chapter one: Friends

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It was just a normal day as any, I was walking towards school alone on an empty road, just when I heard a voice shouting out my name from behind. "Hey Sia, wait up!", hearing her voice I turned around to meet a familiar face. It was Anu my best friend, who was still unaware of the information that had become the inevitable truth of my life. But today I was not going to backdown. I had to tell my friends the truth once and for all, they deserved to know. Just not right now, it will have to wait a little more. I dismissed these thoughts and got ready to put on a facade yet again.
"Hey Anu! What's up?" I replied, trying my best to fake a smile.
"Oh! Nothing much, by the way did you finish yesterday's homework? It was so lengthy and those diagrams took pretty long. You know how bad I am when it comes to being creative."
"Yeah, I know that very well. You are like the evil twin of every awesome painter who destroys art for fun."

That had both of us laughing. By that time we had already reached school, so we walked silently alongside each other. As we entered our class, my friends greeted me as usual. The group was inclusive of Anu, Pari,Nisha and Abhay and obviously me. We had been friends since first grade, at this point we had become so close that no force on earth could separate us, well except one...

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