"Tringggg Tringggg." And the bell rang for the first period to start. But mujhe parwah kahan thi, ab toh saara waqt kaise jaega pata hi nahi chalega. Swati nudged me again and looked at me irritatingly. "Kya hogaya hai tujhe Naina!" She almost screamed her lungs out to get me out of my Lala land, but use thodi pata Tha ki ab isse nikalna namumkin tha.

But anyhow I managed to go to the class, and sat on my seat with Swati. But my eyes were searching for that stranger who was supposed to be my classmate and the one who was making me feel so many emotions with just one glance. I was looking here and there when I was interrupted by a voice. "Aye Pandit, Aaj bada sundar lag raha hai Tu." And it was none other than Munna who was followed by Pandit. The comical duo of the class, they were the reason because of which our classes never got dull and boring. Their lame jokes brought a smile to everyone's face. Also, Munna had a crush on Swati about which the whole class knew. And he used to compliment her indirectly by calling her 'Pandit'. Secret code Tha uska aur Swati bhi ache se samajh Chuki thi iss code ko. I knew, she kind of liked him somewhere though she didn't expressed but didn't even stopped him from complimenting her.

My eyes were fixed on the door waiting for that handsome stranger to enter my class. I wanted to ask Munna and Pandit about him, as he was standing with them. Kahin woh dusri class ka toh nahi? Kahan hai woh? Class ka time hone wala hai. Kisse apne dil ka haal bataun. And there came, the angel of our school, Shanti Ma'am, the one who understood the students like no one. She was not only a great teacher but a great guide and philosopher. Saare ladkon ki favourite because of her looks and saari ladkiyon ki favourite because of her polite nature. "Bachon, aap sabhi ka 11th class mein swagat hai, Main Asha karti hoon ki aap Sab mann lagakar padhenge aur apna naam roshan karenge, chaliye Main aap Sab ka attendance le leti hoon." Shanti Ma'am started taking the attendance and my eyes were still glued to the door waiting for the entry of my Prince Charming.

"Naina Agarwal." Shanti Ma'am called out my name but I was lost in finding out if that stranger will come or not. "Naina!" Shanti Ma'am shouted this time and Swati nudged me which made me come back to reality. Kya kar rahi thi Main, ek anjaan insaan ke liye itna intezaar, kya ho raha Tha mujhe, uss ek insaan ke class mein naa Aane ke kaaran puri class hi khaali lag rahi thi. "Kahan dhyaan hai tumhara, Naina." Shanti Ma'am asked with concern and I just hung my head down in embarrassment. "Sorryy, Ma'am..." I was about to complete but a voice interrupted me, "May I come in ma'am?" I instantly looked up to see that who dared to interrupt me when all my senses went to sleep, I became numb as it was none other than that handsome stranger.

"Aap?" Shanti Ma'am asked when the peon who accompanied him gave her a letter from principal sir. She read and signed it. "Bachon, Aaj se aapke saath ek naye vidyarthi padhenge,Sameer Maheshwari." She introduced him and woah. Sameer Maheshwari, that name made me feel a thousand butterflies in my stomach. I already started imagining Mrs Naina Sameer Maheshwari in my mind. How crazy I was acting that time? Munna and Pandit called out to him and asked him to sit beside them, which indirectly meant that he is gonna sit next to my bench. I started dancing in my mind when Shanti Ma'am asked me to sit and I looked beside me to find him smiling. Uff, that smile! "Kitna sahi dikhta haina." Kamya said and I was like how can another girl put her eyes on him. He belonged to me, only me. "Haan yaar, ab class mein maza aaega." Swati said and looked at him dreamily. I nudged her and made her face the blackboard. "Kya dikkat hai, Tu toh usko dekhegi nahi,kamse kam mujhe toh dekhne de." She said and I so badly wanted to tell her that from now, I won't see anything except him.

"Naina aur Sameer. Zara idhar aana." Shanti Ma'am called me and Sameer together. Naina aur Sameer, kitna Acha laga raha tha sunke. Jaise yeh dono naam ek dusre ke liye hi bane ho. I got up from my seat and Sameer also got up. We both collided as we both started heading towards Ma'am at the same time. And it was electrical, the first time I collided with a boy. His touch, made me feel a million electric shocks at the same time. I was wondering if he also felt something? He stopped and signaled me to go first. What a gentleman! We both exchanged cute smiles with each other as we made our way to Shanti Ma'am.

"Naina, Tum iss class ki best vidhyarti ho, main chahti hoon ki tum Sameer ko iss school ke saare Niyam ki jaankari do aur saath hi saath saari kitabon ke baare mein bhi batao jo isse khareedni padegi. Aur Sameer, tumhe agar koi bhi pareshaani ho toh Naina se baat kar sakte ho. Woh tumhe Sab samjha degi. Theek hai?" We both nodded our heads and she smiled to us. Sameer went back to Munna and Pandit while I went to my seat to prepare everything he'll need. The list was in my hand but the problem was ki usse Doon kaise, kya kahungi usse, kaise kahungi. Abhi se hi saansein tez hogayi thi meri yeh soch sochke. I started taking baby steps towards Sameer. His back was facing me as he was having a gala time with Munna and Pandit.

Gaining all my courage and strength, I kept a hand in his shoulder and he turned. "Woh yeh list...." I was about to complete but once again he interrupted me. "Haan haan, thanks Naina." He said my name, and it sounded the sweetest. If any other person had interrupted me for so many times, I would have been furious at him. But his voice made me forget my anger. Usne mujhe sirf thanks bola Tha par Woh thanks bhi mujhe itna pyaara lag raha Tha na, ki kya bataun. Itna kaise chaahne lagi thi Main Sameer ko? Woh bhi sirf ek din mein?