It's hard to forget

5.Welcome Back

Sameer's POV :

What the hell is she doing?? Is she trying to kill me? This girl has her own ways of torturing me when it comes to me. Now she wants to meet Anurag?? God knows I hate him with all my might. But Can I reject her one help or favor that she asked after this god damn 2 suffocating years?

I love this girl. Even though I can't be with her I still and will love her till my last breath.. Yes. We are going to take a stupid detour to that stupid Anurag to make her stupid plan work. And I am not even sure what her beautiful and crazy brain is planning to do now...

Maya's POV:

I can see wheels turning in his mind and I can clearly read his thoughts after all these years. He is not at all happy with my request. The only question here is Will he agree to my crazy stupid request? Will he try to do something that will make me change my mind again just like 3 years ago?

"OKAY.. Let me call the guys in that car and ask them to go ahead without waiting for us. We might have to take a detour as your friend is staying in the opposite direction to wherever we are heading." Samy spoke through his teeth and I could clearly sense the discomfort in his voice.

"Okay," I said. Shrestha took her phone to call her favorite cousin to ask him where he was staying. Samy took his phone to call our remaining friends to let them know about our so-called detour.

I heard her say on the phone ' Hey. My favorite person in the world... How are you and where are you?? ' There was a pause and then I heard her " Nothing bro. Actually, we are in the middle of a trip and if you are free we are thinking of coming to get you too."

I can see the redness in Samy's eyes and his serious posture but this time I am not going to compromise for him. Not anymore. Shres turned towards me and while making eye contact with me she said " Yeah. She is good. It's true. They are not together anymore. " I can feel Samy's hand getting tightened on the steering wheel.

I wanted him to cry even more. So I dragged the phone from Shresta's hand making Samy shiver in anger. " Hey Bestie... Remember me??" I said waiting for God knows what...

There was silence on the phone for some time. I doubted whether he was still on call or he hung up after hearing my voice. After what felt like an eternity I heard a sigh from the other side of the phone and then his voice.. my best friend's voice..

"Hey, doll... No matter how hard I try it's impossible for me to forget you. Thanks for keeping me in your mind after all these .." I can visibly hear the sadness in his voice... We have been together since childhood and he knows me too damn well.

I never noticed when my two best friends turned into enemies and I hate that I was the reason for that. I may have selected Samy over Anurag but God knows that I was shattered doing so.

I looked into the person who made all this mess, my Samy. He was looking at me through the mirror and it made me more angry. " I missed you Rag... " I spoke into the phone while maintaining eye contact with Samy. That made Shres and Samy turn their heads at once.

I know what Shres is thinking. She is thinking that I am doing all this to get back with Samy. But no. I am doing all this to get my life back on track. And this is the starting step to do all that. I ignored their stares. Not waiting for Anurag to respond, I continued " I am sorry for everything. If it's possible and if you are interested can we meet for old time's sake?"

I heard him visibly sigh as if he was controlling his emotions and he said after a few minutes " I would love to doll. I missed you too. it's been what? 3 to 4 years?? Still, I start my day watching our dance routine. Guess how I end my day??

I smiled at that.. " watching me sing to that stupid song and trying to enact my expressions?? " He laughed at that too. God how much I miss his smile. Some might think it's not possible to love two people at the same time.. but not for me.. I was in love with three people and one passion at the same time, my dad, Anurag, and Samy. And my passion, my dancing which I have left because of Samy and which I have conquered back.

"You do remember me well doll.. come fast. I am dying to see you after all these years. By the way, I want to say something that I was forced to say on the last day we were together. And this time I am going to do that in a correct manner."

I know what he is talking about and I don't know how I feel about that. " Anurag!! Please don't.. let's start afresh. No mixed feelings and no complications. Please.. "

With that Shres took the phone from me as she got a glimpse of where this conversation was heading. Shaking her head in disapproval she patted Samy's shoulder as if asking him to stop the car. Once he stopped, she got out of the car leaving me alone with my past love and his present love.

I am not sure how much of this conversation Saira got but if she had any doubt or any confusion she didn't bother asking. She turned back and smiled at me as if she was trying to reassure me. But I am not sure what she is assuring me.

After what felt like an eternity Shres got into the car and without creating any drama she simply said "He is in Pune. And he is okay to come with us. But the only problem is he has some assignment that he has to submit tonight so he can't leave immediately with us. So we might have to stay with him for today and tomorrow and only after his submission he can join us."

" I am okay to stay for two days with him," I said without waiting for Samy to react. I know he is pissed but I also know that he won't say no to me after all that he has done. " Anyways this is my trip, right? You guys want me to have fun after all that hectic schedule right? So why not have that trip with someone who I like? "

I can literally see Samy's face turning red as he is trying to control his emotions. But I am not sure what those emotions are. Is he angry? Or sad? Whatever it is I know I won this argument as I saw him slowly nodding his head in agreement. He turned the steering wheel and now we were on the way to my lost freedom.

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