Ria

After that never-ending walk, we reached college. That day was one of the most embarrassing days of my life. I went directly to the class and was waiting for the professor to come and start the class. Although I was pretty good at physics I could not concentrate that day. Even after the class when Ria asked me doubt, I was not able to answer that even though I always helped her with physics.

Ria was my classmate, she always sat by my side and used to ask questions after every class. It was like a routine for me to help Ria after every class and I kind of started liking that.

She was a cute girl with curly hair and she always looked elegant, everyone who saw her thought that she must be brilliant in every aspect. But my thoughts were different for her, according to me she was a childish girl who never listens to lecture properly and always asks silly questions.

When I was not able to explain her, her doubt she said "Why don't we go to the library and search that in a book. "

I replied, "Okay, let's go and search that topic in the book. "

I was already planning to go to the library and search for a book on 'how to tell lies' but I could not tell her that. While I was thinking about that I started smiling.

" Why are you smiling, is there something on my face," she said that while elegantly adjusting her hair.

While watching her adjusting her hair I was amazed. I thought how can someone look so graceful while adjusting her hair.

She then noticed that I was watching her while she was adjusting her hair.

Her cheeks become red and she said with a *low and sweet tone* " Don't stare me like that, I feel awkward when someone sees me like that "

When she said those words I was all red and embarrassed.

At that time I thought is she really dumb or she pretends to be dumb in front of me. But I looked away from her and said in a changed tone,

"Ria, just stop lazing around. You were the one who said that we should go to the library, but now you are wasting time by adjusting your silly hair."

She suddenly took a transition from a sweet and shy girl to an angry lad and said " Girls always take their time in stuffs like this, since you don't have a girlfriend you don't understand that. So be a gentleman and wait here. And also don't look me with your creepy look.

Humff..."

I was a little pissed so I said" what do you know about my love life, and why suddenly this girlfriend topic. Why is everyone so obsessed with my girlfriend and my love life"

I was thinking, today in the morning mom was teasing me then Richy and now Ria. Why does everyone worries about my love life?

She then pouted and turned around, and then she said that "I know everything about you, and I also know that you don't have a girlfriend, you jerk"

Even though we were very good friend but she always address me by jerk and creep whenever she gets mad.

Obviously, she was joking by saying that I had a creepy look but at that time I was worried, do I look creepy when Ana is around. I should work on how to not look creepy in front of girls. I definitely took that joke seriously.

When she was done with adjusting she said:" let's go to the library " she outdistanced me, she was still a little mad at what I said but I knew she will forget all that tomorrow. I can not take a burden of leaving her since she is one of my precious friends. I followed her to the library while smiling.

When we reached the library it was packed with students from all department. Since we only had one library for all department our library was pretty big and it had 2 floors. 1st floor was for commerce and art department and the ground floor was for the engineering department.

Since our library was in a rush that day, all the librarians were pretty mad and strict. As soon as we entered the library they said take your seat and be quiet. There was no place for sitting on the ground floor so I thought I should go to the first floor and look for that psychological book that tells how to tell lies easily. I went to the first floor and was searching for the book. After searching for about 10 minutes l found that book but librarian behind me was pretty pissed she said " Don't block the way for others, just take a book and go sit"

I could see the tension on her face, I didn't want to make her madder so I went to the nearest bench, a girl was sitting there already but I didn't notice her since I was looking at librarian, then while looking at librarian I said " Excuse me, can I sit here. Then the girl turned her face and at that same time I turned my face too. I was startled when I saw it was Ana.

She said " Kevin, what a pleasant surprise!

(pause)

But wait a minute, why are you here in economics and arts department of the library. Aren't you an engineering student. "

I said " Oh.. Ana, never imagined will meet you here. "

But then suddenly librarian who was standing behind us shouted " Why can't you keep quiet. It is a library, not your park where you go to meet your friend and talk. "

We then were quite for a few minutes but when the librarian was gone we started whispering. Then I said" She is pretty strict, isn't she"

Ana replied " Yeah, she is but it's her duty so we cannot complain"

She was pretty close to me when she was whispering. I could smell her perfume and our shoulders touched few times, my heart started racing but she didn't notice a thing. I was becoming nervous but I was all happy just staying near her.

We talked for few minutes but then I turned my face towards the door, there I saw Ria standing at the door of economics and arts department.

I could see the book in her hand for which we came there for. But for some reason her expressions were wretched.