Chapter 17
As Jhummi reached college, Jhummi's college name poster was on the front wall, MST college. Neel wished her all the best and Suhani also wished her good luck with a hug, she saw Ayan was watching in her direction, and very slowly, when no one was watching him, he whispered all the best in her ears, as he came close to her, her heartbeat got fast and she quickly went to the coach.
There was half an hour left for the tournament start. The coach was giving instructions to everyone and all players were focused on the coach. The tournament started and the princ.i.p.al gave a five-minute speech. After that match began and the first match was between The Queens college and The MST college. The player named Shaks.h.i.+ came from The Queen's College, and from The MST college, the coach send Shrishti, she was h.e.l.l upset. Everyone wished her all the best and she forced a smile. Saks.h.i.+ was quite nervous too but she maintained a smile on her face. Shrishti was doing well but the opponent was strong, MST college was cheering for her, the score was 8-9. Shrishti was trying hard to keeping balance but Shaks.h.i.+ made a quick shot and Shrishti missed the shot. First-round ended and The Queens won it.
Shrishti was so disappointed with her own performance, as she came out from the court, tears were rolling down from her cheeks, she started crying so badly, as the coach came to console her, she burst into more tears. And this time Abhimanyu came to her, he wipes her tears like a good friend and hugged her to console her, but Shrishti's heart was beating so fast, he hugged her so sudden, she couldn't believe it, only she knows how many times she craved for this. But this was not the right time. She came out from her fantasies, and saw the reality that her college lost the first round because of her.
The next round was between The SDP college and The Queens college. Both players were physically fit and das.h.i.+ng. The cheer girls were dancing and cheering for them. As the match started the player of SDP college made a fast shot and the queens college missed the first shot, everyone saw the disappointment on queens colleges faces. But after that both were giving tough compet.i.tion to each other, the match was going well with 6-9 score, but the match got a u-turn and the SDP college which was with 6 scores, continuously hit three fast shots and made the opponent freeze at his spot. and with the one last shot SDP college won the match. The Queen's college was very upset as they lost in the second round, which means they cant partic.i.p.ate in the final round. Jhummi and Shrishti were happy because now they don't have to compete with Queens college.
The next round was between The MST college and The CET college. it was now Jhummi's turn from the MST college and there was a tall boy from CET college who was giving cheap smiles to Jhummi, his name was Vishal and he was very famous for his quick shots. Ayan was so tensed and restless for Jhummi, but he didn't show his emotions, he noticed that creepy smiles of his, but he cheered Jhummi so loud that everyone turned their heads in his direction, but he ignored everyone. The match began and both players were playing so smoothly with maintaining balance. and suddenly he made a quick shot and mistakenly Jhummi missed the first shot.