Assembly ground

All students of Class XI were in assembly ground for a Welcome Speech from Principal and Teachers. Also, to appraise the students who score very well in exams & for award ceremony.

Principal: Good Morning Students and welcome back to School in Senior wing. Also congratulate for your commendable scores in Grade X which makes School proud.

After a thunder applause by Teachers and Students Principal Continue addressing to all.

Principal: Also welcome to new joiners in this session. And now it's the time for the special announcements. For that I would like to call your favorite Shanti Madam to take the opportunity.

Shanti Madam: Firstly, congrats to all students who score well in Grade X and all the best for future. Now, I want to call upon our Topper Ms Naina Agarwal who not only ranked first in School but in the entire Ahmedabad. A big round of applause for Naina.... Naina, please come on the stage.

With big round of applause by fellow mates, Naina move towards the stage to accept her Award for Best Student of the Year. The moment Naina reach the stage and stand beside her favorite teacher Shanti Madam, she felt a pair of eyes on her and turned around, only to see a similar gaze on her. She herself was shocked to see and keep looking towards him. Seems like whole world has stops for both of them.

Finally, Again they are in front of each other, Again they met, Again their eyes were blessed to see each other and not just feel the mere presence like before...

Chill breeze was blowing over them and a smile unknowingly crept on their faces....

Sameer (in his mind): Naina... Kitna khubsoorat naam hai... Jiski aankhen itani gehri, itani massom, itani pyaari ho usaka naam toh Naina hi ho sakta hai...

Shanti Madam seeing Naina so lost somewhere, "Naina, what happen, where have you lost..."

Naina came back in reality replied politely, "nothing madam..." she moved to Principal Sir to receive her award with big applause by her friends & teachers. She took blessing from all the Teachers present on the stage except one who stepped back slightly when she bends to take his blessings. No one notice this except Naina and two of her besties, who was present there. And that is none other than her own Father, Mr Rakesh Agarwal, who is also librarian of her school.

With heavy heart and misty eyes, she came back to join her friends and stand with her sister cum friends Preeti and Swati who understand her inner turmoil. Besides this one more pair of eyes keenly watching the unshed tears and faded smile of her and quite confused with the change reaction on the beautiful face of Naina. Just then Naina also look into his direction seeing him non-stop looking towards her....

Flashback by Sameer

After Munna left for the class leaving Pandit & Sameer, another new joiner approach them to know about the counter to collect his ID card. Since Pandit was busy in chatting with old classmates Sameer extended his help to show the place to Hemant. While dropping Hemant at counter, Sameer was coming back towards classroom since he heard the announcement for all XI class students to gather in Assembly Hall. He was rushing towards the class when he stops midway listening a laughter, that took his breathe away. He turned towards ground and view an adorable, cute girl with an innocent face, playing in garden with small girls of aged around 7 or 8, must be from junior wing. She was looking like an angel, with beautiful eyes, her smile. Her eyes are like the sparkling stars, with the clarity of the clear blue sky, the intensity of a blazing fire, the depth of blue ocean sea, the very color of love and soothing sensation of the gentle breeze of spring. Her smile was so much with self-assurance and confidence.

It was truly an amazing feeling he had felt first time ever in his life so far. He was on Cloud Nine assured himself that he can keep on looking her for his complete life but before he approached her Pandit hold his shoulder from back and take him back from his dreamland. Just with a small glimpse of her, his unsettle heart and all restlessness which he was feeling since morning went away... now he knew what was welcoming him now... he silently thanks to Nanu to bring him back in this city...

Pandit jerked him, "arey Sameer kahan gaayab ho gaya tha, mein kabse tujhe dhoondh raha hoon... chal jaldi se Assembly start hone wali hai..."

Before Sameer said anything, Pandit pulled him back and move towards assembly hall. Pandit keep on telling him the reason for this assembly, but all words said by him lost their meanings as Sameer was still in shocked situation seems he has lost his sunshine which he cannot afford to ever let go off, if possible. He was not even sure that he has seen her or some dream....

Flashback by Naina

The moment they reached school, after collecting her ID's and celebrating that all of them are in same section, Naina moved towards the classroom with Swati & Preeti. The moment they reached class, she again started feeling strangely like jaise Kuchh hone wala hai. To avoid and distract herself she decided to meet Shanti Madam, who is her inspiration to guide her always in tough situations. The moment she crosses the corridor, her feet got jammed in seeing an unknown face coming towards her along with Munna & Pandit. Her world got freeze seeing him as it happens first time in her life that she gets mesmerized by seeing someone... she feels like a strong bonding or connection with him which is pulling her towards him... the entire world got meaningless for her in a fraction of second. He is smart, good looking, charming with a cute smile on his face... but but but there is something else which attracts or can say pull her towards him... She trembled but not due to cold breeze, her feet had slipped away, she had started blinking with a sudden jerk from a little girl of junior class calling her repeatedly, "Naina Didi, kya ho gaya, aap aise kyun khade ho. Aaj aap hamare saath kheloge nahin?"

Naina back to sense, see her surrounding as she was standing in mid of corridor and he was nowhere seen... was he a dream or her illusion... she was damn confused...? To avoid any further embarrassment, she joined junior wing girls to play with them to move out all her hallucination or can say her daydream...

Flashback end

Continuing to Assembly, Shanti Madam announced for upcoming selection of Head Boy & Head Girl for this session, adding to more as Cricket Captain, Head of Cultural Committee & so on. All students are suggested to fill in their nomination forms which will be finalized by the Principal & School Committee. The announcement will be done by next week.

Though there are a lot of instructions and rules given to the students by Principal & other teachers but two souls, completed lost from the current happening, busy in accepting that they were not daydreaming... its fact that they saw each other but oblivious to know about each other feelings.

With this the assembly got dispersed and all students resumed back to their classes. Suddenly they both turned towards each other, and they both gives a smile to each other that just seems so genuinely sweet with just the right touch of shyness that unexpected warmth rushes through them.

Its 90's so girls usually not very much open and friendly with the guys but studying together for so long they had a normal friendship. Naina being studious and intelligent always surrounded with other classmates for help in studies. Swati & Preeti was averagely good in studies but more in fashion, movies, love discussion which was never be more fascinated for Naina. Also, Munna & Pandit are also average students and scored 50-60% hardly. But they both are very much fun loving and Zindadil kind of boys who are always ready for help to others but respect girls a lot. Never misbehave with anyone.

After morning chaos for both love birds, whole day spent in dilemma and in strange feelings which were very much new for both of them. Though Sameer always attract girls through his charming personality but being very shy in nature he hardly spoke to any girl and always refuse their proposals in a very decent way without hurting anyone's feelings. In a same manner, all boys tried their hard luck to even get a chance to talk to Naina as she is very beautiful or can say a deadly combination of Beauty with Brain, but no one ever ever get luck on this field. Firstly, Naina never encourage this feeling & secondly because everyone knows the harsh and rude nature of her father & strict brother, Arjun, who is also in same school – one year elder to them.

Rest of the day passed out with mixed of emotions & eager to get a glimpse of seeing each other but hard luck as Naina was busy with Shanti Madam in helping her in some administrative work during lunch time. She didn't join all in canteen, where Sameer was desperate to get a chance to just see her once again. Naina also get so restless as she didn't even know his name and eager to see him one more time. But all their efforts go waste and they all dispersed to their home after last class got over.