[2012]

Bangalore. The IT capital of India
 
I have no idea what in the world I'm going to do here.There is a fear I have.
New city, New school, New friends, New people and a whole New World. I have no idea how I'm going to be handing this. When a few months back, my father told me that we'll have to move to a whole new state and city, I didn't think much of it but the heaviness of the situation is now dawning on me. I've always been an introverted person, who can be a situational extrovert if I'm comfortable. I have no idea if I will ever be able to make new friends.

 I'm currently 12 trying to figure out my how life is going to be after we just moved to a new city, that too Bengaluru from Ahmedabad. As I'm thinking all of this, a voice breaks my thoughts as I realise it's my mom.
Shit. We've just reached at our new home and by the look on her face she looks like she's been calling me for about 5 minutes now. I got out of the car and saw the big apartment tower in front of me. I guess this is home now.  I sigh internally.

 I help mom carry the luggage and move towards the seventh floor. Just as we reach our new house, I see a girl a girl who looks a little older than me looking at us from the door of her house which is just next to us. Just then a woman who looks like mother comes out of the house and smiles at us.
She says,' Hello, looks like you are new here. My name is Ambili Padikkal and I'm your neighbour. I live with my husband and two children. Her name is Chandni.'
'Hello Mrs.Ambili. I'm Vidya. She is my daughter, Anvi and that is my husband Vijay. We would love to be your neighbours. Your girl can be friends with mine. She looks very sweet.', Mom says.
'Arey! Your daughter looks like an angel herself. Anyways I wouldn't hold you for long, Incase any of you need help just call me I would love to'.
' No need Mrs. Ambili. Thank you for asking'.
' Oh please call me Ambi or bhabhi, we're neighbours now'.
'Sure, bhabhi. We'll take your leave now'. Ma says.
' And please send Avni to our house in the evening, Chandni would to make a new friend.' Ambi aunty says as Chandni di smiles at me and I return a smile.
We move into our new house and I run inside my room just to see that I have a personal balcony.
A Balcony of my own, can you believe it??!
As I go into my balcony to see the view, I see a boy who is about my age only in the balcony next to me, looking at me weirdly.
I instantly feel  my competitive self coming in my body as I look back at him.
He looks at me for 2 seconds and then scoffs and leaves.
Matlab hads hi ho gayi, first of all you have the audacity to judge a person you don't even know and then you scoff. I mean are you serious??! I feel like I hate him now. I'll talk to Chandni di about him. Such a rude person.
Engrossed in my thoughts,  I go back to my room and begin setting it up.