" Hello, Liv? It is me, Ariana. I need your help. "

" Hey, Ari. Yea sure wassup? " I heard from the other side.

" I need to pay someone back. " I smirked.

" Who? "

" There is this bitch at school. Any ideas? .... Uh huh. "

Liv Walker. She was my friend's friend. I had met her at a party. She apparently was great at taking revenge and we clicked.

I nodded and smirked. " Thanks. "

Oh! Shameeka is so dead.

* * *

" No Sam. You cannot read my texts. " I said to the idiot sitting beside me.

" Why? " He asked idiotically.

We have reached school but not yet gotten out of the car because we are too busy arguing why Sam shouldn't read my texts.

" Because there might me something private in there. Duh. " I said glaring at him.

He smirked. " Well, now I surely want to read it, " saying he snatched my phone.

" Give it back. " I lunged at him to get my phone back.

We wrestled for some time but stopped when my phone rang.

" It is your dad, " he said looking at the screen. He had an unreadable expression written on his face.

I snatched the phone from him but the speaker button was pressed in the process.

" Hello? " I heard my dad say.

I put my pointer on his lips signalling him to stay silent.

" Hello, Dad. " I said huffing a little due to the wrestling.

" Ariana? You alright? " He asked.

" Yea Dad I am fine. " I said assuring him.

" Why are you huffing. Were you running a marathon in the morning? " he asked.

" No no. I um...I was just running late for class. " I stuttered out.

" But school hasn't even started yet, " he said now confused. He has my schedule and everything so he knows when I go to school, what time I have school and all.

I should have come up with a better lie.

" I mean I thought I was late for class, so I was running. "

Seriously? I am Pathetic.

" Seriously Ariana? " Sam asked, his eyebrows pulled up.

I widened my eyes and glared at him. He didn't realize at first what he had done but then his eyes widened too. I swear this boy is stupid.

" Ari? Is there a boy with you? " Dad asked, now suspicious.

" Yea...He is running to the class with me. " I said mentally facepalming myself.

" Yea right. Look I don't want to be a grandfather at this age so please don't do something you will regret later. "

Grandfather? Where did that come from? Oh.....Oh .... Oh no.

" No dad. We weren't....I mean I wasn't .....I wasn't huffing due to that. I..." I said blushing furiously now understanding what he was implying. Uggg " I'll call you later. " saying I cut the phone.

Sam was laughing uncontrollably. " Your. Your dad thought we. we were. " saying he burst out again.

I was beyond furious. I was always my daddy's good girl and I didn't want him to think I would go behind his back and do something like this.

" You mister, are dead. " saying I started hitting him.

" Stop. Stop. " He shouted.

Someone knocked at the window.

" Eww stop that. " Deepika said from outside the window.

Today someone or the other was going to get killed. I sit up straight and give him one last glare.

" Never. do. that. again. " I say.

" Well...you could have pressed the hands button. " he said looking at me.

And then I realized my stupidity. Ugghh I could have just put my phone off the speaker. I am so stupid.

Not saying a word, I got out.

" And she calls me stupid. " Sam said brushing past me.

" What was going on in the car? " Natasha said grinning and nudging me.

" Argument. " I said truthfully.

" Yea right. " she said sarcastically.

I shook my head and continued walking straight.

" Hi, Ari. " Jay said hugging me sideways.

" Hey, Jay. " I grinned. I love how cheerful he is all the time.

" You remember right? We have a date today, " he said.

" Can't wait. " I said honestly. I really wanted to see how he danced.

" Why does your hair look like you have gotten some kind of electric shock? " he asked me.

" You don't want to know. " I said.

Natasha giggled from behind. I nudged her.

I, Natasha, Deepika, Maya, and Mehika made our way to girl's washroom to make ourselves look presentable.

I combed my hair applied lip gloss.

Two girls came and stood by me to use the basin.

I smiled at them but they didn't smile back.

I shrugged and made my way out of the bathroom only to find some girls giggling.

