YOU AND I

YOU AND I (5)

Nia

Lilly and I were waiting for Nick's sister, as he said his cousin would be picking him today, I have already thanked his mom on call for having Lilly at their home , other parents have already gone with their kids and we are still here waiting for her
" Nick , where is your sister?" Lily asked for fifth time " I don't know either " he said looking around in attempt to find her anywhere " don't worry, I talked to your mom , she said they got some urgent work and will be here soon" I said reassuring them when the door to waiting area was pushed and the most unexpected person entered through it " I am sorry nick , I just got some urgent work and then there was traf-" she stopped in middle of her sentence looking at me still catching her breath
" Sofi , finally you are here " nick jumped down from her seat , I mentally face palmed myself why god why it has to be her
I was planning to go with whoever who was going to pick nick up so , I could know where they actually live , I know I can simply ask for adress but I needed to see the alleys and see if it is safe to walk there or not.
I need to take these type of precautions to not get in trouble
Just until I buy a car which I was planning to do in this month.
" You -ah , what are you doing here ?" Sofiya asked me
" I was here to buy some drinks "
I know I don't have to be rude but she was rude to me first today
" You guys know eachother" nick said looking between us " are you guys friends ? " Lilly said getting up from her seat taking my hand looking up at me " good friends, we are n-" I could not complete my sentence due to sofiya rushing towards me yelling something in alien language " what are you talking about, ofcourse we are good friends" she said putting hands on my shoulders, patting them slightly looking at Lilly then at me , Lilly hesitately nodded as I looked in confusion at sofiya
What does that even mean?, how can she say we are friends?
" Hey , you guys should greet your teacher before leaving" she said looking at kids , Lilly looked at me and I responded with a nod, wishing your teacher goodbye is a good habit,
They both went to their teacher

" Now tell me what that was ?" I asked as soon as they left, turning head towards her , she left my shoulders and folded her arms " don't take it seriously, I said that cause nick tells everything at home, and if my knows I don't behave well at school then I am in trouble" I still don't get, how does us not being friends could get her in trouble
She might have guessed what I was thinking cause then she said
" My mom thinks she raised a polite and humble girl and if she knows I am not that humble, she would use some resources to find out more about me " she finished
Running out of breath , I was going to tell her it's not a big deal
" In high school when she found out, I went to a party with my boyfriend and also had some drinks, I grounded for whole
Summer " ok , maybe it was a big deal" so , she thinks you don't drink, don't party , and the sweetest most humble girl of the town " I finished as she nodded with each sentence" damn girl"
I almost laughed at her situation
Who would have thought one most popular girl of college have these much restriction in life
" Don't judge, my mom is asian"
Oh now it's understandable
I always thought she some asian features but her Italian look definitely cover it up
" Let's go before teacher give us more homework" Lilly said taking my hands jumping up and down " yeah let's go"

" You can drop near by , I can go by myself" I said looking out of window,  when we reached at sofiya 's place, her mom was so angry but didn't said anything infront of us , she welcomed us with warm smile , she informed me how Nick's mom got urgent call from her boss so, she had to leave , when nick told her me and sofiya know eachother , I was bombed with tons of question about her , now I can understand why sofiya was so concerned about this topic,
But I can understand her mother's concern too , living in western country is not easy for asian parents, they are afraid of their kids forgetting cultural values and turning into bunch of silly teenagers who talk back to their parents and don't respect them,
I know all of this cause I am indian,  I know how my mother always taught me to never forget our roots and always respect our elders , performing rituals, I might not look like but I really am a cultural girl , I also taught this to Lilly
" Nah ,  that's fine , I would do anything to get away from my mother's yelling" she said taking turn towards my apartment
I hummed in response, the rest of the ride was in awkward silence until she said " thanks for not saying anything against me " she said as I looked at her little shocked " and sorry for my words in uni " now I was fully shocked,she was still not looking at me , her green coloured cat eyes still focused on road , I went back to looking out of window
" That's fine" I said not understanding why my heart is beating so fast, maybe I am not used to this actually normal talk with her , and her saying sorry was the most surprising thing
Now I can say ' sorry and thankyou ' are definitely the magic words 

The car stopped in parking lot of our building, I was about to get out of it , when she said " hey , listen" I turned to her , my hands still on car door " what" I asked titling my head in side , she extended her phone towards me
" What is it ?" I asked looking at it
" It's my number, aunty will not be home till 7 , and I know you don't have mom's number so , take it , I will inform you when kids are done with work" I almost forgot about it , I took my phone out and added her number in my contacts and messaged her , " thanks" I smiled at her , she nodded in response
" Get home safe " I said getting out of car " hmm, good bye "