The Love Maze

Chapter 11

Kyra's POV

I'm officially the ambassador of 'Monday mornings are the worst' cult.

After spending the weekend from my bed to the couch,even sitting feels like a greater task

I opened my locker to grab some stuff I needed for the day.It had bigger plans as a bunch of stuff did a free fall to the ground

Urghhh....

Bending over to pick it up,I came to the conclusion that my locker needs an immediate clean up.

Stacks of trash paper,flowers,useless board pins and pens......?

I picked up the stack and threw it straight into the trashcan

"Hey there!!Good morning",Aditi greeted, standing by the locker

"Good morning!!",I gleamed at her

Throughout the weekend she has been checking up on me through texts and calls.

I'm not sure if we passed the criteria to call each other 'friends'.But I have a feeling that it's just a matter of time.

"You are on time today",I joked

"I worked a little extra to persist them to do so",she laughed, glancing at the boys.

Moments of Friday hit me back as I watched Rishi talking to Vivan.

Happiness shined on his face, as he acted as if I was invisible,with no traces of remorse or empathy for everything he did.

I better push this to the backseat and focus on what's important

We walked to our classes,seated in our desks.

Soon Mrs.Jha entered in,with a pile of paper in her hand

"I've graded your assignments",she announced

She headed towards each desk, distributing the assignment paper.

"You're exceptional as always,Aditi",she prasied as Aditi gave her a smile

Walking over to me,she once again scanned my paper.I knew I didn't give my best to it.

"Kyra....I expected better from you",her words hurted a little

"You used to be quite the perfectionist.I hope you'll get back on track",she added, handing my paper

Perfectionist?I couldn't picture myself anything close to that.

How am I supposed to get back to that?

Tears welled up,but I can't afford to break down infront of my peers.
They'll assume I'm too fragile at most when I couldn't explain myself.

"I've got a 85",Neha said in joy

"That's great",I replied absent mindedly

"You seem off",she replied as a guy from behind intervened

"You should have seen her on friday",he laughed

Did I make it to the news?

Way to go,Kyra....

I glared at him,giving a silent warning that he'll be done if he ever mentions Friday again.

"I seem off everyday.You must be used to it now",I humoured, failing in my attempt

She gave a look,urging me to tell her what's wrong.

And I thought I could use the opportunity since I couldn't share this with Aditi anyway

"I'm trying hard to fit in.And Rishi Sharma's presence is making it hard for me in one way or another",I confessed,lying my head down