Chapter Three

We spent our time doing our works. There's only silence most of the time. The only noise would be me talking to someone on my mobile. Ryan was not at all interested in what I was doing. He would just look at me when I enter the space and leave the space. All the other time, it's me checking him out. Days became weeks and I came to an understanding that Ryan likes my company but was too shy to even talk to anyone. I would ask him any doubts and he would answer them very precisely. He's got a beautiful handwriting too. It's been a month since we fell into this dynamic. Now I became busy with my science project. We had a science expo in which all the schools in our zone would compete. I was very interested in this and started keeping all my focus on my project that I had no time to visit my study mate on terrace.

--The day of science expo--

Somehow I couldn't find time for any of my usual activities. People came first for me most of the time. But I think it's more interesting to do some science stuff than keep up with the boring old gossips all the time. So here I am today, with my close friends, in the expo's final round. We tried something different this time. Every expo we would follow our teachers ideas. This time we tried something totally different. We tried to create a model that a Neanderthal man using some epoxy resin and gave it some many designs using different stuff with it. I was hoping to make an impression this time. I was explaining the species to some students while Mona is doing some stuff that made our project attract the crowd. The expo continued in a blur of people, students and teachers alike. It was finally the time for the Staff to announce the winner.

We held our breath awaiting the moment. The announcers occupied the stage and a couple of guests gave some words of wisdom that I obviously didn't manage to pay attention to. "Finally the best part of the day is here. After much discussion, the judges came to a conclusion as to who the winner this time is. But before that let me tell me something. The projects this time are amazing and exceeded our expectations. Some of you blew our minds. So we have the list of people we made it to the list. The third winner of Science Expo - 50 is Daniel and group from XYZ school. The second winner is Henry and group from Aby high school. Finally the unexpected final winner of science expo - 50 is "The Neanderthal" of Mona and group of Modern high school. Congratulations winners. "

We blinked. Finally we made it. The first group of girls to ever win the interschool science expo. Monica squealed. Mona and I hugged each other, jumping and giggling like crazy people. We went onto the stage to receive our prize. I was so happy. We're looking at the crowd with eyes filled with tears and face lit up with happiness. Suddenly I saw a certain tall figures turning back from the crowd. I can recognise Ryan even from his back. The back felt so much like Ryan. Suddenly my heart started to race. Getting down as fast as I could, I ran through the crowd in the direction of the familiar figure. By the time I could make it out of the crowd, he's gone.

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