" I wish I could take him to the dance. " one of them said.

I guessed they were talking about Sam.

Laura came running from the corridor.

" Hey, Lau. " I hugged.

" Hey Ari, " she hugged me back. " Have you seen Sam? "

" He must be in class. " I said, wondering why she wanted to meet him. Yea just wondering.

The girls came out of the washroom and we made our way to class.

There was excited chattering going on around.

I made my way to the last bench, as always.

Deepika put a finger on her lip and motioned me to keep quiet. She then put her hands on Jay's eyes.

Before I knew what was happening, Natasha took my hand and hit Jay's head and pulled me down with her.

Jay looked back angrily.

Deepika and Natasha had put on poker faces while Maya and Mehika were giggling. I gave him a shrug. He gave me a glare and turned back.

" Okay, class. Today we are going to learn about basic gates. Can someone tell me what are the basic gates? " The Sir asked. Currently, we had a hardware class.

Aryan raised his hand.

" Yes? " said our Sir.

" The front gate and the back gate. " he said.

Everyone in the class erupted into laughter.

I didn't know the right answer but I knew very well that what Aryan said what not the answer.

" Did I say anything wrong? " He whispered to Jay. Well, we all heard it so he didn't quiet whisper.

Our Sir, who seemed around 25 years, just shook his head.

" Anyone else? " he asked.

Yashika, the girl whom I sat next to on the first day raised her hand.

" Yes? "

" AND gate. OR gate and NOT gate, " she said.

Although she made no sense the sir nodded his head. " That is right. Sit down. "

" Students. I won't be directly telling you the answers. You will have to figure some answers on your own. I didn't expect any of you to get this right because you are all new to this. But I will expect you guys to participate in class and give answers to the questions you have already been taught. All answers are welcome because you will learn from your wrong answers. All answers except stupid answers. " At this time, Sir paused and looked sharply at Aryan.

Again the class erupted into laughter.

The speakerphone buzzed and the principle's voice boomed through the class. " Students of F.Y.J.C are hereby informed about Golden Falcon, our annual college festival. All of the students have to participate in it. the notice regarding the same has been put up on the notice board. Thank you. "

The class now erupted into excited chatters.

" You will all have to participate in it. Mind you many colleges are going to come. " The Sir said.

" Wow, this is exciting. " Natasha said, her mouth forming a big grin.

" Nothing exciting about it. " I said.

" Killjoy. " Natasha muttered.

" What part of it don't you get? We will have to participate. " Deepika said emphasizing the word ' participate'.

" Yeah. And I don't want to look like a fool in front of thousands of people. " I said

" Come on it will be fun. " Maya insisted.

" It is not like we have a choice. " I said.

" Students lets get on track here. Where was I? " he wondered on the last part.

" Right here. " Aryan said and the class erupted into laughter again.

" You. " Sir said pointing to Aryan. " Come and sit on the first bench, " he ordered. He didn't seem angry or anything.

Without any delay, Aryan took his backpack and made his way to the first bench.

" So the gates. NOT gate is......."

* * *

" Oh God. " I sighed as we waded through the crowd of people who were here to see the notice board.

Stupid people.

" Wait. " I shouted.

Everyone froze due to my hoarse voice. My voice isn't hoarse though it came out that way.

" I'll read the notice to you. Let us all act like civilians. " I said irritated. at their inhuman behavior.

" And who do you think you are? The queen? " Shameeka said from somewhere within the crowd.

" Not now Shameeka. " I said sighing.

" No we will see the notice for ourselves. " one of Shameeka's minions said.

" Wait. Ari is right. I will read the notice. " Sam said coming from somewhere. People parted as he came to give him space to walk. I swear they treated him like a god.

I stood aside and gave the notice to him.

" The first day we have our annual dance. The fest continues for three more days. All student have to participate. All talents are welcome. There will be dance, singing, drawing, quiz and many other competitions. Special thanks to the B.A students from helping to organize this event. Date: 9th August, Monday. Time: 10 30 pm sharp. " He read.

