33 An 'I do ' momen

Austin wrote his phone number to call him after reaching my home just to make sure that if I reached home safely .

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 .

Thankgod , there was no shuffling of classes this year . Rachel , Justin , Austin and I are in same class 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 investiture 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 investiture ceremony , she asked me if I could give an announcement speech on that day. I said that I would , without a second thought .

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 investiture 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 principal . 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 principal 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 principal and we both facing eachother felt like an 'I do ' moment .

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