chapter 39

Vaishali - Now, we have planned where we are going to meet him. Suppose, now he is with us in the canteen area. What will we say to him?Divya - I guess you better start the conversation. I think you are better at it.Vaishali - Divya, I will start the conversation but I will just start it. Then you have to handle yourself. If I start explaining things on behalf of you, he will not feel good. Boys always like confident girls.Divya - Hmm okay. No problem, I will handle him later on. I will tell him my full story…She cut me short and said, "Stupid, don't tell him your full story! He will reject you right away."Divya - Why?Vaishali - He is a studious guy. He will never accept a girl who has slept with two-two boys!Divya - Oh… But I can't lie to him.Vaishali - Stupid, who told you to lie to him? Divya - Then what will I say?Vaishali - Don't say anything to him. Just tell him there was a time when you were interested in him. Then there was a time when you decided to give your hundred percent to your studies. That's why you ignored him. But now again you have decided to follow your heart because you have realized that you no longer suppress your feelings. You are in true love with him.I exclaimed, "Wow! Fantastic! You are amazing, Vaishali! I wonder why you don't have a boyfriend!"She smiled and thought, "Did she insult me or praise me? It looked like praise. I accept her words as praise."Vaishali - The plan is ready now. Prepare yourself mentally and get ready for action tomorrow. I smiled and said, "Sure. Vaishali, I am hundred percent sure he will forgive me for ignoring him and will accept me as his girlfriend. I know he will do that because he is a very nice guy."She smiled externally, but internally she thought, "Where was that nice guy when Vicky came into your life? Huh! You are my friend, that's why I can't say you this directly. Otherwise…. leave it."The Next DayWhen the fifth bell rang and the lunch break started, Vaishali walked up to Nikhil quickly before he left and said, "Hey, I want to meet you in the canteen area today. I guess you are going there. Right?"He said in his normal tone, "Yeah, I am going there. Do you need any help?"She smiled and said, "Kind of."Nikhil - Okay, no problem. Come there. I am going there.She said, "Thanks. I am coming."Nikhil - Alright. He left the class. She walked briskly to me and said excitedly, "He has got ready to talk to me. Let's go to the canteen area!"I asked her with the same excitement, "Has he got ready to talk to me too?"Vaishali - I didn't ask that. I didn't get that much time.Divya - Oh ho, then how will he talk to me?She caught my arm and started dragging me to the canteen, "You just come with me. He seems to be in a good mood. He will definitely talk to you!"She dragged me to the canteen area. He stood there drinking a cold drink. She said, "There he is! Let's go there!" We walked up to him. She said, “HI Nikhil.”Nikhil - Hello. He looked at me and said smilingly, “Divya has also come.” She sensed that he was still in a good mood. Shesmiled and said, “Yeah. Actually, it’s not me who wants to talk to you but her.”Nikhil - Oh.. okay. No problem. Yes, say Divya. Finally, I started my story. I also feared lest he should get bored of my story and leave me unheard. Anyhow, I had to tell my story. I planned last evening for all this. I said, “Nikhil, I hope I am not disturbing you.”Nikhil - No, no, it’s fine. You go ahead. I said, “Nikhil, I always loved you, you know that. I also proposed to you but you rejected me. No problem. That’s completely fine. When you rejected me, I decided to pay my full attention to my studies. You must have also felt that, I guess.”He said, “Yeah, I felt that. For a while, I also felt that you were ignoring me.”I said smartly, “Yeah, I ignored you. You know why, because if you talk to me even for a second, my heart starts palpitating. Then I am not able to focus on anything. I start craving for you. But then I knew you were not interested in me. If I had talked to you then, I would have not been able to focus on my studies. I would have not been able to focus on anything. I felt devastated then. I hope you are getting me.”Nikhil - Yeah, I am getting you. Divya - I mean you had already rejected me. I wanted to move on since I didn’t want to disturb you again and again. That’s why I ignored you many times. He smiled slightly, “Hmm…”Seeing a slight smile on his face, I became more confident, “But later on, I realized that my feelings for you…”He interrupted me and said, “I am very sorry to interrupt you but I also want to share one thing with you.”Divya - Yeah sure. Nikhil - That I want to share only with you, not with Vaishali.He looked at her and said very politely, “Please don’t mind. I just need a minute. Actually, it’s personal. Divya may get hurt, if I say that before you.”I quickly said, “I will not get hurt. You can share anything before her. We are very close friends.”Nikhil - Are you sure? Divya - Yeah, I am sure. Nikhil - Alright. Divya, when I rejected you, I started feeling bad. I thought I shouldn't have said that. Then slowly-slowly the feeling of guild started changing into feelings of love, I guess. I am not sure about that. (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.)