Trouble is here..

"Wake up Meghna!! You are getting late. Get up!" Mom shouted.

"Mom.. Please five more minutes." I said in a half awake tone.

" Better get up or else you are getting your ass kicked." Mom screamed.

Alter ego got up " If your ass got kicked, then you can use that as an excuse to sleep or may be take leave. Like.. Mom.. My ass is paining... I can't even sit..!!"

I can't deal with the two of you anymore. I got up. I started getting ready. I was excited to meet Priyanka, but more than that the guy who made me blush. I need to find him. Well, it was like I was getting ready for a mission.

As I went down to have my breakfast, I saw dad. He arrived early morning after meeting. I was happy to see him, it's like I got some help to deal with my mom and bro. He is always supportive but quite typical. ( You will know what I meant very soon). We both had our breakfast, he asked about my school , friends, teachers. I told each and everything. Ok Ok..! I get it.. Not everything.. Apart from the guy, I said everything. Bus came. Dad waved at me and said " If any guy comes and talks with you or disturb you. Let me know. I'm good at kicking their ass." ( Now you know what I meant, right?)

"God! Dad!!! I'm hearing the word ass from the morning.. Argh!" I uttered.

Those who might be wondering what Mithun is doing.. Well, he is still sleeping.

I got in the bus. I wanted to reach school as soon as possible, I'm on a mission you know and I'm dedicated to that.

As I got out of the bus, I saw sports building but to my great disappointment it was closed.

I think there is no practice today. From the happy emoji face to straight sad emoji face.I was walking to my class with total disappointment, but to my astonishment Priyanka was waiting for me at the main entrance. She happily came to me and hugged me. Ok now, sad emoji face slowly faded away.

"Do you see any difference in me?" Priyanka asked in a very cheerful manner.

I looked from top to bottom. " It's new shoes, right?" I said.

"No!"

"New hairstyle.. I know. It's totally cool, Priyanka."

"It's not that, Meghna."

"Ok. It's your new watch."

"Not at all."

"Bag? Uniform? Socks? Belt?" I started saying everything that I saw.

"No No silly!! It's my new Mascara. Look at my lashes." She batted her lashes for more than ten times.

(You can imagine the correct emoji now, Right? Eyes wide open and jaw dropped, I looked at her.)

Alter ego came back, " What?? MASCARA?

Really?? You definitely need lenses Meghna.."

" It's totally cool , Priyanka." I said.

" It's brand new , the application was so smooth, colour reproduction was too good and blah blah." She was kinda giving lecture about this mascara.

For a second I thought she is speaking in a entirely different language. I don't know much about makeup and brands.

"Ok, let's get inside." Atlast she finished her lecture.

"We can continue this in our class." she said.

The lecture is not over, I guess.

Alter ego responded, " Really? Going to continue?? Best of luck."

Class started, it's chemistry lab. Teacher came in and told us that we need to work in pairs. She started choosing the teams. My name got called along with my pair Jenny Dubble. That's the first time I'm hearing this name and I turned around to see who that is.

A 5 ft 5 inches tall, thin, fair girl came. I was like.. Wow!! She is so stylish and beautiful.

I smiled at her. She just walked past me like I don't even exist, then she chose a table and stood there. I could sense arrogance is in the air. I went over to the table and stood there without saying or looking at her. Priyanka came over to my table and just cautioned me, " Be careful, she is a bad news."

I just smiled and nodded.

The experiment was to test for functional groups in organic compounds. Teacher explained the tests and we started doing.

There came another surprise for me. Jenny started doing the experiment without exchanging a word or even looking at me.

I thought, ok let's break the ice.

"Jenny, Did you dissolve the organic compound?" I asked in a calm manner.

She didn't even respond.

" Ok, Let me do that." I said

She just snapped at me and said " I know what I'm doing, Just stay away."

"But it's team work." I said in a firm voice.

" Yes. You can just stand here without disturbing me." She said in an arrogant tone and turned her head away.

Anger came rushing through my veins but I somehow controlled it. Since I'm new here, I need to understand lot of things about this place and more than that I don't want to complain to the teacher. What can I say? ' Teacher she is not allowing me to do this experiment.' It's rather childish. I thought I will stay silent. After everyone finished their experiments, teacher came to each table to check the results for the tests. When she came to my table, Jenny didn't even allowed me to say anything. Teacher asked my role in the experiment. Jenny gave a smirk and said " Oh! She didn't even help me teacher and she don't know anything. I asked her many times to help me but she kept playing with the test tubes. Can you please change my teammate?"

"You didn't do anything, Meghna?" teacher asked.

"No." I said. I don't know what else to say. I was rather irritated by the way Jenny acted.

"Meet me after the class." Teacher said and left my table.

This was very insulting for me. I really like chemistry and I know how to do these experiments. I let out a deep breath, then I said to myself.. Everything happens for a good reason. Teacher will surely congratulate me oneday.

Suddenly alter ego woke up, " Forget about teacher congratulating you. If you kick Jenny's ass and make her regret, I'm going to congratulate you."

Me: " Not happening. Ok!! Not happening anytime soon.."