◇2.THE GROUP◇

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Rose P.O.V

As Brady approached us, I saw a familiar head popping from behind him. It was Stella . She came running.

"Hey Rose . I was finding you only." said stella.
"Oh ..and why ?" I asked .

She replied " Yeah ! I wanted to buy today's lunch for you."

Her excited face fell as she saw the sandwich before me .

"And why would you get her a lunch ?" Asked Giselle curiously.

 "Because she helped me in the morning." Stella said mimicking Giselle's tone.

"oh ! So do you always give something in return of help from a friend? Is that what friendship is for you ?just a give and take relationship ?" I said exaggerating a little bit.

       "Hey  calm down ! You were not her friend when you helped her so we suggested that." Said one of the twins appearing at sight with chairs to sit on.

         "Okay ! So you know everyone here but still I want to officially introduce you to our small group .  This is Stella Adkins ." Said Giselle

" Hey, have we met before ? " said Stella sarcastically.

       "These are Adkins twins." Giselle pointed towards Ashton and Aspen.

" Nice to meet you. " both of them said together . I chuckled in response.
"And this is Brady Ripperton." She said with tone of finality.

I smiled awkwardly as his smile lasted for less than a fraction of second.

     "You know Rose is really intelligent. She answered many of  Mr.Johnson's questions which are not always easy." Said Giselle suddenly , may be she noticed my awkward smile.
    
"She is not just intelligent she is really generous and helpful as well , she helped me this morning when I slipped in the muddy area of the ground." added Stella.

"And beautiful too." whispered Aspen. I blushed a little as Giselle nudged her elbow on his side.

"By the way ,How do you people recognise who's Ashton and who's Aspen." I asked to change the topic and also because I was curious .

"We are friends since we were babies so yeah we are used to them and know who is who ..you'll probably get used to it in some years." Said Giselle with a sarcastic tone .

  "Oh come on! Even I recognise them because of their accessories. Ashton wears an earring while Aspen doesn't.  I can't tell the difference if they both dont wear it ."Admitted Stella .

   "And you call yourself our sister !what a shame ." Said Ashton as we all laughed.

     I stole a glance at Brady , I thought he hadn't got the ability to laugh but nope he was laughing hard . Maybe he is not used to talk with and smile at new people.

    "Hey we forgot Katherine ! She is also in our group , but you'll have to wait to meet her because she is on a trip with her family right now." Said Stella. I smiled as I thought how this new girl would be .
 
     Suddenly a voice came "Don't tell me you forgot to mention Ryan too!" Said Brady with a deep husky voice . This was the first time I heard him speak with deeper voice than I had thought but still soft to my ears.  

      "He is again on his detention today." declared Ashton.

"Maybe you'll get to meet him when you are on your detention too." Said Giselle as she chuckled .

"Does that mean never ? Cause she won't get detention so easily " said Stella making everybody laugh as we moved on to our classes.

    My house was near the school so I chose to walk back home after the school was over. As I reached I told my mom everything that happened at the school . She was happy listening to me and realizing that I was happy here.

    We had bought a beautiful row house with a cute little garden of Roses,  pansies,  lilies.  My mom is a surgeon so yeah we were able to afford this house even without dad .

    He died in a car accident some days back and this was the reason we had shifted here. I  was now well versed with this fact but still I can feel the missing place in my heart.

I slept quickly after dinner as my mind went from one topic to another , switching off my brain with due to tiredness.

      Next day I shared my first lecture with Giselle again. I also made a new friend who was apparently the bad boy of the group. 

"There he is ! Hey Riddle come here."shouted Giselle across the class.

     The boy with sharp facial features came towards us .

"This is Riddle , the person we were talking about yesterday ! And yes we are lucky to find him here since it's just the start of the day ." Said Giselle .

" But umm.. I didn't hear that name yesterday!" I declared.

"Oh sorry this is Ryan Riddle ! Riddle is his surname."Giselle smiled.

    "Hi ! I am Rose." I introduced myself .

"Yeah and today is your second day at the school and you are probably Mr. Johnson's favourite and you helped our Stella." Spoke Ryan.

   "And you are Brady's best friend?" I said as I supposed.

"And how come you know that ?" Asked Ryan.

"Because ... I don't know I just guessed it." I said as I thought not to tell him that I observed that Brady only responded on his name and it was most probable that he was his best friend .

  "Okay ! You must have done something  cause it's hard to talk to Brady in first meeting . "He said and left.
    
     It was strange he didn't even stop to listen to my reply.

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