The alarm went off as the clock struck 6:30. Infuriated, I woke up and set another alarm for 6:40. But before my head could hit the pillow, another sound broke the rhythm of my sleep. After realising that it was a notification bing that definitely didn't come off my phone, I tried to go back to sleep.
After hearing the bing again, I sat up in frustration and looked around. Anjini, who was sleeping next to me, woke up in fury too. She looked at Aakanksha, who was sleeping next to her, and patted on her shoulder to wake her up.
"Aakanksha! Put your phone on silent. It's not letting us sleep.", said Anjini, annoyingly.
Ten minutes and a hundred abuses later, Aakanksha finally woke up and put her phone on silent. By then, my 6:40 alarm had went off and I quickly jumped out of the bed to get ready for college. Anjini, who was fast asleep until a moment ago, suddenly woke up and looked at Aakanksha in shock.
"Was that the Tinder bing?", Anjini's shocking face now had a smile.
Aakanksha was asleep, or pretending to be. But Anjini looked adamant to have an answer. She held Aakanksha's shoulder and shook it hard to wake her up.
"You're on Tinder? Since when?", asked Anjini.
I looked on in confusion as Aakanksha woke up and stared at Anjini's face with utmost embarrassment.
"Been a week.", answered Aakanksha, with a fishy smile on her face. And soon her smile turned into an expression of shock.
"But how do you know? Are you on Tinder too?"
Anjini didn't answer but we knew we had caught a thief by her face.
"Dude! You're just 15!", I said, feeling shocked at the strange discoveries about my sisters.
Anjini and Aakanksha were both quiet and tried to avoid the conversation by burying their heads into their phones.
"Am I the most ignorant person in this house?", I muttered to myself.
The two of them were laughing at me as I wore my slippers and walked towards the washroom, still feeling confused.
It was day 2 of college and I had already found a great source of motivation to ensure myself a 100% attendance. Aren't crushes just amazing? The high that you experience just by staring at someone you're crushing on is just too addictive. I had my first crush at the age of 9 and I often think how boring my life would have been without them. No expectations. No confessions. Just the amazing high of dopamine combined with unending happiness.
I brushed my teeth for 10 long minutes to make sure Ishaan doesn't get repulsed by the bad breath, if any. After taking a long bath, I dashed to my cupboard and picked the best set clothes I had – a yellow short-sleeves top and a pair of black trousers. It sucks being a bonehead at fashion, I tell you! I quickly changed into my college wear and sprayed half a bottle of deodorant before bolting my way towards the bus stop.