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Dedication:

Thank you Krazy_Kiran for making me yet another amazing cover.

Guys do check out her stories: Dilli Wali Girlfriend and One Bollywood Romance, Please.
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How many times have you had a crush on someone but not had the courage to tell them? There'll be at least one person, right?

In my case, there are two. But as they say: "If you fall for two people at the same time, choose the second. Because if you really liked the first one, you wouldn't have fallen for the second."

The only problem is I don't even know when I fell for him, was it his sweet attitude? The fact he didn't leave me when he could or his beautiful eyes?

Little did I know, the story had already begun. All those times in maths when he would make conversation and I wouldn't respond. Now I really wish I had. How I wish I could change so much that has happened between us, but how? I don't even have a time machine to go back.

T h r e e y e a r s a g o

I get off the bus and run up the stairs, two at a time so I can reach the school entrance quicker.

Hi there, I'm Ayesha and it's my first day of year 7. Nice to meet you! As you can see I'm in a rush so just follow me.

As I'm running I manage to take a quick peek at my watch, it's 9 o'clock. Oh no, I'm so late!

I get into the school foyer and I'm lost in a swarm of people as they push past me into the hall for assembly.

I sign in at the desk and sneak into line when I spot my class.

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After assembly finishes, I wait for my best friend Aayat and we walk towards our first lesson of the day as she casually asks: "Have you seen the new boy?"

I'm confused but I try to reply in an equally casual tone: "No, there's a new boy?" I ask her.

She points at him, "Yeah look, that's him there!"

I follow her finger to find a boy standing there, he turns around and it's Abhi. I slap her arm, "I thought you said he's new, that's Abhi!"

She rubs her arm where I slapped her and says, "Look behind him!"

I look again. Abhi takes a step away and another boy appears from in front of him, I take a quick glance at him before turning back to Aayat.

The boy's hair was dishevelled and shaggy. It looked like it'd feel silk-

Aayat breaks me out of trance as she asks: "So..."

"What?" I ask, not understanding what she's hinting at.

She waves her eyes to him and back, I realise she's asking about him so I say: "Probably just another troublemaker."

With that I push his thoughts aside and continue walking to class.

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A few days later I have one of my first encounters with him.

The teacher has sent us to the hall to get our photo's taken.

We're walking past the library which is opposite to the hall as he tries to make conversation, "How come you're getting your photo taken?"

I can hear my heart palpitating, not because I have a crush on him but because this always happens when someone asks me a question.

You can ask me something as simple as, "What's your name?" And the same thing would happen.

I try to keep my explanation short, "I was on holiday so I missed them when everyone else had theirs taken."

He simply says, "Cool."

We're in the foyer now, walking through the door leading into the hall. I breathe a sigh of relief as I don't have to converse with him further.

I think to myself, "Maybe he's not so bad?"

A f e w w e e k s l a t e r

By now Rohan has established himself among the popular group of people. You must be wondering who's Rohan? He's the 'troublemaker.'

I walk into History to find everyone's seat has changed. Sir tells me to sit on the seat beside Rohan. I'm dreading the idea but I can't protest so I quietly take the seat beside him and listen to Sir.

Soon we're given tasks and the class breaks into chatter. Similarly, Rohan's busy talking to Tanya's best friend Sonia, who is also sitting on our table.

Tanya is the girl he's dating. No, I've not been stalking him. What can I do if he's the pick of everyone's gossip?

They're playing some game, sounds a bit like truth or dare. He's refused to answer her question so she's giving him a dare.

"You have to kiss her hand," I hear her tell him.

I could swear he looked at me but anyway, he says, "I don't want to flatter her too much."

I scoff, what does this guy think of himself? Has he ever seen his face in the mirror by accident? Probably not in case it broke.

Author's P.O.V:

These are just some snippets of the moments Rohan and Ayesha shared, continue reading to find out how she developed a liking for him and to know more about who Abhi is.

The next chapter will be of present day, three years later.

Author's note:

~ Well, what did you all think? I'd love to hear any thoughts you have so don't forget to leave a little comment.

~ Kirren☺