The memories

Let's fold the curtains of her life, her name is Ravena, a first-year student in the humanities and public policy course. She is not from too wealthy background, just an adopted child of the captain of the special agency under the executive sector in Bolenova. Stephen treated her as his own child as they both don’t know who the real parents are. He found her during a circus play in the city where he was on duty because they got the lead that there is some mischief was going to happen while leading that mission, they uncovered the tortured children's faces by the ringmaster of the circus. At the time of the rescue of the children, Ravena held tightly to the captain and was not letting him go, as she was afraid that things would go wrong somewhere. Stephen smiled, took the girl in his arms, and decided to take her in as his daughter. He had never had a family of his own, so he was deeply touched by the act of the little girl. They used to spend a lot of time together. There were the parents of Stephen, whom Revena treated as her grandparents; they also loved her very much, and she loved them back. She never imagined that her life would be this wonderful, with all that love and a new way of thinking.

She has grown to be a very intellectual person and excelled in every field of education. When these things were going on side by side, she was deeply interested in his father's field and tried to get as much knowledge as she could; when the colleagues of his father started acknowledging her, they ended up adoring her. Everything was perfect until her grandfather died when she was sixteen. She was quite shaken from the inside as she had never felt the pain of losing someone dear to her. As time passed due to some crises in the capital, his father had to stay there for the time being, and his grandmother and Revena were alone in the house. Sometimes, the colleagues of her father used to pay a visit to them, but that did not fill the emptiness that was in her heart left by her father and grandfather.

As some time passed, Revena tried to cope with reality and bring back the colors in the life of the grandmother, but she couldn’t endure the loneliness and left the world when Revena was eighteen. She started to spend time alone, became quieter, and once tried to contact her father when grandma was alive, but she always got the same reply that he was busy and would try to return as soon as possible. After the death of Grandma, she didn’t contact anyone, nor let any of his father’s colleagues meet her. One day, when Revena was doing her homework, someone knocked on the door, and it was her father with a girl of his age maybe one of his colleagues. Without giving a second thought for a moment, she let them in and didn’t say anything. On next morning, she went to school, said goodbye to her father, and never returned.

Suddenly, the alarm rang and she woke up from sleep and found it was her memories that were hunting, still in the present time. Then she directly went towards her desk, did some of her work, and got ready for school, all covered up again. Now she lives with her granny in Antonia, living a completely different life from what she used to live. A cold-hearted, disconnected from worldly things, and has zero friends. She is currently in her first year and has a class of normal students with no flex. Everyone treats her as an invisible being and sometimes trolls her but she doesn’t give a shit to that crap, at a time of lunch break she has a fixed spot from where she sees everyone and monitors a specific group of boys.

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As of now, Caelum and his group, as usual in the spotlight, teasing some juniors who had a crush on Caelum, as one of them came to confess to him.

The girl said, “I like you and wanna go out with you even if it is for a short time”.

Della laughed and said, “Don’t you know he is into women, and won't date any teenage girl like you”.

The girl said, “What's wrong with dating a teenage girl, and why set a standard like that?”.

Caelum sarcastically smiled, came close to that girl, and said, “The person you like sets that standard, so you are no one to criticize it”.

He said, “And one more thing, it's fun to date a more mature person than you”, then they left for their class.

On their way to class, Alder said, “Go easy on them, dude, just say no, that's it”.

Caelum, in an irritated tone, said, “Don’t you know I try my best to never lose my calm, but I don’t understand what they think of me. I'm someone who can let anyone into my bed”.

Renly put his hands on the shoulders of Caelum and Alder and said, “Chill guys, the matter is over, and Alder, you know how many girls pest around him nowadays as they came to know that Caelum is going to do concerts”.

Alder said, “I can't deny that fact, yes, what about your concerts and band?”.

Caelum replied, “Things are working on their own pace, and the song is almost ready, just a few more shots and we are good to go”.

Della said, “And what about your dad, is he okay with that?”.

Caelum smirked and said, “I don’t give a shit if he is not, we already made things clear, and he don’t even bother what I do or were I go, we are just strangers living in a same roof.”

He later added, "I’m thinking of shifting to a new house or might I live with my grandpa, grandpa is a chill guy I like his company rather than my dad”.

Renly said, “That would be cool, we can visit you there and spend some time with your grandpa”.

Della and Alder smiled and said, “ya, that would be fun”. Caelum smiled and said, “You guys are most welcome”.

Renly said, “Then it's final, this holiday is in Caelum's grandpa's house”.

Caelum said, “Done and dusted”.

It was a joint class with all 3rd year students, which takes place ones in a week, as soon as the talk gets over, Caelum felt someone staring at him, while scanning, his eyes got locked with the girl, and she immediately turned her face. Caelum smiled, and eventually, the class began.

In the evening, when the students got free and were saying bye, Caelum was going towards his car on the way saw that same girl crowded by some boys in their class, asking her class if she was a normal or elite student, and all. Caelum came to know that the girl is popular among boys, the girl who was staring at me during the lecture, might have misunderstood her as an elite student because of her style and beauty. He thought this was not in my interest, and then I should just continue with the things already had plans with Lara. As soon as he thought that, they both again locked eyes with each other for a while, and then Caelum took his car and left.

She was in the same year as Caelum and same department as well, but she is a normal student. Her name is Nyra, born and brought up in this city, in a family who have long long-standing legacy of the bakery business. She has a silent crush on Caelum and is well aware of this position and the history of his relationship, but that's her ideal type a boy that has the power to make every girl fall in love with him. In the end, she can't muster up the courage to confess, knowing that he already has a girlfriend now, and he is into women.

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