Ira's pov:

Sleepless nights are not new to me...I mean I am not having insomnia condition or anything but I think too much.....it's been like this for 2 nights in a row. Whenever I close my eyes I have images of aariv and lily kissing,hugging and being intimate with each other.

I never thought of any person to this extent..I would think some guys are cute,some are drool worthy but never to this extent of having dreams of a guy every other day.He is jus like a star, who I can admire from afar but can never have to myself.

To distract myself from thoughts of stranger Aariv,I decided to have movie marathon with dave on Netflix in our dorm room as we don't have any classes for today.we bought popcorn,chips, icecream and started to go through different genres.

I said"Dave,let's watch a thriller movie"to which he gave me an incredulous look and said"don't you wanna watch a rom-com"?
I smiled and said"i love to watch a thriller than sappy rom-coms".

He did agree to my wish as it's our first time doing this but later "i will chose a superscary movie to see you screaming your lungs out"were his words.i laughed at him and settled into comfortable silence on the sofa as movie contagion begins.

As it's been a week since I came here,i am a little bit comfortable with dave and rose.i still can't talk freely about my family and my thoughts.Dave is so immersed in movie and ate whole bowl of popcorn,so I decided to take my sweet revenge and scare him,I  silently crept away from sofa and took a white bed cover,headlamp.

As the room is already dark and curtains drawn...I covered myself with white bed cover and put headlamp..slowly I walked to the back of sofa,near his ear and shouted Dave's name by changing my tone into a sleeky and dangerous one.He was startled,turned around seeing me and shouted loudly.

I took off my headlamp, bed cover and started laughing enjoying his startled,frightened expression. I switched on the light,paused the movie and laughed at dave when he suddenly sprung from sofa towards me.My instinct took over and I ran to hide in the bathroom but he caught me in the midway and pushed me on the bed.

I am struggling to push him away from me but he held my both hands in a firm grip with his right hand above my head and with his left hand started to tickle me at my sides.i held my breath without giving into the ticklings though he found my weak spot at the back of my ears...I laughed and laughed........when suddenly someone pushed open the door and came in.

Dave got up from top of me, we both sat on my bed and I adjusted my hair,dress that were ruffled in the tickling fight.i turned to the entrance and saw rose giving me a betrayed look.i turned to dave and saw him checking out rose.

I never saw rose this irritated or moody.i mean she is always cheerful and happy.I started to think about the sudden change in her mood from morning to now.
Instantly the bulb in my head lit,so the reason she is so moody is because me being close to dave but I thought jack and her are serious..I mean,she spends most of her time with him though she never talks much about him.

Now,I am really curious about her and dave....I will keep an eye on them.i am really closed off person but when I get to know someone and like them,I will do anything in power to be with them.so,now rove(rose and dave)is my mission.i like their pair...to what I have seen in these few days,they argue alot but understand each other and sometimes flirt with each other too.

These are my thoughts when I am preparing to go to bed while dave is busy with his phone and rose mopping around in the room.when thinking of these two,I remembered how I helped reema with her love.i miss her.i miss neil and everyone of them.i wish i had done something different while parting our ways...i mean we were on wrong foot when we went our separate ways.

I went to the closet and bought out my diary.opening it,I saw the pic of me,reema,jacey.It was so difficult to forget them.i mean we are practically sisters..each and everyday we used to talk or text on phone with each other. I learned alot from both of them.jacey is my guide when I want to talk to my crush or any person.Though reema is silent she is the most rational person of our group and prevents us from doing mischievous things.

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Next day I woke up a little early and took a shower,while drying my hair I thought that I slept well yesterday.shaking my head to not even think of the one person that is constantly on my mind.i went to my closet and picked a maroon lace dress that reaches upto my midthigh.i straightened my hair,applied some lip-balm,put on lucky charms given by Nancy on my right hand and skipped to the canteen.

While munching on my food,I saw rose and waved her over to my table.i said,"good morning " to which she replied"what's so good in the morning "? Smiling at her expense...I chewed my food.Later we went to our respective classes.

My classes ended at 3pm....as I have no snacks to eat,thanks to the ultimate consumer rose.i wonder how she maintains her model like body shape though she eats like a pig must be something in her Gene's as I have never seen or heard her hitting a gym.

I went out of the campus in my car,while driving I searched for a nearby supermarket and put the address in my gps.i reached there in 15 min as the traffic isn't so heavy. Taking a trolley,I went in search of  chips and chocolates.

While I am struggling to get a nutella jar that was kept on top of the aisle,a hand helped me get it.Turning to the person I am about to say "Thank you" but is shocked to see the person standing in front of me.He too was shocked but recovered quickly and said"Hi Ira".

Hi friends...so who did ira meet?let's check that out in next chapter...to do so,you have to be tune in with me.Thank you for reading my book.Hope you guys like it.Try to vote and comment.

*It's so heart wrenching to see that many people are dying due to covid-19.please be safe and stay in your homes*.