chapter 2

She said a bit surprised, “Why are you shouting at me? I really don’t know.”Divya - I am not shouting at you. I just want to know the full story. Vaishali - Only Ketaki herself can tell us the full story. Because we can’t talk to his boyfriend, Sahil. Divya - Then let’s meet Ketaki. Vaishali - Now!Divya - Yes. I caught her wrist and started dragging her to Ketaki. She said, “Hey, wait.. Don’t pull me. I am coming na.”We walked up to Ketaki. Vaishali used her sweet tone less to call Ketaki and more for impressing boys around, “Hi Ketaki.” She replied in the same way, perhaps her intention was also the same, although she had a boyfriend, “Hi Vaishali! How’s going on?”Vaishali caught her hand and pulled her to my side, “We want know something from you.”Ketaki said, making face, “Don’t ask me anything about Physics. I really don’t know anything about the latest lesson.”Vaishali - Don’t worry, we are not going to ask that. Actually, my friend, Divya wants to know something. I frowned at Vaishali and nudged her. She said to me, “Don’t worry, Divya. She is an open minded girl.”I said gritting my teeth, “She is your friend, not mine.”Ketaki looked at Vaishali and said, “What does she want to ask me? You tell me.”Vaishali grinned and said, “Actually, she wants to know about your love story.”Ketaki looked at me as if I was a small child, she plucked my cheeks and said, “What do you do with my love story? You make your own love story. Haha!” I felt offended when she plucked my cheeks. I thought, “How dare she touch my cheeks like that? I am her age. I am not a kid. What does she think of herself? I am also a grown up girl like her.”But I didn’t let my anger surface because I didn’t want to create an enemy without any solid reason and of course, I wanted to listen to her story too. I requested, “Ketaki, please tell na.”Vaishali said, showcasing me as if was a very innocent, mentally retarted kind of a girl, “Actually, she doesn’t have a boyfriend. That’s why she is very much interested in your story.” She laughed and added, “Perhaps, she wants to note some points about how to make a boyfriend. Haha!”I looked angrily at Vaishali and thought, “What the hell is she saying!”Ketaki said, mocking me, “If she doesn’t know how to make a boyfriend, then you teach her na. How about your college boyfriend? Huh! You love very mature guys. Hehe!”I was shocked to hear that. I thought, “Vaishali is such a cheater! She always told me that she doesn’t have any boyfriend. But she has a boyfriend and that also very mature one, studying in college! Let Ketaki go once, then I will elicit full details about it like a C.B.I. officer.”Vaishali said confidently as if what she was saying was true, “She knows very well about my story. Now, she wants to learn something from your story.” My eyebrows heightened in surprise. I thought, “Where has she got such immense power to lie so confidently from? Has she been doing meditation since birth?”Ketaki touched my soft cheek and said, “If you want to get a boyfriend, then you have to grow up. As long as you are just a kid, no boy will ever like to come to you.” Well, I didn’t like her touch. But I had no option except to tolerate it. I abruptly asked her childishly, “Did you go to him first or he himself came to you?”She answered in a very low voice, shaking my chin using her index finger, middle finger and her thumb, “Never go to boys, make them follow you. I am giving you this big secret for free. Enjoy! Hehe.”Having said that, she walked away. I said to Vaishali, “She has gone. She didn’t tell her story.” Vaishali was about to say something. I cut her short, “Hey, wait, wait… You didn’t tell me you have a boyfriend and that also a very mature one who is going to college. I can’t believe you have been lying to me since we became friends! Is she your best friend or me? First clear this.” I said commandingly. Vaishali said calmly, “Hey, don’t raise your voice. I will tell you the truth. I am your best friend. I was just lying to her. I didn’t have any boyfriend.”I said angrily, “What! Again you are lying to me?”She answered, “How can I lie to you, Divya? You are my best friend.”Divya - Then why did you say what you said to her? Vaishali - First calm down, let me complete. Divya - Okay. Say. Vaishali - I don’t have any boyfriend. I never had any boyfriend. Divya - Then why did you say you have a boyfriend in front of her? Vaishali - Yar (Buddy), try to understand. It’s a status symbol. If I don’t say so, then they will make fun of me. I said, widening my nostrils, “Like you made fun of me in front of her.” She got stunned for a second because she had understood that I understood what she did to me. Vaishali - Kind of.She immediately changed her tone, “You wanted to hear her love story. If I don’t say such things to her then she will never tell her love story to us.”I made her mouth shut by saying, “Even now, she didn’t tell us.”Vaishali - At least she gave you a trick. Divya - Huh! That was less a trick and more an insult.  Silence ensued for a minute. The bell rang. The recess was over and we had to return to our classes. We attended the remaining periods. The last bell rang and the school was over. We came out of the main gate of the school. We saw many girls of our class eating ice creams with their boyfriends. We looked at them and felt fomo. 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