"I think it is because of the results of yesterday competition according to Anupama it is him who prepared the paper for the test and me scoring more marks compared to his students might have caught his interest" Aadvika told her as it is the only thing that got into her mind
"you are right maybe it is the reason why he wants to meet you"
"After competition I will directly go to the medical block you wait for me at cafeteria, I will meet you there"
"alright then I will take extra serving for you and for the juicy matter which you need to tell me later"
"alright I will now shall we go inside it is getting late"
They both entered the room and saw few members already present in the room and arranging their things on the space provided to them so Aadvika and Emily also went and sat in their designated places and started placing their things ready
Aadvika who was so immersed in her thoughts as she looked at the paper which she received in the morning for some odd reason she felt that the handwriting in the letter is quite familiar as if she had seen it somewhere previously but got distracted with the noises around her as she looked at the person behind the cause of it
He is tall around 5'9 feet in plain white shirt and trousers neatly tucked and carrying few paint bottles, brushes and other things required to paint with so calm face and his eyes showed no expression of his feelings making it very difficult for the people around him to read his thoughts
"Good morning Senior Aarav" everyone greeted him as he came inside but he didn't respond to any of them and quietly sat in his place which is coincidentally beside Aadvika as he is waiting for the competition to begin
"Good morning Mr. Khurana" Aadvika greeted him as she felt that it is not polite to greet him when all other in the room did and she felt that it is more required now as he sat beside her
He looked at her for a second before nodding his head at her as he again immersed in his work of arranging his things without any word or thought
Aadvika also didn't felt any awkward as she already understood that he is very difficult person to mingle with others whom he didn't know so she waited for the competition to start
Soon invigilator who is in his forties along with the dean of the art's department came to start the competition and he explained some rules and guidelines and since they already knew about the theme of the painting, he told them that all idea copied from any of the websites or search engines will be considered as plagiarism and they will be disqualified so matter how realistic the picture looks
"we are expecting something innovate and creative from you guys and anything similar to the paintings also will be considered as disqualified so all the best everyone and today's competitions theme as you all know is 'Ice and Fire'"
As they said that the time had started and they can start their work some started to think what they need to draw while others already started to do the rough sketch on their canvas with their pencil including Aadvika and Aarav
Around 2 or so hours Aadvika completed her painting and told the invigilator that she will take her leave after showing it to him so that it will not get ruined or spoiled by others and told the invigilator to cover it with some white cloth after looking at the picture so that it can be dried before other touch or sees the painting
The invigilator who was called went towards Aadvika little surprised that she already completed the painting 1 hour prior to the time and thought that she might have given up or simply drawn something which is very easy and takes less time to complete but despite his disinterest he went towards her and looked at the painting which was breathtakingly beautiful and realistic painting infront of him
He looked at the painting without blinking his eyes as if if he blinks his eyes for a second the painting might disappear and looked at the back of the girl with admiration and sense of proudness and also with disappointment as she was not his student and he slightly shook his head as if telling to himself that he was not worthy of her and continued to monitor the students after covering the painting with white cloth so carefully that it is some sort of national treasure
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Meanwhile Aadvika took her belongings and the letter which she received in the morning and headed towards the medical block to meet the dean and as she reached the dean office the attendant infront stopped her saying that students are not allowed to meet dean without taking permission with a frown
"Dean asked me to meet him after the competition so once please ask him saying that the girl named Aadvika came as per his request"
"one minute" the Attendant told her and went inside after knocking the door and came out after a minute telling Aadvika that she can go inside
"come in" a voice was heard from inside the movement Aadvika knocked on the door for taking the permission
The voice sounded so familiar to her as if she heard it somewhere, she felt confused as to why she felt the voice was so familiar and something strike her mind and she thought to herself that it cannot be him the movement it strikes her of who the person behind the door might be
'It cannot be him; he should be in America not here I might be imagining things now it is not possible for him to be here' Aadvika told herself as she opened the door to see an old man sitting in his designated chair doing some work in his laptop which was placed infront of him making Aadvika freeze in her steps looking at the man