Seated inside our class, chattering among ourselves during that zero period hour about random things of winter break like what everyone did during their whole vacations, we didn't expect our beloved principal to walk inside our classroom door.
Shushant Singh. Our beloved principal like I said before. But, of course, you cannot miss the sarcasm.
He was the live example of living rules machine on two feet. He's one hell of a principal with that annoying strictness of his and more overrated version of Hitler. Even in the age of around forty, he's still very active and... strict. He's tall, at least six feet tall, and not like those bulky old men with round a tummy. In fact, he's actually very fit and fine.
"Good morning Students. Hope you all had a nice vacation", greeted our beloved principal in his stern and cold voice.
"Yaar... yeh khadus yahan kya kar raha hai yaar itni subah subah? (Man... why this Hitler of a principal is here at this time of the morning)", I muttered to Aliya while we all stood up to greet him good morning.
"Don't know, but wait kar thore time mai khud pata chal jayega. (Don't know, but wait for sometimes, we will get to know soon)", she said eyeing in front.
"Yeah... but I just hope woh phir se koi bomb phod kar na chala jaye last time ki tarah. (Yeah.. But I just hope he is not going to drop any new bomb over our head again, like last time.)", I spoke lowly as princi told us to take our seats back.
I remember when he thought to visit our class last time, it was to announce the extra classes which will be held after school hours.
Damn boring they were.
Well... It's nothing like I found studies boring or something. In fact, I always used to be on the list of top five rankers of my class. But still, extra classes are really not my thing.
I prefer to sleep in my comfy bed, enjoying my nap rather than sitting in those boring extra classes.
"So students, I came here to congratulate you all for the victory of Inter School Quiz National Level Competition, which we won this year as well", the principal announced proudly.
Whoa, now this is new. I didn't know that we won again. But how?
"Tumhe pata hai yeh princi kis competition ki baat kar raha hai, and yeh hua kab? (you know about which competition, our principal is talking about and when was it held?)", I again asked Aliya in almost whispering tone, leaning against her side.
"Yeah, I heard this in the morning only from some boys as they were talking among themselves that our school won some competition again", Aliya too said to me in a low tone.
"But how come we won I toh doesn't even know anything about this quiz thing", I again questioned her because this is really strange news for me as I used to take part in every debate or quiz competition. They are kind of my thing.
"Well, that even I don't know", Aliya shrugged.
I was about to ask her something more, but...
"Silence everyone", the angry Hitler, I mean our princi roared with his sharp tone, making every mouth present in the classroom to shut.
"So, I was saying...", he said sweetly like he didn't just roar on us. "...that we won the competition again, it was only possible because of him. Come, my boy", he signalled looking at the classroom door for someone to walk inside the classroom.
When that someone was entering, everyone's gaze got fixed on the entrance to the classroom door in curiosity, wondering who it could be. And guess what? It's Him.
The Amaan Khan.
My one and only crush.
I should have guessed it already. Who else other than him can win any competition?
Probably No one.
Last year he won National level basketball trophy for our school and many more prizes that I don't even have a count for.
That's when I notice, he was missing from the class from the morning itself. But I guess I was too busy because of the gossiping me and my friends was doing about anything and everything, that I didn't notice his absence before.
He might have been busy with princi, telling him about that competition thing or whatever they were talking about.
He came and stood in between the princi and our class teacher, Miss Leena.
Everyone started clapped for him including me as well.
Why wouldn't I? First of all, he's such a gem, and he deserves this appreciation from everyone which includes me as well, and second, not to forget the fact that ahem-ahem he is my big-time-wala-crush.
When he was shaking hands with princi and was looking at everyone with a sweet smile on his face, looking at him my heart fluttered.
Why the hell he has to be this much handsome? Isn't it a crime to be this good looking?
His tall figure.
His British accent.
Milky white skin.
Copper brown hair of which some of his hair locks were falling across his forehead.
His cute dimple on the left side of his cheeks whenever he smiles.
But the most attractive part of him.
His eyes.
Ocean blue colour eyes. It had the capacity to make anyone head over heels to fall in love with them.
He keeps smiling, looking at everyone, but when his eyes met mine, I can feel goosebumps started to form all over my skin.
His stare was so much intense that I started feeling intimidating. I can feel my cheeks getting warm. I know I am blushing. Like all-my-blood-rushed-to-my-cheeks kind of blushing.
Then all of a sudden, he gave me a quick smile. It was so short and small that if I would have blinked during that time, then I wouldn't have noticed he even smiled at my direction, but the thing is, I did. And I was on cloud nine.
I pinched my own arm to make myself believe this actually has happened, he smiled at me, for real. That's really a big thing for me because he did this for the first time in the last three years of knowing him.
He had never smiled at my direction before or had acknowledged my presence ever till now. Only if we ignore those untold stares on the bus stop. It was like he is a different guy that uses to stare at my direction every day, (which I still think that he was not staring at me at all.) And then, he's a totally different guy in school. I doubt, does he even knows my name?
"Ahem ahem", Aliya cleared her throat from beside me, clearly teasing me as I can guess she too noticed him smiling at me.
She is the only one that knows about me having this huge crush on him.
And she never leaves any chance to tease me because of this. And mind you, Aliya and her teases are something you don't want to face ever.
Now here begins Aliya's torture. She started poking me, clearly trying to irritate the hell out of me.
