School Crush

Words Too Loud

I was immersed in words of my mind.
My Mind rolled on lot of questions: Why does it have to end with Shilpa? Why is he giving all his attention to her?

I tired calm myself down but it didn't reflect in my acts. I kept pacing up and down the hall till Ram went to Shilpa. I had the hope that Shilpa will certainly turn down Ram no matter what! That is what she would do even if she didn't know of my liking towards Ram.

Thenalso, my mind swagged in and out of dilemma because of Ram approaching Shilpa! I didn't know what my newly found crush would do to impress her. I stood as a spectator watching the slender body of Ram make way towards the opposite end.

Shilpa was surprised to see the new boy who was sitting at the far end till the last minute standing right next to her.

Some quick conversations went on between Ram and Shilpa nothing seemed abnormal in their gestures in my eyes.

Though I felt a chill run down my spine. The chill of air conditioned room was turning into pricking heat for me. I might start to sweat if Ram delayed his return back.

My face was flushing in heat as was my mind with thoughts. My temperature was trekking up on a far lost mountain. But I didn't even want to think of letting my crush go off too easily like this.

I wanted to catch hold onto him and also to my untamed heart and rescue it from suffering a heart break.
My mind wanted not to trust more on a mere crush. But the star struck heart went on bouncing inside me ignoring my warning.

The conversations of Ram and Shilpa did only last for more than few minutes but it certainly did look like long hours for me.
I could see Ram speaking diligently to Shilpa in front.

Suddenly, there it happened.

Shilpa put her hand out infront to get embraced in a handshake. Ram did accept that handshake with a wide smile on face.

My heart skipped a beat.

Did they just sign a pact on what they had been discussing for this long? What was it necessary to get into a handshake this soon? Was that a "i am ok with it" sort of handshake? Or is that a "never see again" sort of handshake?

There were a chain of thoughts starting on my head!

Before I could conclude on some convincing answer by my own, there I saw his handsome face in view  making its way towards me in striding steps unusually faster than the ones he used to reach the other end.

Was that a walk after triumph? Did something he heard from Shilpa made him to change his strides? My mind didnt stop even for a minute from putting forth the array of questions. I tried to ignore all the weird thoughts on mind.

Yet there was a weird smile plastered across Ram's face on sight of which made me to open a new box of questions.

Was that a smile of lone victory? Did Shilpa fell for his sweet talks for him to smile like that? Did that mean the success was achieved in the mission he went for?

Did that smile even mean as happiness ?
Or was it a smile of his stupidity in trying her as he was rejected like many other had ?

Even the thought of  Ram's rejection  made me happy that urged me to light fireworks in my backyard once I got home. My smile went on a smirk at my own thought.

The slender figure reached upto me while Shilpa was busy packing up her bag at the far end. I put my thoughts out and forced the smirk on my face into a gentle smile presenting to the boy in front.

" You are glowing with that smile on your face. Did your try went in the right way?" I asked him eagerly waiting to her a 'no' as the answer.
"Yeah. You were right, Riya. It did go on the right way." he replied with his smile widening even bigger.

The smile made shade on my face.

That long forgotten sound of school bell echoed through the hall.

It didnt reach into my ears since it were busy in echoing the words in a loop in his voice.

You were right Riya!!! You were right!!!