chapter 25

The Next DayI entered the class. Vaishali was already sitting on the bench. I went to her, placed down my bag confidently and said to her, “I have decided.”She looked at me concerned and said, “What?”Divya - Vicky cheated on me. I will throw him out of my life.She tapped on my shoulder and said, “Great. That’s like a strong girl.” I smiled. After a couple of seconds, I said, “But I am really hurt.”She said, “Don’t worry. Time is the best medicine. It will heal you. Then a time will come when you will laugh at him and yourself. You will not be able to believe that there was a time when you were mad for a stupid boy, Vicky. Haha!”I didn’t feel like laughing, but I laughed to boost my energy up so that I would be able to forget him soon. Two weeks passed. My heart didn’t stop crying. My yearning to see Vicky became stronger and stronger. I was dying to meet him. But I could not break my promise that I made with myself. I wanted to throw him out of my life. I had not even sent him a message since then. He also didn’t try to contact me by any means.In the evening, Vaishali came to my house to take a file from me. My mother prepared coffee for both of us. She sat in my room and we started sipping coffee. She said, “Divya, you still appears to be in tension.”I said, “You are right, Vaishali. Still, I am not able to come out of the trauma. Still, I am not able to focus on my studies. I yearn for Vicky. If I don’t do anything now, then I will end up again calling him and talking to him.”Instantly, she said, “No! Don’t ever call him again! What are you thinking?”I said desperately, “If I don’t call him then what shall I do? I feel very lonely. The loneliness is killing me. One, my heart is broken. Two, I am suffering from a great mental agony. Three, I don’t have anyone to talk to.”She said looking into my eyes, “I am always present for you. You can call me whenever you want.”I said, reflecting the naked truth in my eyes, “I know you are always available for me. But you know, we feel more satisfaction only by talking to the opposite sex.”Vaishali - Hmm… I can understand. Divya - What shall I do now?Silence prevailed for about forty seconds. Then she said, “I have one idea!”I said in a way requesting her to tell her idea, “Hmm…”She said confidently, acting as if she is a fifty year old woman, “One thing is absolutely clear that you should not make any contact with Vicky. He used you. If you contact him, he will use you again and destroy your life. The other problem is that you can’t live alone. You need someone in your life. Then why not find a better guy than him? If we succeed in finding a good boy for you, then all of your problems will be solved.”I didn’t say anything. She asked me, “Did you like my idea?”I said, “I don’t know.”She said, acting as if she knew everything about life, “Vicky cheated you. I know why.”I asked, making an innocent face, as if I was just a baby and I didn’t know anything about life, “Why?”Vaishali - Because he was not from our school. His love was not real. He was just a flirt who loved to play with the bodies of girls. You once asked me, “Why are bad things happening only to you? Why are other girls in our class enjoying their lives with their boyfriends? The answer is because their boyfriends are from the same school, mostly from the same class. That’s why they don’t cheat.”I said, “Hmm… Perhaps, you are right.”Vaishali - I think real love can happen only in the same class. She thought hard to add to her point, “Because in the same class, a boy not only sees the external beauty of a girl. He also sees her internal beauty, I mean her mind, her brain and maybe her soul.”Divya - Hmm… That’s right. Vaishali - What did Vicky see in you? He didn’t know how intelligent you are. He didn’t know how’s your class behaviour. He didn’t know how you talk to others. He knew only how beautiful you looked externally. He just knew your body. That was all. His relationship was only with your body. Divya - Hmm… I got your point. Vaishali - From tomorrow onwards, we will start doing one thing. We will start finding a good boy for you from our class itself. He will never cheat you. He will always remain in front of your eyes. So, he will not get any chance to cheat on you. Moreover, if you go in relationship with a boy of our class, every girl in our class will come to know about your relationship with him. No girl will ever try to steal him from you. Divya - Hmm… Good logic. The Next DayOur eyes were on all the boys in our class. Sometimes, we were looking at one boy and sometimes at the other. Vaishali said, “I am confused which boy to choose for you.” I said to her, “I am also confused.”She said what she was thinking, “The boy should be in our class and I think he should be strong enough to protect you from other boys.”Divya - Hmm… right. Vaishali - If a boyfriend is weak, then the bullies in our school will not get scared of him and they will continue to make passes at you. Divya - Hmm… Right. He should be well built and a strong guy. I should feel proud and fearless while walking with him. (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.)