the teacher
where she visited before. Now the teacher accepted
her form. Ayaan was gazing her from his seat, his
eyes were following her where she was going
through. As she returned to him, he turned his face
from her to save him from noticing by her. On the
way from the cabin to her seat, he just noticed her
putting her documents in the bag which she was
carrying with her. She returned to her seat and gave
back his pen.
“Thank you,” she said giving back Ayaan’s
pen. “You are most welcome,” he replied putting
his pen in the bag. “Are you taking admission in
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MBA too?” Ayaan questioned her. “It means, Are
you too here for taking admission in MBA?” she
asked instead. “By the way, my name is Sara,” she
told her name giving her hand towards him. “Sara”
a voice interrupted in their conversation. She took
back her hand and turned her face to see who was
there. It was a teacher from the table where she just
returned. They could not shake hands. She started
going back to the teacher.
“Wait here, I am coming back to you,” she said
to Ayaan going towards the teacher.
She submitted her form. The teacher said to her
that he would contact her after two days. She
returned to Ayaan. From here, Ayaan’s friendship
started with Sara. They talked to each other for a
while in the admission cell then they left the
admission cell when she asked him to come to the
canteen with her.
“I am feeling hungry, I did not have breakfast
properly,” she said putting her right hand on her
stomach.
They came out from the admission cell, went
towards the canteen. The canteen was near to the
admission cell. There was a garden full of flowers
in front of the canteen. As they stepped into the
canteen, they saw there were seven tables in the
canteen. They went to the last one which was just
near to the window and occupied the chairs. Ayaan
looked for someone to come to them to take the
order. But no one was there except the counterman
who was at the payment counter. There was a notice
on the wall which was indicating that there was
self-service. So, Ayaan went to him and ordered
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four samosas. The counterman gave that to him. He
returned to her with two plates of samosas having
two each in the plate with one packet of sauce with
each plate and they started eating that.
“Are you graduated from here?” She asked
him. “Yes, I am not new to this university. I had
finished the bachelor degree from here two years
ago. I took 2 years gap after completing graduation
and now I am again here to take admission in
M.B.A.,” Ayaan told her biting a small piece of
samosa. “Why did you not pursue your post
graduation after completing your graduation by
then?” She questioned biting her Samosa. “I mean,
“Why did you take 2 years gap?”
“There was a problem so that I could not
pursue,” he said to her not telling everything about
why he had not pursued.
They discussed many more about their studies
and about their schooling life. They finished their
samosas. As they reached to payment counter, they
were eager to pay the bill.
“How much?” Ayaan asked to the counterman
and took out his wallet to pay the bill but until he
did that she put money to the payment counter.
“Keep your money I will pay the bill,” Ayaan said
snatching a hundred Rupees note from his wallet.
“Take it,” she said to the counterman. Then they left
for home.
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Chapter 2 ____________________________________________________________________________________
Ayaan was in college canteen eating a burger there.
He was again here after one week of his first day at
university because the admission department had
messaged him.
“We are pleased to inform you that you are
capable to join our university so you can come to
the university by tomorrow for submitting your
further details and documents as we require as per
University guidelines,”
After taking all the information regarding his
classes, submitting all the documents and details as
they required. They told him, “He could join classes
from next Monday.” As he turned back, he saw Sara
was also there. He went to her. She was there, three
chairs away from him.
“How are you?” Ayaan asked her giving his
hand. They shook hands. “Have they messaged you
to come here?” She asked instead. “Yes, you know
our classes will start from next Monday,” He said.
“Yes, they have told me,” she replied snatching
money from her bag. “What are you waiting for?
Let’s go, eat something in the canteen,” he asked
her. “You go, I am coming behind you after
submitting my fee,” she said arranging money in
ascending order.
Ayaan had told to the teacher that he would pay
his fee in two or three days. And they allowed him
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to do so knowing that he was an ex-student. He
waited for Sara outside of admission cell. She came
out from the admission cell after submitting her fee
and they both went to the canteen.
Some students were playing truth and dare
beside them; the students were making noise and
laughing loudly. One of them started singing a song,
as they both entered the canteen.
“Tujhe Dekha to Ye Jana sanam, Pyaar hota hai
deewana sanam.”
Ayaan listened to his song and felt as if he used
to sing in the bathroom. He was a bathroom singer
for him. And other students were laughing and
singing with him gradually. They were trying to
tease him by singing with him. Ayaan sensed it by
their tone of singing.
After a while of listening to the song, “perhaps
they are singing after seeing both of us,” Ayaan
thought. “Or maybe, only because of Sara, as boys
do when they see girls, perhaps they are trying to
rag.”
This question came to his mind because he had
listened that from his friends and elders, “Ragging
is a part of most of the colleges and Universities
these days. The senior of any university or college
tries to rag with new admission.”
But suddenly he noticed all of them, were busy
in their own activities. He noticed no one was
seeing here or there. The focus of all students was
on the student who was singing. Students were
playing truth or dare having a bottle.
The game can be played by two or more
players. We need a bottle to play that game. We put
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the bottle on the surface of anything where we can
spin it. In this game, we have two options.
“Truth and dare.”
In dare-
We have to complete a task given by the
opposite player; task may be anything like “To
shout in public or to do the dance in public.”
In Truth-
We have to speak the truth which other person
is asking. “The truth may be anything related to
personal life or not.” To play this game we have to
require a bottle.
“This game is full of fun,” she said to him
pointing his finger towards the students who were
playing the game.
“Let's play this game,” he said. “Yes,” She said
with excitement.
He and Sara went to sit to play truth or dare.
Ayaan rounded his head to search the bottle in
whole the canteen but he could not find an empty
bottle there in the canteen. Meanwhile, he noticed
the students who were playing with the bottle had
stopped spinning the bottle. They all were collecting
their stuff from the table. One of them was on the
payment counter, pulling out his wallet. So Ayaan
went to them, asked for the bottle. They allowed
him to take the bottle. He took the bottle from the
table and thanked them.
“It is ok,” One of them said. “We are going to
take our classes so no need to say thanks.”
“It means the classes have started,” Ayaan
thought while going towards the table where Sara
was excitingly waiting for the bottle. “Perhaps they
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are new to the university.” He felt that because they
were in casual, and behaved well. “If the students
were not new to the university then they surely
comment something on us or try to rag us.” He
thought. He came back to the table with the bottle,
put the bottle on the table, and spin it. Sara won and
got a chance to give the options.
“Truth or Dare?” Sara asked him. “Truth,” He
chose.
The very first question she threw on Ayaan was
like weird for Ayaan.
“Do you have a girlfriend,” Sara asked to him.
The question which she asked from him
showed him that she was an open-minded girl.
When a girl could have the courage of asking that
type of question, so how could he have taken back
to himself.
“Yes, I had,” he said. “Who was she………
Ayaan interrupted when she tried to ask something
more from him about the girl.
“No, you can only ask one question after
winning a round,” he said. “Let’s spin again,” she
said as if she was keen to know more about his
girlfriend if she won that round too. Now she spins
the bottle. Ayaan won the round.
“Truth or dare?” he gave her options. “Truth,”
she chose. Meanwhile, he was thinking, “Wish she
choose the dare and I will give a task to laugh
loudly.” He wanted to see how much she was
careless about anything, but she chose truth. “Same
question,” he said holding the bottle in hand. “What
same question?” she asked him as if she did not get
what he meant.
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