May be we Were Meant To Be?

Sahasra's POV

As soon we entered our classroom,I found that my classmates split into small groups and started discussing about their respective projects. These people are silly,why do they always talk about studies?"Saha"came my friend dhruthi running towards me.she is the only close friend I have. Though I have been in this school for about 5 years I'm not close to anyone.But I'm happy dhruthi is always with me.We don't share our personal stuff, yet I feel free around her. "Hey,so how was your weekend?"
"Was good,I went for a long drive with my cousines.How about yours?"I asked her though I very well know the answer
"Nothing much,as usual I was peaceful at home". I was about to say something,one of my classmates kavya came up to me"Saha I need your help". She stated.it was more like an order than a request. "Yeah! Tell me"
"Today is woman's day so you need to deliver a speech regarding the topic"

"What?! No way I'm already assigned with delivering news bulletins"

"I know right? But,we don't have another choice, Avinash was to deliver the speech but he is unwell and he sent me the message this morning"

"Oh! Why can't you deliver the speech? You are very good at oral presentation."

"Yeah,at first I thought I would do it myself but I'm engaged in group stuff and I need to discuss that with our house captain. So,I don't have time."

"Ok fine. But, don't even have information with me"

"I took printout after coming to the school,just go through it,note down the important points you need for the speech. Here are the papers" she handed me some papers. "Saha be confident,I know you'll present well" she smiled at me.

"Uh,thank you!"

I was about to sit in my place and start the work but then I heard Kavya calling me .She was standing in the corridor.

I walked upto her "what now Kavya,I have to get my speech done with in next 15 min before the prayer assembly"

"Relax,I've called you here for the same reason.You don't have to hurry anymore. I requested Nihal to deliver the speech beacuse it is difficult for you to handle multiple tasks."

"What did he say?" As far as I know him he is not among the ones who agrees with other people so easily.

"Ofcourse he agreed,that is the reason I asked you to stop."

"Good thing that he agreed"

"Yeah, now handle those papers to him and I'll meet you near the assembly" saying that she left.

Great! Now that's my job to give him the papers. He knows that he is the one to deliver the speech(not from the beginning he is assigned to deliver the speech but he knows after Kavya informed him)then why can't he just come to me? Whom are you kidding Saha? He's Nihal why would he come to you? He is always busy with some or the other work.I thought to myself.Keeping my thoughts aside I went to his classroom ( we have different sections in our school section A,B,C,D and E.Its not that they are placed in a section according to the merit list, it's done randomly beacuse all 200 students cannot sit in the same classroom right? So they divided us into sections. Apart from that, each section is divided into 4 houses green ,yellow ,blue and red houses. For example all the green house students from the A,B,C,D,E sections comprise a group for school activities like inter school competitions,school works and stuff like that) He was from C section and I was from B,but we both belong to same house that is yellow.Our classrooms were adjacent to each other.

I spotted him sitting in the last bench and busy writing something. I went near to his place and uttered his name.

"Nihal"he looked up at me,from his look I could understand his question 'who the hell are you and why are you disturbing me?' Such a nerd!.I quickly brushed my thoughts away and looked at him " You are to deliver the speech today right? Here are the papers,Kavya asked me to give these to you"

"Oh yeah,but I didn't confirm back then,I said I'll try. I'm quite busy now inform her that I'll not be delivering the speech"He said and returned back to his work. Wow! Just WOW! He's so busy with his work that he can't even deliver a speech for 4-5 min. I was in my thoughts and startled by the prayer bell. I rushed downstairs and informed Kavya about Nihal. " Ohh.ok then let's skip the speech part. You are not prepared nor I .We can do nothing"
I nodded at her. The assembly was adjourned after about 20 min and we headed off to our respective classrooms. "Our group could have secured more points if Nihal helped us today." I simply nodded in agreement with her. Why is he so arrogant ? It's just a matter of 10 min.I spoke to myself.We reached our classroom and took our seats.

Note to my readers:

"Hey guys I know it's quite different story and you might think why am I narrating the story from the schooling. But it's quite necessary as per the concept and you'll soon understand that and yes this does not start and end in the schooling itself . There are a lot more turns. This is just the beginning. This is my first story and request you to respond through your comments :)"