Zada gaped at Neha who was gobbling her breakfast as if this is the last day of her life

"Neha. Are you going on a month long fasting??"

"I'm dieting from today onwards" Neha said swallowing the food

"This is how you diet??"

"I'm eating only breakfasts from today. I need energy until tomorrow morning"

"Why this sudden dieting plan??"

"Yesterday that brat called me moti" Neha huffed

"Which brat??"

"A brat in my neighborhood. I was on a video call with my momma and this girl had to be there with momma. That itself is so irritating. I mean doesn't she have her own momma. Why coming for mine. I always hated her. Ever since she was born five years ago, she had been my nemesis. She wants to be the centre of attention always. Okay, she can be the centre of attention of her parents. Why mine too" Neha huffed

She again got side tracked from the topic of discussion

"Well, we were talking about your dieting" Zada reminded

"Yeah that's what I was talking about. That little twit called me moti. How dare she. I will show her the next time I go home. I would be size zero by then"

"You are crazy. You are having a rivalry with a child?"

"She is not the cute adorable five year olds you see in the TV shows. She is a little devil"

"Enough. We are getting late. I don't want to miss another lecture. I have been missing quiet a number of lectures lately" Zada said slinging her bag on her shoulder and tapping her feet on the floor impatiently waiting for Neha to finish her breakfast

A teasing smile appeared on Neha's face

"Really?? And why were you missing those lectures? Something to do with our very own bad-boy extraordinaire" Neha asked and Zada rolled her eyes

"Don't ask me"

"Tell me tell me.. What happened in the library. I saw him following you into the library" Neha said and Zada looked at her in disbelief

"And yet you didn't come to rescue me??"

"Now why would I want to be kabab mein haddi" Neha asked cheekily earning a whack from Zada

"Shut up and come if you want. I'm going" Zada turned on her heels and started walking forwards

Neha quickly followed fell in step with Zada

"Come on. I'm your bestiee. You are supposed to tell me everything that happens in your love life. Now tell me what happened in the library"

"I don't have a love life."

"Your strawberry face says another story baby"

"Strawberry??"

"Haa strawberry. Now everyone says your face has become like a tomato when you blush. What is the fun being like everyone. Strawberry is also red. And it looks more beautiful than a tomato. Anyway I don't really like tomato very much. If I'm eating a Burger or sandwich I always pick out the tomatoes. Even in the curries if they are visible I always throw them away. Momma always scolds me saying tomatoes have all those vitamins A B C D E F J. As if it's only there in tomatoes"

"There is no vitamin F and J" Zada said

"Really?? Haa what does it matters anyway. You get what I mean right. I just said it in a flow in the alphabetical order"

"And in the alphabetical order G comes after F, not J" Zada pointed out

"Hei na. How could I make such a mistake. You are a genius Zada" Neha beamed at Zada making her roll her eyes

"There are so many vitamins that I got confused a little. And tomato is a fruit with so many vitamims, my momma says so. Or is tomato a vegetable? I always wonder about it. What do you think tomato is. A fruit or vegetable?"

"Does it matter. Either you eat it or not eat it." Zada said thanking heavens for Neha's short attention span which lead her to forget the topic of discussion which was Vedant in the beginning

"You are right. It doesn't matter. It's not as if your stomach would conduct an interview before letting food in"

"Do you realise you are talking plain rubbish ,Neha?" Zada asked and Neha pouted

"Poor little me"

"Yeah right. Now poor little you, this is where we go on our separate ways" Zada said earning a gasp from Neha

"You are breaking off our friendship. For such a trivial thing. I promise I won't talk about tomatoes anymore" Neha said pinching her throat with her her thumb and index finger

"Uffo paagal. I am talking about our classes. You have to go right from here. And I have to go left" Zada said pointing her dept with her thumb

"Oh. I know you wouldn't abandon me. How can you break it off with me anyway. I'm such a cute smart and beautiful friend"

"Haa moti bhi" Zada teased making Neha huff

"I'm katti with you." She said and turned around and walked away making Zada laugh

"Are you the morning goddess. Because everything about you is divine sweetheart"

Zada groaned and looked behind her to see Amar Vedant smirking at her

"Don't even think about making me miss another lecture."

