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Aarohi's POV:

The next morning I woke up to the sound of my alarm clock. I looked at my mobile phone and realised that its Thursday, the day of our announcement and I should not be late because the principal doesn't tolerate late students and will make me stand out of the hall. He is kind of strict man but also very helpful. I went out of bed and took a relaxing shower, dried my hair and started to get ready. I changed into a white jeans and peach top, tied my hair in a high ponytail and I was done. I was never a fan of doing makeup, so it doesn't take much time for me to get ready.

I went downstairs and greeted my mom and dad. Kiran was nowhere to be seen, so I believed that she must have left already. Always a punctual girl. Mom served me my breakfast and as always, I started eating it hurriedly. There might be traffic on the way and for that reason, I definitely don't want to miss the announcement.

After finishing my breakfast I made my way towards the college. I was very much thankful to God that there was no traffic today. Which meant I was free to drive properly and reach on time.

On the way, I saw one of my classmate's sister, Tanvi. She is our senior. I never talked with her, just some hi, hello stuff but for now, she was looking very tensed So for the sake of humanity, I went near her to see what the matter was.

“Hi Di, Is everything okay?” I asked her.

“Hey, and please don't call me Di,” she said making me giggle. She then showed me her punctured tire. Oh, so this tire is the reason why she was worried.

I was about to offer for help however she herself asked me about it.

“May I please come with you? You know its announcement day and I don't want to be late.”

“Of course, I was going to say the same,” I said. She smiled and then together we made our way, towards our college.

On the way, she kept on asking me about her brother and his girlfriend. Only I know how hard it was for me to avoid her questions because I hate lying and with her every question, I was forced to lie again and again because her brother already told me not to disclose any of his great secrets.

“Can I ask you something personal?” She asked. The question scared me however I signalled her to proceed. What would she ask?

“What happened between you and Aaryan yesterday?” She asked. My eyes widened because of the shock and mind became numb. How does she know about it? And What am I going to answer her now? The mention of his name brought back yesterday's incident in my mind and I started blushing again however I somehow managed controlled it.

“Nothing much, why so?” I asked her, keeping straight face.

“Really? Nothing happened? I mean his all friends were teasing him by your name.” She said with a evident smirk. His friends teasing him with my name? Wow. What must be his reaction then? Suddenly I was so excited to know what did he reply to his friends but my bad luck, no one was going to tell me about it.

“Nothing happened. We just bumped at each other and....” She didn't let me continue as she spoke further.

“And had an eye lock right?” She asked with a teasing smile.

I know I was blushing again. Stop it Aarohi! Why only mention of his name makes me so weak?

“No, nothing like that,” I replied. She just smiled in return. I was very thankful to her for ending that conversation there only. On the way she kept me telling about her boyfriend and their dates. It was quite interesting to hear as they were literally a perfect couple. Tanvi is living a life which I always dreamt of living with Aaryan.

We talked so much that I didn't realize how fast the time went. We were in the college already. I saw my friends and waved at them, signalling them to wait for me and just when I was going to stop the scooty, Tanvi asked me to drop her near their parking area. It was the parking area for seniors. My heartbeat instantly raised. I looked in the mirror to make sure was I looking fine because going there its obvious that Aaryan will be there too. I became so excited to see him and drove there.

As expected he was sitting on his bike chatting with his friends. I was staring at him when he suddenly turned towards me and caught me staring at him. Damn! Why this has to happen now? I looked sideways and realised that everyone was looking at Aaryan with a teasing smile on their face. I said bye to Tanvi and went away as fast as I could.

Then it was time for the announcement, so we all gathered in the hall and were waiting for the principal. After five minutes the principal entered and started his speech about the discipline and other activities. It is something which he says every week so without thinking much I started to look around just to see what Aaryan was doing. As my eyes went all around the hall I saw Aaryan and his friends standing at the other end of the hall laughing, probably making fun of principal. I was so embarrassed by the parking incident that I didn't had much courage to look at him again because I was not interested to get caught by him again. I just looked away and tried to concentrate on the announcement.

