“Oye
pimply”,”Oye clearsil ki ad”,shouted, a chorus of boys ,from the
second floor of a posh three-storey school,the Daisy international
school.
It was not
unusual for Seema .She was used to the constant bullying by boys from
her class,class 10 B .Just like any other day ,she pretended she didn't hear
them and she walked into her class, heads down and sat at the corner
of the backseat of her classroom.
When every kids
were looking forward to the lunch time or game period ,she was
looking forward to a new hiding place other than the library ,where she could just disappear
.
She had only one
friend ,Rosy ,who was very pretty and famous ,but not studious like Seema.Seema
was not the top most scorer of her class but certainly among girls .
That was one of the reason Rosy befriended her as Seema helped her to
complete her homeworks and Seema was glad ,she had at least someone
with whom she could spend some time ,for that matter.
Seema's parents,
Radika kataria and Hemant Kataria were quite famous lawyers of the city ,who were
pretty busy with their professional lives .They spent weekdays at
work more and weekends on spa,parties and meetings with VIPs' . Seema
often felt left out ,alone as she was the only child of her parents
and sometimes she felt she was a mistake ,a burden on their parents ,who would
have been very happy if she was not there in their life .
Seema was
convinced when her mother and her father didn't think twice before
aborting their second child-to-be . Seema was so longing for a
sibling ,a companion for life but she was hurt again,deeply hurt as
this was only what she wanted ,when her parents asked ,what she would
love to have as a gift for her 15th birthday.Instead, her
parents gave her a diamond necklace with a letter S inscribed on it.
For Seema,diamonds,gold, pearl ,anything that money could buy ,
never enticed her . She just wanted to love and be loved !
Though she was
pretty and could pamper herself to look more beautiful ,she was
careless ,for that matter .Neither anyone had time to look after her
nor she cared to do so herself.That was one of the topic of argument
with her parents most of the time.
Apparently,her
appearance gave people a wrong impression that she belonged to a poor
family. It was the matter of status in the well-off society after all
! Also the main reason she was often bullied at school ,her face
,full of signs of her raging hormones activating into puberty ; the
pimples and scars . She was so used to getting hurt,that she cared
less .
One day,Rosy
introduced Seema to Jay of class 10 A, who was one of the most
handsome guy and an all rounder in school.Just like any other girl
,Rosy had a big crush on him and she was trying her best to woo him
and make him fall in love with her.Like any other boy at school,Jay
didn't have crush on her or in love with her but then he simply admired
her to be a beauty with brain.
Seema didn't even
look properly at Jay ,said hi and bye and went back to the library
room.
Jay was surprised
and asked Rosy,”Well,is that your friend...she looks so...”
Rosy completes
the sentence ,”Weird ?” “She is actually a butt of jokes in our
class “ .
Jay intervenes
,”But why and how did she become your friend then?”
Rosy takes a
deep sigh and replies,” All those pimples and you know what she
doesn't even own a cell phone yet and her parents are like the top
lawyers of the town . I am the only friend she has .I feel
sympathy for the poor thing at times, because she would happily give her homework notebook
to anyone who would ask for ,to simply copy, and sometimes,she even completes mine in my notebook
itself.”
"She is very studious by the way ,but then she is so weird
that she is intentionally not studying well as her parents told her that if
she scores the highest mark in the school in the finals, she will be sent to abroad
for higher studies.Guess what,she wants to be an ordinary teacher at the near by slum area ,she says.How cheap and gross is that !! “
Jay
responds,”What ? That sounds unfair to me.Give her some space.You all
should support her."
"The way nobody
likes her,she also doesn't like or believe anybody other than ,yours
truly,ME . Ok ,gotta go...my class is gonna start soon .Bye handsome
. Laters!," waved Rosy with a wink.
Bye Rose,smirks
Jay with a blink.
The other
day,Seema didn't go to the school as she had stomach cramp and so stayed
back at home .
To her surprise,Rosy came in the evening to check on
her .
“You've to help
me Seema,please ,“said Rosy.
Seema asked
bluntly ,”Trignometry or Permutaion combination or
calculus ?"
Rosy replied ,”Calculus.”
“Tomorrow at
lunch time,I'll do it for sure.Not today,my head is gonna explode
,Rose,” whined Seema.
"No,Seema,please
do it now. You know,what today I've invited Jay to my home ,kind of
date ." emphasized Rosy.
Seema said,”Jay?
Who is that ? “
Rosy got irritated,replied,”You never pay attention girl,the hunk from class 10
A,I introduced you the other day ,now remember ?”
“Ummm..kinda...ohh
okk that guy ,the all rounder ! All the best for your date then? But
what does it have to do with me ?”,asked Seema in a confused
tone.
