PART 16
{{RECAP: They reach the village...They all have lunch }}

K:This camp is really going to be exciting.....
M:I agree with you Kt..Hai na Sneha...(looks at Sneha)
S:(smiling)You were saying before that this camp is going to be boring....
M:Now it seems really interesting...
P:But its bad that we all are in different groups...
S:At least some of you are together..But I am alone in my group and that Sania is also there with me...I didn't like her at all....
L:I would love to come to your group if I could, Sneha..I don't want to be with this Kt...She hits me all the time without any reason...(laughing)
K:No one should believe him...He keeps irritating me all the time....I would rather come to your group Sneha....
N:We believe you Kt...Agar yeh Laksh tumhe aur tang kiya toh humse aake kehna Kt...We will handle him...(smiles to Laksh and winks at him)
K:(smiling at Laksh)Sure Neev.....

After having their lunch they all rested for sometime....Then the time was 1.30 pm..It was time to start their work.Suchitra M'am called them all and asked them to assemble in front of the old house.

Su:It will take a lot of work to clean this place...But if you all work hard it will be done by this evening...Two groups can do the sweeping and cleaning of the surroundings..Aditya Varma's group will clean the front courtyard when Aseem Khan's group can clean the back yard...Bhargav Dutta's group and Deepak Dev's group bring water from the river in buckets and fill the huge tank which is there at the back side...There is no water supply in this house and it can be used by everyone..Farhan Mirza's group and Gautham Shankar's group can sweep the rooms and remove the cobwebs, upstairs.Laksh Virani's group shall go to the kitchen, clean it, bring the necessary ingredients from the market, collect the firewood from the trees around this house and todays dinner should also be prepared by your group in the evening. Don't worry, we have brought a cook and he will give you the instructions for preparing different dishes. The necessary utensils are there in the bus..Neev Shergill's group can go to the bus and get the mattresses and air pillows for everyone and make everyone's beds in the bedrooms..The girls will be sleeping in the upstairs bedrooms and the boys in the downstairs bedrooms..Praveen Mishra's group and Shreyas Khanna's group can do the sweeping and cleaning of the rooms downstairs...Those who clean inside the house have to clean the bedrooms first for allowing Neev Shergill's group to make the beds..Sukhdev Singh and group should take the necessay water and fill the huge barrels in each of the bathrooms upstairs.Williams John and group can take the water to the bath rooms downstairs.

Ka:Now everybody understood what should be done..Now the leaders, you can take your groups and start your work..We shall see which group does their job better..

Laksh called his group members together..He took all of them to the kitchen..The kitchen was big..There were built in stoves which could be burned with firewood.There was a small store room too...There was a chimmeney above..Kt and the 4 girls in the group said that they will sweep and wipe the kitchen clean.Laksh asked 3 of the boys to go and collect the firewood for igniting the stoves.

L:Manthan,Lets go and meet the cook and ask him which all ingredients should we buy and then we shall go to the market and get them.
M:But there will be lot of quantity needed na...We have to prepare food for over hundred people..How will we carry it inside?
L:Don't worry, we shall do some thing about that..

Laksh and Manthan left the kitchen..After some time Kt and the girls finished cleaning the kitchen.The boys had brought the firewood by that time.There was no sign of Laksh and Manthan..So the boys said that they will go and get the utensils from the bus so that they can boil the water for drinking and other cooking purposes..
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After some time Laksh and Manthan came back..Both Laksh and Manthan were carrying huge sacks on their back..There were some other men also carrying the other sacks..The men went after Laksh paid them..Laksh and Manthan were really tired after carrying those sacks inside..They were panting hard...They sat down in the kitchen.Kt gave them both water to drink.

L:(after drinking)Thank you Kt..(still panting hard)
K:(sitting beside them)Did you guys carry them all along from the market?
M:(handing the glass to her)No Kt...We called a bullock cart and loaded those sacks in it..We walked along side the cart till it reached the gate...Then we carried those inside from the gate..
K:But where did you get those men?
L:They were standing at the gate..They told that they will help if we paid them...
K:Ok..Now you both rest for sometime....

She went to the other girls and started to open the sacks. They segregated the contents and kept them in the store rooms..The cook came in at that time..He asked them to cut some vegetables for the curry and to make the wheat dough for making rotis..They all started to cut the vegatables as they were told..Laksh and Manthan were cutting the onions..Kt and a girl named Jyothi were preparing the dough with the wheat flour....The others were also peeling or cutting some or other vegetables..Kt looked at Laksh while doing her work..She noticed that his eyes had become watery....Manthan's condition was also the same..She felt pity for them...Laksh's face was fully red and he was wiping his eyes now and then...

