THE WINNING BATTLE

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-------------------SHREYA-------------------------

IT WAS THE DAY WHEN MS. VANI WOULD DECLARE THE RESULT OF THE CHEM-QUIZ, I SO BADLY WANTED DHRUVI TO WIN, BECAUSE I CAN'T STAND MR. SMARTASS, MY LITTILE BROTHER'S BEST FRIEND. BUT SOMETHING ELSE OCCUPIED MY MIND AT THE MOMENT, MY TEST WAS BETTER THAN FINE, I KNEW ALL THE ANSWERS, WHAT IF I ACED THE QUIZ? WILL DHRUVI STILL BE MY FRIEND OR JUST LIKE ALL THE GIRLS IN MY PAST, SHE WOULD BE JUST JEALOUS OF ME, BLAME ME, USE ME, BREAK ME IN THE END OF THE DAY.

I SHOVED THE THOUGHTS IN THE DARK CORNER OF MY BRAIN WHERE THEY BELONGED, SHREYA, YOU ARE STRONGER THAN THIS BABE, YOU ARE A STAR, YOU CAN DO IT.

NO MATTER HOW MUCH I HATED TAKING UP SCIENCE BECAUSE OF MY PARENTS, MY LOVE FOR CHEMISTRY SPEAKS SOMETHING DIFFERENT, I LOVE IT MAN, I CAN'T HELP I LOVE IT TO AN EXTENT THAT I CAN  STUDY IT FOR THE ENTIRE DAYWITHOUT BEING BORED. YOU KNOW WHEN I'LL BECOME A DIRECTOR, I SURELY WILL MAKE A MOVIE ON MARIE CURIE, BETTER THAN THE ALREADY EXISTING RADIOACTIVE MOVIE ON HER LIFE , SHE IS THE ONE PERSON WHO MADE ME TURN TO CHEMISTRY WHEN I WAS ON MY KNEES BECAUSE OF BEING FORCED INTO SCIENCE, WHICH WASN'T EVEN ON THE TOP THOUSANDS THINGS I WANTED TO DO IN MY LIFE.

RHITZ IS UP EARLY, AGAIN THIS HAS BEEN THE CASE FOR ALMOST THIS ENTIRE WEEK WHEN HE HAS WOKEN UP THIS EARLY AND GOT READY FOR SCHOOL, HE HAS BEEN ACTING WEIRD SINCE THE DAY HE CAME TO PICK ME UP FROM DHRUVI'S HOUSE, WAKING UP EARLY, STUDYING WHOLE DAY DITCHING HIS CARTOONS, I MEAN ANIME IF HE EVEN GETS THE HINT OF ME CALLING IT CARTOON HE'LL LITERALLY MURDER ME. BUT THEN, NOTHING ABOUT RHITZ HAS EVER BEEN NORMAL. I FEEL LIKE ALIENS DROPPED HIM TO EARTH BECAUSE THEY WERE TIRED OF HIM, AND NOW HE IS MY BROTHER, ALSO I MIGHT'VE PISSED OFF GOD, SO HE'S TAKING REVENGE ON ME BY GIVING ME RITHZ AS A BROTHER, THESE ARE THE ONLY TWO REASONS WHICH EXPLAINS MY NOT SO FORTUNATE FATE .

"YOU SURE YOU ARE NOT TRYING TO IMPRESS AN INTELLIGENT GIRL BY WAKING UP EARLY AND GETTING GOOD GRADES?", I ASKED RITHZ, WHO WAS DRINKING JUICE.

"UGHHH,*COUGH* *COUGH* , ARE YOU INSANE, NO I AM NOT", HE CHOKED ON THE JUICE HE WAS DRINKING, CONFIRMING MY DOUBTS.

"I AM SURE RITHZ, IT IS ABOUT A GIRL, TELL ME I MIGHT HELP YOU WITH IT." I TEASED.

"OH, SURE YOU WILL, BY TEELING HER ALL SORT OF STUPID STUFF ABOUT ME, BUT NO IT IS NOT ABOUT A GIRL. DO YOU WANNA GET LATE FOR THE SCHOOL BY TALKING NONSENSE ITHIS EARLY IN THE DAY?SAVE THIS FOR EVENING SISSY, FOR NOW LET'S GO, I CAN'T BE LATE BECAUSE OF YOUR STUPID QUESTIONS."

AS IF MY BROTHER EVER WAS WORRIED ABOUT GOING TO SCHOOL LET ALONE REACH THERE ON TIME, I AM ONE HUNDRED PERCENT SURE IT IS ABOUT A GIRL.

WE REACHED SCHOOL, ATTENDED THE STUPID ASSEMBLY, AND THEN WENT STRAIGHT TO CLASS. RISHABH CAME TO BEFORE CLASS STARTED WHILE I WAS IN THE LOBBYTELLING D ABOUT THE STUPID RULE OF WASTING HALF AN HOUR IN THE MRONING OVER THOUGHTS, NEWS AND PRINCIPAL SPEECHES, HE WAVED, BLOCKED MY WAY AND OFFERED ME A ROSE, SO ORIGINAL, 

 RISHABH CAME TO BEFORE CLASS STARTED WHILE I WAS IN THE LOBBYTELLING D ABOUT THE STUPID RULE OF WASTING HALF AN HOUR IN THE MRONING OVER THOUGHTS, NEWS AND PRINCIPAL SPEECHES, HE WAVED, BLOCKED MY WAY AND OFFERED ME A ROSE, SO ORIGINAL, 

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TELLING ME HE LIKES ME AND STUFF, BOYS ARE DUMB. "I DO NOT LIKE YOU RISHABH, JUST LEAVE ME ALONE."

"AT LEAST DON'T SHOUT AT HIM SHREE, HE STARTED CRYING BECAUSE OF YOU.", DHRUVI HIT ME WITH HER ELBOW.

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