chapter 46

I didn’t want to tell her the real reason, “I will tell you later on. Now, I don’t have much time. Please do what I said.”Vaishali - Hmm… okay.I quickly hung up the call and said to myself, “Thank God… If she came to know that I was going to meet a boy, she would have insisted me to take her with me. I am sorry, Vaishali. I don’t why, I don’t want your presence there.”I reached the beach at 10:16 a.m. Sanaya, Nikhil and a new boy, must be Raj were already sitting there. I thought, “She didn’t tell me that Nikhil would also come.” They welcomed me very warmly. I greeted all of them very nicely too. A few bottles of cold drinks, lays and popcorn were already kept there. They were well set. Sanaya introduced the new boy to me, “So Divya, he is Raj, my classmate. He is very intelligent and of course, a very nice person to talk to. Hehe.”I extended my hand and said, “Hello Raj.” He shook hands with me, “Hi Divya.” Then our normal conversation started. We talked about everything, our studies, our families, our likes and dislikes, movies, webseries, the games we play and so on and so forth.Our conversation was very normal, peaceful and friendly. It was not like we were laughing aloud in between or hooting or shouting or something. It was a very gentleman type conversation. And it was not like that only me and Raj were talking. All of us were talking to each other. The conversation was very balanced. Everyone was getting an equal chance to speak. The background music of the swoosh of water in the beach was making our conversation even more beautiful.I said to myself within my mind, “Oh my God! These guys are very awesome! They are very decent, very well educated. They know how to talk like a gentleman. So far, they haven’t even used a single double meaning word.”Sanaya gave a very pleasant smile and said to me and Raj, “I am just feeling like walking for some time. Hope you don’t mind. We will be back soon.” She said to Nikhil, “Nikhil, let’s go.”He showed some reluctance, “No, I don’t want to go now.” She plucked his cheeks, smiled and perhaps cued him and said again, “Please come na. I will be bored alone.”He smiled back and got up. Both of them left us and started walking. I understood in no time that Sanaya knowingly left us alone so that we could talk comfortably and if need be very deeply too. A minute passed. Neither he said anything nor I. I was waiting for him to break the ice and perhaps, he was waiting for me to start a one on one conversation. I thought, “Perhaps, he is feeling shy. Sanaya told me that he never had any girlfriend before. So,he is less experienced. I don’t think he has enough courage to start the conversation. No problem, I will start.”Divya - Raj, can I ask you a question? Raj - Sure.Divya - As I have been talking to you for the last about one hour, one thing I realized is that you are a very intelligent boy. He just smiled. I added, “I think you understand life also. I just want to ask, do you feel lonely?”He thought for a couple of seconds and then said, “Sometimes I do.”Divya - And when you feel lonely, what do you do?He beamed at me and said, “At that time I again busy myself in studies.” I smiled slightly and waited for him to say something more. Silence prevailed for about a minute. Then he asked me, “What do you do when you feel lonely?” Perhaps, I was waiting for this question. I said, “I feel a need for company. I want somebody to be present by my side.”He brought his full attention towards me and tried to understand me deeply. He asked me further, “But you must not be getting the company that you need at times. And at that time what do you do then?”I drew in a long breath and said, “I just wait…”Raj - Do you think you will ever get the kind of company you need? I looked at the distant water and said, “Perhaps.”Raj - If some day, you get what you want, then?I looked at him, smiled deeply, my hair waved by the cool breeze that soothed my skin right now, and said, “Then I will never come back…” He smiled slightly to hear what I said. He looked straight and began to look at the distant water like me. Half an hour passed. Neither did he say anything nor me. We had reached a different zone of time, where I guess we needed not to talk. Only the silent silence was enough. Whatever we talked sent deep messages to each other. Perhaps, I had told him what I wanted in my life. Maybe I had told him what I want from my life. Perhaps, he also understood what I was trying to say. Maybe he understood much better than I used words for expressing myself.Nikhil and Sanaya returned. They saw us sitting together but looking at the distant water. Nikhil said to Sanaya, “Did they even talk to each other?”She smiled and said, “I don’t know if they talked to each other or not but just look at them. They are looking like love birds.”Nikhil smiled and said, “Sanaya, you are very cunning. Your plan is perfect. By doing this, you will completely eliminate Divya from my life. Then you will feel very safe with me. Please tell me na, you must have done all this to remove the feeling of insecurity from your mind. You must be feeling somewhere that Divya may steal me from you.”(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.)