Doesn’t it sound sad?
Imagine the strength and depth of the bond formed between the students of a class after spending 3 YEARS together.
Now imagine meeting them after the board exams and not knowing when you’ll meet them all again.
Quite upsetting, isn’t it?
That’s exactly what happened on 8th April 2023.
The class 10 board exams ended on 29th March leaving us all happy and relieved. This happiness was quite short lived. We soon realised that we would no longer spend time together, cause chaos in classrooms, eat together, play together and enjoy together. We wanted to spend one last day together as a class before our busy schedules of class 11 start.
We decided to meet at Sarath City Capital Mall (AGAIN!!) on 8th April. We also decided to have a dress code this time. BLACK!! Everyone was supposed to wear black!
On 8th, at around 10:20am, I walked with Amma till Ni’s house and then three of us walked together till the metro station. Ni and I got down at the Ameerpet station where we joined Ar, Sr, Kr, Gu, Va, Sh, Ihi and Ju. The 10 of us were about to get onto the metro when Kr and Sh realised that they had bought tickets for Ameerpet station and not Hitech City station (which was our destination). Ar and Sh went to buy tickets (Ar went to buy tickets for Kr because it was Kr’s first time travelling alone on metro) and we missed 3 trains.🙃🙃
We got down at the metro where Ak came in her car. Half of us went with her in the car and the rest booked a cab.
At around 11:40, the 11 of us reached the mall where Ka, Ro and Sur were waiting for us. We waited for a few more minutes and Vaa joined us. We walked around, and Suh joined us in a while. We explored the mall for some more time, looked at the toys in Hamley’s (no idea why) and did a little window shopping. Then, Lak and Wa joined us. We were all waiting for Ham who would come directly from college. We went to Forest’s Edge and talked until Ham came. We also paid 2k in advance to book the rooms. After Ham came, we went to the food court for lunch (everyone except Wa, who was fasting). We joined two tables and added a couple of chairs so that we could sit together.
After lunch, we went to Forest’s Edge. We collected the money from everyone and formed three teams. Ak, Vaa, Lak, Wa, Suh, Sh and I were in one team and we went to “The Barbary Coast”. Ham, Ni, Va, Ihi, Ju, Gu and Kr went to “Turbulent Skies”. Ka, Ro, Sur, Ar and Sr went to “The Great Art Heist”. AND NONE OF US WERE SUCCESSFUL!!
We then wanted to go for bowling but got to know that we would have to wait for three hours. So, we decided to go to Sky Zone instead. We played dodgeball for almost an hour and has LOADSSS of FUN. Until then, we didn’t take even a single group picture!
After taking the picture, Wa left. The rest of us split up into groups. Kr, Gu and Sh went for Go Karting. A few of us went for Scary House and few others walked around and ate in the food court. After the Scary House, Ak left and went to her cousins’ place which was near the Hitech City metro station. Vaa and I had rolled ice cream. Then, Ka and Ro too left. The rest of us, unable to find a place to sit in the food court, went to Taco Bell and sat there (without ordering anything!). We talked and played for sometime and then decided to go home.
Suh booked a cab for himself and went home. Vaa’s Driver came and she left. That left 13 of us who would be going home by metro. We booked 3 cabs. Kr, Gu, Ju and Sh went in the first one. Va, Ni, Sur and Ihi went in the next one. The third cab took FOREVER to come and it was already around 7:30pm. We cancelled the cab and Lak, Ar, Sr, Ham and I went to the metro station in an auto. Ak joined us there. Everyone got down the metro one by one at different stations and we couldn’t help feeling a little low. Ak, Ni, Ihi and I got down last. Ihi’s parents were waiting for her and she left. Nanna came in the car and Ak, Ni and I got on. We dropped Ni on the way and Ak came to my house to wait until her father came. She also left after waiting for around 15 minutes.
That’s how the day came to an end. All of us feeling tired and a little sad knowing that we may not be able to meet as such a large group until a few years…
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