Today was 2nd so we had approx 1 week left.

" Give your names and the competition you are participating in, to the respected class teachers. Also, any specific or special talent performance should be informed as early as possible. "

There was silence at first but then everyone started chattering.

" There is a dance. " Natasha squealed.

We were walking towards the cafeteria.

" Yea you are lucky, you have someone like me to take you to the dance. " Shoaib said arrogantly.

" Who said I am going with you. " Natasha said scrunching her nose.

" Is anyone else going with you? " Shoiab said with a neutral face. There was a hint of jealousy in it.

" No., " she said. A wave of relief washed over his face. " But I will find someone. Someone better than you, " she said smirking.

" We shall see. " he said.

" Who are you taking Sam? " I asked. A part of me wished that he would ask me. But I knew he wouldn't. Not in front of these people at least. In that case, I wished he said no one.

" Laura. " And he burst my bubble.

" Oh. " I said. Now everyone was watching me.

" Who are you going with? " Shoaib asked me, getting excited.

" I just came to know about the dance bruh. I don't know yet. " I said.

" Ariana. " I heard a familiar voice.

I turned back to see Jay running towards me.

He bent down to catch some breath.

" Will you come to the dance with me? " he asked.

" And now I know who I am going with. " I grinned as said to Shoaib.

" You cannot just ask someone out like that. " Natasha exclaimed in a high pitched voice.

" He is not asking me out. " I said giving her an irritated look. I didn't want to bring up the topic in front of Sam.

" Well, whatever. But It should have been a little romantic, " she said dreamily.

" Take tips. " I said to Shoaib.

Natasha blushed. Mission successful. I smirked and she nudged me.

" Actually, you are right. " Jay said. " I'll think of something better. "

" No, you don't have to. " I said to Jay.

" No, I will. See you in the evening. I'll pick you up at 6. " he said and ran in the opposite direction.

" Great. " I said glaring at nuts. " Now I have to go through that embarrassment. "

" What? I was just telling him to be a little romantic. " Natasha said wondering what she did wrong.

" No thank you. I completely and absolutely hate romantic gestures. " I said angrily. I don't want someone to bring chocolates and flowers for me just to ask me to the dance. Well, I don't mind the chocolates.

We walked towards the cafe with Natasha going on about how unromantic I am.

My phone binged.

Ayan: Need to meet you ASAP.

I saw he was there with looking at me.

Ariana: What do you need?

Ayan: Some help.

Ariana: Okay meet me near the girls washroom in 5 minutes. I will go first.

Ayan: Fine.

I excused myself and made my way to the girl's washroom.

After 3 - 4 minutes I saw Ayan in the corridor.

He had an unreadable expression written on his face.

" Okay wassup? " I said.

" I need you help. " He said nervously.

" What do you need? "

" I need you help to....I want to..." He started mumbling the later part.

I gave him a blank face.

He looked at me and smiled sheepishly. Then he took a deep breath and said " I want to take Maya out for the dance. "

I grinned. " Yaasss. I knew there was something up between you two. " I jumped and squealed.

He looked at me like I was some sort of an alien.

" Okay Okay sorry. Just text her that you want to take her out. " I said calming down.

He looked at me with a blank face.

" Right sorry. Hopeless romantics I tell you. " I said sighing. " How about you leave her a teddy bear keychain which says dance? No, wait. I'll tell you another idea. "

Wow, I never knew I could get good romantic ideas considering that I am a hopeless unromantic.

Ayan nodded and grinned as he liked my idea.

" Thanks. " he said genuinely.

" No problems. "

* * *

Why can't the wings of my eyeliner be even? One always comes out to be thick.

I did my best effort to line my eyes evenly and then put on some gloss. I was dressed in a plain black top with a chain best of golden stars and shimmering golden leggings. I put on some random bracelets and black pumps.

I was about to call Jay when someone knocked.

" Come in. " I said.

Sia came inside my room with a drawing book and some pastels.

