We really have no idea
When, where, how, someone
Will enter our life. What
role that 'someone' will play?
Friend, Lover, or an
Angel or Devil?

//Night//

** Dawn **

True Light College.
I am all dreamy about how beautiful my future will be when,

"Hi Dawny!"

I jump out of my dreams like a monkey, hearing a shrill voice. When I turn around, I feel like smashing the person's head.

"What the hell Rain! You scared the shit out of me. What's up with all these screams and jumps?" I put my hands on my hip and lash out my anger on my best friend. She has been always beside me through all my thick and thins for the last four years.

Four years back, I and mom left England and came to this small town of Paris. We never thought, one day overcoming all our pains and fear we will live happily. Again. But it happened, and it was possible only because of Rain and her family.
Her parents are good people, down to earth and they know what it feel to be in pain as they too struggled a lot and now, they are one of the richest business tycoons of Paris.

"Yay! I scared Dawny." I zone out from my thoughts hearing Rain's nagging singing tone. I was getting angry but all my anger vanishes like a puff, seeing her laughing and her light brown eyes twinkling with happiness.

I lightly slap the back of her head saying, "No, you didn't. Now will you walk properly? Otherwise you'll fall down. And then Dawny will laugh."

We have already entered the college building and students are all running, laughing, some are even screaming at the top of their voice. God! Don't their throats feel any pain?

We are heading towards our classes after taking our respective schedules from the office when Rain pulls my hand and refrains me from walking.

"Dawny! Look."

"What?" I shoot a glance at Rain and look towards there, where she is pointing. Typical Rain. Towards a group of jerks where three guys are eyeing the freshers', specially the girls like a piece of meat walking in front for their savour. Ew... I hate these types. They are probably the seniors, showing off their so-called superiority.

"Look, there's Dennis, the Menace."

"What?" I get surprised hearing Rain. "Who are you talking about? I can't find any comic character here." I look frantically here and there.

"Aree... that guy over there standing in the middle with his two minions beside. Look! His hair is blonde and back brushed. He is the popular and the hottest guy in this college." Rain says, with dreamy eyes.

"But what's with the weird name? 'Dennis, the menace.'" I air quote the name. "It really sounds like a comic character."

"Cause he also happens to be the greatest trouble maker of this college." Saying this, Rain turns towards me and a mischievous grin smirks on her beautiful face pulling all the attention towards her rosy lips.

"Then,", I pointed towards her, "you should stay away from him. And how did you get to know about him? I mean we literally joined just now."

Rain flicks back her wavy auburn hair. "Come on darling, you know I have my ways."

"Ya ya, now enter your class and le'me go to my own." I push her inside the business studies classroom in the room, numbered 26A.

"Okay. Bye Dawny." She waves me and turns around. I walk fast as I have only 5 minutes left before the final bell to ring.

"Mm... here it is. Room no. 26B." Entering the class, I saw that most of the students have already arrived. I search for a seat of my liking but  every single seat of my liking is full. Finally, I find a seat. It is a corner seat beside a window. After settling myself, I drink water from my bottle.

The room is looking nice with its light yellow-coloured walls and the smart board. I am looking here and there when suddenly my eyes wanders towards a lonely V shaped tree outside the class. I am staring at it with all my interests when I saw two tall silhouettes entering the college gate. I can't see them properly, but I can say they are hot just by looking at their silhouettes. Within a blink of an eye, I feel a rush of wind passes away touching my face. I immediately close my eyes. After a few seconds, I open them but can't find even a single person outside nor those two silhouettes. Only the V shaped tree standing, all alone.

"Strange. What was that? A gush of wind or something else?" I am mumbling again and staring outside the window when hearing a sweet and dignified voice, "Good morning students.", I turn around my face.

A beautiful and sophisticated young lady enter the classroom. She seems to be an epitome of dignity. And her grey eyes are very... seductive.

"Hello class, I am Sia Graynon. Your new English professor. I joined here this year only with you guys, so... I hope you all will cooperate with me." Some students are mumbling, I don't know about what and I am sitting all alone in the corner.

Miss. Graynon is introducing her ways of teaching to us and about our syllabus when suddenly a young guy enters the class casually without asking for permission. He comes straight up to me and fills up the empty space beside me.

"Hello, Mister. You are late." Miss Graynon is looking furious.

Standing up, the guy answered, "Sorry Ma'am. Today I woke up late. Then my mom shouted at me for being late. I got angry, so I left the house without having breakfast then when I was about to enter the college gate I felt hungry so I went back home as I knew my mom already left for work so I had my breakfast and came back again." He stopped after saying his excuse without a pause.

"Finish or is there anything more left?" Miss. Graynon's voice is calm like a calmness before a storm.

"Yeah, finished." My mouth fall open with shock hearing his answer. As I come out of my shocking state, I realize that the whole class is quiet and everyone is as shocked as I am.

"Listen, Mister..."

"Melvin, ma'am."

"Hm. Listen Mr. Melvin, I will not tolerate any late comers in my class. Keep it in your head that this is your first and last warning. Next time you are late, I'll make sure you get detention for the whole year. And one more thing, stop creating this kind of lame excuses and do something that will help you." O God! Miss. Graynon's voice roars like a thunderstorm.

