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Chapter 4 :
"Condition? What condition?" I
asked surprised.
"I have something of yours. And I want to
know the story behind it." he said. I was puzzled. What did he have?
"Huh? Prithvi.. Are you okay? I mean, what are you talking about?" I
asked him. "We won't talk here. Let's go." he replied. "But
where? And what if I don't come with you?" I asked irritated. I hated not
knowing. "Well then you won't be forgiven, and you won't know what I have
of yours." he said cheerily. I sighed. I wanted to know what he had, and
somewhere I wanted our fights to end, because frankly, I did not have strength
to keep up with our fights. Here too, I had ended up hurting him. I wasn't a
good person. And if I could do something good for him, it could be done only if
I was his friend. "Fine." I agreed after a pause. "Let's
go."
We went down, and I informed Avni that I was going
with Prithvi. She seemed surprised but didn't say anything. Prithvi took out
his new bike, and I was impressed. I had always loved bikes. "Wow! Your
bike's awesome!" I said. "Thank you back-biter. Now hop on!" he
said. I looked at him, a little angry. "Don't you call me
back-biter!!"
"Oh but I will," he said,
"Back-biter, back-biter, back-biter!!" he teased. "Haha..okay. I
won't call you that...for now :P come on." he said as he saw I was angry.
I sat on his bike and we went without any conversation. I was enjoying the cool
weather, and for the first time in many days, I felt my pain fade away a
little, if not disappear. Somehow, I felt comfortable in the silence which me
and my ex-enemy shared. He parked the bike, and we got out at the foothills of
a small hill. I remembered it! As school-children, me, Avni, Prithvi, Sameer
and a few other kids used to come here. We had a race as to who would reach the
top first. I had always beaten Prithvi. But now, as I looked at his muscular
figure, somewhere I realized that maybe he had lagged behind for a reason. I
did not think a lot over this though because he said, "Come on. Let's race
to the top!!" he said with a smile. I smiled back, but I had a plan.
"Prithvi, you said you had a condition for me to be friends. Well, even I
have one." I said teasingly. "Go ahead", he said.
"Well, we'll race. And if I win, you forgive
me without any questions, and if you win, we become friends, and you get to ask
about whatever you have of mine!" I said. I knew I would win. I always
had. And I was keen to get what he had without any queries about it.
"Okay, done back-biter!!" he said and smiled. I raised my eyebrows at
the name back-biter. He just shrugged. I shook my head, and we took our
starting positions. "1..2..3..go!!" he shouted. We ran. I enjoyed the
running climb. We were almost at par, most of the times. I was surprised to see
him this close. He had changed I guess, and he wanted to win. Well so did I. I
ran as fast as I could. I could see the top approaching, and the bench was
there where we used to sit as kids. I increased my speed, only to see that
Prithvi was beside me. I was a little tired but I kept up. He waved to me, and
by a fraction of a second, he won! He sat on the bench and shouted, "Yay!!
I won!! Hahaha!!"
I looked at him, breathing in and out at a very
fast rate. I was angry I had lost. I went to the bench opposite him, and sat
down without saying a word. I calmed down, and so did he. The weather was
beautiful, and so was the view. It was peaceful to just sit there and look
around. The wind was blowing a little faster than usual. I suddenly realized,
that for the first time, my mind had thought of something else other than Rey.
He had come in my thoughts every moment before and had hurt me, but sitting
here, somehow gave a little piece to my heart. "Baat-cutter!" I heard
my name being called. My back was to Prithvi, so I turned back fast, shocked to
hear the name, almost thinking Rey was back! "Hello..back-biter..what
happened??" Prithvi asked me. " What did you say before?" I
whispered. He looked at me curiously. "Back biter.." he said.
"Oh..I thought you said something different. Sorry." the wind was
playing tricks on me I thought. I was thinking of Rey again. I got off the
bench, and sat on the ground, staring off into the sky, which had started
darkening. I don't know how much time passed with me sitting like this, but
suddenly I realized that Prithvi was sitting beside me. "Kria Ghai.
The back-biter. The most talkative person in class- that Kria Ghai has been
quiet for the past 25v minutes. May I ask you the reason back-biter?" said
Prithvi after a pause. "Haha. Nothing Prithvi, just like that." I replied,
angry that I had given myself away. "Come on Kria. I know you well. After all
you were my bitterest enemy." He replied, pouting in his usual way. I half-smiled
at him without saying anything. "Look back-biter, I won the race. So I get to
ask you about the thing of yours that I have." He said, and removed a photo
from his bag. As I looked at it, I realized it was the same photo frame that
had broken that day when I first met Prithvi in college. I realized that in my
hurry I had dropped the photo near the music room. "This photo. I found it. and
if I am not wrong, one of these, and I think it's the one who's standing close
to you, and you're staring at, is the reason for the change I see in you. Do I think
right?" he asked me. I looked at him. It is weird sometimes how life is. Your enemies
understand you better than your friends, I thought as I looked away from him. "Would
telling you or anybody for that matter make any difference?" I asked him. "You
never know, back-biter. I may have the solution to your problem." Prithvi said
and smiled at me. We sat in silence for some more time, amd somehow I was comfortable
in the silence. "There is no problem actually," I said after a pause. "It's
just my heart which needs to mend itself, and that takes time." "Well, maybe I
can help you." said Prithvi, "come on, we are friends now remember?" he
pleaded. "Nothing much," I began, and in a few short words I told him about me
and Rey, and our last conversation. I don't know why I told him, but I just
felt I should. When I finished, he slapped his palm on his forehead in
indignation. "DUMB you are," he almost shouted. "What?" I asked him irritated. Here
I was sharing the worst pain I had faced, and he was calling me dumb. "Idiot,
listen to me," he said, "You're saying that after what you said, he would be
hurt, and will hate you. Do you really think so? I am sure, Ms Kria Ghai, that
he must be in a lot of pain just now. Do you have any idea what you have done
to him? If he loves you as much as you love him, then he will never be able to
move on. There will be new girls entering his life, but his heart will beat
only for you. He will try to find them in every girl, and he will always be
disappointed. Rey will never be able to get another girl, if he loves you. And to
think that he hates you, well I doubt hate can overcome love. I believe that
hate can never ever overcome love. If that had been the case, then the whole
world would have drowned in hate. The world lives because of love, Kria. After
all, a person loves, to live, and lives, to love."
I looked at Prithvi. Unknowingly tears were falling out of my eyes. I couldn't control them. He took me close, and wiped the tears from my eyes. I held on to him for a while. "Shh.. don't cry now. What's done is done. I know you back-biter. I know you will never be able to move on. I don't know why you aren't telling Rey the truth, but I respect your decision. And I hope you know, that I am always there for you, and I am sure Avni and Sam are there too. You don't have to feel alone with us around." He smiled at me.
I smiled back, and slowly disengaged myself from our hug. I felt better talking to him. I tried to make the mood lighter. "So Prithvi, how do you know so much about love?" I asked him teasingly. He looked at me very seriously and said, "Well, I thought you would know by now." "What?" I asked him.
And he replied, almost blushing, "I am in love…."
*to be continued*
Hi guys.. I hope you like this update.. I know I planned to show a little of Swayam's and Rey's POVs, but maybe in the next update. Lots of surprises in store.
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