Previouslyā¦
"Goodbye Ms Gupta, bye Riddhima" he murmured the last part. Then they left to go to their house. After a few minuets of thinking of what I have done I ran up to room and looked out of the window to find that he shut his blinds. My heart sank to see that he didn't forgive me for what I said or he just didn't want to talk to me. So I got a piece of paper and scribbled I'm sooo sorry, and stuck it on my window for him to see when he decides to look out of his window. Sometimes I think I'm over reacting I mean he is the biggest jerk but I guess even he doesn't deserve to feel like that. I hope he forgives me.
**Chapter 4**
Armaan's Point of View
I come home and go to my bedroom. I lock it so my mom wouldn't come in. I shut the curtains and went to lie on my bed and just started to think. I thought about what just happened and how I reacted. Gosh she must think I'm stupid for acting so hurt, even though I was, I just didn't want to admit it.
*Flashback*
"I'm sorry what did you call me?" I could see anger rising from her throat but I thought I would risk it and tell her what I meant.
"Oh right that's what my friends and I call you 'Randoms' because you and your group of 'friends' are just random, the way you act, the jokes you tell, its just weird. You're like wanna bees class clowns but the difference is you're not funny. Its just plain stupid and annoying" oops I just blurted that out, I could see her face fall from anger to just hurt, then it goes back to anger again and I suddenly feel a connection with her hand on my face. I stood there shocked, did she just slap me? No-one's allowed to touch the Ammy. But my thoughts got interrupted when I saw her mouth moving and realized that she was speaking to me.
"How dare you say that about my friends and I, you don't know anything about me and for your information, you're stupid and annoying the way you think so high about yourself and look down on others. You think your different to an average 17 year old boy but let me burst your bubble for you and tell you that you're EXACTLY the same. Who the hell do you even think you are when you first took step into this house and started looking down at us like pieces of crap. You're not being forced to be here in fact you're more than welcome to leave." She finally finished with taking a deep breath. Did she really think that way of me? Did my personality really come out that horrible the way she describes it to be? No-ones ever talked to me like that so I don't know what I should be feeling. At the moment I just feel hurt, I should have come out as a better person, but at the same time I'm trying to protect my reputation. I feel upset, I know I shouldn't like her but I should say something to apologize the way I have acted, I can't believe I didn't see it.
I see her face fall from the anger she had to concern. Did I really look that upset? I mean I have to say that it did get to me what she said, I didn't really think of her as a piece of crap. I hate that I'm so caught up in my reputation that I didn't even think what I was doing. No-one should be treated like that, not even Riddhima Gupta and especially some one new around this town. I don't know what to say, right now she looks hurt, I don't know what emotion I'm showing but I could see it in her eyes that she was being tortured from what she's looking at. I try to say something. Anything, as long it would take that look of her face. I don't know why I cared, I mean I don't really like like her but she looked sad and I couldn't get the words out of my mouth. Why did she make me feel this way? Why could she make me feel this way? Then she started talking,
"Armaan I ā" she was interrupted by my mom calling me.
"Armaan come on we're going home" as soon as I heard that I came back to my own body and fixed myself of so my mom wouldn't get suspicious for anything (I hate when she tries to have that mother and son talk, it doesn't work the same as it did with my dad. But he has a different life now, with a new family and completely forgot about his old one and meā¦) I try to take the emotion I felt in my heart off my face and replaced it with my million dollar smile then just walked of.
I was in my own thoughts when I went to my mom and could hear murmurs of our moms speaking, probably saying goodbye. Then without a warning I hear a beautiful voice speaking and shot my head up to see who it was to only find that Sonny was speaking.
"Bye Ms Malik, bye Armaan" she said with a beautiful smile of hers.
"Goodbye Ms Gupta, bye Riddhima" I said awkwardly and with that we both left.
End of Flashbackā¦
I just stayed there laying down on the bed thinking how I can make it up to her and not ruining my reputation at the same time. I couldn't think properly so I went to open my window and get some fresh air. When I went to open my window I see a paper stuck on her window saying I'm sooo sorry I realized that by the look of my face earlier she thought that she had hurt me by what she had said but really I was just hurt the way I acted around her not about what she had said. So I got out a piece of paper and turned back to my old conceited self when I wrote You fell for it, you actually apologized for no reason. Haha then I stuck it on the window so she could see it when she gets up to go to school. I suddenly didn't feel so down; I knew that what happened earlier tonight will be forgotten, so I went to bed thinking that tomorrow was going to be an interesting day at school.
*Next Day*
Riddhima's Point of view
I woke up early morning by the sound on my alarm and searched for the time next to my bed just to make sure. It read 6:30am so I ran out of bed and to my window to see if Armaan had opened the curtains. I took the sheet of paper from my window and looked out only to find that his curtains were drawn closed and had a note sayingYou fell for it, you actually apologized for no reason. Haha well at least he wasn't keeping a grudge against me and the situation that happened yesterday was probably forgotten (but in the back of my head I still kept that in mind.) I opened the window so I could get some fresh air. Anyways, I went to the showers and wore my skinny jeans with a pink top and wore my and wore white flipflops. I start straightening my hair when I see the curtains being drawn from the other house and see a sleepy, shirtless Armaan with wet hair and jeans on opening the window. I try not to stare so I turn my head back and focused on straightening my hair. I hear someone call me.
