The Dreamer & The Catcher

§§~THIRTEEN~§§

It had been a month since the day Avneet slapped the guy. Nobody had dared to tease her or harass her since then. She was pretty happy in her newly found, self made respect kinda feeling but she still had a fear of that guy taking a revenge somewhere inside her. Tho it was mostly a sense of pride. Not that she showed it, she just satisfied herself. Her pride was just confined to herself and her friends who remembered the incident from time to time, reminding her that she was worth it .

 Coming to friends, Avneet had grown a deep relationship with Raj and Bhavesh with their constant roaming around with the girls. Siddharth's position had now been upgraded. From 'is he a friend I can trust?' to 'he is my best friend don't dare to come between us'. Avneet's world had expanded pretty amazingly. From just the twins and jai, it had gone to the twins, jai , reem, raj, bhavesh and siddharth, of course. 

The rift between anushka and avneet had been solved because, anu was just a little bit pissed wasn't it? She got into terms with avneet easily.

The play had gone almost well and had ended with a curtain drop with a hug between Avneet and Siddharth.  Yes Siddharth had proposed Avneet. Rather, Ivan had proposed Natalya.

A random day at the university.....

"So, sleepover at my house today? " Avneet asked Reem and the twins.

"Yeah, except, why don't we do it at my house? " Reem posed.

"Ahhhhhhhh! No! " Avneet kinda screamed.

"Yeah! Why don't we do it at reem's this time? " Anushka said.

"Because we've already agreed to have it at mine or your house every time forever. " Avneet spoke, really fast.

"Why are you so afraid to have a sleepover at my house? "

"I am not! "

"You've never made it through a whole night there! " reem narrowed her eyes.

"Tell her that's not true, aashu!"

"I can't, honey! Not when i wake up in the middle of the night to drive you home every single time! " Ashnoor said.

"I wake up every morning and you're not there! It makes me feel bad." Reem said.

"I'd never make you feel bad! " Avneet said.

"Then i want you to stay one night, all night, tonight. " Reem said, pulling closer with each step.

"Avu, get out of this fear! " Anushka said.

"Because you want me to grow out of this? "Avneet posed.

"Because we want to sleep!" Ashnoor gagged.

"Okay, tonight's sleep at reem's house of horrors!........ If i get sleep, that is!" Avneet shrugged.

"Funny avu!"

"Leggo!" Reem said, smirking goofily

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"All right, how's it going so far?" Reem asked an avneet who was squeezing herself in a corner.

"It's good! I am good. It's a little bit noisy but its okay!"

"Its a different part of the town."

"ah well yeah!"

"Okay so let's switch off the lights so we can go to sleep!"

"NO!......uh...I mean, I like to sleep with a little light on, not completely dark" Avneet covered up. She was shit scared. Reem's neighborhood was a little scary. It was a different part of the town, nearby the countryside, that was where the cliff was.
A little scary? Well, to Avneet, it was a lot. She had some dreadful experiences associated with the place.