I was then in grade 9 section A. We two entered the class room. Luckily, we were in same section.
Rahul was of the same section as me; so he was my classmate.
Rahul was sitting in the last bench corner. He looked at me and I looked at him.
(To myself) 'We made eye contact, yesssss. My heart, please stop beating so fast, everybody will hear it'.
Our bench position used to change after every year. So did our benchmate. Last year, my best friend and I were benchmates. The template of the position was stuck on the board.
'No my shaila, my bestie, my Ritu we can't get separated like this'.
'Rina, my Jack don't go away from me. We will be able to see the sunshine. Don't go away.' - Ritu
The student sitting in the middle of us in the middle row was too stunned to speak.
'Students, Get back to your mentioned seat' said by our homeroom teacher.
My seat number is 24.
'Which is my bench to sit.....I found-'
So, my benchmate was Rahul....
My bestie from the second bench in first column showing in sign language - ' You can do it, you can do it'
'Seriously I am really dead seeing his handsomeness. If he looks at me the second time my nose will start to bleed', said by me in sign language to best friend.
Thank God, that he had been putting his head down. I was sure I would become a nuisance to him if he saw my expression or even my face then.
I just sat quietly beside him without making much noise. Maybe, he was tired very much for something.
While I was taking out books from my bagpack, suddenly he rotated his head to my direction and looked at me. I looked back at him unintentionally.
The time stopped for me as if we are the only people in the class room.
'So, students-'
I literally jumped on the bench making me come to my senses and my cheeks turned to red like roses upon realising.
'I will be your new homeroom teacher. My name is Marina Singh. I hope you all know me. I will also be your Maths teacher this year like the previous year. Listen students, it is time to get setious. These four years; from grade 9 to 12; is very important time for building up our career. So, be attentive and be good and try to do well in exam. If you have any doubt please don't hesitate to ask the respective teachers.' said our teacher.
Whatever it was, this time I decided one thing. I want to be a pilot in the future.
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Physics class started.
But, Rahul remained in that same position i.e. his head on his crossed arms on the table.
The teacher became angry and threw a chalk at his head.
He still was ignorant of it .
'Rina, wake him up. Is my class a children's play? Doesn't my time has no value? Really, today's kids are too much spoiled', said the teacher.
'Ra-'
He sprang up.
'Say, What is meant by momentum?' asked by teacher.
He stood up but was silent.
In a sticky note, I wrote the defination and kept it on his desk.
'Momentum is the measure of the object's mass in motion. It is the product of the mass of the object and it's velocity', answered by him after seeing the note.
'Aa..aa ok ok, sit down'
The bell rang and the class ended.
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'Thank you', a low voice came from my side and then he went to play basketball as it was games class then.
I was unable to hide my feelings anymore only to hide my face by putting my head down on the table.
(To be continued)