chapter 5

I kept on planning for the whole night about what I would say to Nikhil, the next day. I completed my planning at 3 a.m. Now, I was very eagerly waiting for the sun to rise and implement my plan. The Next DayI came very early in the morning to class. I was very eagerly waiting for Nikhil to come. Today, I had planned to play the master stroke. I was praying to God, “Please send Nikhil before Vaishali. I don’t want Vaishali to see anything. Please, please, please.”Unfortunately, God didn’t listen to me. Vaishali first entered the class. “Oh no, I don't know why God never listens to me. No problem, today, I will implement my plan at any cost. I am not going to back down from what I decided.”Vaishali wished me as usual, “Good morning.” I just said good morning and ignored her. She was surprised to see my behaviour but she didn’t say anything. I said to myself within my mind, “I don’t want to hear any discouraging words from her. I will talk to her after I have implemented the plan.”Nikhil entered the class. My heart started throbbing. I was going to do what I had never done before. I encouraged myself within my mind, “Come on, Divya, come on. You can do it. If you fail to do it today, then you will never be able to do it. Be confident. Look confident. Boys like confident looking girls. Moreover, I am also a beautiful girl. He can never reject me.”Mustering all my courage, I walked up to him, showing myself very confident. I said clearly to him in a very confident voice, “Nikhil, I want to talk to you.” He was surprised to listen to my tone. He said, “Okay.”I said looking into his eyes, “Please come out of the class. I want to talk to you there.” He said politely, “We can talk here.” I made him clear, “Try to understand. I can’t talk here. You have to come out to hear me.”He was confused, “Okay.” Vaishali was overhearing all that. She thought, “What is she doing? It seems like something serious. Why is she pleading with him to go out of the class with her? I have to follow them sneakily.”I took Nikhil out of the class. Fear had started surfacing up, piercing all my filters. I looked at him. He had noticed my fear that I could see from his eyes. I started looking left and right to check if anybody was seeing us. He said in a bit of an irritated tone, “Why are you looking left and right? Why are you so scared? You are making me feel like a thief as if I am going to commit a crime.”I said hastily, “Sorry, sorry… Actually, the matter is very serious. It’s making me nervous.” Vaishali sneakily stood just behind the wall to overhear us. I added, “Actually, I…. I…”Nikhil - What I, I… Say clearly what you want to say. I started perspiring. I felt that my forehead had become sweaty. I took out my handkerchief and wiped my sweat, “I am sorry.”Nikhil - Please don’t say sorry again and again. Tell me what you want to say.I thought, scared, “I guess I am not stinking.”Nikhil - Where have you lost? Just tell me quickly otherwise, I am going. I said quickly, “I love you, Nikhil!”He felt very odd to hear that, “What!”Divya - I said I love you. Actually, I love you too much. I love you from the bottom of your heart. I can’t live without you. I can’t even breathe without you…He said, irritated but not angrily, “Just shut up.” He tried to walk towards the class, I caught his hand and said, “I am really very serious about you.” He looked back and said with an expressionless face, “But I am not serious about you.”My face lost colours, I made a desperate move, “You can’t reject me.” He said in a straight, “It’s not about rejecting or accepting. I come to school to study, not to make a girlfriend.”Divya - Nikhil, you can study as much as you want. I will not disturb you. Nikhil - No way. Divya - You can’t leave me like this. Nikhil - Please let me go. I don’t want to pull my hand and hurt you. I said hopelessly, “If you can’t love me seriously, then at least you can fake love with me. You can become my fake boyfriend. I don’t mind it.”He said angrily, “What rubbish are you talking about? Let me go!My heart broke. Tears pooled in my eyes. I released his hand. He quickly entered the class. Vaishali came out of the class and she said, folding her hands, “I have listened to everything.”  I didn’t say anything. I also entered the class without even looking at Vaishali. Thousands of thoughts started racing in my mind, “How dare Nikhil rejected me! How dare he rejected such a beautiful girl! What does he think of himself? Is he Hrithik Roshan? Is he Ranbir Kapoor? He is just a nerd! Huh!”“Unfortunately, Vaishali also heard everything. Now, she will mentally torture me for about three months. She has got a chance. Still, her time is going on. Period is going to start. I need to wipe my eyes and look normal. Otherwise, she will insult me more. I should show her, I am not hurt. His rejection is not a problem for me.”The first period ended, the second period ended, the third period ended, The interval time began. Vaishali and I were in the ground, walking together, in the interval time. I was astonished to see that she had not taunted me or tried to teased me even once. I didn’t know why but I asked her, “Vaishali, you don’t want to tease me today? You heard everything.” She caught my hand very lovingly and said, “Do you think I am that bad?” I nodded my head negatively, slowly. (It will be so nice of you, if you leave at least a single word comment and please don't forget to follow me and become my superfan. You will be able to read all the locked parts of all my series for free and you will also be able to chat with me and my superfans directly.)