Dhir : Wow! Did you expect this happening to us?
Praj : Not really. I thought our plan was just perfect!
Dhir : Little did we know that the guy up there had a different plan for us (winks).
Praj (smiles): True. All that I feel like doing now is lying on a hammock in a sun-soaked beach, reading a novel and drinking frozen Carlsberg!
Dhir : Wow! Speak of being ambitious (winks)! Along with all that you mentioned, I would want to have Rita by my side.
Praj : Aww! Cheesy I must say! Relationship is one department where I have always sucked, so no comments!
Dhir : Ha ha! Yes I know. Remember in college, how you tried to woo a girl by gifting her a huge Archies (love) card and a heart-shaped balloon on her birthday?
Praj(laughs out loud) : I swear! What was I thinking?! Girls were never my interest! But you’re no less. What about the ten girls you dated before you finally met Rita eh?
Dhir : Yeah well (smiles sheepishly). Life is full of surprises, just never when you need one.
Praj : Ha ha! Good one! But hey, isn’t Rita two month pregnant now?
Dhir : Yeah! I wonder how she’ll take the news about us. What about your parents? Told them as yet?
Praj : No man! They have gone for some pilgrimage I believe. Hmm. Care for a smoke?
Dhir : Rita would have objected, but yeah why not!
Praj lit up two cigarettes and a cloud of smoke surrounded both.
Praj : I wonder. .Why can’t we steer our life in the direction we want to?
Dhir : Profound thought there. Well we can’t because otherwise we won’t be able to give ourselves enough credit for what we do now.
Praj : Not bad. I like that. So there’s absolutely nothing in our hands, right?
Dhir : Yeah you may say so. Just take life as it comes. Why so serious?
Praj : Ah just. Say, can we possibly run away from here?
Dhir : How I wish! But no, they already know about us.
Praj : But we can’t keep hiding here either.
Dhir : I know. Let the sun set. We can plan our moves only after that.
Praj : Really?
Dhir : Yeah, whom am I kidding?! No Point, Praj.
They both took their last drag and started staring in the seamless sky.
Dhir : Clichéd, but any last wish?
Praj : Ah.. I wish I could tell it to my parents. You?
Dhir : No wish man. Everything is fair in love and war, my friend.
Long pause.
Dhir : This is it, Praj. Let the bullets talk.
Praj(takes a deep breath) : Yes! Good bye Dhir! Cheers!
Dhir : Cheers!
‘Jai Hind!’ The soldiers roared. There were two gun shots in the air followed by a deafening silence.
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