I
did not believe it. This could not be happening. But, I saw it with my own
eyes! It must be a project on red diamonds…it didn’t look like one! I am sure
our school is hiding it. Why would the student highlight red diamond everywhere
if it was a project? Moreover, there was no title, anything that would make it
look like a project. I had to go to the library to research on this. I was sure
our school keeps the jewel! I made my way to the library, sat on a computer
away from everyone else, and researched on the red diamond. What I found
shocked me. One carat of this piece was worth 2 million dollars! But, I had to
be sure that the school has the red diamonds in custody. I was sure, though!
I
had to tell someone this…someone I could trust, someone who wouldn’t go tell
the school. This one secret couldn’t leak out. I thought of all the people I
could tell. Aaliyah? No, she is a chatterbox. Would tell every damn person on
earth! I could tell Barbara, I don’t think she would tell anyone, but I don’t
think she would help me research on this either. Eliminated. Well, Anila
wouldn’t be a bad option either. No no no. Remember the time when she told everyone
in the group about that guy? Can’t trust her anymore. Okay, let’s think of
people outside the group. The guys? They won’t believe me. Deodan will go tell
the whole world. Chandan will over-react and refuse to do anything with me. Who
will listen to my plan and help me out? Who won’t judge me, tell the whole
world, over-react or cut all ties with me? I thought about all the people in my
class; went through everyone’s faces in the class…and stopped at Natasha’s. Yeah.
I could tell her. She wouldn’t believe me at first, but, if I convince her with
facts and all, she’ll give in! She wouldn’t even tell anyone, and we could decide
what to do about it next.
We
had a class now. She wouldn’t like bunking. Moreover, it was her favourite
class. I had to tell her now, I wouldn’t get time later. I ran towards our
class and saw her walking swiftly towards the class. I had to stop her. I
jumped into the garden and ran towards the staircase that was before the class.
Her eyes were set at the class. I had to reach her! I managed to!
I
reached her and grabbed her hand. Thank goodness I was able to reach her right
on time. I pulled her to a secluded corner of the garden used just by the couples
of our school. But, I didn’t have a choice! I couldn’t afford anyone to listen
to us talking.
I
told her everything I knew and I had found out. She was very sceptical at
first, and for the first time ever I actually saw her being herself with me. She wouldn’t believe it. So I said, “We could
research about it and find out the truth about this, Natasha. I am really
intrigued by this. If the school is hiding this, why is it keeping everyone
else in the dark? There should be a reason!”
“What
if the school is not hiding it, Diya?” she countered.
“Then,
we leave it! If it is, then I think we should research more on this; find out
what is happening. It’s very important!”
“Even
if the school hides these diamonds, what have we got to do with it? It must be
some official matters. And I am not interested in getting expelled right before
I am going to finish and leave.”
“I
don’t have a good feeling about this, Natasha. These diamonds are not supposed
to be here. I can feel it in my bones.”
“If
that’s the case, Diya, what do you have in mind?”
“We
research on this; find out all there is to find, and then do the right thing.”
“Define
‘right thing’.”
“We
will take the course that seems best after digging up everything.”
“And
how do you plan to dig up all of this?”
“With
your help. We can use the internet, ask experts, sneak into principal’s office
and do a lot more!”
“Why
me, Diya? I am not close to you, or anyone else, you don’t know if you can
trust me with this, and you still chose to tell me about it?”
“Yeah,
Natasha. I’ve observed you. You can keep secrets and protect it with your life.
You’ll even help me out in this, and probably, we can become good friends?”
She
smiled at me, and said, “Okay. We’ll research on this. Lets first go to the
library.”
I
smiled back at her and squeezed her hand. She looked at me with a surprised
expression. We got up to go to the library. It was the beginning of a strong
friendship.
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