Unexpected Valentine
It was a bright and windy day the shone in all its glory as the trees gently swayed in the wind. It was the beginning of the semester for Aarti she was in grade 11. Aarti didn't want to go back to school but she knew she had to go if she stayed home her stepmother would have made life a living hell. Aarti was in her room, getting ready for school just then she found a black fitted Levis skinnies and a fitted white shirt and her black and white converse she quickly wore them and then went to the mirror and started applying foundation and kajol, just then her stepmother, Priyanka came and started quarrelling
Priyanka: "Aarti! Why is it every time you are getting dressed for college you have to apply so much make? Applying so much make-up isn't going to help you look pretty, for that you need plastic surgery!!!" and she started laughing.
Aarti didn't say anything she just quietly wore her big silver hoop earrings and shabbily tied her hair up in a messy bun. As she was about to walk away, Priyanka held Aarti's shoulder.
Priyanka: "this evening I am taking Prithi with me after you return from lessons I want you to come straight home and finish all of the chores, is that understood?"
Aarti's temper was rising.
Aarti S.T.: "Oh god this annoying woman! why does she always has to take her dunce daughter out with her and leave me to do all the chores and when her daughter fails her exams she blames me and says its my fault for not helping Prithi in her studies!!! Urghhh!!"
Aarti turned around and smiled
Aarti:"ok mummy, anything else?"
Priyanka slapped Aarti
Priyanka: "Are you trying to be smart or something? How dare you answer me like that?!"
Aarti: Aarti had enough, she turned to Priyanka and said " I was just trying to be nice you know I don't tell you anything, because I know my father loves you a lot, if I want I could go tell him right now how you behave with me but I won't because I know he would slap you and throw out of the house and keep Prithi and I with him, but he would be lonely all his life and refuse to re marry, and I don't want that for my father so I'm bearing with your nonsensical behavior just for my dad's sake. I don't like you and I know you don't like me so when we are not around dad, have nothing to do with me and I too will have nothing to do with you!! Ok? Anyway I'm going now, I'm getting late now, bye!!"
Aarti stormed off leaving a fuming Priyanka.
Aarti sat in the backseat of the car, she badly wanted to cry because she felt like she wasn't able to put up with her stepmother's foolishness anymore she just took out her I pod and shoved the earphones in her ears and started listening to Evanescence songs her songs always seemed to calm her down. Suddenly the driver stopped and Aarti saw that she had reach to school Aarti grabbed her bag and stepped out of the car, she saw her major crush Yash Scindia. Aarti immediately bent her head and walked away trying to not let him see her; she had already embarrassed herself in front of him so many times she chuckled to her self as she remembered how she once rolled down the stop while he was at the top of the stairs and she blushed as she remembered how he had ran down the stairs to pick her up making sure she was ok while his other friends just laughed at her, but Aarti was too embarrassed too answer so she just got up and walked away without saying anything. Aarti just shook her head trying to get out the embarrassing thoughts and walked to the cafeteria and sat next to her friend Sanjana started talking to each other about their weekend.
Little did Aarti know there was someone looking at her from the table across her. Yup u guessed it right, it was Yash, Yash had liked Aarti ever since she had fallen down that step, but Aarti was always a crazy girl and he went into flashback mode as he remembered Aarti chasing his best friend Jameel all around the school because he loosed her hair and took her hair tie. Aarti was running so fast that she had brushed Yash's face, and Yash went crazy for her hair ever since that day. He then remembered how Aarti was continuously sobbing cuz she got low marks on her Math test. Yash wanted to go hug her but was scared of what other people would've thought so he just went for a walk with his "posse". Jameel just then punched Yash in his arm
"dude are u busy dreaming about Aarti again?"
"What? Who me? No, why do u ask?"
Jameel shakes his head in amusement and lets out a chuckle
"can't fool me dude I'm your best friend and I don't understand why u can't ask her out, and Valentines is like right there and we have a program for all the valentines in the hall y don't u ask her to accompany you"
"Jameel are you crazy y would Aarti want someone like me to be her boyfriend I'm so dull and boring compared to her, and she is always so cheerful and crazy and she easily gells with anyone, she's always able to make people laugh unlike me who barely even say two words to people unless they force me to talk"
"Yash u are hopeless"
Aarti sat their talking and laughing with Sanjana just as she looked across from her table she saw Yash and immediately got lost seeing him talking to Jameel. Talking about what? She didn't know but all she knew was that she could've just stood there and stared at him for hours.
Just then Sanjana waved her hands infront of Aarti's face
"Aarti, what is up up with u man? U always keep staring at Yash why don't u go speak to him?"
"No!! What if I go talk to Yash and I don't know what to say he barely talks and I'm always so nervous around him, I can't do this and don't u see how he always looks serious what if I go talk to him and I say something stupid and he and his friends laugh at me, no way I'd die"
"Stop being such a baby Aarti, go talk to him I'll come with you for moral support and if u say anything stupid we'll tap all of them, deal"
"I don't know I'm still scared?"
"C'mon let's go nothing will happen"
"Fine I'll go but if I say anything dumb and they laugh at me don't bother talking to me"
"That's more like it, now we just have to wait for the perfect time"
Meanwhile Yash too was busy defending himself
"look I'm not gonna speak to her or ask to be my valentine, she and her friends may laugh at me."
"No they won't, I'll come with besides there's only Sanju sitting with her and Sanju is my buddy she would never laugh at u if I'm with you"
"But I'm still scared"
"Yash u are a real pu**, ok get this let's flip a coin, heads u'll talk to her, tails sit here like a dummy while some other dude asks her to be his valentine"
Yash fumed at the thought of some other guy asking Aarti to be his valentine. Jameel took out a coin and flipped, unfortunately for Yash it landed on heads. Jameel smirked at Yash, while Yash flashed his middle finger at him.
"woah that was uncalled for, but anyway get ur butt up let's go talk to Aarti"
Aarti and Sanjana too was getting up to talk to Yash, Aarti became panic stricken when she saw Yash walking her way
Aarti s.t " oh god, oh god , oh god"
"Aarti calm down beta he doesn't have a knife on him he won't kill you"
"shut up"
"But I am just saying"
Aarti gave Sanjana a cold stare that had shut her up at once
Aarti and Yash met halfway
"H-h-I Yash"
"Hi A-a-rti"
"How r u?"
"I'm fine What about you"
"I'm good"
"oooh tht's good"
"yup"
there was awkward silence between both of them, when Jameel whispered in Yash's ear
"remember our bet"
Yash angrily whispered back "yes I remember"
Aarti was bewildered when she suddenly saw Yash knelt to the ground
"Aarti Sharma, Will you be my valentine'
Aarti blushed and looked down
"Yes"
Yash got up and they both hugged this really turned out to be an unexpected Valentine afterall.
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