Chapter 7

Vinay had been in Anjali's place for around half an hour now, and it had been only normal chatting so far. All of a sudden, he made a move. He moved close to her, and kissed her on the lips. He stayed there for a couple of seconds, experiencing the ecstasy that arose from her hair. Smelt like she'd had oil bath that morning. Suddenly Anjali pushed him away saying, "Your drunk." Vinay then said," No, I'm not drunk. My friend Rajesh offered me a small cup of scotch before I left. 100 ml is all I had. Udaipur is a place of great discipline when it comes to all this. You hardly have any time and chance to fall for other girls, to drink or smoke, do drugs or anything of that sort."

All the while, Vinay knew he was lying. He had gotten into all this, and even more in Udaipur. He had started off with cigarettes, just to try them, for the fun of it. Then, he got into drinking. It was the thing which made him unstable. He earned memos in his insti for have been found drunk in class! He did heroin once a week, and also started trading with hashish. He almost had a police case filed on him for that, but was left because he was still a minor. It was his luck, he became a major the next day, his birth had saved him.

Now, Vinay was getting more and more restless. These days, women had merely become an object of desire to him. The ugly side of college life had taken to him too. He started off a conversation arbitrarily with Anjali.

Vinay: The climate here is horrible now.
Anjali: I know, I've never seen Bangalore in as much spate as this ever.
Vinay: I know. By the way, did you realize your 18 now? You can do anything now.
Anjali: Yea, I know..
Vinay: I mean, we can do anything now..
Anjali: What do you mean?
Vinay: How is the climate outside?
Anjali: Very cold right now.
Vinay (stroking Anjali's hand): The whole house is ours. The climate is cold too. Why don't we do something and get hot!

Anjali looks at Vinay's face and understands his feeling of hunger, not love. At this moment, Vinay puts a leg of his on her. With a cry, she pushes him away, and rushes out shouting, " You bastard, move off. What do you think your going to do?" Vinay catches up with her and says," See. what we are doing is not wrong. We are old enough, and are doing it because its our age. There's no wrong in this. " But Anjali screams, not relenting to his wishes. Then opens the door, and steps in Rahul from outside...