Earlier when the principal was going on saying something no one was interested in it. However, the moment he started with the next topic, it didn't fail to catch everyone's attention. I saw everyone exchange glances with each other. My condition was not any different. I was confused and wondered what he said was true or not? Whether I heard it right or not? And if I heard it right, how is it even possible to implement it in real life?

All were busy staring at each other when the principal grabbed our attention and continued again,

“Yes, you heard me right. We are getting frequent complaints from teachers as well as some students, that Juniors and seniors have not interacted much and there are some juniors who are being bullied by seniors which is not good for our college's reputation. Being the principal, I can't let anything happen to this reputation and for that, I'm willing to do anything. We want to stop this, and so we have come at solution.”

I looked at Apeksha and then back at the principal. I don't think what he said was true. I mean I have never seen juniors getting bullied. To talk about interaction, then both seniors and juniors have very well interacted. There are also some of them who are best friends. Then why do people complain about such stupid things? However, if the principal has said it, then it must be true. I felt sad for the students who got bullied. It's very bad, it can lead people to depression. Why can't some disgusting people let everyone live the way they want? Ugh… Anyway. But why would they end up at this solution?

“From tomorrow onwards your one or two lectures will be together and don't think how will it be academically connected, we have thought about everything, and then we have come at this decision.”

“We will conduct personality development lectures and some extracurricular activities. We will also make some groups and will do certain projects so that you will get to know each other better, So be ready for that as well.” Principal said and paused for a few seconds, obviously observing the reaction of us, students!

“Well, that's it. The list of groups and lectures will be displayed tomorrow on notice board. Any queries?” He asked.

“No.” All students replied in unison.

“Ok, All the best,” he said and with that, he left the announcement hall. Whereas every one of us began to discuss about what he just announced.

I looked around and saw people who were very happy with the announcement and also some faces were about to cry. On the other hand, I was pretty normal with this decision as I don't have any problem being with seniors because I have so many friends there. Apeksha and Riya were talking about the same. Something came over me and my eyes began to search for Aaryan. I glanced at the place where he was standing during the announcement however now he was not there, so I began to look all over the hall and finally saw him standing in the centre with his some other friends. I became happy instantly and obviously I was smiling but then he turned around at the same time and caught me staring at him yet again. Hell! Why this always happens to me? Why? I averted my gaze from him, feeling so embarrassed.

Soon, I left the hall as I was not interested to embarrass myself again. I took Apeksha and Riya with me and together we went to attend our lectures. I was happily talking about everything they discussed until Apeksha poked my hand out of nowhere.

“You must be very happy with principals decision, right?” She asked annoyingly and I got confused about what she just said. Why would I be happy? I gave her a confused look.

“Idiot, we are having combine lectures with seniors that means Aaryan will be there too.” She said and within no seconds my cheeks went on fire. OMG, why didn't I noticed this?

Mixed emotions were running inside me.

I was happy and excited with the idea of  seeing him daily, attending a lecture which was something very new for me. On the other hand, I was scared because I knew I will end up doing something stupid again.

“Please God don't let that stupid boy come into our class or group please please please.” Said Riya.

“I hate you,” I said and punched her arm lightly.

Well, I have to wait till tomorrow to see the list. Very long time!

Soon the lectures were finished, and it was time for us to go home. I took my mobile phone to check for messages. The very first text was from Rahul.

'Answer please.' his text said. I still haven't decided what to reply him, So I ignored his message. I know it sounds rude, but I can't help. I'm confused.

I came out of the college and was chatting with my friends happily but I guess my happiness never lasts long. I saw Aaryan and a new girl sitting on his bike. He drove as if he was in hurry, within seconds he was out of sight. I don't know what is wrong with this guy, why he always wants to hang out with new girls? I wonder if he ever will be loyal to any girl in his whole life?

I turned my attention away from him from and his thoughts. I wished to have him in my class but now I was thinking the other way. If he stays around me, flirting with other girls I will lose my sanity. I said bye to everyone and left from there. Rest of the day passed so quickly. I have a habit of praying before going to bed and today my prayer was not to let Aaryan in my class.

Oh, look what, the girl who dies to see Aaryan is praying for not seeing him!

Shut up conscience!!!!

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