CHAPTER – 2
I went inside my class and greeted my friends.
There were still 5 minutes left for the bell to ring so everybody loitered around and chatted.
Like every class,mine too had its fair share of ‘the clown’s’ , ‘the studious one’s’ , and ofcourse ‘the normal one’s’.
Thankfully I came in ‘the normal one’s’!
Suddenly one of my not “so good friend’s” Pam came up to me and said “ Hey ,Rhea! What’s up ?” and without waiting for my reply continued “Did you study for the bio test that we have today?? ”
I groaned ,
“ Aw shucks! We have a bio test today?? Shit man! I totally forgot. The teacher told us about it like weeks ago. How the hell are we supposed to remember that we have a test today??”
“Oh well , bad luck! Hope you pass. I am sure I am gonna score an A” said Pam and bounded away happily.
Dejected , I turned to my little group of friends standing to a side and eyeing me curiously .
“Hey guys, did you guys prepare for the bio test?” I said
“We have a bio test ?”
“Today?”
“Are you crazy ?”
“Oh. My . God! We CAN’T have a test today”
“Aw man! I’m so going to fail!”
Wordlessly , I went to my seat and took out my stupid , fat science book and started skimming through the text trying to memorize everything and anything.
Seeing me study my friend’s finally stopped whining and went to their seats.
Unhappily they started going through their books hoping to retain something for the big test about which nobody remembered that was going to be conducted in 3 hours from now.
The very same test on which our grades for the term depended.
That night I lay on my bed staring up at the ceiling which was done up in purple, it had a chandelier in the middle with strings of glass beads surrounding it in a perfect circle so that when the chandelier was switched on ,the beads caught the light and sparkled lighting up the whole room.I loved it. I could spend my entire day in here.
(A/N- see the image i have inserted. that is rhea's room)
I lay going over the events of the day in my head.
The bio test had been satisfactory , I just hoped that I would get at least a C otherwise my mom was going to eat me up alive.
I had also broken her favorite vintage vase which dad had gifted to her by accident .
She still had to find out about it.
I looked out of the window , the night was silent and I could see the stars shimmering.
Downstairs , I could hear my brother yelling while playing on the XBOX with his friends.
Suddenly I heard the sound of stones pelting my window.
I got up grabbing my art file and a big black marker and went over to the window seat.
It was Troy , my neighbor.
We both kept a bowl full of small stones out on our balcony.
Whenever we wanted to talk we would throw the stones at the other’s window five times.
If he/she didn’t come out within those 5 times the other would stop trying , it usually meant that the other person was busy.
We usually don’t shout to each other across our balconies because my brother’s room was next to mine and if he heard us shouting to each other in the middle of the night when he was snoring away , he would probably come out and show his ‘machoness’
Also, troy’s baby sister – Anastasia’s nursery was right next to his room so if there were any loud noises while she was sleeping she would probably start howling.
Now that I think of it, my bro is just like a baby.
He also starts whining if anybody disturbs him in his sleep.
So , for the convinence of both of our families , we would write on big white art files with markers and show it to each other.
It may seem like a stupid way but it is quite effective.
Whenever any of us was bored or stressed out we would use this method to talk to each other.
Today , he wrote while laughing ‘WITH YOUR LIGHT’S OFF , I THOUGHT THAT YOU WERE LYING IN THEIR DEAD OR SOMETHING.’
‘HAHAHA! VERY FUNNY!’
He turned serious and wrote ‘ SORRY, WHAT HAPPENED??’
‘HAD A SUCKY DAY’ I wrote back
‘C’MON, YOU KNOW YOU CAN TELL ME.’
‘I GOT UP LATE , MY FOOT’S HURTING , HAD THIS STUPID BIO TEST IN WHICH I AM GONNA FAIL , REALLY TIRED AND MY MOM’S GONNA KILL ME CAUSE I BROKE HER FAVOURITE VINTAGE VASE’
‘THAT’S REALLY LOTS OF PROBLEMS’
‘I KNOW!!’
AW! NEVER MIND . I’LL TUTOR YOU IN BIO’
‘REALLY ??’
‘YEAH ! WHY DON’T YOU COME OVER TOM. AFTER SCHOOL AND WE WILL DISCUSS YOUR OTHER PROBLEMS AS WELL’
‘THANKS! YOU ARE A SAVIOUR’ I wrote
Suddenly we heard the sound of Anastasia crying and he hurriedly wrote ‘BYE , G2G!’
I waved a quick bye and turned to face my safe haven – my room .
Suddenly, I couldn’t wait for tomorrow.
I had a feeling it was going to be an awesome day .
