Her Secret Smile (#2)

Chapter- 2

2."Friend = weird"

"Roshini, get up it is already 8," her mom said and splashed the water on her face.

'What the hell!' she got up with that feeling. This Monday morning is the biggest hell for her. She looked her mom who glared back for sleeping like this and she went to prepare breakfast.

Yesterday night Roshini started watching a movie, without her realization she is so engrossed in that, she didn't get up from her seat until it was fully completed. As a result, she got a water bath from her mother.

She slowly got up from her bed like a zombie and went to the bathroom. After finishing all her morning chores she came out and noticed the time as 8.30am.

'What the hell!' she again thought and rushed to leave because my bus is at 8.45am.

"Mom… mom please make it fast," Roshini pleaded to her mother who is packing her lunch box.

"Wait! For this reason I asked you to sleep early," she reasoned and made her mouth shut.

After getting her lunch she started running to the bus stop, she can feel her lumpy stomach while running, for a long time she wanted to reduce her weight, it may sound easy to think but that is one of the greatest battles of her life. She became fat suddenly six months before due to PCOD and now she is trying to reduce her weight.

Roshini got inside the bus when it was about to take. When the moment she realized that she won, a small smile spread across her lips.  

She sighed deeply and the conductor shouted her to move inside.

"Hey, why you're late?" Nidhi's voice stopped her smile. Roshini stood beside her.

"I slept"

"Oh," she nodded and the bus was going at a high speed. Today is not much crowd but still, they don't get a seat to sit.

In this weekend as they planned Roshini and Nidhi went for a movie. They enjoyed a lot and also ate a lot while touring over the streets. 

In her school days, Roshini never experienced this kind of things and it felt very new and exciting to her.

In this past one year, they both developed as an inseparable friends.

But Nidhi has a lot of friends compared to Roshini where she is having only her. 

Her school friends, her neighborhood friends and her cousins like so many were around her. Roshini sometime feels why Nidhi befriends with her. But lately, she realized that there is no reason needed for a person to be friend with another person.

Friendship is something very unexplainable. Roshini impressions Nidhi as a Savior because sometimes she will give her hand when she desperately needed a help. Even Roshini don't think that she will help someone like Nidhi but she did a lot of help that Roshini never expected from her.

"I thought of getting down from the bus if you have not arrived. Thank god you came," Nidhi said.

"Oh, I am sorry this won't happen again," the stress-filled words came out of her mouth. 

And here comes the other part of their friendship, sometimes it is also uncomfortable for Roshini to take this attitude of hers. 

Roshini never wanted anyone to wait for her, she never wanted anyone to have special care on her. She has drawn a circle around her, within that she wanted only her. Even she doesn't allow her parents to cross that.

Roshini, a person who is different inside. She doesn't like people who come so close to her, close to that circle. It gave a fear and it is a stress.

Plastering a small smile Roshini continued to talk. They mostly talked about their irritating math professor. He's having a special tendency to irritate a person to the most.

As they reached their college. They walked to their class. It took about ten minutes to walk. Since their class is located at the far end of this college.

Once they reached their department, unknowingly her eyes searched for Siddharth's CBR bike and when she found it is there she smiled inside.

Though she doesn't know anything about bikes and all, for him she searched and learned that is CBR 250r bike.

In her life, she never made any feelings, a hurt, a regret and even happiness to grow in her this deeper, but how she failed to control this Siddharth is a big question that she having all the time.

She thought it is not a big deal when she first felt he is doing something in her, but that's what the biggest mistake she had ever done. These uncontrollable feelings turned into a routine and now she is unable to find a way to come out of it.

Till now she haven't told about this to anyone and she has maintained like she is a girl who never look at a guy even if he's a handsome freak.

Her boundaries are the main reason that never takes her near him. Avoiding is the simple thing that she is doing to avoid everything.

When they reached their class, they sat in their place. It is the third row and Roshini usually sits beside the window side seat. "Roshini today I am planning to take books from Library, do you want to join me," Nidhi asked.

"Hmm sure," she replied and texted her mom that she has reached college. Since her mom was too worried about her, especially this society and she ordered Roshini to text every day after reaching college.

The classes started and to where her energy level also started decreasing. She looked at her watch eagerly when the lunchtime will come, she then gazed her class some of them were listening to the lecture, some of them were daydreaming and some of them were sleeping. She turned her gaze to Nidhi and smiled to see her half closed eyes.

When the professor finished her lecture everyone came out of their thoughts and sleep. Before the professor could leave their class boys started leaving like they are awaited for this moment. Roshini and Nidhi carried their lunch box and walked outside of our department. They usually sit in a resting bench and have the lunch in a peace.

While walking her heart attack came in front of her, Siddharth.

Siddharth who is standing before the staff room and talking with their math professor and that too with a big smile on his face.

She looked him with a skepticism filled eyes. What he is talking with our professor?

Suddenly his eyes shifted to Roshini and she immediately turned her gaze to Nidhi and her poor heart started to throb. When she was about to cross them her professor called her.

"Sir?"

"Roshini, there's a conference taking place in electronics department after the lunch break. Are you willing to go there?" He asked.

She looked Nidhi, she signaled her to say yes. "Ok, sir. I will go,"

"Okay Siddharth, you two go there," he said and her eyes widened in shock.

Am I going there with Siddharth? OMG, what I am going to do now!!

Siddharth smiled and looked at Roshini but she purposely avoided him. Why on earth this sir is arranging me to go with him, she thought and remained silent.

But why I have to go with this danger? So she thought of rejecting the offer. When she was about to speak,

"Ok be there at 2.00pm, it is just a workshop and they will teach you about some new technical things. They asked me to send two students only, so utilize this and they will provide a certificate for you," their professor finished.

She nodded her head and canceled her thought of rejecting, because they are providing certificate and it will be useful for her Resume. Though she is the smart student in her class, she is still afraid whether she will get a proper job.

"Ok sir, we will be there", Siddharth said.

We! She exclaimed inside hearing that.

Roshini left to have her lunch with Nidhi. She remained silent and became nervous. She has talked with him only two times, one during their first meeting and another in last year cultural event. Perhaps today it will happen?? She thought.

"Rosh, you're getting late. See the time it's already 1.50pm," Nidhi said and Roshini came out of the thoughts.

She quickly finished her lunch and after taking her bag she started to walk from her department to the electronics department where it is located in another end.

No one is there on the road, except a guy who's walking in front of her, she knew him he's her senior, and Siddharth's classmate.

When she was hurriedly walking she suddenly heard a horn sound from behind, she knew who it might be that is none another than Siddharth. He stopped in front of her and giving a glimpse by her side, he asked his friend to sit behind him.

He left and she continued to walk with an annoyance.

Why he gave that look!!

Stupid!! She scolded him mentally and continued to walk and walk.

But even in that distress, she thought if his friend was not here, whether he would have asked me for a free ride? But anyhow it is not going to happen. She sighed.

The other thing that she likes about Siddharth is the way he drove his bike, maybe it sounds silly but that's true. She likes him in everything but at the same time, she is trying not to accept that.