chapter 38

Many days passed. I never received any message or call from Sahil. I was very impressed by the bravery of my friend. I thought, “How much mentally strong and influential she is! She threatened Sahil and he didn’t even dare me send me a single text message. Some day, I want to be like her.” I was unaware of the fact that she didn’t do anything but Sahil himself wanted to leave me. Anyhow, I was impressed by her in my ignorance.One day in schoolVaishali and I were walking together in the interval and talking to each other. She asked me, “Did Sahil try to contact you thereafter?”I said, shaking my head negatively, “No. You taught him a nice lesson. I don’t think he can ever think of disturbing me again.” She smiled hearing that. I could see in her eyes that she was feeling very proud of herself.I said, “But…”She said looking at my face, “But what?”I said in a bit of a gloomy tone, “I am feeling very lonely now. I don’t have anyone to talk to. Nobody messages me. I feel void within myself. I don’t know how to tackle it? This void, this emptiness is eating me. I feel as if I am missing my life. I feel like I am just letting the time pass.”She tried to feel my feelings, “Hmm… I can understand.”I asked her, “Now what to do? I am confused.”Vaishali - What have you thought? I mean, what’s in your mind?I looked at her eye to eye and said, “Perhaps, I need someone in my life.”She drew a long breath, “Again?”I said, making an innocent face, “I guess yes.”Vaishali - Now, what type of a guy will you look for? Divya - Now, I will not look for any boy.She said, shocked, “Are you planning to go into a relationship with a girl?”At once, she said, “No! First let me complete..”Vaishali - Okay. Say. Divya - I think Nikhil was the best guy for me. Vaishali - He is not dead. He is still alive. I laughed a bit and said, “Yeah, I meant the same. I think if I had fallen in love with him and he with me, he would have never cheated on me and would have never imposed himself over me.”She simply said, “Yeah, I also feel so.”I said like a kid, “I want to propose Nikhil again!”Vaishali - What! It will look very odd. Divya - No, it will not look odd. First, when I proposed him, he said no because at that time he had no feelings for me. But later on, he started developing feelings for me but he was very late. By then I had already accepted Vicky as my boyfriend. Then he tried to talk to me many times but I ignored him every time. Later on Sahil came in my life. I got no time even to observe him if he was still interested in me or not. Vaishali - HmmDivya - I am sure he is still interested in me. Such boys don’t get time to make girlfriends. He must be dreaming about me every time. Vaishali - Okay, okay. But there is one problem. Divya - What? Vaishali - I am sure he must not be knowing about Vicky. But he must have come to know about Sahil. Divya - Hmm… I don’t know. But during the time when I was in touch with Sahil, I always told him not to reveal our relationship to anyone. I hope he kept his words. So far, no one either from our class or from any other class asked me about Sahil. Vaishali - If nobody asked you about him, it doesn’t mean they don’t know about your relationship. The fragrance of such things spread like wildfire.Divya - Hmm… I hope he doesn’t know about it. Hey, you have to help me in it!She said, showing me the palms of her hands, “Not again!”I insisted, “You can’t say no to me. You are my best friend. You helped me many times. I need you. You are a very strong girl. If you don’t help me then who will help me? I can’t help myself. You have a strong courageous heart but I don’t.”She said, “Please, please, please. Not this time…”I said, catching her arm, “I am asking you to help me for the last time.”She said, “Okay, for the last time, I will help you in it. But remember, it will be the last time.” I giggled and hugged her, “Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I knew you would help me. You are my best friend!”In the evening, she came to my home and we started planning everything about how we were going to talk to Nikhil. She said, "Tomorrow, whenever we find him alone, both of us will approach him. Okay?"I said, "Yeah, fine."Vaishali - I will request him to give us his time. And I know he will agree. He is a studious guy and such guys always agree.Divya - Don't you think we should ask him to meet us after school time?She said confidently, "No, it's not a good idea. He will never agree. Studious boys never waste their extra time. They have to go to their tuition classes too. They always run short of time."Divya - Oh, actually, I want him to meet at a place where we can talk comfortably. I need to make him understand everything. Don't forget I ignored him many times. I need to make up for my mistakes.She thought for about two seconds and said, "You are also right. Why not meet him in the canteen area? The recess is about thirty minutes. We will get sufficient time to talk to him and he is also free at this time. He is not in a rush."Divya - Hmm… better idea. I think it will work.She smiled and said, "It will definitely work." (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.)