Aaradhya's Pov.

I had too many things on my mind especially about him.

Riddhant Taneja, I knew earlier was the man I loathed the most but after our date together my opinions about him had changed.

I somewhere believed that people change with time but maybe I was wrong again.
It reminded me of the time of our college days.
I closed my eyes and remembered my first encounter with him.

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Six Years Ago.

I'm so excited as it's my first day of college today.

I scored well in my board exams and I finally got admission in the most renowned and the best college of our city.

Nikita, my best friend left India for abroad to pursue her higher education.
I am going to miss her terribly.

Though I'll make new friends in this college which is why I woke up early in excitement.

I checked twice about each and everything.

I took out my pink t-shirt and knee length skirt from my closet. Now, I can wear something different rather than my usual school uniform.
I side braided my hair into a fishtail and wore my pink ballerinas. I quickly picked up my bag and stormed out my room.

As it was my first day of college, dad dropped me off on his way to his office. I entered my campus and looked up to find a huge building.

I walked into the corridors of the huge building feeling absolutely weird as those people were eyeing me continuously.

I felt as an outsider in comparison to the other students who were chilling around the campus.

I decided to attend my first class but couldn't find it so I thought to ask for some help.

I saw a gang of boys giggling at something.
I walked towards them.

"Can you please tell me, where are the classes being conducted for the first year?" I interrupted them.
They stopped midway laughing and noticed me.

"Are you here for the first time?"One of the boy amongst his clan asked.

My eyes met his light brown eyes. My breathing got hitched. He had those sharp features and an enchanting smile.

His hair were messy and there was sweatbeads forming on his forehead.
He had that perfect jawline and was dressed in a blue jersey and grey trouser.

He smirked.
May be because he figured out that I was ogling over him.

Meanwhile, I could see the other boys eyeing me from top to bottom. I felt a bit uncomfortable at their sight.

I nodded positively.
His lips curved into that smile again.

"Take a left and walk straight till you find the last classroom." He explained and I nodded before saying a quick thank you.

I followed his instructions as I walked further.

When I noticed the class which he had mentioned, I went inside but the room was completely dark.
As I was about to leave, someone closed the door leaving me all alone, locked in that room.

I shouted and banged my fist on the door but to my avail, no one opened.

I screamed and ended up crying on the floor because I feared darkness. It was my  horrible experience.
I didn't have any mobile at that time.
I stayed inside for almost two hours until a girl of my age suddenly opened the door. I figured out from her face that she was shocked too to find me inside.

She came forward and held my shoulder to comfort me.

"Are you alright, what are you doing here?" She asked while her hands were still holding me.

I hugged her immediately. She rubbed my back soothingly and whispered some words of comfort then she took me outside with her. I wiped my face from the back of my hand.

"How did you come here?" I managed to ask her between my sobs.

"Few boys send me here when I tried to enquire about my class and somewhat, I got scared when I found no one and heard your sniffing." She coughed.

"I guess those same boys wanted to trouble you too but failed." I whimpered.

"By the way, which section?" She looked at me.

"Bachelor in Commerce, First year." I smiled.

"Same here. I'm Tiara Sen."

"Aaradhya Mehra."
We both introduced ourselves and kept walking towards the main corridor.

"Actually I'm new to this city. My parents live in the United States, I don't have any idea about this country. Will you be my friend?" She continued and forwarded her hand.

She was really sweet.

I shook it lightly and smiled.

We kept walking till we heard few chuckling noises.

"Riddhant, this was a brilliant plan, I must say, you should've heard her panicked voice." One of the boys laughed.

"And the other girl. She was so horrified due to that voice. You should've seen the look on her face. It was indeed fun." Another boy from his gang exclaimed, suppressing his laughter.

I noticed those boys including the guy whose name is 'Riddhant'. He was the same person who had some effects on me few hours ago and had played this prank on me and Tiara. When they caught our attention, they started smirking evilly. I lost my senses and stepped forward towards that idiot 'Riddhant'.
I slapped him hard across his face. A drop of tear escaped my eyes. I could see a lot of anger visible on his face.

"You deserve it." I spat.

He came forward to hit me but his friends caught him by his arm and stopped him.

Tiara pulled me and dragged me from there till I escaped his sight.

Next day, our head asked me about the incident but I don't know why I couldn't pass any complaint about them. Maybe I just wanted to forget that incident and live in peace.

But because I had hit the most popular boy of our college, most of classmates had already started ignoring me. No one wanted me as their friend.

Except for Tiara.

Tiara was always by my side and understood my condition.

From that very instance, I hated Riddhant.
He surely apologized later but soon started flirting around, with me, with Tiara and almost the entire batch of girls from our class.

He managed to woo Tiara completely and she easily forgave him before they both started dating. I tried hard to convince Tiara but she didn't hear me once.

She was smitten by him completely.

There was a reason, I called him a jerk.
Despite of being in a committed relationship, he played with other girls feelings too by flirting with them and buying them flowers.

He bought me few flowers too but I threw it in the dustbin, the minute I received them.

He always tried to irritate me during the rest of my time in that college and was always on my nerves.

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Back to Present.

But from tomorrow onwards,
I'll be connected to him for the rest of my life and I'm still unsure about him.

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