YOU ARE STILL THE ONE

CHAPTER-13

"Ana wake up, you have got a visitor, a friend of yours she says." Ma said shaking me gently.

"My friend? What's her name?" I asked through closed eyes.

"Her name..mm..I dont remember...aah, yes, Cheril she says."

I sat up with a jolt. I jumped to my feet and tied my hair. I admit I was getting panicked. I could face the whole world, but not my Pa when he is angry. I had one of the most coolest parents in the universe but when it came to us going against our tradition and culture they could be the worst. I dialed up Aman, his phone went straight to voice mail. I left him a message and went downstairs.

"What do you think you are doing?" I asked as she sat on the couch.

Pa and Ma looked amazed at my not-so-friendly-tone. I took her to the balcony and and locked the door behind me.

"Am warning you Cheril, Aman wont spare you if you spill a single word out of that bitchy mouth of yours."

As she opened her mouth to say something malevolent and bitchy, her cell rang and I could see it was from Aman. I don't know what they spoke, she came up to me after 5 minutes.

"Alright I wont, but I need you to apologize."

"Apologize my foot." I let out a big acerbic laugh.

Just then we heard a knock at that door. Pa took me aside as I opened it.

"Is everything fine? Who is that girl? We haven't seen her before." He asked in a skepticism tone.

I stood stupefied, I didn't know what to say, I had never lied on Pa's face.

"Uncle am so sorry for the trouble, actually one of Anaya's classmate messed up with my brother, I couldn't get the girl's details nor could get a chance to speak with her so I heard she's a close friend of Anaya's so came here to have a talk." Cheril explained as I let out a sigh of relief thanking God she said something good at least for once.

"How did you find us?" Pa asked.

"I got the address from the college registrar." She lied and walked out.

Pa was frenetic about how could the college be so feckless irresponsible about confidential details. He wanted to come to college and speak with the management. This is when I knew we  were about to get fucked up because Cheril was lying and she didnt get the address from the college. Things would worsen up if Pa showed up at the college. I had to cover this up some how.

"Pa, actually, Vicky and Aman are Instagram friends, so Aman got my Instagram handle from Vicky. He had messaged me once but I didnt reply as you had asked me to stay away. Vicky commented on one of his posts from my account. This girl Cheril is Aman's girlfriend and she thinks am flirting with him so we had an argument over texts and I had no idea she would show up here."

I kind of felt bad to get Vicky into this but I was left with no option.

"I had warned that useless kid to stay away from Aman but he never listens to me. It is all because of him now. Let him come back from tuition, I will give him a piece of my mind." Pa said angrily. "I have to speak with Aman." He added dialing his number.

"Hello Uncle, how are you?" He greeted in a cheerful tone.

"Your girl friend had come to my house with some non-sense to speak with Anaya, am warning you Aman its better if you leave my daughter out of your waste havoc business and stay as far as possible from Vicky, I dont want him to indulge in bad company. How did that girl find the house?"

"Uncle am extremely sorry, it's all my fault, Ana..I mean Anaya nor Vicky are involved in all this, and Cheril is not my girl friend she has been sticking to me forcefully from a few months. Am trying to get her off my back and I would never give the address to her, I swear." He cleared without a pause.

"I hope you clear out this mess and concentrate on your studies and am warning you again, keep Ana out of your reach." Pa warned and disconnected.

Now I had to fill in Vicky before he gets home and stands like a lost child listening to Pa's unpleasant words even without knowing why he is getting screwed. I rang him up and explained all that happened and he didnt hesitate for a single second to sort me out of this.

Vicky had to go through an hour of warnings, exemplary,  lectures, advises about good company and all brown parents stuff. Pa wasn't aware that Aman was my senior at college, or else it would be long till he shifts me some where else. Once everything subsided and everyone headed to bed, I dialed Aman.

"Babe am sorry, I didnt have a clue that bitch would show up so soon. One more day and am sure as hell this shit is gonna end.She along with her brothers, are coming to my house to have a talk and I have clearly made sure I want her to fuck off my life. All I want is your support Ana.." He finished.

"Hmm..I hope we turn over a new leaf tomorrow, I wanna dedicate myself, my love trust and time to you and this relationship. I need some rest, bye." I told and fell on the bed tired of the long day drama.

For the first time I couldn't fall asleep, usually how immediately I would doze off. What I wasn't aware of was that this was just the beginning of my sleepless nights. I loved my Pa more than I can express. I have always been open to him and he had always been my best friend. The guilt of lying to him started troubling my consciousness. 

But I was helpless and destitute, I loved Aman too, I had never felt this intense love for any guy before. It was the 'I can go to any level for him' type of love. All I wanted was him to feel the same for me. In his case, all the wrong things felt right.I was ready to take any wrong steps just to have him in my life. I managed to get a three hours sleep after pondering over my thoughts. 

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