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Chapter 8 - *Crocodile*

Isabel and Lucy were sleeping sound but Isabel heard a sound and opened her eyes a little. She saw someone or something. She opened her eyes wide open . Face is green , no eyes but cucumbers . Isabel screamed , " daddy ! " .Lucy woke up , " what happened...aah! " .

There hearts were pounding so hard . They were taking heavy breaths .

She took cucumbers from her eyes .

That girl : Hey , what happened ? It's me Catherine .

She said as she bit a piece of cucumber.

Lucy and Isabel : Catherine ?

Catherine : sorry the door was not closed and for your information, I am going to be here from today onwards .

Lucy : nobody informed me .

Isabel : even not to me . Anyway I don't have any problem with that . It will be so lively.

Lucy : welcome Catherine

Catherine: thank you

Isabel: shall we go down and have some snacks .

Lucy : food is my love Language , come on .

She was about to open the door but Isabel called her.

Isabel: Lucy let's the our hair first and you go and wash your face .

Catherine : but why ? What's wrong with my face ?.

Lucy : nothing , it's just that...you look like crocodile .

Catherine : crocodile? My god , someone called me as crocodile.

She said as of she is acting in an old tv series.

Lucy : look . Crocodile tears .

Isabel : Catherine come on we may not have snacks left for us .

Catherine: fine . 2 mins ok ?

Lucy : okay .

Then they all got ready and began to walk . After seeing staircase , Lucy asked " again ? "

Isabel : yep , but this time it will be easy .look you just have to sit and slide on the handrail , be aware ...

" Ouch ! " sound came from lucy .

Catherine: you are a bad listener .

Isabel : are you fine ? .

Lucy : I think so .

Catherine : who asked you to sit like that ? as if you are sitting on a magic broom .

Isabel : do you want me to call campus doctor ? .

Lucy : of course. Call and say that my ....( readers can fill it ).

Catherine and Isabel laughed.

Lucy : enough . Shall we go ?.

They went sliding on the handrail of the stair case.

Lucy: it is made up of wood and it's neat .

Catherine : neat because students clean all these stuffs .

Lucy : what ? But ...but I don't even touch broom at my house.

Isabel: that is your home and this is hostel .

Lucy : you are right . I chose my own fate by coming here .

They all reached down .They saw huge line .

Lucy : what is this ?

Catherine : have you lost your sight ? .

Lucy : of course after seeing you .

Catherine : I am that bright ?.

Lucy : nope .

Catherine : then how did you lost your sight ?

Lucy : a crocodile named Catherine ate it .

Isabel : ok .stop stop .It's enough.

Lucy : I am leaving her for you Isabel.

Catherine : we will continue it later .

They stood in the queue , nearly 10 mins and got tea, snacks .

They went and sat inside the canteen .

Lucy : they are your friends right? Catherine.

Catherine : oh , yeah .would you mind if I join them.

Isabel : your arms and legs are tied ?

Catherine : No.

Isabel : you are free to go Catherine.

Catherine: ok bye . See you later .

Lucy : it's scrumptious.

She said as she took a bite of her veg roll .

Some people tied there eyes with their hands .

Lucy : Hey, who are you ? Disturbing my beautiful moment.

She cursed .

Isabel touched the hands that had tied her eyes .

She called out " boys , it's enough ".

They took their hand off . They joined the girls .

Lucy : idiots . Every place I look seems blue and green now .

Sebastian : well not for me .

Lucy : so you are the one who tied my eyes . Gotcha .

Peter : the frog ruins itself with its own mouth .

Peter and Johnson laughed.

Sebastian : so..n I will take care of you later .

Sebastian took the veg roll from Lucy's plate and began to eat.

Lucy : Hey that's mine and I already bit it .

Sebastian : no problem. We didn't eat lunch and we are starving to death .Unfortunately, there was no snacks left for us .

Lucy : so , you have to take mine ?

Sebastian : is your heart made up of rock?

Lucy : yours is made of rock .

Sebastian: my heart is a diamond.

Lucy sticked out her tongue.

Isabel : here take mine boys . We drank soup for lunch .

Peter : God bless you my child , for your kindness.

Isabel : thanks grandpa .

Peter : your words are piercing my heart , Isabel.

He whispered , staring at her eyes.then winked his eye and smiled.

Isabel leaned back on her chair and turned her head aside for a moment to sigh ,then turned again .

Lucy : wow ! I like your performance bro .

She praised him.

Peter : thank you , thank you .

He bowed inbetween.

Isabel : you are not getting an Oscar award.

She retorted .

Peter : one day I will.

Lucy : congrats in advance .

Peter showed his thumbs up .

They all laughed together .But Isabel rolled her eyes .

Johnson : don't let your eyes pop out.

Isabel : it won't , if Peter doesn't pull it .

Peter : so you want me to pull it .?

Isabel : did I say anything like that?

Peter : well , I thought like that .

Isabel : your thoughts are not mine .

Lucy : Hey what happened? Cool down Isabel .

Sebastian : he was just teasing.

Johnson : okay .leave it everyone.

Johnson : Lucy, do you like hostel life ? .

Lucy : don't know what to say . It's just my first day here . Maybe I will get used to it in the future.

Sebastian : I hope so .

While they were talking Isabel leaned back on her chair and looked at the ceiling as if holding back her tears from falling.Then she sighed .

Isabel took Peter 's hand in her's and said " I am sorry peter . "

Fresh tears fell from her eyes like the first rain drop.

Peter : it's fine . I understood my mistake.

Isabel : no you didn't do any mistake. I just had mood swing out of nowhere.

Peter : it's ok.

He stood up and hugged her . She hugged him back , her head was leaning on his tummy .soon other friends too joined them .

Hi everyone. Even I didn't know why I made Isabel and Peter to fight but let it go in a flow. Comment how was your experience in hostel for the first time . comment if you can guess what mistake peter did.

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