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5. My Man..!!

My phone rings " Hello Ava.... Do you remember that there is a  power point presentation held today in school auditorium in front of everybody.....???" Simran asks. " huh...?  I mean yeah i remember " i said it to Simran and declined the call. OMG so basically i was totally unaware  about the power point presentation that was held today. It was again the same old group made by our biology teacher and this was so important to my team as well, we had to keep up our prestige to the same level as we presented before in our class. 

 I woke up from the nightmare so that i could prepare myself at least a little..... today the given topic was not a simple one it was the "Endocrine system " which we were presenting today... it was already late to school and also i had to prepare for the presentation. I purposefully missed the school bus because i had to face Devin there, and took a cab to my school. On my  way to the  school  I read a few hormones and their respective functions. 

I went to our class and joined my group.... Devin was deciding who should speak about what... " Simran you are going to speaking about the pituitary hormones and Christie you are going to speak about....." I interrupted Devin and asked " Devin if you don't mind can i  do the pituitary hormones...". " But Ava i have something already planned for you " he said. " Devin please i really want to do this part and I'm ready to exchange my parts with Simran." i asked politely to Devin.  " OKAY Ava only because you are insisting me to do, i will give you that" Devin said. I was a little relieved to hear that because pituitary hormone are the one in the first and i have read them thoroughly enough to speak in front of other students. We are all set to rock our presentation. 

Everyone started to walk towards our assembly hall and after all the introduction by our biology teacher we went on to the stage . So Devin started to introduce us " Good morning to everyone present here, I'm Devin and this is my team Ava, Simran and Christopher and we are here to explain the beautiful hardworking substances called hormones  !!......  Let's welcome Christopher to explain what is endocrine system.

Christopher starts the presentation with enthusiasm and presents his part well. Next is me and suddenly i go really really blank and start panicking so much that i could hear the clock ticking above me and i really did'nt know what to do or say...... i guess Devin understood my situation, he introduces me with my topic " Let's welcome Ava to explain about pituitary hormones. Devin comes back and while i went forward to speak he pats my back and whispered " I know you will do it Ava. Don't panic"..... His words calmed me a little bit..... but still somewhere inside me i felt that i will  not be able to do this , and in my case once i feel i will not able to do this i will not be able to execute it.

I start speaking about pituitary first, and when i was speaking about pituitary i forgot a few hormones in the beginning, i was trembling, i was not able to speak in a flow. Everyone in the auditorium started laughing for what i did, realizing this i stopped..... With a teary eyes i looked at Devin and nodded my head saying that i can't do it anymore and then Devin came forward and continued the topic which i messed up. He got so angry with the crowd..... but he did not express it out. If in case i was not there in the team the presentation would go amazing because everyone except me everybody did an excellent job. I could'nt digest the fact that I got embarrassed in front of everybody so i stood at the corner of the stage 

after presentation completed i started running outside in front of my crewmates . Devin shouted "Ava stop...." . I did not stop running, he yelled again " Ava please stop.... It's not your fault" As he was yelling too much i slowed down and stopped in between the stairs. He said " Ava, first tell me why are you crying.... becoming blank at the stage is not your fault at all, it happens to everyone It's completely a normal thing..." . I could not stop my tears coming down from my eyes .... " But Devin because of me the presentation went so awful, because of me you guys got embarrassed in front of the crowd "..... Devin replies " Ava we are friends..... it's completely ok with us... u did not do it on purpose right, then how is it your fault....". i really could not think of anything else other than that situation.

i started crying so bad that i became crazy and started talking nonsense to myself. Devin stood there without speaking a word and suddenly brought his hands close through my forehead and  ........ his hands went through my hairs and he pulled me close to him. As soon as he  pulled me close the first thing i notice is his sparkling sea green eyes which were teary too and i slowly stopped weeping . " Look at me Ava Parker.... It's not your fault... do you understand that" He said looking at my eyes , staring back at his eyes, i took a deep breathe and nodded my head to say ok. As soon as i said ok Devin pulled me closer to him and kissed on my forehead and he gave me a tight hug and said " Never ever blame yourself for everything Ava.... I really can't tolerate it.... I know you would never do it on purpose... so please never ever blame yourself again." He wiped my tears and said " look now let's go to our class Simran and Christie would be waiting for us i did not tell them anything ". he held my hand and dragged me gently towards our class.

while we were walking to our classroom i was wondering how he calmed me down, "does he actually care for me or he just fakes it" i questioned myself.... ayy no way Devin does that.               i could actually see it in his teary eyes said that he actually cares for me . OMG  he is such a sweet heart i could ever get. According to me he is not what others think, he always cares for his people... he is such a" GENTLEMAN" that i have never have  seen before. we reached our class Simran and Chris were waiting at the door They asked me " Are you alright Ava....??". I replied smiling " yes thank you guys" 

 i reached home after school and laid on my couch thinking of the situation, and how Devin handled it. if i ever had a thing called MY MAN i would wish him to be like Devin.... I have actually lost words to admire him. Now at this point of time if there was someone for me, somewhere at any corner of this world to be" MY MAN" i want it to be like Devin... or if i'm so lucky to have Devin i would welcome him into my life happily and start a new life..... I know its not possible if i'm lucky enough let's see...!!