More Than Just Sisters ✔︎ [GL]

12 || REWRITING THE STARS

SIERA'S POV:

I was sitting on my bed slowly drowning in my thoughts. I didn't know what to do so I just sighed. I considered it would be good if I just got back to sleep, so I did. I laid down. But laying down just didn't mean that I was asleep. Thousands of thousands fears were covering my soul. Various types of anticipation; good or bad were making me afraid.

What if Virahi thought Nicole and I were real? What if she stopped developing her feelings towards me?

But one thing I didn't realize that, falling out of love was hard when you fall hard..

I was rolling on the bed side to side trying to sleep but I just couldn't. I pulled the blanket over my head but it helped nothing rather just made me suffocate.

"Ugh-" I exclaimed in frustration and sat straight on my bed.

"What should I do? It's only 11:00 pm.." I mumbled while getting up from the bed. I opened the door of my room and felt that the whole house was dived into a deep sleep. It was so silent and peaceful. I thought of going to the rooftop.

While crossing Virahi's room, I stared at the closed door for some moment. Maybe till now she went back to sleep on her bed.

I thought and sighed. Then I proceeded my way to the rooftop.

I reached to the top and stood under the vast sky. It was kinda cold but I had a jacket on. I looked up and there was a yellowish half moon. Even though it was at its half phase but still, the peaceful trees and the city were being steeped down by the soft delicious yellowish light of it. The whole night was being blessed as the moon continued to pour its ray all over the city.

I continued staring at the moon and it seemed as if it was smiling at me. I smiled back at it but not as the amount as it was showering at me. Somehow I felt sad, extremely.

Why did Nicole do that to me?

I looked up to the sky again and tears started to spark in my eyes like the stars were glittering above on the sky.

The night was so peaceful and made such a phantasmic atmosphere that I just wanted to relieve my each and every piece of stress that was suffocating me.

I went near the coconut tree which was standing high above me and I stood there holding onto the railing. The huge leaves of the tree were lying still as if it was ready to hear my whole story without even getting bored. Seeing the tree, some childhood memories started to ran across my mind with some fresh vibes.

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"Dad! We made it!! A little coconut tree is forming!" The 10 years old me shouted.

Dad and 8 years old Virahi came running to see the seed that we three sowed 3 weeks ago, now came out as a young sapling.

Virahi exclaimed in joy while clapping and said, "Yes we made it, we made it...the baby tree is growing! Yay!"

Dad sat down to our level and put his hands on our heads.

"Yes..indeed we made it, but we need to water the baby coconut tree everyday and take care of it so that it will get nourished and can take all the nutrients.." He said.

"But Dad, why does it need those nutrients? What are they?" Little Virahi spoke while being confused.

Dad chuckled and said, "Like you both need food each and everytime, like you can't live without your favorite chocolate; the little coconut tree also can't live without water and other things that it loves to eat! And nutrients are the things which you, I and everyone in this world need to have...that's how you are gonna be big and tall and strong just like me. The coconut tree and other trees also need that to grow up just like us, understood??"

Dad pinched Virahi's cheeks and we giggled. "Yes, I did" She said.

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The little coconut tree now touching its dreams high above the sky as if nothing could make it to lower its head down. I smiled remembering those little yet precious pieces of memories.

Light breeze started to blow and the leaves of the coconut tree swinged side to side. I looked up to the sky again and the moon was still smiling at me. Stars were glistening; awaring their presence too beside the moon, and making the vast dense blue night sky to seem as if it was a velvet of millions of little diamonds.

Remembering the thought why I couldn't asleep started to torment me again. I couldn't stand if Virahi lent me a cold shoulder. Building the feelings stronger little by little over the years; I just couldn't let it to shatter and scatter all beneath my feet.

Gulping the strong lump against my throat, I looked up to the stars as if asking them what I should do now. How would I confess everything I feel to her? How could I let her know that even if the world didn't matter to me, she mattered, a lot; a lot that the sky couldn't finish writing it all on its pages.

But little did I know, I heard the stars whispering to my ear, "Everything would be alright, just do what you should...at least you feel the regret inside your soul; don't let it to make you feel worse but learn from it and then bury deep inside your heart.."

I heard it, I heard it right and saw the moon smiled through its soft foggy yellow ray. I smiled back.

Now that I knew, I would be rewriting the stars, making my faith strong, and louder enough for everyone to hear it; making my feelings burn like a passionate flame and making my love as passionate as the dense blue night sky was.

I was feeling warm insidely and deeply determinded about my love. I would make it right. I would make that person the happiest, I wanted to; I wanted all for my life. I would be going to do it all, in the name of Virahi..

I thanked the moon and the stars silently for comforting me and motivating me like no other. I vowed to myself.

I exhaled a deep breath and thought to scream aloud,

"Thank you so...so... much!!"

Never did I feel this light and calm. I smiled and went downstairs to sleep.

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<Ik this chapter is kind of poetry
But I really do love so much writing it..>