Heart Strings

CHAPTER 12

Bhagat

"Hey"

"Yeah" She looked up at me. The sunlight hit the lenses, so I couldn't quite see her eyes, but they were light brown, beautiful.

"Do you remember, how I fell in love with you?"

"According to what I heard, you saw me playing football on the field, you were playing with us. And then you fell on love with me while I was playing football" She had a habit of making crazy hand jestures when she's explaining something. I personally, found it cute.

"No" I said with a stern voice.

"That isn't how it exactly goes"

"Care to explain then" She tilted her head. It made her fringes fall on her face. Cute.

"I remember, it was exactly 7 months before your board exams. And you and Shub and the others used to play football for no reason. And me and a few guys used to play with you....guys. "

She raised her brows. "Oh ya!"

"And one day, It so happend that I started noticing the way you kicked the ball. You never side kicked. You always toe kick. Always. I admired the way you played. And then, something hit me. You were the most amazing girl on the field. The way you played, the way you smiled everytime you kicked the ball. Everything.

"Everything?"

"Everything "

"You noticed "EVERYTHING" ?" She made double quote symbols with her fingers, emphasising on everything.

"Oh! Oh! Oh shit! No! No,no,no,no" I blushed. "Not everything, everything".

She started laughing. Her face turned red. It happens whenever she laughed hard. She looks like a tomato. Red.

"Caught you!" She was pointing and laughing at me. Taking a few steps back, holding on to her stomach.

"Okay, okay, you caught me!" I put both my hands up, bending them at my elbows.

I walked up to her. She was wearing a black dress which had white flowers on them. She still had her bowling shoes on! Her long straight hair pulled up into a top knot. She looked as amazing as the first day I saw her. Once she calmed down I was inches close to her face. She looked up at me, a spark in her eyes. Her face was flushed (due to laughing so much).

"What?"

"Let's get back to business"

She rolled her eyes. "You ruined the mood!"

We sat down on the bench, a few minutes of silence, and then she broke the silence,

"Why do we always have this akward silence between us?"

"I-I don't know" I shook my head, hanging it down.

"You know....." I looked at her, she had tears in her eyes. I sat up straight.

"The reason I broke up was not only because my mom found out, but because you didn't pay enough attention to me."

My eyes widened. "Wh-What?"

"I mean, in the beginning, you were the most sweetest person on earth, you said you loved me alot, you said you would do everything to be with me-"

"I DO! I DO LOVE YOU! EVEN NOW!"

"Your just saying it now. Remember that night, when I kept calling you but you wouldn't pick up?"

"My mother sent me out on a errand"

"Seriously, don't lie,atleast not now, please!" She put her palms on her face,she was crying.

"Okay yes! I was at Neha's place. But I told you right? She is my childhood friend-"

"Who is in love with you!" I rolled my eyes.

"She - She isn't okay?"

"She is! I would know better!"

"How would you?"

She frowned and looked down. Then looked up at me. She looked down again, unlocked her mobile, clicked open instagram, went to the search option, typed "Neha_the_bitch" and clicked on a picture.

A few moments later, she held up the mobile and showed me a picture of drunk neha and me, hugging.

"Read the caption" She said, looking away from my face. She never looked at someone in the eye when she was mad at them, she was mad at me. Very mad.

I read the caption, it read,
*This guy is my lifeline, @lee_the_unicorn can shove a dick up her ass, bitch he's mine and only mine, I love you Bhagat baby!!*

I was disgusted and astonished. I looked at her. She wasn't looking at me. She was looking across me. Her eyes were red.

"Leah I-"

"Don't explain. I know what your gonna say, "Babe she was drunk, her mom asked me to get her home, blah blah blah". You were tagged in the picture right , you saw it!

I had nothing to say. It all came back to me. I realised. I didn't give both of us time. I didn't spend time with her after months of dating. I completely ignored her, thinking she would understand, but what could she do? She had her limits too. And she knew that after her board exams start, she wouldn't get enough time to spend with me. I should ' ve spent more time with her, when I had the chance.

"You didn't just ignore my calls, you even had the damn audacity to lie to me about it! And the next day, when I tried calling you again, after the fifth try, you pick up saying that you were at the market with your mom, but instead you were at Neha's place right? You were with her!! "

"What? Th - That's bullshit!!"

"Then explain this" She held up another picture. This time, I was carrying Neha princess style, her hands cupped on my cheeks. We were looking at eachother. Smiling. And the caption gave me a little shock. Really?
*He said let's go somewhere private*?

I put my head down, my hands resting on my knees and my palms on my head.

Leah started to cry. "Why....? (Sniff).....why did you do this?.... (sob).......why Bhagat?..... (sniff)"

"Leah I-"

"Don't you say another word!" She looked at me, with rage, anger, sadness, all negative emotion showed in her eyes.

"Please slap me."

"Huh"

"Please slap me"

She first stared at me. Then lifted her hand, and swung it. I closed my eyes shut and clenched my teeth. But I didn't sence anything. I opened my eyes and saw that she stopped, inches before her hand hit my face. I looked at her.

"I won't slap you." She said.

"Instead, you should suffer. Suffer, so so much that you won't do that to another girl again."

"No! No please! Leah! Please! Forgive me!"

"No I won't. I'll forgive you for all the little follys. But not for what you did to me. I will never be able to forgive you for that. I'm not sorry. Good bye."

She got up and started walking away.

'No....no please. Don't go. Don't leave me. Please!'

I stared catching up to her, when a voice from behind called out to me. I turned around and the next moment, I felt pain on my right cheek.

I lost conciousness for a few seconds, but then once I regained myself, I saw the person who punched me. He was a few inches shorter than me, somewhat muscular. I blocked the rays falling on my face, and there in front of me, was standing Leah's one and only crush.....Suketh.