K:Laksh ,Manthan should we do the cutting for some time....?
L:(Not looking at her)No..No...We will manage it....(continued to cut)
K:If you want you can mix the dough...Me and Jyothi will do your work...
M:Laksh,Lets do that...
L:No,Manthan if you want you do it....I will do this..
K:Ok Manthan you do my work with Jyothi..I will do yours....

Manthan went to Jyothi and and started doing Kt's work..Kt washed her hands from the tank outside and started to work with Laksh...She started to cut the onions..Kt looked at Laksh..He was looking more cute with his red face and watery eyes...Suddenly...

K:Aah...(closing her eyes)
L:(with a shocked face)What happened Kt?
K:My eyes....Something went inside my eyes..Oooh...
L:Wait let me see...(stops cutting)

Laksh opened her eyes with his hands and blew air into her eyes with his mouth...

Kt:Aah....Laksh you filled my eyes with all those onion juice in your hands...Now my eyes are burning....(tears fell from her eyes)
L:Oh no!! I am so sorry Kt...Come on...I will lead you to the tank..

Laksh led her to the tank which was at the backside of the house....He washed his hands quickly and washed her eyes with his hands....After pouring much water on her eyes she became alright....Laksh was relieved to see her alright....

L:(smiling)Are you fine now?
K:(smiling)Yeah..a little bit....
L:Sorry sweetheart...Now lets go inside..
K:You also wash your face..Its all red and your eyes are watery..

Then Laksh also washed his face...They went inside and resumed their work...After sometime they finished all the cutting work and the cook came to them....The time was 3.30 pm..He said that they could all have some rest till he and the teachers prepared tea for them all.....Every body came out of the kitchen after washing their hands...When Laksh,Kt and Manthan went into the living room, they saw Sneha standing on a stool alone in that room and removing the cobwebs from the walls...She didn't see them..They went to her...

K:Sneha...

Sneha turned on the stool and she slipped and fell right into Manthan's arms who caught her in time...Sneha was looking into Manthan's eyes with a shocked expression on her face...He was smiling to her with his eyes full of love...They remained like that for sometime and Laksh and Kt began to laugh..

M:(looking at Sneha)I love you...
S:What??
M:I love you Sneha....
S:Put me down....

Manthan let her down..He then looked into Sneha's eyes searching for an answer....

S:(still looking into his eyes and smiled )I love you tooo......(and she looked down)

Manthan excitedly scooped her up with his hands and Sneha laughed happily...

Kt and Laksh left them alone and came out of the room...They walked to the river side...They saw their friends collecting water from the river and going back to fill the tank.They began to walk along the bank of the river....They walked a lot of distance and reached among the group of trees which surrounded the old bungalow...There was nobody there...They stopped walking..

L:Oh!So this river also pass through the backside of this house...
K:It is very beautiful...Isn't it Laksh...See the sun's rays which come through the tree tops reflecting in the water...
L:(looks at Kt)But not as beautiful as you....(in a low voice)

Kt who was looking at the river didn't hear him..Laksh went behind her and closed her eyes with one of his hands...

K:(smiling)What is this Laksh?
Laksh took a small packet from his pocket with the other hand and put that hand in front of Kt..He then took his other hand off her eyes....

L:For you Kt.....
K:(looks at Laksh in surprise)What is it Laksh?
L:Open and see...

Kt took the packet from him and opened it...It was a set of green colour glass bangles...It was the same colour of her salwar kameez....She felt so happy and tears came down from her eyes....

L:(feeling bad)What happened Kt?You didn't like it?
K:(turning to him and hugging him tightly)Ohh Laksh....I loved it....Thank you.....
L:(hugging her)I bought it at the market today...I thought that you might like it when I saw them...

Kt raised her face and looked into his eyes with lot of love and passion...He looked into her eyes, and then to her rosy lips....She was still in his arms....He moved his face forward and kissed her lips gently...She didn't resist this time...She also kissed him back with lot of love....He placed one of his hands at the back of her head and his other hand around her waist and kissed even harder....Kt was completely melted in his kiss....

After some time Laksh drew back from the kiss and they looked into each other's eyes......They hugged each other again..... Kt thought that it was the most wonderful feeling in the world as she stood there feeling his heartbeats closer to her chest....

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