"It's been a month, Kabir. Have you told him about me yet or not?"
"Hey. Listen. I ain't your servant. So stop bossing me around. I'm doing this as a favour to you. So you better keep me in a good mood, lest I get angry and stop helping you. Got that, missy?"
How wonderful it would've been if I had the balls to send exactly what I thought. However, what I sent was, " I'm on it, Saisha. You gotta give me some more time. I finally made him open up about girls. So I guess it won't take much time now."
"Huh? What do you mean by open up about girls?"
"Umm.... I asked him who he found hot in our school."
"And? Did he take my name?"
"......"
"What? Tell me, Kabir."
"No he didn't take your name. He said he's in love with that Bipasha chick from 11th grade. I'm sorry, Saisha. I tried telling him that there's no such thing as love. But he's kind of stubborn. He won't even let me come jog with him anymore because I keep pestering him to stop this madness. It's been two weeks since we've went for a run together. In the first week itself I tried explaining to him that all this talk about love is crap, and that love doesn't exist. He took it up as a challenge or something, the idiot. Went and proposed to that Bipasha. Of course she said yes. I'm trying my best to get him to end the relationship. But he just won't listen. I'm sorry, Saisha."
"Well that's just great, isn't it? I ask just one favour from you, one favour. Ask a guy if he is into me or not. But you go and manage to get him committed to another girl. You're the best help I could've asked for, Kabir Malhotra."
"But Saisha, come on. I didn't intentionally do it! I wanted to convince him to stop falling into 'love'. How was I to know he'd react this way?"
"Okay. I might just forgive you for that. But your views on love? God, you're the living example of everything that's wrong with this generation. You really think of love as 'crap'? I don't know what made me think you were different from Vikram. No, Kabir. You're the same. For all I know, you could be worse than him. I can't believe I was friends with you for almost a month "
"Now, Saisha. Don't overreact. Come on, this isn't a big deal. No one believes in all that now. No one, except a handful of people like you and Samir. I don't even understand why he's this way. He has the face and body of a Greek God. Might as well put it to use! But no. He prefers to believe in this utopian concept of the love that is everlasting. If it were me, I'd be so much different."
"You are different, Kabir Malhotra. You are sick. You think of a relationship as something casual. You can never be Samir. Never. Maybe you can build a better body than him. Maybe you can get your face altered to look more attractive. But there's nothing you can do about the inside. You know why? 'Cause you're dead inside, Kabir! Dead! Goodbye, Kabir. I always thought I was a loner because I had so few friends. But I'm glad I picked quality over quantity. You might think you're popular because of your jokes and sarcastic comments. But let me tell you one thing. You're the kind of person who would unplug someone's life support just to charge your own phone. And everyone knows that. Don't you wonder why you've never had a girlfriend, Kabir? Well, I just gave you your answer. You're welcome. And goodbye. Forever. I swear to God I won't ever talk to you again. Rot in hell, Kabir Malhotra."
I woke up with a start. Looked around, blinking hard. Oh. A bad dream. It was all just a bad dream. But it could've been true. Okay. There's no way I'm telling her about Samir and Bipasha. No. I wanna remain friends with her! So I'll just say he doesn't have any interest in girls yet. And I'll ask for some time. In that time, I can consolidate our friendship. I'll become one of her closest friends. I don't want to lose the only girl I have a chance to be friends with. No way. She'll see what a wonderful person I am. Then I will eventually tell her the truth about Samir and Bipasha. I'll dole it out, slowly and steadily. She will take it better that way, and more importantly, I could still be friends with her! Yes, that's what I'm gonna do. Yes!
