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Chapter 2 - A New Beginning

The cool wind caressed Aila's uniform making her shiver . She was trying hard to balance her umbrella which is not at all obeying her. She can see some children running around without an umbrella and some cursing the rain for destroying their clean uniform. She might have been enjoying the rain, if it was not for the class which will start in the next 15 minutes .

Someone ran to her umbrella and side hugged her tightly . She looked over to the boy who is clutching her and her umbrella with his both hands. His hair glued to his forhead due to the rain, water drops oozing from his hair running to his eyes and beautiful features. For a moment , Aila felt her surroundings vanish, focusing on the boy near her who is ruling her heart since few years.

" The rain is heavy, walk fast! "the boy's voice startled her and she walked faster.

The steps his long legs took was making it difficult for her short legs to match , still she managed. When they reached the School Veranda , the boy moved away from her . Aila felt the warmness of his hand fading from her waist.

Sighing, she made her way to her class. Almost every student was drenched except those who came in vehicles. She sat beside Monisha, her only friend. Monisha was making weird faces seeing Aila , she rolled her eyes.

She understood , Monisha saw her and πΆπ‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘™π‘œπ‘ π‘’ under same umbrella.

"There is Nothing like you are thinking. He was taking help from me"

'𝑏𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛'𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘›π‘˜π‘’π‘‘ π‘šπ‘’!' she said in her heart.

"Pass me your Maths notes. Forgot to do the home work" Aila rolled her eyes.

𝐷𝑖𝑑 π‘ β„Žπ‘’ π‘’π‘£π‘’π‘Ÿ 𝑑𝑖𝑑 π‘Ž β„Žπ‘œπ‘šπ‘’π‘€π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘˜?

She passed her note to Monisha and turned to see her crush making his way to class in his all glory, with his friends.She don't know whether what she feel for him is a mere attraction or love.But she know one thing for sure, whatever it is , it is a deep feeling which she felt for only one person and that is β„Žπ‘–π‘š.

πΆπ‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘™π‘œπ‘  π‘†π‘’π‘π‘Žπ‘ π‘‘π‘–π‘Žπ‘›, a single name is enough to skip the heartbeat of the girls in John Hill Highschool. Of course , Aila is one among them. But the difference is she had crush on him since kindergarden and the others started crushing on him since he got famous and the π‘™π‘œπ‘œπ‘˜π‘ .

Miss.Clara finished her class and asked for the homeworks.Aila looked for Carlose and he and his friends were nowhere in the class.

𝐻𝑒 π‘π‘’π‘›π‘˜π‘’π‘‘ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘™π‘’π‘π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘Žπ‘”π‘Žπ‘–π‘›!

Aila shook her head.

She collected everyone's note and submitted them at Miss.Clara's desk .

The whole day, she kept thinking of him.Her heart fluttered everytime she thought of her and Carlose's closeness in the morning.

Carlose is not the popular boy who play with girl's heart , Infact he respected girls a lot which is enough for the girls to fall on his feet. He liked living his life in the fullest , hiding the pain inside.But he had a bad boy reputation to save at the same time.

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Aila have been thinking whether to create an account on Instagram or not. Monisha have been eating her ear to create an account on any social media platform.The first app which came in her mind was Instagram. The thing which is stoping her from making an account is her studies, what if she ditch her studies for some stupid fun.

After taking a deep breathe ,she clicked on create an account.She filled all the columns except the username. The last thing she wanted was someone to recognize her. Of course, she is making the account because of Monisha but it is not the whole truth. The truth is that she wanted to have some fun like others , she is tired of this boring life ; Books, Books and Books.

Thinking of the username , her gaze shifted to the page where she was trying calligraphy on her name. She stared it for quite some time and her mind came up with a name . 'π΄π‘™π‘–π‘Ž'.

Assuring herself, she made the account.

And here comes, her friend's name π‘€π‘œπ‘›π‘–π‘ β„Žπ‘Ž π‘†π‘Žπ‘šπ‘’π‘’π‘™ on the friend suggestion box. She slide through that box and found the people around her who is using instagram. She ignored that box completely and explored the app a little.

π‘‡β„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’ 𝑖𝑠 π‘›π‘œπ‘‘β„Žπ‘–π‘›π‘” π‘–π‘›π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘ π‘‘π‘–π‘›π‘” 𝑖𝑛 π‘‘β„Žπ‘–π‘  π‘Žπ‘π‘.

She muttered when she didn't found anything of her interest.

Before closing the app, Her mind asked her a curious question.

