"Cough... Cough... Hey bro, I am Oliver. You are Nathan, right??? Nice to meet you. Seems like you also couldn't resist the charm of Aurora. Isn't her beauty irresistible??? She is such an eye candy.", said Oliver in a teasing voice who was sitting next to him while coughing to attract Nathan's attention who was lost with the sight of Aurora.
Nathan turned to the person who was calling him out and got to see a guy with dark brown hair and a pair of coffee brown eyes along with a babyface and a playful personality. He was much shorter than him in height and had positive vibes around him which were indicating that there was no harm for Nathan to have a chat with him.
"No, no, no nothing like that.", said Nathan trying his best to hide his embarrassment while immediately taking his eyes away from Aurora and concentrating back on taking out and arranging his textbook and note copy.
"What do you mean??? She isn't beautiful???", asked Oliver curiously yet there was a hidden tease in his voice.
"No, she is... a lot and I was denying that I was watching her. I was just trying to know what topic they are having a conversation on.", said Nathan while acting to concentrate on his textbook and trying to avoid the discussion with Oliver on that topic furthermore.
"So, you agreed that she is a beauty. you also fall for her charm. It's nothing to be felt embarrassed because you are not the only one. After all, she is the crush of many more people in our school.", said Oliver with a teasing smile.
"So, in many more people where is your place???", questioned Nathan curiously by knowing the fact that Oliver was a big fish from whom he could take out more information about Aurora easily.
"Oh!!! forget it, bro. One should dream that much he can handle or have. It's impossible for her to fall for me. Moreover, I know the cruel reality that she will look awesome with a handsome guy like you to pair up with not a guy like me. One should grab that much he can eat. I am just her classmate and not too close but a distance friend. It's enough for me to digest.", said Oliver while patting Nathan's shoulder with a smile.
As Nathan expected, being an extra talkative person Oliver took his bait and to dig out some more information from him, Nathan interrogated him curiously, "Hmmm... It seems complicated. I can understand. By the way, you seemed to know a lot about her???"
"Of course, we have been classmates from grade seven. You can see that we all have been together as a class for a total three years now. She has been popular in the whole school since her first day. She is well known by everyone not only for her appearance but also for her good grades and great academic results. After all, she is the topper and there is no match for her. Moreover, she is loved by all the teachers because of her polite and decent behaviour. For example- that old man with the spectacles like an owl is Mr Mathew who addressed her as his own daughter. In total, she is a goddess that every male student in our school want to have as their girlfriend but the saddest part is that she has never accepted any proposal of anyone and she isn't interested to have any kind of love affair now. The most important thing is actually that she can be only impressed by an awesome person like her. I mean who is not only charming but also excellent at studies like her which is not the cup of tea of many of us.", said Oliver while sighing and turning the pages of his textbook.
"That's really sad but what did you say her name???", asked Nathan as if he was consoling Oliver but his real motive was to know about Aurora more.
"Her name is Aurora.", said Oliver with a smile.
"Just Aurora... no other name??? I mean, any surname???", questioned Nathan casually as if he was interested in that topic yet not that much.
"No, everywhere she just uses this one name and there is no another. Oh, and also I forgot to tell you about one more important thing. She is not a Canadian or not a native Quebec citizen.", said Oliver while scratching his head by still staring at his textbook as he couldn't digest any equation that was in the textbook as he was one of the last benchers in Math.
"Mean???", exclaimed Nathan curiously who couldn't digest the words of Oliver.
"She is actually an Australian who lives in Quebec with her family. They moved to Quebec in the same year as she got admission to this school. She was weak in French at that time but now she has improved a lot as a speaker even though she still has a problem to understand some pronunciation and meaning yet she has no problem in writing and reading but she is really amazing at English. You can say that the best in English. To be honest about it, at first look it's hard to differ her from Canadians as she has similar features with us but yet after observing her for a sometimes it's easy to understand it that actually she has different and unique facial features than others which stand out more than anyone in the matter of beauty. Even you can see it.", said Oliver while taking a secret look at Aurora along with Nathan.
