A Bond Like No Other

Chapter 2

"Everyone welcome the new student, Tiasha Sen."

All the students collectively gasped. Why wouldn't they? She was so pretty after all. Her thick honey-brown hair and hazel green eyes were honestly to die for. Uff and her smile? Sonakshi felt that it was too bright for the early morning while others were just star-struck, rendered speechless.

"Tiasha, dear can you please introduce yourself?" Ms. Sonali asked gently.

Tiasha hummed and said, " Hello everyone, my name as you all know is Tiasha Sen. I shifted from Delhi. I hope we all can get along well."

"What are your hobbies!?", one of the students asked.

"I like to listen to music and have recently gained a new fascination to drawing and that's about it." she said flashing a small smile to the speaker.

"Thank you, dear. I hope you adjust well to the class atmosphere. I apologize for introducing myself to you. Hello, my name is Sonali Roy and I am your class teacher. You can go and sit next to Sonakshi. Sonakshi, dear could please raise your hand?" Ms. Sonali said flashing her a reassuring smile.

Sonakshi raised her hand. Tiasha walked up to her and sat on the seat.
Turning to her, she flashed a small smile. Sonakshi gave her an awkward smile back.

"Hi, Sonakshi right? " asked Tiasha. "Yeah, nice to meet you." replied Sonakshi.
"Sonakshi, I hope you can guide Tiasha until she is updated with all the work. Drishti I trust you to tell all the teachers about this matter. Don't worry I will also talk to the teachers about Tiasha." Ms. Sonali said.

"Good morning and thank you students." said Ms. Sonali.

"Good morning and thank you miss." replied the students.

"Hey there! My name is Drishti and this is Reeti, it's so nice to meet you!" Drishti rambled gleefully. Tiasha, with a small, sort of shy smile mumbled, "Hello."

"Oye! Samne dekh Ms. Aruniti kabhi bhi ah sakti hai, unka period hai ab." Sonakshi whisper-yelled.

"Oh! Thanks for the reminder yaar." Drishti replied sheepishly while both of them went to stand near the door, in their respective positions.

"I hope you are comfortable. If you need any help, you can ask me. I will try to help you as much as possible." Sonakshi said silently.

Tiasha muttered a quick thanks and focused on the class again.

Just then Ms. Aruniti entered the class.After all the greetings, Ms. Aruniti, with a tinge of joy, said, "You must be the new student Sonali was telling me about. What's your name child?"

"Miss, my name is Tiasha Sen. I am from Delhi. I am Bengali but brought up in Delhi." Tiasha replied.

"YAY! Another Bengali in the gang!" Drishti yelled, doing a small happy dance. While, her deskmate Hemakshi Tharien, was holding her back from jumping on the table and straight up dance like a chudail. Well about Sonakshi, she was looking at Drishti, shaking her head, exasperation notable on her face.

"Okay dear, you may sit down. I expect you Sonakshi to help her out with the schoolwork. Drishti, Behave!" Ms. Aruniti said with a tone filled with delight towards Tiasha and a tone filled with displeasure towards Drishti.

"Alright class, open page-65 of your grammar book and complete exercise 5 in your copy." Ms. Aruniti announced to the class.

Thereby, the class was filled with the sound of the flipping of paper and writing of pen and of hushed talks as everyone busied themselves with the task given.

Word Count: 588.

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