The wait

How I met him(segment 1)

As the new academic year for grade 9 began, a reshuffling of all the students based on their fields of interest is done. The entire batch was primarily segregated based on what field we choose, whether science or commerce, and accordingly three divisions were formed, the first two comprising of science and the third of commerce, and also some minor subjects decided it to some extent.

That's when I was upgraded to class 9A(science) from 8-C.

I remember that morning very well when I was moved to a new class. It was right after the morning prayer, one of our subject teachers came to our class and in a very hurrying gesture started announcing names, Master x, master y,
master crush (apparently my crush :p)
miss Macy (and that's me), miss z, and so on went the trail of names. Then we were ordered to move to class 9A, which thereafter is going to remain our permanent division till we passed out of school. So short was our bid bye to our classmate's speech!

So there was a blend of emotions.

A sense of detachment from the mates that we were leaving behind, no longer were we going to share our tiffin break, nor were we going to giggle all together on a fun fact shared by our teacher, nor were we going to plan together any special event but
at the same time, I was a bit relieved that I had some of my good friends coming along with me; a sense of excitement was prevailing too, to be able to meet new people, no matter I must have seen their faces otherwise in the lunch breaks but this time I'd get to know them better; nervousness overloaded because I had these thoughts roaming whether or whether not will they accept me, what would happen if they abandon me just in case and many more thoughts going on, but the ruler among all the emotions was nervousness.

So, we packed our bags and were set to move to our new division. If one were to look at us, we seemed no less than a troop migrating, one behind the other.

Finally, we reached our destination and my heart was throbbing as if a gym instructor was keeping an eye on it if it was working out its max limit or not; further at morning 8 o'clock when it was humid out there, here I had drops of perspiration as if I was attracting all the humid particles in the atmosphere to gather around my forehead and aware of all these signs, I was just trying to keep calm.

While I was occupied in this process there were quite a few voices that were slightly interrupting me like some students yawning, which could be heard crystal clear and I was feeling like giggling at those sleepy heads, while some girls gossiping, some others betting on who would be our class teacher- and deciding the winner prize as a vada-pav(an Indian delicacy), from the Loser to the winner.

Amongst all these commercials of thoughts that were presented by us buzzing bees, there was a prominent voice that caught my attention, that of an elderly female teacher, who happened to be our class teacher, she said," relax newbies and this tag will no longer be valid unless you take your first step and become a part of this new division,9A willingly".

I felt so relieved after hearing this and soon all the ongoing thoughts rested in peace slowly we all stepped inside the class and started to feel a sense of belongingness.

We, newbies, had our sensory receptions working at their peak, as we entered the class one after another, exploring and checking out every corner of the class-our eyeballs moving left, right, up(no, no not down XD), the nasal receptors sensing the smell of recently painted walls & most importantly our eyes sending signals to our brain as to where should I sit, beside whom, if there was an empty bench so that we could get to sit with another newbie like us; this took us good long 10minutes to settle down at our seats, some satisfied and some still working out in their brains that where could I have seated instead.

But worth mentioning here is, the new faces(the ones already belonging to A div) were might as well too welcoming.

And of these welcoming faces was his.
I'm not sure if I exchanged a smile on the very first day but yes I do remember seeing him specifically on my first day at the new division.

He, was five feet eight inches, curly-haired, wheatish skin toned and an aura of calmness as if emitting from him. That is all I could register in my brain after the first and only look I glanced at him.

The reason why I noticed him particularly was, he coincidentally was seated just next to my 2year long first crush or master crush.

As I drifted my eyes from the crush I decided thereafter," new division, so new goals, to focus on studying and to get over that crush of mine for real! "

Strangely there's one more thing I remember, the setting.
We were sitting in the same row but me on the bench of the first column, the one towards the class entrance door-also likely because I was new to the class and just wanted to get a place to sit so I had quickly caught the closest place & him at the other end of the class, also the bench end thus getting the window view of the class, to which I said to myself, "Wow, that's very thoughtful of him! "

~I hope you enjoyed this part of 'The wait' chapter. I have tried my best to stick to my words of keeping the story as realistic as possible(as the tag reads non-fiction)

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~Happy reading