5) Change in thinking

Author's POV:

Due to the absence of the subject teacher, the free lecture was going on and all the students were preparing for the quiz to be held tomorrow.

"No yarr. Such a problem will not be solved like this", Niyati said.

"What is the problem yarr? There is a quiz here tomorrow and questions of this topic are not being solved", Mitali replied teasingly.

"Don't take stress, yarr. It will be solved. You don't stop trying", She encouraged her and said.

"May I help?" Suddenly Samar came in front of them and said.

Mitali spoke before Niyati could say anything," Yes please, the questions of this topic are not being solved. Please solve it". She expressed a little concern and said.

"Let me see", He picked up the book saying this and after a few seconds of looking at the question, he said, "Sorry yarr Mitali, these questions are not soluble even to me. I wanted to ask you this myself", He said in a slightly sad voice.

"What to do now? Charan sir didn't even come today otherwise we ask him how to solve these Questions", Mitali replied with a withered face.

"I have a solution for this too", He said.

" Please reveal that solution to us, Maharaj", Niyati said in a funny way.

"Smaran sir", As soon as he said this, Niyati's laughing face wilted.

"What does it mean?", Mitali asked being confused.

"What does this mean that Smaran sir must know the solution to these questions", He explained.

"Oh yes, you are right", Mitali replied with a resounding yes to Samar.

"So go Samar and bring a solution to this question from him", Mitali said to him.

Niyati did not want to be part of this conversation of both of them related to Smaran so she kept quiet.

"No, I'm not going to him", He said a little scared, and quickly went back to his seat.

"Niyati, You go to him and get answers to these questions from him", Mitali said, surprising her.

"No, Not at all, you went and brought it yourself", She quickly refused him as she wanted to stay away from him because of this morning's incident.

"Look friend, Don't say that. You had gone to him in the morning too and you and sir..", Mitali is about to say something further, seeing that she stares angrily towards her and changes the talk, "I mean that if you have helped him in his work today then he will definitely help you in your work. If you have known him well, then he won't refuse you. Even if I do not know him, then maybe he refuses to help me", Trying to convince her, Mithali said.

"The teachers are there to help the students in school Therefore, no teacher can refuse to help any student. If someone does this, that teacher has no right to teach so go to him yourself", Niyati replied.

"Okay, I leave because nothing has happened between me and him", Mitali responded by pretending to get up from her seat a little angrily but she pulled her arm and make her sit back at her place.

"What do you mean to say that something like this has happened between me?", She asked her angrily.

"Yes that's why you are afraid to go to him", Mitali replied stopping her laughter.

"There's nothing like this", She answered without looking towards Mitali.

"So prove it and show it", Mitali quickly answered.

"What?", She asked without understanding Mitali.

"I mean that by proving that you are not running away from him because of the morning incident and are not afraid to meet him", Mitali raised one of her eyebrows and said.

"So you are challenging me?", She also asked raising one of her eyebrows.

" Yes, of course", She responded by standing from her place with her hand on her waist.

"Niyati is not used to losing the challenge so challenge accepted. Now you see how I come after taking answers to these questions from sir. Just wait and watch", She too responded by standing from her seat and keeping both hands on her waist.

"Let's see.., Mitali replied in a challenging way.

She picked up the pen, book, and notebook and proceeded to the staff room there as she knew that his lecture had been made free to make a quiz. She reached the staff room very enthusiastically, but as soon as she saw him sitting in front through the glass door, all her enthusiasm turned into nervousness. The bigger thing than that was that no other teacher was even seen sitting around him. All the teachers had been in their periods in different classes. Due to morning talk, she did not want to go inside but due to the challenge given to Mitali, she could not go back either. Finding no other way, she reluctantly opened the door.

"May...May I come in Sir?", She asked taking permission to come inside her.

As soon as he heard her voice, He quickly raised his head and looked at her.

"Come in", She replied to him with a slightly smiling face which made her look a bit awkward.