"One day while
talking to him,he was telling me how he was having a tough time
solving an equation in Maths. I remembered it was the same one that I
copied from your homework notebook. So,I showed him and he was quite
impressed .Actually,thanks to you,because of your solution,he started
showing interests in me more than his best friend Celine and Celine
is so heads over heels on him .So,I want to be the one who should win
his heart eventually. I can do anything for him Seema.So,please help..do it
for me !," said Rose.
“Alright,show
me”,said Seema.
Within an hour ,Seema solved the problem while Rosy was busy playing with her lips
,trying red ,purple ,plum lipstick to select the apt one for the evening.
“Here it is
Rose.” ,said Seema.
“Oh wow..thanks
girl !...gotta go fast...see you tomorrow at school..can't wait to tell
you tomorrow what happened tonight....bye See.. .”
Bye Rose.Enjoy
!!.
Rose heads to
her home.She rushes to her beautiful pink colored room She opens her blinky wardrobe and picks her new short flirty black dress with halter neck for the evening. While she was busy applying make
up,she heard someone knocking at the door,bell rang .Her maid,Jenny
opens the door .It was Jay,looking dapper, standing there with a bouquet of yellow
roses and pink lilies.
“Rosy baby,someone is here to see you.”,said Jenny ,in a high pitch.
“Ask him to sit
down,I'll be there soon.” ,replied Rosy.
Jay sat down on the beautiful soft sofa. As he was admiring every detail of the posh bungalow,the antique clock's pendulum strikes to 7 pm.
Rosy was still
not done with her make up.She changed her lips to red color and asked Jenny to call Jay to her room.
When Jay came to
her room .He found Rosy ,with a book and pen , as if she was busy
doing something.
Jay asked in a
confused tone,” Hey Rose,How are you ...what are you doing ?”
Rosy replied ,”Hey
handsome...aa..I totally forgot about the maths homework. This
calculus problem really got me ..am sorry Jay for being
late...but...you know what ..It was a tough cookie,I solved it...hope you'll understand”
Jay smilingly
said,”Oh no problem ,let me see. Wow,that is indeed one tough one
even I was trying to solve yesterday but I couldn't.Good job!!"
Now that I am
done,let's go out then..mm..how do I look Jay ?.
Jay with a smile
replied ,” As always ,simply awesome !!”.
Jay,where do you
wanna go ?
Jay replied with a grin,”
Ben and Jerry's “ .
"Are you
kidding me ? How about Lush cafe -it is so posh and you'll love it," said Rosy .
”Ok,sure ,thy order is my command ma'am,” said Jay teasingly.
They reached lush
cafe and indeed it was quite cozy yet posh.It was filled with kids and teens like them.
They order, Cold espresso ,donuts and pepperoni pizza and then sat on the chairs next to the window.
Rosy couldn't help herself staring into Jay's eyes.
Rosy couldn't help herself staring into Jay's eyes.
Even Jay was
smitten.
They dine happily,flirting with each other ....
A musical band
was playing at the background ..
Rosy asks Jay to
dance with her.
Jay simply obliges. He places his
hand on her waist and they dance to the tune the band was playing,staring at each others
eyes.
Rosy tries to
kiss him but Jay steps back.
"Next time Rose
..sorry...well,it's getting late,I think we should go ," said Jay teasingly.
"Too soon Jay," whined Rosy.
“I've exams
next week ,so I've to prepare .I think it's too late for you
too.”,said Jay
I've an idea -how
about, let's go over to your place ,I've a math problem ,if you can
help me to solve it.I think you love maths.
Rosy was shocked
and little frightened as if her little secret was gonna come out soon
in front of Jay.
Rosy
replies,”Jay,I am sleepy.I'll go home.Will do it laters”
Ok Rose.No
problem.Let's go then.
Jay drops Rosy at
her home.Rosy again tries to kiss but …
Jay with a big
grin replies,”Not yet . By the way did you like my bike - the Harley Davidson ?"
Rosy replies with a dissatisfied tone,”It is ok
but I prefer your Range Rover.”
Jay smiles back
and waves her goodbye ,starts his bike and was gone.
Rosy was like
partially satisfied with her date with Jay ,but she was confident ,she could make him fall
for her for sure .
Next day at class
,Rosy runs fast to hug Seema.
Seema asks,”So
how did the date go ?”
Rosy shamelessly
lies,”He kissed me .I am sure he is in love with me .”
Hey, that's
great.Good to know Rose.
Rosy's iPhone
starts ringing.
“OMG,it's
Jay”,Rosey jumps with joy.
But suddenly all
her smile was disappearing little by little.
Seema wondered
why.
Hey See,you've to
come with me to meet Jay now.
Why,what happened
Rose.
"Jay wants to see
me now.He wants to discuss and solve a maths problem,"replied Rosy with
a frown.
