"Tum ? *smirk* Tum toh kya, koi bhi usse compare nahi ho sakta"
That was it.
That night, a few hours later, she was gone. No phone call, no message, no note, not a single trace left behind. She took everything she had at her flat, her pictures, and memories and dreams and left to Dehradun. She changed her number so no one could reach her. When she didnt come to St Louis for more than three days, everyone started to worry. They went to her flat and found it locked, and her phone was unreachable.
To him, she was gone and had moved on, but he, he was still trying to find himself, to find his heart.
Day and night he was lost in her thoughts. He couldnt believe she loved him, and even compared himself to him. He couldnt believe that was the same girl. He wondered, if she really did love him, why did she never send him anything informing him about her whereabouts ? He began to doubt her words even more than he had. She can't love anyone else, it just isn't possible.
Chapter 1:
7 months later...
2 am; Dehradun :
Kria Ghai tossed and turned in her bed. It was hot, it was humid and raining outside, and inside of her. Her world and dreams were crushed from the beginning, and now she felt betrayed. Her own mother, the only family she knew of, kept such a big secret from her. How much more could she take ? Her mother was of a nice nature, but everything she did, hurt Kria. It was unbearable. "Mamma ..." she let out a whisper, crying her eyes out. She closed her eyes shut and replayed her life from the very first day. She was alone her whole life, just her and her mother. Her mom was her only support until she came to St Louis. She found friends, she found happiness she earned for when she was younger, she found her dreams, and ... For the first time, she was scared to lose someone. Then she replayed her mom's words from that evening. Kria came face to face with the truth . And she couldn't take it. Her eyes shot open and she wiped her tears. She looked at herself in the mirror, and looked at the bag she used to use when going to St Louis near the distant floor. "Sorry Mama, mein phirse aap ke khilaf jaa rahi hoon, lekin mein aab aur sune waali nahi"
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1 am; Mumbai
Reyaansh and Vicky were over Swayam's house . Reyaansh was in need of a big cheer up. He'll be in a good mood one day, but the rest of the six is like a never ending storm for him.
He stood near the window. His eyes were moist. The feelings he pushed away for the past 7 months were jumping to come out. It was overflowing inside of him. He slid his hands into his pocket and held onto something and shut his eyes closed and looked for her face, her big eyes, her contagious smile ...
"Kya yaar, Rey, come on, stop being like this!" Vicky said.
Rey opened his eyes and took his hands out of his pockets, and slightly wiped his eyes. He went and sat on Swayam's bed .
"Ye saab sehat ke liye teekh nahin hai, tujhe yaad nahi mei kaise ban gaya tha ? Come on now Rey, PSP khelte hai.." Swayam grabbed Rey's hand and pulled him to the tv room, but Rey wouldn't budge from the bed.
"Chalna Rey, come on-" said Vicky. Both Swayam and Vicky sat on either sides of Rey.
"Do you guys think..ke..woh..ke, uh, she'll ever come... back ?" Rey asked Vicky and Swayam. Vicky and Swayam just looked at each other, they didn't know how to answer.