WHO AM I

Chapter-4

Aram's POV

"You heard her?". I asked John.

"I'm not sure". He said looking as confused as I was.

"But  I thought she knows nobody here". I said, to which John too agreed.

For now we just planned to sit there and watch them. Kat had just normally walked over there and sat opposite her.

This is no good, we are not in a well hearing range. It seems like Kat had said something while occupying her seat. But wait... Why is she looking at Kat that way? Is it a look of surprise or confusion? Or both. I couldn't figure it out. She asked something to Kat and glanced all over the nearby tables and at last caught us staring intently at them. But just from that single glance, I saw a glint in her eyes. And the reason for it, I'm not sure. Because, girls..... They are girls.
As we were caught red handed staring at them, we suddenly changed the direction of our gaze and started to act like nothing had happened by laughing, talking and all.
Then we saw she taking her stare from us to Kat and asked something to her. Again, this is not at all good. We can't hear a thing and have no clue about  either what's happening there or what our dear kat is doing there.

Sigh!!! "Okay... Let's stop eavesdropping like elderly women. If she needs any help, she won't hesitate to call us. Save it for next time. Let Kat herself explain it later". I said fed up of this not-so-experienced eavesdropping thing.

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Her POV

At last I've made it. Yes!!! I've made it to here. I've managed to come all this way to my hometown. I wasn't so sure about coming here, so that answers why I've been not present for the first one and a half week here. But, As now I'm here I want to know more about me and explore myself. All I want is a lot of information. And that's why I'm here too.

While walking to the canteen, I saw a guy looking at me. Does he know me? Was he one of my friends? Or is he some strange guy like before? I wasn't sure. So, I just glanced over to their table for any kind of confirmation. But unfortunately, he looked at me at the same time and our eyes met for a millisecond. And I withdrew it as soon as possible.
No. I don't know him. He for sure is just a nobody. Or maybe I might've helped him somewhere or some other time.

Anyway, no big deal. So, I returned to my coffee devouring its taste even though I could feel nothing.

Then a girl came along saying "long time no see" and seated herself opposite to me.
What? Do I heard her clearly? Did she say what i thought she said.
No... This can't be.. This can't be happening without  any effort from me.
What am I feeling now? Is it surprise, because someone still remember me, or confusion, that someone might be playing behind, knowing about me.
I don't know.... I don't know what I was feeling right now.....
Nevertheless, my instincts told me it is right & I felt everything just right even after going through all of it.
All of a sudden, I remembered I've been in my train of thoughts for sometimes now and I haven't answered her either.

"So..... You know me?". I asked her curiously.
There wasn't any reply. Instead, she just kept staring at me with 'unbelievable' written on her face.

So I looked around for any guys who probably would have sent her to me. The guys who likes to play with others weaknesses. But, I couldn't find any.

When I was about to relieve myself I caught 2 guys, the one who I thought I knew and a hard-built guy sitting next to him, staring intently at us.

Suddenly a sense of fear, no... Not fear, a sense of something started to crawl up inside me.

"Who are they?". I eyed the girl before me.
Are my instincts going wrong? She too might've sensed that sense of something in me.
"They are my friends. No worries. They are no harm". She said.

After what all I had gone through, why my instincts are telling me to believe her?? What am I supposed to do now??

"Either they are worried for me or curious about you that why am I all of a sudden talking to you. Trust me. They are no harm to you." She assured me sensing that I wasn't convinced before.

"Trust you?? Huh?? How can I trust you?? How can I trust you when all you said was 'long time no see' and didn't even answer to my question". I blurted out in the light of my previous experiences. As I finished, I found my  eyes filling up with tears and the girl before me being dumfounded.
Also I found myself running. Running from everybody, out of the canteen and the campus and the cruel world which has only cruel surprises for me.

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