"Its 2 o'clock"Chaitanya said to Dhruv,coming back to him.
"not again"replied Dhruv,looking disappointed.
"what happened?"asked Deepak,as he turned towards his friends after paying a rather romantic goodbye to his grilfriend.
"i have to be at the p.g in about 10 minutes,lets leave,i'll tell you his problem on our way "replied Dhruv,he continued as the three friends walked the busy corridors of itm college.
"the thing is,Chaitanya has a huge crush on a girl,maya,in cse-b,the girl who used travel in the same cab he used last sem"
"i hope i was in section b,instead of A"said Chaitanya, cutting Dhruv in between.
"lemme talk"Dhruv shouted,clearly irritated.He continued"this is about the 7th time,he's gone on to propose the girl and returned after just asking her the time"
"what else can i do?my throat stops working, whenever i try to propose her.I feel as if its been filled with soot"Chaitanya tried to defend himself.
"that's it!!"said Deepak excitedly."I dont think you need to worry about that,you'll be able to propose her someday,your bigger worry should be her answer."
"i do worry about that as well,but OBVIOUSLY she'll answer only once i propose her."said Chaitanya.He continued " the real worry is that the semester's ending in a month,after which i might never see her again,and i dont think i'll be able to propose her in that short a period."
"what?dont tell me you are changing your college.Why the heck did you not tell me before?"
" of course i am not leaving the damned place,my girl is,after this 2nd semester of our's ends in april"
"oh!! then yes, time limit is the major problem for you.okay boy,since you are a friend,i think i'll have to take charge of this situation"said Deepak.
"how?"asked Chaitanya,confused."dont you dare propose her from my side"he threatened
"tell me chaitanya,how many girlfriends have i had in the past 3 years?"Deepak asked,in an arrogant tone.
"5" came the answer
"exactly,and that's why i call myself doctor love.wanna be my latest patient?"asked Deepak
"will do anything to be your patient"gasped Chaitanya excitedly,as wisdom approached him.
"i charge a nominal fee of 500RS,just pay that by the end of this month"said Deepak.
"agreed"
"okay,today's 15 march.we'll start today only,since there is hardly any time.it's 2:10,hmmmm....come to my place at 4"
"okay,just get me my girl,i'll do anything"
"i'll be waiting for you at 4,and come on the cycle you use in your hostel"replied Deepak,waving a goodbye to Chaitanya and Dhruv,as they moved out of the college boundaires.

"see,i have come bang on time,even when i had to travel 2kms in 10 minutes"said Chaitanya,getting of the cycle.
"yeah yeah,park the cycle in the verandah and lets get going"replied Deepak coldly.
"where are we going to?"asked Chaitanya,surprised.
"the gym"Deepak answered."i have promised you that i'll get you your girl,and according to me,even if you propose her,she's bound to reject your proposal after looking at all the fat you have stored in your body for so long"
"you're no bond either"replied Chaitanya,feeling insulted.
"yeah,but its not about me,its about you"Deepak replied in a professional manner.
"okay then lets do it".Finally Chaitanya was all charged up.
"lets walk,the gym's only a few metres away."
"what's the monthly rate?"Chaitanya asked Deepak as he began his first day of workout.
"you'll have to pay 500rs.Hey!,dont get up before doing atleast 50 push-ups."said Deepak,almost shouting his last words as Chaitanya tried to get up.
"damn! f u,deepak"said Chaitanya,panting heavily,as he forced his body to rise up once again
"11"counted Deepak."go on boy,remember your dreamgirl"

"its been an hour and a half,lemme go"pleaded Chaitanya,as the clock dragged itself to 5:45,"my whole body's aching.please lemme go"
"okay",said Deepak,"lets go back home now"

