Until I Fell In Love With My Best Friend

Chapter 5- That Breakup

That evening, upon returning from home, Mandrid and Ammy had a heated conversation.

"My friend asked me if you really are my girlfriend or am I forcing myself on some random girl?" yelled Madrid. He was hurt.

Initially Ammy was sympathetic towards  him- but then she came up with "So is what your friend thought about us more important than my feelings and my boundaries?  Is it more important than your girlfriend being uncomfortable?"

 They did not speak for 5 days- 

The first time in so many days- 

   Finally when the impatient and impulsive girl texted him and confronted him, the most unexpected thing happened.

Mandrid broke up with Ammy-......

      She blankly stared at the text from him-

She couldn't believe what she saw-

-as dumbstruck as she was- her intuition did help her guess that it wouldn't end up right-

but Ammy never ever thought in her wildest dreams that Madrid would leave her-

Mandrid, the boy who was so in love with her-

Mandrid, the boy who once stood before her house, holding his ears like a kid-  apologizing to her for when Ammy was angry with him some day-

Mandrid, the boy who once got his arm fractured, when he exchanged blows with his friend, who passed an inapt comment about Ammy-

     She was in complete shock-

No this isn't true-

How can it be?

This isn't true-

How could he do this-

But Ammy did fall in love with Mandrid

What would she do now?

No she ought to be strong-

She'll handle herself maybe?-

        Not for long-

        She couldn't-

Ammy bawled her eyes out......

She tried pressing her mouth with both hands to shut out the noise she made while crying-

She begged him to call one last time- ......... They spoke- Ammy couldn't stop crying -she was breathless and her hands were numb and cold-

Oh how she felt like the world came crashing down- Mandrid tried to cool her down-

"Why did you do this to me?" Ammy bawled..... "Why did you make me fall in love with you?Why? If this was what you would do till the end- why did you pretend you were in love ?"

      Mandrid had his exams the next day-

he couldn't speak for long-

Ammy stopped crying-

She didn't even sob-

       She just couldn't sleep that night - She kept staring at the ceiling, her mind was thoughtless-

No, she didn't think about Mandrid-

Some unknown feeling had groped her- She had never experienced this-

       Her mother knew everything from beginning-

The next day, Mrs. Sharon was full of anguish-

     She knew how sensitive and emotional Ammy was- She was scared to even look at her daughter-

Strangely, Ammy didn't cry-

   She just couldn't go to school that day-  Her face seemed like an expressionless entity that only lived-

She looked down all the time- and felt the pain or some uneasy sensation stuck in her throat -....Oh how she wished she could cry her heart out-

That afternoon, her parents were both out for some work- She was all alone at her house-

   She studied ever since she woke up- studying kept her engaged-

Later, after locking the door when her parents left, Ammy lifelessly sat on her bed...

   She never felt so hopeless before- why couldn't she cry? 

She started panting- what was happening to her? Will she run out of breath? Why is she getting puzzled ?

At last, after many tries, she wailed- ..................It was not some usual -"Oh I'm hurt" sort of crying- it was wailing-

  She threw herself against the bed..... her hands trembled- all wet with sweat- she felt an unusual sensation in her body- She was angry and hurt- and shocked and still in disbelief with what happened with her-

    When did she love Mandrid so much?

WHEN?

  The poor girl almost chocked herself while crying-

            Around in the evening, her parents still hadn't returned-

 Ammy stood in front of her mirror- with tear stained cheeks and her eyes all red and swelled with all that afternoon's boohoo.

    Her face seemed so different....She doesn't know this girl-

    Who is SHE?

 Is this reflection hers? Why does she look so different? She was never very strong kind of girl-

      but never did she feel such a change-

         

      That day,.............. Ammy lost herself-