The Dreamer & The Catcher

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Suddenly that unknown lady spoke up....

"Mrs. Nandra, if you don't mind can i talk to Avneet for a while? When i was her age I too faced such problems.... Wouldn't you like avneet to take some counselling?" she asked.... No no no no no..... Not counseling please! I wished to deny but as my teachers said i don't self advocate.... I just nodded.

" You dumbass why can't you just speak for yourself? " avni mocked me... Oh will you just shut up avni!

" we're open to any suggestions" mom said. No way! I don't want any counseling please! I wanted to speak but words didn't come out of my mouth. Why can't i just speak up? Hmph..... I can't. I just can't.

"okay, so avneet, lets sit in my room for this block?" HER OWN CABIN? I haven't even seen her here around and she says she has her own room? I anyways nod... Just in case i didn't do it then.

"thankyou Mrs. Nandra." she says. Then she looks at the dean who gives her a little nod as she gestures me to get up and follow her. Avni vanishes....oh god avni, where are you at? I can't stand this alone!

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As avneet followed the guidance counselor, Ms. Sharma, anushka and Ashnoor saw her from the ajar door of a classroom she was passing. They were super confused as they passed each other looks.

"ye guidance counselor ke saath kahan jaa rahi hai?" anushka asked her sister. She was already preoccupied by avneet's absence from the class. She was a little, rather pretty much a lot worried for her best friend.

Ashnoor sensed that there was something that tensed avneet but she decided that she'll have a talk with her later that day. She told anu to concentrate on the lecture and that they'll talk about it later.

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As we walk down the empty hall, the only sound that can be heard is of Ms. Sharma's heels. Yep, she just told me her name, Tunisha Sharma it is. Pretty weird kinda name i must say. Avniii! Where are you??

As I wondered that we'll keep walking for something that felt like an eternity, Ms. Sharma opened the doors that led to her room. Splendid room i see! And just in my favourite color.

The office was painted blue, and it had only one floor-to-ceiling window, which faced the main road. On the wooden desk sat a desktop computer, a notebook lying open, and a stack of papers sitting under a turtle-shaped paperweight. In a corner, the air conditioner was blasting at medium, and there was a swivel chair in the middle of the room. A bookshelf, bursting with books was in a corner, with yet another stack of papers under a paperweight that was shaped to look like a tuft of grass. A few pens were lying on the papers, but some had fallen onto the top of the bookshelf. A nice faux fur chair on the other side of The desk, probably for people like me. We sat down there, face to face.

"So, how much trouble will you be in, once you get home?"

"A ton" i mumbled.

She smiled. Why is she smiling? Is she happy that I'll get in trouble?

"Wondering why am i smiling? Right? I was just smiling to see how shy and asocial you are. We didn't have a formal intro right? Well, I am Tunisha Sharma, the guidance counselor, you can call me Tunu." she said as she forwarded her hand. I fake smiled as i shook her hand.

"uh.. I... I am..." i stuttered. "C'mon, you can do it, yeah, speak up!" she bucked me up. I guess I'll buy that. With much effort, i try again.

"I.. I am Av.... Avneet Kau.... Avneet Kaur Nandra" i speak up finally. Woah! That was quick.

"See, you CAN do it!" she said. Actually she's right.

"Thankyou Ms. Sharma" i said without stuttering! Yess!

"can we please not be so formal? I don't like when a person near my age addresses me like that... I am just 22 c'mon! You can call me Tunisha or even Tunu, i don't mind that either" she said. Omg she's soo cute! I already feel comfortable around her. Not that i trust her completely but she's very sweet.

"Okay, Tunisha." i smile as those words escape my mouth and mind it, a genuine smile.

"that's more like it! You look pretty when you genuinely smile. Do more of that." She said. Wait! She knew!

" Are you like, some astrologer? How do you always know everything?" i asked her, my curious side taking over.

She chuckled "Oh no! I am a psychologist, i think i know a lot about human behaviour." she says as she hands me a bunch of papers.

"these are some tests to check why your marks go down. Don't worry they aren't academically based. I promise." she smiled. I gladly take them.

Well, little do you know, dear Avu, this place will be among your favourite ones. I promise!

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"Siddharth bhaiyaa!" a voice echoed through the empty corridors making siddharth turn around to one-eighty degrees over his shoulder and there he sees his little sister running behind him, panting.

"tell me one place i didn't search for you so badly! Where were you?" reem rants as she huffs catching her breath.

"well, all places except where i actually was." siddharth said. He loved to tease his sister.

"bhaii!" reem says, totally irritated.

"okay okay fine! All the best for your first day here in this place where i made soo many friends!" siddharth wishes his not so little sister.

"and look at you! Bunking your lectures on your first day!" reem taunts her elder brother who has no qualities of being elder.

"aree sometimes, bunking lectures and making memories with your friends gives you all the pleasure because when you look back, marks won't make you smile but memories will." siddharth said dreamily

"bhaiya ye jo aapne abhi kaha vo toh sahi tha par kya aap ye bata sakte ho ki first year ka section B kaha hai? I am kinda lost." Jai said as he approached the bro-sis duo.

"haan bhai mujhe bhi wahi jaana haii!" reem said

"ohh hii beautiful!" Jai said to reem

"hii handsome! Looks like we both are in the same class, mind sitting with me?" reem winks as she talks

"ohh anything for this beautiful lady!" Jai dramatically bows down acting a little gentleman-ly.

"ho gya tum dono ka ki abhi aur baaki hai?" Siddharth says, probably amused by their interaction.

"okay bye bhai! I am sure we both will find out the classroom together!" reem says as she grabs jai's hand and runs away.

Siddharth shakes his head and turns around only to find anu, Ashnoor, raj and bhavesh coming.

"hey guys!" he waves frantically.

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Heyy lovely people!

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I promise a sidneet interaction in the next chapter, i do promise

Also, introducing this new element in the story - daily quotes and phrases!

Today's thought :kuch log bina kisi rishte ke bhi rishte nibhate hai.... Ye shaayad vahi log hai jo 'dost' kehlate hain.

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