When I got up from my seat to get down from the bus an old woman also got up from her seat to get down and slowly walked towards the exit door , I gave her way and stood behind her . While getting down she almost slipped from the steps and I held her hand from falling .

After getting down she thanked me and left . It was then I realised that the paper I was holding in my hand was missing . I looked around but found nothing . I didn"t understand what to do since I lost the paper he gave me . I reached home with a long face and directly went to my room , I didn"t even have my dinner that night .

The very next day , I went early to school to apologize him and explain him .

I lost the paper you gave me and I couldn"t call you yesterday , I apologized to Austin .

That"s alright since you reached home safely , there is nothing to be sorry in that , he replied nonchalantly.

It was only me who felt bad and couldn"t sleep the entire night but the person in front was least bothered about me not calling him , I thought he waited for my call . I was kinda upset but at the same time I knew that I cannot expect things from him since he doesn"t feel for me in the way I do .

A few weeks later my final exams took place followed by our summer vacation and then reopening of our school .

I went to school with Rachel on the first day after reopening of our school . Since we were kids we went to school together and even now .

ThankG.o.d , there was no shuffling of cla.s.ses this year . Rachel , Justin , Austin and I are in same cla.s.s this year too .

I hope that everything goes well this year too and wish I could get a chance to confess my love to Austin . I don"t know if I will ever be able to gather my courage and tell him my feelings for him .

Every year we have invest.i.ture ceremony in our school . It is a prestigious event held by our school . On that day , the young students who were selected as leaders take an oath to perform their duties with honesty and sincerity in front of the school students .

It has become really difficult for me to have a conversation with Austin as he is the school president . Whenever we had an eye contact we either give a greeting smile to each other or ignore , I felt like things were going back to square one .

I was called by my teacher a week before invest.i.ture ceremony , she asked me if I could give an announcement speech on that day. I said that I would , without a second thought .

The very next day , my English teacher gave me the speech which she wrote . Two years ago , I never dared to partic.i.p.ate in any events, but things are different now . I take part in every event .

Sometimes I feel that nothing has changed in my life but when I look back I realise that many things changed . From the day I decided to be in the top list to this day I changed a lot and the things around me changed too .

On the day of invest.i.ture ceremony , I was on the dais to announce the names of the cabinet leaders . I called out Austin"s name and he marched onto the dais and stood beside our princ.i.p.al . I was standing at a corner after announcing his name , a teacher called me and gave me a tray in which there was a badge and a slash . On the badge , I saw Austin"s name and below his name it was printed School pupil leader.

I took the tray and stood beside our princ.i.p.al facing Austin . It was Austin"s turn to take an oath . While he was taking oath only one thing was running in my mind .

The day when I first saw him , he was on the dais giving his speech and I was among the audience but now I stood in front of him while he was taking his oath as student body president .

Standing in front of our princ.i.p.al and we both facing eachother felt like an "I do " moment .

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I actually felt proud at that time , that I was standing in front of him . From a girl who saw her crush giving speech for the first time sitting among the crowd to the girl who stood in front of him and saw him when he was taking his oath . This thought made me have a kind of satisfying feeling .