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First Talk
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"Of course, I'll be on time. What did you say? 10? Okay, I'll reach you office, " said Abhijeet as I reached the counter.
'Tarika again' I thought and smiled.
He didn't notice me so he continued "Yeah, sure sure. I'll be on time. Exactly at 10! Okay, bye. Take care... "
And finally, he put down the phone.
"Hi Shreya, Good morning, " he smiled.
"Morning big one," I yawned.
"Feeling sleepy?"
I nodded. 'Of course, all thanks to Daya,' I wanted to add.
"It's okay, its weekend! You just have to go to school today and it's a holiday tomorrow! And Sunday too!"
"Yeah," I said and put my head down on the table.
"Hey, what happened?" asked Abhijeet. "You look, sad?"
"No, its not that..." I said.
"No! Tell me!" he demanded.
"Big one, its not that," I said.
"Please tell me," he said "okay, you not telling me? I won't give you that,"
"What?!" I suddenly looked up.
"I won't even tell," he lowered his sleeves.
"Come on big one," I pleaded. "Tell me,"
"First you tell me what's wrong with you,"
"Okay, umm..." I said "I have a mathematical problem which I'm unable to solve. And you know, how much I love mathematics! I can't bear stucking myself with a stupid mathematical problem," I lied.
"Oh, I see," smiled abhijeet.
"So," I said.
"So?"
"Will you do the honours of telling me what you will give me?"
"Oh that!" he turned around. "Tarika called up."
"What's the new thing in that?" I crossed my arms.
"Yeah," he said. "Nothing, but she called me to tell that she has got your photos developed, of your friend, I believe?"
"Oh!" I smiled.
"Yeah, and," he said "I'll probably be late for dinner,"
"Why?" I asked.
"Oh yeah," he said. "A guy in the Jammers Mill, in the Dreker's County was killed by some kind of an animal,"
"An animal?" I asked.
"Yeah, and anyways I figured out I'd lend a hand," he said. "You finish your homework and have dinner. I might come back at 1 or 2,"
"Oh. All the best, then," I said. "And be careful,"
"Sure," he smiled at me. "And I'll leave the photographs on the table. At around 11 in the morning, "
"Okay," I smiled.
"And yes. I gotta make someone meet you."
"Who is it?" I asked.
"I've got a friend of mine, Maxwell Styles." he said. "He has a step brother who happens to be of your age, named Harry Styles."
"Oh," I said. "How do you know each other?"
"A few years back, I was in Seattle for a case, Max was the police officer there. We were in touch even after I came back to Forks,"
"Okay," I said. "You want me to him Maxwell?"
"Umm... actually, not Max, I want you to meet Harry,"
I raised my eyebrows.
"No no no! " he said "Don't get me wrong. Umm... actually, he doesn't have much of his friends around all the time. They like, abandoned him last week for a reason which isn't known to me or to him or to anyone else, "
"Is you think that's the reason, I'll surely meet him," I smiled.
"Thanks Shreya, I knew you wouldn't disagree, " he said. "We'll probably meet him tomorrow as Max is in Florida for some kind of meeting. Harry went with him and they're coming back tomorrow, "
"Hmm," I nodded as I glanced at my wrist watch. "Oh my gosh! I'm late! See you later abhijeet! " I say as I give him a quick hug and sling my backpack on my shoulders, taking my keys from the counter.
He waves as I am off like a shot.
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"I'm so sorry Mr Raymond," I say as I enter Trigonometry class, panting.
Trig class had to be shifted on the top floor today only?
"It's okay Ms Malhotra, " he says as I look towards the class for a seat.
The scene shocks me. Daya... he's here...
Oh my goodness! What should I do? Shout? Dance? Laugh? Hug him?
But keeping the situation in mind, I don't do anything of it.
He sweeps himself to the window side. And I take it as n indication that he wants me to sit with him.
Clutching my bag, I make my way towards his seat and settle down there.
Taking out my books, I breathe a sigh of relief.
Mr Raymond begins the class with "So, I hope you all have done your homework which I gave you last week,"
I take out my notebook and open it.
Suddenly, I hear a musical tone as "Hi, I'm Dayanand Shetty,"
The Shetty boy is introducing himself... hmm... seems interesting.
