Mending Her

Chapter-24

Nyla's P.O.V.

The taxi stops outside my apartment.

"Mam we are here." the driver informs.

"Oh, thanks." I wipe my tears and respond.

I pay the driver his fare and walk inside.

After I enter my apartment, I lock my door and curl into the sofa and again start crying.

I don't know how much time pass as I was crying but my doorbell rings and I sit up startled

I look at the clock. It's midnight.

Who will be here so late?

I was scared. Is it Rehan? But why will he come here?

I know he may have to understand that I am not the girl he can play with.

So he may have backed out.

Then who could be here?

I walk and see through the peephole.

Lily was standing there, and she looks tense.

"Why are you here?" I open the door and ask her surprised.

So ignores me and enters inside the house.

I also come inside after locking the door.

"What happened?" I ask again, and she again ignores me and sits on the sofa.

Did she quarrel with James?

It doesn't look like that.

If she would have come after arguing with him, she must be cursing him relentlessly until now.

But she doesn't look like that.

I don't know what to say so I wait there.

But she was adamant about not saying anything, so I ask again

"Lily, will you tell me something? Why you are ignoring me?" I ask sadly.

I am already disturbed, and her attitude is making me frustrated.

"I am learning from you." She says and sits there ignoring me.

"What?" I ask confused. "What you are learning from me?"

"If you can't handle something just avoid it. It's what you always do, So I am doing the same. Maybe it will work for you." she says and started to play games on his phone.

"Rehan called you?" I ask.

"Do you have left any other option for him? You left the place alone and even didn't answer his calls. He was searching for you like crazy. At last, he called Sid, and you didn't pick his call too. And he told him to call me. So here I am to handle your crying ass." She says anger lacing her word.

She looks at me disappointed.

"Lily, I was shocked and don't know how to react," I say, feeling guilty.

I know I should have informed him, at least.

"What a justification. You know what Nyla. I am just fed up with your behavior." She says frustrated.

"Lily. Try to understand..." I try to calm her down.

But I know her rage will surely fall on her.

I know I always act stupidly.

But when this Love topic comes my brain stops working and I just feel like crying.

I don't know why and even don't know how to stop it.

"What? What I need to understand?" That you have locked yourself in a box and already throw the key into the sea. Or that if anyone even dies, you don't care. You just want to be in your old world and sulk thinking about your past. Or how much I try to understand I can't find any reason that can make you behave so childishly." she snaps.

She often gets angry. Or I can say she always gets angry whenever I do something stupid.

But she is too much angry today.

I don't know how to handle her.

"Lily. Just listen." I try to say but she stops me.

"No, you listen. It's been eight years Nyla. If you are going to be like this, I feel I am just wasting my time. And I will not waste my time anymore. You remain in your world. I am going to move aside. You can do whatever you want. I am done with you." she says and gets up.

Her words hurt me.

We were best friends. So I thought she will always be by my side.

But now she is going to leave me alone for someone that she didn't even know well?

What have I done so wrong that she is doing this to me?

"You are taking side with Rehan?" I ask sadly.

"Well done Nyla. What is in your brain? Junk?" She said sarcastically and clap her hands.

"Then why are you going to leave me for him? I did nothing wrong." I ask.

"Nyla. Don't you dare use this guilt trick with me? This is not gonna work." She glares at me.

"then why are you so angry? What is my fault?" I ask, sobbing.

I thought she will never leave me but today she proved me wrong.

"You want to know?" she asks sarcastically and sits on the sofa.

"Yes, I want to know what makes you break our friendship". I say.

"Tell me why you ran away from there?" She asks.

"he proposed to me," I say

"And what is wrong with that? Is it a crime to love someone? Or it is a crime to confess?" she asks, and I get confused. There is nothing wrong.

he loves me and just expressed his feelings.

"There is nothing wrong, and you ran away alone. He tries to talk to you and he was tense for you but neither did you receive his phone and didn't even text him to inform him, you are OK." She says.

"I know why he was calling? He wanted his answer and I haven't any. So I didn't reply." I reason.

"Oh really? Give me your phone," she says and I hand it over to her.

She did something and hand me the phone back.

"Read the text. He didn't even mention that. He was asking where are you? Are you safe? Are you at your apartment?" I check the text and she was right.

He didn't mention it.

His text makes me feel he was concerned for me.

"Nyla. Don't judge everyone on the same scale. I know John has done something wrong with you. But the world didn't end with that. You didn't die. then why you are living like a dead person?" she asks.

But I can't believe anyone after that.

Is it my fault?

"He was tensed for you. You should have at least informed him you are OK. about another thing. I don't care what you decide." She says and this time her tone is not angry.

I know what she is saying is right.

I shouldn't have to act like this.