Chapter one
I was getting ready for classes when i heard our doorbell ring . I thought it was my aunt since it was her time to arrive from the office. so a little background here: Am Xaarah , am a high schooler and me n my little brother(not so little ) live with our aunt in Elderwood Falls since both my mom and dad are now in New York. If you take a look at the central portion of this place its a great city. But it is encircled by a beautiful not-so-haunting forest on one side and pastures n moors on the other. Honestly, there's no other place i would rather be. We have got all the facilities here and they are all first class undoubtedly. We have got three high schools, a college and a university. A well equipped hospital in the heart of the town and anything and everything that one needs. It's the perfect blend of new and old, with small malls and salons and everything in the centre with old style architecture and a beautiful waterfall, pine forests, green moors with farmhouses on the sides.
I went outside half dressed,, running all the way upto the front door and the moment i opened the gate i was dumbstruck by the looks of the guy standing on the door.
Enrique Iglesias: The crush of my life, (Well yeah, call me a hopeless romantic but i haven't dated anyone till now. What can i say, no boy can live upto my expectation and i do accept that i expect a lot.) He looked exactly the same with those charcoal black eyes, slicked back long hairs and that pointy jaw that had made mine mop the floor(not literally, but yes if you would have seen me, that's the kind of look you would have seen on my face.).
His question brought me back to this world.
(And yeah! He made me travel to another realm)
"My friend told me you have a room to let. Is it still available?" I tried concentrating on his words but the changing expressions of his face were more captivating. I must have looked like an 8 year old looking at her favourite toy when he waved his hand and this time it was obvious he felt i wasn't paying attention for some reason.
"Come again."I tried to sound attentive this time.
"I have heard that there is a room you want to let for rent. Can i see it?" He stressed on every single word this time, alittle louder, thinking that i am some dumb creature who was somehow stuck among human beings. I realized that he was getting kinda irritated now and i should better answer before he thinks i cant speak and leaves.
"Hmmm. Oh.. yeah...Yeah, right we have one." Was all i could manage to say. I asked my little brother if he could show him the room on the first floor.
He went upstairs and came back after a few minutes. He told me that he will call if he and his friends decided to take it. I gave him my aunt's number and he left.
I kept thinking all day long of him. When i came back home my aunt told me that she hasn't received any call.
Totally disappointed i went to my room and all i could think of was his face. His perfectly imperfect face and his breathtaking smile. Minutes later, i was dreaming of riding along the moors on a snowhite mare with Enrique Iglesias singing Escape on the top of my lungs.
Next morning i got up and went to school. Well our school was one of the most reputed schools in the town. I met my friends,all of them were waiting for me outside the class.
Hey, i totally forgot about introducing you to the craziest group i spend my school life with. And i am totally clueless how i became a part of one of the most popular yet most adorned group of our school. All of us were best at something or the other be it sports, academics, literature or just talking...
We named our group The Battalion. I know that sounds totally crazy but we weren't any less.
Simon was uniquely good at mathematics. He would do an Exercise in minutes that would take us hours of struggle and head scratching. And he was hilariously funny. He would make us laugh our guts out with his crazy jokes and equally crazy pranks. Also, for some unknown reason, he was very popular among girls. A more decent word would be a Playboy. Yes . He was flirtatiously loved and adored by the girls of our school. And even outside . The fact i never understood.