"Hmm, interesting.", said Nathan with a slight smile.
"Yup, she is indeed an interesting person. By the way, let's be friends, bro.", said Oliver happily while expanding his hand to shake with Nathan's.
"Sure, why not. Ok then, enough of her for now and let's focus on the lesson.", said Nathan with a smile while shaking his hand with Oliver's and then focusing back on his textbook.
"So, you are a beauty with the brain. Seems like things are going to be more interesting than I thought. No doubt, you could attract me so much. This is going to be fun. Just wait and watch. This is just a beginning", Nathan thought to himself while concentrating on the lessons yet Aurora's frame was still stuck in his mind like she had performed any witchcraft or magic on him.
A lot of things were running in Nathan's mind but his motives were still secure in his mind. The rest of the class continued as usual but during the classes, Aurora tried her best to hide away from Nathan where Nathan was secretly observing her and Scarlet was more curious and suspicious about Aurora's strange behaviour towards the new transfer student.
After having a few class according to their daily routine all of sudden it was declared that after the lunch break, they would get half-day off school because of the rainy weather and the less attendance.
As a result, Aurora shared the incident of the corridor with Scarlet while walking home from the school. At first, Scarlet was listening to Aurora's story quietly with a serious expression but the moment Aurora completed saying she burst out into a laugh and said by looking at annoyed Aurora to see her such a reaction, "Ufff, dear Aurora. It was indeed a funny incident but more than funny it's like a scene of any movie where the heroine meets the hero out of blue and the time just stops there. Oh my God!!! How wonderful!!! I can't stop imagine such scenery."
"Stop it, your damn stupid wild fantasies. It was so embarrassing. You know nothing. How could you be like this??? Aren't you my best friend??? You should help me instead of making fun of it. Humph...", said Aurora in a complaining voice while glaring at Scarlet like a lioness glaring at its prey.
"Oops, I am really sorry. I was just kidding. Don't be mad, baby girl. Actually, I think you don't have to feel embarrassing as you didn't do it intentionally and that new guy seems to be a naive nerdy type person even though he is a hottie and he seems a little bit older than us. Maybe it was because of his extraordinary well build body and height. Whatever it's such a waste that he is a handsome hunk but as you know the types of transfer students we usually have. All of them are just bumkin without brain and useless as students who are no match to anyone in our class. Let's just forget to compare them with you. So, don't give much attention to this incident. He is just a noner who is not going to cross your path ever and moreover, you have already apologised to him. So, it's even now. He may be already had forgotten that incident. So, you too just forget it and child, baby.", said Scarlet happily while coaxing mad Aurora.
Scarlet's words put Aurora at ease and she felt relieved. So, she happily smiled to Scarlet by hugging her and said, "Thank you so much, Scarlet. You are the best."
Then both of them continue walking but scarlet who loved to pull pranks on Aurora again said with a mischievous smile and in a teasing voice, "Yeah, it's true that he is such a handsome hunk even though he is just a noner and you are the prettiest. So, just imagine if it was really a scene of any romantic drama, novel, manga or movie, how amazing it would look!!! Oh my God!!! My poor eyes!!! They can't handle such a dazzling scene where a sparkling couple encounters each other for the first time. So wow!!!"
"Scarlet, you are such a baddie... Just stop watching those extra cheesy romantic things. Don't you dare to make wild fantasies about me.", said Aurora furiously like a fierce hissing cat while trying to catch Scarlet up who had already run ahead from her like a mischievous mouse who teased the cat as she already knew Aurora's reaction beforehand.
Like the free birds flying in the open sky by floating their wings fully without worries both of them happily and carefreely were playing with one another while adding some beautiful memories to their book of youth where Nathan was secretly enjoying the view of them with a slight smile on the corner of his lips while waiting in a car on the other side of the road.
It was the beginning of their youth. All of them were gradually stepping into the youth full of beauty, excitement, fun and best memories where a lot of hidden secrets were lying without letting know its presence.