I wake up when my mom throws water at me to wake me up.
“get up sleepy head. We are going to school today and I don’t want you to be late..!” she said all perked up to a very groggy me.
“yea..lef me fuf feep for five fifufes..” I muttered stuffing my face in my pillow.
“get up now radhika!” she shouted causing me to sit upright in a flash.
“get dressed after bathing and come down fast or else..” she didn’t bother to finish as I got up and went straight to my bathroom.
After I finished with my daily chores I came out and went to my neatly arranged closet and picked out a purple shirt and light faded blue denim.
“radhika! When are you coming down!? We .Are .late .” she pronounced each world with equal stress and I knew she was gonna be mad as I tried to brush my hair while tucking my shirt in my jeans. After that, I literally ran down the stairs.
“I’m here!” I said.
She gave me a disbelieving look and pushed me toward the dining table where there was milk waiting for me.
“drink it. I am coming in a second. Let me get the keys to the car.” She said and went to the living room.
I took the milk and a bowl and went to the backdoor and transferred my milk to the bowl and placed it in the backyard hoping some cat drinks it.
And then I rushed inside just in time. She saw the empty glass of milk and said “lets go.”
I went outside taking the car keys and unlocking the car to sit inside next to the driver’s seat which my mom occupied in a few minutes, and then we drove off.
Almost half an hour later we were parked in front of a humongous school. I got out of the car and followed my mom inside trailing behind her to the principal’s office.
We entered a very sleek room all in shades of black and white.
“good morning sir.” I greeted the principal.
“good morning dear.” He offered me a smile which I gladly returned. He turned to my mother. I think he might be in his late 40s he was smart and had the air of confidence around him.
“so, what do u think about the school?” he asked me looking at me hopefully.
“er…I haven’t seen much of it.” I replied feeling a little uncomfortable.
“oh. How rude of me. Let me call someone who’ll show you around,” he beamed at me.
“sure.” I smiled at him.
He then talked to someone on the phone and talked about sending some guy in to show me around.
After 10 minutes a guy in school uniform walked in and greeted the principal.
“this is Arjun. He will show you around while I talk to your mom about the formalities.” He said .
I smiled at him and went outside. Shortly Arjun joined me and asked me to follow him.he showed me the school and on our way he greeted by guys and was almost drooled over by girls. He seemed unaffected by all this.
He took me to the school grounds which was currently deserted. He sat down on a bench. I ,too, sat beside him.
“so, how do u like the school?” he asked me.
“its nice.” I smiled at him. He smiled at me too and I noticed the way his eyes crinkled at the corners.
I noticed that his eyes were grey. He had incredibly long lashes that curled up perfectly. He had a well chiseled face and his lips were extremely kissable. I did not realize I was staring at his lips when the turned upwards into a cocky grin. I moved my eyes to his extremely embarrassed by what I was doing when he winked at me. Shocked, I turned my head in the opposite direction so fast , its hard to believe how I didn’t break my neck.
What was I doing? I was letting myself focus on the looks of a person of the opposite gender. I am not to be doing this. I stood up so fast it mead my head spin and I fell. I waited for the ground to collide with me as I closed my eyes, but it didnt. Why? I opened my eyes to see grey orbs staring at my light brown ones. They seemed amused. I realized what was happening and I stood up on my own feet, this time, carefully.
“I’ll go now.” I said staring at the ground.
“I’ll come with you?” he left it as a question.
“no. I’ll be fine on my own. Bye.” I said and started walking away.
“see you!” he shouted behind me.
I made my way inside the school. The schoolwas divided in two wings in all. Wing A, the left one, was for all the staff members and administrative offices as well as extracurricular rooms, and wing B, the right one was for classes…or so I recollected from what Arjun had told me. I turned left to begin my search for the principal’s office. I passed a number of rooms and almost got lost before reaching my destination. The school was quite large. I went inside the cabin and realized that my mom and the principal were waiting for me.
“how did you like the school?” Mr. Shukla (the principal) asked.
“I’d say its huge.”I replied.
“yeah. But you’ll get accustomed to it once you start classes.” He smiled at me.
“yeah, about that, when should I start?” I asked him hoping he’ll give me a week or two.
“well, I would like you to start from…Monday?” he asked.
“of course.” I said and gave him a tight smile.
“okay then. We’ll go now.” My mom interjected, probably understanding that I wanted to go. Now.
“sure Mrs. Sharma.” We all stood up from our chairs. Mom and he shook hands as if they had just settled a deal. We went outside and got inside the car. I looked at the building of the school.
It’s gonna be some experience for me here. I thought. I sighed inwardly as my mom drove the car.
