"Hey Yash! You have failed in four subjects and destroying the reputation of our school. I also heard that you are bunking classes. If you continue like this you'll be suspended from school" my principal shouted.

My parents were called and every teacher complained about me.My mom was crying so much that I wasn't able to see it. Inspite of what my school said, my parents supported me and didn't scold me but they treated with me love. I was ashamed.

How can I be such a jerk? Well my parents supported me even when the whole thing was my fault! So I decided to study for them and I really did study hard of course. I stopped going to the net café from that day. In fact, I forgot Fiona!

It was almost three months and the public exams started. I studied day and night before the exams and hard work really did pay off! I got 90 percent in my board exams. My parents were really proud of me. The teachers who said I won't even pass were not ready to look at me.

During the holidays, my parents got me a mobile phone and started looking for a college. Since I was idle at holidays, I remembered Fiona and thought of messaging her from my phone.

I installed Facebook, when I logged into the account, I saw that I received lots of messages from many friends, but Fiona didn't leave a single message. "She must have waited for me to chat" I thought. So, I left her a message and after sometime I received a message.

"Do I know you?"

"Hey Fiona this is Yash. Don't you remember me?"

"Sorry! I don't know"

"We met in culturals remember? The guitarist guy?"

"Oh ya! Sorry I forgot Yash"

"Well it's ok. How are you?"

"Ya awesome"

"What about the public exams?"

Ya passed all the subjects"

We started chatting often during the holidays. My Parents got me a seat in KIT, which is one of the leading institution in Coimbatore. All my friends got a good institution. My close friend Roshan left to study in Loyola College at Madras, so I couldn't contact him much.

It was the first day of college and I was really so excited. I waited for the college bus at the stand. When I saw my bus I was astonished!! It was like a super deluxe A/c bus. I sat in a seat which was empty. After sometime, a pretty girl came inside the bus. The senior students in the bus were whispering that she was a first year! "Well, I must be her friend somehow"

The college was not very big as I had imagined, but it was neat and well-maintained. Lots of boys and girls were chattering at top of their voices. They looked at me in a weird manner, but most of them smiled. I went inside my class and saw that there were more number of girls compared to the boys.

It was really new for me since I had studied in a boy's school for more than ten years. I saw a guy waving and smiling at me. I went near him. He introduced himself as Maradona and asked me to sit near him and we both shook hands. He's the first and also the best friend of my life! We both had fun in college did crazy things together so everyone in my class liked both of us.

My life in college was very much similar compared to the school except for girl domination. My class had a strength of fifty students in which thirteen were boys and the remaining girls! Somehow I got to know everyone in my class.

After a week, I went inside the college bus and was most astonished to see a familiar face sitting inside.
"Holy Comoly! That's Fiona!!"

That whole day, I was thinking about her inside the class. When college got over, I saw her walking outside my class. I rushed behind her.

"Hey Fiona!!"

"Yash, you are also studying in this college huh? Cool!"

"You really don't know how happy I am to see you here"

"Ya me too!"

"I saw you today morning inside the bus and I was really shocked"

"Oh I didn't notice you in the morning. I was too excited about college"

"So made any friends?"

"Yeah! Everyone is kind here. Ok but please don't talk with me inside the college bus because my seniors have already started making fun of me"

"Ok Fiona! Then we will walk together to classes. You are which department?"

EEE! What about you?"

"Computer science"

We chatted till we reached the bus, and I saw her waving to me when she reached her home. That was totally wicked! I walked with her daily after reaching college and also when it got over. My friends in class started teasing me.

"Ha ha so you have found your girl so soon huh? So awesome. Fancy saying that you don't know how to behave with girls!"

"Stop it Mara. I know her because I have chatted with her in school"

"How come she studied in a boy's school?"

"You fool! How can you think weird like that? It's a big story"

One day, a staff came to my class and told that there was an Annual day culturals to be held in college.
"Wow! That's awesome. I must participate somehow but I don't know how I can!"

All my school band members were in different colleges. I tried asking my class friends including Mara whether he is willing to come. But, everyone had stage fear it seems! Then a brilliant idea came
"Why not ask Fiona?"

After college got over, I met her in the bus. She was busy talking over the phone with someone. So I waited outside the bus. She had ended the call in her phone.

"Hey Fiona! I would like to ask you something!"

"Yeah tell Yash! What can I do for you?"

"Annual day is going to be held at college it seems! Are you participating?"

"Ya!! I was talking with in the phone with seniors just now. They wanted me to join in that so......."

"Can I join too......?"

"No! I don't think they will let you in the band because already their band has a guitarist"

"I really want to perform with you Fiona!"

"What can I do?"

"We'll form a new band here"

"Sorry silly! Maybe next time"

I was really upset, it was like an entire mountain falling on my head! My heart broke, I sat in my bus and was about to cry. I heard a girl calling my name inside the bus. I looked and saw that it was actually the pretty girl I had seen on the first day of my college. She had a smiling face with her hair almost covering her twinkling eyes, she came near my seat and shook my hands.

"Hey Yash!"

"Hi! Do you know me?"

"Yeah very well! By the way I'm Serene and I have a favour to ask you"

"Ya tell me Serene"

"I know you play guitar and sing very well so can you join with me for performing at the culturals?"

I was really surprised because the pretty girl who I wished to be my friend comes by herself and asks me to join her band! It was all God's plan I think. I saw Fiona staring at me from her seat. I didn't know why! But I felt happy that moment.

"Well I'll be happy to join with you. But how do you know that I play guitar?"

"I have seen you at the school culturals last year. You were rocking! I just didn't have time to appreciate you that day"

"Oh! I didn't remember seeing you?"

"Well you were busy looking at my schoolmate Fiona"

"So you are from Stanes School huh?Then why are you not talking with her in the bus?"

"Hey idiot! Lower your voice. That dumbo will hear what we speak. Give me your mobile number"

"93********! So tell me about Fiona"

"We'll speak about this later. Happy to know that you are one of us. My place has come so bye!"

"Bubye! Nice to meet you"

She waved her hand and smiled.

Well it was really an interesting day! Wasn't it?