"Hey Margot look I found a word in this dictionary. C'mon have a look." I was peacefully indulged in completing my homework when I heard this from my back seat and I didn't have that much time to look back and have a glance. "Wait a second Bella, I have to complete it so that the teacher doesn't give me a death threat for not completing my homework" I said. But Bella didn't care and hit me hard on my back."Oh please miss topper. We know how much teacher is going to threaten you." After all you are a brilliant student. It will just take two seconds." Bella stood up and whispered,"The word is really spicy." Okay I had to turn back now. "What is the word." I spoke while finding the word when suddenly my eyes reached the word pointed by her finger "S--s-e-x. Sex?" I spoke loudly and all the eyes turned towards me with giggling on their faces. Bella hurriedly covered my mouth with her hands. "Are you stupid!? Why are you speaking so loud!?" She shouted at me in a lower voice. "But what does this mean?" I murmured. Yes! I didn't know meaning of sex. Well I was in 3rd grade at that time. How would I know it? But I got to know it from Bella. She whispered in my ear,"This is a thing which is done by girl and a boy and they remove all their clothes" And I was speechless. "What!?What the heck?" I murmured again. Bella giggled,"And you spoke it so loudly." Ahh I was so embarrassed after that. I couldn't stop thinking about it and just wanted to disappear. I slowly moved my head up. After having a whole scan of my class I finally felt relieved. "Looks like everyone forgot it" This is what I thought until I saw a boy looking at me with a little smile on his face. His eyes were deep black and shined like stars shining in a dark sky. The little smile on his face was so effortless that all other smiles in this world seemed fake to me. Neither I could look away nor he looked away. His eyes felt looking deep into my soul. All I wanted was his eyes to never be away from mine's. All thoughts vanished. I wanted to be lost in his eyes forever. There was no forced expression. Everything was so calm and soothing. He seemed to be god with perfection on his face...And my heart started beating too fast. "I don't want this moment to be end but....but what is this feeling.? Why is my heart beating so fast...What is happening to me?....what is this wierd feeling inside..me..what is going on...? This wierd feeling made me think a lot and all I knew at that moment was that I wanted to experience it for my whole lifee..I was experiencing the most beautiful phase when whole class stood up and started singing,"Goodd morningg mammm" Our eye contact broke and finally I got in my senses but my heart still wasn't ready to be normal. I heard a voice again from back and yes it was Bella. "Is your homework done?" "Homework!? Oh shit! I was doing homework. Shit shit shit! Teacher is gonna tear me apart. I rushed my pencil on my notebook, wrote fast as I could. But..unfortunately teacher reached me faster than my luck. She grabbed my notebook. I stood up. She had a look on my notebook. And I had a terrified look on my face. "Please god..Pleeaase save me thiss time" I started praying to all the gods of all religions. "Complete it till 8th period" Teacher spoke. My prayers were heard by my beloved gods. I sat down and teacher went on to check others notebook. "So what did I say before?" Bella spoke. "Thank God I was saved." I said. Bella moved towards me and whispered again," Did you like the word?" "Shut uppp Bellaa." I was irritated by her words now. She always look up a way to teach me unholy things.

I was a topper of my class. My class had two sections named section A and B. And I was in section A. I started being at top in academics from 1st grade and continuing my legacy of topping every semester. But there was also a topper from section B. "Estella" Her name. She was a very keen learner and a good observer. Although I topped my section but talking about both sections Estella won every time. And because of this. I never got a trophy on annual day function for being a class topper as I was a section topper. My dad always used to ask me,"You top too but why don't you get a trophy?" Yes this hit me hard every time. So this year I decided to work above my limits, top both the sections and get myself a trophy and make my dad feel proud. Thus, my mind diverted from the weird feelings I experienced that day and just focused on my goals. Exams of first semester took place. Even though they were not important and were just a periodic test, I still gave my all efforts and topped! Topped both sections. I was delighted. Cheers from my friends, oh everything felt like a win. But little me didn't know that these exams doesn't count. By topping one semester, with overstimulated feelings of happiness. My mind felt a peace thinking that I will now get a trophy at annual function. We got our holidays. It was a time to enjoy and shatter all my tiredness. What do people normally do in holidays? They watch movies, dramas, play outside with friends or visiting nicer places. Well let me infer you about my family first. My dad was very strict. He never let me watch movies or dramas that contained love stories and similar plots. Because he thought that if I will watch these love stories. I will also starve for love. Will have a boyfriend and this is a disgrace! So I never watched them, but I had an elder sister Daisy, and she loved to watch movies which had love dramas in them. But she watched them secretly from our dad. Because he beats the hell out of us on just being caught watching movies. So Daisy always had TV remote in her hand and finger on the exact button to go back to cartoon from movie. She became an expert by the way. And…little me also started watching them with her…nd that was the moment! The moment I knew love. What was love? What does it feel to be in love.? That weird feeling I had at that time. Was that love? Everything started making sense and the exact thing happened which my dad feared. But I used to think about myself as a self controlled child. As I remind you again. Holidays were going on, and I didn't get to that boy, and his absence prevented me from falling in love. My elder sister got her school reopened before mine. The time she went to school and I sat down in front of TV to watch my cartoons. My brain came with a dangerous desire of watching movies (It was a danger at that time). My dad was also not at home, so it was a great chance to watch them undisturbed. Well, that's a different thing that I spent an hour searching for the channel and ended up switching off the TV because my dad was back home.

