Book 1

I was just sitting idly, in my classroom, waiting for my friends, Rohan and Yash. They both were my best friends.

It was morning and usually they arrived late. The only person sitting in the class except me was Ishika. We will talk a little later who Ishika is, wait a moment.

After a minute, those two assholes arrived.

‘Hey, you two assholes!’ I waved my hand. They two arrived and took the seats besides me.

‘Hey,’ Yash replied and clapped my back. His hands were like stones, by the way. Yash was a muscular and tall guy, who started the school as the same time as I did. He was a head taller than me with a dark skin and the biggest eyebrows a man can have.

‘Hey, bro.’ Rohan said. Rohan on the other hand was a thin and lanky guy whom I met a few months ago. He had a heavy voice and short hairs.

‘Have you asked your parents to go on the trip?’ I asked them with a stern face.

‘Sorry, dude.’ Rohan grinned, ‘forgot!’

‘I am in.’ Yash said.

The thing was our school organized this little trek to Himalayas and I really wanted to go. The previous day, one of our teachers explained us about the trip.

It was a trek to one of the mountains situated in Manali district of Uttrakhand, India. It would be a three night and two day trek and another few days of sightseeing and traveling.

And I registered my name on the same day they announced about it. Little did I know how much was I going to regret this little trek in the coming months, or years. I could say that the trek changed my life, like literally, it changed my life, and probably fucked it.

By the way, I am Matt. Don’t ask my last name, I hate it. I am a seventeen year old guy who lives in New Delhi, India. Yes, I live in India. Not in the States or any European country or any other major country, where most of... these type of... stories start.

My parents are these real estate developers and very rich people. So it is natural for me to hate them. They never had time for me. Plus, they never let me do anything, like nothing. I had zero social-life, next to zero friends and no relatives or cousins, whom I can hang out with.

I go to a high school in New Delhi where I have a few friends. Rohan and Yash are one of them.

Then comes Ishika. She is one of my good friends and a girl on whom I have a major crush. She is almost as tall as me and have jet black hair and green eyes. Her gaze is so stern that no one can maintain an eye contact with her for more than two seconds. She is probably one of the prettiest girls in the school, at least that’s what my friends tell me. And one of the most intelligent students. I met her in my previous school and we both joined this school the same year. And since then, I like her.

The trip was organized in the month of April, approximately three months from now, in our summer vacations.

I know what you are thinking. Summer holidays, that too in April? Yes. Look, the education system in my country, India, is a little different.

Our session starts somewhere in June or July and goes on till March or April. Yes, I know it’s a little peculiar but I cannot just go and order the education board to change it.

Well, coming back to the topic of the trek, my parents allowed me that day only. They weren’t allowing me to go at first so I got in a pretty bad fight with them after which, they agreed.

The next day, I again confirmed if my friends were coming or not.

‘Yeah, dude.’ Rohan chided, when I asked him for the fifth time on that day. I loved traveling and the trip would get a little bored if the two of my only friends weren’t coming.

‘Ask this again and I will make you suck my dick.’ Yash growled.

‘You are such a gay.’ I said, ‘and no one can suck a wheat grain.’

Rohan and I laughed.

‘Hey, Matt.’ Ishika came and sat on my chair. I shifted uncomfortably as a current ran down my spine. This type of things always happens when Ishika does something like this.

‘Huh? I mean... Hey.’ I smiled.

‘What’s with you nowadays?’ She frowned. ‘Anyway, are you coming to the trek?’

‘You?’ Rohan asked.

‘Yep.’ She answered.

‘Then how can we go somewhere else.’ Yash grinned. He loved to flirt with Ishika while I was around, just to annoy me.

‘Yes, we are.’ I said and glared at Yash.

‘Cool. See you later.’ She said and walked towards her group of friends.