"What..?", I asked annoyingly, shifting my gaze from him towards her.
"Nothing...", she shrugged innocently.
"Then why are you poking me?", I questioned narrowing my gaze towards her.
In response, she just shrugged her shoulders. Then after a few minutes, she started humming.
"La la laa lala la la laa lala....."
Screw her.
Screw her to hell and back.
She always does this whenever she wants to tease me with Him.
"Aliya... Stop doing that", I glared at her, trying to look intimidating in any possible way.
"Doing what Kavya?", she gave me I-don't-know-what-are-you-talking-about look.
"You know exactly what I'm talking about", I said rolling my eyes.
"No I don't know", she again mouthed playfully.
"Okay... Fine. Do whatever you want. But from now onwards don't talk to me", I played my emotional drama card saying this.
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"Are sorry na baba, I toh was just joking", Aliya pleaded for the Nth time today as we sat on our usual place in the canteen during lunch break.
During the last four class before lunch, I didn't talk to her, not even for once, though ignoring the fact that she was looking so cute with that baby pout she was making.
"Do you guys had some argument or something? We saw you both were not chit-chatting like you both usually do from last four periods", our friends said sitting next to us in the canteen with their lunchboxes.
My eyes then shifted to my other four friends who were sitting either beside me or across me. I won't say I have any big and famous group of friends, but I do have some awesome and caring friends, and crazy if I may add.
Our gang, as the whole school call us and also admires our friendship a lot.
It includes Me of course.
Then Aliya.
Shania, the typical book worm of our group, but she is funny as well, only when she wants to. She is tall. Even taller than me. Hah. Okay I was not that tall as I was just around 5'1", but I'm only fourteen, so can't blame myself now. And she was so fair, cute skinny girl.
Then there is Aarav, the playboy of our school. He keeps flirting with every girl he knows, sometimes including me as well, but only in a healthy way. He's smart, obviously, with those dark brown hair and tall, lean body. And no doubt he is handsome as well because he gets so much attention from most of the girls in our school.
But then my mind shifted to Amaan. There's no comparison of his smartness with anyone. All girls die for his attention, including me. But the difference is, I don't show it like others. And it makes me jealous as well when any girl tries to approach him, to start any kind of conversation with him. But he will simply ignore them or make any excuse to leave from that place. And this makes me grinned, that he doesn't give attention to any of the girls, which sadly again includes me. I sighed deeply.
But then my eyes fell on Roshni who was again telling us all about some new gossip related to a girl in our class. She's gossip queen of the entire school. If there's any kind of news related to anyone in the school, and she doesn't know this? Quote me for this because that can never happen. She's really annoying sometimes because she just can't stop poking her nose in others matters, but I can't help it. She's still one of my close friends no matter what. Hairs natural wavy, black, and she too is skinny, just like other girls in our class. In fact, most girls in our class are skinny. An only hand full of them who are chubby or little curvy like me. And yeah, she does have many lovers wanting to have her attention. I remember, once, one of her lover boy stalk her till her home. He wanted to give her chocolates, but she had thrown those chocolate straight on his face. Poor guy.
And the last one is Dhruv, he's totally different from all us. He's less of a speaker and more of a listener. He's weird. Like he can be so much fun one time, and dead serious the other moment. Once upon a time, which was only two years before, he and Aliya had a thing in between them, but before their love story can take a start, some misunderstanding happened, and it was all over. At that time we thought we lost one of our friends, but Dhruv assured us that he won't let anything come in between the friendship of all of us. He's also one of the top students of our class. He, most of the times make himself busy with his books, talking only when needed.
But in all five of them, the most I'm closest to is Aliya. She and I shared a special bond that no one can break. We are best friends, more like a sister I never had. We had vowed to each other that no matter what, we won't let anything come in between us, and we will share everything. From the name of our first boyfriend to who did the most embarrassing thing, or who got her periods first. I know, we are crazy, like I said before.
"Guys... see na, Kavya is not talking to me", Aliya complained like a kid, pouting to others, making me come out of my trance.
"And why?", Dhruv asked nonchalantly, not looking at her at all and at the same time poping one of the grapes from his lunchbox inside his mouth.
"That I don't know, asked her only", Aliya flushed because of Dhruv asking her this question, but then she huffed crossing her arms across her chest, but I didn't fail to notice her flushed face, which happened because of that small interaction between her and him.
She still has feelings for him.
But then I rolled my eyes remembering her complaining voice.
And people call me Drama queen.
"No guys, I'm not mad at her", I said finally dropping that drama act of mine.
"Then why are you ignoring her", Roshni asked.
"Woh toh, I was just irritating her, you see", I said with a wink.
"You... how dare you do that. I'm gonna kill you", saying this Aliya got up from her chair which was opposite to me and marched towards me to hit me, but I ran from there to save my dear life from my best friend, running all around the canteen so that she won't catch me.
And our whole group started laughing seeing our tom and Jerry fight.
"Guys, why are you all laughing? Come and save me. Otherwise, this monster here will kill me", I said still running and Aliya chasing behind me. I was running in circles of the table saving my sorry ass from my best friends deadly hold.
"Nah. We are better here, alive", one of them said, but I was too busy saving my dear life by running all around that I failed to guess who said it.
"Betrayers." That was the only word that came out of my mouth which resulted in another round of laughter coming from them.
What a lovely group of friends I have...