8. In the Mountains

After coming back to class, It was physics period and all the time I was only thinking about her. Should I send her an email or not? Would that be fine? Whose name am I going to use? I am not going to use my name. Or should I use mine? But then suddenly, I heard the teacher saying my name telling me to be Meraas project partner. I said 'Yes' in a firm tone remembering our first meeting. Do you think it was her Birthday that we first met? No, not at all. It is a bit hilarious but I don't think she remembers me. As she told me, she was partially blind without her glasses on her birthday and at our first meeting she was not wearing them. So, I guess so.

Flashback

That day, I was just walking about the mountains in a very bad mood. My parents were forcing me to study business in America and apply for Harvard just like my brother, who they think is their best son as he listened to whatever they said and never questioned their decisions and called me rebellious just because I wanted to study Astrophysics and not business. I do not want to be a part of their business umpire. I am a free soul. When will they understand that? I won't let them do the same with me as they did to my sister Aisha.

I heard a voice asking for help. I followed the voice to find a very hilarious scene. A girl the same as my age stuck up on the tree like a koala. At first, I laughed for a while after seeing the whole scene " A cute Koala" and then came towards her.

"Hey, do you need some help?"

"Of course, but I cannot see you clearly as my glasses are lost. Can you please help me to get down this tree".

"Okay then, I would tell you to just leave the tree at the count of three and will hold you then. Is that fine? Little koala". Laughing at her hairstyle which looked very similar to a koala's ears, the sound of a little laugh came as I could not control it.

"Hey, what are you laughing at? Are you laughing at me?"

"Nothing just remembered a joke"

Narrator's pov

He came to the position where he could carry her easily, opened his arms and started counting…. Two…. Three….. Three…. Three….. he said it three times but still no response.

It was because she was so sceptical about her weight that she went into her overthinking whether he would be able to handle her or not.

What was my weight? Why am I not able to remember it? Won't it be too much for him? I wish he wouldn't consider me a fat girl, God. I am not that heavy as far as I know. I hope so. Okay so, I have to go now. Okay, leave the tree now.

He saw her, loosening his hands a bit with an annoyed look. And suddenly she left her hands from the tree but he was not ready.

Ahhhhhh….

He somehow managed his reflex and was able to hold her at the right time. Thank God no mishap happened.

The girl was in Aryan's lap, her eyes were closed tightly because of fear. Aryan looked at her.

She looks cute though in a close-up. She has a mole on her head. Not that heavy, perfectly okay for me. I wonder if I have seen her somewhere.

Very slightly she opened her eyes as the guy was holding her for a bit too long but for obvious reasons, she could not see whosoever it is

"you can leave me now"

"Hm Hm.. yeah sure"

"So, what were you exactly doing there, it could be dangerous for you. What if no one comes here for a whole day? You might get stuck there forever."

"I was just roaming around here, listening to the sound of birds but then I found a baby bird had fallen from her nest, which I was just about to crush. I just helped her to get to her nest. See, there she is. Her mom must be roaming around searching for food."

"Well, how can you say she is she, she can be a he too"

"I don't know, but my guts say that she is female. What do you think?"

"I don't know, I do not know much about birds"

"I was helping her because right now, she doesn't know how to fly but eventually, she will learn it. Her mother won't force her till she thinks it is the right time. But even after that, she has to learn it on her own. His mom will give her a chance to prove herself and start flying on her own. She would only intervene if she could not do it and if she needed help."

"Ahh… It feels like you know a lot about them"

Phong rings.. beep beep

"Oh! I have to go now, I have got an important thing to do. Bye."

But, I don't even know your name. And….

And he became invisible like a sprint of wind from her blurry glimpse without even letting her sentence to complete.

Flashback ends

Aryans pov,

That silly girl was Meera only. I got to know about this on her birthday only. Why I never realised, after all, she was one of my classmates. It seems like she is almost invisible to everyone.

I saw her with my usual made-up smile and waved my hands towards her.