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Part 12
The next day, during lunch time, the trio sneaked out of college again to go to the same caf they knew they'd find Shivam. Sharon suddenly started showing signs of nervousness. Her role was a bit dangerous and if Shivam figured out their motive, they would be in big trouble. Swayam noticed this. He whispered to her, "You'll be fine. I'll be right behind you if something goes wrong."
She nodded, knowing she was just being paranoid. Their plan was full-proof and no scope for mistakes. Vishakha turned then. She asked, "Can I talk to you alone?" Sharon was confused and so was Swayam. Even then, she walked with Vishakha to the side.
She whispered. "He's right. I'll be with you too. Just jump in with a determination. I know I saw it in your eyes yesterday when we told you the whole story. Don't look at him as the guy you once trusted. Look at him as the traitor who betrayed you. Look at him as the person who created rifts in your and Swayam's relation. Look at him as the reason for Rey's current state. Once you do that, it'll be easy to take him down."
Sharon nodded again."Thank you." She said back genuinely.
"Anytime; Ready?" With another nod, they walked about to Swayam. He was watching from a distance and had at least that much figured out that Vishakha was trying to make Sharon feel better. The three of them looked from the entrance and saw Shivam sitting at his usual table with his friends. Sharon looked back at them and they nodded for her to go on.
Confidently she stepped inside as Vishakha and Swayam took their hiding places, close to Sharon just in case, as promised. "Shivam." She said when she was right by them. Shivam turned and then smirked seeing her.
"Look, if it isn't the famous Sharon Raiprakash!"
She ignored his sarcastic comment. "Can I talk to you alone? Please?" And looked behind him at his friends. He thought for a couple of silent seconds and then finally nodded his friends as if to ask them to leave. They went out of the caf to do their own things, taking their leave.
Then, both he and Sharon sat down. She began. "Shivam' look, I'm here to say sorry. I thought a lot about it and realized I shouldn't have slapped you." What she really wanted to say was 'one slap wasn't enough. You needed to get hundreds more!' but controlled her anger.
Vishakha carefully walked towards them and stood behind Shivam's chair to get a look at his back. Their plan was to grab the letter while Sharon distracted him. It wasn't one of the fanciest plans but considering their hatred for Shivam, it was a wonder Sharon was even saying the sweet words to Shivam in order to distract him.
"I realized it was wrong of me to do that. My friends were upset and I couldn't betray them. So to show them, I had to slap you. Please forgive me?"
Shivam looked at her like she as joking. Turns out, he is a bit smart to not trust her that easily. He had seeing the anger in her that day. "That day, your anger didn't seem like an act." He objected.
She sighed. "I know' Like I said, it was an act. I had to make it believable."
He stayed silent for a second. Hesitantly, despising her next move, she placed her hand on top of his. "I'm really sorry?" and looked right into his eyes. She had put on a cloud of sympathy for him. In reality, she hated every moment of it. All she really wanted to do was tear his head off so she won't have to see him ever in his life again.
By now, Vishakha had managed to 'accidently' throw his bag on the floor so she can easily kneel down and go through it. Sharon was doing well at keeping him distracted and have him not look back. Swayam watched from a distance to keep both the girls safe. Shivam was a man who could not be trusted.
Shuffling his bag, she finally felt the envelope. She grabbed it quickly and ran back to Swayam. Handing it to him, he opened it to make sure it was the letter they were looking for. Indeed, it was. Swayam cursed.
"That son of a *****" He folded the letter and handed it to Vishakha. Knowing they didn't have to put up an act of hiding any longer, he came out in clear view and dangerously walked up to Shivam and pulled him up by his collar before Shivam saw it coming. Truly, even Sharon had not seen that coming.
"How dare you?" Shivam started to threaten but Swayam's threat was more tempting.
"No. How dare you play with my friends' life?" Shivam acted confused. "Oh, drop the act. We found the letter. Do you really think Sharon will come back to you after what you did?" Shivam looked back at Sharon, who stood by Vishakha. Vish had her hands around Sharon to comfort her. Both the girls stood behind Swayam, to stay out of trouble's way. Everyone in the caf had turned their eyes on the commotion taking place.
Vishakha showed him the envelope they had in hand. Shivam started laughing. "Seriously, your friends are so dumb. They hadn't even seen it coming."
"What matters is that we did find out. And your time of freedom is over now." Swayam was about to continue when Sharon kept her hand on his shoulder. He paused to look at her, still his grip tight on Shivam so he wouldn't escape.
"Let me. I deserve the honor to do this much more than you." She pleaded. He had to nod, knowing that it was just as much her battle as his.
He stepped back. She stood right where Swayam was a few seconds ago. Tension passed around and they waited for Sharon to speak. Only, she didn't. The next thing you heard was the sound of skin meeting skin as one would slap the other tightly.
Shivam's hand lay on his cheek from shock. He looked up at her. She said coldly, "This is for betraying my friends." Before he could react, she gave him another slap. "This is for hurting Rey and Kriya." Yet another slap followed on his other cheek. "This is for hurting Swayam." That one shocked Swayam. He hadn't expected this even in his dreams. She was taking out her anger in form of violence. With a last slap, she said, her voice almost quavering. "And this; is for hurting me. Let this be a lesson."
With that, she took a step back. Vishakha was completely and beyond the state of shock. She knew Sharon was a lot of things. But she had never taken Sharon for a violent person. Yes, she would hurt people with her words. But never once had she thought she could take her anger out in this form.
Sharon gave a warning finger to Shivam and let that speak for itself. "Let's go." She said without moving her gaze from Shivam. She wanted to take in a glimpse of him to always remember him by as her biggest lesson of life. She had learnt a lot about life. With a turn, the three walked out.
Inside, Shivam stood with a blank expression. No one could tell what was going on in his head. For now, he was going to go completely underground for a while. Was this the end? The Louian's were completely unaware of his thoughts. His final words, "This is not the end," that he said to himself proved a lot.
Outside, Sharon walked in between Swayam and Vishakha. Both of them stayed silent, not knowing if they should say anything. They had just witnessed a sign of Sharon they never knew existed. Swayam had seen her before when she first slapped Shivam. Never this bad though' Swayam was still a bit stuck on her words 'This is for hurting Swayam.' It made him think she cared for him just as well. But how could he be sure?
He wanted to ask her. But couldn't. How was he to ask? They had sat in the car and gotten back to school. After that, only the thought of getting the letter to Rey occupied him. Reluctantly, he let go of Sharon's thoughts for a while. For he knew, Sharon wasn't going anywhere. But Kriya already had left. More delay couldn't be done any longer.
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Hey guys! There's the much awaited update. Their plan. I know it's not that special kind. Still... And next chapter, you guys finally get to read the letter 😉 I'm sure you're very eager to read that. So give me fast fast likes and comments and I'll put up the part on Tuesday. Or else I'll delay it further. Please me 😳 Oh, and do read the little note on the post above this chapter. Please and thank you =)
Love, Khushi 🤗
Edited by ..first.rain.. - 12 years ago
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