Stuck In The Lift With An Idiot

Adah's P.O.V

I just stared at him with my face void of any expressions because he decided to ruin my sweet meditation session. I was waiting for him to say something then he did but I would have preferred if he didn't say the things he said "I am sorry about that picture yesterday, it was a complete accident" OH MY GOD why would he bring it up now when we have here stuck alone for god knows how long my face heated up in embarrassment stupid face can't hide a single thing "It's fine I didn't even look at it I closed it as soon as I opened it" I may just be hearing things but I swear on my life I heard him whisper "Liar" under his breath oh no I am probably just hearing things. That's when I remembered something I quickly took out his jacket from my bag and handed it to him "Thanks for the jacket and I washed it" he took it from me and sniffed it "It smells weird" "I am sorry I don't use expensive detergents if you have so much issue with it wash it yourself" I say in a furious tone what has gotten into me? Why am I so angry? I took a few deep breaths to calm myself down and when I turned to look at Tamas he was already staring at me like he was trying to figure out something.

"We know each other back from summer camp 2015, don't we?" I was shocked at this question even when I expected him to recognise me and ask me this. I just shook my head No and started playing games again on my phone "Why do you have to lie? I am not asking us to be best friends again but at least acknowledge me and don't ignore me right to my face, you are so selfish" and that was the last straw I lost all my control over my emotions and my mouth "I AM SELFISH? ME? AS IF I WAS THE ONE THAT LEFT THE CAMP ON THE LAST DAY WITHOUT A SIMPLE GOODBYE OR A SIMPLE EXPLAINATION, I was left wondering why you didn't say goodbye and after so many years why didn't you reach out even when you knew where I stayed but me I went to your house for an entire month after you left but then someone told me you left for Germany that's when I stopped coming by but that didn't change the fact that I wondered every time why didn't he say anything before leaving and You are telling me that I am selfish you are the most selfish person I have ever met" I said in a single breathe I could feel the tears starting to form but I promised myself something I wouldn't shed a single tear on people who didn't matter to me. He looked hurt and I wanted him to be I wanted him to feel what I felt for so many years "Adah I am sorry I didn't mean to hurt you and keep you hanging but- but I lost my grandma on the last day of our camp and you know how close I was to her I was left devastated I couldn't deal with her being gone, I didn't speak to anyone in those few days and after Grandma passed away my grandpa he slipped into insanity he couldn't bare her loss so we went to Germany for his treatment and we settled down in Germany because we didn't want Dadu (Grandpa) To stay alone. But 3 years back even he passed away and I came here alone because this is the only place that felt like home. My entire family is back in Germany but I stay here alone in the same house where I used to stay back in the days" Now I felt guilty maybe I was being selfish I opened my mouth to apologise but he continued "I know I should have tried contacting you and I am so sorry I didn't. I so badly wanted to contact you when I came here but I asked myself what if she didn't remember me? What if she has new friends? What if she has moved on with her life? What if she moved away? I would never want to insert myself in your perfect life and ruin it" I couldn't say a thing, maybe we both were wrong, we sat there and simply stared at the ground but after a while I spoke up "We both were wrong, let's just forget the old stuff" I gave him a warm smile which he returned his smile has not changed even after so many years I still love his smile "Yea you are right no hard feelings, let's just be friends like we used to in the past" he smiled brightly like a kid that was told that he won a chocolate lottery but that sentence made my heart drop No I couldn't let someone hold me back and I can't be friends with him knowing that I have feelings for him that will be so unfair for him and me I don't want to experience what I experienced 9 years ago, my life is already pretty fucked up I can't mess it up anymore. I heard the lift making some weird noises and it started going down as soon as the door opened I turned to Tamas he was still smiling my heart broke more than it was already broken but with a heavy heart I said that it needed to be said "I am sorry Tamas but I think we should forgive each other and move on with our own lives it's better if we stay away from each other I don't want to rewrite the old pages of my books, have a good day" without even glancing behind I left with tears in my eyes.

As soon as I got out of the lift I saw Siya standing right outside with Aishwarya. Aishwarya didn't seem to notice me she ran past me and hugged Tamas, I didn't bother looking behind. I saw Siya rush beside me and hug me tightly "I was so scared when I got your message saying that you were stuck in the lift" I was crying and it was clear on my face but Siya didn't ask me about it maybe she thought I was crying because I was scared inside the lift or maybe she saw Tamas come out from the lift and knew instantly what went down. I hugged her back and we stayed like that position for a few minutes "Let's go to the Bookshelf café, my treat eat whatever you want" Siya said with a big smile on her face I was so grateful to her because she was doing everything in her power to cheer me up. What did I do to deserve a friend like her?

"Here take the keys, I don't feel like riding the bike today" I hear Siya say behind me "I don't want to ride it, everyone was staring at us in the morning the same thing will happen now", I said I soft voice "It's either that you ride it or we are going to the café on a bus" I accepted my defeat and Got the bike started and we both quickly zoomed past the crowd of students, I didn't dare to look at them. After about 15 minutes we were at the café As I was parking the bike I saw someone park their bike right beside me, it was weird because the entire parking lot was almost empty Then I saw the person on the bike WHY IS HE EVERYWHERE I GO? "Are you following me around?" he said with a smirk on his face did he not get the memo of my speech in the lift or was he dumb not because he was just trying to get on my nerves "You wish" and with that, I ran inside the café. I quickly spotted Siya and we both started chit-chatting about how excited we were to work with the Journalism Club "Here is your brownie ma'am" I stared at the same waiter from that day when I came here to meet that anonymous person "We didn't order any brownies, I think you got the wrong table" Siya's voice dragged me out of my thoughts, the waiter just warmly smiled at her "Someone asked me to give this brownie for Adah on this table but anonymously" we both gave him a nod but when I turned my head to look at Siya she was smirking at me her eyebrows were raised so high that it must have been painful "someone has a secret admire ooh" she said it almost singing. I gave her a finger and she laughed it off and we both took a few bites out of it. We soon left after paying the bill and I was so damn full that I couldn't walk I requested Siya to drive me back home when we entered the parking lot His bike was still at the same spot but with more bikes around it.

Siya dropped me home and we wished each other a goodbye. I came back to an empty home. For me, It was just a house with some furniture and strangers living in it.

After having dinner and taking a bath I lay down on my bed scrolling through emails. I spotted a few emails with the same email ID and opened them, it was a mail for me to take down a video and this person had mailed me numerous times requesting to t it down the video in each mail. What should I do? I was not going to do this anymore since what happened last time but this person needed my help, I can be more careful this time... Ahh Adah your dumb ass is going to get you killed.