Suddenly

Chapter 45

NEELAM'S POV
"Be careful with your dress, when you get out of the car" Aryan told me with a gentle smile and I smiled back before nodding at him. I got my clutch from the back seat "I'll go in first, be quick" I told him stepping out of the car since he needed to find a parking place.

I had many thoughts as soon as I stepped in the venue where the engagement was being held, truly speaking I wasn't really excited about the function. Ahaan was taking his first steps towards a new chapter moving on with his life, as his friend I was supposed to be happy but a part of me still wanted to see Sukhi with him. I started to check out the decorations to divert my attention, as me and Aryan would hired the same company for our wedding functions. I was well impressed by the preparations, you could say that staff paid attention to every little detail, everything was put together so well, for a second Sukhi came into my mind. It was strange, since she often used to organise our parties and I remembered the day she told me how she wanted organise her engagement party and this was similar to it.

"Did she do it?" my inner voice asked myself.

I shook my head, it seemed like I was going out of my mind because of the stress that everything seemed to relate to her.

I went to the food counter to get myself a Mocktail to clear my thoughts, after getting my drink I decided to call Aryan to check how long it would take to him join me since I was feeling devastated for no reason. I was still on my phone when I heard a familiar voice behind me enough to give me shivers "Guys, please hurry up. The guests are already here" I immediately turned around with my phone still on, I felt my world freezing there, everyone disappearing in my vision and my heart beating fast hoping to see that specific person I last saw five years ago.

"Sukhi?" I whispered not believing it. I hung up my phone and immediately approached her from behind, still not believing, at that time I wanted to jump on her and give her a big hug. It had been so long since I last saw her and soon I was close to her all the memories that we shared together came back as if everything happened just yesterday, yet it was so long ago. For a moment I thought she came to stop Ahaan from taking this big step and to apologise but as soon as she told someone on the phone "This engagement has to be done well" tears built in my eyes and I felt disappointed.

"Why are you back? Can't you let him be happy?" my mouth talked on her own, I couldn't control myself I had lot of anger and disappointment towards her. I felt like I was abandoned by my only friend five years ago and moreover I couldn't even recognise her. As soon as she realised that I was in front of her, I could see the surprise on her face and when I told her that, her eyes showed that she didn't expect that but I was hurt by her. I kept looking into her eyes in the hope to get answers to my millions of questions but all I get was silence. I needed to know the answer, what exactly happened that day, why didn't she tell me anything and most importantly why didn't she think once to come back to us. I grabbed her wrist violently and took her to the corner of the hall "Sukhi, I am talking to you!" I yelled at her out of anger and I felt tears rolling down my cheeks but nothing came from her mouth, seeing her like this was even more painful. I wanted to know how she'd been in these past years but nothing. Why was she acting like a stranger to me, who didn't care about anything "Do you know how did I live? Do you even know what Ahaan has been through? He fucking loved you!!" I kept yelling at her her hoping that she would defend herself or at least give me a valid explanation, it had been so long since I heard her voice, I really wanted her to talk to me but all she did was avoid my eyes and shut her mouth.

"Stop acting so pitiful, Sukhi" I told her while my hand lifted her head up "Please look at me, do you even know how much I've missed you, you idiot?" I sobbed and begged her to talk, there wasn't anger anymore just softness and worry in my voice. I could see pain in her eyes and her hands in fists as she was trying to hurt her with her nails. She didn't even open her mouth and I had nothing to say to comfort her even though I wanted to tell her "You are not alone, I'm here for you" but words wouldn't come out and I already felt that she closed the doors of her heart to me. I was in disbelief that she was in front of me yet so far away, where was she lost?

"Sorry, I pulled you with force. Did you get hurt?" I asked her wiping my eyes, I felt sorry for behaving so unwelcoming, if I only would have behaved like a friend so she would have opened those doors. "You don't need to be sorry, please enjoy the engagement and forget about what happened" she finally broke her silence and I felt irritated. How could she behave so coldly? "You can stop this engagement, I will help you Sukhi. Just tell me" I told her in the hope to find my Sukhi and I saw her smiling, more like a painful smile "Neelam, you can't fix everything" she said and I felt anger "I'm sorry, I have to go" Sukhi said and before she could disappear again I held her hand "Did you see him crying for you?" I asked her but she didn't reply "Nice, because I did and now just sit there and see him smiling with someone else" as soon I said this I let her hand go. I wanted her to realise her mistakes but I was left with so many emotions to handle all at once, beside all of the puzzlement in my head, there was one thing that I was certain about, I won't let her run away again. She was making another mistake but this time I wouldn't have let her do the same mistake. I quickly wiped my tears and went to find Aryan I had to tell him immediately who I just met.

SUKHI'S POV
I felt the urge to cry and just to let everything go. I felt the weight of all the pain that my heart was holding. I wanted to tell Neelam that I was sorry and I wanted to hug her so badly but a part of me told me that I didn't deserve her and any of them. I made a mistake and I hurt them, how could I stop them from moving on? I quickly walked to the last floor of the roof of the venue. I wanted to be alone and just cry and let everything out, I felt like I needed to let that breath that I was holding inside when I was standing in front of my friend, who I missed every single day. She was there in front of me crying and sobbing while I was just there watching her. I opened the door, I walked to the end of the roof and I tried to calm myself. I felt a presence behind and before I could see who it was, he came close to me "It must be hard, right?" Ahaan asked me and I closed my hands in fists and I felt like dreaming "It must be hard to pay for your mistakes" he continued and my heart broke and I looked down, not knowing what to do. Before he would say something that made me cry in front of him, I started to walk towards the door.

"Haven't you stopped running away, Sukhi?" Ahaan said and I stopped, he took my wrist and turned me around making me face him.

"How far will you run? Before you realise you're not running away from me? You're running to me"

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