Helping Her With Her Studies
"Mom. I am home", I call out as soon as I enter inside. "Hey. How was your day?", Mom comes out of the kitchen asking me and smiles at me. "It was good", I replied to her. "Your dad is home today", she tells me and a smile appears on my face.
"In the living room?", I ask and she nods. I go into the living room and quickly touch my dad's feet. He smiles at me. "How was your day?", he asks and mom comes into the room too and closes the door.
"It was good. And I made friends today. They have invited me for the cricket match and we will go in Shravan's car and he has promised to teach me physics", I start ranting out and mom and dad try to comprehend what I said. I speak so fast. But when I am nervous, I won't utter a word without stuttering and I know, I am weird.
"Wait...Shravan? That topper guy", mom says amazed and I chuckle. "That's great. He will help you", Mom beams. Dad raises his eyebrows at her. "You know that boy?", Dad asks. "Stop being jealous, Dad. You both had a love marriage where you emotionally blackmailed grandma", I joke and laugh.
Mom and Dad too join in the laughter. "Anyways. I will just come", I say and go to change into some casual outfits.
I see a text message on my phone and open it.
Hi. I hope you remember me
I frown and feel a little bit of terror inside me. Remember me? This is weird.
Who's this?
I ask and close my phone. I go downstairs and hear a ping.
Shravan. Your Shravan.
He says to specify that it is my topper classmate, Shravan.
Hello Shravan.
I type back and sit with my parents to eat lunch.
Wait...how did you get my number?
I ask him and then we start eating our lunch. I love kidney beans and rice. I moan in delight and then frown angrily as Mom and Dad keeping talking about some neighbour. I wish people were more interested in their lives rather than someone else.
From the school group and did you ask your parents about the match?
I look back at my parents. "Continue your convo later and first tell me if I can go for the match?", I ask and they look at me. "Of course. Why not?", Dad says and I grin.
Yes. I am coming :)
Amazing. Will see you later then. Thank you for accepting my offer and I bet you won't regret it. Getting the chance to see Shravan Malhotra in his hot avatar is something only a few people get to see. ;)
I smile amused. He is a unique piece.
Thank you for giving me the chance to see you live, master.
I type a sarcastic message back. Like that we talk for a while and then I bid him bye. "I am going to study", I say and go upstairs after keeping the plates in the sink.
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I sigh. Half an hour has passed and I am still not able to understand the ray diagrams of reflection. Tears fill up in my eyes. Exams are coming and I have no scope in improving my grades.
What are you doing?
Studying physics.
I am calling you
Shravan is calling me. I pick up the phone on the first ring. "Hello", my voice sounds rough. "Why are you crying?", he asked me, worried. "I am not crying", I say. "Ok. Video call me then", he says and I sigh.
"Now tell me", he asks. "I am not understanding physics and like every time, I will score low", I say and sob. "Don't cry, please. Do one thing. Bring the old answer sheets to me", he says. "How will it help?", I ask.
"I have seen you studying and still not scoring up to your potential and I might know the reason for that. Just trust me with it and bring the sheets to me", he says. "Ok. I will bring them tomorrow", I say to him.
"Good. Now I am going for my practice and you need to promise me, you won't cry. Just close your book for now and study something else", he instructs me. "Alright. Good luck with your practice. I guess it's cricket", I say.
"Right", he chuckles and I shake my head at the cricket obsession of people nowadays. "What did I tell you? Just do that. Close the book and study something else", he says. "Alright", I sigh and we say bye to each other and hang up the call. I close the book and keep it in my bag.
Next Day
"Suman. Shravan said to send you to the library", Naina says and hugs me making me smile. She knows I need it. She must be going for painting. I keep the bag at my seat. "I will catch up with you", I reply and she gives me a thumbs up.
I reach the library and Shravan waves at me. "Hey", I say to Shravan and he smiles at me. I give the sheets to him and we sit down. He starts checking the sheets. "No need to feel embarrassed. There is no big deal in being a topper. You do hard work and you shouldn't be embarrassed about your grades if you are genuinely facing a problem", Shravan says, surprising me.
"How do you always know what I am thinking ?", I ask, amazed. He just winks at me. "Talent", he mumbles and we laugh. After a few minutes, he grins. "I understand what is happening", he says to me. "Don't worry. I will just tell you what is wrong and help you with it. We will study together as a group with our friends for upcoming tests", he says and I smile slightly. "Ok", I say smiling.
"I will meet you later. I need to go for my practice", he smiles.