[Writer's note : dialogues in CAPS LETTERS are the mind talk of the respective person]
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"May I come in sir ?" I asked knocking .
Through semi opened door I saw
Prof. Joey searching for something between the papers one his desk top.
" Yes, come in Mr. Parker" said Prof. Joey still gazing at the desk top.
" Eva told me yesterday that you wanted to meet me in morning " I said looking for a response.
" Yeah , I did " He paused
Prof. Joey : NOW HOW AM I GOING TO CONVINCE THIS KID ....
I heard his thought
He sighed for a moment and said
" Actually I wanted to talk to you regarding your participation in this years Basketball championship tournament of our college."
" But sir I already told Noah ( leader of sports dept) that I am not interested because I am busy with my session end assignments" I said
"You can complete your assignments after practice too Mr.Parker or if you have any other problem like with parents permission then I will talk directly to your Aunt Linda." He said with a slight smile in his face .
" No sir, it has nothing to do with Aunt linda's permission. I myself wasn't interested in this championship, trust me sir." I said assuring him.
Prof. Joey : HELL MAN!! THIS KID DOESNT LOOKS LIKE AGREEING TO ME WHAT TO DO?.....
NOAH TOLD ME THAT HE WAS QUITE GOOD IN UNDERSTANDING THE OPPONENT PLAYERS STRATEGY EVEN BEFORE HALF TIME OF THE GAME BUT HE DOESNT SEEMS TO BE INTERESTED.....WE ARE LACKING GOOD PLAYERS NOW...
I heard his thought.
And Somewhere I wanted to participate but I couldn't because firstly I cant go to a crowded places like a live match without my headset and secondly even though I manage to go there, it won't be a fair game as I cant stop hearing the opponent's thoughts and can use their moves against them which I cant let happen in a tournament match.
"Sorry sir " I apologized
"Aghh ." He paused "its ok kid as you wish. I wont force you . If you have anyone in your mind who plays well just inform Noah as we need extra players in team " He said and started searching again on the desk for something.
"Sure sir " I replied and he nodded as a response.
Prof. Joey: WHERE IS MY BLOODY SPECS ITS BEEN HALF AND HOUR I AM SEARCHING FOR IT.. DID I FORGET IT AT HOME?
"Its on your forehead sir" I said pointing at it
As a quick response he place his hand on his forehead to check and grabs it with huge smile
" Holy hell!! It was in my forehead all this time I had been searching for it ..husshhh!! " He told with relieving smile and then started cleaning his glass.
"Ok sir, then I think I should be leaving " I asked
"yeah sure , you can go and thank you for the specs" He replied with a smile but still busy in cleaning but as I turned towards door, I heard him
Prof. Joey : BUT.... HOW DID HE KNOW THAT I WAS SEARCHING FOR MY GLASSES I DONT THINK I ASKED HIM ABOUT IT ? DID I?
I smiled and rushed out of the room before he could stop me to clarify that question in his mind.
Gosh....I should stop responding to peoples thought because they might find me crazy... But sometimes I do it unintentionally without even realising it.
I walked towards my class .
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So finally I entred my class.
I always sit on the first bench so that i could hear teachers voice more than student's mind .
And the good part is our batch have only 20 students and everyone sit sepratelly and far enough from eachother which makes me easier to focus on my lecture.
Maybe that was one of the main reason i prefered sociology as my main course because most students in our college find it boring so i knew there wont be much strength in sociology class and i was right.
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After lecture..
i headed towards library to find some books regarding my assignments when suddenly i got a pat on my shoulder,
"Hey , Zane " I turned around to take a look, it was Eva .
Eva is my "said to be a friend" because of Brayden but I usually avoid her.
As she finds me cute and kind of likes me or maybe you can say that she have a crush on me or something like that. so, whenever she talks to me I always hear her weird thoughts about me but act like I didnt.
Brayden always says that only topic she is interested is me (which makes me more uncomfortable being around her and her thoughts . Though she is quite popular with her looks but I really dont need more problems in my life )
I ami not a socialist person but I try my best to not to show that so I often be friendly with her, though I always prefer to avoid her.
"Hi " I said continuing my walk ahead .
"Where have you been since morning ? I didnt see you around ? " asked Eva trying to catching up with my speed through the corridor.
"hmm..I was attending my Lecture." I said with a forceful smile on my face.
"Ohh I asked Brayden before the bell but he told me that you went basketball court. So I thought you wont be having any plan to attend your Lecture" She said .
"Yeah actually ....I do went there...but to meet Prof. Joey for some work . It got over soon so didnt find relevant to skip the lecture." I said
"Ohh.. I see" She said.
Eva : THIS BRAYDEN BECAUSE OF HIS SEMI INFORMATION I SPENT MY FIRST LECTURE IN GROUND SEARCHING FOR HIM (ZANE) AND DIDNT EVEN CHECK THE SPORTS .....ANYWAY AFTER ALL I MET HIN TODAY ...JUST TO SEE ZANE.. OHHH... HE REALLY LOOKS CUTE WHEN HE WEARS HOODY.
She always have these kind off thoughts but anyway its good that she didnt find me earlier.
Eva always keeps my track through brayden and thanks to brayden that sometimes he doesnt tell exactly where i went (most of time Its because he forgets the details ) .
"So are you going to library? " Asked Eva cutting me off from my thoughts .
" Yeah " I said adjusting my headset.
She nodded and followed me as expected .
I entered library and went to the book shelf taking some books, she too did the same but as soon as she got distracted in her books, I took 2- 3 reference books which I found to be useful for my assignment and quickly when to the backside of shelf towards registering counter and by my luck I saw no student over there for registering so I made my book entry at counter and escaped from the library before she could find me.
(it was near shot Escape)
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After my mission escape from eva succeed, I messaged Brayden.
Me : [ where are you Bray ?]
Blunt maniac: [ something came up bro]
[ where are you? At library? ]
Me : [ No, not at library..Eva showed up there ]
Blunt maniac: [ohh....WAIT you r nt planning to leave me alone and go back home right? 🙁plzz wait for me bro I will call you back when i am done ]
Me : [ Fine. ]
[ I will be at bus stop ]
Blunt maniac: [oh u r right its weekend]
[Then see you at your weekend place. ]
Me : [whatever]
I started walking towards bus stop..
Its weekend today so eventually there wont be much people at bus stop Or you can say it must be a crowd less place after library.
I always prefer studing there on weekends than siting in a library with Eva.
Thats the reason Bray used to call it as my weekend place Or escape place.