I was feeling good after talking to her. Even though I was not sure about her feelings, I was confident enough. Putting all my faith on GOD, I thought of marching forward with the typical love story approach (Friends – Buddies – Best Pals – Couple).
Next day I went to school early. I was eagerly waiting for her reactions about our previous conversation. I waited for her on my desk. My eyes were looking towards the door. And then came, “the silly girl”. A bag was on her right shoulder & a yellow Milton tuf-puf water bottle on the left. Two red ribbons were riding the swing of her hair on both sides.
Oh My God! What a beautiful sight that was. I was completely lost watching her & a smile budded of my lips. She came to her desk, put her bag on it, hanged the water bottle & while talking to Chandrani went out with her friends (Shraddha, Payal & my senses). I was still there, looking towards her.
And then I saw something unusual. Yes, that was her smiling face (same as my imagination). Mouth half-open but 75% of teeth can be seen through. Just before crossing the threshold of the classroom, she turned back & looked at me. Her eyes came in contact with mine for a moment, and then she turned away.
I was unable to understand the meaning of her “staring look”. Was she happy or disheartened? I started thinking about various possibilities but got nothing out of that. At the lunch break, I broke the silence between us. I went to her, greeted her & asked about her feelings about our previous conversation. To which, she replied that she did not liked that. She had never thought about any such things & neither wants to and all other things a girl would say when proposed for the first time.
I got very upset but didn’t show her. After that moment, the cheer on my face left me. But thanks to Kaushik & Goutam for their consoling hands. They told me that “this is the normal reaction of a girl which means an indirect yes”. But I was not convinced.
I went home with a heavy heart. I could not stop my lacrimal glands (tear glands) to work out. But God was with me only. He sent my cousin to my house that evening. Pratyush bhaiya, my cousin, was our senior at school & was also a good friend of my silly girl. So, without wasting any time, I confessed everything to him. He patted on my back & told me to relax as he would find a solution for me.
The next day during lunch hour, he took me near the flag hoisting dice where my silly girl was standing with Shraddha & Payal. And then…..
