Being Me

Chapter 1: The chit

"So children, the chemical composition answer for hydrochloric acid plus copper is.." Come on, 5 minutes and 26 seconds till class finished and I could finally go home to enjoy my weekend. Cautiously, I slipped my fingers into my biology book and tore out a small piece of paper and wrote a small message for my best friend "Nearly the weekend!! Jab ye chudhail hume dismiss karegi to hum park ja sakte hain. Ya tumhe ice cream leni hai ya mall jana hai to vo bhi thik hai(Translation :When this witch dismisses us then we can go to the park. Or if you want to get ice-cream or go to the mall then that is fine with me too.)

With my eyes on Mrs Gupta I slowly turned to Sonam. She was writing notes in her book. Mrs Gupta was still writing something on the blackboard. I nudged Vidya and handed her the chit. She smiled and adjusted her round spectacles on her nose and smiled brightly. Her eyes lit up as she began to open the chit.

"Pass it to Sonam, it's not for you. Sorry yaar."

Her complexion suddenly looked like it drooped and she looked upset. I did feel a bit guilty but no-one really hung out with Vidya, she was the class nerd. Really, she was quite sweet but Sonam was my best friend.

Vidya slowly passed the chit onto Sonam, still with a sad look on her face. Sonam read the chit and started writing onto it. I couldn't wait to see what she wanted to do after school. Slowly, I leaned over Sonam's shoulder to try and catch a glimpse of what she had written. My chair slowly started tilting and I could feel it. Just a little more and I could see what Sonam had written. My hands clawed onto the table. Just..a..little.. Suddenly, there was a loud crash sound and I fell off the chair. Mrs Gupta dropped the chalk in her hand and turned around to see me struggling on the floor. Sweat was forming on my palms. I gulped.In her glare, I slowly got up and sat back onto my chair. She turned around again and continued to write on the blackboard. I turned to Sonam who mouthed 'Lol' to me. I sniggered and smiled back at her.

"Naina Sharma, What is the answer?" Mrs Gupta pointing her wooden 30 centimetre ruler so it was right on the tip of my nose. Oh god, what the heck was the question. My eyes flicked to Vidya sitting next to me. She was mouthing something to me but I couldn't make it out.

"Miss Sharma, look at me, not at Vidya."

Oh god, I was so dead.

My eyes turned to Sonam to see if she knew the answer but I saw the chit on the table. I somehow had to tell her to hide it.

"Sorry Ma'm I am not sure"

"Okay Naina, I'll go through it just one more time. Pay attention."

I nodded and smiled at her. As soon as she turned around I turned to Sonam and tried to act out that she had to hide the chit. She raised her eyebrows in a confused manner. I tried mouthing to her when Mrs Gupta turned back around. Ugh why couldn't she read my lips?!

"Okay Naina, what have you understood. Now can you answer my question?" Mrs Gupta turned back around and was resting her arm on Sonam's table.

"Umm.uhh..."

I turned to Vidya and she was still trying to mouth the same word to me.

"NAINA SHARMA! TELL ME THE ANSWER IMMEDIATELY!!"

Her hand was right next to the chit. If she saw the chit, we would be doing atleast 1 hour of detention and my mum would kill me. Mrs Gupta was looking directly at me but I was trying to eye talk to Sonam that the chit was on the table.

" Naina tu behri hai kya? Sunai nahi deraha? (Translation: Naina are you deaf? Can't you hear what I'm saying)

"Um the answer is.."

"Naina why are you looking at Sonam's desk? Kya hai uspe?" (Translation: What is on it?)

As soon as Mrs Gupta said these words, Sonam seemed to have realised what I was trying to tell her and I face palmed myself in my head. Mrs Gupta looked at the table then at Sonam. Sonam couldn't do anything now... It was too late. I face-palmed in my head.Mrs Gupta looked for a few seconds and her flickering eyes froze as she saw the chit. I gulped and Sonam looked like she was going to cry. Her ears started to go red and the entire class was silent. Mrs Gupta reached out for the chit...
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Hi guys the first chapter of being me. I hope you enjoyed it. Tell me what you thought ☺️

I'm actually very excited for this book and quite a lot of the event are inspired from my life..but not this one thank goodness.

Haha left you on a cliffhanger again 😂

Shoutout to Krazy_Kiran  for the beautiful cover at the front.

And another massive thank you to disney_kid76 for the gift banner. Thank you so much 💕

Thank you so much for reading and I hope you enjoy the rest of the book 💕