The next day when I entered the class,I saw Amit looking angry at me and flexing his arm muscles.
I started rolling up my sleeves with the eyes that are cold and a reddening of the face.
Amit stood up, and I started moving towards him with the sensation of my muscles quivering and just then our Mathematics lecturer entered into the class and I sat on my bench and Amit on his bench, and we shared a direct stare which lacked warmth.
Suddenly we heard the sound of the book which was thrown with force on the floor and I turned my head and saw a girl who wore a Green kurta with white floral design on it, she went to pick that book, she has a pale skin with dark eyes that are attractive captivating, and she has a mole on the right side of her chin.
She came to her bench and slammed that book on her bench and said, 'I am a lateral entry student(Student joined in second year after completing their diploma), so the book is incomplete'.
Sir said, 'someone give her a notebook so that she can complete her notes', and started his class.
Luckily he didn't check everyone's notes as most of us have incomplete notes and whatever I wrote, I wrote in my all-in-one which is a rough note.
I kept looking at her and I felt like, I have seen her somewhere before.
Amit came toward me in our lunch break and said,'Let's meet in the evening, if you are not a coward and not trying to escape like you did for the whole last year'.
'We will meet',I replied with a calm exterior even though there is an adrenaline rushing through the body and wanted to beat him then and there.
After the lunch break when we entered into the C++ lab, I saw her again and her fascinating eyes were covered by black Rectangle Anti Glare reading glasses, which made her look like a book-lover.I wanted to know her name, but she seemed to be a very calm girl, as she didn't speak with anyone in the class.
Just as the lab completed and when we were to leave for the home, even though I had the job of teaching Amit his lesson for once and forever.
I went to the bus stop and saw Amit coming towards me and he said, 'You can't escape now'.
'I too thought the same of you', I replied, holding the chin-up.
He came along with some seniors and of-course Karthik came along with few of his friends in support of Amit.
Karthik started moving towards me with the hands that clench and unclench, I asked, 'What do you want?'
'I will get what I want by beating you black and blue and knocking some sense into your head', he replied.
"When you are talking about fighting, as it is, with no rules, well then, baby you'd better train every part of your body!", I quoted what Bruce Lee said regarding the art of fighting.
'Talk is cheap, and you too know that you can't escape now, and you will lose for sure, so don't act cocky', he replied.
"Forget about winning and losing; forget about pride and pain. Let your opponent graze your skin, and you smash into his flesh; let him smash into your flesh, and you fracture his bones; let him fracture your bones, and you take his life.Do not be concerned with escaping safely — lay your life before him",
this ran through my mind like a flash as Bruce Lee philosophy had a great influence on my mind.
When Karthik came near me with a clenched jaw and grinding teeth, I turned clockwise and executed a back kick with little force and he was on the ground and I maintained a calm exterior and looked at his friends and Amit.
Karthik's friends saw this and with rapid blinking they were out of sight within a flash, Amit's fight reactions turned into flight reactions and he started running.
The next morning in the classroom, Amit saw me but didn't say anything and simply sat on his bench and I didn't care.
The girl with a mole on the right side of her chin below her lips and the Eyes that sparkle which are covered by glasses came towards me and said, "Hi, Reyansh".
I replied, "Hi", I don't know her name and was thinking, if by chance, did I know her name. Then I saw Rashi entering the class and I said, "Hi Rashi".
She didn't reply to anything and her Eyes were widening, yet the brows were furrowed.
Rashi said,"Hi Saanvi, How are you?"