chapter 8

Walking in through the school building excited, Anshika searched for Ruhan when Siya started walking with her, which she didn't even notice."Miss Anshika Srivastav, do you hear me?", Siya said out quite loud to startle her best friend."Oh hey, when did you come?""Wow, I've been telling you so much and you're asking me when did I come?",Siya squinted and pouted."Oh well, I'm so sorry.""I know, now you'll be searching for Ruhan, why me?", Siya pouted once again."Hey, don't say that. In fact I have a lot to share about yesterday," Anshika said apologetically and grabbed her hand and walked into the class.Sitting inside the class Anshika whispered the whole day's doings to Siya, who was excited to listen  and let out a low scream controlling herself on hearing about the proposal."I so wish I was there when he slipped the ring!", Siya said to her.They conversed amongst themselves when Ruhan and Aditya walked into the class looking at the two girls.Both of Ruhan and Anshika had an eyecontact which lasted for long, giving her butterflies, however they continued looking at each other in the eyes until the bell rang.Ruhan smiled a little and went to his seat.During recess they could not meet, since Ruhan had to meet the coach to plan for the annual sports day which was coming shortly.Meanwhile, Aditya and Siya also became good friends and they used to walk around the school during lunch, when Ruhan would be at the sports department. Sometimes they would pull out funny acts just to distract Ruhan and embarrass him in front of the teacher, who would not know their friends playing with him. However, Ruhan enjoyed those acts. After school they would walk together till the bus stop, however they wouldn't always hold hands, for getting caught by other students. Instead they would walk some more to get to the next or previous bus stop where there would be no students or teachers of their school and would also share ice creams and cold drinks.The sports day was almost at the door, and the whole school was busy preparing for it. Ruhan would mostly be found with the teachers or directing the team and Anshika would rarely find opportunities to talk to him, however, he would come to her once in a while and get back making her fluttery. They would talk in the evening over the phone when Ruhan would return from school. Ruhan would speak of the PE Teacher making him run like anything to get things done, and about his team while Anshika would tell him about all the decorations they were busy in doing for the school and then both of them would say in unison to spend time together. "I'm surely taking you out on a date after the Sports' Day!""I would love that."Both of Ruhan and Anshika remained excited for their next date and worked towards the school programme.