Can I drop you somewhere?

CHAPTER 10

Pranay just spitted out everything, how we met, our relationship every bit of it.

Since Pranay seemed mature and he was indeed honest, my sister didn't react much to that, instead, she talked to him in a very nice and subtle way and that was strange.

And then their conversation headed to somewhere else which I just couldn't digest.

I saw multiple messages of her in which she proved that I was just not a trustworthy girl.

" I know Divya, she's not a person whom you can really count on"

" She changes boyfriends like in every 4-5 months and is never constant on a single guy!"

" That's what causes us great problems. Mom gets tensed because of this every time, you know"

"And every time there's a new guy"

"I'm her sister and I should probably not say this, but she won't stay with you for a long time"

I was in a state of shock at that time. I never expected this to happen.
My only ex Boyfriend was Aryan, and now because of my beloved sister, Pranay thinks that I'm a whore.

How could she do this?

For once if I try to understand her concern about me as a sister, if I try to understand that she doesn't want me to have a boyfriend, that's fine to some extent.

But what she did to separate us was totally wrong!

I immediately texted Pranay "That's all crap! She's lying Pranay" "Why would I cheat on you ?"

"Why would she lie to me Divya ?" Pranay replied.

"Because she doesn't want us together you dumb cow!" I texted and then realised that I should have said that.

"Divya I don't know what to say, but your sister seemed somewhat right" Pranay texted.

Great! She has done a good job.

"We started dating just a month after your breakup"

"I've even heard rumours about you from some of my friends who are in your school !"

" But I never believed them, until your own sister made those rumours true"

Tears filled my eyes as I read his msgs again and again and yet again.

I couldn't figure out how to reply to him.

Aryan just made up stories about me and people believed him, just because I was the one who broke up.

I so knew he'd do this and I chose not to react to those rumours, but I never thought that this is what my sister thinks of me.

Our full-fledged fight soon turned into an emotional conversation when I texted him "So, are you going to abandon me just because of some shit ?"

" I don't know Divya " he replied.

I couldn't get it. How can a person become so cold? That too because of a lie.

"No, I won't leave you" another message from him popped up.

I forced smile  through my face as I texted him back " You really mean a lot to me Pranay"

...

For the next few weeks, things were normal, not very sad nor very happy.

Pranay was doing good, but deep down we both knew that things have changed between us.

Pranay is a very sensitive typical sort of guy who takes small things right to his heart. I know he would never forget anything.

Days passed and we distanced ourselves from each other.
Most of the time there was always a text ' I'm busy ' either from his side or from my though we both were free.

I couldn't remember the last time when I called him, for I was using my mom's phone, so that wasn't possible.

We did send 'smiley emojis' on our lame jokes but none of us was actually smiling. We just talked to each other for the sake of our relationship and we didn't want it to end.

As months passed, our daily 4-5 hours chat turned into weekly 10 minutes chat.
And our happy chats turned into random unsolicited arguments and fights just for some trivial reasons.

These fights, in turn, resulted in 'not sharing anything' kind of state.

On and on, our heads started filling with millions of thoughts and feelings which we couldn't express to each other just because we thought that it would lead to another fight.

Both of us had our exams commencing, coaching, school and stuff and somewhere we lost ourselves.

...

I sat on my bed looking out of the window it was somewhat around 1:00 am when suddenly my phone buzzed.

I expected it to be Seher, as Pranay was probably in a hyper-sleep or something for he hasn't contacted me for a week and even I didn't bother to text him.

But to my surprise, the notification was from someone else, someone outside my small world where only Seher and Pranay existed.

"Hi" "Can we talk ?" I read the message. It was not from someone unknown to me, but from someone whom I never expected and probably the only person who I was scared of.

The text was from Reyansh. My mind started dwelling on the past experiences I had with him.

He was the childhood best friend of Aryan. He and Aryan used to be my 'wannabe buddies' in grade 7th, but we shared quite a good bond.

As soon as I started dating Aryan, they both got themselves into a tremendous cold war and no one knows the reason.

Reyansh and I never talked to each other since then.

Aryan never explained the cause of their fight to me. I tried talking to Reyansh, but every time I went near him he gave me a very terrifying and nerve-racking look as if I am dead meat.
I could see the anger in his face, though I didn't know what for.

So since grade 7, I tried maintaining as much distance from him as I could because every time I was near him he gave me that look and I couldn't help myself but get scared of him.

I heard rumours about him, that he never talked to anyone other than his few friends. And as we grew up he became even more and more spooky.

I was recollecting all this when I found myself saying 'though he's cute' in my head.

He was good looking indeed.

Tall, a fair complexion and his most prominent quality because of which girls fall for him and he doesn't give a fuck was 'he's super cute'.

"Don't get fucked up Divya this time" I mumbled and scolded myself for thinking like that.

For his gentle and cute appearance couldn't make me forget his haunting anger for me.

But the questions is WHY IS HE TEXTING ME? That too in such a good manner.

I thought that whenever we'd talk I would be chained or kidnapped or something.

I wanted to text him back, but I was scared. Nevertheless, I mustered up my courage and texted back.

" Yeah, what can I do for you ?"

That makes me sound like a waitress but I was sure he needs something from me and that could be the only reason because of which he texted me.

Another message popped up from him. This one was a bit strange, and this one msg made my whole life shift tracks altogether.