◆ Pink Diamond ◆

Hold on

I could not understand. There has to be some mistake. My Aryan kissing another woman? In the public? Not just another woman but my best friend?
No. Something is wrong. Am I dreaming? No. This is impossible. He loves me!
Right? He asked me to marry him. I am wearing a huge pink diamond for crying out loud! Which he gave to me. Why is he kissing someone else?

"Oh I get it." I said all of a sudden interupting Manvi's blah blah blah. Yeah, well I was not hearing her.

"What?" She asked all confused. I looked around. Everyone seemed to have come into the dinner hall. Mark, photographers, journalists, guests and my mother. They were all intently looking at what was going on.

"I am being punked. Okay you two, I got it. You can stop the acting." Aryan had come towards us and tried to hold Manvi by her waist. She wriggled free.

"Mark, I get it. Thats why all these photographers. You are one of the producers for Indian version of punk'D right? " He gave me a sympathetic look.

"Nea.. listen. Lets go. We will talk in privacy." Aryan said.

God, everyone was looking at me as if I was psychotic.
"Well, you did not want any privacy five minutes before." I said sweetly.

"WHEN YOU WERE FRIGGING SUCKING HER LIPS YOU JERK. WHY DIDNT YOU WANT PRIVACY THEN?"

He got shocked by my sudden raise of tone.

"TELL ME WHAT THE EFF IS GOING ON? ARE YOU PUNKING ME? IT IS NOT FUNNY ANYMORE." I screamed.

He tried to say something, I cut him off.."WHY? I LOVE YOU. YOU BOTH. WHAT IS HAPPENING?' I was crying by now. I never felt this much pain before. It felt like, I was stabbed. Right in my heart.

"Nea, we fell in love." Manvi said sadly. At least thats what it look like. That she was upset.

"Last time I checked, he was in love with me. Like two days before. When he told me, he had to go to Newyork again because he was working for OUR FUTURE."

"Nea, I can explai..." I slapped him right there. The cameras all started flashing immedaitely. Mark hurried over our direction. So did my mother.

But before anyone could do anything I took off my stilettos and was hitting him right on his face and all over.

"I trusted you!!! I loved you!! you moron!!!! I will kill you!!!" I kept crying, screaming and hitting.

I heard someone say "God she has gone all psychobitch."

That made me scream louder.
"WHY? WHY? WHY?" Before I could give him another blow, Mark had pulled me off by my waist, I was half in the air, crying "Let me go!!!!!"

"Calm down Nea. Let me take you home." Mark said. While I hit him trying to get free.
"Sweety.. .." My mom could not say anything, she had tear filled eyes. Thats when I examined everything.

Aryan's face was covered in bruises. He was bleeding some places. He looked terrified. Manvi was crying, and repeatedly saying "I am sorry, I am sorry ...." People kept staring at us and most of them looked at me as if I needed therapy. I guess I do.

I stopped struggling and hitting Mark and buried my face in his chest and kept crying. He patted my back. And lifted me up. He was carrying me out of there. My mother followed.
So did Lara. And Vikrant uncle.

We reached, I am guessing Mark's car.
I did not stop crying and closed my eyes.
"Where should I take her?"
"She will come home with me." My mom said.
Mark followed my mom to her car. Mom opened the door to the backseat and he lay me down. He gave me a small smile and said "Hold on."

One hour later

I don't know where I am. And if I knew where I am, where would I go? I feel homeless. I feel life is pointless. I don't understand a thing. What did just happen? He was my world. I thought I was his. He told me he loved me just this morning. Why? If he loved her, why was he with me? My best friend?

"We fell in love." Her words echoed in my head. When the hell did that happen?

"Haha." I giggled. My mom looked towards me.
"Sweety?"
"You know they both told me they loved me. Today. My fiancee told me he loves me, my best friend told me she loves me, and then she told me they loved each other. There is way too much love here." I started laughing. Vikrant uncle, who was driving said "I will bring her things from his place tomorrow."

"Yeah. Soon." Mom replied. She held my hand and soon my laughs turned into sobs.

"They are not worthy of you, love." My mom said wiping my tears. Mission Impossible. As a Nile river came out of my eyes right then.

"I don't understand mom...." I said sobbing.

"It will make sense soon sweety."

Ten minutes later we reached home. We all went inside. With the money my aunt left my mother bought an apartment finally. It was nothing lavish, but a nice, three bedroom flat. With a huge living room.

"I am going to go sleep." I said. I did not hear or see anything else. All I wanted to do was crash. Escape to a world different from my reality. Just for a few hours I could forget everything. I hit the bed and just dozed off.

*Afternoon*

I went downstairs and was greeted by mom.
"Finally up. Let me fix you food."

"Hmm."

"Why dont you take a shower Nea? You will feel better." She smiled at me.

"Yes. Totally."

"You can wear my clothes."

"Hmm."

"Vikrant will bring your stuff in the evening. You will stay here now sweety."

"Yes totally."

"That horrible boy also called. He wants to meet you."

"Hmm."

My mom looked worried.

"Are you a duck?"

"Yes totally."

"Nea whats wrong?"

"Hmm."

She looked bewildered.
"Mom I'm okay just playing."

She gave me a playful punch.

The door bell rang and I opened. Now covered in bandages, he stood there.

Time for answers, Aryan.