A Rebel Without a Clue!

The Professor's Daughter

With his heart burning in rage, and wanting to kill Aarush, Kshitij started moving furiously towards the dorm. For the fatuous act that Aarush had done, he deserved a tight slap from everyone. First, from Sandeep and then Kshitij.

Kshitij went to Aarush's room and politely knocked his door. He opened in no time.

"So, what did you tell her?" Kshitij asked. He was calm. He had asked Sandeep to not come inside.

"She started blackmailing me. So, I told Sandeep's name," Aarush spoke casually while he was looking texting.

"Can you just look up to me and stop texting for a while?" Kshitij was firm this time.

"What happened, buddy?" Aarush kept his phone aside and looked up to Kshitij.

"And why did you tell his name? To save your ass?"

"See, she started blackmailing me that she knows everything. And, I will get rusticated from the college. I had no other option. She told me the name of those guys who gave us papers. So, I thought she knows everything. And, I told her one name," Aarush explained.

"And Sandeep told my name. So, now I'm in this matter too!" Kshitij was irked. He had actually came here to shout at him or just beat him up. But, Aarush, was also one of the victims of her blackmailing charm. Indeed, she was really good at it. Now, Kshitij wondered, why does she teaches mathematics? She should be a Psychology professor.

"What??! Now, why did he tell your name?" Aarush didn't know this before. After he was interrogated, he thought he was safe. So, he didn't talk to anyone.

"The same way you told his name! He was blackmailed too,"

"Shit! So, now? Did you talk to her? What did she tell?"

Kshitij narrated the whole story. "So, now are we safe?" Aarush asked after hearing the story.

"I don't know. She can do anything.. "

Just then Kshitij's phone rang. It was Rishina whose name displayed on his phone. With the slide, he answered the call.

"What's happening?" She asked.

"Huh? Nothing, I guess," Kshitij wasn't sure of what was she talking about.

"Yours, Aarush, and Sandeep's name are displayed here. Telling you guys to meet principal tomorrow morning at 11. What's happening? Care to explain?"

"Meet me in park. In five minutes!” And, with that he left the room. Like Zaid, Rishina was an alien into this matter. Not many students knew it, because it was done very confidentially. The teachers were very careful to not let spread it matter like fire. And, one of the main reasons behind it was to not let the evidences dumped into a dustbin. They needed every possible evidence. First, they got the image of the question paper. Then, they got some text messages, which spoke about money, papers.

Kshitij could see his old heartthrob sitting in one of the benches in park. This park wasn't a big round jogger’s park, instead a small park, which had a temple to its one corner, and large big trees in another which provided shade for some adventurous couples, and on the other side had some benches where going-to-be couples or decent couples ruled their thrones. Rishina was sitting on the latter side. Rishina looked exceptionally resplendent today. In dilemma, every girl becomes more attractive, just to tell that right now your troubles are more important than the girl. What more torture a guy can have?

Kshitij controlled himself and started moving slowly towards where Rishina was sitting. When she saw him coming towards him, she saw him smiling. There was no reason to smile now. Why the hell is he smiling? She thought.