THE LEAP

Chapter 5

" Friendship " , not many of us are destined to meet our true friend. Which leads me to think, "who or rather how do you define it, a true friend..? ", as for me, " Someone to whom I don't have to explain, because that one knows what I am.. Who I am and how I am. "..

We as a toddler make loads of friends but do all of them stay with us forever.. No. We forget them as time passes by. But are they lost forever? , no. The memories always stay no matter how much we tell ourselves they have faded... Life goes on.

Jannat and Dhruv drifted apart with years passing by.

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The exams were on the verge and it was time for the final class shuffling of the year. The class was now divided according bro the grades thus given the difference I, Krish and Dhruv were sent in different groups.

In this chaos, and hectic study routine we lost touch. We saw each other but seldom spoke. I guess that's the best virtue of being young, we didn't take things to heart, we swiftly moved away, busier with our new friends group with a new life.

With a blink of eye time passed away, now we were all officially high school students . The years where we were not a toddler anymore neither were we considered an adult.

These were the years when our puberty would hit us unknowingly, we would make friends and loose them. The age of confusions, the age of decisions.... The age of first love.

I seldom met Dhruv but I used to always catch a glance of him.

My fifth grade went in fights rather than studies. Hence owning me a "gundi" Tag. It was a boy named Rehan, the son of the VP and also the monitor of class who, in a break came along and just hit me hard on my back.

"What the hell, what did I do to you.. I will surely complain... ", I shouted

With the rage and fury I went on to look for my class teacher Charan sir, to my bad luck I saw Rehan's father and complaint, only to be crossed by one of rehan's friend sourabh to testify for him and falsely accusing me of faking it.

The VP scolded me, even before investigating the matter.

He came to our class

" This type of behavior is not accepted in this school.. I would rather suggest no boy and girl will conversate with each other again in this class ", he just left

I felt wronged, it was my first humiliation in my class.

When our class teacher Charan sir tried to talk us out,

Rehan bursted out from his desk, " I did not do it.... What proof do you have? ".

I was on the verge of tears I had never faced such a situation ever, but I was rather stubborn I wouldn't cry at least not in front of this liar.

" If I don't have a proof.. Then neither do you have... You know it for yourself you hit me.. ", with that I vowed to myself

" This boy is going to be my enemy for life.. I hate him"... My mind concluded.

Only if I had known.... changes do occur.

Given the instruction our batch never got together, boys and girls always maintained their distance.

It also meant I would not talk to Dhruv again, but I was burning in insult, I would rather die than give in to my temptation.

I withdrew myself from any topic related to boys... Thus the journey to my introvert nature started.

Soon we were indulged in school... I almost forgot Dhruv... I was a lone wolf now. A journey of getting stronger.

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