But in the sixth grade, students from three sections of 5th grade were merged into two. So you know how it is during the school days, guys from the same section tend to stick together, they hesitate to group with guys from a different section. This kind of stuff goes on, at least for some time. And there are interesting little fights that go on when such a merger happens. Like, who will be the winner of arm-wrestling between B section champion and C section champion, who will get the first rank between C section topper and A section topper. As silly as it may look now, as serious it was at that time.
So, when this merger happened, I used to observe a few of the new guys in silence. One guy, in the name of Naresh, in particular caught my attention. There was this guy who was very silent, I mean, I hadn't seen anyone in my school like him till that time. Somehow, I started to develop a liking for him, for the reason he was silent, calm and sturdious. I started talking to him at every chance I got. I used to move to his bench during classes and we used to discuss together about the subjects. And, like that, it continued.
The bond started thickening and we became very good friends during the seventh grade. As we can choose our places at the beginning of the year, we chose to sit next to each other on the first row (we were nerds) in 7th grade. And we pretty much share our entire time in school together studying, playing, teasing and doing all sorts of things a 7th grader would do.
And after a few days, a new guy joined our class. His name was Ramu.K.
(to be continued...)
PS: Names have been changed in the story.
From this first part, I found out the original names.
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