Imagine a situation where you see how your friend literally made arrangements for you to have another person as a friend just because they don't have time to be with you but they will try to be smart while introducing you with that person by saying that "meet one of my good friend, she is from our batch only, etc." and from now on she will be with us.
Imagine, all of sudden things started to change. The one who always there to have your attention or focus on them, are now not interested to do so because now they are interested to be with someone else now.
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Next day at university when I walk inside the room to attend my first lecture, almost everything was same except one thing which is, now Asher and Carissa have a new company of a girl who is sitting beside them, where Michiko used to sit. Well, I choose to ignore it, I directly walk towards them, seeing me there they move a bit aside so that, I can walk inside and sit on my seat. While doing so me and Asher share a welcoming smile.
Once I get settled down on the seat, Asher initiated the conversation...
Asher: (Pointing her index finger towards that girl, looking at me) Siya, I want you to introduce with Savannah.
Me and Savannah: (Smiled a little, then mumbled) Hey.
Asher: She is one of our batchmate only, she will be with us from now on. I mean you know as a friend.
Me: Ohh okay.
Before any of us could say anything else the lecturer come inside and soon start teaching, for a second or two a thought pop up in my mind...
what was the need of introduction?
but as soon as it popped up inside my head it got vanished because, I feel the vibration on my phone which is beside my right hand. I unlock the screen to see the message which is from Vihaa's side...
Vihaa: Hey sorry kiddo, unable to meet you yesterday. I got stuck in taking care of dad and taking care of everything he might be needing plus helping mom also.
Me: Its perfectly fine, I can understand and family comes first so no worries.
Vihaa: Thank you. I will try to meat you as soon as possible.
Me: Okay.
I again lock my phone screen with a smile on my face, I look up at the lecturer and try to focus on whatever she is teaching. Though, no matter how hard I try to keep my focus intact, it keep breaking because I am feeling sleepy so, I keep on yawning. Just like this, the lecture got over, all students turn by turn start walking out of the room for their next lecture and we also follow the suit, while walking out of the room I notice one thing that is...
Michiko walk out of the room at first that too hurriedly, then Asher, Carissa follows the suite too then Savannah walking slowly behind them as if waiting for someone to walk beside her which is a bit strange because technically I am only left behind. Well, I again choose to ignore this fact and walk out of the room before her.
Soon all half of the lecture got over, lunch time come by and we five walk inside the canteen but here comes the change rather than sitting with us Michiko walks towards her other friends table and sit there. While on the other hand, we four that is me Asher, Savannah and Carissa sit together but today for a change today Carissa remain seated on her seat and this time when our (me and Asher) lunch boxes opened, Carissa is the one to share the food with her and Savannah eating her own lunch.
Well, the scene of them sharing food doesn't seems right to me because I am used to see Michiko and Asher doing so but having no other option I choose to ignore it and start eating food, thinking about few things that are disturbing me...
how things changed just in a day, I mean just only yesterday Asher's attention keep focusing on me and now she is with Carissa. And what's with this new girl, she seems to be mix of both sometimes energetic plus low which is quite strange. Honestly, I am not at liking this at all, I guess today is not a good day.
Just like day lunch time got over too, we all move out of the canteen and walk out towards the other room to attend our lecture. I keep getting lost in my thoughts, on usual days Asher used to be one who keep bringing me back to the reality but today things are not like that much usual. Soon all of the lectures got over after picking up my bag, I literally run outside of the room and took a deep relaxing breath after reaching the university park, then only I realized how much suffocated I was feeling.
Fortunately, no one is here in the park as almost all of the students are leaving for their homes. I choose to sit down under a tree for some time to relax my self and clear my thoughts a little. As soon as I settled down, I start talking my mind...
Me: bro, what is going on today?
Mind: I don't know why I am feeling so much frustrated so much?
Me: Same and I am exhausted feeling like this. I don't know what actually changed just in a day, it seems like I am alone again and I will be like this forever.
Mind: Why it looks like as if Savannah is planted here for you only.
Me: What do you mean?
Mind: Idiot, I just want to say that I think Asher won't be with you longer so, she bring that new girl as one of her proxy to be with you.
Me: What the hell? Why will she do such a thing?
Mind: Are you blind or stupid enough to look at that, she is at distance with you and that too just a day after and now from out of nowhere you have this new girl around you. Don't you believe it to be planned by her only.