" Yes? " I asked her getting straight to the point.

" I need your help to dlaw my princesh. " she said.

" I have to go now, Sia. Not now. " I said sighing.

" You nevel have time fol me. " she said angrily and stormed out of my room, slamming my door in the process.

She opened the door again and peeked in. " You look niche, " she said in an angry tone and slammed the door again.

I sighed and thought about what she said. Did I really ignore her and chose other things over her? I don't know. I mean she is four and does she even understand the meaning of ignoring?

I sighed and walked to mom's room. Mom was in the kitchen so the room was vacant. I went inside and then knocked on the mini door beside mom's bed.

" Yesh? " I heard Sia's voice.

" Open the door. " I said.

After a few seconds, the lock clicked and I saw Sia's little face. She went back to drawing her prince.

" Sia....what are you drawing? " I said just to start the conversation.

" Ale you blind? " she said rudely.

I sighed. " Sia do you feel I don't have time for you? " I asked her in a soft tone.

" Yesh. " she replied without looking at me.

" Look I don't know what you feel. But I will choose you over anyone else. Never hesitate to come to me. " I said all at once.

She just looked at me and nodded. She then continued what she was doing.

" Now for what do you need my help? " I asked her.

" Nothing. I am done, " she grinned. She had a perfect set of white teeth. Her blue eyes twinkled as she showed me her drawing.

" And what is his name? " I asked.

" Kate. " she replied.

" That is a girl's name. " I said preventing myself from laughing.

" Oh but I like it. " she said.

" Well, its Kate then. " I grinned.

She wrote Ktae on top of the ' prince ' in her broken handwriting. I correct the spelling and gave her the paper. She grinned at me.

Just then the doorbell rang. That must be Jay.

* * *

We went to the backstage of the stadium where Jay's friends were.

" Hey guys. " he said waving at them.

A wave of relief washed through everyone's face.

" Where were you? " a guy said.

" We got worried. " one of the girls said.

" Yea we though we had to miss the dance. " another guy said.

" Chill guys. Now, I am here, " he said still happy as ever. " This is Ariana. And Ariana these are friends, " he introduced.

" Real good introduction bruh. " one of the guys said.

He grinned sheepishly. " Come on, we don't have time. " He said. He then turned to me. " Wish me luck, " he said holding my hand.

" All the very best! " I said smiling.

" And cheer for me, " he said grinning. He didn't seem nervous at all. Maybe he had a habit of going to shows.

" I will. " I said when the announcer called the number before them. I knew because of the number tags they wore.

I made my way to the front seats, which was reserved for me and the dance began. It was a 15-minute dance. The dancers were pretty good.

The next up was Jay's dance. I sat straight up on my seat.

The announcer called their group's number and the dance began. I hooted at the beginning. All the people who sat my vicinity closed their ears and looked at me as if I was a mad woman. I just shrugged.

I cheered for them for the rest of their dance. Jay apparently danced pretty well. He exceeded my expectations. Somewhere in the middle of the dance, he looked at me and smiled. I smiled back.

The others did a pretty good job too. Though I don't think the people in my vicinity enjoyed the danced. They were too busy closing their ears.

After the dance was over, Jay took hold of the mike.

" This dance was dedicated to some someone special. " he said.

Awwww.

And then he looked at me.

Okay, I din't like where this was going.

" Ariana. "

I started getting butterflies.

" Kevin. "

No not the good kind. The bad ones.

" Walters. "

I need to hide somewhere right now. Someone hide me. Everyone else was looking at me too.

" Will you do the honor of escorting me to the dance? "

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Hey guuuuyyssss. Sorry I just had to update. 

Also I have been too busy with college so excuse my shitty update schedule.

English is not my first language either so please point out the typos.

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I have been through a lot of things recently. Someone very dear to me passed away.

R.I.P Grandpa. I love you a lot. Hope you know that.

A tip: Please don't do something you will regret later. I regret not talking or bothering to call my grandpa and I can't even say sorry to him now.

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