Our Way Back

49. Even a call makes it better

A D V I K A

It was almost 11 when I came down with Whiskey in my arms to the living room which was busting with people talking and laughing and to be honest it felt lively.

My two little birdies, {yes the same monsters who woke me up mercilessly} were chirping around the house looking for the remaining decorations to be done perfectly.

Sometimes I wondered what was the need for all this for just 4-5 hours and then remove everything!? Why take double efforts to put it all up and then again remove but I didn't voice my thoughts considering that already people think I am partially crazy which is also a reason why no one believes I am a psychologist!

Oh did I forget to mention this? Surely I did, with all the drama in my own life I think I would need to use my degree for my own self first.
I was studying psychology in London and I have masters in psychology from the University of London.

Coming back to the hustle in my house!

When I sat for breakfast everyone looked at me playfully smirking which was very wierd I didn't like all the attention though I was a attention seeker always!

Ironic isn't it!

I quickly finished my breakfast and was planning to go back to my den but then mother India decided to go all emotional on me!

Ugh! The family drama!

"My baby has grown so big, I don't even remember how the years flew by and she is getting engaged today!"

Yeah cause you never had time to see me grow up woman!, I thought to myself

"I am so happy for my baby", she patted my head lovingly. While my father looked at us satisfactorily. My phone which was placed upside down beside my plate decided to save me from the emotional family time, and thank the universe it was upside down because it was Rushi calling and I seriously didn't want my parents to create a scene out of this today.

I silenced the phone and excused myself and went to my room until then the call had gone off. I was thinking whether to call back or not when again my phone blared up with Adnan's ID this time and he had video called me!

I sat on my bad crossing my legs and plugged in my earphones, I didn't want people to eavesdrop into my personal life except my baby Whiskey who followed me to my room and was playing around me on the bed.

"Hi", Adnan said and I realised him and Rushi were together in their car.

"Umm hi how are you two", I asked.

"We are fine, I actually called up to say sorry", Adnan said looking nervous and reluctant.

"Oh", I blurted out without registering what he said

"Wait what? You are sorry? For what?", I asked surprised because Adnan Khan rarely says sorry and to what do I owe this pleasure!!!

"I was mean that day when you gave the engagement news, I wasn't ready to accept the blow you gave because even you know no one of us expected it, not even Vishal.", Adnan said explaining himself

On listening to his name I wanted to know more, about how has he been and how has he taken the news. I knew he might be relieved knowing that I didn't meet Adnan - Rushi nor tried to talked to them since that day.

"Advika we realised maybe it was time for us to accept your decision and move on along with you. I know how hard you are trying to move on and us being jerks to you won't be any help, it would hurt you more and we don't want that. Just know that we are still with you, once all of us have done the mistake and let's not repeat history!", Rushi was talking very seriously and I knew he meant every word he said.

"All we can do is accept both of your decisions. Vishal-", before Adnan could complete his sentence I couldn't stop myself from asking, "How's he?", I quickly looked away after asking and went silent.

"He hasn't talked to us.", Adnan stated sadly

"What?", this was certainly not what I expected, I thought he would hang out more with them and catch up on all the lost time in the past month but this was the exact opposite.

Both of them were sad and I hated Vishal so much in that moment for doing this to them. I stayed away from them for him and now he has turned his back on them and doesn't want to talk!
Perfect asshole move Mr. Pandey!

"He is quiter these days and doesn't come to our apartment much, he stays at home with his parents and aunty told me he seems disturbed and out of his element though he tries hard to be normal, he isn't", Rushi decided to fill me in the details, thankfully without me asking.

"Even if he meets us he talks only when we ask him something, he basically only replies to us that is not called talking. He said he wants his me time", Adnan looked at Rushi then at me sadly.

"God this boy, he has lost his mind!", I couldn't understand what exactly he wanted. He wanted me to stay away I did, everyone did what he wanted.

Adnan-Rushi were surely telling me all this to get a solution for this problem. I knew them too well and their faces when they needed solutions!

"He doesn't want what he says he wants", I told them and they looked at me expecting a further explaination.

"Listen for now, just make him fucking talk, to anyone, to you, to uncle, aunty, any of his cousins, friends,....oh fuck wait!", I was telling them when I realised a way to make him talk.

"What?", Both of them asked in unison.

"Remember when he had caught us together in the restaurant with whom he was!", I asked them knowing the answer myself.

"Who?", Adnan asked me

"Arshi, he might talk to her."

Someone knocked on my door and called out my name, I knew it was Arshi.

"Give me a sec", told Adnan-Rushi and opened the door and let Arshi in and closed the door behind her and signaled her to stay shut for a minute.

I went to my window and faced my back to Arshi when I told them, "I'll talk you you both later and don't worry everything would be fine"

Fine? Yeah! You need that yourself and look here you are giving them hopes, my brain mocked me.

"Advika, don't worry about us, it's your special day, congratulations for that and know that we are happy if you are! Focus on your life Advika that is more important! And if that dickhead does anything that hurts you then it would be his face and my fists", Rushi said lightening the tension between us.
I giggled at his remark!

Typical Rushi Dave for Advika Joshi!

I loved the fact that I had someone to tell me that, but the one who actually hurt me recently was his very own bestfriend cum brother, The Vishal Pandey! Obviously I was not telling him this, instead I smiled at them and said a painful Thank you imagining what would my life be if it was Vishal in place of Rohit today and how happy we all would have been!

It was too late to think about all of that, we declined the call painfully but it felt good talking to them no matter what the topic was.

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