A CRUSH STORY!!!

It’s a breezy monsoon morning, the birds are slowly wishing and whispering good morning, sun is playing hide and seek between the shabby clouds, the Silence has just begin to sing good night and our neighbor Mr Venkat has just kicked his old friend “Bajaj” for the umpteenth time. The smell of “Narasus” the famous coffee brand in South forcing my eyelids to break their hug.

“Aendhiri da” (Get up) says my mom. “Its 6 o’clock and your still on your bed. Don’t you know its your first day in school today?”. By the way My name is “Eathen”. I move as slow as possible, even a tortoise will win if it races. Its June 13^th and Monday Morning, my beginning of most important part of my life as big as a hype that was created since I was 10yrs old. Yea its beginning of my 10^th (SSC) and starting from today my life is gonna be as Busy as Mr Narayan Murthy. I will start my day at 6am and end my day at 10pm. It always eats me up when I think why do Parents react as if a panic button has hit when their children reach Std X. It used to scare me at times when I used to clear my IXth Semesters.

However, here I am with a Colgate combo in hand watching myself closely in the mirror and there I see myself smile for one last time as it will be Mr Anonymous in some day. Its 6:45 and I am ready with my new Uniform and a New Bag, thanks to Dad. I say “Bye Maa” and there she is standing there with a stare, Oh no!!! I missed the gods I have to ask their blessings as it is my first day in school (I mean Xth Std) I pray for a better Morning and as I move outside My dad hands me the receiver and who have I got on phone is my Dad’s elder brother and his wife “Now I have to take their blessings as well???”, Now I wish I never had come this far. Its 5 mins for 7 and in the nxt 10 mins it’s the first bell that’s gonna decide am I late or on time.

As I peddle my way to school a tiny drop wishes me good luck and there I see few of my friends waiting for me for a ride to school. Its 7:10 am and we are on time a minute late my new calendar will have my first remark from Mrs Coutino (Principal) demanding Dad's autograph the nxt day. Its Xth A and as usual the last bench awaits its royal highness J

Since it’s the first day in school all our Teachers have just talked about what is in store for us in the coming years. It’s a new class and new classmates but same old faces. With so mch of struggle and sleepy drolls we hear the most soothing music “Our school bell at 1”. Out we rush to our bikes and four of us off we go. Allow me to introduce you all to my close friends in school the “padaaku” of our group Mr Hari, The dude of our group Mr Girish, the “bol bachan” of our group Mr Ganesh.

So, As I was saying we are going to be busy for the next 1 year. Its also today that we have to enroll for our private tuitions “THE STUDENTS INSTITUTE” So our busy schedule is 7:10 am to 1:15pm (School), 3:30pm to 9:30pm (“THE STUDENTS INSTITUTE”). Today being the first day we need to pay our fees and start with the class directly. “HAVE MERCY” I would say.

Its 3:00 pm and there I hear a lady calling me “Eathen”. Its my chance to fill up a form to enroll myself in this asylum for the next 365 days. For a change the classes here has Air conditions fitted and we also have some girls for company in the same class. This is new for me as for the past 10yrs its jst Boys that were there in my class, yea you got it my school is “St Peter's Boys High School”

I was just about to pen down my biography, I hear the lady call out a name “Nandini”, and a sweet reply saying “YES MAM” quickly followed, I couldn’t resist my eyes automatically shifted gaze from something black and white to full of life and there she was in her pink Salwar Suit walking towards me like a Miss World who has jst won her pageant and walking in for her crown. As she passed by her eyes jst watched me standing stun as if a begger has jst seen a full cheese pizza in front of him.

                  --Meet u guys tomorrow.