π‘Šβ„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ 𝑖𝑓 πΆπ‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘™π‘œπ‘ π‘’ 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘Žπ‘π‘?

Her hand glided against the search bar and typed πΆπ‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘™π‘œπ‘ π‘’ . She got frustrated when she found many Carlose except the one she was searching for. To make sure, she typed his full name. πΆπ‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘™π‘œπ‘ π‘’ π‘†π‘’π‘π‘Žπ‘ π‘‘π‘–π‘Žπ‘›.

Aila did a funny dance when she found his name at the top list . She opened his account with a smile and clicked on the πΉπ‘œπ‘™π‘™π‘œπ‘€ button unknowingly after stalking him. Her eyes got wide at the realisation and she unfollowed him quickly.

πΊπ‘œπ‘‘, π‘ƒπ‘™π‘’π‘Žπ‘ π‘’ π‘ π‘Žπ‘£π‘’ π‘šπ‘’. 𝐼 π‘€π‘œπ‘›'𝑑 π‘‘π‘œ π‘Žπ‘›π‘¦ 𝑠𝑖𝑛 π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ 𝑛𝑒π‘₯𝑑 3 π‘€π‘’π‘’π‘˜π‘ . π‘ƒπ‘™π‘’π‘Žπ‘ π‘’ π‘ π‘Žπ‘£π‘’ π‘šπ‘’ π‘“π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘š π‘‘β„Žπ‘–π‘  π‘šπ‘’π‘ π‘ ..

Her heart was beating wildly.

"Aila!" Aila walked downstairs to her Mom.

The dining was set already. Her father was having dinner when she sat with her Mom.Her Father is a Doctor , whereas her Mother is a housewife.Her father raised his head when he saw Aila and smiled. Aila was nowhere near to smiling.

π‘Šβ„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ 𝑖𝑓 β„Žπ‘’ π‘”π‘œπ‘‘ π‘Žπ‘›π‘¦ π‘›π‘œπ‘‘π‘–π‘“π‘–π‘π‘Žπ‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘›?

The thought was buggig her.

"Are you okay?" Aila got startled and looked her father who have a confused look.

She nodded vigorously at him. Her father smiled and she smiled back this time. Her mother glanced her throughout the whole dinner.

Once they are done with the dinner, Her mother asked "Aila, Is there any problem in school?"

Aila shook her head in negative and went back to her room after giving goodbye kiss to her parents. She looked at the Screen tensely and sighed in relief when she found there is no notification or message. She logged out cursing herself for creating an account.

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When Aila was ready for school properly, her mind drifted to yesterday's event.

π‘Šβ„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ 𝑖𝑓 β„Žπ‘’ π‘”π‘œπ‘‘ π‘Žπ‘›π‘¦ π‘›π‘œπ‘‘π‘–π‘“π‘–π‘π‘Žπ‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘›?

With the same thought, she logged in.

There was a red circle on the top right icon. Her hands glided over the icon and there it is, A message from πΆπ‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘™π‘œπ‘ π‘’ π‘†π‘’π‘π‘Žπ‘ π‘‘π‘–π‘Žπ‘›.

She can feel her heart beating at an abnormal rate and opened his message.

-Unfollowing someone is not a good manner , Miss Alia.

π‘‚β„Ž 𝑀𝑦 πΊπ‘œπ‘‘! π‘Šβ„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑖 π‘’π‘£π‘’π‘Ÿ 𝑑𝑖𝑑 π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ π‘¦π‘œπ‘’ π‘π‘™π‘Žπ‘¦π‘’π‘‘ π‘π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘›π‘˜ π‘€π‘–π‘‘β„Ž π‘šπ‘’?

She cursed God for her stupidity.

She checked the message again.

π΄π‘™π‘–π‘Ž? π‘ˆπ‘“π‘“ 𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑦 π‘šπ‘’. 𝐻𝑒 π‘‘π‘œπ‘›'𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 π‘˜π‘›π‘œπ‘€ 𝑖𝑑 𝑖𝑠 π‘šπ‘’ π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ β„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’ 𝑖 π‘€π‘Žπ‘  β„Žπ‘Žπ‘£π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘Ž β„Žπ‘’π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘‘ π‘Žπ‘‘π‘‘π‘Žπ‘π‘˜.

Thinking , it will be bad if she didn't reply him she typed after a lot of thinking.

-Oops. I followed you by mistake so i unfollowed you

"Aila , It is about to tick 7:45" Aila's Mother shouted and Aila logged out quickly and ran downstairs.

Little did she knew, it is the beginning of a new chapter in her life..

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