Stranger Turned Into Someone Special

Shot 1

"Ria.. Ria..", I heard my mother shouting my name, but instead of waking up, as usual I pulled my duvet over my head and continued my beauty sleep.

I could hear her foot steps nearing me, and I know what is coming, a big fat lecture about how girls of my age should wake early, before the sunrise. *a typical South Indian mom, ain't she*

"Amma.. 5 minutes please.. I promise just 5 minutes more..", I whined in my sleepy state.

"Tumhari ye 5 minutes 2 ghante se chal raha hai.. not anymore just wake up.. Ria.. uto..", she literally screamed.

I jumped from my sleep, na na not because of getting scared but she literally screamed in my ear.. *who the hell does that*

"Good.. now come down.. only after taking bath..", Amma ordered.

"Argh.. fine..", I went to the washroom after stomping on the floor showing my anger of being disturbed on the poor thing.

"Sorry.. sorry.. I didn't introduce myself na.. stupid me.. so yeah, I'm Ria, Ria Reddy, 2nd year Engineering student, only daughter of Mr Viswa Reddy and Anu Iyer. Being the only child I'm my dad's princess.. and yeah by the way we live in Delhi."

"Ria!!!"

"Coming amma.. 2 mins", and I rushed into my morning business.

@6.30, Dinning Hall

"Amma.. I'm getting late.. breakfast do.."

"Just 2 minutes Riu.."

Amma told coming out of the kitchen with soft steaming idlies and tomato chutney. *yum*

"Good morning Riu..", I heard my dad wishing me..

"Goo moning..", I replied in between munching my idlies making my parents laugh at my antics.

I just pouted at them and continued my eating session.

After finishing my idlies, I just made my bag ready for the college and rushed out after kissing my Amma's cheek.

"Paaa.. come fast.. I'm getting late..", I shouted for my daddy.

And then he dropped me to the bus station in his baby *yeah I meant our car, Creata*. I got out and telling his bye and pecking his cheeks.

I got in the bus that takes me to my next bus station*I go to college by taking 2 buses*.

@Bus stand 2

And there he was standing. I was just feeling like jumping in happiness seeing his stand there, after all I'm seeing him after a long one week. I was feeling like hugging him tight, telling him how much I miss him, but hell no I can't. I can't because he don't even know me.

Oh sorry sorry, I didn't introduce him na.. So here it goes. He is my senior but in another branch, we go to college by same bus and I have a super duper crush on him. For that I even stalked his classmate's (who appeared to be my school senior) Facebook account to find his name. His name is Arjun. "Ria Arjun.. cute right", sorry back to earth Riu.

So yeah.. I'm stalking him since when I joined here.. almost 3 years back from now. At first it was just a crush but slowly it turned into something deep strong. You guys wanna know how I met him, so listen..

FLASHBACK

Two months after I joined the college, I was boarding my bus to college. It was damn so crowded, I was standing in between this crowd. Arjun was sitting beside me.

"Excuse me, can you please hold my bag?", I asked Arjun.
He just nodded his head and taking the chance I kept my bag on his lap and stood beside him holding the bar.

After a few stops I felt someone falling on me every now and then, first I thought it's because of this crowd but then he continued it making his glare at him but still of no use. Arjun saw this and he stood up from his seat.

"You sit here..", Arjun told me. It was not a request, it was more like a command. I just sat there like a doll nodding my head and he stood beside me not before glaring that stood boy who kept falling on me.

And I just fell for him.. yeah yeah I know its filmy but still.

But after that woh mujhe mudke bhi nahi dekha.. kadhoos kahin ka.. But I see him daily on my bus.

Every time I keep looking at him hoping that he might spare a glance at me so that I could at least smile at him, but no he won't even spare a glance at me. I even joined the photographers club to see him. My friends tease him with his name. Can you believe it, he isn't even my Facebook friend. Because I didn't have the guts to send him friend request.

He was the only thing running in my mind, I could see and feel him every where but not in real.

Each time I see him talking with other girls I feel something burn inside me. But what can I do?

One day, I was just going through my YouTube feed when something caught my attention.
"How to make someone fall in love with you."
I began practising every possible thing to gain his attention. Slowly the hope that some day he would notice me, would love me back, deteriorating.

My concentration on studies dropped, I got very low numbers. Amma and Paa tried to know what's bothering me. But how could I tell that, "Amma I love my senior but he isn't even sparing a glance at me.."

My parents were called to college seeing my poor performance in the test. I cried that night thinking about the embarrassment my parents had to face because of me.

This all made me determined to concentrate back on my studies, I wanted to make my parents feel proud of me again. I began scoring marks like earlier. My parents were proud of me, I was again teachers pet.

But two thing didn't change, my love for Arjun and his ignorance for me. Infact my love for him increased and the hurt due to ignorance also increased.

FLASHBACK ENDS

And now I'm standing here in the bus stand after 2 years still haven't spoken a word to him. Each time I see him talk to someone else I feel sad thinking that someone isn't me. I don't know why but I can't talk to him, something stops me.

I know today is the last day I'm gonna see him. Because from tomorrow its study holiday and after exams he won't ever come back to this college.

I know its now or never, but still I can't talk to him. I can live with a doubt that whether he love me or not but can't with the fact that he don't.

"This not a end, it's a beginning to Ria's life."

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