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Aarohi's POV:

The next day I went to college a little earlier as today the lists were going to be displayed and my friends were so desperate to see the class they got. I was pretty normal about it as I don't have any problem with the seniors, I just want my best friends with me, that's all. And Aaryan? No, I don't want him in my class.

Though I showed like I don't care about it, I was secretly excited to see the class he got. What if we are in the same class? I kept aside my thoughts and went to see the list displayed on the notice board. As I went there I saw everyone dying to see that list. What the hell! There was a lot of rush and so me and my friends waited for some time hoping that the rush will get clear soon but no, it didn't. Instead, more students came in the line. The level of patience. I waited, waited and waited and then finally the rush got a little cleared. Apeksha went and took the pictures of the list. When she came back I snatched her phone and started seeing the list. She glared at me but didn't say anything.

“Yay, we are in the same class,” I said giving her a high-five. We then looked further and realised that Riya was not with us. She pouted looking at us.

“I will miss you,” I said, but she didn't reply for few seconds and then spoke again.

“Stop acting like you are sad when you are the happiest here. I saw the list as well and I know everything.” She said and a smile crossed my lips. She was indeed talking about Aaryan. He was in my class as well and it was the first thing I saw in the list.

“Oh no. I'm definitely not sitting with you for those two lectures.” Apeksha stated. Riya laughed while I just glared at her.

“No, I won't let you go,” I said grabbing her hand.

“Then promise me, you won't say anything about him to me.” She demanded but as I knew it was not possible, I didn't reply her anything.

“Oh god. Please help me today.” She said dramatically causing me to laugh again. After that, I said bye to Riya, and then we went to our respective classes. We went and sat on the second last bench as other seats were mostly filled. Everyone looked so happy and all were busy chatting with each other.

I waited for Aaryan to come, but he was not here yet. Will he attend the lectures? I guess no. After some time the teacher came as well and I became sure that Aaryan is not attending today's lecture.

“Thank god,” Apeksha murmured.

“Shut up,” I said while glared at her.

“Wasn't it just yesterday where you said that you want to forget him?” She asked in taunt.

“I am trying,” I replied causing an another glare from her.

“Now keep quiet. I'm already sad.” I said, but she just shook her head and started looking sideways. The teacher came in the centre and was about to say something but was stopped by some students standing in the door.

“May I come in, ma'am.” The voice said, and I was not able to control my happiness. He is here, he is really here! Yes yes yes!

“Hell no,” Apeksha murmured again.

“Come in.” The teacher replied. All seats were occupied except for the seat behind us. Aaryan and his friends had no option other than sitting there. As I saw him coming towards my direction I started blushing already.

“You better don't act stupid,” Apeksha warned and I got back to my senses. Yes yes, I'm trying to forget him. His presence should not affect me at all. He is a bad boy and I want to forget him. I tried to keep a straight face and concentrated on the teacher.

Aaryan and his friends sat behind my bench and the teacher started teaching and as always the nerds started paying attention and the rest of students were busy doing their things. It was a personal development lecture. I felt like I was back in school, only a bit updated version of studies. The teacher was giving us tips on how to attend an interview and tackle the questions asked.

“Excuse me? What is she teaching?” asked a very masculine voice.

It was hard for me to turn around without blushing but somehow I tried to control my posture as I already knew the voice didn't belong to Aaryan. I turned around and saw all three of them looking at me. Wow.

Kunal smiled at me as I smiled back.

“What's the topic?” he asked.

“How to tackle an interview,” I replied. Then I got the reason why were they tossing a coin a few minutes ago, just to decide who will ask this question. BOYS!

I was already in another planet when I received a kick on my leg.

“Ouch!” I exclaimed and glared at Apeksha.

“Stop blushing.” she mouthed.

Teacher called me to take the attendance. She told me to write the name of every student, the job which I hate the most. I mean who loves to go to every bench just to write their name? I was writing the names when my eyes shifted to our bench.

Oh, please, not your bench, the bench behind you. Shut up conscience!

I saw Vivek talking with Apeksha. Aaryan and Kunal were busy on their phones. As I was looking at him he caught me again staring at him and immediately I turned around. DAMN! why this has to happen every time? What must he be thinking of me?

I finished writing the names of all students and now it was time for Aaryan's bench. I wrote the name of Vivek and Kunal. Finally, Aaryan's name. As I started writing his name my hands began to shake. What is wrong with me? Even he saw my shaking hand. He glanced at me as if his eyes were asking me something. Feeling embarrassed I just took the book in my hand and started writing again, this time I was able to write his name without any disturbance. I went and gave the book to teacher and sat back in my place.

After some time I heard them teasing someone, I mean one of them. I was not sure to whom they were teasing until I heard Vivek saying.

“Man do you remember the scene in that movie, where a boy and girl bumped at each other and had an eye lock.”

Are they teasing Aaryan? Do they still remember that incident?

