During our tenth std, Shetty and me had grown to be extremely close friends. Bhat was known as the school prankster but we made better acquaintances with him post our schooling (since we were in the same junior college)
Side Note-The only thing Bhat talked to me was about how we both managed to get the same percentage(to the decimal) and I wondered why did this guy sit and check my result when we didn't even know each other!!
Back to Shetty- I used to love playing pranks on Shetty and I am sure the feeling was mutual. I even used to make him come with me to a girl's place and make fun of him (It was guy thing and we were just sixteen). Sorry Shetty!!! One of the pranks we have not talked about for years was the mysterious phone calls Shetty used to get at nights on his land line. Shetty did not know I had two phone lines at my place which simply meant I could call him simultaneously-one as the Prankster(yes, it was ME) and two as myself( so that I could eliminate any doubts he had).
The Phone call was a silent treatment he used to get followed by a ridiculous laughter (one wherein I tried to sound like a female) and many a times had a romantic background score. He would make his brother lift the call and this treatment would still persist. Whenever Shetty would tell me that he got a call, I would encourage him to investigate in school. And he did, finding out all the girls who had his number and potential suspects. He did cough up some names to me and I further encouraged the probe. This continued for a month or so and then the big day arrived when Shetty came to my place for the first time and happened to notice I had two phone lines.
He always denies this story by saying he had figured out/knew it was me initially itself but within him he knows the truth -he always hoped it was his favorite class mate!!!
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