"Anna, after sweeping will you please arrange the books left on the tables." It was Tshering, the class president who came as her classmate for a year ago and was quite an hardworking students.
"Sure, no problem."
After sweeping the classroom, she went with arranging the books scattered on the table and as she just touched Aric's book a hand pressed her hand thrown the bag on the chair.
"What are you doing here?"
"Nothing, am just arranging the books."
"Why? Did I asked you to?"
"Cause today is my sweeping routine."
"Are you the maid here?"
"What's wrong with you this early morning Aric. Am just doing that for our classroom cleanliness and moreover, class president requested me so what's wrong with that? Why shouldn't I do it? Am not commiting any crime here."
Anna couldn't think right that moment and simply slipped out of the room.
"Because I don't want to see you like this." She heard him shouting from behind as she left the room.
"What's happened to him? Maybe had some problem with his girlfriend and is taking out on me this early morning. Why we always land up quarreling these days?" She stretched her arm as she moved towards the assembly line.
"Pema, wake me after 10mins." Just then a hand raised her head up with an irritating tone.
"I will announce today."
"No Aric, you won't say anything. Otherwise I won't ever.." before she complete speaking, he headed back to his seat.
"That's the thing I don't like about him. He never let me finish my talk." Back to head on the table out of irritation for who knew what would happen next will be so unpredictable.
"Anna, wake up. See what's happening here." Pema continuously shook her that sober her up but just didn't raised her head though heard all.
"Class listen here, Anna isn't your maid that she has to arrange all you people books. You all has two hands so why don't you do your own work."
"Who told her to do that? She did it on her own. So, who cares?" Hem Raj talked back from the opposite side.
"What you mean? If you all kept all your belongings properly, she need not have to waste her time with those nonsense works." The tone was becoming aggressively gradually.
"So, who gave her the rights to touch our belongings without our permission."
" You wanna try!" Aric shouted from the other end and both side dragging chair and Pema continuously shaking made her feel so anxious and rushed out of the room.
"Why are you doing this Aric, I know you do care me but you need not have to make a fuss of something so simple topic. I know you are standing for me as you feel I was being taken advantage and that I should be by your side but honestly, am really scared to see all those commotion and I had already seen you getting angry when you are about to fight with Sagar in the beginning of the year because of tennis ball and truly I can't see you getting angry that frightens me more. Thus, was refraining you before but you never listen to me.
I am actually so grateful that I have such a caring brother who stands beside me for even a single work but am really sorry Aric that neither am able to support you for standing for me above all nor could thank you openly."
She took out a long breath and the commotion has also subsided by then. As she looked down, their homeroom teacher was coming upstairs and as she entered through the door, she saw both head bending on the table.
"You are becoming the first person to do everything for me..thank you so much Aric, I will owe you forever that I don't think I will be able to forget even for a cent."
A drop felled on the table just then.
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When We Were 17🌿
Non-Fiction"Let that burning flame never gets dimmed again." As she opened her eyes, the tears were dried up but not her beats for that one question is still rounding off there. Anna is a high scholar girl who had her first love at the blooming age of 17. howe...
