My half of 5th grade went cool, but near the start of 6th grade strange rumors started to fly saying "Nitin and Kajal are dating! "

By the end of 5th grade I was pretty close with few guys from my area. I was the only girl my age from my area going to my school, rest were all guys, or senior or juniors if girls. I was especially close with that one boy named Nitin.

He and I practically were hanging around all day together. From bus to classroom in recess till we went home. We shared many instrests, I used to be a feminist and he used to respect women and girls very much. He was good with studies and so was I. We both were not too good with sports. We also liked the same books.

I kind of developed a crush on him without myself realising. We were even in the same group project that year for since exhibition. I knew he had proposed a girl in 3rd grade but that was pretty much childishness, I assumed and ignored that fact.

I was newly understanding love when there was a fight between my parents after a year of peace. They fought pretty bad, from verbal to physical, nothing left. In the end my mother ended up running away from our house, leaving my two years old brother. I was devastated.

I was very close to my mother, she was the one I trusted the most but she just left me, all alone with a duty for a younger brother. My father stopped working to take care of my brother, now my uncle who was a divorcee, was the only one that used to work. I would go to school and tuition and at free time take care of my brother.

My father was soon summoned by court as a divorce was filled, but he wanted to patch things up. In India divorce was not a normal phenomenon neither an easy procedure then, not even now I should saw. The officials will work as hard as they can to patch things between families, even if it takes years. Between all this matter, I forgot the taste of first love.

I thought about giving up, but then thought there is nothing wrong with keeping the feelings secret like a sweet memory. But my the end of year rumors started that I was dating Nitin. I was so socked and hurt. I was fearful of what will happen if my feelings ended up getting exposed! Or what if my father found out, he was very strict and it will surely trouble Nitin more than me.

One day before the class starts, one of my friends Chetna was once again teasing me with Nitin's name. Although I used to put an annoyed face and pretty much enjoyed the teasing, I finally decided to stop it for good. I bursted in anger and shouted, so as all my friends and interested classmates could hear me " What is wrong with you guys? I said I am not dating Nitin, we don't even have feelings for each other!"

She spoke with a grine on her face, " Then why are you always with him, you guys even live in the same area!"

" So what? Manmeet also lives in the same area and I hang out with him as well!"

" But the atmosphere between you and Nitin is completely different!" Se said in a teasing tone.

" You won't believe what I say at all, will ya?"

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" Nope" She replied with a grin plastered on her face.

"Fine, then from today I won't hangout with him anymore." I said defeated

After that conversation I started to avoid Nitin, as much as I can. But at the same time I would be stealing glances from him. Whenever he would try to talk to me I would tease him or swear at him. He started to avoid me too, unless we were all playing a group game or something.

In school I would smile and no one will know what's on my mind when I came back home I found the same old atmosphere. An annoyed man with a frown called my father, a small cute but crybaby brother, an overworked uncle and an old lady who had a great ego called my grandmother. I used to hate going back home from school.

And just like that my 5th grade ended. In 6th grade I was in different class from Nitin. Although we both were Sanskrit students, in 6th grade many new students transferred in our school literally causing formation of a new division. So in 6th me, my best friend Hitachi and my few friends were placed in 2nd Sanskrit class who had majority of transfer students while Nitin, his bestie and majority of my friends were in 1st Sanskrit class.

I was a bit relived thinking that maybe the dating rumors will cool down and I can be friends with him. But at the same time a bit sad that I couldn't see him whole day. The frequency of my trips towards washroom and teachers lounge started increasing as Class 6-1 was on the way and I would peak in the class to see Nitin. Now I feel, that was so childish but that's love.

I soon found out through my bestie who attended Karate classes that Nitin had joined them. I pretended to not pay attention but my ears sure perked up. Soon I convinced my father to join Karate classes with Hitachi. I even joined the gymnastics class he started, just to look at his face.

By the mid of 6th grade we again become friends afterall we lived in same area and attended the same classes, so we would walk there together. Learning karate was a plus point for me in learning combat as well. Previously I used to only use my hands but after learning high kicks, it become my speciality. Nitin even praised me for it. However new rumors started flying, "Nitin has feelings for Sneha, the school beauty."

When I heard that, the obsessive side of me took control of my mind, I guess it was the leaking of the evil in me for the first time. The thought " If he is not mine, he can't be anyone else's took over my mind."

I knew Manmeet, my sworn brother now as well as Hitachi's boyfriend, kinda hated Nitin. I used his hate to gather weak points of Nitin and all the evil he did, and spread it among all the students. No one could trace it back to me, I even ganged up against him with my girl friends and bullied him, of course all of us couldn't fight back so we hid in girls restroom when he got his friends.

One day Nitin summoned a Senior from 8th grade, and like every day, we went to tease him before the start of school, without this knowledge. That day the senior started a fight, I fought his as much as I could but I lost and ran towards restroom, he dashed behind me blindly and by the time he realised where he was going, it was too late. Due to his speed he ended up stumbling inside the girl's restroom.

It only gave us a new topic to blackmail Nitin. We practically made him our servant and teased him to our fullest, until I heard new rumors that Nitin had feelings for some new transfer student Ekta! I lost my mind, and next day went to meet Ekta. I saw a small ,chubby, fair girl with short hairs. I asked her " Hey, are you Ekta?"

She replied " Yes, and you?" In a friendly tone

" Oh, I am Kajal from 6 -2 Sanskrit, I heard a few rumors about you and Nitin. Is it true?" I asked in a similar tone, while planning something new.

"No" she replied with disgust on her face "I don't like him, he just proposed and I rejected him"

This pissed me off, he had the guts to propose girls even after being a servant.

I replied to her in a friendly tone again " He is literally a play boy, you are the third girl he proposed to but if he ever disturbs you again you must tell me" I cracked my fists and continued " I will teach him a lesson as he and I are sworn enemies!"