Unexpected Fiance

Chapter 1

The whole campus was buzzed with excitement. I looked at the people from my chair located at the back corner of the vast auditorium. The reason for the excitement for some people is because they are being part of the high scaled drama, for the rest of the other people, it is to watch the high scaled drama unfold. I smirked seeing the giggle smiles of the girls and vane proud look on the boys. I felt a gentle tap on my shoulder. I turned to my right side to see the source of distraction,It was one of my best friend.

Sany (full name Sanjari) sat next to me pressing a cold coffee into my palm.

"Not joining the drama?" she teased me with a little smile.

"Well.. You know I have joined." I answered in short.

"Really?? You don't look like one." she questioned and looked at me curiously.

"That's not my problem." I shrugged my shoulders carelessly.

Thinking about this weird incident, a bout of irritation washed over my face. I was nearly pushed to the edge and cornered for the entire last month to join the ongoing circus. My College is one of the elite Colleges in the city.. no no.. It is the only elite College in the city whose students can only be from the richest of rich. The College apart from the academic subjects, it teaches more like who is who in the society, how to make connections,how to dress for the various parties, what to say and what not to say ,how to learn the stock markets and the tricks stage rather than studying, playing, competing or knowing equality with other people . This was not the College life I have dreamt of. What I wanted was a normal College life, where we can wear uniforms, attend the lectures held by professors, teasing them, making new friends, bunking classes, making troubles, being caught red handed and stood in front of the principal. But no, the College life I got is very far from my expectations, though I very well know that I would end up here, knowing my position, but a girl can always wish, can't she?

I expelled a large sigh.

"Still hoping for a miracle?" my friend asked.

"Miracles do not happen just like that, we have to work for it." I looked at her with a smug look on my face.

The announcement bell rang and the sound echoed the whole building. My friend patted my shoulder and signed to get up and join the crowd. I looked at her with my eyes twinkle and replied, "There won't be a need for me to join them."

She angled her head and looked at me suspiciously, " What did you do?"

"You didn't attend the session." she asked and she itself continued "But that's not possible, if you don't attend the sessions, your name would have been announced before the deadline and all your class activities would be suspended till you attend the session and your parents's representative would have visited the Principal . But no such things had happened, which means you attended, don't you? "she pouted her lips in thinking

"Don't overthink yourself, I did attend the session, but I am not going to matched." I replied with confidence.

My best friend looked at me with suspicion, but I am not going to answer her now. Although she disliked a lot of things in this campus, the one main thing she hated in this campus is "Matching Session". This sessions are available only for the elite students, which means the richest of the riches. Those students has to attend the sessions, there will be written test and oral test, which are conducted by the advanced AI robots which are the upgraded version of their robot professors. The written tests vary from each student, there won't be the same set of questions, it has the questions to understand the personality, their priorities and their temperament. Each question paper is a unique one. Next is the oral test, which is just a same set of questions for all the students, like what is your favourite color, food, hang out place, brand and the expectations in the partner. Both the tests for the participated students will be feed to the specialized AI program and gives set of girls and boy's name. Sometimes the set contains a Girl name matched with multiple boys name or vice versa. It is very rare to get a single match ie a Girl and a Boy. And it is utmost never happened that it came without a match. Every selected elite student has a single or multiple matches. Once the list is generated, it would be announced in the auditorium for the students and later it would be announced to the other students in the Central Hall digital TV, so that they also know who is being matched with whom - the pairing. I feel it is more like a warning to other students not to mess with other possible pairs. This is one of the many elite features this campus can offer to its students. The prospective matched profiles will be sent to their parents. The next 2 years of the college life will be given for the people to get know each other, by third year starting they should confirm the pairing. The confirmation should come not only from the parents and the couple but also from the board of directors from all the chains of the business both the families held. Thinking of this stupid process, a bitter expression clouded my face. For others it might be a better arrangement to find a partner than marrying a person who is a stranger . But not for me. I do not hate arranged or love marriage, it is just that I do not want it to be planned. Love and Marriage should be happening not to be planned. We cannot choose the parents and the family we born to. But the rest we can choose. And I am not giving up on my rights to choose.