"Oh you want to miss me instead. So that you could realise the depth of your feelings for me"

"You know what. I'm not going to respond to your silly pick up lines and waste my time. Goodbye Vedant" she said and stalked away

Zada entered her literature class and took her window side seat in the last corner

She took her text book out of her bag and placed it on her desk when she felt somone sitting on the seat next to her

"That was rude sweetheart. Walking away from the love of your life without so much as a goodmorning kiss. Mean Mirrie" Amar complained and Zada pursed her lips in annoyance

"What are you doing here? You are not in this class"

"Who cares??" He shrugged

Before she could respond, their professor Mrs Rachel entered the class room

Everyone stood up to greet her. Well everyone except The great Amar Vedant. He simply sat there leaning back against his chair, his legs stretched out in front of him leisurely

"Good morning class. Take your textbooks out. Let's continue from where we left off in the last class"

The paper they are doing this semester is William Shakespeare's classic Romeo Juliet

Zada opened her book and was listening to the lecture when she felt the hot breaths on her neck

She jerked back and looked beside her to see Amar leaning towards her

"What do you think you are doing Vedant" Zada whisper yelled

"I don't have a book. Let's share yours"

"No"

"Sharing is caring Mirrie"

Zada ignored him and tried to concentrate in the class

"Don't you think Romeo is a pedophile??" Amar asked

"What ??" The voice came out louder than she expected

"What is going on in the last bench" Mrs Rachel asked

"Nothing Ma'am" Zada responded quickly

"You!! You do not belong to this class" Mrs Rachel said pointing at Amar

"That's really sad " Amar said with a mock sad face

"You are Amar Vedant right??"

"The one and only" Amar grinned at the professor

"What are you doing here boy. Why are you sitting in my class"

"You should feel lucky to have me in your class Ma'am. Do you have any idea how many professors have begged me to attend their lecture. And here I'm, attending your wonderful class without you even asking me. Isn't that awesome"

"Uh.. Well. Don't disturb my students. If you want to attend the class, sit quietly and do that " Mrs Rachel said flustered and Zada shook her head in disbelief

"Oh I was just pointing out a doubt to Mirrie here"

"Mirrie??"

"Yeah Mirrie. The point is, don't you think Romeo is a pedophile?"

The professor looked at him in horror

"What??"

"Come on Ma'am. Juliet babe here, is only thirteen and Mr Romeo married her. And you call it a tragic love story. The real tragedy is a thirteen year old being married off. Don't you think so"

"It's a 14th century love story Mr Vedant."

"You mean pedophiles of 14th century could be respected"

"He was not a pedophile. He was not an old man"

"Yeah I agree his age was never mentioned. But he was definitely older than Juliet. And moreover he attended the ball where he met Juliet ,so that he could meet Rosie. He was even in depression because of not having Rosie"

"It's Rosaline Mr Vedant"

"Rosaline Rosie, it's all the same. You know what I mean. What I think is, he was in depression when he met Juliet. So Juliet is definitely his rebound fling"

"Shut up and get out of my class Vedant" Mrs Rachel pointed the door to him

Amar threw his hands up in air

"This is why I don't attend lectures. The professors here are not qualified enough to clear my doubts. Come on Mirrie. There is no point sitting in the class" Amar said pulling a horrified Zada along with him

"What the hell. Let go off me Amar." Zada tried to wriggle her arms out of his hold

"Where are you taking my student. Leave her"

"She stays, I stay. I leave, she leaves. Your choice Ma'am" Amar said shrugging his shoulders

"Get out of my class you both" Mrs Rachel said losing her patience

"Ma'am. I didn't do anything" Zada began to plead her case when Amar cut her off

"Come on Mirrie. Value your self respect more. Do not stay where you are not wanted." He said pulling her out of the class

Once they are in the corridor, Zada pushed him away angrily

"What the hell is your problem. I lost my attendance again. All because of you"

"Attendance doesn't matter sweetheart. You could always do some volunteer works at the end of the semester to compensate"

"Unlike You, I come here to study."

"Nerdy Mirrie"

"Yeah. And who is the one who is well versed with Romeo Juliet here. Secret nerd" Zada said crossing her arms across her chest and Amar looked caught for a moment

"It's my mom. She used to read it to us when we were kids"

"Yeah right. Romeo Juliet was your bedtime story."

"Yeah. My mom is a hopeless romantic. What can I do??"

"What you can do is leave me the hell alone Vedant"

A/n

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Isn't Neha cute??

And Amar a jerk??

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