My grand welcome in a janitor's closet

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Kartik

   So where did i last sign off???Ah..right!! the tornado that stormed out of the room. Apparently the tornado is a #1 troublemaker and goes by the name Naira and most important thing of all this tornado has been made my tour guide of the school for today.
  To be frank, i haven't met Mrs. Thomas before and have no grudges against her but i still don't understand why is she pushing me to my death on the very first day. The 'tornado', sorry Naira's interest in becoming my tour guide was so clear on her face. Her eyes just screamed " One wrong word and you will be out of the Milky Way". Her eyes were literally shooting daggers. I didn't have any death wish, so i tried talking to the headmistress but of no use. She looked so determined. Stuck in between the deathly stare off between these two ladies, i couldn't help but start laughing looking at the joke the universe was playing on me. Fortunately that got their attention and they ended their stareoff. Points to me!!! Even though my family history is quite complicated and everything is tough, i don't allow it to be seen on the outside. For everyone else of the world, i was Kartik,the eversmiling, kindhearted, charming boy full of love and happiness. That's the image i had created for myself and i was comfortable in that skin. I deserved some happiness atleast...
   I decided to maintain the same image here because being weird and isolated had its own share of curious stares and questions.So coming back to the point here, both the ladies were now staring at me as if me laughing had set of a nuclear bomb in St.Arthur's.
  "Sorry for the interruption mam, but your fight looks too cute and amusing that i couldn't control my laugh!!" No. no. no. that would be like adding more fuel to the fire. Instead I just said" Sorry mam, i just wasn't paying attention. Apologies if my laughter had disrespected you in any way. For this i got 2 reactions: one, from Mrs.Thomas who was just beaming with happiness from the respectful reply i had given and two, from none other than the tornado itself ,looking at me as if i had dug a deep,deep grave for myself right here at St.Arthur's.
"It's ok son. Mistakes do tend to happen and i don't hold you wrong for that. It's your first day here,so take time getting used to the surroundings and i hope you have a splendid time at St. Arthur's. We extend a warm welcome", said the headmistress. That was too much sugar coated even for me and i nodded through it all. Giving her a word of thanks i started to leave, when she suddenly said," Kartik, why are you going alone?? Did you forget i have a person to help you out. Naira go along with him." The tornado wordlessly followed me and once we were out of the principal's office, tornado just said 2 words in the most creepiest voice ever that sent waves after waves of fear down my spine"Follow Me". I decided to do the best thing that assured my chances of being alive and went behind her.

Tornado just buzzed through school and through each corridor she went,they were dozens of kids shouting "Naira di" "Naira di" which wasn't surprising because if she was soo wanted by the principal, then she must have been some sort of hero among the kids. And she greeted them all with a warm smile. I don't think she took her job as tour guide quite seriously because we were passing through each and every corridor, buliding after building, but she spoke nothing. I just decided to go with the flow. Suddenly in a dark hallway she halted, checked if no one was around and pulled me into the janitor's closet.
To say i was stunned would be the understatement of the year. I have heard of boys pulling girls into dark hallways but never before of the opposite happening. And there i stood in the pitch black closet not knowing what spooky creature was hanging from the ceiling ,totally stunned into silence. Then the tornado spoke,"Listen, i don't care if you are new to this school or whatever, understand one thing. I am Naira Singhania and i wont follow the stupid orders given by anyone. If you were expecting a well informed proper tour of the school,sorry but you have stepped into dangerous territory. So don't you dare go ranting out to the principal what i did just now because as it is ,i already visit her more than enough. I am going to leave now and don't you ever forget. Never mess with  Naira. Understand" And then she walked out leaving me in a trance that left me standing there gawking at the female tornado that had just stormed my life.
    

Guys hoping you all r liking the story. Each chapter is in different pov. One chapter from Naira's point of view and another from Kartik's. If you have any comments or suggestions feel free to tell me.

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