The Last Goodbye

Chapter 48

"You are once again smoking right in the morning." Divya complained as Nandini took a huge drag.

"Not now please."

Divya shook her head and went away from everyone and stood there. She felt lost and alone, it was as if she didn't knew any one of them, all of them were in their own world, and none seemed welcoming at all.

She wondered what had gone wrong, her eyes wandered off in search of Madhav whom she couldn't find anywhere, tired emotionally she sat down, already regretting over this trip.

It was around half an hour later that the bus arrived, and with it, it seemed to have brought about zeal and enthusiasm. Rishi all of a sudden from nowhere came and began pulling everyone into a group, apparently, before moving onto this trip a picture was much needed for who knew if we would ever go for any other trip in future.

Somehow as Divya looked back at Rishi did she realize he had always been that one person in their group with whom she had least conversed, she could never connect with him on so many levels but he had his ways, he had his ways to win their hearts, he had always somehow made them know that he does care for them.

He was one of those who though seemed all rough and tough, but at heart they would be the sweetest of all. For it had all always been him who would live each and every moment as if that was the last and that he wouldn't have the next opportunity to be there.

The boys began gathering around, Kavya and her friends confused where they would stand now, and so was Divya, as Atharva, Dev, Rishi and Sanket began pushing Madhav to the middle of the group. Ignoring them Divya walked upto Simran and Nandini and stood beside Rakshit one of their classmates, there was still commotion behind them and soon she felt a hand on her shoulder, she wanted to turn around and see who could it possibly be but than hear Dev's loud voice in her ear.

"Dev, don't scream right in my ear. Shut up." She reprimanded and before Dev could have replied back to her Atharva once again with the phone in his hand ready to take the picture called out to them as they smiled back at the camera. It was set, this trip was set to begin. Later on when Divya would receive the pictures would she know how that hand on her shoulder that felt so warm wasn't that of Dev rather Madhav's.

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"Rishi have you gone mad? I had told you not to mess with me, I don't understand what the hell is your problem" Madhav yelled.

"Bro, you don't have to sulk, okay, I don't understand what's gone in your ass that you have been twisting about since morning." Rishi fought back.

"I had warned you Rishi, dont disturb me, and you Manav not everything is funny okay, so just shut up."

20 minutes. It took Manav, Madhav and Rishi just 20 minutes into the bus to create a ruckus. Divya shook her head and sat back making herself more comfortable, the show on any other day would have been quite entertaining, but right now so early into the morning it didn't seem any fun to her.

"Are dost, Madhav, we are just kidding man, why are you so pissed off?" Manav asked.

"I am not pissed off, you called it upon yourself, why can't you just stay put for sometime, all the while you have to be around dancing I just don't get it." Madhav exclaimed and was about to continue when Divya pitched in.

"Madhav stop, Manav you as well, don't instigate him more, both of you are at fault here, Manav if he doesn't want to eat let him be, you go back to your seat and have your breakfast," She then turned to Madhav and said,

"And you, you don't have to be an ass, you know you need at least 8 hours of sleep then you shouldn't have stayed up the whole night, you have no right to go all cranky on all of us. Sleep if you want to, if not then do whatever it is that you want to do just don't be an ass to everyone here."