Backstory of Tapasya Oberoi

5. Commoner: Part I

"Hey, you should smile often you know. Share your smile with world it is the symbol of friendship and peace, said Christie Brinkley." Yaman told Tapasya while she was smiling herself.

It was Friday and they were sitting in café area near the college since it was lunch. It's been half the month already and Tapasya cannot believe that Yaman was still sticking by her. Usually people  want to talk to popular students, party throughout the college, and Yaman was quite popular in the class, having friendship with literally everyone and was gossip queen.

"Looks like someone is spending time on internet. What, is this your new status update on other social media?" Mrinal teased her. They both kept bickering and lunch ended pretty soon.

After the last lecture of the day, the class was in chaos once more as students were discussing what to do in their weekend. Suddenly a boy opened the door with a loud bang and gave a wolf whistle. 

"So you all are here. Good. I'll make sure no one leaves the class until 'The Teachers' arrive", he air quoted the word. His face had a malicious smile on his handsome face which Tapasya didn't like. A collective gasp could be heard.

"So they've chosen us." Yaman exclaimed in a fearful voice.

"What do you mean?" Mrinal asked, "Who have chosen us?"

"'The teachers'. They are group of five super seniors, extremely rich, notoriously famous for bullying students especially freshers as their scapegoat. No one can fight them, few tried but all in vein." Fear was evident in Yaman's voice. Her voice was shaky which gained Tapasya's attenion, she never seen Yaman in distress. "There are rumors that 2 students actually committed suicide because of them, as they did horrible things to them because they protested." 

This piqued Tapasya's attention. She wanted to meet this group desperately now. "Are you afraid of them?" she asked Yaman.

"Look around you, who isn't " Yaman replied. Tapasya looked around the class and surely every single face was itched with fear. It's like only she didn't knew about this group.

"Don't worry." She gave Yaman assurance "I'll handle it. You just have to be brave and discreetly record everything." Yaman was skeptical about it but she nodded anyway. She took her phone out and put it on the desk opening her camera for recording. 

Just on cue, 'The Teachers' group entered. If it could be possible the class went even more silent. Like they were in a graveyard at night. 

They looked nothing like delinquents. They were all beautiful girls, excluding the boy from before. Wearing high brand haute culture, anyone can tell the way they were looking down the class, that they were finding their prey.

"Freshers, I love them the most", said one who clearly looked like the leader, "We are here to teach you some very important life lessons, but first we need to introduce ourselves." After that Tapasya shunned them, thinking what she could do to focus their attention towards her, though she don't like attentions at all, she had to do it to save them. She can't see any wrong doing in front of her eyes, even more when she was now capable of doing right things.

"So raise your hands who are not interested in today's lesson." One of them said.
On the cue Tapasya stood up taking her tote bag and moved towards the door. "What are you doing?" Same girl asked.

"You bore me with your talk already and I have no interest in your lesson so I am leaving." Tapasya replied confidently but with blank face. The class went even more silent, like silence before a storm. 

The leader laughed, "You are very brave, what's your name?" She asked.

 "Tapasya."

"Such a beautiful name for a beautiful girl," she sing song. Though the lead girl was not very tall but with her high heals she was almost the same height as Tapasya. "Tsk tsk, What a shame!" she tsked and continued "it will be a shame to see you destroy in private, so I'll do it in front of your classmates plus it will be more fun, to break your arrogance here right now." She snapped her fingers and in a flash the boy from before stood in front of her. "Hold her tightly while I deal with her, Girls keep your cameras ready we'll have a new movie to watch tonight." She then turned towards the class and said, putting her index finger up, "lesson number one, never disrespect your senior, especially us."

The boy grabbed Tapasya's right wrist to hold her down but she soon hold his hand and in a flick she floored him on his back. There was mixed noise of surprises, gasps and bone cracks. No one knew that Tapasya was a boxer. She was boxing since she was thirteen. And now she could put a good use of her talent. She looked up to see a scowling woman and her friends wide eyed staring at her. 

"Now, there is absolutely no need to get physical, we can easily solve this with words." Tapasya said in her cool tone.

The leader's face was blazing red with anger, no one ever dare to do this to them, "What are you looking at girls, go get her." And all the girls attacked her at once trying to hold her in a place. But Tapasya was quick on her feet and dodged them easily. When finally one girl succeeded Tapasya slapped her so hard that the whole room echoed with it. 

"Enough!" The leader shouted, "You'll pay for this. I will make sure you pay for this." And with that everyone vanished into thin air, with the boy limping behind

Everyone in the room were too shocked to say anything as they were still registering the fact that someone did that to the group. 

Yaman was the first to get out of the shock. She stood up and hugged Tapasya so tightly she thought was not possible for a short girl like her. Tapasya was a tall girl, standing at the staggering height of five ten and Yaman was just five three, imagine the difference.

Before anyone could think of anything or say anything a peon came huffing in, "Who is Tapasya?"

TO BE CONTINUED....