The 3G Life: Two Buildings

Wednesday 30 October 2019

I enter Saad sir's class and am a bit surprised to see a new guy in the first bench. He looks at me and we have direct eye contact for a long moment. The guy wears glasses. He is cute in a childish sort of way. Freckled face and thin lips. Overall a fair complexion and wears decent clothes.

"Why did you change your bench?" I ask Tamima.

"The guy came earlier so we had to move," she replies.

"One of you can sit beside him."

"Why don't you go and sit beside him?"

"If I sit beside him, he'll run away."

I look around for my pen but cannot find it. The new guy notices this and offers me the pen he writes with. I refuse informing him that I have some extra pens. He seems a little disappointed. But I am not the girl who takes up offers on the first go. But I like his helpfulness.

When I ask him what his name is, he says it is Oma. I think that he has a creative name and I introduce myself as Amber. He just gives a smile and turn forward. I sort of like him. He is so sweet and calm natured. There is a certain peace surrounding him and I love his gentleness.

I meet Ibrahim as I come up the stairs earlier.

"Hey, how're you today, Ibrahim?" I greet him.

"I'm fine. And how're you?" he asks back.

"Alhamdulillah, I'm fine too, more than fine."

And with that we pass each other.

Ibrahim knows that I love him. It is so certain and so definite. What holds him from loving me back? Every single one of my classmates know that I love him and many pull his leg with this. But all he does is completely ignore it or get angry with it. He never gave a positive reaction to it.

Tamima and Ibrahim are in the same batch in biology theory and lab class. I am so jealous of Tamima for this and I repeatedly tell her so. But today Oma takes up so much of my attention. I speak to Tamima about Oma's hairstyle and how similar it is to that of Dalair's. And I give a weak smile to cover up my grief.

Saad sir continues to explain the chapter Equilibrium on board and every now and then I comment something that makes all of us laugh. Saad sir scolds me for a couple of time but he himself cannot stop laughing. But after sometimes I become serious and start to take notes.

I am suddenly reminded of Saeed. I see him the other day when I wait on the ground floor. I pretend not to see him and concentrate on the pdf I read. From the corner of my eyes, I notice that he slows down as he comes close to me but does not stop walking.

Fadheelat and I grow a beautiful friendship and I tell her much about me. She also meets Saeed before Saeed and mine friendship breaks off. They even have a brief fist fight contest and overall enjoys each other's company. Fadheelat later informs that she may have a crush on Saeed.

Mahak and I have a fight quite recently. He informs me of Jabbar sir's party but I refuse to go without an invitation.

"Looks, sir doesn't inform me anything about it," I tell him.

"It's impossible for sir to inform each and every one of his students."

"But I can't go there without a text at least."

With this our fight starts and I stop speaking to him. I hate it when I have a fight with any of my friends. Maalik brother and I have the best relation. We never have a fight since the first day we meet. And he always acts like my long-lost brother and I actually want a big brother like him for life.

Zara joins Jabbar sir's class and I am not particularly happy about it. She already grabs much of Eisa's attention and I know it is very temporary. Though Eisa assures me showing his bracelet that I myself make him wear on his birthday and he does not take off till now.

Let us come back to Saeed sir's class. Nahla and I grow quite a bond. She says that she misses me for the past few days as I cannot come due to some emergency. She says she is tired cause she has to keep the class cheered on all by herself and I pat her shoulder in consolation.

I am suddenly reminded of Ubaidah. She is also like this, the class cheerer. But she changes because of Dalair. How she grows. Without her every single class feels empty. Now it is very hard to even notice that she is in class. I wish these changes does not take place.

I miss Aayan. I wait for him everyday but do not see him once. He feels like a dream that is so real. I remember how we always used to sit beside each other. How he first proposes to sit beside me and I am so happy. Never once in my entire life I am so happy to sit beside another guy.

After class ends, I come down to the ground floor and wait for Dalair. I have to wait thirteen minutes before I see him. He gives the guard to check his bag and sees me. He pretends that he does not but I continue to look at him. He slows down a bit but continues to walk.

As soon as he is out of sight, I take off my glass and wipe away the tears that escape. I take a deep breath. I cannot let him get lost too and I will wait for him every single day like this. I will see how long he can hold back. I hang the back over my shoulder and walk out of 3G.