chapter 17

I cried for about half an hour. Then another set of thoughts appeared in my mind to console my soul, “Divya, you have done nothing wrong. It’s okay. All girls must be doing like this. One day or the other, everyone does this. So, you have done nothing wrong. Everything will be fine. You just need to sleep and relax.” I lay on the bed, closed my eyes and tried to sleep. Luckily, I fell asleep.The Next dayWhen I reached the school, Vaishali noticed that I was feeling very sleepy. She teased me, “I think Vicky is not letting you sleep. Hehe.”In response, I just smiled. She asked me, “Tell me what kind of talks you do at midnights?” I didn’t say anything again. I just smiled. Vaishali - Tell na something. Divya - Nothing yar (buddy), actually, I am worried that I haven’t prepared for my class test.She asked me surprisingly, “Why? There is only one test today and that needed only one hour preparation.”I said in a gloomy tone, “I didn’t even get one hour. Believe.”Vaishali - If you didn’t get time during the day, you could have prepared in the night. It needed just an hour.Divya - I didn’t get time even in the night. She teased me, “Oh because of Vicky.” She grinned. I grinned back. She said, “It means last night you enjoyed a lot last night. The wheel of time never stops. Your time of happiness is over. Now, get ready for scolding. Hehe!”I said sarcastically, mocking her, “Hehe! I am your friend. You should have sympathy for me and you are enjoying.”She chuckled and said, “Don’t  worry, I will show you sympathy after you have got scolding. Haha!”Divya - You are a very bad friend. With the passage of time my chat with Vicky became dirtier and dirtier. We forgot our limits. I also began to enjoy more and more with every passing day and with less sense of guilt. One day, he said, “Let’s meet today somewhere.” I said, “In a pizza shop?”Vicky - No, in a house. I said, scared, “Whose house?” He chuckled and said, “Don’t worry, we will be alone there. It’s my friend’s house. All have gone out of station. Nobody will be there.”I got scared more, “Alone?”Vicky - Yeah, what’s wrong with it? You are a mature girl now. Or are you scared?He tried to make fun of me. I said, showing that I was not scared of anything, “No, I am not scared of anything.”Vicky - Then let’s meet tomorrow after school time. Your school will be over at 3 p.m. We will easily reach there at 3:15 p.m. Then we will stay there for half an hour to one hour. We will talk to each other face to face and then we will go back to our homes. I questioned him, “We can also talk to each other on phone.”Vicky - Oh ho, that we have been doing for many days. I can’t see you while talking on phone. Divya - We can also do video call if you want to see me while talking. Vicky - Divya, on my mobile screen you appear only in colours. That’s virtual you, not real you. I want to feel you in real. I promise you will enjoy a lot. Mobiles can never replace a human being. Divya - Hmm… But..Vicky - Don’t get scared. We will only talk. That’s all. I thought for a couple of seconds and said, “Okay.”The Next Day After the school was over, Vaishali and I got on our scooties as usual. She started riding her scooty along with me. I thought, “If I allow her to come with me then she will also come along with us. I have to give any excuse.”Another thought crossed my mind, “Wait…wait… why am I thinking like that? We are just going to talk in the house. If she comes with me, it’s not going to create any problem.”Again another thought crossed my mind, “If she comes with me, then she will not let us talk properly. She will go on saying stupid things and disturb us. Sometimes, she forgets her limit and provokes Vicky to take a step ahead like she did in the pizza shop. I should not take her along with me.”Somewhere, I felt I was lying to myself, I don’t know why. Did I have any ulterior motives that I didn’t even want to share with myself? Perhaps, the answer was yes but I didn’t want to acknowledge it. I said to her, “Vaishali, today, you go to your home alone. I have to go to my relatives.”Vaishali - Really? Divya - Yeah. Why would I lie to you? She teased me and said, “I have heard that those girls who are in an affair often tell lies. Hehe!”I giggled and said, “No, no, I am not lying to you.”She smiled and said, “Okay, bye. Take care. Oh, sorry. You have Vicky to take care of you. Hehe.”Divya - Haha! Vaishali - Hey, one more thing. Divya - What? Vaishali - Nowadays, I have seen many times Nikhil trying to talk to you but you ignored him every time! Haha!Divya - Haha! His time is gone. Haha!She laughed and said, “Yes, his time came and he missed it. But when your time came, you didn’t miss it. That’s why now Vicky is in your life.”I laughed and said, “Right.”She twisted the accelerator of her scooty and disappeared. I heard a horn from my back. I moved a little further. Again, I heard the horn. Then again, I heard the same horn. “Who this stupid is!” I looked in the rear view mirror and blushed. He was Vicky. I looked back and gave a very sweet smile to him. He smiled back. He rode his bike and crossed my scooty and asked me to follow him. I started following him. I was not feeling any kind of fear. Perhaps, I started trusting him a lot. He took me to an old house. (It will be so nice of you, if you leave at least a single word comment and please don't forget to follow me and become my superfan. You will be able to read all the locked parts of all my series for free and you will also be able to chat with me and my superfans directly.)