"Morning Riddhima" I see a smirking Armaan on the other side obviously realizing my reaction.
"Hey Armaan" I say while I was done with straightening my hair and started adding a touch of makeup.
I could see him put on his shirt and started fixing his hair.
"You know Gupta, it is rude to stare" I rolled my eyes at the comment.
"I wasn't staring and I guess I wasn't the only one looking since you were following my actions" I scoffed and smiled when he just turned round to face me and gave me a glare.
I walked out of my room and went down stairs to meet my mom.
"Good Morning Riddhu, Cereal lo gi?" my mom asked
"Ji ma" I answered and took out a box of cheerio's, poured some milk and ate. After I was done I grabbed my bag and left the house. Once I got in the car I saw come out of his house, but I just left to go to school.
Once I got to school I went to my lesson and sat next to Nikki and started chatting and planning a day to go shopping together since the teacher hadn't showed up yet. Then the conceited jerk face came in and his girlfriend ran into his arms hugging him and at the same time me and Nikki started fake gagging and burst out laughing. But Armaan probably saw because when he came to sit next to me he started talking to me.
"Soo are you jealous?" Armaan asked me.
"Of what?" I asked confused. He seriously doesn't think I'm jealous of him right?
"Of Simran. I saw you watching us" he smirked, I rolled my eyes. He was just so full of himself.
"Then you would've seen me gagging" I stated but he just shot me a glare.
Another boy who I don't know the name of came up to me and sat on my desk.
"Hi I'm Raj, you must be the new girl Riddhima right?" he asked me. Gosh he was HAWT, I could see his abs from his tight t-shirt showing, but not as good as Armaans I saw this morning, NO SONNY NO I said to myself. I couldn't think that way about Armaan, its only been one day and we're already enemy's I cant just start to like him.
"Yeah that's me" I said back to him but I can see from the corner of my eye that Armaan was listening and shooting daggers at him from his eyes. I can tell he doesn't like him very much.
"Well it was very nice to meet you; maybe we should hang out sometime. Maybe Saturday night?" he was basically asking me out but for some reason I wasn't feeling the same way about him.
"Umā¦-" then Nikki interrupted me.
"Actually Riddhima's coming round my house that night for a sleep over, aren't you Ridz?" Tawni said while looking at me and raising her eye brows. Thank you Nikki I mentally said to my self. She must have seen the look on my face that I didn't want to go.
"Yea... Ummā¦yeah I totally forgot" I replied. Then he had a sad expression on his face I think he got the message.
"Oh yeah that's cool, I guess I'll see you later" he said then I saw him hit it off with another girl. What a player. I looked over at Armaan and he was silently smirking to himself. Who knows what goes through that strange boy's head.
"What are you smirking about?" I ask him quite angrily that he was chuckling at what just happen.
"Oh I've just never seen Raj being turned down like that before. You should have seen his face it was priceless" he laughed, I just glared at him.
"For your information, if it weren't for Nikki's sleepover I'd still be going on that date" I lied to him just to annoy him and it worked, he was already glaring at me again. I turned back to Nikki.
"It's a good thing you didn't go out with him though, he is such a player and he cheats on his girlfriends all the time." She finished of by saying "but I really am inviting you to a sleepover this weekend" she said seriously, and my smile was back as bright as ever. I made a new best friend.
"Okay Nikki, I'll be there" I said and she smiled back. Just at that moment Ms Bitterman decided to come in.
"Quiet down students, I know I'm late but I was too busy doing the next assignment for you" she explained. "Now class, our next assignment is to see group work and how you work with others so that's how you will be graded. You will each be partnered up with one of your class mates and each of you will have the same assignment to do with all the other couples in the class but you will have to stay with your partner and not get distracted by the your friends. This way I can see if you are committed to your assignment and get better grades. Understand?" she asked us and we all nodded.
"Good, the partners are:
Rohan and Anjali
Simran and Rajā¦."
At least I wasn't with Raj, who knows what will happen. Now all I have to wait for is if I get paired up with either Nikki, Atul or Rahul.
"Nikki and Abhi
Rahul and Atulā¦.."
Damn it, I didn't get picked with my friends. I look around the room and see who's left. There are some decent people, but when I turned my head to the right where I can see that dimwit sitting next to me, I realize that there might be a chance for me to be with him. Ooo shit NO NO NO I cannot be with him NO. Please, please, please don't partner me with that maniac, I don't know what I'll do if I am.
"ā¦.. and finally Riddhima and Armaan" she ended it off. I shot my head at Armaan's direction and glared as hard as I can while he was smirking and looked like he was planning something out but what? Then I see his girlfriend give me the same look that I gave Armaan, and there definitely was tension in the room.
Armaan's Point of View
"ā¦.. and finally Riddhima and Armaan" she said, I could of screamed with joy but Ammy does not scream. This would be a great way to annoy RIdhdima, I could already see her throwing daggers at me with her eyes and the tension between her and Simran but I couldn't wait to get back at her for when I first saw her and she started talking back to me. I said I would get her back, and Armaan Malik ALWAYS keeps his promises. I'm probably just gonna annoy her as my revenge but nothing too serious. Just then I got a text from my Girlfirend Simran which leaves me in a pickle. The text said now we can use her 2 get back at the randoms...
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Ooohh,,, Is armaan going to use her to get back at their rivals?? Is he going to side his friends for his Reputation??
Stay tuned to find out ;)
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