Threesome

TA was in his typical philosophical mood. “See guys” he explained to the two unassuming girls who were trying to make head and toe of whatever he was trying to say. “For example, The President of a country cannot hangout like a common man. The more important you are, the less free you become. I don’t think you ought to complain about lack of freedom in your hostels. That means, you students of Kunjibeevathu are more important to this college than the dumbasses back in MH. You understand what am trying to say?”

“Oh! Quite right. You are the man, TA” said the girls, pretending to be impressed by the gibberish.

In the days running upto the ‘College Day’, the girls were allowed to stay back in campus for a little while longer than usual for decorations and stuffs. Hannah and Meena, along with TA, their group mate, were sitting near the parking lot in front of canteen discussing how cool the ‘MJ’ of the Titans looked when the discussion inevitably veered into how girls in college were treated like Prisoners.

“Instead of engineering professionals, it feels like they are training us to become ideal housewives” Hannah had said when TA came up with his philosophy.

“Whatever dude” Hannah dismissed “I hate this whole attitude. Know what? I seriously wish to create some kind of ruckus before leaving the college”.

“You know what I wish for?” said Meena looking at the skies in a very poetic way. Evidently she had lost herself again “I wish to see the view from top of the college”. Typical Meena.

“Eh? You mean in three years, you haven’t been up there? You kidding me?” asked TA, a bit surprised.

“Eh? You mean you have been up there? You kidding me?” responded Meena in same tone.

“Ofcourse, several time. We can go up there now, if you guys want to” TA said. He dint had any idea about what he had just claimed.

“Oh cool” cried the girls together. They were already excited.

“You know, there’s a reason they call me TA, the Totally Awesome” exclaimed TA “Be with me to have some adventure and fun, that’s TA guarantee” he added.

“O! You are the Man, TA” said the girls giggling. TA blushed.

They entered the main building from the stairs on the left side where the gate was broken and from where guards dint see. Halfway through the first floor, the girls instead of walking were creeping along the staircase, TA observed. They behaved like some secret agents who had gained access to Villain’s hideout in order steal some documents. TA was amused. They reached the first floor.

“The first pit stop, Two more to go” said TA turning to the girls.

“Oh! How beautiful the view is already” Meena said looking at the main gate.

“NOOOO….!!!” He shouted from the other side. “Keep away from that side”

Before he finished shouting, Hannah ducked, followed by Meena, who always react a bit late. They were white as if they had seen a ghost. “Oh! Damn! The campus manager saw us” said Hannah.

They tried a bit cat and mouse game with Campus manager and the two security guards with him before they were finally caught. Standing outside the Principal’s office, they were trying very hard to control their laughter without yet understanding the seriousness of the situation. “Here’s your wish fulfilled Hannah” TA said. “This is fun” Hannah responded, Meena agreed with her.

Principal was busy and Manager couldn’t afford to waste his time waiting. Hence, he handed them over to the college Security head, incharge of discipline. He was called DySP because he was a retired DySP who liked to talk and… talk, a cool guy. “What were you guys upto, dint you know the area is out of limits?” he finally asked the students.

“No, Sir. We are really very sorry. We dint knew. We were looking for place to hang our big cut out for college day we had created. Sorry Sir. Sir. Sir” the girls kept saying. They spoke Malayalam in Italian accent and he was trying to figure out what exactly were they saying. All he could make out was ‘Sir’.

After some extensive pleading, DySP relented for he decided he couldn’t stand them any longer. But not before giving them a big lecture on discipline. How girls are supposed to behave, why guys and girls hanging out together this late a night is a classic case of how rumours begin, Why the area is not allowed for students as a girl had committed suicide by jumping from the top in 1997, also how it was completely banned because of some drunk miscreants from MH had a party there two months before.

They listened patiently for half an hour or so. “Let me see your IDs before you leave” said he finally.

“Thank God” the girls said handing over their IDs to him. TA looked the other side. Girls saw him sulking.

“Yes, yours?” DySP turned to him.

Slowly he handed over the ID. DySP studied it for a while.

“What did you say your name was?”

“TA”

“Who is Yosee?”

“That’s my roommate”

“And you are not him”

“Apparently”

“Where’s your ID?”

“I lost it”

“Why do you hang around with his then?”

“Uhmm… to fool the security at the main gate who wouldn’t allow to enter without an ID”

DySP dint say anything for a while. Finally he said “Know what? I think you deserve an appointment with principal”.

Girls were red with anger now “You asshole” said Hannah “We were almost there”

TA smiled sheepishly.

They were still pleading when the Dude, the organizer of the ‘College Day’, came up with his minions. Apparently, Aravindettan, the security guard at the main gate, had already spread the rumor that a guy was caught having threesome in college premises.

The Dude talked to the girls for a while and then took DySP aside for a private talk. One of the guys with him smiled at TA suggestively. “Basterd” the guy said. TA was lost.

Sitting at back of the college auditorium where all the decorations were taking place, TA observed Hannah and Meena thanking the Dude for intervening, right on time, saving them.

Dude pointed his fingers at TA “That guy with all his innocence could have ruined the College Day, if I had not intervened on time” he was telling the girls. Girls were looking at the Dude apologetically. He continued “Imagine, two girls and a guy, this late. Principal would even have had cancelled everything. Thank God, I was there on time and sorted out things with that old man”

“Oh! Dude. You are the Man” sang the girls in unison. The Dude blushed.

TA left the auditorium silently and walked to his room.