A week passed and I'm back in my normal place with Lia! Yeah I miss sitting next to him but I think he doesn't! He is happy with his never ending conversations with Brandon there.

I just sighed and said,

"I deserve it!"

"What you deserve?" Lia's voice asked from my right making me remember that I was not there alone, I completely forgot that she was sitting next to me and sometimes I don't have control over my escaping words which is the damn reason that I get caught in many situations.

"Ugh... Did I say something?" I asked back.
She shot glares at me and I just made my mind to surrender, I guess lying is a bad idea and I'm not so good at it when it comes to my loved ones.

I don't know how on the Earth Mike still din't find out that I like him!

"You haven't given your answer still!" demanded Lia

I just gave a nervous laughter and I planned to tell her everything, because I wanted to talk about it to someone in person badly, very badly!

"Lia, the point is...well...I just don't know what to do...I..." I don't know how to start. And I could see that I was definitely not clear from Lia's weird reactions at me.

"Just relax and shoot it!" she said.
Okay, relax! I made up my mind and started,

"Lia, I think I'm..." before I could finish her eyes shifted from my face to something else behind me,

"Lia, I think I'm a crazy minion!" I could hear somebody's voice go behind me it resembled like that of Bob from minion, okay not exactly but more precisely.

I turned and I could see him standing right behind my seat.

In no second thinking I started to freak out, the way I freaked out made him to freak back making the entire class to turn to us, that ain't new to us!
And Lia who is not different from a genuine friend was laughing hard holding her stomach.

"Good mimic Mike!" Lia commented Lia.

My heartbeat was increasing so fast and my legs started to tremble, that was so close! How did I forget to check out my surroundings before talking a secret and especially the very person in the secret?

"Why do you scream girl?" was his confused question.

"W-why were you standing so close behind me?" I asked with still my hands on my chest because I could not control my rapid heartbeats.

"I-I din't mean to scare you, I thought... Yes! I want to return your keychain, you left it back on my seat" he said.

"Keychain?" I asked him.

"Yeah here it is" he said and extended me a keychain, a minion with heart coolers but I swear it's not mine, because I never had anything like that, but it looked really cute.

"This is not mine!"

"What not yours? You both look alike" he said with his usual mocking tone

"Not mine!" I replied crossing my arms.
He looked a bit confused I was sure this keychain was not the matter, he had something else behind this.

I could not hold my laughter on his funny reactions.

"Okay, doesn't matter! You have it!" he said and placed the keychain on my palm.

"But why me?" I asked him confused, what's wrong with this guy?

"Look at this, it looks like your long lost twin!" he said smiling.

"You know Mike? You never change!" I replied with a smirk.

"Doesn't that look like an advantage?" he asked me wriggling his eyebrows.

"Now please leave!" I said and continued with my work.

He went back to his seat and class was about to start in 5 minutes now.

Now I totally lost the interest of sharing my secrets with Lia, she is far more involved in her busy texting now!
Wonder who on earth she texts!

"Your held up with your phone, always!"

"Just a childhood friend of mine, we both got reconnected after a long time!" she replied with her head still dumped into that small gadget.

"That's great! Name?" I asked.

"Name? Judith?" she replied and continued texting.

Just the our teacher entered our class,

"Students I have a happy news for you!" he started.

"What is he going to retire?" whispered Lia.

"This will really make you happy! We are going on a school trip!!"
Our class started to scream already.

"To Niagara Falls!" I could hardly hear the words out from his mouth because by the time it could reach my ears it was added with endless screaming and howling.
I was happy indeed, really happy. I think this is gonna be great! The entire class was thrilled and excited.

***

Back at home,

"Please mom I'm growing I'm not a kid anymore. I was begging hard for her permission, she still looks me like a kid, wait if a person is short that doesn't mean they have to be treated as a kid! Do they?

"You're still a kid to me sweetheart!" she said pinching my cheek.

I stood with a big frown with eyebrows pulled closer.

"Let her go! It's the peak age to have fun!" my father said.

"Really? Thank you daddy!" I just said and gave him a big hug.

"But?" Before she could say anything I just gave her a poker face.

"Let her enjoy, this is the peak age to enjoy life!" my dad was supporting me.

My mom gave me a plain glance and said, "Okay, but be careful!"

I was so happy to hear those words coming out from her mouth.

"Thank you Mom!" I kept saying, was I not yelling?

"Let her enjoy her freedom, unlike me!" my father said with a sigh.

"Oh really no dinner honey!" my mother said sarcastically and left to the kitchen.

"But..." I don't know how my father escaped his situation, I hurried to my room and started planning for the trip.

I was started packing up all my dresses and stuffs a week ahead from the targeted date. But the fact is I don't know why, but how early I prepare myself I am still late!
Anyway I was glad that I din't miss the bus

We boarded our buses and were really thrilled. I got a seat with Lia. The bus offed. All my classmates were singing and dancing. Mr. Alex din't support too much of fun in the bus, because he was scared that we might break it.

I din't dance but was just singing. The night was falling; we were supposed to reach the Niagara the next day morning.

I was not feeling sleepy. Lia shifted to the front and I was alone on my seat, the seat next to mine was vacant.

I was gazing the moon and stars through the window, humming my favorite song while (A whole new world) looking at that minion keychain which was hanging on my phone, just then I got a notification in my phone.

It was from Mike, what now?

- I my place next to you? I'm feeling a little dizzy in the back seats :)

I don't know what to reply. I really wanted him beside me, but I know it was also wrong; Wait! He is just a friend of mine that's it! I'm gonna call him. I thought and replied him with a K and I looked from my seat to him. He was heading towards my seat; I was trying myself not to get nervous and tensed.

"Hey minion!" he whispered, because most of the students in the bus have already slept; even the teacher.

"Seems like you too din't get your sleep?" I asked him.

"You know the reason why a person fails to get his sleep at night?"

I just gave him a shrug.

"Well, it's because he will be there in someone else's dream"

"I don't know how many girls are dreaming about me!" he said with a sort of pride.

"Well they must be really crazy, no one knows you better than me Mike, if they know you completely, they will surely run off!" I replied.

"So you know me better than any girls here?" he asked me.

"Yeah of course!" I was not scared, that's the truth.

We both were gazing the stars and moon at the sky.

"Music?" I asked him extending my left earphone.

"Sure" he replied with a smirk and took it from mine.

I started to play my best playlist and we both began humming, slowly because everyone was sleeping.

His shaking head turned towards me and he started to whisper sing the lyrics

'Tell me princess now when did you just let your heart decide'
'A whole new world....' I started to sing back.
And now we were singing duet without our knowledge.

'Let me share this whole new world with you' we both ended together at last.

"You sing pretty well minion!" he commented.

"Thanks! You too, I wish to hear your voice loud" I said.

"Maybe later" he whispered back.

Then we were chatting the entire night. I was really feeling so happy. I wished it could last long, forever. I wish I could be Aaysha. I wish I could hug him and tell him that I love him more than she does, but it's not gonna happen.

Thinking of all these things, I went into my sleep.

Next day morning I saw a blanket over me. My glance fell on Mike,

"Is this your blanket?" I asked him in half sleep.

He got his eyes on me and said, "You were shivering last night, so..." I just gave a smile with still my eyes pulled by sleep.

I stretched out for ease and came across the window and

It was marvelous! We could see the Niagara falls very well from our seats. Those rushing water from those high peaks, a splendid view indeed!

"Mike! Look over here!" I called him tapping his shoulders.

"Wow! This looks so beautiful!" he exclaimed with his mouth wide opened.
Life looks more beautiful when you have your favorite person on your favorite spot!

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