Childhood Sweethearts - Part 6 on Page 13 - Page 6

The next day, Naina went to school along with Preeti. Chachaji accompanied them to complete Naina's admission. Unfortunately, Naina was placed in a different section. Following the peon, she entered the class hesitantly. She was asked to introduce herself by her the teacher but she just muttered her name and that she was from Surat without looking up and went and sat in the bench which was completely empty.

Thankfully, Naina could understand and follow the math being taught. This was followed by Hindi and the teacher, Kumud madam looked very strict. She again had to introduce herself to the madam and was instructed to pay proper attention to the class.

When it was time for break, Naina took out her snacks box and opened it to find apple in it. This immediately brought tears to her eyes. She never liked apple but her Granny used to always pack it for her since its good for health. Her Arjun Bhaiya used to come to her class every day to make sure she ate the apples and he used to always get her something also, either a cream biscuit or a piece of chocolate which he used to get from his friends. He used to always share everything with her and all this made her miss him that much more and made her feel lonelier here.

So, for the first time willingly, she slowly took the apple and took a bite and then heard a voice, "Moti.

From morning, Sameer was waiting impatiently near the class door. His friends, Munna and Pandit kept asking why he was standing near the door but he couldn't explain about Moti to them. Finally, she entered during the first class and again he kept waiting for her to look at him. But she didn't even look up, she kept shivering and looked completely scared. Sameer couldn't wait for break so that he could talk to her.

Finally, it was break and he waited until the other students left the class. He figured Naina wouldn't go out alone. He slowly walked up to her, she looked lost and sad. Seeing that, he immediately called out "Moti.

Naina looked up and saw the boy from yesterday standing in front of her with two others behind him. Sameer started talking to her, "Arre, Moti , are you planning to eat it all by yourself ? Naina got irritated when he repeatedly called her Moti and furiously replied back, " I am not Moti, my name is Naina, Naina Agarwal

Sameer grinned happily when he realized she didn't look sad anymore and said, "I am Sameer and wanting to imitate her, he repeated, " Sameer Maheshwari and these are my friends Munna and Pandit, now tell me are you going to eat the apple by yourself ?

Naina smiled at Mundit and answered, "I don't like apple, and you can take it. Mundit happily jumped to get the food. But Sameer was wondering what she will eat. Pandit said, "Yaar, even mummy packed biscuits " and he ran to get it and came back and offered it to Naina, " Here, Naina, you aren't eating the apple so eat this. This reminded Naina again of Arjun but this time she realized she wasn't alone and happily accepted the biscuit.

The bell rang. Sameer didn't want to leave Naina alone so he decided to move to the desk opposite hers and Mundit followed him.

During lunch, Sameer and Mundit again decided to wait for Naina but before they could get to her desk, someone else rushed to Naina. "Naina, I am sorry, I left you alone during break. I had to do maths homework and I completely forgot so I was doing it during break Preeti rushed out while holding her ears in apology. "Preeti, it's ok and anyway I wasn't completely alone and she hesitantly pointed out to Sameer and Mundit.

Preeti stared at the three of them in shock.