We reached the backstage. As the others introduced themselves, we entered. I looked at Ritu's face. She sighed with relief.
Our dance started. Oh! I never told you all right, our dance song was made by me. I was chosen as the lead dancer and singer.
"Morning sunlight through the classroom door,
Friends are laughing just like before.
Books and dreams all packed in a bag,
Running to class with our uniforms' tag.
The bell keeps ringing, time flies away,
Yet we make memories every day.
From silly jokes to tests we fear,
The best moments are right here."
I sang it, also with some others in the group in chorus....and danced altogether fascinating the bright eyes of the audience more.
"Some days we fall, some days we shine,
Drawing our futures one line at a time. (Chorus)
These hallway days, we'll never forget,
Every smile and every regret.
The voices, the laughter, the dreams we chase,
Will stay forever in our hearts' embrace.
These schoolyard skies, so wide and blue,
Hold every promise we made come true.
Though time moves on and years go by,
These memories will never say goodbye."
Each words were making me cry when I was singing....
"Passing notes and sharing lunch,
Waiting for the final bell to punch.
Secret crushes, hearts that race,
One quick glance and a blushing face.
Through every challenge, side by side,
With friends who never leave our side.
The journey's long, the road unknown,
But together we've already grown."
After all, each and every words depicts my true feelings...
"One day we'll walk different roads,
Carrying different dreams and loads.
But when we look back, we will see,
School was where we learned to be free."
"These hallway days, shining so bright,
Like stars that guide us through the night.
The lessons, the friendships, the tears we hide,
Will always stay right by our side.
These schoolyard skies, so wide and blue,
Hold every promise we made come true.
Though graduation waits ahead,
Our school-life story will never end."
The memories that can never be forgotten....
"Some days we fall, some days we shine,
Drawing our futures one line at a time. (Chorus)
These hallway days, we'll never forget,
Every smile and every regret.
The voices, the laughter, the dreams we chase,
Will stay forever in our hearts' embrace.
These schoolyard skies, so wide and blue,
Hold every promise we made come true.
Though time moves on and years go by,
These memories will never say goodbye."
The song ended with the loud cries and yellings for us from the crowd of audience signifying how well our performance was.
Parbati (in her mind), 'What the f-! Why didn't the light above her head fall? Where is the guy I hired?' Parbati was looking at me biting her nails in anger.
Now, comes the voting time of the audience and judge.
I was unconcerned about the result and was not nervous, while the others were literally sweating.
'Heyeyy.... How are you not concerned, Rina? I am literally shaking right now', Suheon said, coming towards me leaning on me for support.
'Hey, get away from me, you are so smelly right now because of sweat!' I said with disgust. 'You know why I am not concerned'.
Suheon looked at me with question mark in his mind.
'Because, I know, we know that we all gave our best. It doesn't matter what result we get. I know we did our good enough.'
Suheon's eyes becomes teary and started to rub his running nose on my dress.
'You already made me cry through your song and now with your words..'
'Hey! Get off from my dress, you dirty....'
Bhaskar was listening to us for a while and said, 'That's my lady.'
And we all laughed together.
'Now, the results are out. Your wait for the moment ends here. Now, it is time for me to announce the result...3...2...1.....In the 3rd position comes Ballestone academy, in the 2nd position comes Reynold Institution and the 1st position goes to...Aakash Academy. Give a loud clap for them, my fellow audience'.
'Rina,, did you hear it? We got the 1st position. Hurray!' said Ram.
Bhaskar looked at me and smiled and whisper in my ears, 'Congratulation to you, congratulations to all of your effort. Wow! You look so cute when you blush'.
(To myself) 'Did my heart just skip? - anyways, let's go to the stage now.'
'Congratulation again to secure the 1st position in this idol competition', said the anchor.
Then, the judges gave us the trophy of winning positioners with the appreciation of the audience. The day was really memorable. We took so many pictures that half of my photo-album is filled with that now.
Now, it comes the final thing. We were then at school principal office where our homeroom teacher, vice principal ma'am and principal ma'am were present. Our teammates were also present.
'I have something to show you all. Get him in this room'. I said.
The security guard took that criminal here.
'Who is this person?' asked Rahul.
'Wait, wait, drama is still not started yet'.
'Parbati, can you recognise him?'
'What are talking about why would I know him?' Parbati said being turned all blue in fear.
'What the hell are you talking about you are the one who told me to do that. You are the one who told me to loose the wires from which the lights were hanged so that it falls on that girl's head,' said by that very hired person to Parbati pointing his fingers towards me.
