A Lone Library

 *"Do you know why that room is always locked?"

"Which room?"

*"Oh, that room near the 12th-grade science classroom."

"Yeah, that's our old library! It was closed a few months ago because our library was moved to a bigger space."

*"No, that's not the truth. In that room, during the last summer vacation, a 10th-grade student had committed suicide. That's why the library was relocated."

"During lunchtime, the kids were gossiping and chatting..."

"And what's going on?" I asked.

"Arya, do you know, there's a student's spirit in our old library, and that's why our library was moved?" Kiran, with fear in her eyes, started telling me.

"My dad says ghosts don't exist; you are all fools," I said, trying to sound brave.

"Oh, really? Haven't you watched 'Fear Files'?"

"Sameer told me that a ghost lives there. Sameer is the class topper, and he never lies." Kiran said with such conviction that anyone would be ready to believe her.

But I wasn't backing down from my stand. I also promised to go to that room alone.

"Fear Files and all that are nonsense. And Sameer, is he some kind of a god that whatever he says will be true? If you guys don't believe me, I'm ready to go there alone, even at night."

Everyone was taken back by my words, as if they had actually seen a ghost.

Next day there is a sports meet in school, most of the children participated. Preparations were going on in the school since morning, all the teachers and seniors were very busy.

On one hand the whole school was busy preparing for the sports meet and on the other hand something else was brewing in our class.

"Then it is agreed that tonight at nine o'clock when Principal Sir will give his speech, you will go to the old library alone and take photographs, okay?"

“Yes okay, today I'll show you all that there are no ghosts at all”, I was ready for my mission with full enthusiasm.

Kiran was repeatedly trying to dissuade me, “Arya, think once again… I am saying don’t go”, the threat was clearly visible in her eyes.

But I can't get my nose cut now, I encouraged her and said, "Don't worry, nothing will happen to me."

I was also feeling a little scared from inside, but I was not going to back down because now it was about my nose.

Principal Sir's speech was going to be long and this was the time to execute the mission.

"Jai Hanuman Jai Hanuman Jai Hanuman..."

I was slowly moving towards the library, my legs started trembling, once I thought, let it be, but then I thought of my pride.

I opened the door of the library taking the name of God, the atmosphere inside started strengthening my fearful thoughts.

'Dark room, scattered books, broken furniture, dust and spiderwebs all around'.

I raised the phone with my trembling hands to take pictures and then someone put a hand on my shoulders from behind...............

my heart is about to spill out.

I started screaming loudly without looking back......

"Aaaaaaaaaaaa.........", screams came from behind.

It was Drishya?

"You absolutely scared me", He asked surprisingly, "Miss. Late Admission! What are you doing here?"

"What are you doing here", I also looked at him with detective eyes.

"I... I saw the door open, so I went to see," he said hesitantly, and started asking, "But what are you doing here?"

"I came here to see ghosts."

"There is no ghost here, just a rumor spread by the seniors students so that no child should come here because this place is not safe, there are a lot of broken furniture kept here", he said with a serious face.

"ooo! But how you know that?", I asked excitedly

Shrugging his head proudly, he said, "My senior friends told me

And all these ghosts etc. are things that scare children, I don't believe in all this."

His big talks were attracting me towards him and that's how I got my first crush while searching for the ghost..........

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