…Continuation from part 1, if you haven't read that you are not going to understand what's going on.

Like I was saying that I was scared about what would the consequences be if I smoked a cigarette. Some day's passed and one day there was a little change in everything that had been happening, I noticed my friend “Y” join along with “X”. “X” had somehow convinced “Y” that it was normal and cool at the same time. I walked home thinking about it. I did not talk to “X” or “Y” for some days, what I realized in those days was that they were the only people I spoke to so eventually I had to give in and go make amends with them. One fine day after months of delaying I agreed to join them. I remember buying my first cigarette it costed around 12 rupees, I remember it only because I would get like 20 rupees for a week while going to school and I used to buy chocolates out of those. So, after buying it, “X”,"Y" and me went behind the shop, it was like a place where people go only to smoke and I was terrified looking at such a place as I had never seen it before in my life.

So my friend “X” lit the cigarette and passed it on to me and asked me to grow up and smoke the cigarette and I took it with shivering hands. I literally puffed the cigarette and it felt weird, I ended up coughing. I had severe asthma at the moment. So I was basically coughing and there was water out of my eyes and I said them that I couldn't take it anymore and I just took off and walked back home alone. Back at house I was scared that I might get caught so when everyone gathered asking me how my day was, I freeze-d for a moment and I ended up telling everyone that I had a cigarette and I feel I am a grown up. I was thrashed at home that day. I thought telling the truth was the right thing to do. And I realized that I had a very bad habit of not telling any lie.

So that happened and whenever they asked me to join along I just reminded them of my asthma and then I would wait for them to finish up and then walk with them back home. That's how my school days passed. I never again held a cigarette in schooling days. Later there was 11th and 12th, Did I survive in my 11th and 12th? stay tuned for part 3 to know.

 CYA!