My Innocent Love (Book 1 In Novice Love Series)

Chapter 3- And the love begins..

If for even a minute you get your hopes high, and they are crushed the next second, then all you feel is hollowness in your heart and soul. It is always advisable to not think of people, who are causing you pain, but with their constant reminder of your illness, all your mind thinks is about them and their sick words.

Raisha, thought that may be in the new section people would be little civilized with her but she was proved, downright stupid the very next second when all of them gave her the disgusted looks. She sat down on the back bench all alone, not knowing what she was even supposed to do in this class? Her eyes went to the soft board which has the various charts, with the heading Batch of Class 6th, 2006.

She smiled and remembered that she had made the same chart when the session began when she was still her real self, but as the truth of her new life came out, all her friends tore the charts made by her saying that "They were tacky and they could make better ones ". It didn't hurt her that they called her hard-work tacky, but it broke her when the teacher who adored her once supported those girls. She thought that how people change their likeliness for anyone, with the change of their body condition? Were not people, who had any physical troubles capable of anything?

She was brought out of her daze with the teacher calling her name and she looked up to see a tall lady, with very soft features standing beside her seat with a smile. But Raisha didn't dare to get her hopes high, this time.

"You must be Raisha, right!" The teacher acknowledged in a sweet voice and Raisha stood up in her place and nodded.

"Good morning Maam", She greeted back.

"Good Morning dear. I am glad we have got the topper and the most active student in this section now ", she replied back and Raisha stared at her in surprise. She had thought that even this teacher will be rude to her like her ex-class teacher but seeing the warmth in her eyes she felt really better. At least some humanity was still alive in this school!

"What happened, dear? Any problems? "

"No, just it felt really good to see someone having a normal conversation with me after days", she replied honestly and the lady understood the gravity behind her words.

"You can always come to me when you feel lonely. I am Keya Banerjee, your class teacher, and English teacher ", she said introducing herself and Raisha gave her a warm smile in gratitude.

Ms.Keya started taking the attendance and Raisha waited for her name to be called, but one particular name caught her attention,
"Aayush Khandelwal ". She repeated the name several times, but not getting any response she moved ahead to others. It was Raisha's turn and she was about to say yes when someone behind her said: "Ma'am, I am present".

Raisha turned around to see the intruder, and her heart skipped a beat. Never for once in her life, she felt something weird in her own self, just by seeing a guy, but he wasn't just someone random, his presence made the environment special. She wondered why she never saw him before, maybe because she was too busy herself in her activities to even notice anyone else.

"Sorry Ma'am, I just went to show my certificates to our sports sir", he apologized and Ms.Keya smiled.

Ms.Keya called Raisha's name and she gave her attendance while Aayush keenly observed her, but didn't show any emotion on his face, not even disgust like the other class mates. Raisha stared at him genuinely and passed him a weak smile, which he simply ignored and started looking around to sit as all seats were occupied with two already.

"Aayush you can sit with Raisha and even help her if she needs any", Ms.Keya said and Raisha gaped in shock at her and then at Aayush, who looked clearly annoyed now.