Besotted

CHAPTER 2 Part 10

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The day dawned crisp & clear for me as I had completed all my pending works except the dress, which would need one more day. Reaching school, now I came across people from other classes offering me special treatment & following me to the class. I was ready to befriend them with open arms, but such special treatment was way too much for me. And then the teachers too would consider me a sincere & studious student, although I would always be among the ones playing pranks on them. Also, it was my first day as a monitor. Sid along with I were responsible for arranging students according to their heights in a row during the assembly & their dispersal in a line. We both were glad we could do this smoothly.

After the recess that day, Karan & Varun tried to piss off my friend Chetna secretly among them. They were chewing gum & would sit behind her & planned to stick their gum underneath her desk. I was sitting at my place talking to the girls & I noticed them do that. But they thought it went unnoticed as they did it so swiftly. The bell had already rung & students were approaching the class, so did Chetna & Preeti.

The moment Chetna was about to sit, I shouted & interrupted her- "Chetna, udhar mat baithna" and the whole class became attentive & looked at me & her. She too hurriedly got up from her half-sitting position & asked me about what happened. They boys stared at me but still, I didn't supported them this time cause it was pathetic. I told Chetna about the boys' plan & the fact that the gum might have stuck onto her skirt which would be just ewwww!

Chetna threw a nasty look at the boys & took a paper to remove the gum & then sit down. The boys approached me & said- "Kya yaar Aashima! Kyun bataya tumne?" & I replied them that if it were for a teacher, I would have complied cause somewhere teachers would sometimes exaggerate petty matters but for a girl, it was nasty. It would spoil her skirt & she'd have to sit with it for the rest of the day. As a monitor, I had laid my conditions & my mates were ready to accept it. But they were still in awe of my noticing skills.

That day I remember noticing something suspicious. As the recess came to an end, I was heading back to the class with Bhuvan, Prerna, Bancho & Arshia when I noticed Riya with a guy at corner. The lad held her hand tightly & it seemed they were having an heated-up argument. I excused the four of them to just look at her. They went inside while I went closer to them. That guy was making me irate, his behavior with Riya was despicable. And alas, Riya noticed me, jerked her hand, freed herself & came towards me in a way to ignore me.

I ceased her & asked if everything was okay. She replied that nothing has happened but I could see she wasn't okay. That guy had already fled & I again told her that she could tell me, maybe I might help but she just went off. I didn't forced her much & got into the class.

And that day during the PE class, the boys were having serious discussions at the ground.

Raj- Yaar ye Aashima, kya bandi hai! Koi itna accha aur perfect kaise ho sakta hai?

Varun- Arrey kya notice karti hai yaar. Apna plan kharab kardi poora

Vansh- Isiliye toh class mein kabhi uske baare mein discuss nhi karte, pata chala apna bhi uss Ishaan jaisa haal ho..

Sidharth  - Exactly! Aur reply bhi aise karti hai ki saamne waale ki bolti band ho jaaye....

Tanmay - Par kitna apnapan lagta hai na uske saath....

Sidharth  - Haan bhai, ye sahi kaha...

Yash- Aur wo ignore bhi nhi karti, uss Prerna ki tarah

Rahul- Wo toh pehle se hi taken hai, main toh keh rha tha ki chhodo usko.

Ashwin - Sahi kaha tha yaar!