Shrishti Reborn

Chapter 56. Infamous Shrishti

Shrishti took in a deep breath and entered the classroom. The moment she stepped in, there was a hush in the room and soon there was silence. Everyone's eyes were trained on her. For a second, she hesitated. But the hesitation passed when a hand touched her elbow from behind. Right! Her friends were with her. She stepped in, her eyes meeting everyone's. Some looked away while some stared back. There was irritation, anger and hatred in their eyes. Shrishti paused for a second, maintaining eye contact with them before continuing towards her usual seat.

Shrishti was not even surprised when the whispers began again as she walked in. She ignored them. She held her head high. She did not do anything wrong! So why should she flinch and wince because of their glares? Shrishti came to her seat only to be shocked.

'What the .....', Daljeet blurted out. Divya gasped. Arjit let out an expletive. All four of them stared at the painted words on the desk. 'ATTENTION SEEKER', it read. It was in red colour and when Shrishti touched it, she realised it was red paint. Shrishti felt her anger come to fore. This was clearly done to humiliate her. Even in her last life, anyone had not done this to her.

'Who did this?', Daljeet turned and asked around. Some students who came after them, stared at her with surprise before they saw where her hand was pointed and seemed shocked at what they saw. The classmates seated though simply found something else to stare at.

'I asked, who did this?', Daljeet spoke in a sharp raised voice. But nobody replied. Divya, Arpit and Shrishti looked around. Most of their classmates looked away, avoiding their eyes. Shrishti huffed.

'So nobody is going to answer?', Arpit stepped up next to Daljeet and glared at everyone.

'What is going on?' Sharad's voice came from the door. The quartet turned to see Sharad standing there with his three friends standing behind him, all looking curious.

'Somebody did this!', Arpit growled as he pointed to the table. Sharad came over and his eyes widened as he saw the words. His eyes turned furious as he looked to the classmates.

'Who did this?', Sharad asked, his voice filled with anger. Shrishti remembered that Sharad was the appointed Class Head. It is his job to handle such things. She felt relieved. If there was one thing reliable about Sharad, it was that the boy was honest and straightforward and he took his responsibilities seriously.

'Someone reply right now. Or there would be consequences!', he declared. And yet no one budged. Everyone seemed to be spooked by Sharad's anger.

'Leave it bro. Why do you care?', someone asked.

Sharad scoffed. 'I am the Class Head, that's why!'

'That's Shrishti, bro! Remember? The girl who harassed you?', someone else spoke.

Sharad glared at the person who spoke, 'Who she is, is irrelevant. Someone of our class has just been harassed and it is my duty as the Class Head to do something about it.'

He glanced at everyone before turning to Kabir, 'Get our class Professor.'

Kabir did not even hesitate. He nodded and walked away. Unlike stupid Pratik and silly Ronnie, Kabir was one of the few guys who understood Sharad's moral code and even supported it despite not having same morals.

Soon the Professor arrived and he was not happy with the work.

'DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY?', he thundered and everyone looked scared. 'I will investigate this thoroughly.'

Shrishti was sure he would do that. Their college was not some average college. It was college for elites of the city. There were CCTV in the corridors. They may not see the culprit doing the deed but surely they could narrow it down. She looked around to see some students looking nervous. She did not care. She did nothing wrong for once. She was not at fault. So she refused to bear this nonsense! Let the culprit be punished! She glared at all of them. The Professor scolded the culprit for a while before leaving the room and Shrishti shook her head. What a waste of time!