If You Only Knew...

Chapter 10

Hello Everyone!

Here is Chapter 10!! Please excuse all mistakes made as I have not had time to edit it.

Thank you for putting up with the irregular updates. My exams are still going on so the updates will be a bit slower for the next few weeks.

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Naina's POV:

I burst into my room, chucking my bag to the side and flopping into my bed. "ARGH!" I screamed into my pillow. I need to calm down. Screaming and stressing out is not going to get me anywhere. Like I said before, they have to prove to me that they are sorry for what they did! They were complete idiots!

Wait...what time is it? I jog over to my bag and grab my phone. Damn! I have to meet Jiya at the cafe in half an hour. We had organised a time straight after I had gotten back to my room, before everything happened. I sighed deeply again, letting the events from not even half an hour ago, play through my head. I need to get my mind off that.

I changed my clothes, into something a bit more nicer meaning instead of wearing crumpled clothes with water blotches from my tears. I wore white jeans, a white singlet like top and a red and blue checkered flannel. I checked my face and what small bit of makeup I had on before grabbing my bag, and heading out.

I walked out of my dorm building and towards the main road that led to the cafe. I texted Jiya to let her know that I was on my way, with her replying that she had just arrived. It doesn't take too long to walk down to the cafe.  I walked into the cafe and spotted Jiya sitting in the corner, in a large sofa chair that engulfed her.

"Hey, how's it going?" I dropped my bag to the other side of my sofa chair and sat down after giving her a friendly hug.

"Hey! I'm good. I was just about to order, what do you want?' She replied, reciprocating the hug. Once we started talking, we didn't stop. We discussed everything, from the basic ice breaker topics to somewhat more personal things. By this time, it was already starting to get into the hours of the afternoon. We went from school, to funny stories to embarrassing moments, to our families. I even ended up telling her about my parents. I never had the intention to but I guess, as we got to know each other, more about us was told to each other.

"You know, I used to date this one guy. We had this really great relationship. We were together for almost 2 years but I guess it just didn't work out." Jiya said, not stuttering once. Her tone had changed to a more serious and solemn voice compared to before.

"What happened?" I asked, fully conscious of how I responded to what she told me. I didn't want to seem to nosy.

"I honestly have no idea. Everything was going fine and then he just left. No message, no goodbye...nothing. I had gone over to his house to see if he wanted to come  for lunch with me.  When I had got there, the door was unlocked. I had opened it, and there was no furniture, nothing. It wasn't that his place was trashed, there was no sign of any personal belongings. I called out to see if he was there but no answer. On the counter, there was a note left with my name on it. All that it said inside was 'I'm sorry'." She recounted the story with only little emotion evident in her voice.

I can't believe that happened to her. I sat in shock in front of her, no words coming out of  my mouth.

"I..uh..." I stuttered.

"Aha, yeah...I got that same response from a couple of other people as well." She took a sip of tea. "Anyway, it's been 6 months since that happened."

"How could he do this to you. What right does he have!? Who does he think he is! This- this guy - this, this-" I lost my plot. It angers me that he just left her. Whether it was Jiya or any other girl, it's not right for someone to leave a relationship without a reason.

"Aman. His name was Aman Malhotra. I won't ever forgive him for what he did to me but I know that somewhere deep down, I still have feelings for him. And I absolutely hate that. I know I could do so much better but he was a big part of my life, and that's never going to change." She sipped her tea again before checking her phone quickly.

A mixture of shock and fear came over me. Is she talking about the same Aman? The one that I went out to dinner with a week ago? It can't be the same one, can it?  My breathing started to quicken and I felt my palms go moist. This can't be happening. First the whole Abhi issue now this?  

"Hey look, I'm really sorry but I need to get going. I've got to go back and finish off a few things. We should do this again, yeh?" Jiya stood up, grabbing her bag and then reaching over to hug me.

"Yeah, we definitely should. Bye" I stood up,reciprocating the hug.  My voice had lowered a lot in volume. The shock had washed over me. I couldn't feel my fingers and my mind started thinking of horrible situations.

"You ok?" She asked. "Umm yeah. That guy pissed me off, that's all"

"Oh haha. Thanks, I guess." Jiya smiled before waving and walking out of the cafe.

I stood stunned in the same spot, completely forgetting my surroundings and the amount of people that were probably staring at me.

What do I do? I can't tell Jiya, it'll break her heart. I can't say anything to Aman either. Reason being that I still haven't forgiven him and two, I don't want him to run away from me. It might sound stupid but I don't know what else to do. Everything was going so well.  I need to avoid Aman. I'm scared of what he will do to me even though we are barely a couple. We aren't even dating. It was one night. I just need to stay clear of him. I need to stay clear of Aman and I need to stay clear of Abhi.