Fates

Part 15- Curiosity

Prachi and Shahana were discussing what had happened yesterday as they walked to their college.

"So did you find out why Maasi locked herself in her room last night?" Shahana asked worriedly.

"No, I didn't. I didn't even try to find out because Mumma looked so sad, that I didn't think it was the right time to ask her." Prachi said worriedly.

"Do you have any idea about what could've upset her?" Shahana asked curiously.

"Honestly, I have no idea. Mumma seemed fine. I don't know what suddenly made her so upset." Prachi said, shrugging her shoulders in confusion.

Before Prachi and Shahana could deliberate more about what could've happened to make Pragya so upset, they reached their college and went separate ways, because they had different classes.

On her way to class, Prachi bumped into Ranbir.

"Hey! Watch where you're going." Prachi said annoyed.

"I can tell you the same thing. At this point, I think you like bumping into me." Ranbir said giving Prachi a smug smile, lowering his head to make eye contact with Prachi.

Prachi just looked at him with a disgusted face, moving to the side to pass him, so she could go to her class. Ranbir went in the opposite direction of Prachi, towards his class.

'I will make you fall in love with me, Prachi. Just like I promised Riya I would.' Ranbir thought, but what he didn't want to admit was that he wanted to make Prachi love him because he was starting to love her. Ranbir couldn't admit to himself that he wasn't doing this for Riya. He didn't want to admit that if Prachi told him she loved him, he would never be able to leave her like he had promised Riya. Ranbir wasn't ready to admit this, at least not yet.

As the day progressed, the 5th period rolled around, Pragya taught this period, and she was known as Ms. Anuradha because she requested the principal to say that was her name telling the principal that she didn't want anyone to bully Prachi because her mom was the teacher. But the real reason Pragya wanted to be known as Ms. Anuradha is so that no one could inform Abhi that she was back in Delhi. But fate however had different plans because no matter how hard Pragya tried to not cross paths with Abhi, one way or another she always ended up meeting him.

Coincidentally, Pragya had Prachi as one of her students for the 5th period. Ranbir, Aryan, Riya, and Shahana also had the same class for 5th period, and they were the only ones who knew that Pragya was Prachi's mom but did not know her real name. because they would always refer to her as Auntie or Ms. Anuradha in school.

So as Prachi and Shahana sat down in Pragya's classroom, they noticed the absence of Riya, Ranbir, and Aryan.

"Aryan is not here today. I wondered what happened?" Shahana asked curiously, her eyes searching for him.

"He's probably ditching the class with his best friend Ranbir. I saw Ranbir today, but he's not here now." Prachi said scoffing.

"Oye hoye, you know a lot about where Ranbir could be. Are you in love with him or something?" Shahana asked teasingly.

"As if. What about you, why do you care about where Aryan is? Are you in love with him or something? Prachi asked repeating Shahana's words back to her.

"No, I'm not." Shahana said inconceivably. Prachi raised an eyebrow at that.

"What about Riya? Where do you think she could be?" Prachi asked out of the blue.

"Why do you care about where Riya is? That girl has been nothing but trouble ever since you met her." Shahana asked not understanding why Prachi wanted to know about Riya.

Prachi didn't have an answer to that. Shahana was right. Why did she care about Riya? All Riya ever did was hurt her. But for some reason, Prachi could never truly hate Riya for what she had done. Prachi always felt this pull and care towards Riya that she could never really describe. Almost like an older sister wanting to protect her little sister from all the bad things in the world.

Thankfully, Prachi did not have to give Shahana an answer because her mom came into the classroom and started teaching the lecture.

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