Low Profile At High School ✔

Ch-9 F.F.F.

"Let me explain! Please!" said Kanak as she came to sit beside me in the school canteen during recess.

"Oh! Speak up," I was so fed up with this drama. I knew I had to keep distance from people. They always let me down. Especially the one whom I trusted.

"After you introduced him to me I began to like him. I added him on Messenger and we started talking. He asked me out, I didn't."

So, he became her online friend before me. That's wierd but whatever. Great!

It was the worst mistake of my life to trust her. The moment that I felt like I had a place in Jai's heart, she took him. I can't trust people. I learnt this lesson time and again. The biggest fool here is me.

I gave her a blank stare, picked up my juice and left. I felt my eyes beginning to well up.

I was swiftly walking through the corridor looking at the ground and avoiding any eye contacts, with pain in my heart and rage in my eyes when my senses betrayed me, I bumped into a guy and the juice fell all over his shirt.

I didn't have to look towards him, I knew his scent. But Kanak knew him better than me. I'm a bitch so let me be. I went from there without even looking at him, without saying 'Sorry'. I knew everyone was staring at me but I never cared, you know.

He'd hate me now, right?

~

At home, I found my long lost friend, Loneliness. How could I escape it?

I didn't have anyone to talk to. I smiled at my figure in the mirror. Deep inside I knew that it was me who could help me out. Even though my feelings for Jai won't fade away quickly but I knew I had to do it.

I played the most relatable song the whole evening:

Fuck Fake Friends, we don't need 'em
Only thing they're good for is leaving

Facebook didn't offer relief, Kanak and Jai had changed their relationship statuses from Single to In a relationship. Kanak wasn't feeling guilty at all. Well, atleast I didn't ruin her day.

Divya called me at around 8:15pm. She knew I still existed.

"Hi," I said.

"How are you, Trisha? You looked so disturbed at the school today. I heard you spilled your juice over Jai Verma! What's the matter girl? I hope you're fine."

What? Everyone knew about that accident!

"I'm fine," it's better to lie sometimes.

"Take care, Trish!"

"I will and you know what, I'm gonna end this 'Sameer' drama from your life. He hits on every damn girl. I got you, girl. He's gonna pay for it," I said in a tone that was not normal, it was aggressive but calm and concerning.

The aggression was built due to many reasons. And I knew the person who deserved it, Sameer. Well initially Kanak deserved it but whatever. Being nice didn't ever help me.

"Trish! I love you. You're the best," said Div on the phone, it brought a smile on my face. I'm glad to have her.

"So are you!" I said.

After the call ended, I realised something.

Why should I hate the people who have done wrong to me
When instead, I can love the people who love me.

I owe it to Divya to make her happy. She trusted me and I knew what it meant to trust someone and how bad it feels when it gets broken.

I was kind of excited for next day because I knew what I had to do. I had to make Sameer realise his mistakes.

~

It was finally recess, normally I would wait for it beacuse then I would get to see Jai. But today it was Sameer who I was excited for.

I went to his classroom and stormed towards him, not so dramatically as it it sounds but yeah! I looked straight into his wild brown eyes, I could see lust in them. He isn't much taller than me. I wanted to slap him then and there. I took a deep breath and let out all of my frustration at him.

"Okay so, Mister Sameer Ahuja! What do you think of yourself, huh? First, you go about teasing every damn person in the school without even knowing them. What have they done to you? They don't even freaking know you! What are you? An animal? You think that you're so damn powerful? Let me tell you one thing you are the WEAKEST. PERSON. OF. THIS. SCHOOL. You're afraid of losing your pride, fella! Don't go around hitting on every beautiful girl you see. They aren't objects. Do you get that? Don't you wanna slap me now? Don't you wanna hit me in front of all of your classmates, huh? Oh why would you? It would hurt your pride. I get it! Don't you ever do what you did to Divya again, to anyone and keep your petty dirty vibes at your home."

I could sense that everyone had stopped talking and were looking at us. I could see the embarrassment in Sameer's eyes, it didn't soften me. His head turned to face his shoes. I didn't look anywhere else I just turned around and walked towards the classroom door in a really calm manner looking at my watch. A burden had been lifted off my shoulders. When I raised my eyes I saw Jai at the door looking straight at me with awe in his eyes. I realised it still burnt seeing him.

"Woah!" he said with a smirk, looking straight at me when I was just centimetres away from him.

"Fuck off, JV!" I said and left without seeing his expressions.

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