6 Chapter 5

After that interaction with Rajveer, my mind was all over the place. I couldn't even sleep last night and now with each passing second, I am getting even more anxious.

The assembly is about to start but before that, the principal wants to announce the name of the school and house Captains and Vice-Captains. I'm getting even more anxious because my name was on the nominations list!

'Just announce already, you damn fucking old man!', my mind screamed and for the first time, I agree with her.

Butterflies erupted in my stomach as the principal finally stood up on the podium.

"Good Morning students. Today we have assembled here to announce the school —"

"We know that, you old hag!" My mind screamed, cutting off the boring speech of his.

"It's not good to call your principal and old hag. I thought you are a 'goody-two-shoes', nerd"

Shit! I turned my head even faster than Flash. I saw Rajveer standing beside me, with a smirk on his face. God! Why is it always him!

"Did I seriously say that out loud?" I whispered.

"Either that or I can read minds", he whispered back.

I nervously glanced around to see if anyone else heard it.

"Don't worry, no one else heard it. Oldie's voice is louder than yours", he said.

"Wow! Such a hypocrite you are! You are calling him Oldie but you're accusing me because I called him an old hag!", I whispered in an accusing tone.

He just shrugged and turned his attention back on the principal.

"Now for the school Captain and Vice-Captain, we have, Zahira Singh and Ranveer Dasgupta!"

Loud applause broke through the hall. I was grinning like I just got a free Netflix subscription. As they both went and stood beside the principal, Zahira smiled at me, while Ranveer winked at me.

"Now for the house Captains and Vice-Captains. First, for the red house's Captain and vice-captain, we have Rajveer Dasgupta and Sakshi Dey. For the green house, we have—"

My breath hitched as the principal paused.

"Samaira Paul and—"

I released the breath that I didn't know that I was holding and my face lit up like a Christmas tree. But my happiness was short-lived as our principal announced the second name.

"Saheli Roy!"

With a polite smile, I went up on the stage and stood beside Rajveer. As our principal was about to announce the next name, Saheli screamed, "I reject to work under her!"

Our principal nodded and said, "firstly, learn to behave, Miss Roy. Secondly, it's fine if you reject the position. In that case, Miss Paul has full freedom to choose a Vice-Captain for her house. Miss Paul?"

My eyes roamed around the hall. All eyes were focused on me. My eyes finally landed on Anirudh. He's wearing a green T-shirt! He's in my house! With a confident nod, I said, "I choose Anirudh Banerjee as my Vice-Captain".

"What! You can't choose him!" Rajveer exclaimed

"Rajveer, you are in no position to question my decision. I would prefer if you stay quiet." I replied.

Anirudh came up and stood beside me and passed me a nervous smile and said, "are you sure?", to which I nodded in assurance.

I could feel Rajveer glaring at me, but I decided to ignore him.

" Now, for the blue house, we have Aisha Biswas and Kabir Mukherjee, as Captain and Vice-Captain. And for the yellow house, we have Damini Roy Choudhary and Abhimanyu Sharma, as the Captain and the Vice-Captain. I hope you all do a great job. Best of luck. Thank you, everyone. Have a great day."

With that, he stepped out of the podium and we went back.

The day passed flying by but I didn't miss the glares and the snarky comments of the queen bee and her little minions.

Finally, it was lunchtime! I took my lunch box and went to Zahira's desk. All of them were sitting there.

"So, how do the new responsibilities feel?" I asked them

"It's fun but tiring", Zahira said and the rest of them nodded in agreement.

" What about you?", Damini asked me.

"Same. But I miss you guys so much!" I replied

"Yeah! We only have general classes together!", Aisha said

" oh! By the way, Sam? Any new interest?", Zahira asked me with a mischievous smile

"New interest?" I asked

"Yeah, like someone special!" Damini replied. To which I just gave a confused look.

"Guys! Cut the crap! Sam, do you like Rajveer or Anirudh?", as soon as those words left Aisha's lips, my eyes went wide shock and I choked on my food.

Someone passed me a water bottle which I gratefully accepted.

As I was gulping down the water, I see the 'someone' was not just anyone. It was Anirudh!

Shit! Shit! Shit! My mind started panicking and without thinking, I turned my head and spat out the water.

" WHAT THE FUCK!"

SHIT! I slowly opened my eyes to find Rajveer standing there. And to say that he was furious would be an understatement of the century.

I stared at him with wide eyes.

"I'm sorry!" I whimpered.

He took a deep breath and smiled at me. Uh-oh, this was not a good sign. Definitely not a good sign.

"Aw, it's ok Princess", he said as he wiped his face with....wait, that's my handkerchief!

But I kept my mouth shut. It was my fault after all. After he was done, he shoved it in his pocket.

"Hey! That's mine!", I shouted at him.

"Yes, I know I am yours. You don't need to scream it to the world", he replied with a smug look on his face.

" Urgh! I'm not talking about you! You self-centred bastard! I was talking about my handkerchief!", I replied.

"Ouch! It hurts, princess!"

"Are you fucking high or something? Why are you behaving like this!", I asked

"Like what?", he said innocently.

"Nothing! Just give me my handkerchief back!", I demanded.

"It's mine now", he said with mischief in his eyes. I glared at him.

" Hey Sam, you can take mine, if you want." Anirudh offered me his handkerchief but before I could accept, Rajveer stood in front of me and replied, "Nopes, she's good". His voice is hard and emotionless.

"Okay..." Anirudh's voice trailed off. And that's when I heard the girls whispering.

"I totally ship them!"

"Sameer! It's perfect!" Aisha said

"Sameer?" I asked

"Your and Rajveer's ship name!" Damini replied excitedly with a short sequel.

And that's how ladies and gentlemen, I choked on air. I can totally imagine tomorrow's news headlines.

"TEENAGE GIRL DIED DUE TO CHOKING ON AIR"

After a few minutes, I took a deep breath and asked, "My and who's, what!"

"Your and Ra—" I interrupted Zahira.

"Yes, I get it! But seriously guys! What's wrong with you!" I exclaimed.

They just shrugged and shared a mischievous smile.

As I turned to leave, a hand wrapped around my wrist. I turned and there he was, 'The Devil'. I tugged my hand but he didn't leave me. He pulled me towards him and my eyes locked with his. Amusement and mischief were gleaming in them.

"Payback time, princess", he whispered.

HOLY SHIT!

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