"Now do me a favour. Sit down and keep quiet." And again a calm voice. How does she do this?

Melvin takes his seat beside me with a smirk on his face.

"Water?" I offer him my bottle.

"Nope. Thanks er...?"

"Dawn. Dawn Weisslin."

"Thanks Dawn. I am Melvin..." He pauses for a second and says, "Graynon."

What? Graynon?

"Um... are you two any how related? I mean you and Miss. Graynon, the professor?" I ask him gesturing towards the teaching professor, as I am literally, totally confused.

He replies with all the casualties of the world, "Oh. She is the shouting mom of my excuse."

"What?" Another shock. My mouth again fall open.

"Close your mouth D. My mom is superb at aiming. If she sees this, she will throw something and it will enter directly into your mouth." He lightly touches my chin and closes my mouth taking me out of my shock.

After I successfully digest the news, I hear Miss. Graynon saying something about modern and post-modern novels and dramas.

I whisper as softly as possible. "Though she's your mom, still you shouldn't have given that excuse. You know she could have given you detention today only. And it would have been bad for your career."

"Don't worry D. I know her too well. She doesn't give punishment on someone's first mistake." He shrugs off his shoulder.

"Okay. But, why are calling me 'D'?" I ask, feeling weird hearing the single letter of my name.

"Oh Dear! Dawn is such a long name." He smirks and leans backwards, "so I made it 'D', short and sweet."

Is 'Dawn' really a long name?

"Rain 2." It sprouts out as a murmur instead of staying inside my head.

"Excuse me? What do you mean by Rain 2?" Melvin says. Mischief is clearly shining on his face.

"Actually... mm... You are like my best friend Rain. Sweet but irritating." I say, thinking how he will react.

"Hmm. Then,", he taps his chin with his index finger of his right hand, "I shall meet her. What do you think?" His eyes twinkle for a second and I realize his eyes are beautiful, a mesmerizing blend of blue and brown.

"Sure. She'll like -—"

"Mr. Melvin, care to share what's so funny going on there and what are you chatting about with your newly discovered friend?" Miss. Graynon cut my sentence with her voice.

I look towards the calm voice and meet the cold gaze of the sweet yet dangerous professor.

"Yeah, we are talking about Rain." & our dear Melvin pisses the professor again.

"It's not raining Melvin." Again that same calm voice before the storm.

"No no, here 'Rain' is Dawn's best friend." Melvin replies as usual casually, pointing towards me. Ugh... he'll be my death one day.

Miss. Graynon's grey eyes now seem more cold, like an ice.

"Mr. Melvin. Can you tell me why are you in my English class as your name is not in this attendance register?"

"What? This is an English class?" For the first time I see Melvin with a shocking expression. He quickly takes out his schedule from the pocket of his blue ripped denim jeans and his eyes get wider looking at it.

Melvin passes his fingers across his dark brown messy hair and says sheepishly, "Sorry ma'am. I left few parts in my previous excuse. Actually, I took my brother with me to have breakfast after mom left and as we got late, our schedules got exchanged somehow while picking it from the office... I guess."

My mind drifts back to those two silhouettes and the gush of wind for a moment, but again comes to reality hearing,
"Mr. Melvin! Do you know I was waiting for YOU to realize that you came in the wrong class? But I can understand, you are a very careless kid. But what about your brother? Why is HE not here?" The thunderous voice of Miss. Graynon is spreading across the room.

"Mm... Few seconds later after entering the college, I got a text message from him saying he is not feeling well. So, he went. back. home... after a few minutes he entered the class." Melvin says bringing out his phone.

A worried expression passes through Miss. Graynon's face for a moment.

"Meet me after the class." As soon as Miss. Graynon finishes the sentence, the bell rang. She leaves the class taking her things, saying nothing.

"You like to piss your mom off, hm?" I ask a smirking Melvin as I pack up my things.

"No. I love to piss her off." Saying it, he sprints out leaving me shocked, once again.

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"Dawny! Guess what? I have a gossip." And here comes a screaming Rain. I have met her in front of the college gate to go home as we have no more classes today.

"And, if I'm not wrong your gossip is about boys." I roll my eyes, obviously mentally, or else she would have kill me.

"Perfect. But it's about a single boy. First, he came late and then when the class just began he left, saying nothing. You should have seen the pissed off face of Mr. Martin." She laughs like a mad person.

"Oh! He must be the brother of Melvin." I say as I think about Melvin.

"Melvin? Who's he? O my gosh! You made a new friend? Mamma is so proud of you baby girl." She jumps like a monkey and hugs me.

"Geez Rain, cut the crap and listen." But Rain being Rain. She continues jumping us I give her a repeat telecast of my English class.

"O MY GOSH! I really need to meet this Melvin. Where's he?" And Rain is again back to screaming.

"I think he left. You'll get to see him tomorrow in your class if your 'gossiped boy' turns out to be his brother." I say as we walk towards the gate.

We are about to get out of the college gate when Dennis and his minions stand in front of us with a smirking face.

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