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May 20, 2019 | Rating : | Written by Rudra Sanjeev

The First Love Read Count : 197

Category : Stories

Sub Category : YoungAdult

It was as usual a routine morning that day in school..

Rishika .The most beautiful girl in our class. Who was also the topper of our class in academics and sports as well. She was The best example for beauty with brains. There was no one in the class who could not have crush on her, or to say there was no one in the entire school who could not have a crush on her, from seniors to juniors, not to mention the lecturers, who although having crush on her, couldn't have any chance upon her due to the strict school policy of parents children relation to be maintained between the teachers and students.

And contrary to the belief that every beautiful girl has to be faced with other jealous girls, the other girls in our school too were very fond of her due to her polite and respected nature. She was truly the dream girl of the whole school. I prefer to say the "Dream Queen" of our School.

I indeed was also severely crushed by her, but being an introvert , I couldn't talk to her even once. Though her parents and mine were closest friends and both our families frequently visited and often stayed at each others houses. My younger sister was her best friend and they always hanged out together. Thus I among others had the greatest boon to look at her longer than all other boys and so there was no chance anyone other than me who could have a greater crush on her .( which I keep saying myself to boast my confidence ). And I guess everyone was jealous of me ( also which I keep thinking of everyone though they don't or do ).

But most of the school students know me by my pen name "Nandu" ' who writes poems about his one true love ' and they were always in school magazines and notice boards. Most of them were for Rishika which she will never know.Only few of them knew it was Me who writes those poems , and that they were all for Rishika. One of them was my best friend Srithej, With whom I shared all of my secrets, and the only person in the whole school I would trust more than anyone.

And one of the others was our chemistry teacher SuryaNarayana. He was the best teacher the school had since ages. He was the eldest and most experienced among all teachers, and the principal himself was once a student of him. Which built into him the arrogance of superiority. Though he was most respectable one, He had a bad eye towards Rishika. As I said, he was one of those lecturers who had a crush on her. And as he knew It was me who keeps on publishing my feelings for Rishika as Nandu, he always keeps an eye on me to find a complaint against me and to ridicule me. And as I too knew that he was having bad intentions towards Rishika, I always wanted to be a bit more vigilant towards him. And hence we both built up a constant silent cold war as enemies between us.

And coming to this day. It was chemistry class in the morning by SuryaNarayana. And being his unexposed enemy I hated chemistry too just because of him, and so was being inattentive to the class and fell into trance looking at Rishika. Suddenly a chalk hit my cheek and a burst of laughters filled the class which brought me out of my trance to look at the source from where chalk was fallen. It was SuryaNarayana who caught me staring at Rishika and hit me.

" stand up on the bench " He ordered. I stood on bench .

" Tell me What was I teaching ?".

"umm.. chemistry..!! " I answered .

Again a burst of laughters spread but were abruptly stopped as soon as another chalk hit my forehead this time as I failed to block it with my arms.

"what were you imagining in your dreams staring at Rishika" he shouted. I remained silent.

"Are you going to eat her ? It is because of you boys that the girls are scared of roaming outdoors. So many victims of harrassment. You seem to be the example for the rogues roaming on streets. Don't you guys have any respect towards girls in your family too."

" Finally he got what he wanted " I thought, as he started scolding me continuously without a pause and also without a clear context."

"Your mother would work hard to see you achieve something. And you keep harrassing girls all over school. Your sister might take you as a role model. And you stay very low in your standards to set as a role." He continued.

" Excuse me Sir " responded a student from the next bench ,putting a pause to the scoldings and the severe criticism he has been throwing at me since the last 10 minutes. Everyone looked towards the voice from where it came. She was Rishika .

" I apologize to interrupt, but your abuses have exceeded the magnitude of his small mistake. He hasn't harrassed me ever. And I believe he would never commit such an act towards any girl or woman to say. You are being a bit overreacting towards the issue. You have no right to criticize a student based on being inattentive in a class. Please stop it and proceed with your class" she humbly requested

I was in a shock. This was not the first time anyone accused me . And being his unexposed enemy, it was either now or later I would however have to face this criticism from him. And I was prepared for it since long time.

But... Rishika standing out for me, that was never expected. I was indeed in a shock.

" And you Rishika " the Sir continued .

" you are supporting him . It's because of you girls such boys are getting out of hand and behaving such ill mannerly. You too stand up on the bench."

