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❣ 11. Time to Accept It ❣

11

Kriya

It was Sunday and I entered Taani's party. As it turned out, Swayam did allow me to go. Only on the condition that he'd be coming as well. I had no problem with that. It'd be better to have someone I could talk to when there; was what I thought. I didn't know who all would be there other than Hannah and Caroline. And I very well knew that both of my friends loved parties and they'd be at the dance floor instead of sticking away from it with me.

"W-o-w." I exclaimed seeing how crazy the party was. I was sure Taani didn't know half of the people present there. It was at her farm house. Near the pool, half the people were there. The others were either getting drunk or dancing intimately on the dance floor. It was new to me, but then again, I assume this is how college parties are like. Wild. Utterly wild. I was already starting to regret. Why did I want to come in the first place? It could be since it was the first time Taani actually talked to me?

"Kriya! You made it." Taani rushed from behind. She seemed a bit tipsy from her over-excitement already. And the wine glass in her hand was proof of it. "Oh, okay." I muttered when receiving a hug from her. Not expected. Yeah, it's the alcohol making her act this way.

"And you must be that 'someone'." Taani looped her arms around Swayam and already pulling us towards the middle of the party.

"She's-crazy!" Swayam mouthed to me and received a slap on his upper arm from me along with a glare.

"Guys, look! Kriya's here!" Taani announced to Roy and his friends. Roy grinned, and then looked towards Swayam. He gave him a nod, and Swayam replied back with one as well, but it wasn't as friendly as it had been yesterday.

What changed in a day? I had to ask Swayam. I couldn't right now, since Taani pulled me away forcefully to introduce me to her friends leaving Swayam with the boys. "Rose, Melanie, Natalie and Jiyah, say hi to Kriya. And Kriya, my friends."

They all passed smiled around, which I could tell were fake. I had a lot of that from Sharon and her friends. Even mines was. I found myself questioning why I had insisted upon coming to the party once again. Places like these are not meant for me, neither are they my definition of 'fun'.

Taani chatted away with her friends and forced a wine glass in my hand as well. I didn't take even a sip from it though. I simply listened to them gossip around with a plastered smile on my face. I wasn't even going to bother inserting myself in the conversation.

I tried looking for Hannah and Caroline, but soon gave up on spotting them. This was a huge place, with lots of people, to find two particular people in the crown. And yet, I would occasionally look around and spot Swayam. More than half of the time, I found him, despite it being such a big party. My guess would be that he was making it a point to stay close. That, I was thankful for. He seemed to be talking with Roy and his friends, so I didn't walk myself there.

Roy came up behind me. How lost had I been in looking around and judging others that I hadn’t even realized? "Bored already?"

"Humor me!" I spoke back loudly on top of the loud music. Honestly, I was a bit surprised to see him here. It was Taani's party, and given their break up, I hadn't expected him to be here. Then again, I might have under estimated their friendship. Maybe, they were still friends after everything. I can only imagine though, it couldn't be easy for Taani.