PROLOGUE
It was a beautiful day. Scorching hot nonetheless. First day of Junior Secondary School. Excited, some a little nervous' the students entered through the handsome gates of 'The Scotts International School' . The excited ones were obviously the old students, excited to meet their friends after the one month-long gap after those torturous exams and the nervous ones were the new admissions. They felt out-of-place and sort of apprehensive.
This story starts from their first day of sixth standard. Arnav had been studying at Scotts' since he was just six. School was literally his second home. A strikingly popular kid , devilishly good-looking. But equivalently shy.He was seventeen then and Khushi , sixteen. Khushi on the other hand was one of the new admissions. She exemplified simplicity, blessed with a beautiful face and a petite body, she stood out among the crowd, but also one of the most modest people one would have the pleasure of knowing. She had come from Lucknow because of her father's sudden placement in Delhi. She and her family were staying with her aunt, fondly known as 'bua' . They were staying in the Govt. quarters at Ashok Enclave of South Delhi.The Gupta family was part of the common-man society. Arnav was born and brought up in Delhi. They stayed in the posh colonies of Mayfair Gardens of South Delhi. His family consisted of mostly businessmen.They were both poles apart.One brought up with the truth that hard-work will bring you happiness and the other had always led a life full of comfort and luxury.
They both were in the same class, Khushi made friends easily. But somehow never really conversed with Arnav much. Same went for Arnav. He had his circle of friends mostly kept to his circle boys.The whole semester went by smoothly. Khushi had found a good friend in a girl named Lavanya. They had become really close.
The next year, the same month, a new class XIth, but never in these two whole years did either notice each other's presence. Khushi had become good friends with Aakash, who sat behind her in class. Arnav became friends with Lavanya eventually. 2006 also came with many confessions, like Aakash told Khushi of his little crush on Payal, of which Khushi vowed to keep a secret until Aakash wanted to tell Payal himself.That year also brought into play Arnav's fetish for soccer and Khushi's penchant for art..
And the eventful summer of 2007 began'..
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