He is a bright teen. The problem is he won’t try to gel with others. He gives a damn to peer pressure. Forget about succumbing to belong to a group. Nobody, especially girls, leaves him with his peace. When you are one of the top scorers in the class, get selected into your district’s basketball and cricket team, play guitar and Casio, your frame crosses that six feet benchmark and you are reasonably good looking, you won’t have to try too hard for girls’ attention .
He doesn’t know why, but school’s most popular and smartest girl thinks she has the intellectual property right on him. He automatically belongs to her. This notion of hers is final and absolute. It’s unfathomable to her beautiful head, how can anyone be disinterested in her? She used all the tricks tucked under her slim belt on him. Finally she started sitting at the last most bench in the classroom. Behind him! This way she can always watch him without denting her fragile ego. She is enjoying this novelty in her life for the first time. Fierce interest is not solely responsible for her change in behavior, but right now he is posing a challenge. She has full faith in her charm and beauty.
Finally not trying to be intruding, I asked this young man (who happens to be my nephew too) why is he so immune to the most popular girl’s magic?
“O! She keeps on ridiculing Arun.”
“Is Arun your best friend?”
“No!”
“Then what irks you?”
“Arun has lost one of his ears in an accident and his shoulder blades are not straight. He slightly stoops. That does not mean everyone gets a license to tease him. Tomorrow this could happen to me too. ”
I know my boy will face hard time in future…….