Rosy just drags Seema with her.
“Hey Rose ,so
happy to see you ,"said Jay excitedly.
Rosy was smiling
from outside and frowning from inside.
“Jay,whats up?
“,said Rosy.
“ Just a maths
problem ,it is giving me such a hard time.I thought I'll spend some
time with you and if you wish, you can help me to solve it
too,”replies Jay.
Seema felt
uncomfortable.She was thinking ,what the hell she was suppose to do
here..between them.So she hid herself partially behind Rosy.
“Umm..J...why
don't you give that problem to me..I'll solve it in my class..we've
to go quick ,our class is gonna start soon”,said Rosy in a hurried tone.
“Alright,may be
we'll catch up later then.”,says Jay.
Rosy and Seema
heads back to their classroom with Jay's notebook.
After a few
minutes.,Jay thought of checking upon Rose just like that. He was surprised, he saw her
goofing around with boys and her other girl friends from her class.
Then he saw her
going back to the class.He followed her.
At the door,he
overheard Rosy asking Seema,”Hey Seema,are you done with the problem,do it
fast,the quicker you complete,the quicker I can give it to Jay and
quicker he will be madly in love with me . I'll be back soon ok.”
Jay hides
outside,behind the corner of her classroom.
Rosy heads back to her gang .
Jay enters into
their classroom and watches Seema hurrying to solve the problem.
Jay was confused
and he then heard Rosy's voice ,so he rushed out and went fast back to
his class.
Jay gets a
call.It was Rosy.
After 5
minutes,Rosy comes to Jay's classroom and says ,”J..here is the
maths problem..solved !”
“Wow that's
really really impressive,how do you do all these,huh ?”,asked Jay
mockingly.
“Oh Jay,I am crazy about Maths.I
didn't even eat my lunch today.I was solving this maths problem just
for you”,said Rosy playfully.
“Ahh..I see..I
am so impressed Rose ...tell me this,CosΘ/sinΘ = ??”
Rosy got confused
and stammered,” Whaat.. I don't know..I mean...I am tired ..and
hungry..will see you after class ..bye.”
Rosy ran for her
life.
Jay was convinced
that, all these time, Rosy was just lying to him,pretending to be someone else ; to get his attention ,to
impress him .
After class , Jay
was walking downstairs when he saw a few boys mocking at a girl .That
day even girls joined them and teased her .
It was Seema!This time Seema couldn't help herself but cry.
Jay rushes to her
and gives her his handkerchief. He asks all boys and girls to step
back and stop it and warns them not to repeat ever.
Since girls were
also there,it was a matter of pride for the other boys of their class.So,the head
boy warns Jay back and asks him to mind his own business ..in his
class...
The other one
steps up and hits Jay .
Jay also hits
back .
Seema didn't know
what to do.She went running to the restroom to check if Rosy was there ..doing
make up as everyday..
Seema said
everything to Rosy in tears and Rosy went back running to stop the fight.
She stopped the
fight somehow but she yelled at Seema,”Look at Jay,he is bleeding
you fool..all because of you...loser...just get the hell out of here,
you ugly .”
Seema was deeply
hurt.She just left sobbing.
Jay also went
after Seema.”Seema,stop please .“
Seema just ran
towards her bus ,wiping her tears.
Next day , while
Seema was walking towards her class,she saw Jay with a huge bandage
on his head and bruises here and there.She couldn't stop
herself out of guilt and rushed towards him.
“Jay,..I'm Seema...I am
really sorry for whatever happened yesterday”,said Seema in a mellow tone.
Jay turns
back.
”Hey Seema,how are you...mm..ohh don't be.”,replied Jay with
a smile.
Ok.Bye Jay.
“Wait Seema ..I
wanna talk to you ..seriously,please. ”
Seema for the
first time ,looks up to his face ,into his eyes as if it was literally ,her
first hello to him in true sense.
Even Jay was also
staring at Seema as if he was also saying ,hello for the first time …
“You've lovely
eyes...and heart ..trust me ,” whispered Jay.
Seema stood their
silently as if it was a dream.She always trusted her instincts .Her heart started pounding.She felt a spark she never experienced before ...
Rosy saw them
standing together.So did Celine.Both rushed together towards them ,one from the right
side ,the other from the left.
“Jay ,what are
you doing with this pimply,ugly ..weird girl,” asked Rosy angrily ,looking at Seema..
Jay simply and
lovingly without losing his gaze ,kisses on Seema's forehead...
Rosy and Celine
felt helpless and stood there flabbergasted..
And Seema..she
knew ...this hello was going to change her life forever....for better
….
Reference : My imagination ! So it is a pure fiction..duh..If I am not there ,it ought to be....;)
