The Niche

I Will Go Out With Him

It was the time to flip the calendar to a new page of May.

April was eventful and May was anticipated to be the same. It was just the matter of fifteen days and after them the summer vacations were to start, opening doors to the much needed fun. But those awaited vacations were unit tests away.

Whole school was preparing for the unit test but not the twelfth standard. As per our school board the marks of the internal test were not to be added to the last main board's report card. So, all of us were relaxed, these tests were only treated as a practice.

"Are you prepared?" Vedika asked looking nervous.

"I don't know what personal income is" I said.

"I will take that as a no" she said and she handed me economics book.

Vedika always cared about her grades and went into an anxiety drill when she wasn't prepared, today was one of her many anxiety drills, she was palpitating in front pf me and all I was doing was confusing her even more.

"She always gets so worked up, it is cute" Kabir said looking at her adorably.

"Yeah she does, one time she almost fainted because of the exams. Those exams weren't even that important" I added

"They were class tenth final Kimaya" Vedika said trying to breathe.

"And how much we need our class tenth report card isn't it?" I said bending a little forward.

"Yes, as long as the bank person doesn't judge you, they don't matter" Kabir said and we both started laughing and annoying Vedika.

She huffed and walked away and Kabir after her.

Today was our last test and our last working day we were super excited but anxious. Our economics teacher was very strict when it came to the marks, she can kick us out of the class if we don't perform well. I wanted to be a good student but the lethargy was taking over me and also something kept nagging me.

Last month Tushar was introduced to the scene, that guy was consistent since then. Suddenly he was texting me on Facebook, talking to me in the class and passing me chits with silly jokes on it. If it weren't of his history of a clingy girlfriend and a recent breakup I could easily stray, he was that cute. But, I didn't want to be his rebound so my guard was up at all times. Tushar was nice and all but his sudden interest baffled me.

All I wanted was to concentrate on the tests.

Because of the truth that no marks will be added to the main report card he kept texting me last night and not replying seemed rude. The result was that I wasn't prepared for this test at all.

I hate Tushar.

But he is funny though.

I walked to the class totally nervous; the seating plan made Vedika and I sit in far distance leaving me alone with no cheating partner.

I sat on my designated seat and waited for the test to start. I also looked around for Dhruv who was nowhere to be seen.

The teacher came into the class and distributed the paper, I could not concentrate I was still bothered by the thought of Dhruv bunking the class.

Why bunk? School is so much fun; I don't know why he keeps bunking.

I looked at the paper and I knew nothing. I tried writing because the teacher was looking at me. I wrote a few lines about economics and looked around for inspiration. Yes, cheating was ruining my serious nerd image but I knew nothing on the paper.