Seat Not Taken
I wake up with the smell of the first rain, sweet, earthy.I rub my eyes and slowly open them to have a peek at the beauty of the lush green trees from the window of my room with the little droplets of water shining like pearls on them. I am instantly reminded of his smile, and feel a flush on my cheeks as I slowly look at the clock. My body instantly gets alerted and I jump out of my bed as it's already 7:45AM and my bus will be here in the next 25 minutes.
I rush to the bathroom, tripping over my own foot and yelling at my mom for not waking me up all at the same time.
My mom yells back, “You are 16!!! Don’t you know you have school?”, which I ignore.
I come out of the bathroom in under ten minutes and feel proud of myself for a second and rush to the mirror. Luckily, I have my outfit planned and put on my clothes quickly. I spent an extra two minutes on my kajal as I caught him staring at my eyes when I had my kajal on. Lost in these thoughts I rush to the dining table to quickly have some dosa and rush out, still resenting my mom for not waking me up.
I rush out of the building to see my bus waiting for me. I hurriedly got on the bus and grabbed a seat and sighed with relief. After a while my heart started beating fast as it was his stop.
SAM’S STOP. The boy who I have been crushing on!
He gets on the bus with the brightest smile on his face. I can still see his mom waving him bye. He looked nervous and cute at the same time. I noticed him hesitating to sit next to a dude, I didn’t understand why. He just stood the entire ride.
He had a bunch of street jokes which he used to tell which made him popular among us juniors. Oh also he is 6’2!
He suddenly turned and looked at me, I instantly blushed and tried to not look in his direction. After a few minutes I gathered the courage to look up and he was still looking at me. I awkwardly smiled and he smiled back.
He walked in my direction and asked me if the seat was taken, I nodded and said no. He crashed into the seat next to me, and asked
“Are you in 11B?” I said “Yes, I am!” Oh my god, do I sound stupid? I could have just said “Yes!”
He smiled and said “I am in 12A. I am Sam by the way.”
I replied with my cheeks fully pink, “ I am Meghana!”.