A fanciful road blurred the lines between reality and illusion, like Alice's trip down the rabbit hole.
There were no talking rabbits, magic potions, or crazy tea party but there were a lot of things unexpected. What to expect in a world that in no...
'Last time on Life Likes To Screw With You, the innocent vintage enthusiast was surrounded by the evil news bringer, the cleaner boy of the society cum JD's full-time babysitter.'
Taking one glance at the car and one at JD's unofficial babysitter, I put on my best-unimpressed face and replied to his previous jab with my own, "Nehhhh!!! I have seen much better cars. If you can even call this a car, stupid old piece of junk. They haven't made this model for over two decades now."
As he stood dumbstruck, I gave a scoff and started to walk away slowly and after getting a few feet away, sprinted straight to Gramps' friends' house. He was already on his way out the door, so without giving life any other chance to throw me into a mess, we went back home.
I was exhausted physically and mentally. After dinner, I was on my way to my room when Granny called out, "You are quiet than normal today, is everything okay dear?"
"People get anxious when I am not quiet and get anxious when I am quiet. How is this fair?" I mumbled to myself before giving Granny a smile and replied, "Nothing Granny, just exhausted with all the shifting and college work. I am gonna call it a night, you should rest too. Good Night"
"Good Night." they both wished me night and went to their room and I went to mine. Surprisingly, sleep came easy with all the mental exhaustion.
I was pacing in front of the college gate for the past 15 minutes pondering over the fact of whether to go or not to go. Unfortunately, before I could decide to go or more like bail, Someone put an arm around my shoulder and started dragging me to the college,
"Not thinking of bailing, were you?" suggested the teasing voice of Sri.
I threw my head back groaning in the agony of getting busted, "You are such a buzzkill."
Sri, Savita, and his friends were laughing at my expense. I turned towards Savita, pouting a little and trying to guilt-trip her, "You gonna join the boy band too, take some pity on me.", which I failed miserably in as all she did was laugh more, "Fiiinneee, One day it would be my turn to laugh." I declared as we went around the campus but suddenly took a turn,
"I HAVE TO GO TO THE LIBRARY. SEE YOU LATER!!!" and dived behind a wall.
I let out a breath and slowly sank down the wall, "Huh, that was a close call."
"This doesn't seem like a library?" amused Harls, "An invisible library, perhaps. What happened?"
I took a glance at the corridor to see the source of my discomfort and sudden panic attack. It was astonishing that I hadn't screamed, fainted, or had a stroke by now.
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"I thought we agreed we are gonna face JD like cowards- uh - I meant like the warriors we are." Isis mused.
I quickly looked away, "We decided for when we finally come across him, which means when the situation is unavoidable. No way am I willingly jumping into this Well of unknown depth."
I went on with my classes and the next few days passed like this: getting to college, avoiding JD whenever he was in the line of sight (which was torture when all I wanted to do was run up to him and hug him), get back home, make notes for college, paint-sketch or play guitar a little, sometimes play carrom with Granny and Gramps; and repeat.
Today was different however, I parked my bike and went to the group. Everyone's mood looked off and Savita wasn't there.
"Wassup, why so gloomy?" I interrogated.
Sri finally decided to speak when no one else did, "You know Adhik and Rahul?"
"Uhhh- no I don't think so. Why?"
"Yesterday those two sexually harassed Savita while she was waiting for her evening class. JD sir beat them up and a complaint was filed to the college's department. Their parents are gonna arrive today to talk to the principal and also gonna file a police case."
'So it is starting, we are at the beginning.' I was panicking but was worried about Savi more. She might not have become a very close friend but she has been a good friend since I arrived at the college. The least I can do is check on how she is doing.
"Where is Savi?"
"Don't kn-" before Sri could say the bell rang, "we will check on her later for now let's get to class."
"Okay," I replied and went to my class. I checked my schedule to see that it was Study Hall, well basically self-study. I decided to my escape house aka Library. I was busy reading 'Great Expectation' by Dickens when I heard a commotion on the ground floor. I look out from my seat by the window to see a crowd with what appears to be JD, leading them to the principal's office. I didn't have to be there to know what was happening, I saw it a long time ago. I tried to remember the scene.
**(Ignore Charu's appearance in the video as she hasn't arrived yet. Assume the teacher is someone else.)**
Taking a look at my watch I packed my things to attend my next class and hopefully cross the hallway before they all decide to leave the office. Luck doesn't seem to be on my side, as soon as I hurried down the last step I saw JD coming down the hall and did a double take back to the library. Silently praying that he didn't see me running away like a moron. 'Ugh! I hate my life.'
At the end of the day, I finally met Savi and asked how she was doing, and apparently, she was feeling much better because she had such great friends and teachers to stand up for her. However, she will need some time to get over all this. I guess she is pretty lucky to have such nice people around her.
Sri informed me that those two have been suspended for one week, and he didn't seem at all happy about this decision. I wasn't either. For me, this also meant that it was time for the official JD entry soon and I will desperately be trying to avoid that. On the other hand, though, I wanna watch the fight scene too.
'It is officially confirmed that my guardian angel is a stoner and an alcoholic.'
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