Me: (Thinking for sometime) No I don't think it to be true, you are talking nonsense.
Mind: No I am not and you know it but it just that you want to be in denial.
Me: Just shup up okay?
After this I keep ignoring the voices inside my head, I get up from under tree picking up my bag, I start moving outside the university gate. Though, I keep hearing voices telling me or should I say provoking me too believe, 'Asher is the culprit here, all of this is her doing and this not just the matter of today, in fact it will be repeated on daily basis.'
After an hour plus thirty minutes I reach back home with a severe headache on the left side of my head, aunt open the door of the house and seeing her on the door mind voice out...
Mind: Were the incidents from morning were not enough that now even she is standing in front of us on the door itself to welcome us, don't know what rant she will be starting soon.
Me: Hmmm, you know what I don't get enough sleep every day. Moreover, such activities happen in the university. I get tired everyday seeing or hearing something new which is not good, I want something normal and even if its boring I am okay with it. Do you know, these days I don't even feel like coming back home because one of the reason is her, my life has been ruined, my mind has been spoiled.
How do people do evil to someone or even think of about it? Just because of her talks only, I feel like to hate my parents for torturing them but there is something in which always tells me I am doing a wrong thing so, in the end I remain in fix that is whether to do it or not.
Mind: But who care one's a looser is always a looser.
Fortunately, Aunt doesn't speak up anything and just walk inside the house probably towards her room which was quite surprising, I guess may be she was in bit hurry and with these voices echoing inside, I move inside the house then bend down and start to untying my shoes. Once done I start walking towards my room only to halt in my steps hearing mother's voice...
Mother: (Shouting) Siya!!! hot chocolate or tea?
Me: Coffee.
Mother: (Scolding voice) Siya.
Me: Please mom, just once I really needed it.
Mother: Okay.
Hearing this I enter inside the room then closed the door behind me and start getting fresh by the time I was done with it, I walk outside the washroom only to find mother sitting on the chair that is beside my study table with a cup of tea in her hand and the other cup of coffee kept on the table for me.
I silently walk, pick up the cup then walk back towards my bed and sit on it facing mother. After five minutes or so, mother initiated the conversation...
Mother: How was your day?
Me: (Lying with a confident smile on my face) Good.
Mother: That's good.
Me: Hmmm
Mother: Today, aunt and granny had an argument in during the lunch time.
Me: (This got all of my attention) Ohh what happened?
Mother: I don't know exactly but the main thing is, granny asked her to do something aunt do it too but what changed exactly is that her way of doing that work doesn't liked by granny so in irritation granny told her "if I were able to work on my own, then there would be no need to tell others about my own work"
Me: Ohh shit hearing this aunt must have gone crazy because she is very touch and over dramatic.
Mother: (Chuckled lightly) Yes right. She started her speech after that with little bit of crying, Yeah right, I am very bad and I do everything wrong. I did this work with so much difficulty and so much hard work for you, but you don't even appreciate it rather you are taunting me.
And if your daughter-in-law does the same thing then you don't say anything to her, in fact you even eat whatever food she made but taunt her. Just like this she goes on and on, even though your granny in the middle trying to say sorry to her but she doesn't listen to it.
Me: Ohhh I am feeling sorry for granny, she must be really hurt. I think we should really understand this that she is now getting old so, she can say words like this and one should not feel bad about it.
Mother: Yes you are right but how much one can tolerate and listen to all this.
Me: Yeah right.
Mother: (Get up from the chair, taking her cup with her and forwarded her right hand toward me to take my cup) Well, I am leaving now as I have to start preparing dinner too you relax and do whatever you want to do.
Me: Okay.
After this she walk out of the room with cups in her hand and here I got up from the bed, walk towards my study table then plug earphones to my phone then sit on the chair and thought to right something but before I could do so, I got ping from Vihaa saying...
Vihaa: See you in thirty minutes in the park for our evening walk.
Me: Okay.
After this I keep listening to music for some twenty minutes more, then I unplugged earphones and got up from the chair to change my lowers. Once done, keeping phone in my track pants pocket I walk out of the house with a thought in my mind that is...
i hope today Vihaa have some extra time to spend with me because I have tons of things to share with her.
But its said, sometimes you will not get what you wanted in that moment because every times hopes/wishes doesn't get fulfilled.
TO BE CONTINUED.....