chapter 28

I said, twitching my lips and nose, “No! I felt disgusting.”Her face dropped a bit, “Don’t worry. It was your first day. Slowly-slowly, you will start feeling for him.”I said looking at the sky, “I hope so.”Vaishali - I am thinking of a plan. Divya - What? Vaishali - Both of you deserve a chance to sit with each other. Divya - If either he asks me or I ask him right away, it will look awkward. Vaishali - Don’t worry, I will do something. Divya - What will you do? Vaishali - Tomorrow is my birthday. I will throw a party of ice creams in an ice cream shop.Divya - Hmm okay. Vaishali - I will invite you, Ketaki and Sahil. I may invite one or two other girls too depending on my budget. I will take all the girls with me to one side and you will get a chance to talk to him. I didn’t want to say it but I just said, “Okay. Idea is good.”Vaishali - Get ready for tomorrow. Divya - What if he doesn’t come? Vaishali - He will definitely come. Because I am going to ask him right now. Divya - Oh…She got up from her seat and went directly to Sahil. He was talking to his friends. She called him to one side and said, “Sahil, tomorrow is my birthday party in an ice-cream shop. Please don’t forget to come.”He smiled and said, “Thanks for inviting me. I will definitely come with my friends.”She smiled and said in a low voice, “I am very sorry to say. Actually, my budget is low. So…please come alone. Hehe.”He said, “Oh, don’t worry. I will pay the bills of my friends.” She thought, “Oh ho, he is spoiling the whole game.” I said, “No. If you do that, I will feel bad. It’s my birthday party. I will pay the bills.”Sahil - Hmm… okay. No problem, I will come alone. She said cheerfully, “Thanks a lot for understanding me. Are you coming na?”He said, “Yeah, I will come for sure.” She gladly came back to me and said, “All is set. He is coming.” I just smiled.The Next DayAfter the school time, Vaishali and I were in an ice-cream shop. Ketaki and one more girl had come. Just after two minutes, Sahil also came. First of all, we celebrated her birthday and ate ice-creams. After the celebration, Vaishali said something to the girls. They all went out of the shop with her. When Sahil was about to get up, she entered and said looking at both of us, “Sahil, Divya is my best friend. I want to give both of you one thing extra.” I giggled and said, “What?”She chuckled and said, “Hot coffee.”Divya - Wow! Thanks. She ordered two cups of hot coffee and said to Sahil, “You also sit down. My friend is not going to have coffee alone. Hehe.”He smiled and said, “Okay, no problem.”Vaishali - I am coming back.Having said that, she left the shop with other girls. Now, it was only me and Sahil sitting in front of each other. I guess, somewhere he understood that something was fishy. Somewhere, he sensed that whatever Vaishali did was intentional. He started looking deeply into my eyes. I felt a bit awkward, so I lowered my eyes. He asked me directly, “Do you have a boyfriend?” I shook my head negatively. Silence prevailed for a couple of seconds. Then I mustered courage to ask him, “Do you have a girlfriend.” He quickly said, “No.”Divya - In your past? He said in a straight tone but his eyes were fixed on me like an eagle, “I am not a handsome boy of the school. I never got a chance.” I thought, “He seems to be a stupid.”He asked me, “Are you planning to make a boyfriend?”I thought, “What a stupid question? How can a boy ask such a question from a girl?”I said, “No way.”Sahil - By the way, what kind of boys do you like?I thought, “He is very fast.”I answered, “I guess strong boys.” I said so because I heard recently from Vaishali that a girl should have a strong boyfriend. Otherwise, there was no other reason behind what I answered.He widened his chest. I sensed he was trying to appear stronger before me so that he could impress. I said to myself within my mind, “Ahem.. ahem… He is already ready to become my boyfriend. Boys get immediately ready for all this. But for girls we need time.”He asked another stupid question, “Do all girls like strong boys?”I said, “I guess yes.”Sahil - But I am very strong. But nobody liked me yet. I said confidently looking into his eyes, “You must be lying. Because I know about you and your past life.” He was stunned to hear that for a couple of seconds. I said to myself within my mind, “I simply lied to him but he became very serious. He is stunned. It means what I said is true.”I again said confidently, “You had a girlfriend before. But you lied to me. Am I right?” His face grew red. He said, “Okay. I don’t want to lie to you but what you said is true.” He told his reality finally. He must have felt that I knew about him and if he tried to tell me another lie then he would look utterly stupid.I almost ordered him as I subdued him psychologically, “Now, tell me your full story.” He lowered his eyes, feeling ashamed as I had caught his lie. He said, “When I was in eighth standard, I proposed a girl. She was an average looking girl, not like you, you are a very beautiful girl.”I thought, “He buttered me. Well, this style is okay.”He added, “She accepted my proposal. But soon, I came to know that she was cheating on me. She was in a relationship with my own friend! I felt like hell. I told her many times to leave my friend if she wants to stay in a relationship with me. She said okay she would leave my friend. But after some days, I again came to know that she was still chatting with my friend. And that chatting was not a normal friendly chatting. It was a boyfriend-girlfriend chatting.”(It will be so nice of you, if you leave at least a single word comment and please don't forget to follow me and become my superfan. You will be able to read all the locked parts of all my series for free and you will also be able to chat with me and my superfans directly.)