ESCAPE IN YOUR ARMS

THE POP QUIZ

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ABHIMANYU

BARKING DOGS SELDOM BITE, I'LL SHOW HOW THIS DOG BITES HARDLY JUST AS IT IS BARKING. SHIT, NO I AM NOT A DOG, THIS GIRL DRIVES ME CRAZY MAN, I HATE HER SO MUCH. BUT, SHE'LL HAVE NOTHING TO SAY ONCE I DEFEAT HER. I GRABBED MY CHEMISTRY BOOK AND JUST WHEN I WAS ABOUT TO FINISH THE SECOND TOPIC, I GOT A CALL.

"DROP WHATEVER YOU ARE DOING ABHI,YOU'VE GOT TO SEE THIS MATE, I WAS WATCHING ATTACK ON TITAN, YOU HAVE TO SEE IT MAN.", SAMVIDHAN SAID EXCITEDLY.

"TAKE A BREATH BROTHER, YEAH I'LL CHECK IT OUT WAIT. BUT HEY, WHERE ARE YOUR MANNERS? NO HELLO,NO HOW ARE YOU?", I REPLIED.

"YOU WANT ME TO COME TO RAJASTHAN AND KISS YOUR ASS BRO?GO CHECK IT OUT AND I HAVE GOT A SURPRISE FOR YOU."

"AT LEAST TELL ME HOW ARE YOU SAM? AND WHAT SURPRISE, DON'T TELL ME TANYA YET AGAIN GOT A NEW BOYFRIEND AND YOU ARE JEALOUS?". TANYA WAS THE FIRST GIRLFRIEND SAM HAD, HE WAS ONLY 10 YEARS OLD WHEN SHE PROPOSED HIM, AND BROKE HIS HEART 2 YEARS LATER TO DATE OUR SENIOR AMIT BHAIYA, THEY BROKE UP AFTER A YEAR TOO. BUT EVER SINCE SHE FRIENDZONED HIM, SHE WOULD TELL HIM ABOUT HER BOYFRIENDS, MAKE HIM DO HER HOMEWORK, AND THIS LOVESTRUCK IDIOT WOULD DO ANYTHING SHE ASKS FOR.I WAS THERE TO LOOK OUT FOR HIM, BUT EVER SINCE I MOVED, SHE IS KILLING HIM, MENTALLY.

"I AM ALIVE, AND CAN YOU NOT MENTION HER? GO CHECK THAT OUT AND I'LL CALL YOU LATER."

GOD, THE FIRST SEASON IS AWESOME, IT IS 5 IN THE MORNING AND I DIDN'T EVEN REALISE HOW FAST THE TIME PASSED. I HATE YOU SAMVIDHAN SHARMA, I AM GONNA BE BEAT UP BY MS. CLUMSY NOW BECAUSE OF WATCHING AN ANIME. I SLEPT AND WOKE UP AT AROUND 12 IN NOON WHEN RITHWIK CALLED ME,"BRO, DID YOU CHECK THE PHONE?",

"I AM SORRY I COULDN'T COME TO SCHOOL TODAY, WHOA WAIT , WHY ARE YOU CALLING ME FROM SCHOOL?",I ASKED ALL CONFUSED.

"IT WASA HOLIDAY TODAY, YOU WOULD'VE READ IT IF YOU WEREN'T BUSY STUDYING WHOLE NIGHT, I CALLED IN THE MORNING AND YOUR MOM TOLD ME YOUR LIGHTS WERE ON TILL 5, HOW CAN SOMEONE PULL UP AN ALL-NIGHTER TO STUDY DUDE."

"YEAH, SOMEONE WHO HAS GOT TO DEFEAT A CERTAIN SMARTY-PANTS.", I REPLIED FULL OF GUILT, HERE EVERYONE WAS THINKING I STUDIED WHOLE NIGHT AND I HAD WASTED IT WATCHING ATTACK ON TITAN.

"YEAH,SHREYA TOLD ME SHE IS QUITE PREPARED, HOPE YOU BEAT HER, WELL I'LL MEET YOU TOMORROW IN SCHOOL."

"SO WHY DID YOU CALL THOUGH?", I ASKED.

"OH YEAH, COACH WAS ASKING ME IF THERE WAS ANYONE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED TO JOIN OUR BASKETBALL GAME AND I GAVE YOUR NAME."

"I'LL KILL YOU RITHZ, YOU ARE SO DEAD.", GOD I HATE TEAM SPORTS, AND BASKETBALL WOULDN'T BE SAME WITHOUT SAM.

"YEAH, SURE, IF YOU CATCH ME , BYE.", RITHZ SAID, DISCONNECTING THE CALL.

LET'S WORRRY ABOUT BASKETBALL SOME OTHER DAY MR. ABHIMANYU, YOU'VE GOT SERIOUS ISSUES ON YOUR HANDS FOR NOW, YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO BEAT MS. CLUMSY , SO LET'S GET READY AND STUDY WITHOUT WASTING A SECOND NOW.

AS MUCH AS I WAS TEMPTED TO FINISH THE REST THREE SEASONS OF THE ANIME, NOTHING WOULD GIVE ME THE HAPPINESS OF BEATING MS.CLUMSY IN AN ACADEMIC RACE. I STUDIED FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS, READY AS HELL FOR THE CHEM-QUIZ.

GOSH, I KNEW ALL THE ANSWERS EXCEPT ONE, WE READ THIS DIDN'T WE, WHAT IS THE FORMULA TO CALCULATE THE PURITY OF A SAMPLE, THIS IS WHAT YOU GET FOR THINKING ABOUT ANIME ABHIMANYU, NOW SHE'LL BEAT YOU.

ONCE THE TEST WAS DONE, COACH REX CALLED ME FOR THE BASKETBALL TEAM TRIALS.SCORING A FEW GOALS HELPED ME BOTH TO EARN A SPOT IN THE SCHOOL TEAM AND A MEANS TO ESCAPE THE THOUGHTS OF BEING DEFEATED BY MS. CLUMSY.