Ayesha's P.O.V:

We're not even outside the classroom when Rohan starts accusing me, "If only you had passed the note to Tanya, none of this would've happened-"

Once outside the classroom door, I turn on my heels and cut him off, "Or, if you had given it to her yourself, it wouldn't have happened."

After a small pause I add, "And, I'm not blushing, I'm embarrassed! How could she even think I would flirt with... you." I say the word 'you' with such disgust, it's visible on his face I've hit the right place.

"He's quite hot," my mind admits and I roll my eyes in response before murmuring to myself, "Maine socha tha itne saalon ke baad yeh badal gaya hoga, par main yeh kaisi bhul gai, kutte ki dum kabhi seedhi nahi hoti." (I had thought he would have changed after so many years but he's still the same.)

Rohan takes a step towards me. Instinctively, I take a step back, bumping into the wall behind me.

He rests his hands on the wall beside me and hovers over me.

His voice is laced with challenge as he asks, "What did you say?"

I decide not to back down now, I knew he had heard me. I stare back into his eyes as I say, "What you heard."

His eyebrows shoot up at my response and he says, "Mein kutta hoon?" (I'm a dog?)

"Dekho, tum maan rahe ho." (Look, you're agreeing.) I say with a gasp.

He points his finger at me and I interlock mine with his and tell him off, "It's rude to point."

He puts his finger down but I can tell he's starting to get wound up now.

He opens his mouth to say something but when we hear the doorknob being pushed he quickly moves away from me and I can't help but giggle.

I think to myself, whoever this is, either has really good or terrible timing, although I'm not sure which.

The door opens and our teacher, Mrs Spragg comes into the cubby hole.

First she glances at Rohan then she turns to me, "Ayesha, I can understand why Rohan's here but what happened to you? You're usually my best behaved student." She says, disappointed.

I hand her the scrunched up note Rohan had given me, he sees it and his face turns pale, I bite my cheek to stop myself laughing.

She opens it and says, "These are the equations we were just doing-"

"What!" Rohan interrupts her.

She ignores him and asks me, "Why have you scrunched up the piece of paper?"

"I thought I was doing it wrong and I was asking Rohan the same when you sent us out." I lie to her and she looks at me with sympathy.

Her face softens as she speaks, "You know you can ask me if you don't understand something," she assures me.

I nod and she let's us back into class.

She walks in ahead of us and I linger behind to whisper in Rohan's ear, "You can thank me later for saving your arse."

I don't wait for him to respond and walk back to my seat.

When we go back into the classroom everyone's packing their things away, thankfully the lesson has nearly finished.

"Class I would like you to leave your books behind so I can see how much you understand." Mrs Spragg announces.

I gather my books and hand them to her on my way out.

Then I head to our usual spot to meet Aayat and Ulfat. We decide it's too cold to sit on the benches outside so we go inside the drama block.

As we're walking up the stairs Ulfat asks me, "What's wrong?"

I shake my head but she asks again. This time I begin to tell her, "You know that Rohan, he's so rude!"

Aayat interrupts me, "Wait, did I hear that right? Till just two days ago he was so cute, now he's rude?"

I turn to look at her and find her smirking at me. I glare at her but her smile keeps widening.

Eventually she wipes the smile off her lips and I smile in victory.

"Now come on, tell us what happened," she says coming back to the point.

I tell them the whole situation about how he gave me the note and I thought it was for me but actually it was for Tanya and I refused to pass it on to her. The teacher caught us talking and sent us out for flirting, his comment about how I'd be his last option, my retort and finally, how I saved his arse.

When I've finished telling them, Ulfat asks me, "You like him?"

My eyes widen and she continues, "I mean why else would you save him even though he's an idiot to you."

I think for a brief second before brushing it off.

"No, I don't have a crush on him," I tell her in a flat tone.

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I lay flat on my back and twist a strand of hair around my index finger. It's gone past ten o'clock, usually I'm fast asleep at this time but today my eyelids won't rest. They just stay wide open and I find myself thinking about Rohan.

I try to dismiss him from my mind but I'm constantly reminded of his words and my reaction to them.

When I told him I was embarrassed the teacher thought I would flirt with him, it was evident on his face he felt what I was feeling earlier. I guess we're as bad as each other.

Maybe things would have been different if I had passed the note to Tanya, I don't know why I was being so childish.

But what was so important he had to tell her there and then? And if it was that important, why couldn't he just pass it to her in the first place instead of involving me?

Urgh! So many questions! I close my eyes and just hug the duvet against my chest.

After a moment I remember, wait, I still have the paper! I could just take a little peek at it, that won't cause any harm, will it? I wonder to myself.

I throw the duvet off of me and sit up, I reach over to my blazer on the stand and pull it closer towards me. I use my free hand to hold the blazer while I take the note out of my pocket.

I start opening the scrunched up ball of paper but stop myself from reading what it says inside.

I don't know what I'm afraid of. It's not like I have a crush on him and I'll... I don't like him, do I?

Author's P.O.V:

It's so typical, isn't it? We always think about the bad boy before going to sleep. Ayesha's no different, but, is this the beginning of many more sleepless nights to come or is this just a one off? Keep reading to find out.

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Author's note:

~ I hope you all enjoyed the chapter. Make sure to let me know what you thought by leaving a little comment, either beside this or in the comments section.

~ I've updated a very important author's note for 'When I Wasn't A Star,' please make sure you read it.

Time for some questions:

* Who do you think has the best smile amongst the actors? (Apart from Varun and Sidharth.)
- This question is actually quite important so please make sure you voice your opinion.

* Also, has anyone seen Hero yet?
- What did you think?

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~ Kirren☺
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