Chapter 17

These days without Erik are smooth, relaxing and fun filled. This not only involves just hanging outside the school, rather we friends spend time together near the school park, canteen, floor stairs, whenever the vocational lab is free there too, garden area in the school and sports field.

Just like all day when my, Ketty and Zoe classes get over around 2 in the afternoon probably, we reach to sports field pick the soccer ball then we start doing normal passing then move to long kicks practice. Its so much fun, it fresh the mood too and honestly it felt like I am letting out all of my negative energy here because every time I kick it, I do it with more power. We played for 2hrs then kept the ball back and took our bag and left from the school.

When I reach home, I got fresh up and eat some food. Then I open my books and start completing my assignment. As I am studying suddenly I start hearing loud voices of my paternal aunt (PA), she is shouting may be at someone or something I don't know what happened so, out of curiosity I kept my book outside and leave the room to see what happened. And what I listen there, makes me think how immature is this...

PA: (rage and anger) Everyone talks to me like this, even if I commit a slightest mistake. I receive scolding, I do everything for you mother, then also you keep on scolding me. At least consider my age, but no.

I look over at the couch, my brother is sitting and doing some working on his laptop, I was like how can anyone work in such chaos. I go near him, tap on his shoulder.

Siya: (sarcastically) Now what happened?

Bro: Food made is not that appropriate and grandmother scolded her for it.

Siya: (rolling my eyes and muttering) Seriously, what the hell is this, they are grown up but still behaving like kids.

PA: Why its always me, can't anyone scold sister in law. Even she cant' make good food too. And with this she smashed a dry fruit box and started crying. I don't want to talk anyone and she ran into her room cried hard.

Its the dinner time time now and she is keep on sobbing, though my grandmother went into her room to say sorry and asked her to come out and eat food but she just ignores her pleasing and keep on crying. My mother asked me to convince or pursue her to come and eat I ignore it and saying that,

Siya: No, I am not going to do it. Whenever she will feel hungry, she will eat the food. No need to pamper like a kid.

After saying this I left for my room balcony, there I see the moon. I took out my diary and just write some line saying.. "why to fight so much can't we live with a peace in a house? this is what we called family is.. where you can insult, humiliate others, taunt each other? do every women treats like this the other women? how can someone live in such chaos situations? I don't like here, I feel suffocated. When I am with my friends I feel so good and comfortable."

With this I closed my diary off and look at at moon once, I smiled and called it a night.

Next day at school I am sitting in the class with other students and few of them are more to come. Before teacher could come Erik entered in the room, giving me his perfect smile and my so called fake smile appears too, because all I am thinking is now I won't be able to enjoy with my friends anymore.

He come and sit with me and initiated conversation

Erik: Hey, I missed you. Sorry I got busy with my friends in the parties and hang outs.

Siya: ohh okay. No problem,

Before we could talk anymore Anji comes, Anji said something to Erik which shocked me.

Anji: Hey, sorry to hear about you family dispute.

Erik and me both are shocked and surprised. How could they know something like this, Erik never got to met with my friends. Who tell them? However, Erik break the chain of my thought,

Erik: (Sternly) Ohh okay. No need to be sorry.

At this moment teacher entered in the class so, Anji go to her seat as well and she start studying. However, whole time I can feel Erik's anger and rage rising from his body and I know, soon storm is going to come. As soon as class get over students leave the class, leaving only me and Erik. I pick up my bag leave the class and he is following me, as soon as we reach to vocational lab he pinned me to nearby wall where no one is looking and shouted at me in low voice.

Erik: What my life story is to you a fucking news? You are telecasting it to your friends behind my back. How dare you?

Siya: (scared, nervous and with a bit of confident too) I didn't shared or tell them anything. Just leave me.

Erik: (rolled eyes and sarcastically) who's friend are they mine or yours?

Siya: (struggling) mine.

Erik: Then you are the one sharing this news to them.

Siya: I told you I am not the one who did it. And for the fuck sake, leave me and how dare you to treat me like this again. (With this I pushed him hard, moved from there in rage and with increased heartbeat)

I reached to park near by our school and Erik too joined me there. We sit there in complete silence for sometime and I tried to relax my self a bit, probably he too do this only. May be we have waited for 10 minutes I guess, he broke the the silence.

Erik: Sorry for the out burst. I only told you these things so, when she come and said such things I though may be you have shared these talks with her too.

Siya: (I knew it he don't trust me and he never did it. But who I am to complaint back) Okay. With these I go for my next class and I have Vicz in it.

As usual we shared a good laugh during the whole class together. With her friendship is such a blessing and I really adore it. After our class she goes to library for some work and I go to canteen, here when I see my friends sitting including, Anji and Nish too I decided its time to do some confrontation indirectly.

Siya: Hey guys

Anji and everyone: Hey

Siya: Will you please come with me, need to discuss something important.

Nish: Come on! discuss in front of us why to hide.

Anji: Yeah, its okay with me lets talk here only.

Siya: Okay fine. Tell me one thing, how do you know about Erik?

Anji: We met yesterday in the football field, he came for you there and he was looking sad drunk. I asked him what's the matter. So, after lot of persuasion he told me that.

Siya: (what the hell is this? He was supposed to be on the leave yesterday and yet he come to college in such state. He himself told them everything and then now he is the one accusing me for the same thing) really?

Nish: Yeah. Even I was there too and I heard everything by my self.

Siya: Okay thank you.

With this they resume there old conversation and I got occupied in my though process.

Siya: ( he don't trust me, treat me like a doll sometime, he accused me of something which is his doing only. Here the main point is whom should I trust, my friends won't lie to me and Erik can lie but why would he do so. Irony is this the first time I am doubting him but I am trying to defend him too)

I was so, lost in my thoughts that I don't know when my friend left me and Erik come and sit in front of me and looking at me intensely and calling my name.

Erik: come let's go to home. I mean to our respective houses as school hours are over now.

Siya: (narrowing my eyes) hmmm okay.

And we start walking outside the school, we are walking closely side by side to each other and he hold my forefinger with his but I don't hold it back. We took our cabs. I reached home, do some assignment work and later I talked to moon let it know everything. Lastly feeling relax with clear mind I fall asleep in my bed.