From the Ashes [ L.T ]

There he was with the same smile but a little amusement in his face. “Hi. What are you doing here?” I asked him surprised. “Yeah. What I’m I doing here? I’m here for the same reason you are here, to graduate”, he replied cheekily. “Ohh. How stupid of me to ask it?” I said with a little tone of sarcasm, “Seriously, you don’t seem to be the kind of guy to study something like molecular biology”. “With my charms and good looks I know that I shouldn’t be here. What can I do, this is something that I always wanted”, he replied. I didn’t know what to say next, so I turned away put my iPod and headset back into my bag thinking how easy and comfortable it was to talk to him. “Hey Buddy”, a deep sound interrupted my thoughts and saw a curly haired boy taking the seat next to Louis, who slapped on his back and ruffled the hair of the new boy. The boy tried to look annoyed but lost it and smiled at Louis. I looked at the friends banter, this is what that I always wanted – a friend with whom you can enjoy small simple moments in spite of where ever you are. Louis turned around and introduced his friend to me, “Ana, this is Harry. Harry, this is Ana”. “Hey. Ana. Nice to meet you”, Harry waved his hand and then he became thoughtful and looked at Louis with a mischievous smile, “This is the girl you were talking about this morning after you grabbed coffee. The girl who ran away from you, without giving her complete name. Uhh?” Louis nodded his head and looked at me with a worried expression, not knowing how I will react. I looked down and my face flushed red. Harry noticed it and said, “No need to worry love. This never happens to him – a girl turning away not wanting to talk”. I raised my head a bit and nodded at him but didn’t say anything and I’m completely embarrassed. “Ana- Louis started to say something, but the very moment the professor came into the class and introduced himself. We turned our concentration to him as he started briefing the syllabus and major assignments he would be assigning in the semester. Even though I had laptop, I preferred taking written notes, so I took my book out of my back along with a pen. I heard Harry saying ‘weirdos’ and turned to look at him, who was shaking his head. I looked at Louis and understood what Harry was saying. He also was sitting with an open book and pen. We both looked at each other with complete amusement and shared a small laugh. The class started I tuned all my concentration to the class. After two hours when the class was over I put my pen down and stretched my hands and legs, in a manner which I’m sure most girls won’t do, with closed eyes; but opened it when I heard a chuckle and remembered Louis sitting next to me. I smiled at him and started to pack my bag while I heard Louis talking to harry but didn’t bother to listen what they are saying. I was happy for the class to be over and started thinking about the amount of work being assigned. Again Louis called me breaking my train of thoughts that was now moving towards my home, I looked at him and he asked, “Why don’t you join us for lunch? I know you are new here”. I looked around the class which was half empty now and looked at both harry and Louis who were waiting for my answer. I thought of ways to deny the offer of lunch without being rude. “Ana I’m not going to take a no. You are surely joining us for lunch”, Louis said reading my expression. The way he said made tears burn behind my eyes. It has nothing to do with him, but I raced through my memory to remember when somebody asked me to join them for lunch just to enjoy food and have fun. Never. I swallowed a bid lump in my throat and said, “Thank you Louis”, quietly. “No problem, love. That’s what friends are for!”, he said throwing a hand over my shoulder and took my bag with the other and steered me out the class. Harry followed us laughing at the childish behavior of Louis and I couldn’t hold back mine. We started towards the place Louis wanted to have lunch. I have never felt this happy around any friend, if I ever had one, but that’s what Louis said “friends”.

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