ACT 1:
SetUp
Kunal is sitting in the bus, he is afraid and don't know what to expect. He is to attend this fancy school in Delhi. His parents based in the sub-urban town near Meerut had sent him to a local boys school and now he all of a sudden he is sent to live with his Mausi and Mausa in city. He got admission in 8th standard in St. Mary School.
Scene 1
Kunal gets into the bus for the school. He is standing there, looking all over, planning where to sit. He gives a quick scan and decides to sit on the corner seat of the 5th last seat. Suits him. Bus is less than half full and he finds this comforting.
The next two stops he saw 5 to 6 kids climb into. Bus is full of both and girls, his first intro to this coed ecosystem.
On the third stop from his, climbs a girl, she climbs into, talking to another guy and a girl. She seems a bit older than himself. Kunal absorbs her first glimpse, soaks it in. This feeling he just got, its new. He wants to look at her for as long as he wants without any interference. He doesn't understand whats so unique about her, but his gaze is glued at her, she passed him and takes the second last seat and her friends sat around her. They are unusually chatty and loud.
Half an hour journey and he reaches school. Anxiety again gets a hold of him. He is nervous.
Scene 2
School is much bigger than he had imagined. There is a huge ground. After making many failed enquiries he finally reaches 3rd floor and in an elongated gallery, his section is the second from the end. He is into 'D' section. There are total five sections in 8th standard.
School passes slowly. Every subject is in english, and he is not at all comfortable with the language. He struggles to make acquaintenences and had lunch by himself.
School ends at 2:45pm. He rushes to his bus, apparently he learns that the bus makes two trips and thus all the bus boarders have had to wait for half an hour so basically for him school gets over around 3:15pm. He hates this. Then in the waiting room he found that same girl sitting at the window with her friends, all seniors and chatting loudly.
He gets back home by 4pm.
Scene 3
Kunal reaches home to unenthusiastic atmosphere. His mausi is at one of her neighbours, Kunal comes at the door of the neighbour, his mausi hands him the key and tells him to have lunch and then he should study thereafter.
Kunal finds himself staring out of window of his room towards the never-ending panoramic view from 9th floor, down there was a park and people started to gather and made small clusters and with passage of time clusters kept growing. Kids of all age goups made their appearance, enticing him to join them.
He couldn't forget her face. She looked so angelic. He wanted to see her again. Lookin at her was the only thing he was looking forward to the next day.
Late into the evening Mausa came. They had their dinner. He had a younger sister and an a brother. They were Mausi's kids.
Scene 4
Next day he finds her again really beautiful aSs she walks past him and takes her back seat with her friends. He so wishes to make acquaintenence with her.
School came as he kept musing.
SetUp
Its almost a month now since he has been attending this school. Every day is the same struggle. He has not yet gotten used to this new world. He has not made any friends. His evenings are same...
Scene 5
One day his teacher caught him struggling to read properly in english. She announces loudly in the class that he would be inducted into the 'English Club'.
He doesn't like this a bit. He felt embarrased. He is told that every Wednesday Zero period he will have to attend 'English Club' meetings.
SetUp
Next day is a Wednesday. He stays back after school and learns that he has to go to a particular class to attend English Club meeting. He is sad as he longs to see that girl in the bus waiting room but instead he is to attend this embarrassing sessions that cement the fact that he doesn't belong in this high-fi school as he is not good in english.
Scene 6
As he enters the English Club room, he is pleasantly surprised. That girl is sitting in the front of the class. She looks at him as he enters. He doesn't know why is she in this shameful class, but his own happiness on seeing her subsides when the realisation kicks in that the first time she notices him and he is in this embarrassing class.
He takes a seat at the last bench. There are many students of all age present. The girl finally addresses the class.
She introduces herself in the most sophisticated english that Kunal has ever heard. She declares that she is the English Club president. Her name is Shalini.
