Heart Strings

CHAPTER 13

Suketh

After the bowling incident, I just couldn't stay there.

'So they were going out during that time.'
I felt angry, and hurt at the same time. Why? I didn't know.

I've had this feeling for a very long time, towards her. But I never seem to understand what this feeling is.

Was it attraction?

Was it intamacy of some kind?

Was it a spur of the moment feeling?
No it couldn't be. I've had this feeling for a very long time. 4 years to be precise.

Wait ......could it be.....love?

I stopped walking. I kept staring at the ground.

Love?

Nope. No fucking way. If I ever felt love I would've still been with Shreya. Or Divya. Or Mansi. Or any of the girls I've dated so far.
I wonder if I even had those feelings for them.

I bought myself a burger and coke  and sat down on a bench.

Random thoughts and memories from when Leah and I spent time together were running through mind like a movie.

Flashback

It was time for us to change places in the classroom. We always did that. It was believed to be a new way of making friends. Hm.

My place was at the second bench, first row.

'Ugh, right under the teacher's nose.'

The good thing was, the door was right in front, so I could stare out. Nice.

"Mine's next to the window!!"

I heard a perched up voice behind me.
I looked back.

She was tall, kind of.
She had long black hair, tied in a braid.
Her braces made her look nerdy.

"Howdy neighbour!" I said with a smirk.

She looked at me, and then looked away, her face turning pink.

What....the....

"Hi" She said, her voice a little shaky.

She still didn't look at me directly. 
Wired

Class started and we were to make groups of four. Since the people who were supposed to sit on the bench in front of me were absent, my bench mate and I paired up with Nerdy and her benchmate.

What I didn't notice was that Nerdy kept glancing at me.

"I've seen you somewhere." She said

My heart skipped a beat, she sounded kinder.

"Yeah...me too, we went to the same school, before this one."

"Oh yaaa!!!! Your that guy who left school in 3rd grade! Now I remember. I never really noticed you ya know."

Ouch.

She never noticed me......really.....wow!?

"You even studied for the wrong subject during final exams, 6th grade!?"

"Yeah......that's me" this is so embarrassing.

Then she grined, all her braces showing.

We spoke for a while, and found out some stuff and gradually became good friends.

Until, the day of our parent-teacher meeting came up.....

End of flashback

"Hahahahahahaha"

'Woah!' That was one hard laughter.

Wait, I know this voice.
The voice came from the other side of the bench. There was a huge plant in the middle so I couldn't exactly see who it was.

But then the laughter came towards the right, I could see who it was.

It was Leah.

She had worn a black dress with white flowers on it. Her long hair was no more, I could make out with the size of the bun.

Why would she be here? Wasn't she bowling with those two?

Then I saw him, the guy who apparently swept her off her feet, Bhagat.

What's so great about him anyway? I mean, he's a fucking kid!

I mean, I'm way better, so why him!?

I decided to eavesdrop, just a little.

The first few minutes of their conservation got me shoked.

'She broke up with him!? Wow!'

"I LOVE YOU! I STILL DO! EVEN NOW!"
Bhagat was shouting it loud enough for the whole place to look at them.

'What utter bullshit.'

I kept listening for a while, it seemed he kinda cheated on her with Neha.

Hmmmm, Neha, that name sounds familiar.

Wait

Don't tell me. I dated that slut for 2 months. That's right. She was a good friend and one day she came crying to me saying that she wanted to end her life. I stayed by her. And the next day she asked me out. And I being the idiot that I am, agreed. We went out for two months and after that, she broke it off saying that she was still in love with her crush. The fuck, like seriously, what the actual fuck bitch.

Anyway, I couldn't believe that Bhagat would do something like that.

"You were with her that night!!"

Leah. Her voice was weak and shrill, as if she was.....crying!?

I peeked through the huge plant that separated us, Leah was in tears, Bhagat looked like he committed the most grave mistake of his life.

Ofcourse he did. He cheated on the most amazing girl.

My face felt hot. I realised I was making a tight fist with my hands. I wanted to beat the crap outta Bhagat.

I listened to more of their conversation.

"Please slap me." That was Bhagat's voice.

'Do it' I thought.

"No"

What.....

"I won't slap you"

Why? Just do it, he deserves it.

"You should suffer, so that you won't do it to another girl again"

Wow. That's harsh. And a good thing.

I looked down at my hands, they were pale from squeezing them so hard.

I could hear Bhagat screaming for her.

"Please! Don't do this to me!"

That was it. I couldn't hold back any longer.

I walk around the plant, I could see Leah walking away from us, Bhagat stretching his hand out and calling out to her.

I couldn't hold it back any more,

WHAM!

I punched him right across the face, my hand hurt, but it was alright.

He lost conciousness for a few seconds.

Huh. Weakling.

You should have seen the look on his face when he saw me. He looked like he was about to piss in his pants.

I was really really mad at him.