"hey,where are you going,come into my room"Deepak pulled Chaitanya by the shoulder as Chaitanya took a step towards his bicycle.
"now what?"asked Chaitanya,half afraid that he would be made to do more exercises.
"come into my room,i have written a page full of what you have to say in front of your girl."answered Deepak
"now that's something i was looking for"shouted Chaitanya,getting really ecxited.
"here"deepak gave him the page as they reached his room."close the door and read it aloud."
Chaitanya started reading the contents of the page:"i love you maya. maya, i love you,i am crazy about you,maya.please be my girlfriend,maya."
"what the hell is this?"asked Chaitanya,"and why do i have to say her name after every sentence?"
"that's because you have to say only one of these sentences,whichever comes to your mind at that time."
"what?"Chaitanya was shocked to hear this,"you think she'll agree to be my girlfriend if i just say 4-5 words to her.Be real deepak,write an emotional letter,because only that will work"
"i expected this from you.just think man,she has known you for months now,she used to spend an hour daily in the cab with you.Then how the hell will her opinion about you change from a stupid letter written by me.Grow up boy,if the girl has to say yes to you,she'll do it even if you propose her in the most ridiculous manner."
"then why did you take me to the gym?"asked Chaitanya
"because looks are very important,you'll know soon.Besides,atleast you'll be able to punch her properly if she rejects you"answered deepak. the words brought a smile on Chaitanya's face.
"okay,i'll go now,i'll take this letter though,will practice in my room all day"
"and i have the key of your cycle's lock.you'll jog your way back,everyday,for the next thirty days"
Chaitanya felt a sudden rush of blood and a great feeling to kick his friend,but something told him that deepak was doing the right thing.

The next week passed in centuries for Chaitanya,spending 2 hours daily in the gym,walking 4 kms daily was not an easy thing for him.He showed much more interest in reading the letter though,finding out new ways of reading it,and dictating it to deepak,who would then rate his different methods of proposing.
"this is not good","awful","this one's just about o.k",were his general comments.
"you know,its been exactly a week,i think you have had enough practice of what you are going to say,now we will move on to our next concern"said deepak
"and that is?"asked Chaitanya.
"its about your facial expressions when you propose.One of the things a girl takes keen look at is a boy's facial expressions when he is proposing.This she does,to find out if the boy really means what he is saying."
"i will mean what i say,so my expressions would definitely be the right ones"Chaitanya explained,he sure was eager to skip this exercise."after all,who wants to act stupidly in front of his friends"he thought.
"yeah maybe,but you still need some practice,we still have 15 minutes before we go to the gym,cmon,show me how you are going to say it."
Chaitanya displayed all his skills in acting in the next 15 minutes,but deepak was not satisfied.
"anyone would say you are acting,it doesnt look genuine"deepak said,not at all satisfied with Chaitanya's performance.He continued,before Chaitanya could open his mouth,"i'll teach you from tomorrow,lets hit the gym now",and off they went to the gym.

"hey,guess what?"said Chaitanya exitedly as he entered deepak's house.
"what?"asked deepak
"maya said to me that i was getting more and more handsome with each passing day"Chaitanya replied,hardly able to control his excitememnt.
"you mean she was flirting with you"said deepak,getting all excited.
"well,perhaps you can say that.man,i wanna propose her now,this very day"
"shut up"deepak said,"you'll only get better in the coming days,and then,we can be sure that she'll not reject your proposal"
"you are right"chaitanya replied,now coming back to his senses.

The period of 30 days seemed a very long one for Chaitanya,he was dying to propose maya.His daily workout at the gym made him more confident that his proposal would be accepted.His weight was reducing,with the removal of the fat.The daily practice of dialogues made it very simple for him to speak them much more fluently and with better expressions.Deepak once even said that his dialogue delivery was getting better than SRK's.That boosted Chaitanya's confidence to no ends.
The last day of the semester,the day of the proposal finally arrived.
Chaitanya was to meet deepak sharp at 8 in front of the college gate.
"man,you certainly look much better than what you did a month ago,now there are all the chances of her accepting you as her boyfriend.i nearly guarantee your success now."deepak said to chaitanya.
"me too my friend,me too.The next time you see me look a little different,you'll know i have a girfriend",Chaitanya sure was full of confidence.

"man!,its only the first still have seven more to go,i dont know how i am going to wait for that long a period"Chaitanya said,impatiently turning the pages of his maths book.
"dont worry"Deepak said,"you have waited for a month,6 more hours will pass off easily as well".

The time went off slowly for Chaitanya,he would trouble Dhruv to know the time in every 5 minutes.Another teacher finally left the room to signal the end of the last>"hurry up"Chaitanya shouted to Deepak and Dhruv,"lets go."
"there she is"Deepak said,as they reached the ground floor of the college building.
"go now boy"said deepak,"do everything exactly as i have taught you,and you'll do just fine."
"okay,here i go"said Chaitanya,very nervous now,as he left the two of them.
"i somehow feel she'll reject him"Dhruv said,as soon as Chaitanya was out of earshot.
"i bet she wont. what say?"
"i say our 500rs are at stake here"said Dhruv,"lets see who wins"
Chaitanya came back after 5 minutes.
"so,wat happened?"asked both the friends excitedly.
"its 2 o'clock"said Chaitanya,and walked off.