Chapter 1
PART 1 – The Girl Who Knew Me
The classroom door opened quietly… but no one expected what walked in.
She smiled.
Not like a new student. Like she already knew us.
“Hi,” she said softly, “It’s been a long time.”
The class went silent.
Because none of us had ever seen her before.
She said her name, but somehow… I didn’t catch it. It felt like it slipped past me before I could even process it.
The teacher, a little confused, asked her to take a seat.
There were empty desks.
But what she did next shocked me.
She walked straight toward me… and sat beside me.
Immediately, everyone started looking at us.
Like I knew her. Like we were close.
But I wasn’t.
I had never seen her before in my life.
Before I could even say anything, she leaned closer.
Her voice dropped to a whisper.
“Kriti… do you remember us talking about Peppa Pig?”
(Peppa Pig is Kriti's crush name)
My heart skipped.
How did she know that?
That wasn’t something random. That was a small, stupid conversation I had only ever had with people I trusted.
I stayed quiet, trying to process what was happening.
Then she whispered again.
“I know everything about you… and your secrets.”
My body went cold.
I didn’t say a single word after that.
Not until the first break.
Because all I could think about was one thing—
Who is she… and how does she know things no one else does?
