I Will Always Love You

Chapter 4- A Fresh Start To Friendship

She looks so pretty wearing a flowery dress, her hair tied up exposing her beautiful face and those gorgeous eyes.
'H..hi' I say nervously. She doesn't say anything and starts to walk. I walk behind her feeling a little stalkerish. It's 8:50am and we still haven't reach school yet. Well we've only been walking for 5 minutes but it feels like it has been 5 hours. I run to catch her up but she just keeps walking. I want to say how sorry I am for yesterday and just like that I remember what Maya said! I walk in front of her making her stop in her tracks. Kajol furrows her eyebrow at me.
'Look I am sorry, I didn't mean what I said, I actually really want work with you. I'llt be incredible working with you' I find myself rambling and she looks at me like I'm crazy. I can see in her eyes that she was still upset with me. I don't know what to do. I'm telling her the truth, what can I do to show her I'm really sorry? Then I do the most embarrassing thing I've ever done. I get on my knees and put my hands together and look into her eyes.
'Kajol, I am really sorry. I never meant to hurt you, I really am and I mean it' she smiles and giggles. 'Can you be any more embarrassing?' She asks helping me up and we both end up giggling! We talk bit about ourselves and I find out she loves books, swimming, dancing, singing, food, drama, art, helping to change the world, loves kids! It's weird but we have lots things in common. She talks a lot but I love it. She's talking about things I'm actually interested in not just bitching about other girls.
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It was great, walking to school with Shahrukh! We talked about things we like to do and we have lots of things in common which is surprised seen as I thought he'd be into more popular stuff. He loves cricket, books, dancing, singing, drama, swimming, helping the world! We have lots in common!
'Do You have any siblings? He asks and I nod my head.
'Yes, Rahul is 20 and he's just left to go to the airport to go to London and Naina she's 24 working in Uni to become a teacher,' I feel proud telling Shahrukh about my siblings.
'Wow, so you're the youngest?' Shahrukh laughs cheekily and I slap his arm playfully feeling stupid for getting a bit carried away.
'Aha yes. What about you?' I try to move the attention back onto Shahrukh who smiles at me.
'Yes, Maya is my sister. She's 20 works in a cafe and Rohit he's 28 and he's also working in Uni to become a teacher as well!' Shahrukh laughs at the coincidence.
'Aha you know we'll be at school when it's lunch at this rate' I laugh. My legs are so sore I can't walk anymore and anyway I don't want to go to school! I'd rather go underneath a tree and read my book.
'Ahaa, how about we miss school?' Shahrukh smirks catching me off guard.
'What?' I yell stopping in my tracks and turning to face him.
'I said let's miss school! What's the point of going to school when we'll miss half of it anyway,' he smiles. True. I smile back but first I head to side of the road and sit down feeling relief from walking so long! I look up and see Shahrukh looking down at me furrowing his eyebrows.
'Tried, haan? Let's sit here for a bit and I can call Maya to drop us at my house, so I can put our stuff in the house and we can go somewhere, sounds fun?' He asks sitting next to me. I nod my head, it does sound like fun. We both sit there and he gets his phone out and calls his sister.
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-phone call-
'Hello, this is Maya.'
'Hey, Maya it's your brother here.'
'Oh, hey why are you calling me? Shouldn't you be in class?'
'Well, I missed the bus, and I am here with Kajol, she missed the bus as well, and we thought maybe... Ouch (giggles)... sorry I thought maybe you could pick us up and take us home?'
'Mmm, okay, was that Kajol? Laughing? Are you guys like friends?'
'Umm... Yes we're friends, and umm let's talk about this later.'
'Ahaa, okay bro tell me where you are and see you soon.'
'Thanks Maya, were in Bachan St?'
'Okay, I be there soon, love you'
'Love You too'
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'So we're friends haan?' Kajol asks with a smile on her face.
'Yes. Yes we are only if you want to?' I so desperately want her to say yes! She looks at me thoughtfully before slowly nodding her head.
'Yes, I would like that' she smiles and I have to do everything in my power to do a mini victory dance or fist bump.
'Great,' I smile back feeling on top of the world.
'What about Fiona? She'll be mad won't she?' Kajol suddenly asks looking nervous. I shake my head feeling happy I can finally say Fiona and I are over.
'What about her? She's not my girlfriend anymore, we actually didn't really have a thing, it was just making out and talking rubbish about people and I hated that,' I shrug with a smile on my face.
'Oh, but why date her when you hate her and what she does?' Kajol inquires and I feel a bit like I'm on trial but I don't mind because it's Kajol.
'Fiona. I don't know it's Fiona, what do you expect?' We both laugh.
Beep beep
'Hey, Maya thank you,' I say getting up off the pavement and rushing to my sister's car. I open the door for Kajol making her blush as she climbs in and sits down. I close the door seeing the look on Mays's face, the smirk on her face which is now making me blush, thinking about Kajol!
'Kajol, right? Maya asks Kajol looking in the rear mirror. Kajol smiles that beautiful smile.
'Yes' she says becoming a bit shy. Arriving outside my house I get out of the car and open Kajol's door. My sister slides out of the driver's side and walks towards the front door.
'Please sit in the front and give me your bag,' I extend my hand to take Kajol's bag as she gets out the car and proceeds to get in the front. I walk to the front door and put our bags inside as Maya gives me her keys.
'Now, don't ruin my car,' she warns giving me her motherly strictness look.
'I won't,' I chuckle giving her a kiss on the forehead. I run back to the car and climb into the driver's seat! I look at Kajol and can't stop staring at her smile because it is so beautiful! This is when I realise our friendship is only just beginning.
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I look at him and can tell that this is a fresh start to our friendship!