The whole class went numb. First time ever, has anyone dared to punish Rishika. She was always the best student and even a best leader. She always encouraged and stood neutral to every situation. And this day, she was being punished. was it her fault, or not was yet to be judged. But as far as everyone knew, Rishika being punished was the greatest news of all time, and soon the news spread throughout the school, while I was still in a shock. I would never dare to standup for anyone, or would I ever interfere between any small issues. I was just an introvert in my own world. With my own troubles and problems. But Rishika being punished because of me, was still a very big thing to handle for me. My anger towards SuryaNarayana grew much more. Our Cold war has started getting some heat now. I looked At Rishika, but she wasn't angry or sad. She looked happy, and she gave me a smile and signalled me to not worry.

" Oh God " I thought, " I'm so in Love with her. How could I afford to lose her. The best student in the school. The best member to be known to my family. The closest one to my sister. And most importantly the one who would do all that I could never do. She would fill all my emptiness ".

There stood SuryaNarayana still staring at us in great anger. Principal has come to the class knowing that Rishika was being punished. The peon of the school assisted him.

" What's the problem sir ?" the Principal enquired.

" these two students have shown disrespect and bad conduct in my class " SuryaNarayana answered .

" could I know in more detail please? I respect you Sir, but I believe Rishika more, Because I know about her better than anyone and I couldn't agree if she has disrespected someone even on some cause."

"So you suspect me that I have punished them without any cause? " asked SuryaNarayana raising his voice.

"no sir ,I am your student and I always respect you, but please explain me the problem ,I will try to sort it out." requested the Principal.

" Sir, it was not a big issue, it was just a small mistake and I would not mind getting punished " answered Rishika politely .

" stop being intelligent " shouted SuryaNarayana . " that boy has been acting indecently towards this girl and on questioning about it she disrespected me by supporting his indecent actions. Sorry to say but seems as if she too likes being treated indecently. "

And the School interval Bell Rings. Principal asked both of us to meet in his office. SuryaNarayana stares in anger. Every other student in the class is still confused. And soon Everyone dispersed for the interval.

Later in principal office...

" what was the problem Rishika ,please explain me everything " asked the principal.

" Sir, actually he is not very fond of chemistry subject, and he got inattentive towards the class. SuryaNarayana sir noticed him and punished him and kept scolding him. And the scoldings got out of proportions than he deserved. So I had to stand up for him and stop Sir from abusing him and demoralizing him further. I'm sorry "

"It's ok Rishika. I don't think there is any mistake of yours , you can go now."the Principal responded.

All this while, I was just staring at them speaking to each other. Thinking about how my small trance had brought about such a big news of the day in whole school. And we both apologized to the principal and came out.

" Thanks Rishika, and sorry for getting you in trouble ", I spoke for the first time to her.

Though I couldn't look at her at the moment, I uttered those words looking down towards the floor.

" don't worry , you were blamed more than you deserved ". She spoke sweetly holding on to my hand.

For the first time, my heart experienced a feeling of shivering which it never felt before.

And then arrived SuryaNarayana at the corridor. He noticed she holding on to my hand and commented " so this is the reason you keep supporting him. I suspected it before too and now I came to know it for sure. What is it in him that you like so much ? His acts are very indecent and you fell to his level by supporting him. You are a topper, and he barely gets qualified in chemistry. His bad impact may ruin your life."

" Sorry Sir , I know him very well, he could never have bad impact on anyone. I'm sorry to say this, but I think you are putting bad impact on to both of us and I would like to discontinue getting taught by you any further. And I am confident enough that you will soon be proved, what an impact he has put on me and what did I notice in him that you could not. Thank you. "

saying thus ,she held my hand even harder and pulling me she called " come Nandu ".

I was shocked " what ?!?! how did she knew my pen name ?, does it mean that she knows everything about the poems I wrote on her.. And wrote for her ?."

While I was still in my thoughts we have already reached our class . And she left towards her friends. And my friend Srithej came to me asking about what had happened at the principal office. I was still staring at Rishika who was walking away, I was still confused. Srithej was standing by me asking me something, and I couldn't hear anything as my mind was in a state of confusion and shock. But I took up the guts, ran towards her and finally spoke,

" Rishika "

she turned towards me. I tried to look into her eyes, I could hear my heart beating at double it's intensity and double it's rate.I could feel warmness filling all over my body and sweat drops beginning to form over my forehead.

But still I uttered gathering all my courage," I love you ".

She took a moment in silence. I rose my hands to wipe away the sweat formed all over my face.

She simply smiled and responded " I love you too ".

My whole body went numb this time. Not sure if I was in a dream or reality. The whole warmth suddenly got chilled down to my spine.

Srithej exclaimed in surprise and shock " woww !! , what did just happen ?"

I heavily tried to moved my numb body towards him, and took him away with me blushing and smiling.

This day wasn't routine after all, and the days which follow today won't be either.

Comments

great

May 20, 2019
Simply loved the whole plot and fell for Nandu!!

Nov 30, 2019