UNPARALLELED BONDS

FUSS

He sat down beside me meekly, without any hesitation. All through the period, I talked to him only two times just to make sure if I'm jotting down notes correctly.
I thought he sat there for only that day. So on Monday I sat towards the edge, expecting that he would be sitting at the back or somewhere. To my surprise, he came and called my name, telling me to move aside, for he has to sit there too. I moved away in confusion. Since I think too much, I drew a lot of conclusions after his move, but in the end, I realized that everything is normal and that there is nothing more.
The little talks, we did in between, were enough to make me happy, as I was talking to a boy like that for perhaps the first time in two years. Sometimes I would tell him answers which the mam would be asking others and then he would too raise his hand.
Yesterday we had physics test and I came unprepared. I don't even remember what I did the night before yesterday. However, in spite of the fuss created by me in my studies I laughed uncontrollably with Harshita. Our jokes are the most savage one enough to break the record of all the stand ups too. She and I are like two peas in a pod. Both came to school without evening opening the books. Firstly, we tried learning the formulas and derivations which were as clear as mud to us. Then we used our heads and I copied down the formulas on my hand and she was writing everything at the last page of her notebook. Then a counselor came to our classroom and made random students to stand. As he told Raj, who sat at the adjacent bench in the first row, to stand up, a mysterious force blew out of Harshita who stood up along with him with her hands still writing in her notebook. That scene was too hilarious that I broke out laughing with her. Everybody was entertained. And I put my head down to hide my ridiculous face. Then she shook me. I got up and saw the counselor telling me to stand up too. In this way about seven students were selected and told to make a presentation on any topic of their choice. I was too much consumed in the tension of physics test that I had no time to be traumatized by this thing which the counselor considered as giving opportunity to us. No doubt it was an opportunity, and I seriously want to grab it, but just afraid of letting my insecurities manifest havoc.