Chapter 70: chapter 70

After the valedictory of the conference, Kabir walked towards the Principal 's office, and spoke to him for a while..and after a few minutes we all four got a call from the Principal's office..When we entered we saw the Principal thanking kabir.."Hey you all!!! I have good news for you.Mr.Kabir  Verma accepted my request of offering internships to you four for the next semester.."All my friends were excited  when they heard the offer.. of course they will be because it's not easy to get into Kabir's company as interns..but I don't want to go to his company at all.I walked towards the Principal and said, " Sir ,I am obliged that Mr. Kabir has seen the potential in us and offered the internship.. But I cannot accept it. As you know my father is also an industrialist, I decided to do my internship there.. Principal was angry when he heard me, he said,'' Nidhi, you are my favourite student, that doesn't mean that you can break the rules of the college.. Many students studying here have their own companies to run , but we don't allow students to work as interns in their own company as the other students will get dispirited..All the students should join the companies that college chooses.. your internship is final and I don't want to talk about this anymore..I understood he doesn't want to offend Kabir"I apologise to you  Mr.Kabir ,on behalf of my student, she is naive and she didn't understand the value of working as an intern in your company.. please don't mind..""That's  absolutely fine sir, I can understand", he said..I couldn't argue with my principal anymore. As a student I have to follow his orders.. I felt so helpless at this time. Kabir gave me a cunning smile while leaving the office.I was fuming with anger and started cursing him for using his power to make me be with him..We followed Kabir out but he left from there.."Hey, it's really time for celebration.", Aakash said. "yes so shall we go mall to watch movie now" , Gautam suggested "But the movie starts at 6:00pm, it's just 4:30 pm now. " , Riya said.."Hey!!We will go to the games section in the mall and have some fun", Aakash said. "I was not in the mood to go to the mall now. I wanted some space so I said , " You people go ,I will join you for the movie. I am tired ,I will go home and rest".."Hey Nidhi, don't take Principal's words to heart", Riya tried to console."It's nothing, I am fine.. I am tired of the whole day standing for anchoring ,will go home, take a rest and will reach the mall at movie time.."I know Riya was worried."Then I will also come with you", Riya said.."hey, don't worry I will definitely come  ,I promise ...you just go and enjoy it with them.. I said and walked towards the parking lot to go back home..I didn't understand why Kabirs was doing all these. What does he want to prove and why??  I told him clearly that day I moved on.. My heart was in a mess. I wanted some space..  lost in thoughts I reached home.I took a shower to get relaxed and very soon it was time for the movie.. my mobile started ringing. it was from Riya.. I knew she was afraid that I would not come... I didn't want to disappoint her, so I picked up her call and said, " I am starting and will reach in 10 min"..I started the car but was stuck in traffic and was late for 10 min.. I asked my friends not to wait for me as they will miss the movie. I said I will call them once I reach the mall. I walked inside the mall and called Riya asking her the screen number.. When I reached Riya was already standing outside the screen waiting for me.. "Movie already started ,where were you??" she shouted and dragged me inside.." Your seat is that side,she gave me the row number and seat number.""Are we not sitting together ??", I asked.. "No, we didn't get seats in the same row..  and please you are making me miss the movie.  you just go and sit in your place" , she said and walked towards her place..I turned on the flash in my phone and walked towards my seat and sat."Boom", I was surprised to see Kabir beside me…******Author's POVNidhi stood up immediately, seeing Kabir next to her.She is not interested in watching a  movie with him.. She came out of the theatre without speaking a word to Kabir.She was  fuming with anger ..In fact  she is very angry with her friends for teaming up with Kabir."Nidhi, wait", Kabir followed her.Nidhi took a deep breath , turned towards him and said ," What is your problem Kabir??, how many times should I tell you ?? I have moved on and why don't you leave me alone?? you made my friends as yours so that you can use them to come near me..  do you think I am a kid to not understand your tricks.. your internship, you movie plan , holiday plan to your estate everything you did it , so that you can be with me.. but let me put my point clear to you once again ,I am no more  interested in you and I don't want to see your face again.. for god's sake leave me alone and let me live my life.. " She  roared at him and left the place in anger..Seeing Nidhi and Kabir coming out of the movie, her friends followed her and heard the conversation between them .They understood   that Nidhi and Kabir knew each other.. and they had some past..They were worried about their friend ,so they followed her ignoring Kabir completely..Kabir felt completely devastated when he heard Nidhi just now.. He had a small ray of hope in his heart that one day Nidhi will come back to him.. But it looks like it is impossible now.  She really hates him..He feels completely helpless now..On the other hand , Nidhi's friends followed her to her house in another car..When she reached home she was fuming with anger.. She knew her friends were following behind her..As soon as they entered, Nidhi gave a tight slap on Riya's face.All the three were astonished to see Nidhi in this state.. They had never seen Nidhi's anger before..Riya had tears in her eyes.."What do you think hmmm?? What do you know about me?? Do you know who he is to me and what he did to me?? You know nothing and you thought you would become a matchmaker.. hummmYou have always asked me ,why do I look depressed sometimes right?? so listen.. the reason is him.. He is my husband and I am his second wife" , Nidhi roared at Riya with tears rolling down her cheeks. Aakash, Gautam and Riya were astonished to hear what Nidhi said just now...Their eyes went wide when they heard her.. it took a few seconds for them  to process what she said  just now..They looked at each other's faces blankly.. They never expected Nidhi to be married and that too to Kabir. It was like a shock to them..Nidhi collapsed on the ground and covered her face with her hands and started crying..Riya stood rooted at her place.. She felt her ground spinning..  She never expected that  she  had dug her friend's old  wounds.. Tears welled up in her eyes.. she couldn't see her friend crying because of her but she had no courage to go near Nidhi..Aakash and Gautam walked towards Nidhi and sat down beside her. they started stroking her hair and  consoled her..They didn't know about her past but understood it has left many wounds in her  heart.. They didn't ask her what happened but said sorry for  their behaviour..Little later they  took her to  her room and made her sleep..When they came out, they saw Riya still standing at the same position without moving..They understood she was hurt.. "Riya, don't feel bad for Nidhi's words.. she is hurt.. I hope you understand", Aakash said, holding Riya's hands.."I am fine Aakash, you people leave.. it's already late, you drive carefully", Riya acted normally in front of her friends..After they left, she looked at the house and said to herself," Nidhi ,you gave me a comfortable living and healthy food. You treated me best.. what I gave you in return ," only pain".. She was feeling guilty of what she did to Nidhi.. in fact she never hurt anyone in her life but  unknowingly she has hurt her best friend..She was guilty of what she did.. She didn't have courage to face Nidhi tomorrow morning.. She slowly walked towards Nidhi's room and saw her sleeping peacefully.. but her face was left with all the marks of tears..Her heart ached when she saw her.. She walked towards Nidhi's bed, put her hand on Nidhi's and said," I am sorry Nidhi"..