Her name turned out to be Esther Peck. Hmm. Shyera Peck. Esther Peck. A step sister? None of us had any idea what she was doing here. We just saw her writing her assignnments, completing them, I guess. We asked the professors about her, but even they were clueless. I asked her to leave the place since it was mine, and I didn't want to keep the class waiting. Good thing the class would begin ten whole minutes later. She stopped writing her assignments, but kept staring straight ahead. Shyera went and stood up right in front of her trying to see her expressions. Shyera was mad over sketching, after all. I saw the shocked expression on her face, but stayed quiet, waiting for that unknown girl to look at me. It took some time for that to happen and I was scared to my wits when it did. She was looking at me with a blank expression right then.
She had the most perfect blue shade of eyes and her blonde hair was all a mess. But the main problem was in her face. She looked EXACTLY like....SHYERA.
I asked Shyera about this. Shyera was rooted to the spot she stood on, and all I could see is that she was trembling with fear. Fear of facing a girl who looks just like you, I suppose. But fear? No. That can't be it. There had to be some other reason as well. But finally when she was ready to talk about it, I asked her the real reason. And she said,
"Avora....listen. She's my twin sister, who was lost. A long ago. I don't know anything else about it except for the suspicious fact that they haven't changed her name. I only remember playing with her till a very small age...about three I guess... but then...all of a sudden she was somewhere I don't know.
I never asked my parents any further details about her. I had met an accident when I was four, after which everything that had happened before seemed as a dream. The doctor said that I may not remember most of the things, and had a very troublesome time making me recognize who they were. Since that time I have been thinking it as a silly dream but now...I guess I was not only a bad sister...I don't know...."
Shyera almost burst into tears as to how her parents had never tried making her recall that she had a sister. A twin.
A little while later, I had told Tanyra my plan to bring out the truth from both sides, and we were seated in some other class. Thankfully, the class had been cancelled, and we had free time for at least half an hour. And gues what! Due to some reason, my detention had been cancelled!
"Hey guys! Shyera clam down......"Tanyra appeared with a hint of smile on her face. She ran a hand over Shyera's, and tried to soothe her.
" I tried being friendly with her, not letting her get a clue that I'm your friend Avora and Shyera. And guess what!! She says exactly the same things as what you told me Avora...that Shyera had said." At that point, we were really shocked. It seemed like a dream.... but wait. Yes. Even this was a part of my dream. Why? Why am I remembering the parts of the dream just as they occur around me? Had I recalled these before, I would have much better helped Shyera. Oh, I can't see her like this. I have to do something.
The same truth from both sides. Meant it was true. Even I had met an accident around the same time. I didn't know Shyera back then. But it was our past. Even though mine was even more terrible than Shyera, it was my past. It was my secret to keep. Forever, maybe. And even Shyera knew a part of it.
"Shyera. Listen to me. I think the best that can be done right now is that you should talk your hearts off with each other....about......just everything. None of us will be there when the two of you talk. We will be waiting for you in the cafeteria. You can take the hell of a time that you want. We will be there. I promise."
She stayed silent, but nodded slowly in response. She got up as slowly, and moved towards the class that Esther sat in.
