Road Not Taken ✔

Chapter 14

The alarm beeped it was 8 in the morning. I groaned a bit before getting up from bed . Then I went to the bathroom to freshen up myself. After having myself a refreshing shower I decided to wear a printed floral white top with a blue jeans. Then went downstairs to have breakfast. Mom had already left for hospital. After eating my breakfast ,I picked up my school bag and scooty keys then I drove to coaching.

After parking my scooty I met Taniya and Cherry in the parking lot . They grinned at me like idiots and they wished me  good morning . I wished them back but they gave me curious looks in return. Taniya had a teasing smile on her face and I asked her what she was upto . On hearing it Taniya's smirk increased and she said " Uhm...How was your date yesterday ?" .Her question made my eyes pop out . But before I could say something Cherry started speaking " Ohho Taniya don't trouble Diya with stupid questions as it is obvious that she must had a good time with Chirag". I rolled my eyes at Cherry's statement . I asked them if they had done their Chemistry's assignment of Structure of Atom just divert Chirag's topic because any conversation of Chirag made my stomach churn with butterflies .

But my dear friends understood that I was trying to divert the topic of Chirag So, instead of talking about the assignment they started teasing me with Chirag's name . Hearing Chirag's name for several times made my stomach turn into zoo as I felt like along with Butterflies other animals were also jumping inside my poor tummy , my cheeks were radiating heat and I know by now I might me blushing like a fool.

Just to stop myself from blushing I tried to think of the lecture which would start after 15 minutes and I would finally get rid of the teasing by Cherry and Taniya . Then it suddenly struck me that just 15 minutes were left and Chirag has not arrived yet . My eyes started looking for any sign of Chirag or his bukki(Chirag's motorbike). Our coaching teachers are strict about time punctuality to class and they are even stricter when it comes to Sunday classes because on Sunday classes backlog of the whole week is covered and sometimes extra topics for competitive exams are also discussed .

With each passing minute I was getting worried for Chirag. What if he got late for the classes and Sanjay sir scolds him in the front of the whole batch. What if Chirag rushes his motorbike to reach on time but he gets into an ugly accident. Argh...why the hell I am overthinking stupid scenarios. I need to shut my overdriven  brain or else it will drive me crazy .I know I zone out quite a lot but sometimes due to zoning out I start overthinking which can be bad for me.

A minute later Cherry came near and as if she was reading my mind, she told me " Don't worry Diya , Chirag will reach on time safely." After hearing Cherry's  wise and kind words,  my nerves calmed down a bit . Now only 5 minutes are left for the lecture to start and there is no sign of Chirag . Where is Chirag right now ? Is he in some problem? All these questions were flooding my mind while I was sitting in the lecture hall with Taniya and Cherry . Both Cherry and Taniya were busy talking to each other while I was anxiously fidgeting with my fingers.

I took a deep breath,closed my eyes and kept my hand on the armrest of my chair when I felt someone sitting next to my chair and a hand touched my hand . With this touch I felt a strange shiver down my spine and I knew who sat beside me , this strange feeling and my instincts told me that it was Chirag who sat next to me.

I opened my eyes and I saw those hazel chocolate brown orbs looking at me . For few seconds, I and Chirag kept staring each other without blinking our eyes. We kept staring like that until our chemistry teacher came and spoke on the mic . His voice made me and Chirag come back to the reality. For the next 3 hours we both paid full attention to the lecture .

After 3 hours of lecture we felt exhausted . Our Physics teacher understood that if he continues teaching for even a next few minutes then everyone in the room will doze off to sleep ,so our Physics teacher asked everyone to take half an hour break for lunch as it was already 1 in the noon .