“Yeah yeah. How will I even forget about that?” said Kunal. By the time I was sure they were teasing Aaryan. Here I was the verge of crying and on the other hand, Apeksha was smiling continuously. I mean how can she do it? This was the point that I was regretting why Aaryan sat behind me.

“Shut Up both of you.” said a very masculine yet sensual voice. The voice which gives me tingling sensation. Yeah yeah, it's Aaryan's voice after all.

How am I going to survive for the rest of the lecture?

My heart was beating so fast that it felt like it was going to explode anytime. I was just waiting for the lecture to end so that I will run from here. The time was passing so slowly, each second felt like a minute. I looked at my watch and saw there were five more minutes for the lecture to end. I took out my phone to see if there were any messages but before I could do that the teacher announced the end of the lecture. Oh, Thank you, God.

I was the happiest hearing her announcement. Without waiting for a single second, I moved out of my bench, ready to leave. I was in so hurry that I didn't notice Kunal standing at my side and I bumped at him. Oh, no!

“I'm sorry.” We both said at the same time. I was unaware of the fact that he was holding my hand, when I turned around I felt a grip on my wrist and that's when I realised that he was holding my hand. I turned towards him and instantly he left it.

“Sorry again.”, he said.

“It's okay.” I smiled at him and left but as I was leaving I heard something unexpected which caught my attention.

“Sorry man, I touched your girl.” I was very well aware of the fact that it was Kunal's voice, and he was standing with Aaryan but I wasn't having any courage to look back, so I went out of the class. On the way, I kept thinking of the sentence I heard. Did he say that to Aaryan? Or I heard something wrong. I was so lost in my own thoughts.

“Hey, red tomato. How was the lecture?” Riya asked.

“Firstly don't call me that and secondly it was good but I missed you so much.”, I replied and saw her laugh.

“Really girl? You missed me? Even though Aaryan was sitting behind you, I wonder if you would have even noticed Apeksha sitting next to you.” Riya said still laughing.

I was confused how did she get to know about Aaryan. I just glared at her and then continued.

"Well, I really missed you, believe it or not and who told you about Aaryan?” I asked.

“Apeksha texted me.”, she said with a wink.

“Hi, are you guys talking about me?” Apeksha asked.

As soon as she reached near us I grabbed her hand and asked,

“What were you talking with Vivek?”

“Nothing.” She replied.

I just gave her a look and by now it was clear to her that she should tell me about their talk, or she is surely going to be dead.

“Okay I will tell you.” She said with a very serious expression and I signalled her to start.

“Vivek was asking me, Is Aarohi single? Because Aaryan is madly falling for her and you know…” She was going to say further but before that, I slapped her arm. They both started to laugh whereas I started to move away from them however Apeksha stopped me by holding my hand. She pulled my cheeks and then continued,

“You are very funny girl but seriously Vivek asked me, whether you are single or not”, She said firmly. Hearing that I remembered Kunal's sentence and once again I got lost in my own thoughts. Should I tell them about what Kunal said? Did I hear right? Why did Vivek asked about me? And so on.

We reached for our next class and got settled on our respective seats. I saw Rahul and so I went to sit beside him.

“Hi.” I greeted.

“Hey, you here?” he asked.

“Why? Can't I sit beside you?” I asked showing some anger. I love teasing him.

“No, I don't mean that but you usually don't sit here.” he replied.

“I changed my mind.” I smiled at him. I never thought of him as a boyfriend, but we are surely very good friends and will always be.

“So where are you taking me for lunch?” I asked him, and he gave me a look that clearly said, I have said something horrible.

“What?” I asked clearing his thoughts.

“Um! Nothing. It's just that you never said yes for lunch.” I just gave him 'did I?' Look for which he replied me by giving me “you did” look. We both smiled at each other.

“Okay then. I guess I should get punished and my punishment is, I will take you for lunch, done?” I asked and saw him smile.

“I have never seen a girl giving punishment to herself.”

I ignored his comment and asked again

“Is that a yes?”

“For what?” he said in a very sensual voice and I got the hint that he is definitely not talking about the lunch. He has already changed the topic.

“Rahul.” I just called his name.

“Chill, I'm joking.” he replied.

“Okay. See you tomorrow.” I replied him and went back to my seat. Now that I have agreed for lunch, I just hope that the topic remains till our friendship only. I get very confused when he shifts it to more than friendship.

I was busy checking my Instagram when a picture of Aaryan caught my eyes. The picture was uploaded by Kunal and it seemed, like they were on a small trip yesterday. The picture was taken on the middle of the road with three of them sitting on their bikes. I was very much happy that there was no girl with Aaryan at least not in the picture. Otherwise, I would have been so jealous. I completely hate seeing him with any girl.

When I was in 9th grade there was a friend of mine who dated Aaryan. I was so jealous of her that I always used to ignore her. Now I feel bad for what I did but still. There was also a friend of mine who once proposed him, well it was not her mistake as I never mentioned it to her that I like him. More than her, I was waiting for his answer and when he said no, I was the happiest.

Man, how selfish I was!

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