Chapter Zero
He was rather clumsy and shy and looked as if he'd spent the last ten years of his life locked up in a library - hardly the kind of man any girl your age dreams of
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
---x--- April 1st, 2012
I was all smiles when I entered the room, my new class of my new school, FITE. FITE was India's best university which had just started school for classes 11th and 12th. These classes were started by the school previous year. Till the time I came to know about it, I was late to fill the application form. So, I had to join in 12th, topping the entrance exam.
"Answer me!!" I heard a girl shout as I stepped in.
Bewildered, I looked at her. A girl was standing in front of her, tears falling from her eyes. The girl, who had shouted, looked broken, too. She shook her head and turned around. That was when our eyes met. She was beautiful, average-heighted, dark complexion with dark brown hair. Her gray orbs were looking into my black ones with a weird expression.
I looked away. It was my first day and I did not want to be tagged as a jerk who ogles at girls or something.
Well, yes, I was one of those shy guys. No, it's not like I'm under-confident or something; I'm confident, intelligent and smart. But I don't trust my luck with girls. It's like I can never be the guy whom a girl can like. I'm the guy who always ends up alone.
And, if by chance, I start liking a girl, I had a PhD at making a complete fool out of myself. I don't know what happens, it's like all my confidence vanishes. I start stammering, for heaven's sake. This is the lone reason why I stay away from girls.
I looked around for an empty seat. When I found none, I went and sat by a boy's side. We introduced. His name was Sahil.
Both the girls had started shouting, again. Okay, I'll be honest; the girl I had looked at was the only one shouting.
"Who's she?" I whispered. I was curious.
"Oh, that's Sanyukta, Parth's girlfriend and the one who is crying..." but Sahil couldn't complete as Parth's girlfriend turned to look towards us. I gulped.
"I'm Not Parth's Girlfriend!!" she shouted on us. We, both, cringed.
"I'm sorry" Sahil apologized, quickly. "By the way, this is Randhir" he said, pointing towards me.
"H-hi!" I stammered. Damn! There goes my first impression.
"Sahil, my life is ruined here and you're introducing me to people? Is this all funny to you?" she shouted at Sahil, completely ignoring me.
Then, she left. She went to a girl, whose name was Arpita according to Sahil, made her stand and walked outside the classroom. I looked at Sahil. He shrugged.
---x---
I sat with my physics book in my hand, in the playground of my new school. Sahil, the only friend I had made in one day, came and sat by my side.
"Seriously, dude? It's lunch break, for Christ's sake!" He exclaimed, seeing the book in my hand. I shrugged. He tried snatching the book away from my hand; I fought back.
Fighting with him was when my eyes fell on her. Parth's girlfriend. She was walking from my front.
"She is really beautiful" I thought. Damn! What am I thinking!
Oh crap, she noticed I'm staring. I looked away. "Oh man, now she's gonna think I'm the creepy guy that stares at her" I thought.
I looked back at her, only to make sure that she wasn't looking at me. Good! She was looking ahead, again. Boy, this is embarrassing! And then, I looked away, again. She had turned and looked at me.
"Okay, no more looking at her" I order myself, in my mind.
I tried bargaining with myself. "Leave this, bro. You've always been hurt in this "love" field. No more of this crap. And, anyway, she's Parth's girlfriend"
I opened my book, again.
---x---Author's Note : Hey Guys! This Is Kriti !! Using my 1000th post for LikeKnifes, Happily, As this is very close to my heart !!
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Edited by BeLi3Ve - 11 years ago
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