A month passed with boring lectures and I hated the savage professors. My lovely principal declared 'sports day'. I always took part in sports and had joined football and badminton clubs. I had no interest in joining 'school sports'. But, Rose who was a bully in our University prompted me to take part in it.
"Hey, Nickie, loser, I am challenging you", she said to Nick.
" I don't want to play your badminton "
"He doesn't wants to play. So let it be", Jack said.
She pushed Jack and uttered, "I am not talking to you"
"Hey, hey, easy, easy, miss", I said as I balanced Jack.
" Merry Dawn" she said in a grave tone, " you will play with me"
Next day, I battled with Rose or so-called Merry Dawn.
"Hey new loser, Are you ready to be defeated", she said
I was silent with one brow lifted up.
She moved in a gaudy gait. She wore a white jersey and a pleated white short skirt with a white canvas and a sock. I was in my shirt and shorts. There were many audience. I am a champ in this field girl. I played every three days a week. She flunged shuttlecock impulsively bouncing her hair, her skirt lifted up with her bouncy move. I used my racket and bounced back her shuttlecock. She was astonished indeed. She again reflected my move. I was quite impressed. we were hitting the poor shuttlecock back-to-back with every hit getting faster, it was twenty minutes or more we did not lose our shuttlecock baby. I missed the shot when she forcefully jumped and hit my hand instead of hitting on my racket. But Sweetie the game was on. We again played for long minutes and she missed the shot, she again missed and I won finally. She threw the racket in the ground and kicked the badminton racket. I was praised for my victory, oh! Your champion is in front of you.
I saw Rose going inside class with angry, funny eyes and some deep revealing cuts on her hand. She turned around with a hatred serial killer (oh! Beautiful) look. I'm shocked by the matter of fact that she had no respectable friends in her sadness. Everyone was like- its okay, its just a match. She smashed whoever came in front of her and mad Murk was beholding her.
An hour passed and I went upstairs to bring my bag full of books and water bottles. However, I heard a crying lady in my opposite class. Merry Dawn. It was numb, the air was slowly breezing and the unravished silence was broken by the gentle sobs of my Rose. She sat on the last bench with red swollen face and swollen red eyes. She did not wore a makeup, she was naked face.
"Why are you crying?", I asked.
" You think I am useless.", she sobbed, " I am not useless as my father thinks", she sobbed.
"Come on. You are a girl with fantastic power indeed", I said and she hugged me instantly. " Don't cry. Brave girl don't cry"
" can we be friends?", she asked.
"Ah yes", I smiled.
Though my two best friends cautioned me about her infamous deeds. I told her to stop crying and grab her both soft palms and then stood up, went to wash basin, washed her hand on a running tap water. I brought first aid box, then softly applied the antiseptic cream.
" Thank you", she broke the ultimate silence between us."Oh even you have a cut on your fingers".
" You hit me hard, Merry "
She smiled and ran away. I must say its really difficult to understand girls.
Nick shouted my name from God knows where.
"Hey, Don't you give us a party?"
"No"
"Come on. You have defeated a district champion."
"Oh really", I was shocked, " But who saved you from the shadows of her?"
"Let's just forget about that.", he said waving his hand continuously.
"Um-hmm"
We walked to our classroom in quest of my bag.
"Um, where is Jack?", I asked.
" Jack and Jill went up the hill ", he answered.
"Huh"
"Jack is with his girlfriend Jill"
"Oh", I expressed.