Fall again

Chp8

Chapter 8 ~ After Spring

I met Aarav at the flower shop; After Spring  when I was just 8 years old. It was the first time we met, the moment still hold a special place in my heart whereas for Aarav, he didn't even remember it. Because If he did, he would have had already knew it, it was me the very second when I told him my name was Selena.

I was a chubby kid and had spectacles up on my nose bridge since I was six, that happens when you stay long at night reading storybooks under your blanket with a torch.

So, from the starting I was a classic definition of an antisocial nerd.

One day, my mom decided to checkout the newly opened flower shop that was situated down the street corner, diagonal to our Salon shop Hair with Flair. We went together to visit it and I just loved it at the first sight.

It was managed by an old couple who, shifted recently there with their grandson.

Mom liked the shop too, which was astonishing because she was a very picky person and she hardly likes anything.

While, she was having elderly chat with the other lady, I noticed a boy of my age behind the counter in a blue shirt buttoned up to the collar, he was engrossed in doing something, I moved forward to see, his small hands were tying a package with the red ribbon so skillfully that I was amazed, feeling my eyes on him he looked up and a smile popped up on his lips showing his teeth. I shied away hiding behind the rack between us.

"Serena..."my mother tailed using my full name to gather my attention.

We picked a small cute bouquet of Lavender tulips and had the biling done, where Aarav the boy's name,he gave me a chocolate and said, "Thank you Selen--naa, Please Come again" his speech was so weird with a stutter that I found it adorable.

I opened my mouth to correct him but closed it, once I noticed a small red bud type thing fitted in his right ear. I knew that it was a hearing aid. My grandfather had kinda similar one.

I accepted the chocolate with a shy grin and rushed after my mother who was already heading out.

I never ate that chocolate, I had kept it like a treasure in my refrigerator until one of my annoying cousins stole it.

I wanted to go to that shop again but I was too afraid of I don't know about what, hence I couldn't make myself go there again but that didn't stop the things turning otherwise.

A week after it,

Aarav came to my shop to get a haircut. Like him, I used to also hang around at the shop not child labor actually, I didn't just like staying back at my empty house so I was there with my mom doing homework while she worked .

When I saw him there, I didn't believe until he waved at me with that kind smile,"Hey Selena!"

Soon, we became friends because he was so easy to be around he always did the talking and smiled at me while I sat quietly doing my homework like my typical self. Eventually, I told him my actual name once I got some nerves and my mom scolded me for being always so hesitant.