The Deep Connection

I parked my scooty in the School parking ground, took off the keys and started spinning the keychain on my finger. It was april, actually it was just the starting of our new session.

Now this year was a bit scary because this was "the" class 10th, board exams . You start to realize that you have to work hard and get good marks as this will going to decide your future. Well I was an above average student , always performed well, have a good sense of humor and I was expecting good grades too.

This day was no different ; few were playing basketball on the court , few were playing football on the wet ground and few were just taking a walk. Our school area was quite large ,around 50,000 square meters. It was situated in the cantt area away from city pollution and noise, a quiet and peaceful place. It was very near to the bank of Ganges river so you can feel the cold breeze flowing. My class was in the second last building of our school. I wont call it a building because our Army Public School had barracks with 7 to 8 rooms in each of them and there were many barracks like that. So my class was in the second last one. As I was walking I can hear the Gayatri Mantra on the speaker, each word soothes your mind and bring peace to you. Everyday just before the morning prayer, music committee plays this song.

I never remember what day it was. But something amazing was about to happen in my life, something which will change my life for the greater good. I started walking towards my class and saw the board which read 10-C.

As I entered my class I saw a girl, I never saw her before . She was standing near the window and was talking to one of my classmates. There was calmness as well as spark on her face ,grace in her body language, neatly dressed, around 5ft 5 inches. It was her personality, her aura which attracted me at first sight.

By the way it was not the love at first sight if you are all wondering but there was something different about this girl.

We heard our School bell ring, our class teacher Mrs Shefali Srivastava came to the class and took attendance. "Excuse me ma'am, I am the new student in your class . My name is Kriya Singh" said that girl who was about to leave her mark on the entire school as well as on my heart.

Days passed and I started liking her. I used to sit behind her. So she asked me for notes of those classes which she missed and I was more than happy to help her, always.

We became friends. I used to make her laugh, tell her stupid things, ask her silly questions just to be with her.

Let me tell you about an interesting character before we go any further. A crazy, stupid, outspoken boy with a warm personality but always off the mind was my best buddy, Meghav Upadhyay. It was with him I have so many wonderful memories. One of them is "Rapping". So there used to be a show on Bindass Channel, Date Trap where you set up a date for your friend and the whole idea is to make it their worst date. So there was one character from the show who played the character of a Rapper. We liked him so much that Meghav and I started rapping. We used to make stupid raps with no meaning and laugh on it and makes the whole class laugh. There is one rap I can recall...

" I like your red shoess..

that make me go loose..

I fly like a moose.. Giv me a lollypop I'll chooos.. wuk chiki chiki chiki woop "

Kriya find this quite amusing and funny, so I used to greet her everyday like this, " Hey Kriya... tumne aaj kya kia" and she used to burst into laughter. It was her smile that can make a dead man dance. I used to secretly adore her and she makes me feel like the brightest star in the night sky.

It was Wednesday. After the lunch, it was a free period because one of the teachers was absent. "Abhishek, can I have your maths notebook I didn't complete the Exercise 1.4", said Kriya. I looked her for two seconds and did not answer anything. In those two seconds I was wandering in her eyes. I was lost and lost in a way that I never wanted to be found. Her eyes and her crazy beautiful smile has something that makes me feel alive. I got control over myself when she blinked her eyes. " Sure you can", I replied to her.

to be continue....