Ch 13: I Will Be There For You
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Ankur and Charmy enjoyed claiming up together. Next turn is Nikhil and Yajna.
Nikhil said "Trust me, You will not fall. Rope will be tied around your waist. Moreover I will be there for you."
Yajna looked at Nikhil. Her heart started racing in her chest because of fear. She moved forward, Instructor tied the rope around her waist.
Yajna muttered to herself "Yajna, you can do this" she started climbing up the wall
Nikhil was climbing next to her and instructed her "Place your heel on a hold a particular angle which allows the heel to create pressure against the hold on the wall"
Nikhil continues instructing her "Half crimping the edge of the pinch and then squeezing with the thumb on the opposing site"
Yajna followed his instructions. Yajna was taking step by step forward to the top. Nikhil did wall climbing along with her slowly. He said "Don't look down. Your mind should be blank by now. Your only focus to reach your target"
Yajna nods her head and it's about to reach the top. She slipped and swung on the rope at the top.
Yajna was frightened. Her heart pumps rapidly.
Nikhil asked "Don't look down. Look at me. Calm yourself. Do you want the instructors to put you down?"
Yajna first thought to land on the ground as soon as possible. When she looked at Nikhil, her fears disappeared. Only thought of her is "I can fail myself, I can't fail You Nikhil"
Yajna said "I wanted to reach the top"
Yajna pinched the crimp again, When her grip on her leg was loose, she used the knee bar, Chalk up, pulled onto the wall, and everything else in her head went away. Finally, Yajna reached the top.
Instructor pulled Yajna and Nikhil down through the rope.
Instructor removed the rope around her waist. She went to Nikhil and hugged him "Did you see? I did it" she hugged Charmy and about to hug Ankur.
Nikhil stopped her from hugging Ankur. "Ankur is taken by Charmy. You have to ask permission from Charmy to touch him"
Charmy and Ankur think "Aww.. He is jealous" and smiled "Yajna, you did better than me"
Ankur asked "What are we gonna do next?"
Nikhil said "Bowling?.. Table tennis, Badminton, Squash game, Pool, Swimming.. "
Ankur said "You need to follow the dress code for swimming"
Charmy said "Let's go to billiards "
Yajna thinks "Pool game. I'm not good at either" and said "I am not playing the game"
Charmy said "Me Neither"
Ankur asked "why did you choose the pool game?"
Charmy said "I and Yajna watch the game and support you."
Yajna nods her head "We will support you"
Nikhil said "There is no fun in watching the game. Ankur, Let's team up you and Charmy, I and Yajna"
Yajna muttered to Nikhil "I have never played billiards. I may fail you"
Nikhil said "There is no win or lose in the game. We are playing for fun"
Ankur and Charmy agreed with Nikhil.
Nikhil said "Even if I am gonna lose. I am losing to my best friend. It doesn't matter"
Nikhil convinced Yajna to play along with them
Nikhil took a wooden cue and hit the cue ball to break object balls which are racked in a triangle at the foot of the table. Four to six balls hit the rails of the table and potted one of the stripe balls into the pocket.
Nikhil taught Yajna while playing "At my open break, I sink the stripe ball into the pocket. You can target either the stripe balls or the solid balls to sink into pockets in the next turn. Already I have potted one Stripe ball. I'm gonna target only the stripe balls."
Nikhil started targeting another stripe ball to pot into the pocket "Now, our target is only to pot all the stripes ball into the pocket. you should not pot the black 8-ball or solid ball into the pocket"
When he was targeting the third one, he stopped and asked Yajna to hold the cue stick to target the stripe ball.
Yajna aimed the cue ball to pot the red stripe ball into the pocket. Nikhil stopped her "Your aim might hit the black ball into the pocket." she aimed another stripe to the pocket. It went nearby and stopped.
Ankur said "I thought you are going to knock all the balls in one go"
Ankur took a cue stick and started targeting for solid balls. He potted five balls into the pocket.
Yajna said to Nikhil "You should play the game. I will make you lose to Ankur."
Nikhil said "Hold the stick and aim for the blue stripe to the pocket." When she tried to aim for the blue stripe. "I think you gonna sink the cue ball"
Nikhil leaned in and placed the hands on hers. Their bodies are barely touching, she felt a strange, unfamiliar feeling settled in the pit of her stomach. She got nervous on the touch of Nikhil's and swallowed hard.
She turned her face towards Nikhil and he looked at her "Eyes on the target". Yajna's eyes moved to the target. Nikhil passes a warm air of breath around her side of the face. Her ears turned red. Finally, she potted the stripe balls into the pocket.
Charmy said "Learn it from Nikhil. How to be romantic with his girlfriend?"
Yajna said "I am not his girlfriend"
"Sorry, But you guys look good together" Charmy kicked Ankur shoulder to agree with her.
Ankur said "I totally agree with Charmy and you guys have great chemistry"
Yajna said "Chemistry? "
Ankur said "Even biology also working out"
Nikhil stepped on Ankur's leg to stop him saying anything. Ankur said "Try to aim for next ball"
Yajna nodded her head and knocked one ball into the pocket. When she tries to knock the next one, the ball jumps off the table.
Yajna said "Sorry"
Nikhil said "That's alright"
Ankur asked Charmy "Do you wanna try Charmy?"
Charmy got the wooden stick and knocked 3 balls into the pocket. She was finally aiming for the black one, but missed.
Nikhil potted the rest of the stripe balls into the pocket. He gave the cue stick to Yajna to knock the final 8-ball. "Our team loses or wins depending on you. Hit the 8th ball into this pocket and I am not gonna help you"
Yajna's mind voice "Anjaneya, please help me. Fingers crossed "
She aimed the cue at black ball to pocket and hit the cue ball with the stick, the cue ball hit the rails of the table and hit the black ball. The black ball moved slowly and fell into the pocket.
Yajna smiled and hugged Nikhil "We won" and looked at him and said "Thank you"
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