Days were peacefully passing. But my sister had to go school. She often cursed me for sleeping carelessly when she had to woke up early to get ready for school. And one day she came back from her school. Dancing on her way back home. A big smile on her face with a little blush on her cheeks. Curious me asked,"What is the reason behind your smile my not so loved sister." "Keep your lame roasting skills to yourself." Yes it was a good comeback from her. She took me in room. Made me sit on bed. She sat beside me and with a big smile and she initiated her reasons of happiness. But before that she hid her face in her hands a hundred times blushing hard. And finally after tolerating all her drama. I came to know that the reason she was blushing was that a boy gave Daisy his notebook to complete her pending work, and she had a crush on that boy. But! Who gets blushed at this thing ಠ⁠_⁠ಠ. It was just a notebook and nothing else. So I tolerated all her drama just to listen that a boy gave his notebook to her!? Like seriously!? Is she that in love? But how does notebook has a connection with love? This is..is CRINGE!

...A 3rd grade student, Margot, experiencing different phases, finally knew what love was. But she had no desire to fall in love. Vacation ended and Margot's school reopened. Peaceful days with heat waves of air, sun shining brightly and full on summer mod...

Margot's POV

The second semester began. I was again in full enthusiasm of topping this semester too. But I can't focus! It's so hot in here. Celing fans only seems to be producing wierd sounds instead of cooling us down. "I wanna go home" Treesa, my best friend, exclaimed with gloom. "Yeah the sun in really releasing all his frustration on us." I added. I laid my head down on table and my eyes went towards him again. He was writing his notes down. The boy who had been making me feel this way is Mateo. No doubt, he was handsome and quite friendly with senior boys. He was an average student but very good in sports and had a great hand in mischief. According to teachers and everyone else he was a bad boy and an indisciplined child who doesn't care about anyone. But.. whenever he looked at me. It didn't seem that he was careless. The expression on his face while looking at me were so relaxed, so soft. Those eyes were stuck with me. I wanted those eyes looking at me for my whole life. He seemed rude to everyone but it seemed like only I am the one to whom he had shown his softer side. All these thoughts led to only one question "Do I love him?"He..is...cute.." A voice came in my ears. But it was not from me it was from Treesa. "Looks like someone is in love" Treesa said teasingly. "What no. I am not" I said. Treesa added "Well you don't have to speak, your eyes say everything when you look at him. Margot, you can't hide it from me. Tell me." "I don't know" I spoke. And I asked Treesa,"Do you like someone?" She said, "No. Not for now but I hope I will find a prince charming." " Wishing same for you." I spoke. Our chit chatting was interrupted by Bella.

Bella : Hey guys! Do you know a student from section B is being transferred in our section.

Treesa : Ahh! I don't like students from section B. They carry an unnecessary attitude with them.

Me : And why is the student being transferred?

Bella : Who cares? The only thing that is amazing that he is a boy. Hehe

Treesa : Oh poor bella. Dogs bark at you. Cats grown after seeing you. What do you expect from humans?

Bella : Well humans get attracted to me not animals

Me : I hope this boy isn't that smart to held me back from topping.

Bella, Treesa : Cmon Margot!!

And yes the moment came. The boy transferred was Alex and he was top 2 in section B. Well great surprise for me. Seemed like I had to go through more competition now. "He's not handsome" Bella said with a sad face. "Stop bella, you can't judge someone with their looks." I spoke. Alex settled himself in the class. He was already friends with boys in our class so wasn't hard for him to get along in no time.

Everything was going fine. Days were passing normally in a pace but these summers were beating the shit out of us. It was becoming hard to pass these days. Focusing became more hard. But this wasn't the thing bothering me. The thing that was acting like a knife in my heart was Alex! He was smart! His homework was completed everyday. He had a good handwriting. His all test were a 10. A fear of losing from him began to strike my heart. His marks on test paper seemed to take my trophy with them. " I have to study more" I spoke. "Huh!? Why?" Treesa questioned. "This alex is becoming like a head ache to me." "C'mon girl. These are just exams. A single piece of paper can't decide your future." She spoke giving me hopes. "Well this piece of paper will decide the owner of trophy" I spoke while looking at Alex.

A hand from back with a toffy on it came towards me. "Well trophy seems out of budget but toffees aren't."Bella said۔ "I will win the trophy and the one eating toffees will be alex." I said while picking up toffee from her hand and eating it. The toffee was tasty though.