The Dancing Tale

Chapter 2

The sun stood scintillating his rays over my window to me. I got up from my bed, brushed my teeth and went for a run. Yesterday night I had dinner with Aggrawals. They are such sweet people. I instantly felt warm in their company. Kripal uncle is leaving for our hometown today but he assured me that I will not have any problems here which I never doubted for a second. They only upsetting part is rudra but I will deal with him. I wonder how can he be totally opposite to his parents. They are so sweet and he is that arrogant jerk. I know it's still early to judge him but I can't help but feel so annoyed by his presence.

Just avoid him as much as you can.

But the question is how. Because we both are in same college . We live in the same house just in different floors.

You are going to be here anyway. So now it's up to you how to make it peaceful.

Suddenly my alarm buzzed signaling I have 1 hour left for college. So I cut my jog short and went back to my room to get ready for the day. I still need to figure out how am I going to go to college because I am not walking 2 kilometers daily and returning back again. Maybe I find a local bus or something to go there.

I jumped in shower and took a relaxing bath washing away all my apprehensions about college with it because positivity is the key to success. Right. I wore my kurta and leggings and let my hairs open to get dry naturally. As I don't like much makeup so I only put some kajal in my eyes and applied lip balm to keep my lips moisturized. I grabbed my bag and swung it over my left shoulder and walked down the stairs. It's only 7:45 now. Classes starts at 8:30 so I still have ample amount of time to reach there. As I didn't have anything to eat so maybe I can grab some breakfast in the way.

As I walked down the stairs, I saw Mr. Agrawal watering the plants in the garden.

"Good morning Rahul uncle." I wish him. He turned towards me and smiled.

"Good morning prakriti. Leaving for college so soon?" He asked.

"Yes. I need to figure out the transportation service to college. Maybe I could get a bus so I don't have to walk there."  I said hopefully. His brows furrowed.

"Why will you need to take bus to the college when rudra is also going there. You can go and come with him. He is taking his car vacant so it won't be a problem." He told.

"No uncle I don't want to trouble him. I will figure it out. It's okay." I refused.

"Oh come on. It's not a problem at all. Why would you get worked up when you have a ride to there. You will go with him and it's final. And if you will not listen to me then kripal is still here. He can be very persistent as you already know." He joked. I gave an awkward laugh and nodded my head.

Sometimes having good people around can also increase your misery.

" Okay I accept your offer. " I said to him and smiled so he won't know how I don't want to be in the company of that sucker.

" Good. He will be coming down in 15 minutes. You can go and wait inside with seema. She seems to love your company." He said which made me laugh genuinely.

"Oh we both love cooking so we have that indescribable bond." I joked which made him laughed too. I walked in and found seema aunty cooking breakfast.

"Good morning aunty." I said. She looked a bit startled by my voice which made me chuckle.

"Hey. Good morning girly." She said cheerfully. I smiled at her nickname for me. "Already ready for your first day huh" She said.

"I was about to leave when uncle stopped me. He told me to catch a ride with your son to the college although I said I don't want to trouble him or become any kind of obligation on you guy......"I was saying when aunty cut me off in the middle. She put her both hands on my shoulder.

"Kriti. It's no problem. You are not any obligation on us. You are the new member in our family now. Think this as your second home. Now if you won't stop thinking like a guest than I will not consider taking your help in cooking chocolate cake." She said in a very serious tone. I smiled.

" Mom. You are not baking chocolate cake or any sort of cake. You always burn them. " Rudra said while walking in the hall. He walked to us and kissed his mother's temple.

" Oh stop whining about it. This time I am getting this vibe that I will bake the most perfect cake you have ever eaten." she said and hit his head.

" Oww.... I am not a child anymore maa whom you can keep hitting." He winced in pain. I couldn't stop my laughter at his wincing. He glared at me so I tried to stifle my laughter.

"Come on both of you. Go and Sit on the table. I am coming with the breakfast in 2 minutes." She shooed us away.

I took a seat and rudra sat beside me. I tried not to get irked by him as much as possible.

"Do you practice witchcraft?  Because I don't know the reason why my parents have a big liking in you and told me to give you ride to the college daily. Must have been the effect of their age." He said. I clenched my fist and glared at him.

Take deep breaths. In and out. We are not here to murder a certain asshole.

" they seems to have what you clearly are clearly lacking. BRAIN AND MANNERS. I can't blame you for your poor understanding of people. I wonder how you can they take a brainless human in the iit. Strange world."  I fired back. A satisfied smile settle on my face when I saw him getting irked by my remark but he couldn't say anything because just as that time aunty walked in with breakfast. I ate in silence only answering some questions that aunty asked.

Then we walked out of the house and rudra got his car from the garage. I was shocked when I saw a mediocre normal car because I expected him to have some fancy car like a rich brat that he is. I opened the door of backseat when he told me with hostility that he is not my driver so I should sit in passenger seat. I rolled my eyes at him but got in. As he started driving I start to feel nervous again. I tried to look out of the window but it was not of any help. It was a 15 minute drive to the college and to fill the silence he played the music.

"I know I am good looking and you want to have me with you but you can't just keep sitting in my car. Unlike you, I want to attend my classes." He said. Then I realized we have reached the college and he was waiting for me to get out.

"I want your number." I blurt out. That didn't come out as I wanted it to be. My nervousness made it sound desperate which made me cringe. He opened his mouth to say something snarky again but I beat him to it. "It comes out wrong. What I meant was I want your number so I can give you a call or message if I decided to somewhere else after the college or anything. I only want it just for the convenience of both of us." I rambled.

He looked at me with his scrutinizing gaze and then he sighed. He gave me water bottle  and took my phone away from my lap and saved his number. I looked at him in confusion while holding the bottle in my hands.

" Drink the water and take a deep breath. You are clearly looking nervous. " He said without raising his gaze from my phone. I drink the water and took deep breaths.

"So I also saved mom's and dad's number too. In case you need to call them." He said and gave me my phone back. I nodded at him and get out of the car. I looked at the building in front of me. Once I used to dream to be here and now it's my reality. I stand there taking in all the emotions. It is very overwhelming.

"Listen, there is no zombies and monsters waiting for you inside. You can calm down. Although it would be the matter of their safety if they think of attacking you. You will probably burn them with your witchcraft."  He said while locking his car. And before I can reply or anything he walked away.

I looked at the mass of people entering the college. They all are like me. Yes. I can do it. With that thought I made my way inside the college.

Here is to the new beginnings.