Another Go

Chapter 15: Sacrifices

Anna's POV:

"Are you sure?" Aarav asked me.
"Yeah! We have to tell them one day, so why not today?" I told him, pointing towards our team who were busy making snow balls.

"Are you comfortable with sharing?" Aarav asked me, with the worried eyes.
"Are you?" I questioned him back.
He nodded.

"Let's tell them everything today and close that chapter forever." I told him and he agreed.
"Let's start fresh from tomorrow!" He added.

Then we went towards them and told them we were ready to share.

Siwani's POV:

All of us sat on the couch. Rohan, Nancy and I sat on one and Anna Aarav in one.

"Let's make coffee first." Aarav said turning to me.
I got up cause I knew he wanted to talk to me alone first.

Aarav and I went to kitchen.
"I'm nervous." Aarav admitted.
"If so you don't have to." I told him and I meant every word cause their feeling was more important than our curiosity.

"I'm worried about Anna." He said turning to Anna who was busy with Nancy talking about Nail polish.
"She might cry." He added.

I remained quiet cause he had a point. Talking about past was equal to messing with healed wounds.

"Drop this! You guys don't have to." I held his hand and told him. His eyes clearly told me how sorry he was.
He just gave me a weak smile.

"Are you guys producing coffee beans?" Anna shouted at us.
Then only we realized we were taking more time than needed.
All of us laughed at Anna's humor.

"You go, I'll bring the coffee." Aarav said, pouring coffee in the glasses.
I nodded and went back to my seat.

"Okay I'll start now." Anna said as soon as Aarav came.
"Anna stop!" Aarav stopped her.
Aarav held Anna's hand and asked her if she really wanted to.

"Yes Aarav! Don't worry I won't start crying. We 5 are a family now. We have to spend 6 months under the same roof, they deserve to know our story. And remember that was all our past moments. We were in our teens. Let's tell them how stupid we were. I mean how stupid you were!" Anna blinked at me. I liked the way she creates fun vibes.

"Look who's saying! The one who nearly killed herself just to protect a camera is calling me stupid." Aarav smirked.

"That camera was your...." Anna said and then stopped in the middle.
"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to!!" Anna started apologizing.

Why was she saying sorry?
The fear in her eyes were so clear as if she said something she shouldn't have.
"That camera was my mom's last gift to me." Aarav gave us a weak smile and sat beside her.

What happened to Aarav's mom? That time we realized we knew nothing about our families.

"My mom left me and my dad when I was 13." Aarav said taking a sip of coffee.
"She eloped with her colleague!" He added.

All of us were quiet. Anna looked scared. Behind the funny and sarcastic boy there was a guy who beared a lot of pain. Still he managed to laugh with us.

"Since that day it's just my dad and me." Aarav smiled.

"Now listen what this stupid girl did!" Aarav tried to change the topic and started the story.

Second day in Pokhara, we went for boating in Fewa Lake as per principal's plan.
I woke up a bit late that day cause I slept at 3 am. I was with Anna on the terrace the whole night. We ended up meeting on the terrace because both of us were not able to sleep.