'What the hell! Why would I want my friend to be hurt? Rahul do you believe me or this man? You know me well, right. I would not do this kind of work. You know it, right?' asked Parbati.
'Dear, we got a contract paper signed by you with this guy where it is clearly written if this person does his work properly as told then he will rewarded with 10 million dollars. Do you even need another proof for the fact you hired that person to literally harm me on stage after this?' I asked.
'No, no, please believe me it's not me. I would never do that'.
Her face filled with more fear seeing the hated expression of all her teammates. Later, she was taken why and her parents were called. She got beated badly bye his parents seeing the bruises all over her cheeks for what she had done. However, she deserved it.
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The final exams started from next week. I studied very hard. For me, Chemistry and Maths paper was tough and and it got more reflected in my marks later that I got in those two subjects. This is the first time my marks got lowered so much. Anyways, finally I got again a one month break before proceeding a new journey to grade 10.
Now, one of the vital stage had come to my life. I have to give my BEST!
But, my mind was not into studying at all now. I want to relax my mind out of it. But, thinking about what would happen in the future increased my anxiety day-by-day. My birthday is coming soon. Soon, I would be sixteen years old. I hope this year goes well too.....
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In the library store near my house,
'How about we go to the Waterpool Amusement Park?' asked Ram.
'Yes, why not?' said Ritu. 'Rina, do you agree with it?'
'Yes, why not?' I said.
'Rahul is also coming.'
(To myself) 'He's just as handsome as before exam. No, he has more handsome and matured face.'
'So, let's go tomorrow.'
'Ok' said by all unitedly.
I returned home.
'Maa, don't make breakfast for me tomorrow. I have a outing with my friends to amusement park. I will go eat breakfast with my friends.'
'Okie-dokie, but still take some biscuits with you.'
'Okkkay!'
(Entered into the room)
'Huhhhh....What a long day! Tomorrow we will go to the amusement park. But, what to wear? Rahul is also going too'.
I turned around to change my clothes, only to see someone was trying to climb up to my window.
'Who... Who is there?'
'Rinaaaaa~~.. open the door. I am Bhaskar.'
'Bhaskar!' I opened the window. 'What are doing here? Can't you just see I am changing right now? Can't you just come from the normal door, if it is soo important to see me?'
'Ahhh.. it's because I didn't want to disturb your mom'.
I looked down the window. 'But, how long do you plan to hang from the bars of the window? People will think you are trying to attempt suicide. Get in'.
'Ohh.. yeah. I forgot'.
He entered the room and sat on the bed.
'So, this is your room, huh!'
'You should not enter someone's room like without warning or informing them. Are you a stalker, man?'
'What's wrong with that? I have just entered the room of my Juliet, my senorita'.
'Wow, I am sure you will be able to get thousands of girls as suitors with your flirty words'.
'What about you?'
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I stopped. Nooo, the time stopped suddenly. (To myself ) 'Why is my heart beating, right now? Am I going to have heart attack?'
Bhaskar's stomach grumbled. His face turned instant red like those in animes.
'Pfft- Dude, it's okk. Don't be shy. You wait in the room. I am going to the kitchen to bring you some snack.'
(To myself while in kitchen) 'Huh! How can a person be so cute, really? But, why did he even came for? Whatever, he is really a big teaser'.
I went to my room with some pastries made by me in the morning only to see him sweating a ton and huffing over something with big wide eyes on the floor.
'What happened? Is everything okay? Are you okay? Why are you in this state? What made you soo surprised?'
He looked at me with exhaustion. His stare was soo deep as if he was, no, he is yearning still now for something or someone for infinite years but unlucky to reach it. I couldn't hold my tears. At the end, I ended up hugging him in my arms for a while.
'Man, I am dying out of suffocation now. Lose your grip of your arm a little beat. I am okay, you don't need to worry about me. But, (while blushing) I am hungry'.
I laughed. 'Yeah, yeah here I made this cake in the morning. Taste it and give me reviews about it'.
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'Yeah'. (While tasting) Not bad, but not good.'
'When coming to someone's room or house, you should first praise or be polite about everything what they do or what they give from bottom of their hearts as a guest'.
'Well, I am just being myself. Well anyway, my work is done here. I will be get going. Seeing you tomorrow in amusement park, my se-no-rita'.
....Later...
'Husssssh! He is going tooooooo!'
(To be continued)