12 He is my brother

"Where are we?" Alia asked that girl.

"This is the old school basement. No one comes here." She told her and Alia made a confused look.

"Then why are we here?"She asked as she was getting impatient.

"I know you might be very angry, confused, curious and impatient all at once but you need to calm down as there are many things you should know about this school so it will take a bit long." She tried to calm her.

"Fine but you don't have much time to explain me as the lunch is going to be over in a few minutes." Alia said looking at her wrist watch.

"That's why we are here. I am gonna give you a clean uniform because yours is not in a good condition." She said pointing towards her uniform.

Alia looked down at her uniform and made a face filled with disgust. Her uniform was having egg stains all over it and she was very furious at that boy.

"You are right but why are you helping me?" Alia asked her.

"Well, do you have a brother?" That girl suddenly asked that question from nowhere.

"Yes, but why do you ask?" Alia said again very confused.

"Will you clean his mess?" She asled again.

"What kind of mess?" She said and thought 'Aaah! This girl is so confusing.'

"Like, uhh, if he messesd with any person." She tried to explain.

"Oh! Maybe yes if that person is innocent." Alia answered.

"Exactly! I am doing the same." She said.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! I can't bear it anymore. You are so confusing. Can't you explain anything clearly rather than giving hints?!" She loosed her cool.

The girl's eyes were wide open and she was shocked watching her reaction, no, over reaction.

"If that's the point then let me tell you clearly that the person who did this to you is my-" Her sentence was cut by the school bell.

"Lunch break is over. I'll tell you everything later. Meet me after the school. Bye." She said and walked out of the basement leaving Alia left alone in the basement with a big question mark on her face.

"What the hell!" She shouted out loud and her voice echoed in the basement.

She didn't noticed before but the basement was very dark and the only source of light was the very little sunlight coming from the window.

"Its scary." She said to herself and her voice again echoed which made it more scary. She gulped. She ran out of the basement as fast as she can.

She sat on the nearby stairs and breathed heavily.

"Oh no! I missed the class! S**t! What will I do now? If I went to the class, the teacher is definitely gonna scold me. But if I didn't, then its gonna eat me so much. I am stuck." Alia said to herself.

"Ewww! You're so smelly!" Someone exclaimed from behind her.

She turned her face and saw the guy whom she collapsed with in the canteen.

"Didn't Juhi helped you?" He asked while covering his nose from his handkerchief.

"Who is Juhi?" She asked him.

"The girl you met a few minutes ago and the one who took you to the scary basement." He said.

"Oh! So her name is Juhi. Wait! Were you following us?" She realised it.

"Oh, yeah! Actually, sometimes I help Juhi for helping the students. So that's why I followed you."He said and after a short pause he continued, "and you kinda seemed angry so I thought to calm you but Juhi came..." He said hesitatingly.

"Oh.... okay. Hey! Why does no one introduces herself or himself by their names rather than a story?" She asked teasingly.

"Oh! I'm sorry. I am Ishaan." He itroduced himself and shook his hands with her.

"Now, I've even introduced myself. So, I request you too please change your uniform or else I'll faint." He convinced her.

"Oh... Uhh... I think that I left it in the basement." She realized.

"Then you should go and bring it back." He said.

"Don't you think that the basement is a bit scary?" She was indirectly asking him to bring her uniform.

He chuckled, "Fine, let me go and bring it for you. Wait for me here."

He walked towards the basement. Alia started to walk to and fro in front of the stairs while humming a song.

"When you nod your head yes, but you wanna say no

What do you mean? Ting ting tin ting...

When you don't want me to move

But you tell me to go-"

"Here's your uniform" He returned so fast and she turned back to see him.

"Too quick." She said and took the uniform.

"Do you like to sing?" He asked her.

"Oh! No, I mean not that much but I like to hear songs. They help me to relax. Now I should get going before miss my other lecture also." She said and left.

'She's nice. They shouldn't have bullied her. I'll figure out something to save her.' Ishaan thought.

"Ewww! Its really smelly. I just don't know how that guy was even standing beside me." Alia said to herself as she was fixing herself in the washroom. She took some water from the tap and wet her hair though it didn't worked at all for removing that smell.

She just wore the other uniform and went straight to her class. As she entered, there was some time in the next class to start. She sat on her desk and noticed that most of the students were staring daggers at her. She got confused but shrugged it off. When the teacher came, she just focused on her study rather than giving any importance to her classmates.

The time passed and the last period was now over. She quickly packed her bag and ran outside the main gate waiting for Juhi.

"I hope she would come fast. I don't want my brother to erupt like a volcano from nowhere and interrupt us." She hoped.

"You are there!" She exclaimed as she saw Juhi coming towards her.

"Okay so, my na-"Juhi got cut off.

"I know your name is Juhi. Just tell me about the school and why fo you help the students being bullied plus why were you asking about my brother?" She threw all the questions at once.

"Its because, the one who bullied you is... My brother." Juhi said.