"Hi," I say, looking in his deep black eyes.
Wait, did I say black? Yeah, coz they are black! This is impossible. He had golden brown eyes lst time I saw him. And now, all black!? How on the earth!? Unless he's some kind of alien...
I was about to ask him about his black eyes, when Mr Raymond called out my name.
"Shreya!" he almost shouted.
"Ye-yes sir," I stood up, looking at the floor.
He smiled and handed me a paper "Congratulations Ms Malhotra, you've got full marks in the class test,"
I took the paper silently and sat down, taking a sigh of relief.
"Congratulations," Daya whispered.
"Thanks," Did I blush?
"Well, you seem to have developed a keen interest in Trigonometry, " he smiled.
"No, its not that," I said. "I had always loved it, since I was first introduced to it,"
"Oh, I see." he said. "I don't think I should ask you-"
"No, go on," I said.
"Umm..." he ran his hand through his hair "Why did you join the school in the middle of the semester, when you could've done it easily in October?"
"Umm... it's kinda complicated... "
"I'm sure I can keep up," he said, flashing his killer smile.
I scratched my head and said "My mom remarried and..."
As I didn't say anything after that so he continued with "So, you don't like the guy? or..."
"No, its not that," I said.
He looked at me with his deep eyes.
And, the bell rang.
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"So, why didn't you move in with you mom and Andrew? " he asked me as we went out of the class.
"Umm... it's just, they wanted to go on the road, together. It was almost after 18 years that I saw her happy and... later on I discovered that I made her unhappy, like staying with me, she never smiled, although I knew she loved me... but still, I wanted her to live her life once again. And, I thought it as an opportunity for me to stay with my brother." I finished and found him listening very closely.
He suddenly stopped as I discovered we'd reached his locker.
Then he said "So, now you're unhappy?"
"No," I said "It's not that," I wonder what made him ask that.
I guess he figured out that I was a little surprised at his sudden question because he apologized with "I'm sorry, I-I was just trying to figure you out. You're very difficult for me to read, "
He said looking deep into my eyes and I suddenly remembered about his black eyes that once used to be golden brown.
So, I asked him "Hey, did you get contacts? "
"No," he said. He was probably taken aback at my sudden, stupid question.
"You're eyes were golden brown last time I saw you... in the party," I said.
"Oh yeah," he said, running his hand through his hair "Umm... it's Vinay's... umm... experiment... " and he was off like a shot, leaving me with huge question mark on my face.
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I reached home. I wasn't feeling like studying anymore so I decided to bunk a couple of classes saying that I wasn't feeling well.
Unsurprisingly, I received some calls from Eric and Sam, regarding my health.
I was lying on the bed for I don't know how long. Thinking about his eyes... Were they actually a result of Vinay's experiment?
I will request Abhijeet to take me to Vinay's. And I'll ask Vinay about his experiment.
I was determined.
Suddenly, my phone rang. It was Abhijeet
"Hi Abhi," I said.
"Hi Shreya," he said.
"So," I said "Any progress on the case? "
"Umm... nothing much," he said. "Oh by the way, did you see the pics?"
"Pics?"
"Yeah," he said. "Of the party?"
"Oh," I remembered " No, not yet. I completely forgot about it, "
"Oh, could you please see them now, actually, I've written a phone number behind the picture. I forgot to note it down, can you please dictate it to me ?"
"Sure," I said. "I'll just get 'em,"
So, I went down to the kitchen and saw a brown packet lying there.
"Oh yeah," I said. "I got it,"
I got hold of the packet and opened the seal. Oops! I opened it from the backside.
It's okay... After all, Abhi needs the numbers. They are at the back of the picture.
"So," I said. "Note it down,"
"Oh yes," he said "Speak,"
I said "08-11-1924," and then I turned the photograph, to see him.
Oh my goodness
And I was completely shocked to see the picture. I was unable to breathe. I felt sweat appear on my forehead as if I just saw a ghost.
"That's it?" I heard a faint sound. It was Abhi.
After I didn't reply for the next half a minute, he said "You there?"
I came out of the trance and said "Yeah... that's it,"
"Okay thanks," he said and hung up.
I didn't waste a second in dropping that photo on the counter and rushing to my room.
This is hell...
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