Hello, my lovely readers! Its really been a long time! 1 year? Really long! So how have you all been. I guess i changed a lot in this one year! You can see it in this episode.
I come bearing gifts! Well, technically, here i have surprises. But they still will excite you, right?
So surprise 1, i have changed from third person to first person writing. It will be from Anjanaa’s(Main Character) point of view.
Surprise 2, a new character introduced in this chapter. You will be really thankful to me for bringing this character, so Welcome!
Surprise 3, Read on to find out!
And a real big warm welcome to my new readers!!
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The next day when I reached school. I was shocked to see the school gate locked! I looked at my watch. And it was 7:20 am, which means the gates should be open. The school starts at 7:30 am. The gates open by 6:30. Soo… what might be the reason? I tried to remember back to yesterday. Ahhhh, it is a holiday, today! It is the Birthday of Principal today. “Dammit, my memory!” I silently cursed myself!
“Oh, Thank God” I heard someone say behind me. My reflexes worked real fast! I turned around, quickly, very quickly! My bottle in response slipped out of my bag, into the stranger’s foot. “Ow, that hurt bad. Ow!” he cried.
“I am so sorry!!” I said, as he turned his attention from his foot to me. I caught my breath when I realized that the boy who had just got his foot hurt by my bottle was handsome. His features were… Wow! I was about to say that word. But I suddenly realized that he was wearing the same uniform as me.
“Oh, its okay!” he said catching my attention from my thoughts. He smiled! Ohmy! That smile, it was the most beautiful smile I have ever seen!
Wait! Am I falling for this guy? No way, but maybe! Ughh, I don’t know! He wore spectacles that really suited his features. The spectacles captured his sharp nose. This guy was really handsome for his age and he looked mature too!
I dropped my gaze, feeling sub-conscious. I was not a bit of pretty of what he was. I was really nothing compared to him in looks
“Um, hi, I’m Chris. Chris George!” he extended his hand, as a formal gesture, introducing. I raised my hand to shake his but a dog came and interrupted us. The dog came running towards us. I was not afraid of dogs but this dog ran between us making me lose my balance. I was about to fall when his hand caught my hand, the one with which I was about to shake. Thank God he caught me. I steadied myself. Embarrassed I looked down.
“You didn’t introduce yourself!” he said in a quite urging tone which surprised me. But there was no time for all the feelings that I was having.
“Yeah! Anjanaa Rose!” I said, debating inside my head whether to extend my hand or not. But then I didn’t. Not a big deal!
“You should have seen your face when I caught you from falling” he said, laughing a little.
“Really?” I asked, a little sarcasm in my tone, which I regretted later. He nodded mouthing the word Really. I giggled. He was funny! He smiled, AGAIN. Causing me Goosebumps. Thank God, we had blazer as uniform or else I could have got caught!
“Anyway” Chris started, “ I am new to the school. I was absent last whole week. Today was supposed to be my first day but as you can see I was shocked to discover the gate locked. I came here at 7:15 am but then I saw no one. I went to the backside of school in order to see someone in the same uniform as me. But no, I didn’t. When I returned I saw you and to be honest, I was quite relieved. But that relief didn’t last long.” He explained, ending the last sentence with a little sarcasm. I knew what he meant by that. Embarrassed I looked down but then quickly looked back to him to reply.
“It’s the birthday of our school principal. And as usual, we got a holiday like we get every year!” I explained.
“Cool,” he said. “You get holidays for that? Guess I didn’t make a wrong choice coming to this school! But wait, if you knew that why are you here, in school uniform?”
Oh what a day to get embarrassed! “I forgot!” I replied simply. He chuckled. Obviously! “Um, I guess I should leave, then!” I said, turning around and walking away from him.
“Wait!”
“What?” I asked, turning around.
“Which grade are you in?” he asked.
“11th Science A-group” I said, giving the details except saying only 11th . To avoid the questions like: which stream? Which group?
“Oh my God!” he gasped in surprise.
“What?” I asked, curiously.
“We will be in the same class!” he said, excitement in his tone.
What?? I thought, not knowing what to feel, after hearing that. Chris and I are in the same CLASS!
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So guys, it was quite long, right? The new character’s name is inspired from a novel’s main character which i completed recently on Wattpad
I have the next chapter written, so it will be published soon!
Love,
Ameesha