"I apologize for disturbing you, but I wanted help from you", She said in a slightly fearful tone while moving towards him.

" Say, How can I help you ?", He asked casually.

"Sir, it is a quiz tomorrow and we were preparing for it, but the questions of one of the topics of the maths are not solved. Charan sir is also absent today so we needed your help to solve them", She said in a pleading tone.

"But you are not going to participate then why?", He asked while being confused.

"Because my friend is participating so that's why", she responded.

He smiled a little after listening to her and then said, "Let me explain the entire topic from the beginning and solve some of their questions as well".

On hearing this, a smile came on her face. She handed her a notebook, pen, and book and stood quietly in front of her.

Seeing her standing again like that, he said, "if you want to understand the topic by standing like this, then I have to stand for that too and if you do not want me to stand and explain to you then sit down.

As soon as she heard this, she quickly sat down on the chair in front of her. He explained the topic very well to her and solved some questions.

"Thank you very much sir and I apologize for troubling you and I apologize to you once again for the morning", She said this while standing from her place and taking her things back from him, started going there without hearing his answer.

"Niyati", He gave her a voice.

Hearing his voice, she stopped at her place and turned towards him. He stood up from his place and stood in front of her.

"The first thing is that I told you earlier that whatever happened in the morning, there was no mistake in you. So there is no need to apologize to me again and again for that matter. The second thing is that the teachers are there to help the students so there is no need to say thank you to me for helping you, but thank you I should do yours for the morning help So thank you very much. See you in the Science lecture", He said this with a slight smile and sat back in his place and started doing his work.

Niyati was about to go from there after listening to him that he started speaking something else again.

"One more thing I want to say that I'm strict to teach, but I am not bad So whenever you get mad or angry at me from next time, come and talk to me directly, Okay", As soon as he said this, her senses flew away. She shook her head standing in a dumbfounded position and left from there.

This time she did not come out of the staff room in fear or panic, but this time she had a different smile on her face and was going towards the class thinking and humming something in a different joy. Lost in a different world, she had forgotten that a girl was waiting impatiently near the classroom gate. Mitali could not understand anything when she saw him swinging and humming like this. As soon as she noticed Mithali standing in front, she stopped smiling at once.

"You are coming with a lot of chirping. Has anything happened again this time? Something very good?", Mitali asked while being confused and mischievously.

"Don't use your mind too much. Someday your mind will be warped. Take hold of your book and notebook. I completed your challenge. Now do you believe that I have no fear of sir? ", She asked happily.

"Yaa, fine but one thing is not understood that you went there in anger and fear while leaving but what happened there that your anger turned into happiness and there is no trace of fear on your face", Mitali asked while still confused.

"It is because the anger and the fear that I did not want to go there was unbridled and now that fear has completely gone away", She replied confusing her more.

Looking at her confused face, she said, "Don't put so much burden on your little brain. I explain to you the topic and the solutions", She said and dragged her to their place and started explaining to her the topic.

"Wow yarr, you have come to understand this topic very well and even with the method of Smaran sir, you are solving it very easily. He is very smart and intelligent", Mitali praised her and said.

"I know", Niyati blurted without knowing.

"What?", Mitali asks quickly.

"What I mean is that I have come to know that Smaran sir, Math along with Science also explain very well like Charan Sir", She replied, before Mitali would have taken her point otherwise.

"Niyati, Tell me the truth. Did something happen again in the staff room?", Mitali asked again in a serious voice.

"No yarr, nothing happened and you don't think too much about it and prepare for the quiz", She said and Mitali goes back to solve the question and she starts thinking about herself and Smaran again.

She seems to understand that he is not as bad as she thought. His way of talking was a bit different so he looked bad but in reality, there is nothing like this. He is really good", Her thinking was slowly changing for him.

"Get out of your dream world and help me", Mitali shook her and she started helping her with a smile on her face which made Mitali even more confused.