YOU ARE MY BEST FRIEND

Very lightly Archie knocked on Amy's door. "Who's it?" Amy's voice came. There was no emotion at all in the voice .. it was just plain. Archie replied hesitatingly,"H-Hey Amy, it's me Archie." He heard a faint oh and moments later the door opened and Archie stared directly at Amy.

She looked at the floor and took a deep breath in. She then looked up at Archie and said,"Come on in." Archie stared at her, dumbfounded then said,"I- no , no need." Amy shook her head and said,"Just come in. We-we need to.... talk. Maybe." She sounded unsure of herself but stepped aside to give space for Archie to walk in.

When they sat on the couch in the living room, silence fell over them. After moments passed, Archie said, breaking the silence,"You've kept it clean." He gestured towards the room. Amy looked up and said,"What?.. oh!.. yeah." Then again silence dawned on the whole room. After a few minutes, both said and stopped at the same time,"Am-" "Ar-"

They looked at each other and Archie nodded for Amy to continue. She cleared her throat and said hesitatingly,"I-umm... Archie, I-umm can we, can we not tell... anything to others? I mean, just go back to normal. You.. you are my best friend Archie and I-.... I don't wanna loose that bond with you. I'm really sorry for rejecting you but... but I have my reasons. So, can we just, you know, pretend that everything's normal and we still are the same best friends?"

She looked expectantly at Archie who had his eyes casted down, like the floor was too interesting to see. After a few beats of more awkward silence he replied,"I.. uhmm.. I guess. As you wish Amy. I'll respect your decision." Saying this he looked back up at Amy who gave him a small smile. He said," They are waiting for us, you know, the party. So if you...!" He did not complete the sentence. Amy replied,"Oh.. I was just coming. I needed to change. You go ahead, I'll be there shortly."

Archie said,"I'll wait for you outside. In the corridor. Lets go together. Yeah?" Amy replied,"OK then. Wait a while." Archie said,"Sure" and went out. He waited for a few minute then Amy came, dressed in sweatpants and a simple white t-shirt on which 'I'm the queen' was written with pink colours.

They went together and all of them pretended that they know nothing or nothing happened, even if everybody knew what has happened. They drank all night, chatted and laughed and finally went to bed. Amy stayed that night in Em's room.

The next Saturday Amy's exams result would be released as well as the result of band's hard work. Days were passing rather slowly. They were topping the charts, yes, but they had to maintain that position for a whole week. They were posting videos of some of their personal time and sometimes promoting their album. Their fans were increasing, day by day, that seemed to be a good thing.

They all were back to normal and if someone wasn't, they pretended they were. Amy constantly felt like there was a big hole in her heart. She felt empty. She was broken from inside but wouldn't dare show it.

The days passed on and soon it was Saturday. They all were sitting in the band's living room. At 12 noon Amy's result was scheduled to be released. They all had their fingers crossed but Amy was cool about it. At 12 they checked the site and Amy passed with highest marks. She topped all of her classes. They all rejoiced and ate a lavish lunch at Amy's and Amy just said,"Told you, there was nothing to worry about." Now it was time for the main result of the day. Were they able to conquer what they had to?

Time will tell .