The One I Love

Austin Ames

As soon as I left the auditorium I headed towards canteen . Our canteen is a big room, spacious and well equipped .

I was looking for Rachel and heard her calling my name from behind .

Jessicaaaaaa .....Jessicaaaa !!!

I'm here, come fast, waving both of her hands at me and with an excited look on her face she called me .

She called me so loud that people who were sitting near the table and having their lunch looked at her and then in my direction with a strange and unusual look .

Looking at the floor while trying to avoid those people out of embarrassment, I went and sat where Rachel was sitting .

Where have you been ?, I was waiting for you , she said .

Actually I.... when I was talking to Justin .... before I could complete my sentence she said , oohhoo!! Forget about that Justin , listen to what I'm saying.

I smiled and allowed her to continue .

She cleared her throat.

His name is Austin Ames.... she said putting both her hands on the table looking into my eyes and with a proud smile on her face as if she has achieved a trophy .

I turned my head to my right side and chuckled and said continue.

Pausing for a second, she continued ,he is a transferred student ,D.O.B :16-02-1994.

160294 I said those numbers in my mind and smiled .

Justin and Austin are good friends as his father and your uncle are business partners and aslo they are good friends .

I was surprised to what she told and said no wonder . Rachel looked at me with a Confused look ,no wonder ?, she asked .

After taking a deep breathe ,I started telling her what happened in the auditorium while not making an eye contact with her as I was blushing. After telling what happened I looked at her and saw that both of her hands which were on the table covered her mouth in awe.

I was not with you just for 20 minutes and so many things happened, she said in shock.

I giggled and replied with a yes .

It makes sense now, I told her biting my lips .

Sense ? ...what nonsense !! , tell me clearly, she said .

When I heard him calling my name in a casual tone I was surprised and started to think how he knew my name and after you told me that he is a very good friend of my cousin I thought Justin must've told him about me .

Ahaan!! Understood, she said rubbing her chin .

We both laughed in unison for no reason when we looked at each other .

Days passed , seasons changed ,one thing which remained constant was me liking him . From the day I saw him to this day it has been almost five months . I would see him atleast once in a day .

It was in the month of December , Rachel and I were walking in our school ground during lunch hour .

I saw Austin talking to few guys and laughing while placing his hands in his pockets as always ,Justin was there too.

What do you think made him laugh ?, I asked her curiously looking at them .

Why don't you just go and ask him Jess, she replied without looking at me as she was busy opening her chips packet and stuffing them into her mouth .

Turning my head to her side and folding my hands I glared at her .

For god sake !!! stop admiring me, she told finally looking at me .

Not even in your dreams I said and tilted my head in the direction where Austin and Justin were standing and saw them coming our way .

Shit s**t !!

They are coming in our way ,I told her and grabbed her hand and started walking fast .

Wait , I'm not able to eat my chips , they are falling down and by the way why are we leaving? , why don't you just smile at him and try talking to him ? she asked me taking out chips from the packet and stuffing them into her mouth again .

Okay, I'll try talking to him next time and for now let's just go somewhere and sit under shade just like you wanted , I replied .

God should only know when that next time will be , you've been telling this dialogue since five months, she replied .

My heart would start beating fast whenever I saw him , my body would become hot and my cheeks would turn red .

All those five months , I spoke to him twice or thrice and I replied looking everywhere but not at him . I tried looking at him and talking to him whenever I used to meet him and Justin, but then I could never look at him .

After few days I had my had my mid term examination which I didn't write well and then we got holidays for few days .

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The password of the diary is Austin's birthday. At first Jessica used his birth date as a password only to her diary but as days passed she started using those particular digits as her password in everything .

"I might not be able to talk to him looking at his eyes even now if I see him again ," Jessica thought and turned the page to continue reading the next page.