“Meera wake up if you don't you'll be late on your very first day of college”  a loud voice came from the kitchen. Meera covered her ear with the pillow. 

Ritika kapoor Meera's mother walked into Meera's room, she shook her head seeing an opened laptop she knew Meera was busy watching Korean drama at night. 

She walked into the room towards her bed, picked up the laptop carefully, and placed it on Meera's study desk.  She then opened the curtains so that some light pass through and Meera realized she was getting late. 

“Meera come on wake up you'll be late” but seeing no moment from Meera Ritika decides to play her last card. 

“Papa ko bulao?” 

(Should I call your father?) 

With that, Meera sat up straight huffing, 

“Masi that's your fair you always do it” Hearing Meera call her masi Ritika felt a tug in her Heart but she shrugged it off. 

She plastered a smile on her face and ruffled Meera's hair. 

“Chalo utho ab college ke liye late hora hai”

(Come on now wake up you are getting late for college)

Meera's eyes widened looking at the wall clock. She was late was an understatement she was very late only her Gaanu ji could help her reach college on time. 

She stood up and rushed to shower, Ritika chuckled. “This girl forgot she has set the clock forward she still has time” 

She left Meera's room and let her get ready properly. Whereas Meera showered in a hurry she would have skipped showering but today was her first day in college she didn't want to stink. 

After taking a short shower she wore a simple pair of jeans and a T-shirt layered with a jacket. She tied her hair in a high ponytail. 

Now left was a very hard task in front of her to apply eyeliner. She never stepped out of her house without applying eyeliner. Sometimes her luck is on her side she gets perfect winged liner but sometimes she just keeps wiping and applying. 

She took a deep breath and started applying eyeliner. Her luck was in her favour she got a perfectly winged liner. 

“Thank you Gaanu ji abhi time nhi hai time milte hi Achse thank you bolungi”

(Right now I'm getting late, when I get time I'll thank you properly)

Meera picked up her bag, thank god she had packed it the day before. 

She rushed into the living room to bid bye to her papa and masi. 

“Bye, papa bye masi” Meera turned to leave in a hurry when the smell of aloo paratha hit her nose. 

“Meera have your breakfast you still have time” Ritika spoke setting the plate on the dining. 

Meera's gaze landed on the wall clock indeed she had time. Was her clock way ahead of the time?

She shook her head and sat in the dining room stuffing aloo paratha. 

“All set for your first day?” Rajiv Meera's father spoke. 

“Yes papa,” Rajiv smiled at her and patted her head. 

Meera continued stuffing aloo paratha till she heard a horn. It was no rocket science for her to know that her best friend Tanya was here to pick her up. 

She gulped down a glass of water and left her house. 

“Finally maharani ji apne darshan diye”

(Thank you queen for coming out on time) 

Meera gave Tanya a playful glare before sliding into her Scotty backseat. 

“Tanya I still can't believe we are in different departments…”

Meera spoke pouting, 

“Tujhe CS lene mein kuch jara tha kya? Mistry banna ka shock hai  tjhe jo civil liya”

(Did you have a problem picking CS, do you wanna be a construction site worker you took civil)

Tanya sighed for the nth time since she had revealed to Meera that she got into the civil department. 

“Meera Kapoor for the nth time'm saying I didn't choose it, CS didn't have enough seats so I got civil” 

Meera just rolled her eyes. Soon they reached the college, Meera looked around just like she had imagined the college to appear the same way. 

“Bye Tanya see you in break” Tanya nodded and Meera started her search of her classroom. 

The hallway was buzzing with seniors, 2nd year, 3rd year, and 4th year. She asked for the CS department and successfully found her classroom. 

She didn't take CS because she was interested in it, she simply took it because the software industry had better job opportunities. 

She entered her classroom, without her best friend she felt kinda lonely but within no time she made a few friends. 

***

During the lunch break, she walked through the hallway to go to the canteen but her best friend asked her to meet at the soccer field. 

Meera was already hungry, so she went to the soccer field looking around for Tanya. 

She was busy looking around for her best friend when a loud ass voice came.

“HEY WATCH OUT” 

Before Meera could realize what had happened, a soccer ball had already hit her head. 

She rubbed her head when a boy came rushing towards her. The moment her gaze landed on him it felt like the world had stopped for her. 

It's only him and her, ‘the ball did hit my head right why is my heart beating this fast’

“Are you okay?”  he had a deep honey voice, Meera came back out of her trance.

“Yeah yeah” 

And with that, she fell, more like she passed out.