Year : 2020
[ Bella's place]
" The government lifted the lockdown for a temporary period," the headline says. I let out a breath of relief. It's November. After 8 months we can go out. But we have to stay safe and have to take safety measures. And I also notice that my private classes will start soon offline. I am looking forward to meeting my friends. Also we had a lot of assignments during this off period. So we have to submit those. That means we will go to school. I am also excited to see my school after 8 months.
" All concerned students of class IX are requested to submit their assignments at 10:00 am in the school compound tomorrow. Be sure to maintain proper safety. Without wearing a mask no one will be allowed to submit." I received a message from school. My joys know no bounds.
[ The next day]
Yeah I am finally out. After 9 months. God, why is the world so beautiful? I can breathe fresh air but not so properly. The mask is a barricade between me and nature. But it's alright. It's the month of November. So nature is really beautiful. The environment is so gentle. And most importantly, people couldn't go out for 8 months straight. So there were no humans to make the environment polluted. Everything is so clean. I wish we always had a place like this to live. I am feeling like a free bird. It makes me realise how lucky birds are and also how unfortunate criminals are who live in the jail. Okay, so now I am on my way to school and I am not in uniform. Civil dresses are allowed nowadays. It's cool. But I am not going alone. My dad is with me. I am carrying a file where I have assignments for 3 subjects.
I enter the gate of my school. It's the best place for me now. Seeing my own school after 8 months makes me so nostalgic. I have submitted my assignments. Now I am meeting my friends and teachers.
We clicked a lot of pictures. We were so happy to meet each other. That's how my "1st day of school after lockdown" goes.
[In the afternoon]
Jeremy and I chat a lot. It seems like we're such good friends. But no. He's my senior. He can't be my friend. And now, like every single day, I am chatting with him.
Jeremy : How was your day at school?
Me : It's nice. I felt great.
Jeremy : When will your class start?
Me : Ah..this year has only 1 month left and we know that the whole december is vacation. So our class will not start this year. It will start from the 1st January, 2021.
Jeremy : Okay, got it.
Me : When will your university open?
Jeremy : Very soon. I will be notified. When my university will open then I will be so busy. You won't find me then for chatting. :)
I don't know why but the way he says that I won't find him for chatting, makes me so sad.
Me : Okay, you busy man. Then I will find someone else for chatting :p
Jeremy : Haha, okay. By the way, how will I give you the sketch I made of yours?
Yeah, that's a thing. I should take it from him. But how. When I go to school next, I can take it. But I don't go alone. My dad goes with me. And if he finds out I am meeting a boy I don't know, he would disappear me from the world. But I have to gain more courage to do this. As I am also super excited to take the sketch. So I am replying to him.
Me : When I go to submit my assignments next, I will take it from you.
Jeremy : You go to school alone?
Me : No, my dad goes with me.
Jeremy : Then? Look, don't take risks.
Me : I am not taking risks. You don't have to think about it. I will manage.
Jeremy : Okay.
And I am counting my days to meet him.
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RomanceBella, a vibrant teenager, who loves to draw and posts her works in the virtual world. Laughing, playing, being tension free, she was spending her days until a stranger arrived in her life named Jeremy. An ambitious guy with whom Bella falls in love...
