WHO AM I

Chapter-5

Aram's POV

"What might be she talking there?". John asked.

"How am I supposed to know?" I answered him genuinely.

We were waiting outside the canteen for her to complete her talk and join us, as we had been caught staring already once. We were at the entrance door outside the canteen.

Suddenly out of nowhere someone stumbled upon my feet and was about to fall. Fortunately, I caught the girl before the fall.
That was when I noticed her more close. Her eyes were glistening with tears, I assume, and the glint in her eyes from earlier gone.
As I was busy checking out her eyes I forgot to release her from my hold.

All of a sudden she became aware of the situation and withdrew herself from me. And when she was about to run away from us like how she ran into us, someone caught her hand. Oh... Why is her path always intersecting mine??... Why am I seeing all the dramas happening around her?...

BTW, who was that person who caught her hand?... I looked back to see the person, only to see a totally startled and dumbfounded Kat. Huh?? What is it now?? In what direction is this drama going now ??.....

"No Kat... Don't say that you are a lesbian and suddenly you got provoked by her beauty. Because that will be such a lose to the guys". John said waking me up from my thoughts. Oh god... Dear John... Why he has to be this stupid ?? Can't he be a little bit sensible, even at least at odd times like this....

She didn't mind him. Also I found out that she was trying really hard to keep her calm. Plastering a smile, she turned towards her.

"Sorry dear.....  I thought you to be someone else. But unfortunately, it turned out to be not you. And for the last part, I haven't done anything for you to react that way. Plus, I haven't even said anything that might bother you. So... If anything about me really bothers you, do tell me. Okay??". Kat tried to chill her.

What's all this?? Because, all I found there was a confused girl facing Kat and a more confused  "us" (John & I) staring at "them" (Kat & the girl) without knowing either what had happened before or what will happen next. We all stood like that for a moment.

"You said 'someone'?? Who is that? Is she your friend? Relative? Or the worst, enemy??". Now it was the girl who broke the silence.

"It was a friend of mine. Anyway, you don't have to know more about it". Kat said, sadness evident in her voice.

"Was?". She stressed that one word from Kat's sentence.

Huh?? Now what is it ?? I haven't even heard about 'this friend' of Kat from her. And what does that have anything to do with her??....

" I assume that I had made it clear when I said  you don't have to know anything more about it". Kat said coldly.

I haven't seen Kat this cold before, even for once.

"Hey... What are you guys looking at ??? Come, let's go..". Kat said to us, while walking away from there. And we followed either side to her.

So much drama for the drama-haters!!.....

"What if I can give you information on that 'someone', if you can say who it is?". We heard her saying from behind. But we kept walking.

"Now Kat.... We have a lot of talking to do....". John said. But there came no reply. When I turned sideways to look at her all I saw was John, who might had turned just like me to look at her. And both of us were looking at the gap between us, where, a while ago Kat was.

It was then that we noticed that Kat had dead stopped in her track. Oh!! So much for walking away from that girl.

"No... You don't have any. And you can't have any". Kat snapped at her.

"What if I say I already have??". Now, she asked without backing off.

"Stop joking around. Okay?... It is clear that I had mistaken you for someone else. But that doesn't give you the very right to say anything". Kat said more irritatedly.

"Why don't you not think that I'm the right person you were looking for?". She asked looking directly into Kat's eyes.

Kat flinched under her gaze for a millisecond, as her eyes bore into hers.

"Huh?? What??". She asked with a sarcastic laugh. And continued;

"Huh?? Once again, what did you say? What did you take 'us' for?? When I said a friend of mine, I wasn't joking. And she is not just a friend, my better half, my best friend. Do you think she will go without recognizing me, like you did??... Huh??" She said in a breath and again laughed sarcastically at the end.

"So... That's why you are not the right person. And you can never be. So, please stop wasting our time & go back to what you were up to". Kat finished and sighed at the end.

"Okay... So, Anyhow you don't know me ??". She asked for the last time with a little bit of hope evident in her tone.

"No.... And this is the last time I'm saying this.... I have mistaken you for my Andrea and I'm really sorry if I even bothered you". Kat said meaning to leave.

"What? Whom are you mistaken me for?". She asked. I felt like her eyes would pop out from their socket any time soon.

"Oh!! Do I have to repeat myself again & again? It's my friend. Andrea Anderson". She said, with finality in her voice. And thus, we walked out from there, leaving that girl to her own business.
But as we were leaving, I gave her a last glance. I saw her pondering over something. Maybe she was thinking how to befriend someone else without making this much of a drama ......

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