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chapter-20

(Two months later)

Diya's POV:
                     I glanced myself one last time in the mirror. Honestly I looked beautiful in that golden yellow lehanga. My makeup was neat and simple but alluring. My hair flowed down my shoulders in small curls. But these things didn't give me happiness. Reason- there is no one to notice or appreciate.

No Diya. Not again. This is a special day and you can't waste your day for someone who didn't even bother about you. Enough is enough. Two months was more than enough to lament about him.  Now go help your friend, she needs you today. I told myself and went to Nisha's room.

"Woah!! Y-you look amazing Nisha."

She was wearing a red and green lehanga and she looked very beautiful in her bridal makeup. Guess what  Arjun and Nisha are getting married today.

"Thank you." She said shyly. "By the way, you too look very pretty."

I smiled at her and asked her whether she wanted any help.

"No thanks, Diya. Everything is done. Sit here, I want to talk with you."

"Talk? Now? What?"

"Isn't it too early for my marriage ?"

"What? Early? For god sake, you're twenty four Nisha, not eighteen. And moreover it is you people who wanted it."

"I know. But Arjun's parents were going on pestering him to get married. So only we had to agree for this marriage. But something is making me get tensed. Am I doing the right thing? I know him only for about three months or more and I fell in love with him just two months ago."

"I understand Nisha. See, everyone get tensed on the day of their marriage. A bunch of doubts will arise in their mind at that time. It is quite natural. Now tell me, do you love Arjun?"

"Of course."

"Do you trust him?"

"Yes."

"Do you like his parents? It is not compulsory, just asking."

"I love them Diya. They treat me like their own daughter."

"Stupid Nisha, what else is bothering you? Everything is going good. So stop getting worried over silly things and concentrate on your marriage. Remember only once you can get married to Arjun. So enjoy it as far as possible."

"But Diya,if.."

"No buts, no ifs." The sound of the band echoed through the streets indicating the arrival of the groom.

"Your prince charming arrived madam. Stop all your dramas and go get ready now."

She blushed hard. Aww!! So cute. "Drama? Let's see darling, you too will get married one day. I will take care of you at that day."

Those words you-too-will-get-married-one-day gave a sudden pain in my heart. Prince charming, marriage- I'm not fit to get these things. I don't deserve anything more than bad luck.

Nisha was checking her phone one last time before going to the stage. Her faced turned white all of a sudden.

"Umm..Diya.."

"What is it Nisha?"

"It is a text from Arjun. He had sent it in the morning, but now only I saw. Sorry if I had seen earlier.."

"Spill it out. Don't beat around the bush." I was getting impatient.

"R-Rishab  will be c-coming today."

Only Nisha and me know about my love, my unrequited love for him. Arjun doesn't know about it, even if he does, he can't stop himself from inviting his best friend during his marriage. But at the same time, I can't run away now. It is Nisha's marriage today, how can I not attend it?

Ok I'll stand in one corner, see the marriage, run away as soon as I can. I honestly don't have the courage to even be in the same place as him. I might end up showing him my vulnerable condition. I definitely can't show him my weakness for him.

Arjun and Nisha climbed the stage and sat in front of the Agni. The priest chanted the mantras and they both got officially married after walking seven times around the Agni.

They both are the cutest couple I've ever seen. Rishab has not arrived still so this is the right time for me to run away.

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Rishab. Rishab. Rishab!!!!

Even after two months, I have strong feelings for him. And I hate myself for that. The memories of him,the memories of us are still fresh in my mind. My mind, it is always betraying me by thinking about him 24×7.

After that day when he called me out for a date, I haven't seen or spoken to him. The only way I know he was alive somewhere was through the matches telecasted in TV. His phone was continuously not reachable and none of my texts were replied. Maybe, he had changed his number.

Though I know, I would get hurt I often looked at the photo he posted. I wondered what was my place in his heart. If I was a friend, why should he avoid me? Did I do something wrong? Last two months, I was asking the same question over and over to myself. But answer was what I couldn't get yet.

The butterflies he gave when he was around me turned into honeybees. Oh! How it stings in my stomach whenever I think about him nowadays?

But he not only avoided me, but even Arjun. He neither replied his texts or calls. Why was that? What happened to him all of a sudden? Arjun says he was busy with the champions trophy league, but my mind doesn't settle for that reply.

It was he who gave me hopes, he who made me feel special, he who made me happy, he who made my life interesting.

But it was two months back.

Now it is he who destroyed all my hopes, he who made my self confidence crush and vanish, he who hurts me a lot, he who made my life a hell.

How stupid of me, to give him the power of controlling me? He just played with my feelings, enjoyed and trampled on it when he got bored.

But still...I'm sorry if you think me as a fool, but still I couldn't hate him. I want to confront him, but don't have the courage to do so.

Seeing Arjun's and Nisha's love getting successful through their marriage, makes me feel like a loser. Though I'm happy for them, I'm unhappy for me. My fate always plays a roller coaster ride with me. It takes me to the highest, but just to throw me down.   I don't know what will be my future, but quite sure it wouldn't be nice. After all, a life without my love, is a life without...without..actually without anything.

"Diyaaaaa" I heard a familiar voice yell from behind and realized I was standing in the middle of a road.

I felt a sudden pain, fell down with a big thud, and everything went blur.

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