The next day we find Raj lurking around in the library. He spies Priya
browsing the stacks and smiles to himself. He spends a few moments peeking at
her from behind a variety of shelves before he is accosted by his friend Mickey
who asks him what he's doing. His cover now blown, Priya notices him and comes
over to thank him for his help the other day. She formally introduces herself to
him, then excuses herself to get some schoolwork done. She goes over to sit at
one of the tables and starts gnawing on her pencil.
From
behind another shelf, the four roughnecks from the previous day notice she's
there. They comment on how lucky the chair must be, as well as the eraser of her
pencil which is currently being chewed out of shape. The "leader" of this clique
decides he's going to make a move, and sits down across the table from Priya. He
tells her that he's been searching for her since yesterday to apologize for
their misbehavior. He hopes that she will forgive them, as some mischief is to
be expected among friends, is it not? As he's delivering his speech, he puts his
hand on hers. Priya angrily slaps his hand away and tells him to get lost. She
warns him that if they mess with her again, she won't tell the school
administration - she'll go right to the cops.
At
a nearby table, Raj and Mickey chuckle at the turn of events, and are noticed by
the roughnecks. As the shamed leader removes himself from the table, Raj is
caught looking at Priya. He quickly pretends to be focusing on his books. After
the episode at the tables, we see Mickey and Raj outside. Mickey asks Raj if
he's coming to the big game that week, but Raj tells him he has to work. Mickey
seems disappointed but understands. Raj continues on his way, and sees Priya
getting into her car. She drops her purse as she sits down, and drives off
without it. Raj picks it up and tries to get her attention but she's too far
off. He hops on his bike and begins to chase her down.
After falling down several hills and a few near misses with oncoming traffic,
Raj arrives at Priya's house just as she does. He breathlessly tells her that
she dropped her purse at the college and gives it to her. She thanks him, but
says that he could have just given it to her at school the next day. Raj tells
her that he didn't want her to spend all night worrying about her money and
other assorted items. Naturally Priya finds his concern endearing, and invites
him inside for some tea. Raj starts to go in, but remembers there is something
he has to do. He tells her he'll come back another time, and Priya jokingly asks
if she'll have to drop her purse again to get him to come over. Raj assures her
that is not the case then takes his leave, but not before tripping over his own
bike and falling down in the driveway.
On
his ride back, Raj glances in the direction of an old junkyard. He spies a
familiar outline among the wrecked cars, and stops for a closer inspection. Sure
enough, dangling from the mirror is an action figure. Raj has a detailed
flashback of his father's explanation of the action figure, and realizes that
this is his dad's old car.
We also get the awesome theme tune playing in the background with this
scene. It's quiet, with a heartbeat rhythm thumping away while a faint male
voice croons, "Taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrzaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!" Kind of silly
but I got a tickle out of it each time it got played.
The
manager of the junkyard notices Raj snooping around and comes over. Raj asks him
where he got this car. The manager seems irritated at the question, and hastily
explains that it's just a wreck someone sold him for scrap metal, and he doesn't
know the details. Raj asks how much it would cost to buy the wreck from him, and
learns it will set him back 5000 rupees. Raj doesn't have it on him, but will be
back in a week for it. He asks the manager not to sell it to anyone else, to
which he reluctantly agrees after learning the car used to belong to Raj's dad.
Raj rushes home in a fit of excitement. He asks Grandma if she loved her son
very much, as well as the things he had. Grandma tells him that these are silly
questions. She asks why Raj is asking her all of this, and he tells her that he
needs five grand. She asks him why he needs the money, and he tells her that
he's found something to buy that will make her extremely happy.
