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Chapter 7

  • Damini's POV
  • Flashback
  • Every day he was dropping hints for me to pick them up. But I was as stubborn as him The whole school had an idea about his interest in me, But I never reacted.
  • One day, one of the girls came to me and asked, " Damini, if you get to know that someone is interested in you and wants you to be his girlfriend. What would you say?? "
  • " Why are you asking??
  • " Just like that, tell me what would you say??? "
  • " I don't need to say anything."
  • " But why?? What is the problem?? "
  • " Relax!! There is no problem. Why are you being so adamant in asking this? As it is, No one is interested in me. " I said with s smile.
  • " What ?? Are you blind ?? Deaf or Dumb ?? The whole school knows that someone is absolutely crazy about you. Are you insane or just trying to act smart?? I must say, he is crazy about you... He is dropping hints almost 8- 10 times a day... Are you trying his patience ?? "
  • " Well, the first thing is that I am not aware of any such thing. I come to school to study and I am doing it. I don't know who is interested in me, I don't even want to know that. So, please let's leave the topic here. "
  • " You know what?? You are being very harsh on him. He is fighting all the other guys to keep them away from you. He even fought with a senior, yesterday during recess. That senior was apparently sending a note to you to come and meet him. But the person that senior chose to deliver the message to you gave that note to him and they fought. "
  • " What?? I don't know what is going on and I am not interested. But how do you know all this? " I was shocked to hear that he was fighting over me.
  • " I just know... We have a common friend. " that girl said
  • " Then tell that friend of yours to tell my admirer to stay away from me as I am not interested in him or anyone. And that I can take care of myself. Please tell him to not fight for me." I said and walked away.
  • Just then the bell rang and it was recess time in the school and Anshu and I were strolling on the pathway alongside the building in the school we both were talking and were totally oblivious of our surroundings.
  • Anshu asked me, " How do you feel about him, staring at you all the time?"
  • " Of course I don't like it. "
  • " Are you sure?? He is the most handsome boy in the school. All the guys in that group are extremely good looking but... the twins are the best. Don't you enjoy his attention ?? " Anshu asked.
  • " No, I don't... "
  • " Don't lie Damini... " She was looking at me with her big eyes.
  • " I am not lying. "
  • " I feel that your heart beats faster when he looks at you. "
  • " Noooooo... "
  • " Yesss "
  • " Don't irritate me, Anshu... there is no such thing. "
  • " I have seen you blushing whenever I tease you or when his friends openly tease him about you or when he says something in class which is actually directed to you. "
  • " Oh, please... I just want to slap him tight. " I said to her.
  • " Ha ha ha... Don't tell me that. He is so cute. I think you would faint if he comes and propose you. "
  • " Cute my foot. I have seen so many like him. 10 such guys have been following me since I was a child." I was speaking with full action and my hand seemed to poke into someone's eyes.
  • We turned to see that, Yash, I mean the head boy, was holding his eye as it seemed my finger hit his eye.
  • " OUTCH... What the hell??? " he was shouting.
  • " Oh shit!! Sorry. I am so sorry. " I was really sorry and embarrassed.
  • " I hope, I am not going to lose my eye. You stupid girl. " He must have been in pain, he was really angry.
  • " I am very sorry, bhaiya..." I said and all of a sudden I heard a few voices who repeated the word bhaiya and laughed. Where were those sounds coming from?
  • " What nonsense?? I am not bhaiya." Yash got annoyed.
  • " Of course, you are. You are my senior, so bhaiya. " Again there were voices who whistled and repeated the word bhaiya.
  • " Shut up !! I am not anyone's bhiya. Can't you see, properly while walking??" He was irritated now.
  • " Of course, I was looking while walking but just like normal human beings, I have eyes on the front side of my face. I can't look back while walking ahead. "
  • " Don't you try to act smart. Why were you moving your arms like that?? Who does that?? " he was irritated and furious now.
  • " Why were you walking so close to us? Who does that?? Do you think that was proper? Do you want me to talk to the principal about it? Anyway, I do not want to create an issue. But in future just stay away from me, bhaiya."
  • There was another round of laughter. This time I looked in the direction it was coming from and saw Sagar and his group on the first floor. They were enjoying the show. Sagar was looking at me amusingly.
  • I didn't know what was happening to me, I was upset with him that he was irritating me and yet, was happy at the same time, he was cute.
  • He was trying every trick to impress me and I was confused about him. He was extremely handsome and cute. There was no doubt about it but I could not let myself fall for his charm.
  • I had my reasons for that. I was feeling very bad that he was being so nice to me and I was behaving like a snob. But It was a lesson which I had learnt over the period of time.
  • I had to maintain my distance, I didn't trust boys... My best friend in my last school had suffered a lot. She was very pretty and almost half of the school was crazy about her. And almost each of those guys were hell-bent to make her his girlfriend. She was sweet, naive and gullible.
  • She could not resist the charm of a certain guy and fell for him. Later on, we came to know that the guy had a bet with his friends that he would make her his girlfriend... And when she confessed that she likes him too, he laughed and made a scene saying that he can make anyone fall for him. She was just a challenge for him.
  • My friend went into depression and could not come out of it. Then slowly I tried to drag her back to normal. But till date, she doesn't talk to guys. My other good friend, Sagar from Bombay was genuinely in love with her... But she could not dare to dream about feeling anything for anyone.
  • Another reason was that my family was very traditional. I knew there was no point of me falling in love with anyone as I knew my parents would not approve of it, they were scared for me.
  • Third and the last reason was that I never believed in casual relationships. I didn't want to have a boyfriend and then get married to another man.
  • Though this guy Sagar was invading my thoughts and dreams, I had to keep my heart in control. I tried to do everything in my power not to fall for him, while he did practically everything to make me fall.