First Love

Chapter 12

"So everyone your summer vacations will start from two days. I want all of your notebooks submitted by tomorrow positively" Madhuri ma'am said leaving the class. Finally summer vacations are here. I have missed them so much. Staying in the bed till late.

"Isha" I heard and looked up. It was Rishi standing at our classroom's door. Everyone started looking back and forth between us. I got up from my seat and walked towards him. My eyes met Shraddha and she was laughing.

"Yeah" I said getting in the corridor.

"We could talk inside too" he said still standing on the door

"No, no ,no. Please come here" I said holding his wrist and taking him away from our class. People will stare and then they will talk. I hate rumours.

"Now speak" I said after taking him to an appropriate distance away from my class

"Why could we not talk there" he asked

"My classmates will talk about us" I said still looking here and there.

"So? We have talked in your class before" he said taking a step closer towards me

"We were teammates back then. Now we are just" I said not able to finish the sentence

"Friends, Isha. We are friends" he said taking another step closer to me

"I know" I said looking in his eyes

"Okay. Fine. Now tell me why did you call me" I said

"I just wanted to give you this" he said and took out a chocolate from his pockets

"You are participating in story telling competition today. So I thought you might be nervous" he said scratching the back of his neck. I took the chocolate from him

"Thank you. You are a really nice friend" I said grinning. He walked me back to my class. There was commotion outside the class. I look inside the class from the window. Oh my god, what is Shraddha doing.

"Excuse me" I get inside pushing in between people. I see Preeti push Shraddha back. I hold Shraddha in time and steady her.

"You. You didn't I ask you to tell her to stay away from Ayush" she said poking her finger in my shoulder. She looks very angry. I grab her wrist and push her hand away from me.

"Don't touch me again and keep your voice down" I said making some between us and Preeti's friend

"I want to talk to her. Move out of the way" she said coming at me. Shraddha  stood up beside me and I gave her a hard look. Preeti backed away looking at both of us. Her friends also now stood beside her. I hate fighting but she is definitely gonna go down today. She touched my friend. She pushed her.

"Its because of her that we are fighting" Preeti said and jumped on Shraddha. Shraddha reacted fast and held her hands in defense and held them behind her.

"What exactly is your problem" Shraddha asked. I stepped forward to stop Preeti's friends as they tried pushing Shraddha.

"Why did you have to tell him that I asked you not to talk to him" she asked trying to come out of Shraddha's grip.

"I told him that because he asked me" I said turning to look at Preeti. Someone shouted that teachers are coming so Shraddha left her and we got settled down. I looked outside the window and saw Rishi smirking at the floor. Oh shit! He saw all of this.