All night my sleep remained disturbed with thoughts of Erik, Ani and what my mom told me. I may have slept for 2-3 hours but whole night on bed I just keep switching sides on my bed. In the morning when my alarm ringed, I woke up with a decision to just keep my focus on Ani, studies and football practice and nothing else, especially not on Erik. My reasons for this, I hate changes and we should focus on single track and not to do multi tasking (I know it may sound as I am stupid, but since my childhood staying with this family.)
After my football practice in school, I am in changing room and while changing my clothes I hear the voices of the girls in my team, they are talking about two guys.
Girl-1: Hey that guy daily come on bike, standing outside the gate. He is so hot and handsome.
Girl-2: And that who wait here on the main field gate, strongly build, hot, mouth watering.
Girl-3: ahhh these two are becoming new hot topics here.
With these conversations, I finished changing my clothes and just thought these girls have nothing to do except gossips. By ignoring their talks I walk outside and some thoughts clouded on my mind, what if Erik is waiting for me at the gate then how I would avoid him. Though when I reached at the gate, I see no one there and I took a sigh of relief and move to canteen as I have to attend second class directly.
In the canteen while drinking my chocolate shake and eating my home packed bread jam slices, I called Ani to ask her where she is but to my surprise her phone was off so, for peace of my mind I thought may be she forgot to charge her phone battery or may be she lost her charger. Though somehow inside my heart I am feeling like something is seriously wrong, as since yesterday she didn't spoke to me, phone is off too and this has never happened. However I can't do anything except to worry for now. I leave from the canteen for the class.
Today, whole day in the school neither I have not seen Erik and Ani and it stressed me out to the core, though I am more tensed for Ani. I reached home with a sour and upset mood, I tried to call Ani but her phone is still off. I throw my phone on the couch, and start working on my assignment.
This has became my schedule for a month, woke up early go for practice, attend classes, come back home call Ani (phone remained switched off always). It has been a month since, neither Ani nor Erik I have seen but in this long period, I become friends with my some team mates and their friends, some of them are rich and brat but some of them rich but down to earth ones.
There is a line which I used to read in books sometime and my grandfather used to tell me sometime, i.e. togetherness bring the strength (a family, friendship, relationship are considered as its examples) and if you are aloof or stands alone, you are the only one who has to protect yourself from all problems. In other words the more miserable you are, others can took advantage of you so easily and I used to consider this a joke as I used to belief in either people are good or bad, if I am good others will be good to me too.
However, I forgot one thing change is constant and whether its time, belief, people or thing doesn't matter at some level they will change.
Life with these new friends is becoming more and more excited day by day, though I am not that rich like them so I just used to roam around with them and spending quite less especially, cutting out on eating outside food. We used to visit places considered to be haunted, aloof, expensive restaurants, cafes and I made new friends too. They treat me like a child always as in taking care, protecting and pampering me and I am just loving it.
Let me tell you something about my these new friends,
Nish: just like me tomboy. Free spirited, entertaining, fun loving and extrovert personality. She lives her life to the fullest and yeah she really enjoy teasing me as she is fully aware I don't like to be touched, so she took every single chance to touch and tickle me. The more I get irritated, the more she enjoy it. I never showed her or said to her but secretly I just love it.
Anji: She is more like a teddy bear, chubby girl and just like me milky white. She is just like a baby, who love to laugh, make others laugh. She is extrovert too and enjoys life to the fullest. On thing she is like bunny, so energetic. She is not that much rich but same like me down to earth personality and she love to eat and make me eat also. I enjoy her company too but I never expressed it.
Pixie: she is a complete spoil brat girl. Though she is not that rich, still judge others on the basis of their clothes. Money is the most important in her life and second most important thing that matters to her is her beauty. Self is self obsessed girl, extrovert personality and lives the life to the fullest. She is best buddy only for Anji (don't know why and how).
Ketty: She is not that rich too, thought generally concerned about her beauty. Live her life to the fullest, extrovert, jolly and fun loving personality she has. Her speaking style is bit unique as she keep abusing, though it doesn't irritate that much but sometimes it does become embarrassing in some situations.
Zoe: She is an orphan. Not at all rich. She is the most sincere, disciplined, down to earth, punctual and dedicated personality. She is selectively introvert, craves for love. Though gives love and care like a big sister. She is a book worm too and always scored good grades. Yeah she is teachers favourite too and she believes in celebrating little moment of happiness. I just like her so much, sometimes she reminds of my Ani.
Itra: She is one of the riche rich one but down to earth person. She consider heart and nature of the person is the most important thing. She is extrovert, fun loving girl and love to tease me plus treat me like a child too. She knows I don't like to be touched and she would just go with tickling me or teasing me more and more. I loved her as a person and her nature too.
All of them has become my friends but with secrets. With this I meant that, I know who they really are but they don't. They know me as a introvert, sincere, disciplined and punctual person, though Zoe and Ketty somewhat know who really I am but they behave like stranger in front of others.
With these friends, college work and daily schedule, my mind is getting distracted. So, someday I do forget about both Erik and Ani. Though I really wanted to know where the hell they have gone, Ani is not replying me back or receiving my call and they both are not coming to college too.