"Bondita stop admiring that water bottle and come have your breakfast."Yelled shubhra from the kitchen.

"Yes maa , coming." Replied bondita keeping her new watermelon stickered waterbottle in the bag.

" Anirudh, i know you and bondita are not very good friends but she is your wife . It is your responsibility to look after her. Batuk, make sure no one bullies her for being the first girl in school. Make her comfortable okay." Said shubhra when bondita was busy munching puris.

" Maa, you dont worry when I'm here. I'll take care of her. "Said batuk while a bored Aniruddha eyed him.

" Bondita ,today is your first day na . So your baba will drop you school."said Binoy.

"No baba, you dont worry. I can go with batuk and ani-- i ... I...mean pati babu.I will also remember the route on the way." Said bondita cheerfully cheerfully balancing her bag on the shoulders.

" Ok then take care all of you." Said binoy.

As soon as bondita stepped towards the main entrance of haweli she fell face first on the floor. Anirudh and batuk ran towards her.

" Boudi , what happened?"said a worried batuk.

"My uhh my shoe lace is open." Said bondita sheepishly caressing her two braids, feeling embarassed.

" Then tie it fast or you will keep eating dirt the whole way and we'll get late. " Laughed batuk.

" Actually , I don't know how to tie shoe lace. My baba used to do that for me when i was in school."

" Wait , I'll teach you. " Said anirudh and crouched with one knee bent to tie the shoe lace.

Batuk's eyes widened when he saw his elder brother, tying Bondita's shoe laces.

Gopal dada was right. Boys do change after marriage.I think that day is not very far when dada will follow boudi with her pallu tied to his hand.

" See done . Its so easy.". Said anirudh standing up." Now let's leave. You would not want to be late on the first day of your school."

" Dada , we have only two cycles. How will boudi go ? We should have let her go with baba." Said batuk .

"Pati babu will take me . Yesterday also he sat me on the backseat . It was fun." Said bondita clapping.

Batuk narrowed his eyes towards Anirudh while Anirudh shifted uncomfortably on his feet and said " That was just a one time thing. Dont expect special service everyday."

"Don't worry boudi. I'll take you on my cycle."said batuk with pride.

Anirudh's face fell on hearing this. But he had mouthed his thoughts so sternly that now he couldn't go back on his words.

"Okay batuk." Bondita looked at Anirudh disappointingly and sat on the backseat of batuk's cycle and three of them went to school.

The extravagance of the Oak leaf high school left bondita in awe. The long corridors felt like a never ending maze. The walls were decorated with various colourful chart papers . The chitter chatter of the students sent her back to her school days. The big playground with different kinds of slides and swings bubbled her up with newfound delight. This was very different from her krishnanagar school. Very intimidating . The piercing gaze of students and teachers on the new but first girl student made her feel alienated but the excitement to learn new things was equally overpowering.

The first period was English. Bondita did not have much idea of the subject as her former school was not as high class as this one and did not focus more upon the foreign language for younger students.
She tried to grasp as much as possible, but some things went just straight above her head not registering anything. Batuk already studying in the school since years acclimatised to the foreign language and felt it funny watching his fiery boudi flustered with the subject.

Well this is new and too intersting. This can be used as a exchange for my sweet dishes. Dada always used to boast while teaching me. This is the first time I'll get to teach someone.

Batuk already envisioned himself teaching his boudi English with stick in his hands dictating the alphabets to his new student when --"Batuk roy choudhury! Where are you looking at?" Batuk was brought back to reality by the chalk thrown towards him missing him by an inch.

It was soon lunch time. Batuk and bondita sat under a tree and opened their lunchbox.

"Batuk, who is this new girl? Won't you do the introduction? " Said a boy with big round eyes and hair slick with oil. The other two boys looked self conscious with this strange companion.

" Sharman , this is my new boudi, Bondita, Anirudh Dada's wife. Boudi! He is Sharman , my best friend. And this is Bhaskar and debashish . They both are brothers." Said batuk introducing his three friends to his boudi and vice versa. Bondita greeted everyone with a smile. Sharman was happy to find a new friend while the other two boys were feeling nervous in the female company.

" Batuk , will your dada come?"asked bondita while opening her lunchbox.

" I don't think so. He usually eats with his friends on the other side of playground. " Said batuk but got shocked when he saw his dada approaching towards him with his friends, lunchbox in his hand.

" Dada! You here?"

"Yes , i came to see if everything is okay. And this little one has not yet got herself in trouble on her first day. After all this is about my reputation."said Anirudh eyeing bondita.

Bondita gave him an irritated look but controlled herself from bursting in front of the new people.

" So this is your new wife. I didn't expect you to get her admitted in the school. My mother doesn't even allow kashi to leave home, going to school is a far fetched thing." Said Gopal, anirudh's friend with a disdain expression on his face.

" I think its a good change we get to see a beautiful face from now onwards in this school. Otherwise school has become very boring , same old teachers same old friends. The only thing that changes every year is just the books. " Said a tall , black haired boy with a smug expression gazing bondita from head to toe making her shift uncomfortably beside batuk.

Anirudh felt an eerie feeling creeping inside him but couldn't make it out. He shrugged off the thought and bid goodbye to bondita and batuk.

The periods rolled over one by one and bondita realised she has lagged too much in the past two years. Getting admission was not that difficult as his sasurji had pulled a few strings here and there being a close connection of the trustee of the british school. But getting hold of the subjects and lessons was an entirely different thing. The very intelligent Bondita who always used to score the best in the class found herself struggling with simplest topics which the class did easily , and her mind was filled with confusion. The only subject which didn't bother her were hindi and maths.

When the final bell rang, students ran out of the class like a swarm of bees. Bondita saw Anirudh waiting outside the school gate with his cycle. Bondita was ready to hop on batuk's cycle, when Anirudh gripped her hand and said," Batuk would have been tired. It would be better you come with me. I doubt he will be able to pull you on his cycle after the school."

Batuk and bondita looked at Anirudh with confusion not understanding his bipolar behaviour but complied as he said.

As soon as they reached home, Shubhra came to take their bags but Bondita ran towards her room not paying heed to anyone. Shubhra who had expected bondita to fill her ears with all the things she had done on her first day was perplexed to see this. She looked at Anirudh and Batuk with questioning gaze but both of them shrugged.

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