First Love

Chapter 8

It has been a week since the debate competition. I reach the school and like daily I stop near his classroom to see what he is doing. He has not arrived yet. He usually comes before me to school. I have not talked with him since the competition. I head towards my class after a minute. Shraddha was sitting inside scribbling something in her notebook.

"Hello" I said approaching her

"Helloooo" she said and we did our handshake routine. We got downstairs to the ground for our assembly he was not present there either. I think he is absent today. Where is he?

It was a free period and I was sitting alone in the class as Shraddha was gone god knows where. She always leaves the class when there is a free period since about two weeks. I was sketching in my notebook.

"Come with me now" Shraddha said to me standing near my seat. When did she come. She then immediately started walking towards the door with me looking at her with my eyes narrowed. She looked back after getting out of the gate and came back shaking her head.

"Come. With. Me" she said holding my hand and dragging me out the classroom.

"Where are you taking me" I asked walking behind her. She was literally dragging me.

"Basketball ground" she said looking back at me and grinning

"And why are you taking me there?" I asked giving her a weird look

"Just come with me and stop asking questions" she said and started walking even faster still dragging me. We soon reached near the basketball ground.

"Look there" she said turning me to the left of the ground. Basketball players were playing the game. I did not see anything interesting in there.

"I don't see anything interesting in there" I said turning towards her

"Oh god, look at the players carefully" she said turning me around again. I looked at the players again. I don't seem to see what she is so excited about. The guy she ogles at is not even here today. I turn around and start to leave.

"Isha" someone calls me from behind. I turn around and see him. He is here. He has come to the school and he is walking towards me. He is in basketball shorts and a t-shirt. He looks so handsome. I just want to go and hug him. What am I thinking? I cannot think about him like this.

"Hi" he said standing in front of me. I have to look up to see his eyes. He is quiet tall though I am not short. I am about 5'7" so it is usually that people are not very tall than me but he certainly is. How I did not not notice this earlier. He is really tall. I mean I definitely noticed that he is taller but not this taller.

"Hello" I said smiling

"What are you doing in here" he said looking curious and raising his eyebrows. He moved his hands in his hair. He is looking hot today. Why am I thinking like thi again? He snapped his fingers breaking my thoughts. I looked up at him and he just raised his eyebrows

"Oh I uh- I was just uh passing by" I said nodding my head at the last

"From here? Where were you going to?" he asked looking more curious now

"Just somewhere and I am getting late for that somewhere. I should leave now" I said holding Shraddha's hand and leaving from there as fast as I can.

"Why did you take me there" I asked Shraddha once we were inside the school building.

"Because you were sulking from the morning as you thought he was absent" she said walking ahead. Was I really sulking because I did not see him?