"miss ray ...may i know are u late 2 class?"
"uhhh..maam..i was...umm..ya...doin a brain transplant fer timbo i mean tia...poor kid...bachpan se hi no brain na..so maine socha punya ka kaam kardu"
"thts quite enuff anvesha....nd u yuvi..y r u late 2 class?"
"maam..i was assistant surgeon..wacko ke hi brains nahi hai...so i thot how will she do a surgery?"he grinned at ashi...
ashi elbowed him in d stomach...
"anvesha...sit in the 3rd bench beside tia...nd yuvi u sit rite here b4 me"
ashi made a choking face as she went 2 sit bside tia.....
the teacher turned 2 the board....
"so class..yest we were learning abt the second world war.."
"boo"ashi suddenly whispered
tia gave a piercing scream..
"miss ahuja..i understand dat the WW2 had sum horrifyin accounts..but please remember tht it was over nearly 50 yrs ago"
"u punk..how dare u scare tia like dat?"
"i was juss chkin if u gt ne new brains...doesnt seem so..."ashi grinned...
yuvi shook his head...this girl is nvr gonna change....did i say girl i meant tomboy...but mann....wateva she was..she was hot...sizzlingly so...
he was shook out of his reviere by a fast asleep sid whu had fallen on to his shoulder...
he spent teh rest of the period carving on the bench (R.I.P-in loving memeory of thos whu died waiting for the bell to ring)
finally ..the bell rang...
when ashi nd yuvi emerged out of the empty classroom 20 mins later....
his lips were smeared with lipstick the colour of the rising sun..fiery red with shades of orange...
ashi woke up with a start in the middle of the night
it was a minute b4 she realised she was nt alone....
she quickly thot of all the ppl whu it cud b...aliens...kidnappers...assasins....an army of spiders...
"yuvi....wat r u doing here at this time"she asked in surprise..
"ssshhh..kuch mat bolo sweety"he placed a gentle hand of her mouth...
they came out into the grounds heavy with the smell of fresh grass....
now his hand was on her eyes as he guided her forward...
"hey bhaggu..yuvi..abhi bata rahi hoon..main hide nd seek khelne ke mood main nahi hoon....or r u sum alien in the disguise of yuvi..jadi batao badmash alien..mera yuvi kahaan hai?"
he rolled her eyes...
"ashi.....close ur mouth..nd open ur eyes...."
she opened them 2 find herself in the shed....xcept tht it took her a while 2 rcognise it...
it was filled with flowers...wild roses....the most perfectly beautiful full red roses....
a card read
"for the wildest beauty of them all"
she hugged him hard....touched....no one had done nethin so sweet for her before...
he hugged her bak..surprised at her reaction....he was used 2 doin all dis...but he had nvr recieved such a pleased reaction b4.. he hugged her close..as if sumhow sensing the fear nd uncertainity in her