Chapter One: Newton Didn't Warn Me About You

The first bell rang, echoing through the hallway like a warning shot. Students poured into the classroom in clusters — some yawning, others chatting, and a few dragging their feet as if physics was a punishment. For Aanya Mehta, it was a ritual. She entered with a highlighter tucked behind her ear, a coffee-stained notebook in one hand, and an air of quiet confidence trailing her like perfume.

Second row, window seat — her territory.

Everything had to be just right. Notes organized by color. Hair tied in a lazy bun that somehow still looked elegant. Formulas memorized. Definitions engraved into memory like carvings in stone. She lived by the rules of logic, and life — at least until now — had obeyed.

Then the classroom door creaked open again.

A boy walked in, twenty minutes late, carrying nothing but a water bottle and the kind of charm that could melt lab equipment. Tousled hair, sleeves rolled up to his elbows, and an ID card barely hanging on to the lanyard like it was trying to escape. The kind of guy who didn't just walk — he arrived.

Rudra Kapoor.

Football captain. First-crush material. Bad grades, good hair. And definitely not someone who belonged in her Advanced Physics class.

"You’re in this class?" Aanya blinked as he strolled past three empty seats and casually dropped his bag right next to her.

“Why, topper?” he smirked. “Afraid your IQ might fall in love?”

She arched a brow. “No. Just surprised you passed ninth grade science.”

“I didn’t.” He leaned back in his chair, flashing that infuriating smile. “But I hear sitting next to the answer key helps.”

The teacher’s voice cut in from the front, but Aanya’s attention was stolen — not by formulas on the board, but by the boy beside her who smelled faintly of mint and mischief.

Rudra wasn’t just talking — he was watching. Watching her scribble in straight lines, watching the way her brows knitted when the equation got tricky. Watching her like she was the only part of the classroom worth noticing.

“You always this serious in class?” he whispered during a pause.

“Only when I care about the results.”

“Well, then I hope you start taking me seriously too.”

She turned away, hiding a smile behind her pencil. He was trouble — but the kind that made your heart skip in time with the second hand on the lab clock.

And just like that, the laws of physics began to bend. Because sometimes, even gravity feels like a choice when you’re sitting next to someone who makes your brain forget how to work.

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Flirty Quotes from the Chapter:

“You look like you solve equations in your sleep.”

— “And you look like you cause them.”

“You must be a catalyst… because ever since you showed up, my life’s been reacting weird.”

“We might be on different spectrums, Rudra.”

— “Good. That means there’s potential energy between us.”

"You're logic, I'm chaos. But even the universe began with a bang."

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