the romantic novel

"No, both of us are from here," March and Jessica both exclaimed together.

Earlier it was only March searching for Asher Lewis in the entire campus but now Jessica had also joined her in it. After wandering for about 15 minutes, both of them headed to the cafeteria. Jessica was mad tired.

"This boy will never be found. To find him we'll have to sort out a full-fledged plan and to do that I need to eat something or else my brains will not work," Jessica exclaimed.

March also related to her situation and replied, "Okay then, let's do one thing, let's sit here in the cafeteria and order something to eat. And we can think of where we could find Asher." As she said this her stomach growled looking at the snacks placed at the opposite ta- ble. Saying this both of them walked towards the cafeteria booth.

Jessica and March took one of the tables and settled down. They were talking among themselves like detectives and having their food at the same time. They were figuring out ways in which they could get a hold of Asher. After putting the last piece of chips in her mouth, Jessica spoke, "Take a look at his physique, he looks like a sportsper- son, if he's really into sports he'll probably be in the sports complex". March too finished her last bite and replied, "He might as well be there, he's not here in the cafeteria."

Jessica then gave it some thought and said, "What other places do children like to visit?"

Suddenly March's eyes grew wide with excitement. She looked at Jessica and squealed. "Library!" she stated with excitement. Hearing her, Jessica too stood up from her seat instantly. "Oh yes, library, why didn't we think of this earlier? I'm sure your God of solutions will be sitting in some corner of the library reading solutions to spe- cific problems" Jessica chuckled.

Both of them quickly packed their bags and moved towards the library. As they walked towards the library March recalled her co- nversation with Stanley.

"Ahh Stanley, the third ranker.. he also said that Asher usually goes to the library to study" March shared with Jessica. Both of them rushed towards the library.

"Come on, hurry up, if only he reads that book of yours, your crush will continue to remain a crush like all the other times," Je- ssica shouted to March. Saying this both of them ran to the library.

After reaching the library, both of them stood in front of it gazing at the huge building.

"Whoa! What is this building? Why is a library so huge?" Jessica

exclaimed.

March was also shocked to see such a huge library in front of her.

"I have never seen such a huge library in my entire life, even my school was not as huge as this one," she remarked.

Looking towards the main entrance, Jessica spoke, "We can't af- ford to waste time getting surprised, let's go and find Asher."

The library was on the first floor below which was the parking valet. After reaching the first floor, the security guards ask them "Show me your library card, only then y'all will be able to enter". Both of them looked at each other and then went on to ask the security guard, "What? What library card? So you mean to say that to enter the library we need to make a card of our own?"

"Yes, even the freshers know this. You're from this college, aren't you? Or Did you come to the campus just to have fun?" the guard questioned looking at both of them with suspicious eyes. "If not then I can only allow you to enter the library after showing me your ID card or else there will be no entry," he added.

After saying this, the security guard showed them the way out. Both of them walked down the first floor being very disappointed in themselves.

"Now this is not enough for us to find Asher," March asserted. However, Just when March had given up, Jessica got all excited and exclaimed, "Is it possible. Look at the other side"

March looked at Jessica in a confused state of mind. Jessica was pointing towards the library window. March looked towards the window and suddenly all the typical Hollywood romantic scenes played in her head with the "Perfect" song by Ed Sheeran playing in the background. She forgot about everything and only focused on Asher sitting near the window in the library. He was lost in the world of the books. Asher looked extremely cute sitting by the window and being sun-kissed. Looking at him made March forget about everything.

Looking at March, Jessica smiled and teased, "How long do you plan on just looking at him?"

Hearing Jessica's words, March blushed as she said, "Since it's not possible for us to enter the library, I'll somehow catch his attention from here and tell him about my novel, maybe he'll be able to under-

stand that way."

Jessica agreed to her plan and picked a pebble from the ground.

"Go, March, show us your skills" Jessica motivated handing the pebble to March.

March took the stone from her hand and asked confusingly, "Why did you pick up the pebble? What was the need for it? I can simply shout from here and he'll be able to hear it."

Listening to March, Jessica placed her hand on her shoulders and

replied, "He's sitting in a library, I hope you know that one isn't

allowed to make noise or even talk loudly in the library. If he shouts

from there to reply to you the whole library will get disturbed"

"Jessica, you are a genius. I would've never been able to think of such a thing. You are right, he won't be able to give me a reply properly so I might as well throw him a chit," March suggested. Both of them went near the window and with a lot of force threw a paper slip wrapped in a pebble over to him. The stone went straight thro- ugh the window where Asher was sitting. Receiving the letter, Asher was surprised and he turned to look at both of them standing below.

The slip of paper had "Hi" written on it. Asher looked down at March and immediately shut the window and thought to himself, "What is that girl's problem? She's been following me everywhere since morning. It's starting to get very annoying."

Seeing this behavior of his, Jessica became furious. She looked at March and exclaimed, "Oh my God! Did he just shut the window on us? Where does this entire attitude emerge from? Why is he like this?"

March on the other hand could not even comprehend what just happened. She was frustrated and went on to say, "No, I can't give up so easily." After saying this she ran heading towards the library. Jessica followed her. After reaching the entry gate, March told the security guard, "Sir, this is an emergency."

The guard was sitting outside the reception area having his tea, after seeing both of them again, he said, "Hey, you both have come again? I've mentioned it earlier also no one is allowed to enter without an identity card."

"Sir, this is quite an emergency. I have to urgently meet a student who's inside. I have to inform him about an urgent project that has been assigned to us. If I fail to do so his marks in the project will get deducted. Please allow me to go inside or else he'll fail" March re- plied making an excuse

The guard kept his cup and stood up from the reception. He ap- proached them without saying a word and when he finally came near then he said, "Okay? So if it is that important why don't you call and tell him about it?"

"I don't have his number..If I had his number would I be putting myself up to such risks?" She mumbled to herself.

Seeing March mumble to herself, the guard called out, "What

happened? Now don't tell me you don't have his number?"

Before March could say anything, Jessica interrupted in the middle.

"Sir, we're fresher's and to add to that this is our first day so it's obvious that we wouldn't have each other's numbers. One can't exchange numbers on the very first day itself. But he knows us very well. If you can't let us in could you please call him out?" Jessica explained in a requesting tone.

Listening to Jessica;s explaination, the guard believed her words. He agreed to help both of them. He opened the library gate and said, "Look, is your friend visible from here?".

March's eyes were focused on him because she had been chasing him all morning. She recognized him within seconds.

"Sir, he's right there. Look, Sir, he's there, the boy sitting by the window wearing a white T-shirt and a black denim jacket" said March.

The guard turned to go inside as he told them, "Okay, you guys wait here I'll go and get him."

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