The truth that behold - The rebound

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One year in the campus, Steffi had already made her place in the hearts of teachers and her classmates who once thought her to be strange and reserved. Cigarette puffs that she took a year ago were no more clean of tobacco alone but were adulterated with marijuana as well. As the addicted sages usually say, "A narcotic bond is something more than the bond of a mothers milk".

Her life was the most suitable example in the whole of that campus. Exposure to addictive high and immense freedom took her away from the track she was in. She chooses to ignore and gave it up completely. Steffi, often referred to her friends that it was her haunting past or the boyfriend who gave up on her which kept her away from being normal again. 

Being a studious girl attracted many eyes on her since the results of her first semester were announced. Her persistence and consistency in the next two semesters in spite of giving into the world of addiction was the factor that found a unique place among her batch mates and seniors. Vivek had notably made moves to get into the good books of Steffi. Two years senior to her, Vivek was passing out from the college that year when they started knowing each other. Coming from a noble background as what he had explained, Vivek was notably a tech-savvy yet intelligent young man who was assured of a job by the pioneers in the industry for his expertise in hacking and networking.  

Impressed with his good looks and sizable knowledge in the curriculum, Steffi easily bonded with him in the last few days of his college life. It was mostly them in the college even when the classes were empty discussing the pitch and patches of what their lectures missed in the class.

Steffi's ability to grasp something out of the curriculum often surprised and impressed Vivek in turn. They shared everything from books to notes to drugs in the coming days. 

Vivek, being a loner from his childhood after losing his mother at the age of 5 and his father getting married to a widow had only a sister to look after him. Steffi's company garnered utmost care and affection for him to become obsessed with her presence. Whereas she who was recovering from the lost boyfriend found a shoulder to lean, in him. Little did she thought about knowing him nor did she make any efforts.

Anything that he said went down her throat without a hiccup and that was her trust for him. They spent days together in the campus and nights over phone calls. By the time that the year ended, Steffi had given in to addiction and the adulterated cigarettes were not a normal high. Fortunate to her at the moment of time, she had her closest circle who had profound knowledge about the availability of high dosage drugs in the market. Her hostel room became one another narcotic dump yard. 

It resembled nothing of a girls room anymore. Exams were the only thing that kept them serious since the third semester of that year. Steffi cleared the scholarship in the same year and her fees were never a burden anymore. Lots of cash, lots of drugs, lots of people around. She saw nothing but happiness in front of her. Her techie savvy friend was now more than a friend who she used to hang out with. They made financial transactions at times of need, they had no unshared passwords and they continued to live as one soul until Vivek graduated from the college.